After returning to Nessen 4, Soshyan's first thing was to contact the Weepers in the fortress, but to his surprise, Malakin, who was originally on duty, took most of the battle group to the star.
At the edge of the domain, I don’t know what mission they are performing. There are only two teams in the fortress and the Chief Apothecary of the Lamenters to perform the group’s affairs on their behalf.
Such an unlucky thing made Soshyan feel very strange, as if there was some mysterious factor that prevented the Wailers from ever meeting their parent group.
But fortunately, the chief pharmacist is here, so Dante and his party are not in vain.
The Chief Apothecary of the Lamenters was also very surprised when he learned that the Chapter Master of the parent chapter was in person. For thousands of years, they had completely lost contact with the parent chapter and had no idea that the Blood Angels were looking for them.
The two sides then held separate talks that lasted several hours.
When Dante left the meeting room, the expression on his face became more solemn, but Soshyan couldn't ask for the specific reason.
While the Blood Angels were lingering in the Fortress of Tribulation, Soshyan took Randall back to the monastery fortress on the ground, and immediately asked the apothecary to awaken Brother Said.
But something that no one expected happened happened——
"What?"
The pharmacists of the war group were all together, and Valier was also there, but the news they brought made Soshyan unable to believe it.
"what are you saying?"
"Soshiyan Chapter Commander, Brother Said...cannot be awakened."
Valier candidly answered questions that others were reluctant to answer.
"Why?"
"He...has lost all physical characteristics."
"What does it mean to lose all physical characteristics?"
"That means...he died, for the second time."
"This is impossible!"
Soshiyang's roar made the hall shake. Randall also looked surprised and said:
"Is there something wrong?"
Valere spread his hands helplessly.
"We have tried all technical means, but we can't detect any signs of physiological activity in Brother Said's coffin. There is no heartbeat, no breathing. We even tried psychic means, but still... nothing.
.”
"take me!"
Afterwards, a group of people hurried to a quiet room next to the monastery armory where Brother Seid slept.
Once inside, Soshyan saw what he saw: ornate sarcophagi chained together in the ceramic hull of an armored Dreadnought, with the halo of blue stasis fields still surrounding the war machine's limbs
Movement - lock them there motionless.
Soshyan stared at the image made of precious metal on the iron coffin. This was the image of Brother Seid before entering Dauntless, a warrior with a helmet and Great Crusade-style power armor.
After a minute of silence, Soshyan uttered a few words with difficulty.
"Open it."
The pharmacists hesitated, and one of them said:
"Chapter Commander, you may kill it if you do this."
"Didn't you say he was dead?"
"this--"
Obviously, this is a huge responsibility, one that even the pharmacists dare not bear. Although they have come to the conclusion, the death of the only Fearless Lord in the Chapter is really too serious.
If we want to pursue the case, then none of them can escape.
"never mind."
Soshyan calmed down, stepped forward, and placed his palm on Wuwei's iron coffin.
As Valere said, there was indeed a dead silence inside.
By this time, his heart had already turned cold.
Why did Brother Seid die suddenly? Was it natural decline? Or was he assassinated? Or were there other reasons?
Thinking of this, he took two steps back and said loudly:
"My order, open the iron coffin."
Afterwards, the pharmacists got busy, and the technicians also got busy around the iron coffin.
A few minutes later, the iron coffin was peeled off the Dreadnought and hung in the air, but it was still connected to the life-support equipment.
When the last safety net was opened with a hiss of pressure, everyone's eyes widened, and Soshyan unconsciously clenched his fists.
After a few seconds, the front shield of the iron coffin was slowly removed——
"this!"
"what is that!"
“Where is Brother Seid??”
Amid everyone's exclamations, something even more incredible happened.
The iron coffin was actually empty!
But if you look closely, you will see that it is not empty. There is half a golden mask lying tightly in the iron coffin.
Seeing this mask, everyone else was confused, but Soshyan and Randall were stirred up in their hearts.
"Everyone, everything that happened today is not allowed to be reported to outsiders. Violators will be punished as treason to the war group!"
Immediately, Soshyan issued the strictest gag order.
Then he asked everyone to exit the room, leaving only him and Randall here.
"What exactly is this mask?"
After taking out the mask from the Dauntless Iron Coffin, Soshyan took out the other half of the mask he had previously obtained in the Webway. After comparing the two, it turned out that they were indeed the same mask.
But what does it symbolize?
"To solve the mystery of Brother Seid, it seems we have to start with this mask."
After hearing Randall's words, Soshyan carefully examined this mask again.
But there are no patterns or symbols on it, just a face that looks like crying and smiling at the same time, which makes people feel uncomfortable.
"Who's in the fort these days?"
Suddenly, Randall asked a question.
Soshyan thought for a while and replied:
"Except for those who follow me to the Sanctuary Star, everyone else is on the home planet."
"I mean someone who has access to Brother Seid."
"Pharmacists, and..."
Suddenly, the door was opened and a man appeared.
"And I."
Thor walked into the room.
Randall turned around and looked at the blond warrior curiously. With just one glance, he judged that he was a good swordsman.
"I forgot to introduce you. This is Sol Tarvitz, the past company commander of the Emperor's Children Legion. He has experienced the legend of the Great Crusade and is a loyalist of Isstvan III. The reason why he joined us is, uh...
..That’s a long story too.”
"It's amazing."
Randall couldn't help but exclaimed:
"In addition to Talos, another warrior of the Great Crusade, my brother, how many secrets do you have here?"
Soshyan smiled awkwardly, and then introduced it to Sol.
"This is Randall, the Chapter Master of the White Templars and a descendant of the Eleventh Legion."
"Nice to meet you."
Saul held out his hand, and Randall took it.
Then, Thor looked at Soshyan and the mask in his hand, and did not appear surprised.
"I already know about Brother Seid."
"That--"
At this time, Randall on the side suddenly interrupted.
"Captain Saul, did you know about it after we came back, or did you know about it before we came back?"
Sol looked at him and smiled slightly.
"Before you come back."
"ah?"
Soshyan was stunned for a moment, and then asked quickly:
"Instructor Saul, do you know what happened?"
Thor shook his head.
"I can't tell you what's going on inside, but you just need to know one thing. He has never been far away from you. Before he left, he left you a gift."
"Gift?"
At this time, a side door of the quiet room opened, and a tall figure strode out.