After passing through the strange statue passage, even if Bahram and the others actually entered the temple of Death, Jacob had heard that ascetics had traditions of death worship and skull worship, but after entering, they were still shocked. Every passage and room they walked through was filled with a large number of skulls, not only human, but also alien, or even more distorted. None of these skulls were carved or shaped by humans. They were all real bones, fading pale and covered with dust as the years passed. Occasionally, a burst of elegies of praise or sad commemorative hymns broke.
Finally, they arrived at the deepest part of the Temple of Death, the Bone Gallery.
This corridor opened Jacob's eyes and surrounded the stone floor paved with hundreds of tombstones. In the niches among the stone pillars of the corridor, there were already skeletonized sword-holding warriors. The entire arched dome above their heads was composed of connected skulls. Their empty eye sockets seemed to be staring at the people below. In front of each niche filled with skeletons, a warrior of an ascetic stood.
The commander of the Ascetics Chapter Magyar sat upright at the end of the dark white bone corridor. The throne under him was composed of the remains of the heroes of the battle group. The commander of the battle group in Seiko Terminator seemed to have become older. His dark skin was covered with potholes and countless wrinkles like the surface of an asteroid. His long withered white hair was braided into strands, and his white beard hung from his chin to his waist. A thin custom-made servant with wings lived in the shadow of the Magyar Throne. The brass wire shone at its joints. His head occasionally turned, making a unique cry, and his claws tapped on the floor, making a click.
Warriors wearing dark Terminator Power Armor stood on both sides of Magyar, with their faces hidden behind death masks carved into howling skulls with peeled skin. Each of them held a long wide-blade sickle. The Chapter Priest Astado stood on the first stairs under the throne platform, corresponding to the Chapter Flag Bear, Artsanas.
Bahram strided to a position twenty meters away from the throne platform, then stopped and lowered his head slightly.
"The tenth company commander of the Knights of the Star Realm, Bahram, has met the commander of the Magyar War and has extended greetings to you from Nassen 4. The commander of the Battle of Soshyan personally instructed me to convey his respect to you."
Mazar nodded slightly and said slowly:
"After you return to the battle, I would like to pay my respects to the commander of Soshyan on my behalf, and the honor he received in Terra is glorious to all of us."
"certainly."
Just as Bahram was thinking about how to start, Magyar took the initiative to bring up the matter.
"Company Commander Bahram, are you here for the Fire Claws?"
Bahram nodded slightly.
"Yes, I only had a face-to-face conversation with the commander of Artecus not long ago, and he said-"
But Magyar raised his hand and interrupted Bahram's words.
"I object to their joining the Alliance of Suffering is not based on past reasons. After all, if we are to pursue it, the mistakes made by the flesh-torners and even the crying people are more serious than theirs. The reason why I object is because of concerns about the future."
"future?"
Magyar raised his chin, and at this time the ascetic priest Astado spoke, the armor under the robe of the priest was a unique blood-red color with a golden edge, and his voice was low but penetrating when he spoke.
"The Fire Claws will become traitors in the future, and they will cast their way to those terrible eyes."
Bahram's expression stagnated, and then he frowned.
"Why?"
"It's unknown, but perhaps their old illness relapses and continues to pursue those evil objects of chaos."
“How did you know all this?”
"I seek guidance from our respected ancestors, whose wisdom comes from outside the veil of death, and is not bound by the things that are concerned by the living."
Bahram blinked, then realized that this was actually two words—
Divination.
Then he objected:
"There is no disrespect, Pastor Astado, but if the Empire uses the possibility of divination to determine who is guilty, it will be a disaster, and we cannot judge sin by possibility."
"The future does not mean that Fireclaw is guilty."
Mazar answered in place of the priest.
"If we really think they are guilty, they will have been wiped out long ago, but at least we can avoid some trouble."
"Lord Magyar, the original purpose of the establishment of the Alliance of Suffering was to help each other and help each other. Since we knew that they might go astray again, we should not stand by, not only because they are Astartes, but more importantly, we cannot let a new enemy of the empire be born. Instead of letting the empire pay a huge price to destroy them in the future, it is better to put them under the custody of the alliance before everything happens, which is more appropriate in terms of cost."
Magyar fell silent, but his eyes stared at Bahram like a torch.
A long time later, a smile appeared on his face.
"You really look like your commander of Soshyan, Company Commander Bahram... Well, a tenth company commander has such an opinion. The Knight of the Star Realm is really full of talents and is enviable."
Then he changed his mind.
"But you say that if you put them under the custody of the alliance, how should an alliance that does not have coercive power be supervised a battle group?"
"All their actions need to be reported to the Victory Seri in advance, and at the same time, their think tanks need to go to the Victory Seri for review, which is the condition for them to become observers of the Alliance of Suffering."
Magyar stroked his hand and thought for a while, then looked at the priest who had turned around, and nodded after confirming each other's thoughts.
"This seems feasible, but when it comes to think tanks, from what you mean, Company Commander Bahram, do you think the Fire Claw think tanks may have problems?"
"Their number...is not normal. I'm not sure if it's because of the parent star, but I found that some of their think tanks wear terminators, and their status is obviously higher than that of the think tanks in ordinary battle groups."
Mazar was silent for a while, and then agreed:
"Indeed, if you come into contact with Chaos Equipment, then the first one to respond must be the think tank, so just look at whether they have any problems, you will know if there is any problem with Fire Claws... Yes, it hits the point, Company Commander Bahram, you have a very sharp mind."
"You have been awarded the title of Commander of the Magyar."
"Will they accept this condition?"
"I'm not sure, but if I don't accept it, let him leave. We are so kind and righteous, and no one else can say anything."
Magyar patted his hands gently.
"Okay, then that's the decision."
Chapter completed!