The two young chapter leaders' eyes collided in the air, as if they were examining each other, from every inch of texture on their skin to every inch of detail in their posture.
Then, a peaceful smile appeared on Soshyan's face and he stretched out his right hand.
"I am the Chapter Master of the Astral Knights Chapter, Soshyan Alexey, and I welcome you all to the Pai Mao Star."
Azrael nodded and stretched out his right hand to hold Soshyan's palm tightly.
"Dark Angels Chapter, Azrael, thank you for your warm welcome, Chapter Master Soshyan."
Then Randall also shook hands with Azrael.
"I am the Chapter Master of the White Templars, Randall Blanchard. I have known him for a long time, but today I meet him for the first time, Chapter Master Azrael."
"It's just a false reputation."
After speaking, Azrael turned sideways and introduced the two colleagues around him.
"This is Grand Master Belial of the Deathwing Company, and this is Chief Interrogator Azmodai."
Beria only nodded slightly in salute because he was wearing a Terminator, but both of them could feel the friendly gaze of the other.
But Azmodai didn't show any expression, and remained in place like a statue.
But what no one expected was that the statue suddenly spoke again.
"Did the two chapter leaders come here on an appointment?"
The rector's voice was low and hoarse, without any warmth or kindness, like ice in the middle of winter.
Soshyan glanced at Azmodai and found that there was no expression on the other person's face. He smiled slightly and responded:
"Any questions."
"No, I'm just curious. I remember correctly that the White Templar has been operating in the Sun Star Territory, while the Astral Knights have been in the Storm Star Territory. How did the two sides get together and meet in such a distant extreme star territory.
"
"The Astral Knights and the White Templars fought side by side at Armageddon not long ago, and we swore an oath to watch as brothers."
"That's right. Was it your decision to come to this place, or the decision of Chapter Commander Randall?"
"Is it important?"
"For me -"
"Okay, other war groups have the freedom to act on their own, we have no right to interfere."
Suddenly, Azrael interrupted Azmodai's last words. The chief priest glanced at the Supreme Master and finally shut his mouth.
Then the Chapter Leader of the Dark Angels nodded slightly towards Soshyan.
"Sorry, please forgive Azmodai, he may just...have some personal habits."
There was no expression related to anger on Soshyan's face. He always had a peaceful smile, as if he had just experienced an ordinary conversation.
"Understandable. I spoke with Pastor Ericon Goldberg of your group and he left a deep impression on me."
After a pause, Soshyan suddenly said meaningfully:
"And I also know how difficult it is to manage a war group, especially as a junior."
Azrael glanced at Soshyan for a moment, but said nothing.
Beria opened his mouth to say something, but finally remained silent. After all, it is not good to speak too clearly. For example, Azmodai had served in the 8th Company as early as 405.M41, and was more than the Chapter Commander.
Azrael was almost five hundred years older.
"But what if we want to know, Chapter Master Soshyan."
Suddenly, with a flash of teleportation and thunder, a group of silver-armored warriors wearing Terminators appeared on the reception deck. The leader was a warrior with a shaved head, full of scars, and stern eyes. His Terminator armor
There is also a flag erected on it.
Seeing these silver-armored warriors suddenly appearing, Soshyan narrowed his eyes slightly.
The Gray Knights were the most mysterious war group in the empire. If he had not become the chapter leader and was qualified to read the files with the highest authority within the chapter, he would not have known about the existence of these mysterious warriors.
They were established before and after the end of the Great Rebellion, specifically to deal with the threat of Chaos. It is even said that their home planet is not in the physical universe. Only the high-ranking inquisitors of the Order of the Hammer can summon them when performing tasks. The First War of Armageddon
The end is related to them.
But to put it another way, they are also the warband most closely related to the Inquisition.
Soshyan didn't expect to meet them here, which was not a good thing.
"The leader of the Soshiyan Chapter must know our identity. I am the Grand Master of the Seventh Society, Joan Herald."
The Grand Master of the Gray Knights, carrying the flag, walked toward Soshiyang, with a wary and suspicious gaze always on his face.
"I hope you can answer me why you and your battle group appeared on such a distant planet of Paiji."
However, Soshyan had already made a plan before the operation was launched, so he was not worried about this kind of questioning, but answered softly:
"Because of Huron."
"Huron?"
Joan Herald frowned. He had thought of many answers from Soshyan, but there was no one like this.
"The Red Pirates participated in this attack, how did you know?"
"Everyone should know that we once had a war with Huron. Later, in order to prepare for possible surprise attacks by the other party, I planted some spies in Huron's territory. It was one of the spies who brought the news about the cooperation between the Red Pirates and the Black Legion.
Delivered to me."
"Why didn't you warn the Empire beforehand?"
"It was too late. The message was delivered too slowly. By the time it got to me, it was already time for Abaddon to take action."
"When did your group arrive in the Pandora galaxy?"
"Three days ago."
The Gray Knight Grand Master was silent for a moment and asked the last question.
"Since you know that the Red Pirates will support you, why didn't you participate in the naval operations and instead caused the navy to suffer such huge losses?"
Soshyan sighed slightly and replied with regret:
"Because we are not absolutely sure that we can win the naval battle, my idea is to use the navy to engage in battle with the Chaos Fleet, launch a surprise attack on the Death Star, and use orbital bombing to wipe out all the enemies above, but... I
I made a mistake, the situation of dispelling the Death Star is more complicated than I expected, and the effect of orbital bombing is very poor."
This statement made Azrael nod.
"A very good strategy. If it were me, I would choose this. As long as the main force of Chaos on the planet is eliminated, the remaining fleet will be insignificant. Or to put it another way, as long as Abaddon is killed, that will be the greatest victory.
, a naval fleet is a reasonable price to pay."
Joan Herald took a deep look at Soshyan and finally withdrew his gaze.
"I understand. Thank you very much for answering my question. Next, I hope that your group can fully cooperate with us to solve the threat of chaos on Pai Mao and completely eliminate the enemy Abaddon!"
At this time, Randall suddenly said:
"Just one day ago, Colonel Stryker, the governor of Paidu Star, transferred the battlefield command to Chapter Commander Soshyan."
Azrael snorted lightly, with no expression on his face, while Grand Master Joan Herald stood quietly and looked at Soshyan.