Jacob tightened his grip on the hilt of the chain sword and looked around to see the situation of the others.
No one in the company looked nervous or disorganized, which was a good thing considering this was their first mission as Astartes.
They were all watching Armin waiting for his order.
But the other person seemed to be deep in thought now, so Jacob returned his attention to the surrounding environment.
The company is located in a desolate place. Although the environment is not very bad, it is still so barren that most people will stop thinking.
They were standing in an open area in the woods in a long valley. The surrounding towering peaks stretched their snow-covered heads to the sky. Somewhere in the distance he could hear the sound of fast flowing water. It must have been what they had just seen in the air.
The river we arrived at was flowing down the hillside into the lake below.
The surrounding trees were dark and hazy, and he could smell the faint smell of resin. He could also hear the rustling of small animals in the bushes and the singing of birds.
The spears of morning light pierced the clouds and illuminated the earth. Some dark clouds were gathering in the distance on the horizon. Jacob realized that there might be a violent storm in the future.
However, this did not worry him. He had become accustomed to the reality of being an Astartes. For ordinary people, the deadly weather no longer posed an actual threat to him.
He didn't see any threat so far, but that didn't prove anything; he'd been taught to be prepared for trouble.
Who knows?
Anything could be ambush here, maybe this is what happened to the missing mortal investigation team——
Things were not complicated at first. Not long after the main force of the battle group set off, some strange disappearances occurred in the villages and towns closest to the monastery fortress.
At first, the Space Marines did not care about this, because such security incidents belonged to the distant mortal world, not to mention that even the nearest village was actually three hundred kilometers away from the fortress.
But when the missing people spread to the servants of the battle group, Armin, the commander of the tenth company responsible for guarding the monastery, keenly sensed a hint of danger.
Afterwards, the planet's legal department was also alerted. The chief legal officer led a team deep into the wilderness jungle to discover the truth. As a result, all members disappeared the next day and there was no news.
Realizing that something was wrong, Armin immediately placed the fortress under strict sealing and security, and then asked the planet's governor to handle the matter quickly.
The planetary governor is also confused. Who would be bold enough to go to the Astartes territory to cause trouble?
Subsequently, hundreds of detectives and investigators came to the vicinity of the Astral Knights Monastery Fortress and began to investigate the successive disappearances, but the subsequent developments became even more bizarre.
All the people who conducted the investigation also continued to disappear. In the end, only a few people escaped, but they could not explain what happened to them. In other words, they did not encounter anything at all. They were simply scared away by the rumors they heard.
At this time, the planet's governor also realized that there was not much going on, and directly sent troops to start sweeping and searching the surrounding area.
The army was deployed for a whole month, but found nothing. No one was missing during this period, but the people who were missing could not be found. They dug almost three feet into the ground and found no trace.
Even the planet's astropaths came to check and confirmed that there were no signs of psychic energy, which also proved that there was no possibility of anything related to the subspace.
After staying for another month, the army withdrew, but as soon as they left, something worse happened.
Some people in the mortal auxiliary troops of the Astral Knights began to go missing, and the blood-stained limbs of the missing persons began to appear in the forest, hanging on tree trunks as a signal.
This is a naked act of provocation. Armin can no longer sit idly by at this time, otherwise how will the battle group's face be saved!?
He must find out the troublemaker!
Of course, Armin also thought about passing the news to Soshyan in the distance, but someone in the company advised him at that time that if he went to Soshyan for help without even seeing the enemy, then the company would not be respected among other brothers in the future.
At first, everyone will think they are cowards and cowards.
Armin was convinced of this. He could not let other brothers think that he was a company commander who made a fuss, a soldier without the ability to act independently.
However, he did not do things with enthusiasm. Considering that it might be hostile Space Marines or aliens at work, he sent a message for help to the Tribulation Alliance of the Scar of Victory, and the other party responded quickly. More than a hundred Space Marines quickly responded.
Settled in a planetary orbital station, ready for on-the-ground support at any time.
Then, Armin ordered the warships left behind by the battle group to enter combat readiness equipment and be alert to possible invading enemies at any time.
After making all preparations, Armin went to see Queen Elena again and asked for her advice. Elena told him that this might be the enemy's strategy to divert the tiger away from the mountain, so he should do a good job in defending the fortress.
Armin also thought of this, so he arranged all the most elite auxiliary troops to combat readiness positions, and activated all the defense facilities of the fortress, as well as combat robots, and the fortress's teleportation array was also activated at all times.
If the enemy wants to take the opportunity to sneak attack on the fortress, the friendly forces in orbit will use the teleportation array to come to the fortress immediately and give the enemy a head-on blow.
After making sure that everything was dealt with, Armin decided to lead the team to find out those enemies who were causing trouble. Whether they were aliens or heretics, since they chose to cause trouble here, their lives were the price of provocation!
Jacob followed the barrel of his bolt pistol in search of a target. Nothing jumped into view, just a few squirrels gathering pine cones at the foot of the nearest trees.
No dark and vicious force appeared. Perhaps those mortals were just lost, or their communication equipment failed.
Then Jacob felt that he was extremely naive. He didn't even think that these simple reasons would be the real reasons. It was unlikely that a legal team led by an experienced legal officer would get lost in the mountains. They had a compass.
, locator and all the instruments, even the armored vehicle.
Of course, weather in the mountains could disrupt locators and communication networks, and malfunctions might render instruments inoperable, but what are the chances of these two things happening at the same time?
And then there's a fog that blocks all view?
Basically impossible.
Something must have happened, and their job is to find out what happened.
Jacob looked at the officer. He was observing many traces extending from the clearing, but Jacob didn't think he could find anything.
It's been a week, and the last heavy rain probably washed away all other traces.
However, they won't find anything if they don't look for it.
There are 120 people present, and another 100 recruits have been transferred to the White Templar. They will perform their duties in a brand new war group. Since the details of the legion have been instilled in the brainwashing stage, everyone has not yet