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Chapter 278 Fame

The warrior wearing Terminator armor lowered his head slightly. His hair was cut very neatly, his eyes were sharp and firm, and he looked very young to Gorgli.

"Hmm, as far as I know, the leader of the Astral Knights Chapter is named Alexei."

A cunning light flashed in the soldier's eyes.

"But I heard that Brother Saul said..."

The warrior wearing the Terminator suddenly smiled.

"Hello, I am Soshyan Alexey, Chapter Master of the Astral Knights Chapter."

He stretched out his right hand to the other party. After being stunned for a moment, the leader of the Soul Drinkers also smiled and stretched out his hand to hold it tightly.

"I am Chapter Master of the Soul Drinkers Chapter, Golgri. It is an honor to meet you."

Soshyan seemed shocked by these words.

"pleasure?"

"Yes, I heard about the sacrifices of the Astral Knights. You are all great warriors."

Soshyan was immediately relieved, but also a little disappointed - until now, he was still living in the shadow of the heroes of the past.

"Yes, they are all heroes."

"It's not just that. I heard that you only served for less than a hundred years, but you started to bring the Chapter back to the road of revival... When I was as young as you, I was just a squad leader."

Golgri retracted his arm and said with a smile:

"And I've also heard about your deeds in the Battle of Flen. I can only say that it's a pity. You almost killed that damn alien pirate. But your tactics are great. I'm not very proficient in naval battles yet. It's really sad to say that

Ashamed."

"You look young too."

Soshyan was a little surprised, but it was not because of the compliments given to him by a chapter leader, but because the story of the Battle of Flen had actually spread.

"Yes, I have only served for a hundred years. Strictly speaking, I am still a new soldier, but the former Chapter Commander still handed over the heavy responsibility to me."

"Then it must be because you are better and more suitable to lead the war group into the future."

"Maybe. In fact, there are many experienced veterans in the battle group..."

Although Gorgli was still smiling, Soshyan noticed that the other person's breathing was a little heavy, especially when the topic of veterans was brought up.

"Yeah, it's not easy to lead a war group."

Soshyan spent a short period of time carefully looking at the opponent's power machine and chapter emblem. He had heard of the Soul Drinkers Chapter. Like the Astral Knights, they were all theoretically a sub-group of the Imperial Fists.

Of course, now he knew that the Astral Knights were not a sub-group of the Imperial Fists, so when he faced a real sub-group of the Imperial Fists, he couldn't help but feel a little uneasy inside - but he hid it well.

Judging from the appearance alone, the Chapter Leader of the Soul Drinkers has the heroic and resolute temperament that a warrior should have. His skin is slightly dark, a healthy brown, his face is square, his nose bridge is high, and he has a strong head.

His short hair is similar in style to Soshyan's - this shows that Gorgli and himself have similar aesthetic preferences.

"When I was an ordinary soldier, I never thought that the responsibilities and tasks that a chapter leader had to bear were so huge. Every step was like walking on thin ice."

The equally young Chapter Master of the Soul Drinkers nodded.

"But you have done a great job. It is hard to imagine that a war group with only... less than thirty warriors left can still be active in the galaxy and defeat such a powerful enemy."

Soshyan's cheeks were not only a little warm, but he also didn't know what to say.

"Well, my chapter and I are proud and honored to be able to participate in such a great battle, but in fact the victory is more due to the efforts of the Ascetic and Lamenter brothers."

"Being able to fight under such circumstances is already a great courage."

"Brothers, did the Tribunal summon you?"

Gorgeli answered almost without thinking.

"Yes, it just so happens that the Chapter is conducting training activities for new recruits in a nearby star system."

Then he gave Soshyan a brief introduction to the Soul Drinker.

The Soul Drinkers Chapter is currently in a basically full strength state. Apart from the lack of Dreadnoughts and the scarcity of Terminators, the Chapter is no different from other Codex Chapters. It just does not have a Chapter home planet and operates based on a fleet.

The Soul Drinkers Chapter is currently divided into two parts. One part is led by the Chapter's Think Tank and is dominated by most of the veterans of the Chapter. They go to perform a key mission.

The other part is led by him personally, mainly new recruits, plus some veterans from the first and second companies, and is undergoing actual combat training.

It was at this stage that they received information about the Inquisition fleet and simply changed the training location and placed it in Valedo.

After listening, Soshyan looked a little worried.

"We received a signed report from an Inquisitor that there is now a serious threat of Chaos in this place, and after arriving we encountered a pilgrim ship full of demons... According to the log found in the captain's room, that

The ship should be the earliest source of corruption, and an artifact was brought to Valedo by someone."

"It's true that we see a lot of debris in orbit."

"The power of the source of corruption is very strong. Even the remaining echoes have created a large number of demons... It is too dangerous for new recruits."

After realizing that this was what Soshyan wanted to express, Gorgli shook his head.

"Do you think they can't handle it?"

"This is an unprecedented threat. Every recruit is valuable. What I mean is... maybe it should be more gradual."

"How can they grow without experiencing the tempering of fire and blood? Certain sacrifices are inevitable and must be accepted, because this is how we were born."

This time Soshyan didn't know what to say. He realized that the fundamental reason why the other party was completely different from his own was that Golgri had a complete battle group with relatively sufficient manpower.

And all he had was a small group of remnants of the army, which also made him overly sensitive to the lives of soldiers, to the point where he could not accept any sacrifices - he seemed not to be aware of this except for this conversation.

"Yes... only sacrifice can temper a warrior."

"What did you find?"

Gorgli's eyes wandered to the data pad in Soshyan's hand.

"An investigation record is about certain missing persons cases a year ago. Those missing persons were pastors who managed the church, and..."

Soshyan shared the datapad's contents with Gorgori.

"...Following the investigation by the Ministry of Justice, we found that these are pastors who are known to have bad tempers. Their beliefs are as hard as rocks. They rarely collude with corrupt colleagues. Of course, they are naturally marginalized."

"What about more?"

"And regarding some smuggling activities...the data here was severely damaged. Although the gate was intact when we came, the inside of the system was in a mess. Our technical sergeants tried their best to collect this."

Soshyan shook the data pad in his hand.

"I've found the key thing."

"What is it."

"An exhibition. In the City of Light, the first parish of Valedo, the archbishop of this planet held an exhibition of sacred objects. After the exhibition, the entire planet fell into chaos."

Gorgeli nodded thoughtfully.

"It seems that the source of corruption is in that exhibition..."

"Yes, so what we need to do now is to find the remaining Astra Militarum first. They must be more familiar with the situation in this world."

At this time, a Soul Drinker warrior walked in fiercely.

"Chapter Commander, the enemies in the fortress have been completely killed."

"Very good, quickly clear a landing zone. We are going to establish a forward base here."

"yes!"

After speaking, Golgri turned to Soshyan.

"This place also has relatively complete fortifications and can be used as a forward stronghold. The fortress's high-power radio should still be usable. Maybe we can try to use it to contact the still alive Astra Militarum."

"I think so too."


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