Amidst the sound of the horn, Rozim tried his best to look into the distance and saw a huge limousine slowly approaching. The whole thing seemed to be shaped into a miniature ship. The front part looked like
It is the bow of the ship, with a huge golden eagle head embedded in it. The decks on both sides are carved to look like church windows. There is a spacious platform on the spine of the ship, and at the tail is a protruding shrine with a golden statue.
Icon of the Emperor.
The battle sisters of the Order of the Ebony Grail, under the leadership of Velez, stood in front of the shrine, clenching their hands and singing hymns.
A giant wearing gorgeous golden ceremonial armor stood on the front deck, wearing a laurel wreath and a heavy burgundy cloak. One hand held the sword at his waist, and the other hand held a golden scepter in the shape of a staff and kept moving around.
The shouting people waved their hands, and the imaging devices on the airships also magnified and projected his smiling expression.
It is the protagonist of this victory parade, Soshyan Alexey, the leader of the Astral Knights Chapter. His armor is based on his original set of silver-grey ceremonial armor, which has been made by Terra's top craftsmen working day and night.
After several days of continuous processing, the appearance was completely plated with gold. At the same time, the eagle on the chest and the iron halo on the back of the head also turned into a burning sun. The left side of the shoulder armor is an eagle, the right side is a lion, and the knee joints
It is carved into a solemn human face, with symbols of lightning and swords engraved on the arm armor and leg armor. The chest and shoulder armor of the upper body are covered with ribbons and scroll strips.
There were three people standing next to Soshyan, one holding the regimental flag, one holding the battle flag awarded by the high lord, and the third holding the traditional dragon flag used by the imperial army when they returned in triumph.
They are Robin, Amnak, and Bahram.
"She looks really pretty in gold. Oh, I really like her."
Yiswen looked at the dazzling golden giant in the limo and couldn't help but admire it, while Dogo curled his lips.
"Isn't he just a big golden guy? I think he's almost the same as a green guy..."
"Ah! That's——"
Suddenly, Rozim screamed, startling Scyna.
"What are you doing!"
"Look carefully at the people next to the Chapter Leader."
Scyna then turned the camera to both sides and zoomed in. Soon she also discovered that there were nearly a hundred soldiers walking on both sides of the huge ceremonial car, and they were neither holding weapons nor flags.
Each of these soldiers wearing the 9th company (actually the 11th company) holds a broken and dirty military flag with evil patterns painted on it. There are also red helmets strung on the top of the military flag. Most of them have mutated or mutated helmets.
There are traces of desecration, so it goes without saying much about the identity of their former owners.
"They actually brought the flag of the Red Pirates warband..."
The way these nearly a hundred soldiers held the military flag was very special. The traitor's flag and helmet were held upside down in their hands. When this unique phalanx, accompanied by Soshyan in the limo, gradually entered the main viewing area of the crowd, the sound
It became more complicated, with shouts, screams, and fanaticism.
Such a unique ceremony ignited the incomparable enthusiasm of the residents of Terra, and the sounds of praise and prayers rose higher and higher.
At the same time, headed by 3 Stormbirds, 9 Thunderhawks and 9 Stormcrow gunboats also slowly passed by in formation at a constant speed. The air waves ejected from their engines blew the petals in the sky in all directions.
A huge Astral Knights flag hangs below each aircraft.
When the ceremonial car drove past, there was the roar of the engine. Three Brutal Blades, which were wiped spotlessly, followed the limo at a constant speed. Their commanders stood in the turrets with their hatches open, making the aquila salute with both hands.
After the three super heavy armors, there are 6 Predator tanks, and then 9 Land Raiders.
As the team moved forward, the 10-kilometer Avenue of Heroes was almost completely covered with flower petals.
After passing through several huge arches, Soshyan saw a large and regular fortress - Dorne Fortress on one side of the avenue.
This is a newly built building during the Great Rebellion. It is said that when the siege of Terra first broke out, Dorn was commanding the battle in this fortress. Now there are two huge statues standing on both sides of the fortress, one is a hand-held
Dorn with a long sword, and the other was a warrior wearing Imperial Fist armor. When the sun shone on the statue, they seemed to be staring down at the approaching team.
The team continued to move forward, and the crowd's shouts soared into the sky, and soon they reached the second half of the Hero's Road. Here, the crowd of people watching the scenery was much smaller, because the buildings here were also very sparse. In a sense, these few
A section of 100 meters is surrounded by ruins, with only a single stone pillar, a thousand meters long and over a hundred meters in diameter, standing alone among the desolate ruins.
This is one of the holy places of the Imperial Fists, the Bone Pillar.
This solitary stone pillar was once part of the Imperial Fists' monastery fortress and conscript chapel on Terra, but it was completely destroyed during the Horus Heresy. After the war, no further work was done on the ruins except for symbolic cleanup.
If there have been any changes, if you look closely, you will find that the pillars are embedded with hand bones and finger bones. It is said that the bone pillars were once full of bullet holes made by explosive bombs. During the post-war cleanup, Dorne used the emperor who died in the siege of Terra.
The hand bones of the Imperial Fists warriors filled those bullet holes.
Nowadays, the Bone Pillar has become a relic of the Chapter because of honor. On the other hand, it continues the function of the original recruitment chapel, accepting recruits recruited from Terra, including Lysander, who joined the Emperor's Fists from here. (Lysander
is a Terran)
When passing by the bone pillar, all the Space Marines turned their heads neatly and paid attention, including Soshyan.
After passing the bone pillar, the cheers of the crowd rose again, but this was already the busiest wealthy area of the City of Prayers, and many spectators were not only on the surrounding buildings, but even on suspended sightseeing airships.
The splendid castle-like extension extends, and the Terra Palace on the top of the Himalayas is clearly visible. In the early morning sunlight, it is like an exquisite painting on a slowly opened canvas scroll. The eternal lights make it almost stunning.
All the stars were eclipsed by it.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Not long after passing through the bone pillar, the team came to a memorial column of honor. This column, which is nearly two thousand meters high, is located in a tower-shaped tower that is also hundreds of meters high.
On the base, the columns are inlaid with the remains of warriors who died during the siege of Terra, and some of the remains are even wearing the armor of the victims during their lifetime.
This memorial pillar is also engraved with huge golden words, which form a sentence - human heroes are immortal.
It is said that these texts were written by a loyal primarch of Terra after the war, but there are different opinions on who it was. Most people think it was Guilliman, and some people think it was Dorn or Lion, but the Salamanders have their own
According to ancient archival documents, they determined that this sentence was written by the great father Fulgan with a heavy heart after the war.
After passing here, there are almost no buildings, and the surrounding area is very empty. You can even see the original surface of the earth. A high wall locks the entire city behind. It seems that civilization ends here.
All the cheers and noises disappeared.
The surrounding landscape suddenly became empty, which surprised many warriors, but Soshyan already knew what was going on in advance. Last night, while studying religion and the history of Terra with Velez, he learned the reason from him.
——Ancient law prohibits hive capital spiers and residential towers from facing the high walls of the palace. No non-defensive buildings are allowed in the shooting zone fifty kilometers away from the palace walls.
About two hours after setting off from the airport, the team finally arrived at the ultimate destination of the victory parade, which is also the real main entrance of the Imperial Palace, the Eternal Gate!
"This is the Gate of Eternity..."
As all the sounds faded away, Soshyan looked forward with wide eyes.
He couldn't even speculate on how huge the folding door was. It might even be big enough for an Emperor-class Titan to pass through, and it would easily make people curious. What would be behind such a "door"?
What kind of secret is worth guarding with such a huge door?