Chapter 558 The Rise of the Lion King: The Mystery of the Shooting

"I never wanted my Legion to betray."

"He will never betray."

"I am your father."

"You were never my father! You betrayed us!"

"You betrayed us! If he wants to get this world, he will only get ashes!"

"Vito?, Constantine, can you hear me?" Someone called softly. Vito opened his eyes suddenly, and the hazy optical fiber pierced his eyes. He blinked and sat up and rubbed his forehead.

Discovering that he was wearing a coat, a black coat with the Imperial Star Eagle outlined in gold threads, Vito looked to the side and saw Loken leaning there.

He stood outside the cabin door and bent down to look at Vito, "You finally woke up, but it's not surprising. You are too tired. We have already arrived." "Whose coat belongs to you?"

As he spoke, Vito took off the coat that covered him, bent down and got out of the helicopter cabin. The cold sunshine fell on his face along with the snow on the plateau, and the biting cold wind instantly entered from outside the cabin sliding door, and from his

After pouring it into the cuffs and collar, Vito suddenly became more awake.

He jumped off the helicopter and put his coat on his wrist. Loken nodded and motioned to the side, "Kane's. When he saw you fell asleep, he took off his coat and covered you."

But Vito didn't need to worry about Kane's health. He saw that he was wearing another coat, a heavy military coat from Valhalla, with three stars of military rank on his shoulders, and its owner would

It was draped over Kane's shoulders and buttoned tightly for him, "Commissar, this way you won't get cold."

"Colonel, what are you wearing? Are you aware that you are only wearing a shirt?" Kane asked Castine, looking very concerned. The latter smiled and turned over the fur-covered shirt for Kane.

The collar part said, "I am from Valhalla and I am not afraid of the cold. Besides, the temperature here is even colder than the summer in Valhalla."

Castine took a step back and saluted Kane, "You worked hard last night, political commissar. You didn't sleep all night. You can go and rest. Now, it's my turn to do what I need to do." "Everyone came out together.

, you worked hard last night, make sure to rest and don't collapse from exhaustion." "Of course, for the emperor." "For the emperor."

Castine turned and walked towards the blond Sulla. She was wearing an open coat with several armed belts full of ammunition. Seeing Castine approaching, she immediately stood up and saluted her, "Captain."

"Okay, tell me what's going on here." Castine said and walked over, waving his hand for Sulla to follow. The latter looked at Kane and saluted him with the cold Valhallan's iconic expression.

After that, he turned around and followed Castine. A voice came from a distance, "The whole regiment is ready. We are waiting for orders, but the communication system..."

The sound gradually faded away. Kane stood on the runway of the airport wrapped in a military coat. The cold wind blew. He subconsciously started to fight and wrapped his coat tightly. Laughter came from behind, "You really don't look like them."

Commissar of Valhalla."

"Because I'm afraid of the cold?" "No, because your personality is more like the warm sunshine in summer than the ice and snow in winter." Kane looked behind him and saw Vito walking towards him with his political commissar coat on his wrist, red

The belt slipped out of his clothes and hung down from his wrists, rising and falling with his steps.

Vito stepped forward, came to Kane and returned the coat to Kane. The latter shook his head and pointed to the coat he was wearing, then smiled at Vito and motioned for him to put it on too.

"It's strangely cold here, since they still say it's hot here."

"Then you have never seen Fenris people. If they were here, they would probably run naked." Vito said, opening his coat and putting it on his shoulders again. The two stood together on the runway with flying snowflakes,

Snowflakes all over the sky danced among the surrounding aircraft, and the airflow from the turbine nozzles penetrated the airport runway.

The helicopter stopped behind them, and the propellers rumbled overhead. It didn't seem to have stalled. Vito yawned and turned to look at the helicopter. Kane also glanced at him and rubbed his dark circles, "I didn't sleep."

Awake?"

"I didn't sleep last night. Just like you, she will go back as soon as possible to pick up the rest of you. Have any of you seen her?" "Her?" "You already know, right? Living saint." "Ah, you

Speaking of her, she didn’t expect that now that the living saint has descended here, Jurgen is still praying, together with some people in the group who have never believed in anything before.”

Vito looked at the hangar where the bells were ringing in the distance. The prayers led by the priest and the ringing of the bells came with the wind and snow. Many believers followed the priest's words devoutly, including men.

There are women, but what is not doubtful is that they probably have never thought of believing in those things before.

This is not surprising. Although the Astra Militarum always shouts the Emperor's blessing verbally, it is more of a verbal habit. Just like everyone in the Empire, it is difficult for you to see a group of people who have been fighting various monsters all year round.

Every comrade-in-arms died, and after they had prayed to the empire before, it would be difficult for the remaining people to truly believe in something.

So-called living saints? Hehe, most of the living saints are posthumous. Before their heroic sacrifice, no one has seen them perform any miracles. It is just like military medals, which are meaningless afterwards.

It's just comfort, not for the dead, but for the living.

But the living people all know the fact that no one is protecting them. Except for the gun in their own hands, their comrades are replaced one after another after death, leaving behind deeds that will be quickly forgotten. Most people even

I don't remember the names of people who haven't lived more than a week.

This is the case with soldiers. Although there are no atheists in the trenches, the so-called God or the Divine Emperor is still too far away from them. The so-called miracles have never saved them. Many people will never see any so-called emperor's messenger in their lifetime.

.

All that is left are empty habits, just a kind of psychological comfort and passing time between battles.

But now, it seems that after the coming of the Living Saint, these semi-atheists finally believed that the God Emperor was protecting them. After regaining their faith, they began to pray devoutly. Although they had not prayed for many years, the scriptures sounded strange.

It was intermittent and disorganized, but from the sound of their voices, they still tried very hard to be pious.

"There's going to be a war." Kane sighed, looking quite distressed. Vito seemed not to notice this, and continued to look at the emperor's shrine outside the battlefield church. The small shrine was set up next to the church.

It is placed on a cart and covered with a cover so that it can be easily moved with the army. When you open the small door in front of the box, you can see the statue of the god with candles inside.

"Is Celestine here?" Vito asked unintentionally. Kane shook his head and looked towards the distant horizon, "No, not here anymore. I haven't seen her, but Braun has.

, he said that after the living saint came to convey the news of stopping intervention, he flew to the sky to find other military camps to notify. The communication system is still paralyzed and the message can only be transmitted manually."

Vito nodded. He crossed his arms over his chest, and the collar of his coat fell from both sides of his arms. The cold wind shuttled between the clothes, making it tremble up and down. He looked around the airport, which was already in preparation for war.

, a large number of fighter planes were parked on the runway, their engines had already been preheated and started, and hot smoke accompanied by the aftermath of the ion flame was fanning at the nozzles.

After the heat wave that blurred the vision, a large number of Astra Militarum troops also gathered here. They sat in companies and platoons on the runway, sitting on the edge of the transport plane, carrying parachute bags and guns on their backs and chests.

The straps hung around their legs, making everyone look like a ball, so they had to sit on the ground.

Vito looked elsewhere. Next to the paratroopers, small armored vehicles and parachute light vehicles were driving into the belly of the huge transport aircraft. Its multiple engines were lined up side by side, roaring on the runway, blowing out the billowing hot air.

Mixed with cold air, it turns into a large white mist.

"It seems that your people are all ready." Vito asked. Kane also looked at them and nodded, shrugged his shoulders, and put his coat back on after the jet engine blew it off his shoulders. He took a breath.

He sniffed and said, "Although communication has been cut off, everyone knows that the situation is serious, so the regiment has prepared for the war on its own. It is estimated that other troops are similar, but I really hope that there will not really be a fight."

"I thought you would want that, Hero Commissar Kane." Vito looked at the wings of the transport plane and said with a smile, while Kane just smiled bitterly, shook his head, and turned to look at the Tau tribe not far away.

The envoys, they gathered together in their own group, away from all the humans at the airport.

The leader, Il Solas, seemed to be fidgeting with his communicator, but it was obvious that the thing did not work as expected. Perhaps it was due to the lack of the blessing of Ohm Messiah. He slapped the intercom vigorously, but judging from his expression,

, that thing showed no signs of getting better, and was still silent.

"I still hope that they can make it clear to their superiors not to let the Tau people enter the city, otherwise they will have to fight." Kane smiled helplessly, "Can the fight be won?" "No one knows.

Whether the war can be won or not, only the dead can see the moment of victory and the Emperor." "I didn't expect you to read Plato." "I read it occasionally. I read any book. It's so boring in the transport ship."

Vito turned around, stretched out his hand from under his coat and pointed at the Tau, "Introduce me? Who are these guys who may want to fight with us?"

Kane raised his head and gestured to the one tapping the walkie-talkie, "That's Il Solas, at least I remember it was this name. Their names are both hard to pronounce and hard to remember. He doesn't like us, Tau Ambassador."

After he died, he pulled out his gun and almost caused a fight."

"It seems that someone has persuaded him, is it your personal charm?" Vito smiled jokingly, and Kane also smiled and shook his head, "I'm afraid not, old friend, I remember, he was the first to think

The one who collapsed was the Governor, and the second one was me. The one who tried to persuade him to keep everyone's heads from spinning was the one next to him, Renly Isos."

Vito saw the Tau. He thought it was the Tau who took the initiative to shake Vito's hand and asked him to pull him up. He was a friendly guy. Although he didn't know if he was really friendly or just pretending. The Tau's face was very...

It's hard to change their expressions, and the same goes for their words. You can only tell if they're angry when they pull out their guns.

The biologists of the empire believe that it is the primitive body structure of the Tau that prevents them from evolving complex emotional nerves, so they always have that paralyzed face. Although, it also increases their chances of winning in diplomacy. After all, when you

When you can't read your opponent's mind, it's difficult to win, or even just get an advantage.

But now it seems that Renly is the calmest one among them, and he doesn't have much hostility towards humans. He is comforting Il Solas, using their words that sound more like drinking.

The strange language of the sound of water said these things, and Solas responded to him with a sound more like a flood, pointing at the humans around him and shouting.

The paratroopers cast displeased looks at them. They didn't understand the words, but from the understanding in the words, they knew what they meant. Fortunately, Renly stopped Solas in time and didn't let him continue.

If we continue talking, we won’t cause more conflicts that no one wants.

"It seems that there are sane people among them, Tau Ambassador. How did they react when they died?" Vito hid his hands back in his coat. His hands were frozen. After all, they were standing not far behind the transport plane.

The airflow propelling the engine continued to blow, bringing with it a biting cold wind.

Kane is also hidden behind the coat, and his whole person looks like a gray-green stick. Only his head is exposed, proving that he is not a stick, although he looks more like a chocolate bar.

"Il Solas fired the gun on the spot and yelled that he wanted to kill the governor. After that, everyone else at the banquet also pulled out their self-defense weapons and almost started a fight on the spot."

"How did the ambassador die? Did you see clearly?" "It must have been a gunshot. I heard the gunshot, and only the ambassador's head exploded." "Did you see the gunman?"

Kane shook his head, raised his coat with his shoulders, and let the fluff on the collar stick to his cheek. The airflow from the propeller made the fluff dance like a wheat field, "No, I was talking to Brody at the time.

We are talking about the possibility of a fight, but now it seems that unless they work hard enough, we don’t need to ask this question anymore.”

Vito also followed Kane and saw that a diplomat from the Ministry of Government was standing next to a shortwave communicator not far away. The radar antenna was constantly turning around above, emitting sound waves that could be heard by the ears. The diplomat was

He leaned on the edge and stamped his feet anxiously, waiting for the communication system to come back online.

"It seems that he is busy enough." "And it must be fast, otherwise when it starts, it will only have to notify the Astra Militarum headquarters to prepare for war." Vito added, the hot breath in his mouth touched the cold wind.

, instantly turned into white smoke. When he said this, his voice seemed to become very cold in the air-conditioning.
To be continued...