"What did you say?"
Marshal Austin is a seasoned warrior who has experienced hundreds of battles. Most of the time, it is difficult to see expressions of anger and warlessness on his face, but now he looks like he has seen a vampire pole dancing. .
The area he was in was the reception hall of the Scar of Victory. Also present were Soshyan, Magyar, and Titus who hurried back. Next to Marshal Austin of the Black Templar was Judge Ilyas Hada.
There were only five people in the huge space, and there was a huge display screen on the wall, which displayed ten screens. On the screen, you could see the real-time situation of the Blood Knights in their respective cabins.
Soshyan did not throw them into cells, nor did he allow them to run around. Instead, he designated several large cabins in the fortress for them to stay inside.
In the picture, some blood knights kept walking back and forth, while others were sitting listlessly on the ground and leaning against the wall.
"Captain Soshyan, I didn't quite understand what you just said."
Austin took a step forward, and the chains and pendants on his body jingled.
Soshyan, standing opposite him, sighed and repeated:
"I will hand them over to their parent order, the Blood Angels, and let Lord Dante decide their fate."
"This is against the rules!"
Inquisitor Ilyas Hada jumped out immediately.
"They should be tried and executed immediately!"
Soshyan glanced at the other party contemptuously and mocked:
"Pets are not allowed here. Who brought the dog in?"
"How dare you insult me and the Inquisition!"
Ilyas Hada was so angry that he pointed his finger at Soshyan and yelled:
"We represent the Emperor's will!"
"Then how about I send you to see the Emperor and let you personally consult His opinion on this matter?"
"you--"
Marshal Austin raised his hand, interrupted the judge, then walked up to Soshyan and asked:
"Why are you doing this?"
"The instability of gene seeds is by no means a reason for brothers to kill each other."
"Far from being some unstable gene-seed, that's mutation, and you and I both know very well that every Blood Angel was tainted and cursed after the death of their Primarch."
"I didn't say they were fine, but—"
"And they have crossed the line, Soshyan. They have the blood of the people of the empire on their hands, and they must pay the price."
Speaking of this, Austin's thunderous face became softer.
"I know it's easy to pity their situation, but mistakes are mistakes and they must be corrected."
"Can the mistake be corrected by killing them? Do we have to eradicate all the Sons of Sanguinius?"
"Soshiyan, you are still young and have not experienced enough. I know that you have a good relationship with the Weeper, and I know that you became acquainted with Dante in Armageddon. I have no problem with that."
At this time, Austin was more like an elder who advised the younger generations. He rarely showed this attitude when facing the soldiers under his command.
"But you have to understand that duty is duty, and acting emotionally when faced with difficult decisions does no one any good."
As he spoke, Austin put his hand on Soshiyang's shoulder, took him aside, away from the crowd, and said softly:
"Does your war group still retain the records of the Paragon Fist?"
Hearing the name of Model Fist, Soshiyang was stunned for a moment, then nodded silently.
Of course he remembered it, because this was the biggest stain in the history of the Imperial Fists, bar none.
The Paragon Fists were the final sub-group of the Second Founding Army. During the M32 Beast Wars, the Paragon Fists were also invited to go to Terra for support. However, they were attacked by greenskins during the journey and were forced to disperse and evacuate. In the process The fleet led by Captain Zelberlin of the Paragon Fists lost contact.
Later, due to the death of Kurland, the last member of the Imperial Fists, Chapter Master Thrawn of the Paragon Fists took over the final high wall plan to reorganize the Imperial Fists Chapter, and each sub-group contributed troops to help reorganize the Imperial Fists.
At this time, the previously missing Zelberlin fleet reappeared. It turned out that during the escape, the fleet led by Zerberlin was surrounded by greenskins together with an Iron Warriors fleet. In order to resist the common threat of greenskins, the two sides formed a temporary alliance.
After receiving the news, the then Grand Marshal of the Black Templars, Bohemond, brought a combat team to meet with Zelberlin. However, there was a dispute over how to deal with the group of Chaos Iron Warriors.
Bohemond insisted on exterminating the traitors, while Zelberlin vowed to let his allies survive. Then the two sides started fighting. After Bohemond teleported to join the gang, he tried to kill the war blacksmith, Caucatto, the leader of the Chaos Iron Warriors, but unfortunately Defeated and seriously wounded, he was captured.
What happened next was completely out of control. Under the instigation of Kaukato, Zelberlin executed Bohemond and wanted to lead the soldiers of the Paragon Fist Company to be loyal to Kaukato. Zelberlin was frightened by Zelberlin's heartless and crazy behavior. The soldiers resisted and fled. Arcos, the Paragon Fist warrior who successfully escaped, reported what happened to Thrawn, who had become the Chapter Master of the Imperial Fists. Thorne felt extremely ashamed and angry after hearing the report, and ordered all remaining Paragon Fists to The Chapter's warriors were merged into the Imperial Fists, and the name of the Paragon Fists Chapter was directly erased from the history of the Empire.
But the consequences of this incident were very serious. Since their grand marshal was killed by the captain of the Paragon Fists, the Black Templars were angry with Thorne, the former captain of the Paragon Fists, and also triggered strong opposition from other sub-groups. Dissatisfied, all members of the Black Templars eventually withdrew from the Final High Wall Project, and some sub-groups no longer responded to the call. Serious rifts appeared in the originally united Imperial Fists system, which was not repaired until many years later.
When Austin mentioned the Paragon Fist at this time, his meaning was already obvious.
"Soshiyang, emotions can sometimes blind us and make us make irrational decisions that may even hurt our blood brothers, so I hope you will think about it again."
Soshiyang was silent for a while, and then said:
"Then our execution of the Blood Knight was not done out of emotion?"
"What?"
"Marshal Austin, from a rational point of view, if you kill them, what else can you gain besides making the Blood Angels angry?"
"They have been declared traitors by the High Lords Council, and it is our duty to eliminate them."
"Then if I control them now and then hand them over to the Blood Angels to clean up on their own, is there any difference?"
"this--"
"Senior Austin, I boldly call you senior. Our duty is to destroy aliens, heretics, and all threats to human existence. However, this does not mean that we have to follow other people's rules of the game. We only have to be ourselves. Things you understand can be solved in another way, so why do you have to get your hands stained with blood?"
As he spoke, Soshyan deliberately lowered his voice.
"And if the Blood Angels asked the Inquisitor why, what do you think he would say? He would definitely say, 'It was those Black Templar fanatics who insisted on eradicating the roots. I had no intention of doing so.' Do you believe it?" They are always thinking about how to interfere with the Adeptus Astartes and sow discord between various Chapters, hoping to manipulate us as they please."
Austin frowned slightly and glanced at the inquisitor who was watching from a distance, intentionally or unintentionally.
"The High Lords Council has interfered enough with the Adeptus Astartes over the years. This is an internal matter within the Astartes, so it should be resolved internally."
Austin thought for a while, and then exhaled a thick breath from between his teeth.
"If you've made up your mind, then fine...I agree with your plan, just leave them to the Blood Angels themselves."
