The church of the Unbound Soul is an irregular circular fortress, located on the back of the battleship, like an open palm pointing to the sky.
The artificial wind blowing over the top of the church was cold, and wafting along with it was the smell of spices from the distant chanting hall.
A ray of cold sky light streaked across the exposed skin of Sosh Yang's face. It was a face that should have been very handsome, but war and genetic modification led it in a different direction.
The noble face became rough and stiff, with a scar extending from the tip of the left eyebrow through the cheek to the chin, but the most eye-catching thing was the pair of eyes that were as radiant as the night.
Now he took off the heavy Terminator armor, put on the original finely crafted power armor again, and wore a blouse with two intertwined swords.
In front of him, the bright lights could not completely illuminate the shadow of the man.
Thor looked like a melancholy poet. Next to him was a carved guardrail. The Space Marine's hand was resting on the guardrail. Behind the guardrail was a book table with a heavy book on it. books.
No one spoke, but the atmosphere at the scene was a bit strange. The artificial wind fluttered the robes of the two people and slapped against the armor.
"how are things going."
Sol stood up slowly, his eyes looking particularly deep against the cold facial lines and unpredictable expression.
Sosh Yang shook his head and smiled, and Thor knew what that meant - it meant that since the Soul Drinker Rebellion, the news Sosh Yang had received was all bad news.
"The judge who judged them was Inquisitor Thaddeus. According to Marcus, he was a ruthless and ruthless hunter who would not easily change his decision unless there was conclusive evidence to prove the loyalty of the Soul Drinkers. , and that this rebellion is just the deviance of a few people.”
When they learned that the Soul Drinkers had been labeled as traitors, Soshyan and Golgri were extremely shocked. The other two inquisitors on the battlefield were also very surprised. After all, the chapter leader of this chapter had been under their noses. Why? Will there be a rebellion?
Later, Gorgli finally told the truth.
It turns out that most of the elite veterans of the Chapter followed Sarpedon, the curator of the think tank, to recapture a sacred object. This sacred object was once a weapon of Dorne. After being discovered by the curator of the think tank, he decided to take it back.
Although Gorgli had doubts about this decision, he could not stop it because he had served too long and had not established prestige among many veterans.
In the end, Librarian Sarpedon took away two strike cruisers, as well as three companies of elite veterans, as well as the Chapter's Holy Master (Chaplain).
When he heard this, Soshyan could imagine how embarrassing Gorgori's position in the Chapter was. This kind of veteran directly separated from the Chapter's chain of command would never happen in other Chapters. He guessed that the Soul Drinker There must be some problem with the internal structure.
For Gorgli, the primary issue now is to find out the truth of the matter and then find a way to revoke the ruling of the Inquisition.
Marcus was willing to help them, but according to the rules of the inquisitors, in order to overturn the ruling of an inquisitor, three or more inquisitors must be present and provide definite evidence to prove that the former ruling is wrong.
Wende can contact another inquisitor, but the evidence must be produced by Gorgli himself, and the sooner the better.
Because once you are labeled as a rebel, crusaders will soon appear.
In fact, according to the regulations, Soshyan should have captured Gorgli on the spot and handed it over to the court for processing.
But Soshyan made another decision.
He decided to act as Gorgri's guarantor until he was cleared of the Chapter's suspicions.
But before that, he had to figure out a problem first.
What is the root cause of the chaos in Soul Drinker's upper structure?
The person who helped him was Thor - he had served in the legion and had a better understanding of this organizational structure.
"Is there still no news from the soul drinker on the other side?"
"The subspace storm is isolated..."
"Deactivate communications, yes."
Thor turned around and walked to the desk. Outside the thick picture window of the church, the movement of the battleship was wrapped in a wisp of smoke.
The Emperor's Children veteran looked at it, his eyes following its path.
"Gorgli was very angry. He believed that the director of the think tank was deliberately not contacting him."
Ever since it became clear that the news about his brothers' rebellion was accurate, Soshyan remembered the anger in his friend's eyes that had never left him.
Gorgori longed to face Sarpedon, to hear the traitors' confessions with his own ears, and to personally give them the punishment they deserved.
"I've seen a lot of this anger."
Sol's eyes looked at Soshyan.
"The end result is that the same roommates are fighting against each other... It's like Horus suddenly became a traitor and everything turned upside down."
"I'm going to help him with this."
Thor smiled and then picked up the book on the desk.
"Even if everything is dark, even if the road is covered with blood and war, hope still exists... This sentence comes from this book, called Army Answers, and it is an open book among the Soul Drinkers."
Soshyan frowned.
"Any questions?"
"There are many questions. Let me pick a few highlights. First of all, its explanation of the origin of the Astartes is very strange. It says that eighteen primarchs tore their two brothers into pieces and used their fragments to create the Astartes. special."
"What nonsense?"
"That's not all. The interpretation of freedom here is very extreme. It advocates that the freedom of the individual soul should override duty and loyalty.
"Um?"
"Most interestingly, it also references Imperial truths in a fundamentally misinterpreted way."
"Who wrote it."
"It is said to be a fearless man who died in the Chapter. I also found out something more interesting."
Soshyan looked at Thor in confusion. He didn't understand how the other party managed to get involved with the Soul Drinkers in such a short period of time.
"There is a special group within the Soul Drinkers called the 'Herd'. They are all veterans who have lost their commanders in previous wars. The leader of the Beast Herd is Ictinos, the chaplain of the war group. He is the Lord of Purity.”
"Wait, you mean-"
Soshyan immediately grasped the core point.
"There is a group of veterans within the Soul Drinkers who are separated from the chain of command of the Chapter? And their immediate superiors are priests?"
"That's right."
Soshyan nodded in sudden realization. It is not difficult to understand why Golgri's control over his battle group is so poor, and he doesn't even know what the veterans have done.
Because those people are not in his chain of command at all.
"Then what's causing this situation——"
His eyes drifted to the "Military Questions and Answers".
"Yes, there is a high probability that it is also because of this book."
"Instructor Sol, how do you know this secret?"
Thor showed a mysterious smile.
"Palas, the apothecary of the Soul Drinkers, is a very thoughtful young man. He..."
"What?"
"You'll find out later."
Looking at the other party's mysterious look, Soshyan even wondered if he had encountered the same problem as Gorgli - if there were uncontrollable factors in the Astral Knights, he didn't seem to be doing well now. method.
Thinking of this, Soshyan's mood suddenly became very bad.
Noticing the change in his expression, Thor smiled and said:
"You know what's the biggest problem with Gorgori?"
