Standard Terra Calendar 959.M41
Storm Field, Meteor Zone, Anvil Galaxy, Kunstrien Nest
Bahram examined the coastal building, its broken walls pierced from the weeds and rubble, and the entire ruin exuded a strong smell of death and blood, an aura that was long enough to seep into the stone.
Before the rebellion broke out, it was a slaughterhouse, where fish and other giant beasts in the sea were dragged from the docks by sailors to slaughter, and the thrifty fishermen harvested every part of their prey, the least attractive ones turned into food for the inhabitants of the bottom nest, and the bones were ground into powder and became waste from the distant farmland, and eventually became natural foods served on the aristocratic table.
However, the Space Marine felt a disturbing sense of familiarity with the place.
His eyes were patrolling nearby, trying to restore the building's appearance not long ago.
"The recruits have been deployed."
A shadow approached Bahram, revealing his figure as he turned his head, and without hiding the laziness in his voice.
Sabrin, wearing a dark silver armor painted with lightning logo, squatted to him, followed by eleven "veterans" from the 11th Company, including Li Lin.
During the period when Talos was away, the acting commander Ustad handed over the task of leading the 11th Company to Bahram, making him the acting company commander. At this time, he was leading the recruits to undergo a practical training, and the battlefield was a nest capital where rebellion broke out.
In fact, the rebellion was put down five days ago, but the source of the rebellion was not yet confirmed. This time, the 11th company of Bahram leaders wanted to pull out the cancer that was rooted in the nest.
"Do they all understand what they are going to do?"
Bahram asked in a low voice, Sabrin nodded.
"It has been told that they are responsible for observing and listening, as well as solving the enemy outside, leaving the rest to the veterans."
In fact, it is not appropriate to describe Sabrin and others as veterans, because they have not served for a long time, but in the 11th Company, they are indeed the only veterans.
"I hope you have warned them that I will carefully review the records of this action. Any action of anyone will affect their future responsibilities in the company and in the battle group."
The recruits were divided into arrays, and each group was filled with several veterans.
However, Bahram knew very well that compared with the Mortal Guards, the transformed recruits had many advantages, but vigilance and discipline were not one of them, especially in the unique company of the Eleventh Company.
The recruits need to look at all directions, listen to all directions, and stick to their posts no matter what happens. If they find any cult trying to escape from a hidden door or secret passage, they must immediately issue an alarm and deal with these fugitives.
Of course, if someone breaks into the battlefield, he will also be regarded as a cult party and will not be killed.
Bahram hopes to destroy the entire cult this night and not let a fish that misses the net.
Originally, these things could be done by a few of them, but the real purpose of the action was to let the recruits learn responsibilities and discipline.
"Then act."
Sabrin turned around from Bahram and signaled to the soldiers around them. The night diremen began to act, entered the slaughterhouse in the ruins, and walked slowly in the gloomy silence.
Although they were wearing power armor, they did not make any sound in their actions.
They had long been able to figure out the deployment of the guards at this stronghold, and knew that if outsiders approached their evil temple, the guards would rely on the clicking sounds of the fragments disturbed by their footsteps to warn.
Bahram carefully walked to the place where the secret door was hidden. According to the captive's information, when the cult gathered, the entrance would be firmly locked.
Soon, they arrived at the gate, and Li Lin walked forward and cut at the edge of the sinking door panel with the cutting beam.
No matter how hard the cult tried to block the door, it could not resist the power of the Space Marines. They only took a moment to open the door.
The hinges tied to the surface of the door were silently torn by the beam of light, and then the steel bars were shattered by the huge force, all of which were done in a completely silent situation.
The moment the door was knocked open, half of the soldiers quickly poured into the wide open gap. Their movements were as fast as the black cat at midnight, and the remaining half were supporting outside the door.
As soon as Bahram came in, he smelled the smell of dirty blood floating out of the pit ahead.
“Scatter, move.”
Bahram issued an order, and under his gesture, three night diremen went into the pit, followed by him and Bahram, and the rest guarding outside the door followed behind.
Sabrin and Li Lin walked in the front, responsible for dealing with the enemy sentinels.
Not long after, the first batch of sentries Bahram saw, three wrinkled figures, scattered in contaminated pools of blood on the floor, each of them with the emblem of terror on their foreheads.
The walls of the underground passage are ancient rocks, with a layer of blood scab on the surface of the past, and the ground is covered with crimson mud, and bloated leeches crawling in it.
Bahram could feel the abominable stains in the air, and he wondered how long the cult had been flourishing so that the place was filled with traces of filth.
Perhaps this evil had been here for a long time before the rebellion broke out.
A faint noise came from a faraway place.
"Here."
As sign language came out, heavy boots stirred the blood-stained mud, and the fat leeches squirmed on the rotting flesh in the canal.
“This must be part of the old sewer.”
Sabrin came to Bahram and his eyes were cast toward the vaulted ceiling above his head.
"That explains...blood, when the slaughterhouse is still in operation, it's where people dump blood in big buckets."
Bahram nodded.
"But now this kind of dirty thing cannot be called simply blood. It is more like summoned through dirty rituals, reviving from the resentment and cruelty of the dead, and being twisted into something that does not belong to reality. This is a typical manifestation of chaotic pollution."
Bahram paused for a moment, narrowed his eyes when he considered the evil power around him. After gradually getting familiar with the gray graft, he had a certain degree of recognition of subspace power.
"Hmm? It seems a bit unreasonable. If it is a temporary mad cult, it should not be able to arouse such power."
Then he shook his head.
"Forget it, dealing with cults is the top priority.
As the team crossed the dark passage, the noise in the distance became louder and louder.
They walked several forks along the tunnel, and each fork was deployed with a soldier. If any cultist slipped away from here, they would definitely run into the warriors guarding the exit, leaving a clear record of the escape route and forcing them to choose the only few routes to escape, but the recruits had already been waiting on the periphery.
However, the only disadvantage of this is that when we reach the end, the team is only Bahram, Sabrin, Li Lin and two other soldiers, a total of five.
Chapter completed!