God Emperor’s Angel of Death

Standard Tyler Calendar, 942.M41

Armageddon planet, low-Earth orbit

The battle of the flagship Sword of Vengeance of the Holy Blood Angel Chapter The barge is not only a tool of war, but also a beautiful creation.

The surface of her 10-kilometer-long structure is decorated with the classic Baal idiom, which comes from the rust-colored vast desert. Many wars have half-buried the ancient and complex civilized heritage. Some people say it is the great destruction. Combining with the heritage passed down through the ages, has given the Holy Blood Angel its strong aesthetic—a kind of reverence for the past, and at the same time combined with the bitter cognition of cold history.

They built a monument to death, infused it with strength and grace, as a cry of contempt for the impermanence that nearly destroyed them.

Today, a huge fleet appears in the orbit of the planet Armageddon.

Looking at Armageddon turning under his feet, the Chapter of the Holy Blood Angel Chapter, the Longest Space Marine Dante, Imperium currently in service, slowly put his hands on the elaborately carved brass armrests.

He was so close that he breathed a small fog on the outer glass.

He wants to commemorate this moment in some important way, so that this moment can stay in his mind, because he has been alive for too long, the time of 1100 is for Space Marine It was also so long that his memory was not as good as before.

Dante was born in 447.M40 on the satellite of the holy blood angel’s mother planet Baal. Malnutrition and radiation have affected his physical growth. When he joined his tribe, he was challenging At the time of the verdict of Zhidi, he did not show any special signs of being able to survive, but he still survived.

Later, he entered the Holy Blood Angel Chapter as a recruit candidate. The first time he attracted the attention of Chapter personnel was after he drank the Holy Blood meal containing the Gene-seed ingredient of San Gilles He fell into a coma for a year, and kept shouting the names of the fallen Primarchs, the Dark Gods, and the demonic Primarchs that were expelled.

Dante was trained as a combat brother after a successful transformation operation, then a sergeant, and was promoted to lieutenant at 753.M40. At M40, he participated in the Battle of Karius. In that battle In addition to Dante, the other company commanders of the Holy Blood Angels were all killed by the enemy. Later, the Chapter Pastor and the Holy Blood Pastors gathered together and nominated him as the new Chapter Commander.

After becoming the Chapter Chief, Dante led the Holy Blood Angels to a series of great victories, from the bloody battle of the ultimatum to the liberation of Kano, and played Scarborough the Bloodthirsty at the gate of the clamor De splits it in half while driving Ork out of the twelve worlds in Black Fang.

During the long service period, Dante not only became a Legendary among the Astarte Order, but also established the most glorious image among ordinary citizens of Imperium. Many people believe that Dante is the savior of Imperium. , The hero in golden armor will come to rescue them in their darkest hour.

"Armageddon, finally arrived."

Chapter's scribe and attendant, squeezed a way from the many pillars and flags to reach Dante's side, this stupid figure The old man is responsible for recording the speech of the head of Chapter, and try to write down every word and leave it to the future recruits of Chapter to pay their respects.

Dante turned around, Chapter was assembled on the deck.

He cleared his throat and started his speech with a strong baritone.

"Armageddon is being threatened by Xenos. The form is very serious. I hope that everyone will be determined to sacrifice everything, for the God Emperor and for the Imperium, to guard this critical world!"

In fact, there is more to say. His speech could have been better, but Dante just ended his speech with the simplest narrative.

"Let’s live up to the blood of San Giles!"

When he gave a speech, the scribe was on the side to finish his work, making a scratching sound through the parchment. In the process, keep a neat record.

This is. Dante noticed that Calistarius seemed absent-minded in the think tank queue, so he asked.

"What do you think? Calistarius brother."

This came down very suddenly, Calistarius stammered.

"For me, it...it looks calm enough."

Dante showed an understanding smile on his wrinkled face.

"Armageddon made a request, and we responded to it. Perhaps for your think tanks, what you see is far deeper than the ordinary eyes of us."

Calistarius is a little embarrassed, because he was not using psionic power to perceive the planet, or doing other things, he was simply in a daze...

"How long will we have Can you land?"

Dante then turned around and asked a tall, thin officer with white hair and pale face.

The officer immediately replied:

"Chapter Randall Blanchard of the White Church has arrived by the shuttle, and the orbital station is in the process of our conversation. Carry out the loading preparation work. We will notify you immediately after the preparation is completed. Everything can be completed within a few hours."

After knowing that two Chapters had arrived in Armageddon first, Dante did not I feel very surprised. After all, this is the Supreme Sun Star domain, and there are many Chapters active, no matter which one is much closer than them.

But after further learning that it was White Temple and Astral Knight, Dante really startedled.

The former is mainly not very famous. The White Church has very few records of its activities, so that Dante feels unfamiliar when he hears it. You must know that he has already remembered all Chapters in his mind. Again.

For Astral Knight, his accident comes from Chapter itself. He has heard about the battle of the world engine and the battle of New Badaboo. For this Chapter reborn from the ashes, he Contains more curiosity.

For Astral Knight's chapter chief Soshian ·Alexei, he has always had the idea of ​​meeting.

"Very good."

Dante nodded.

"Thanks for your hard work, I have been running around in subspace for two months."

Although the period of subspace navigation is very stable, everyone is in a state of mental tension. Especially mortal crews and officers.

So after arriving in Armageddon, although he was concerned about the battle on the ground, he still chose to let the fleet dock at the orbital station first, so that everyone could rest even for a day.

"Well, everyone returns to their posts to prepare, Calistarius brother, you stay."

The entire group left the viewing deck, except for Cali Outside Starius, Dante was still there, looking down at Armageddon.

Calistarius didn't know if he was greeted with a reprimand, he could only lower his head and watch Dante with his side.

About five minutes later, Dante sighed and turned and looked towards him.

"Brother Calistarius, you are a little uneasy."

"Chapter is long, I...but the meditation time is too long, sorry."

"No, it's definitely not what you said, you have a lot of thoughts."

Dante walked off the viewing platform and came to Calistarius to put his hands together. On Calistarius’ shoulder, he said earnestly:

"Do you remember that story."