Regarding Bahram's request for the Ascetic Think Tank to participate in the review of the Relic Chapter Think Tank, Mazar agreed, and then turned his eyes to the right.
"Brother Zdeno, you will lead all the think tanks and Captain Bahram to go to the Scar of Victory."
The ascetic think tank director came out and bowed.
"yes."
Bahram did not stay longer at the Temple of Death, and then returned to the Scar of Victory with the ascetic think tank team and informed Mazar of Mazar's "requests".
Artkus did not respond immediately, but said that he would go back to discuss with the other company commanders of the battle group, and Bahram was not in a hurry.
After waiting for about a day, Artkus brought his reply, along with all the Chapter's think tanks.
Immediately, the think tanks of the Ascetic Chapter began to have detailed exchanges with the think tanks of the Relic Chapter one by one. This process took more than ten standard Terran days. During this process, Bahram, as a representative of the Astral Knights, also accompanied Arash.
Went to the battle barge "Sacred Heritage", the flagship of the Relic Chapter, and had friendly exchanges with the command of the Chapter.
When the results came out, Bahram couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief. The exhausted Ascetic Chapter Think Tanks unanimously confirmed that the Relic Chapter Think Tanks had no principled issues. The large number of Think Tanks in this Chapter was probably related to the genes of the residents of the home planet.
Because that world is close to the Eye of Terror, the residents' psychic mutant genes are also more active.
However, they do have a research secret society on Chaos items. The Relic Chapter also admitted this, but they said that this secret society had been terminated after the Inquisition issued its ruling, and they made a guarantee.
After receiving the results, Magyar led the command of the Ascetic Chapter to the Scar of Victory, had a brief meeting with Artkus, and then jointly announced with Arash that the Relic Chapter would become observers of the Alliance of Tribulation and would
This result is sent to each member of the alliance, and after the observation period is over, the alliance members vote unanimously to decide whether to formally join.
A result that was satisfactory to all parties also made Bahram breathe a sigh of relief. Now that the matter was done, it was necessary to celebrate, so the Ascetic Chapter took the lead, and representatives of several war groups were at the Scar of Victory.
A friendly tournament was held in the arena, and the prize was a treasure that Magyar took from his personal treasury, a weapon with the incredible long fangs of a green-skinned warlord he killed in the past.
Made ceremonial dagger.
The things are not valuable, but they are of great significance. The competition method is to draw lots in pairs, and then the winner will advance and draw lots again.
Chapters participating include the White Templars, Astral Knights, Ascetics, Relic Chapter, and the remaining warriors of the Flesh Tearers and Lamenters.
The representative of the Astral Knights is naturally Jacob.
The opponent he drew was a veteran of the Ascetic Company, named Boka. There was a gray scar on his broad and low eyebrows, and his pale eyes shone coldly in his deep-set eye sockets.
A veteran of many battles.
The weapon used by the opponent was a spear, which seemed a bit strange because it was rare for Astartes to use long weapons, but considering the ascetics' preference for sickle blades, it seemed understandable.
Jacob was not good at using long weapons, so to make up for this shortcoming he rarely decided to use a two-handed sword.
Moreover, Jacob's two-handed sword is a combination of one long and one short. This is not common in the swordsmanship of the Astartes, but Mazar has seen it. In his memory, the Astral Knights will use such long and short swordsmen.
Not many, but there was a champion named Robin who he remembered deeply.
Now, it seems that there is one more person.
The two of them came to the center of the huge arena. The lights on the inner wall were pointed directly at them. On the four walls were spectators from various battle groups. They welcomed the exciting moment in silence.
Boom!
With the sound of a drum, Boka took the lead and rushed forward with a spear in both hands. Although it was just a training weapon, the strong wind that could cut the skin still condensed on the tip of the spear.
Jacob held his breath and only turned around to dodge the moment the spear struck him. He then struck back with his dagger, but was immediately swung away by the tail end of the spear.
But Boka moved very quickly, retreating quickly to put distance between him and Jacob, and then a series of precise and fatal moves hit Jacob's chest and abdomen like raindrops, and his momentum was like a gun holding the trigger tightly.
Bolter.
Amid the overwhelming thrusts and slashes from his opponent, Jacob continued to use the difference in length of the two swords to block, and the spearhead and sword blade collided fiercely between them.
After turning around and resisting three light blows to the chest, Jacob suddenly seized the opportunity, crossed his swords, clamped the opponent's spear shaft with the sword grid and the sword blade, and then pushed the sword blade forward with force, but this man
The veteran also reacted very quickly. He immediately let go of the weapon and let the double blades pass between his palms. Then, before the weapon fell to the ground, he turned around and held the tail of the spear shaft with his knees, and swung it from side to side.
Amidst the clanging sound of metal, Jacob stumbled aside.
Boka retracted his spear and regained his stance. The tip of the spear was slightly raised towards Jacob. Jacob looked down at the ribs that had just been hit by the opponent's spear shaft. If it was an actual battle, this would be fine.
It won't cause any damage.
But there was a burst of cheers from all around.
Jacob was unmoved and changed his posture. Seeing this, Boka also rotated the spear and changed his grip.
The two sides rushed towards each other again. At the moment of contact, Jacob pretended to make a mistake - he put down his dagger and lured his opponent towards the minefield. He clearly remembered what Thor taught, speed is the key to success in short-hand combat.
If you advance and persist, your opponent will take advantage of you.
When Boka stabbed him in the abdomen with a spear, Jacob used the technique Thor had taught him to fight against long weapons - he threw the dagger directly, causing Boka to dodge subconsciously.
Taking this opportunity, Jacob stepped aside, grabbed the handle of the gun, and then suddenly pulled the opponent closer. Boka also reacted extremely quickly and tried to push away Jacob's sword arm with his spear, but Jacob bent down
He rolled over and got through the gap under the opponent's weapon, threw out the sword flower, and slashed hard on the opponent's ribs. The strong impact burst out an electric current, and the ascetic veteran staggered immediately.
But this did not defeat him. Boka's spear swept diagonally downwards towards Jacob, but the opponent came forward like a bolt of lightning. In just one second, Boka blocked four blows with his spear shaft, but in the end the opponent
The sword still accurately hit the back of his neck.
Fatal injury, out.
There was thunderous applause all around. Jacob was actually a little embarrassed because throwing the dagger was somewhat disgraceful, but since he chose such a weapon, everyone seemed to have acquiesced in such a combat skill.
After all, in Astartes competition, the actual combat aspect is far more important than the ritual aspect.
The victorious Jacob, after a short rest, faced the next opponent, the White Temple champion, Tai'an, who also defeated the Relic Chapter champion.