The Astral Knights' request to visit the Cerberus Memorial was granted almost immediately, and the fleet then left the channel and headed for the lonely moon fragment.
It wasn't until he got closer that Soshyan discovered that the "hilt" part of the memorial was actually the flight deck extended from the main body, and the narrow part below it was actually the alloy column structure that fixed the memorial to the asteroid fragments.
The main body of the memorial hall is actually the giant lighthouse-like structure above.
Accompanied by the neighing sound of the ramp descending, Soshyan, wearing ceremonial armor, slowly walked out of the Storm Bird. A group of little angels immediately sprinkled flower petals and played hymns, while the state church personnel responsible for managing the place waited respectfully. At the far gate entrance.
Entering the scope of the oxygen protective mask, Soshyan and others set foot on a road paved with marble. In front of the memorial hall is a rose square with many monuments standing on it, each of which is carved with a huge honor roll that reads People's names, and in some places, there are personal statues of soldiers and officers, people who were famous for some kind of supreme loyalty or act of sacrifice, and cleaning servitors can be seen everywhere wiping those statues and floors day after day.
No matter what it was like in the past, after the rise of the state religion, this place inevitably became a church with a strong religious color.
The main outer wall of the memorial hall is engraved with a huge eagle emblem, with huge golden words engraved on it with sacred words about sacrifice, and is also decorated with rosettes and scroll strips commonly used in state religions.
"Welcome, Chapter Master Soshyan Alexei."
When he walked to the gate, a middle-aged bishop wearing a white priest's robe, with a big face, a thick neck and a bald head, holding a rosary in his hand, bowed deeply. The priests carrying incense burners around him also bent down.
"There's no need to be polite. Instead, I'm annoying you all."
"There, your arrival makes this place even more dazzling. We are very honored to receive such a great hero like you."
Soshyan smiled and raised his chin slightly.
"Let's go in and have a look."
The bishop immediately bent over and stepped aside, and prayed in a low voice when Velez passed by. Then Soshyan and hundreds of warriors from the Astral Knights walked into this small space that looked small from afar, but was actually equivalent to a small ship. A memorial hall the size of a battleship.
According to the bishop's introduction, the memorial hall is divided into thirteen floors, which is also the most common height and number of floors for the imperial state church.
The first floor is the hall. The floor has been wiped enough to be used as a mirror. As soon as you enter, you are greeted by a statue nearly ten meters high. It depicts a Space Marine warrior holding a long sword and wearing a laurel wreath, leading five The scene of the compatriots charging, and the crushed helmets and weapons were trampled under their feet, and a soldier fell to the ground, with a huge sword leaning on his body, almost as tall as his body, and the sword grid was shaped like The cross of the Black Temple and the words etched on the sword blade.
The sculptor's skills are very superb. He seems to have frozen the scene he witnessed and then expressed it in detail. Just by looking at it, you feel as if you are in the midst of the charge with the roaring war cry, combined with the surrounding brass. The low war songs played by the trumpets set off the atmosphere of the battlefield very well.
From the carvings on the shoulder armor of these warriors, it can be seen that they are all from the Imperial Fists, so the identity of this leader will naturally be revealed.
".The Great Sigismund."
The statues are mounted on a massive pedestal, engraved with the names of all Imperial Fists fallen in battle.
In addition to this statue, there are many auxiliary halls divided by glass around it, which display some cultural relics such as weapons, armor fragments, or records and documents. They are all floating quietly in the stasis field, resisting the years. At the same time, there are bright paintings on the curved walls and round roofs depicting fierce battle scenes, but they were obviously added later, because there are many religious elements, which are basically the same as ordinary Anglican churches. The difference, except the lack of heavy stained glass.
All the paintings depict saints and martyrs, and Soshyan sees Sigismund in most of them.
In one place, the warrior with a stoic face stood side by side with a warrior holding a great sword, decapitating a demon.
Elsewhere, he wields a flaming sword and slays a twisted monster.
But Soshyan did not see any enemies who actually participated in this battle, that is, the traitors from the Luna Wolves. Probably the state religion erased the image of the traitors for some reason, leaving only demons and monster.
The behavior is understandable, but it can't help but make Soshiyang feel a little unmotivated.
At the same time, he also noticed that there was a small shrine on one side of the hall. In the shrine was a huge marble hand with intertwined fingers.
According to his understanding of the state religion, this kind of shrine has a unique function. It can often be seen in some special places, such as the database where the clerical nun is located. Everyone who enters must swear in front of the shrine that they will never reveal their location. secret.
However, the symbolic significance of this thing is greater than the practical significance. Anyway, the bishop here did not ask Soshyan to swear an oath, so he was too lazy to do this troublesome thing.
The soldiers were also scattered in the hall, some looking at the cultural relics and murals, and others looking at the names on the base of the statue.
"Looking at the records in the archives, it should be the Third Army and the Sixteenth Army that were fighting at that time."
"This Sigismund is said to be a swordsman who has never suffered a single defeat."
"Why can't we see anything from the 16th Legion here?"
The soldiers were browsing and talking in low voices. Only one person never looked in other directions. He had been looking at the statue, or the person on the statue, since he came in.
He was wearing the simplest armor, but he had the logo of a company on his body, and a helmet. He had a sword hanging on his waist and a sword hanging on his back. He raised his head slightly and stared at Sigismund, who was holding swords in both hands and roaring. Virtue.
After a moment, a sigh of regret came from under the helmet.
At this time, Robin suddenly walked up to him, also looking at the statue of the legendary sword master, and then whispered:
"I heard he never suffered a defeat."
The mysterious warrior replied:
"Yes."
"If I can compete with such an opponent, I will be extremely happy."
After hearing this, the other party chuckled and turned around.
"It's too early for you to say this, young man."
Robin watched the warrior walk out of the door and looked down at the sword at his waist. Just a few days ago, he encountered this mysterious warrior in an unmanned training ground on the flagship. The opponent removed it in just ten seconds. took his sword.
Robin, who was in disbelief, launched several challenges in succession, and each time he failed more miserably than the last. He even had to admit that the opponent's sword skills were still higher than Thor's.
But the other party didn't even want to tell him his name, and the aloof Robin naturally wouldn't reveal this to others, but he learned from Ustad that this person might be the Chapter Master from the White Templar or someone else. The helper was hired from somewhere, but even Ustad didn't know where it came from.
Watching the other party leave, Robin withdrew his gaze and returned to Sigismund.
".Is it too early?"
At this moment, Pastor Yazdan suddenly said something.
"All recruits, regardless of company, are required to submit a 10,000-word review 12 hours after the visit!"
As soon as these words came out, all the recruits sighed but were helpless.
(End of chapter)
