"The early empires in the Great Expedition were just a new kingdom, with covenants and oaths not yet mature and untested. Even if the territory of the empire was outside the solar system, the conquered territory was often accompanied by suspicious stability and loyalty, which led to the common common rebellion. The empire had quickly suppressed most of the riots without publicity... However, for the emperor, some riots should be responded differently from the past. Simply conquering was useless, and they needed punishment."
"discipline......."
Sabrin chewed on the word and felt the cruel hints in it.
"Vinori is an urban enclave in Terra, formerly part of the Pan-Pacific Empire. It was built on both sides of a crack deep underground, namely one of the territory that the tyrant Nathan Dum finally fell. The plains around the crack were covered with buildings that stretched for more than a hundred kilometers. Those buildings were close to the edge of the crack and extended down for several kilometers. Whether it was the light of the sun or the moon, there was always a ray of light left when they reached the deepest point... The shackles of the empire were not recognized for the people of Vinori, but in the years after Dum's defeat, they could only silently bow down in front of their own situation until the arrival of the Scarlet Walkers changed all this."
"Scarlet Walker, what is that?"
"The Scarlet Walker is a secret society formed by psychics, gene-enhanced warriors and warlords. They served the last tyrant in the history of the Era. The emperor overthrew many kings, queens, chiefs and tyrants in the process of unifying Terra. The reputation and deeds of these men and women became unforgettable memories in the minds of many people... At that time, they were the monarchs who ruled the Old Night, and were monsters who used lies, fear and cursed secret knowledge to enslave billions of people, those atrocities created in genetic knowledge, blood and spells.
It symbolizes their era until the Emperor smashed their rule and brought salvation to the world... But in the shadows, the traces of the old night have not been erased. Over the years, many treacherous people have been wiped out, but some have survived. The survivors formed an alliance to survive, endured the desire to retake the things that the Emperor had taken from them, and made a contract with the demons with hatred. They gradually gathered many followers and resources, spread a secret network on Terra, and the stronghold they made a comeback was Vannori."
"Those men gathered their followers and allies who truly relied on them in the canyon city and began to build a new fortress of despair. The ancient nightmare reappeared in Terra: the flesh-forging workshop, the witchcraft association and the pagan worship. What is even more frightening is that after the Scarlet Walkers took power, the people who followed them were like loyal beasts returned to the caress of their masters, obeying them on their own orders, rather than escaping the horrors they had escaped. A few rebels became the fuel for the evil art of the Scarlet Walkers. The surging army that surging seemed to be about to drag Terra back to the ancient nightmare... When the Emperor heard that the threat had broken out of his cocoon, he only responded to one sentence."
"What is it-"
Facing Sabrin's uneasy expression, Talos said with a bright look on his face—
"Send the Eighth Legion!"
Faced with the emperor's order, the Eighth Legion did not respond immediately. They had only more than 500 soldiers stationed in the solar system at that time.
It is true that for Astarte, 500 people are still a large army, but it is not enough to defeat the urban enclave with tens of millions of people in one fell swoop.
But this fact was not important to the soldiers of the Eighth Legion at that time. They knew very well why they were called to war and knew very well what was necessary.
Gradually, Sabrin was attracted by this dark, bloody but incredible story.
"........ The war began with the flames falling from the night sky. The ancestors opened fire on the countryside of Vannori and used the supercharged laser to turn the night into daylight. The bombing lasted for six hours... After the bombing was over, the melted metal and soil had formed a kilometer-level ring around the city enclave! Tens of millions of people looked at the night sky, and their minds were filled with longing for the scene after dawn came. But dawn did not come, and the light of the horizon was shrouded in black clouds, and then
, It rained in the sky, a torrential rain, but it became more turbid as the clouds were sown with chemicals. People began to feel dizzy and felt the place where they stood began to tremble. At the same time, their perception of every sound around and every object in the corner of their eyes seemed to be amplified... The rain fell for a whole day, and although it was not used to distinguish the sunset when the sunset alternated with the coming night, it formed a faint ghost, and the people trapped in the dark began to cry."
Talos walked to Sabrin and put his hand on the other person's shoulder. Their faces were only one fist, and their dark eyes stared at each other.
"Can you imagine the despair of those people at that time?"
Through Talos' eyes, Sabrin seemed to be able to see the blood flowing that night and the darkness.
But for some reason, he felt his blood vessels surging, and the idea of a perfect hunting ground came into his mind.
"But those people don't know that death has long been lurking beside them. As early as the ships on the orbit lit the night sky with flames, the soldiers of the Eighth Legion had already airborne from the edge of the void, and the dark blue armor covered in darkness descended from the night to the crack in the center of the enclave. At that time, all the guards' eyes were attracted by the flash of the sky... They only triggered the jumping backpack to end the landing when they deviated from the light above their heads. In the darkness below the city, they were waiting for the real night to come, and clamped the rock wall tightly like creatures in caves, until the lightless day passed, and when the time was ripe, they drove upward from the abyss in the abyss... They went deep into the downstream of the suspended city, intercepting any person blocking the way, and placing explosives to make some buildings rotate in the dark."
"Soon, screams erupted in the canyon, and the terror of the battle echoed the brains of the people on the surface. The heart defense weakened by the drug was destroyed by one blow. Most of them collapsed to the ground and trembled in fear. Others fled in panic, avoiding the increasingly fierce howls... In response to the Eighth Legion, the Scarlet Walkers released an army of monsters: including stitched golems with dozens of human hands and feet, groups of brainless people with glass eyeballs and stimulation probes embedded in the brain, and the evil turbidity that filled the air with subspace
The smelly spirit slaves, the pulse of guns and the flash of subspace flames illuminated the abyss, but the Eighth Legion still charged forward, and the help of jumping backpacks made them sequel between the wreckage, and used lightning claws to dismember the abominable things. They sang symphony formed by the sound of the dead in battle. The speaker grille released the recorded torture, pain and despair! The abyss that night burned like the mouth of hell in mythology. The airdrop cabin descended from the night sky. The soldiers of the Legion who came to rush to rescue gathered in the Rift Valley, divided their troops to slaughter the enemy, and searched for the enemy... "