How can a retired savior be considered retired if his price drops to 40,000?

Chapter 249 The Washing of Time

Specially designed for the use of important people among mortals, the transportation vehicle with special consideration for comfort slowly stopped in front of a more majestic building. Fujimaru Ritsuka took Kaelia out of the car slowly, and said to the blood slave who was responsible for guiding the way in a tone with just the right emotion: "I didn't expect that Chapter Commander Dante would arrange the banquet in Such a significant place.”

This is the undoubted centerpiece of the entire complex. The building used for Fujimaru Ritsuka's debut party, which was used specifically for diplomacy, was of course grand and gorgeous to the level of the Blood Angels, but compared with the "giant structure" in front of her now, That's obviously still too trivial.

This is the soul of Arax Angel Fortress. Thousands of years ago, this was the residence of Sanguinius, the Primarch of the Ninth Legion. It was the center of a powerful and violent organization fed by the flesh and blood of the people of Baal Trinidad who had survived for generations. Ten thousand years later, this is still where the leader of the Legion lives. It is a place for receiving guests, and due to the deposition of history here over thousands of years, it has acquired a more profound symbolic meaning as time goes by.

The blood slave who smiled politely did not speak, but stretched out his hand to make a "please" gesture.

During the previous trip, there had indeed been some minor unpleasantness between them, but the degree was not enough to cause either party to lose their professionalism. Fujimaru Ritsuka also smiled and followed the others, quietly stepping into the overly grand door of the building, and observing the surrounding scene politely and calmly.

The atmosphere in this short team was still cheerful, or so it seemed. The blood slave, as he had always done when leading guests who entered the building for the first time - usually Astartes from other Chapters - selectively pointed out and pointed out to the guests as they moved forward. Introducing some decorations or artworks with special significance in this magnificent building. And Fujimaru Ritsuka was like any well-mannered and very supportive guest, asking some unimportant questions at the right time and then exclaiming.

In fact, the latter was comparing the furnishings inside the building with those she remembered.

Ten thousand years have passed since the Great Crusade ended with the Heresy and the death of Sanguinius. This long period of time that slowly flows away in the real universe step by step cannot fail to leave traces on dead things such as the Blood Angels Chapter Monastery that exist in reality, even if it is a blood angel space warrior of all generations. The same goes for the carefully maintained buildings - not to mention, during the fierce battle a hundred years ago, this building indeed suffered a blow that cannot be ignored.

The Blood Angels' meticulousness in their reconstruction work is truly remarkable, but once it's been rebuilt, it's been rebuilt. But then again, even if this building had not experienced the disaster that required it to be rebuilt, it might not have been possible for it to "still maintain its original shape" after undergoing countless repairs over the past ten thousand years. How it looked thousands of years ago."

To truly achieve this, perhaps the entire building would have to be encased in a stasis field, as the Ultramarines or the Raven Guard did with their primarch's chambers. But first of all, the Empire does not have such a large stasis field. Secondly, Arax Angel Fortress is not only a monument set up for the fleeting glorious past. As a chapter monastery, it also has its own responsibilities to bear. Function.

The overall layout of this building should not have changed much, but in Fujimaru Ritsuka's opinion, many of its internal details have long been changed beyond recognition - this description does not mean to praise or criticize, it is simply a statement of facts. The themes of the murals painted on the domes and walls were still the victories that the Blood Angels had won in various places, but the number was obviously much greater than what Fujimaru Ritsuka had remembered. Among them, there is not only the scene of Sanguinius himself leading the Legion to kill the enemy in the Great Crusade, but also the countless glorious battles of the Blood Angels Chapter after the second founding of the army. The buildings of special significance have become murals. In these artistic records that belong to battle groups rather than legions, Sanguinius will still appear, but not as the center of the picture, but floating above the picture with a touch of sadness, with a feeling that seems to be both gratifying and scrutinizing. He looked down at the victory achieved by his son.

In addition to the murals, the themes of the decorative figurines placed throughout the building have also changed. In Fujimaru Ritsuka's impression, most of the small decorative sculptures placed in inconspicuous corners are based on the native flora and fauna of Baalsanxing. Considering that the barren mountains and rivers of the Death World really cannot support any soft and cute creatures, the style of those small carvings always shows an original roughness and a vigorous sense of power. But now, most of those detailed parts have been replaced by little angels with soft lines and cute expressions. This brings a harmonious and orderly beauty to the overall decoration, but in Fujimaru Ritsuka's opinion, it does lack some wildness.

She didn't know when this change occurred. Maybe these small carvings were changed little by little during the repair work of the Blood Angels on the building over the thousands of years, or maybe they collectively changed their appearance during the reconstruction work after the Tyranid invasion, or maybe they were like this from the beginning. It was Fujimaru Ritsuka's impression that was wrong - what she experienced was not the real Great Crusade, but an illusion created by one after another of overly realistic psychic illusions. The scenes in this fantasy are not entirely based on historical reality, but mostly come from the participants' impressions of the past. In her memory, what she saw in the illusion was, in the final analysis, nothing more than "Sanguinius's impression of his residence in the Star Torch."

Considering the client's mental state, there is no guarantee that his memory is correct. Sanguinius' soul was shattered in the final battle, and he has yet to recover - not even to collect all the fragments scattered across the Warp. His memory is often confused, so he subconsciously reorganizes the missing parts in some unimportant details, which results in the impression being inconsistent with reality, which is normal.

It is completely impossible to trace the truth nowadays. The truth has been completely buried by thousands of years of history. Many times, what unknowingly creates obstacles to the inheritance and survival of human civilization is not any tangible enemy, but time itself.

But it doesn't matter. At least in Fujimaru Ritsuka's eyes, all the differences she has actually seen so far are still within the "range of error."

Magic does require "absolute precision" in some angles and directions, but in many cases, this precision is not reflected on the material level. Humanity in Arax Angel Fortress has not been cut off, belief has not been cut off, civilization has not been cut off, and history has not been cut off. For her, this is enough.

With this strange sense of relief, Fujimaru Ritsuka's journey finally came to an end under the guidance of the blood slave: she finally met the current chapter leader of the Blood Angels again, a living warrior who has served for more than 1,500 years. According to legend, Dante, the dark side regent of the empire, stood solemnly at the entrance of the banquet hall in regular uniform, surrounded by the Holy Blood Guards in golden armor.

(End of this chapter)