Hearing that Soshyan had to enter the palace alone, Maximili turned to look at his Chapter Leader. He was about to say something, but the other party immediately raised his hand.
"It's okay. Mark, please tell Ustad to take the soldiers to Dorne Fortress when you go back."
"yes."
Then Soshyan glanced at the sword at his waist and said with a smile:
"Do I need to unload my weapons then?"
"No, there is no reason for us to treat a commander who has returned victoriously so harshly."
While talking, the two doors slowly opened, revealing a dim passage, and Soshyan walked into the inner city of the palace surrounded by a group of forbidden troops.
When he walked through the protective wall, he finally realized how thick the city wall was. At least the bottom was more than a hundred meters thick, and he saw the thick alloy gate opened in the dark wall. This means that if someone invades, these gates will be closed immediately.
The team remained silent, and there was only the sound of people's footsteps in the dim passage. Soshyan was not sure how many pairs of eyes he was watching during the process.
When they walked out of the long, dim palace wall passage, the first thing they saw was a huge tower standing in the distance. He had read the relevant introduction and knew that it was the Overlord Tower of the Forbidden Army - at the same time It is also the combat command center of the Forbidden Army, coordinating various security measures in the palace, concentrating numerous data sources and security systems, and supervising all buildings in the palace.
Probably at this time he was also the subject of focus and supervision.
And further away, he could only barely make out the greatest building in the palace - the Imperial Senate. It was also almost the apex of the entire palace. It was only shorter than the Emperor's Forbidden Palace. It was like a tower far away. The distant mountains were hazy and blurry, like a thin gray line standing on the stormy ground.
When he looked back toward the parapet, he saw more detail.
The entire protective wall seems to be divided into more than a dozen layers. Some are train tracks that transport ammunition to the defense towers, some are giant pipes that provide energy for the void shield, and some are extended take-off and landing platforms. Gunships and aircraft can be seen parked on them. The entire city wall Spreading for hundreds of kilometers with a majestic momentum, it certainly does not rely on the imperial army to protect it. The defenders are basically mortals, such as the Lucifer Black Guards in black armor and the palace sentries in white robes. Some of them stand At their posts, some patrolled in teams, and their barracks were inside the protective wall.
Most of them will probably not be able to leave the city wall until they retire.
The inside of the palace is completely different from the outside. Although Terra is the heart of the human empire, it is still like other human cities, dirty, chaotic, full of various metal extensions and complex maze streets. However, the inside of the palace is almost Another world.
There are actually not many buildings in it, and they are basically huge ancient castles. All the walls are plated with gold and similar warm colors. You can see gurgling fountains and statues of emperors everywhere. The roads are covered with Sandwiched between green shade and flower beds, there is even a small pavilion for people to rest and watch next to the huge man-made lake. Grapes are planted on and around the pavilion. Because the palace was built by directly cutting off the hillside after constructing the terrain, it looks like Very flat.
You can see servants in a hurry everywhere here. The entire palace is even divided into an outer hall and an inner hall. Just maintaining the normal operation of the outer hall area requires billions of service personnel, and there are also other things such as obsidian in the outer hall area. The fortress, the fortress of the Imperial Archives, the central office of the Ministry of War and other key departments.
Of course, walking through the outer temple area is a waste of time, so the Forbidden Army prepared the aircraft, and Soshyan boarded the cabin directly and headed straight for the inner temple area.
During this process, Valyrian said nothing, and Soshyan could only look boredly at the scenery of the Imperial Palace passing by outside the window.
About ten minutes later, the airship landed and landed in a huge square.
The square is circular in shape and has a diameter of more than two kilometers. When Soshyan stepped out of the cabin, he was immediately attracted by the huge statues.
Statues of the originals stood around the square, each nearly a hundred meters high. From the resolute expression of Dorn to the compassionate face of Sanguinius, each one was vivid, as if Soshyan had seen a living person again. of them——
Lion, Jaghatai, Leman Russ, Dorn, Ferrus, Sanguinius, Guilliman, Vulkan, Corax, nine Primarchs are presented here in different forms.
At a certain moment, Soshyan's brain felt a twinge of pain, his body swayed, and he subconsciously reached out to hold something beside him.
But then a strong hand supported his elbow.
"What's wrong?"
Valyrian's doubtful voice came from under the golden pointed helmet.
Soshyan shook his head vigorously.
"No, nothing. Nothing."
After taking a few deep breaths, he walked out into the sunshine.
There were supposed to be 20 statues of Primarchs here, but after the Great Heresy the statues of the Rebel Primarchs were all torn down, leaving only 9 Loyal Primarchs, so it was also called the Square of 9 Primarchs, but there were almost no people there. You know, there are two Primarchs whose statues disappeared long before the Heresy.
In clockwise order, Soshyan's target quietly swept towards the base of the eleventh statue.
What kind of person should be on the empty pedestal?
After entering the inner temple area, there were far fewer people. Attendants in white robes stood on both sides of the walkway, holding incense burners in their hands and lowering their heads slightly.
The air was filled with smoke, servants had lit the incense burners in the cloisters and halls, and there were many huge niches beside the walkways, those that had survived the rolling bombardment of Terra's siege, and were already looking into the palace The majestic courtyard of the temple is ten thousand years old.
After stepping on the Golden Trail, Soshyan entered the corridor leading to the Senate. There were not only servants here, but also the Imperial Guards on patrol. They held decorated spears and watched every corner vigilantly.
But seeing them, Soshyan just felt it was a pity. These forbidden troops are famous for being the most outstanding. They should be the best and most capable warriors in the empire at present. However, for the sake of past guilt, oaths, ceremonies and honors, they have stayed here. Palace service, wasting their mighty power here, wasting their time in a place where war almost never comes again, patrolling in perfectly polished armor day after day, night after night.
The Emperor needs protection, but the Imperium needs protection even more.
Soon, the destination of this trip, the Imperial Senate, appeared in front of them.
Before seeing this building, Soshyan first saw the statue of Dorn standing on the east side of the Senate. He heard about it from Tyrion. It was said to be the decision of the original Guilliman. He hoped that His own brothers are always watching and monitoring the brain of this human regime.
(End of chapter)
