"Brothers of the Soul Drinkers."
Soshyan said loudly, using standard High Gothic pronunciation.
Although days had passed since the civil war, everyone was still in shock, feeling as if the world was cracking beneath their feet.
After this bloody battle, there were still 282 loyal soul drinkers left. Among them, 120 had been transplanted with black carapace and put on power armor. After a series of bloody battles, only 34 loyal veterans were left.
In addition, they also captured 27 renegade Soul Drinker veterans, who are now still imprisoned in the battleship's prison.
The once prosperous war group suddenly became incomplete, and many soldiers were extremely depressed.
As if abandoned by fate.
If they were allowed to leave, this army would fight without faith for the lifetime of an average person, rampaging across the galaxy like some kind of headless beast, relying entirely on its own goals, habits, and hunger.
In this case, it will either perish or fall.
Soshyan was trying to avoid this situation, and after returning to the Unbound Soul, Thor frankly told him that the Soul Drinker actually had some of the blood of the Eleventh Legion!
Soshyan was stunned when he heard the news.
He had never heard Brother Said mention that in addition to the Astral Knights, there were other chapters that were of the eleventh bloodline.
What has actually happened?
Saul's theory is that the Eleventh Legion was originally scattered among the Seventh Legion. Although most of them were actually gathered in one company, a small number were scattered to other companies.
After the second establishment of the army, the company belonging to the Eleventh Legion established a separate battle group with the efforts of Brother Seid. However, the soldiers scattered in other companies were scattered all over the place due to the great rebellion, and in the end they could not be contacted.
It was only possible to discover that the Soul Drinker belonged to the Eleventh Legion, thanks to Pallas, the Soul Drinker's apothecary.
When he was helping to recover the gene-seed of the Astral Knight, he discovered that the gene-seed of the Astral Knight and the gene-seed of the Soul Drinker were exactly the same in map comparison.
This immediately caught the pharmacist's attention.
In fact, the Soul Drinkers' Apothecary Guild has been keeping a huge secret - the Soul Drinkers' gene-seed is not a descendant of the Imperial Fists!
This discovery came from the cooperative battle between a certain war group and the Black Templars two thousand years ago. The president of the Pharmacist Association at that time also helped the friendly forces recover gene seeds. As a result, he subconsciously conducted a sampling test during preservation, and found that the other party's The gene-seed is a complete mismatch for the Soul Drinker.
After that, the apothecaries of the Soul Drinkers successively compared it with other Imperial Fists chapters, and finally came to a conclusion.
The Soul Drinkers are no descendants of Dorne!
This is a very surprising secret.
In order not to shake the foundation of the Chapter, subsequent Soul Drinker Apothecaries strictly guarded this secret and have been trying to find the true "roots" of the Chapter.
When Pallas discovered that the gene seeds of the Astral Knight and the Soul Drinker were highly matched, he immediately wanted to contact Soshyan, but was stopped by Thor halfway.
After that, both parties revealed their identities and exchanged a wave of intelligence at hand.
When he learned that he was actually the descendant of the lost legion, Pallas seemed surprised, but not to the point of being unacceptable - in fact, he had already made similar speculations.
Then he naturally accepted his identity and chose to join the secret society of the Undead Army.
According to Pallas, the secrets of the Soul Drinkers don't stop there. There are actually two types of gene-seeds within their warband!
Most of them are his kind, that is, the gene seeds of the Eleventh Legion, and a small part are from another unknown source of gene seeds, and they are mainly concentrated in think tanks and priests.
But no matter how complicated the situation of the Soul Drinkers was in the past, the current reality is that no matter what, Soshiyan must take over half of the Soul Drinkers battle group.
When Sol mentioned this plan to him, Soshyan still resisted instinctively.
"Merge another chapter?"
When he said this, an incident that happened not long ago appeared in his mind.
"Wouldn't that be with the traitor Huron——"
A major crime of the Star Claws Chapter, the leader of the Maelstrom Rebellion, is that they annexed the Tiger Claws Chapter of the same bloodline.
"Huron did it for his own personal ambition."
Thor comforted him like this.
"And you do it for the Empire."
"But Huron claimed so."
"Then ask yourself, will you become Huron?"
Soshyan was speechless at the time, but there was always a question in his heart.
If what he did had not been exposed, would Huron still be a hero of the Empire?
Should a person's good or bad qualities be judged by his deeds or his heart?
In the end, he chose to take this step,
Logically speaking, the current Soul Drinkers should have a new chapter leader elected by themselves.
But in fact, there is no such step. They are all leaderless and not ready to be led by an "outsider".
He could feel the confusion of the soldiers. He had never led them, nor had he fought, lived or trained with them for a long time, let alone understand them.
Now, he was standing high and looking down at them, right in the gathering hall of the Unbound Souls.
Their helmets gleamed under the lights. 316 people gathered here, and large vehicles were parked at the edge of the field.
Hundreds of pairs of eyes hidden behind the helmet's visor were undoubtedly focused on Soshyan, examining him as closely as he examined them.
They need to witness something more than strength or he may never earn their respect.
So Soshyan chose to walk down from the viewing platform, walk to the front of the assembled company, and took the holy object from Sol's hand.
The soldiers waited in perfect silence. Their armor looked heavy in the clear light, and those who were not wearing power armor looked even more stiff.
"Brothers of the Soul Drinkers, you have witnessed the fall of your compatriots and the sacrifice of heroes not long ago!"
After standing still, Soshiyang said loudly:
"I think there is no need to elaborate on right and wrong! The name of shame has been engraved on the list of rebels. I have promised my best friend that the soul drinker will never be allowed to bear the name of rebellion!"
As he spoke these words, the warriors began to whisper.
Maybe with suspicion, but they were already willing to listen to these words, especially when they noticed the soul spear in Soshyan's hand.
"As we all know, the only way to get rid of shame and sin is to eradicate traitors! But the name Soul Drinker can no longer be used freely. If you continue to bear this name, you will become the target of public criticism."
As he spoke, he raised his arms and shouted:
"We are all eternal guards of the empire, inheriting the same and glorious blood! Over the long years, some people have remained faithful and loyal, while others have gone astray and gone astray! But those past are not worth mentioning now, and every destiny The roads lead us to gather here! The sword of destiny hangs high over the traitor's head, and together we will insert this sharp blade into the stinking heart!"
"Revenge! Revenge!"
Pharmacist Pallas was the first to shout, and then the warriors roared in unison like thunder.
revenge! revenge! revenge!
"I, Soshyan Alexei, hereby swear to the sacred soul spear to kill every traitor! When all rebels are put to death, I will restore the former glory of the soul drinker! I will never break my promise, Emperor The emperor serves as a warning!"
As he spoke, he raised the soul spear high, and the holy object bloomed brilliantly under the light.
When the soldiers saw this ancient holy object, they were immediately excited and couldn't help themselves. Soshiyang, who had regained the soul spear, really began to be accepted by them.
"Long live Chapter Master Soshyan! Long live the Soul Drinker!"
Under the guidance of Pallas, the soldiers burst into cheers.
On that day, Soshyan made a simple arrangement, and all veterans unified into the Honor Guard and became his close guards.
The remaining warriors and recruits will be mixed with the original warriors of the Astral Knights to form three new companies. The leaders are Farzad, Ustad and Mark, the veteran representative of the Soul Drinkers.
Mark serves as the first company commander, Ustad serves as the second company commander, and Farzad serves as the third company commander.
At the same time, information about the rebellion of the Soul Drinkers Chapter also began to spread rapidly to other territories of the empire.
