Warhammer Inquisitor Chapter 446

  Chapter 446 Age of Legion: Chapter 29 Broken Earth

There was dead silence in the icy Thunderhawk cabin, and the cold-colored lights hung high above the cabin and emitted light. The flickering light like a faint candle illuminated the long steel strip floor below, and the fixed steel strips on the ground The bar became the only source of sound here amidst the tremor of the fighter plane passing through the air current.

The light shines on the benches on one side of the cabin, and there is a row of benches along the sides of the Thunderhawk cabin. The steel benches are extremely smooth, without a trace of rust or dust, and they look well taken care of. brilliant.

Many Astartes chapters have a paranoid pursuit of hygiene, especially those chapters known for their discipline. They believe that the cleanliness of the internal affairs can reflect the chapter's adaptation to the discipline, whether each soldier is serious and competent fulfillment in their own positions.

Warriors and all mortal assistants of the legion need to maintain their equipment regularly and undergo inspections. If you are found to be lazy in this regard by the inspected officer, Huo Huo, then you'd better pray that he is in a good mood today and the emperor blesses you up.

It can be seen that the battle group this Thunderhawk belongs to is also very serious and serious in this regard. Not only the benches, but also the gaps in the surrounding floors and the shelves on the top of the cabin are spotless, without any traces of dust or rust. Under the influence of the war group's culture, the crew is indeed very serious.

This also makes the tempered bars on the front wall of the cabin very clean, the surface is as clean as a mirror, and the mirror reflects the Blood Angel warrior sitting on the side of the cabin. He is sitting on a bench on the side of the cabin. Lowering his head, his old face looked left and right.

He was the only passenger in the entire cabin, the chairs on both sides were empty, and even the door to the cockpit in front was locked tightly. The environment just got more bone-chilling.

Dante braced himself up and leaned against the cabin. He leaned sideways to one side of the circular cabin observation window. The window was nailed to the ground and could not be opened at all, but the surface was wiped extremely transparent. But the glass allows Dante to see everything outside.

Dante approached the glass and looked out. The setting sun on his face had disappeared, and the setting sun only left a hazy circle of light on the distant horizon. The blood-red light curtain had been suppressed by the dark night sky. , Night is falling on this once red land.

Black stretched out from the edge of the skyline, blackening the entire land like spilled ink. Dante leaned against the bed and looked down at the ground below. There was darkness on the dark land, only the military convoy that was marching below. The light projected by the headlights illuminated the area for a moment.

They are driving on the ground in the distance like a tiny galaxy, the trucks are lined up in a row with their headlights on, their tires rolling forward on the rocky ground composed of rocks and gravel, and the armored vehicles in the convoy , the headlights surrounding the turret shone brightly to the surroundings, illuminating a large area around them.

The light also shines on the trucks at the front and rear. They drive forward along the endless Gobi Plain. The darkness makes it difficult to see distant things clearly.

Dante's eyes followed the convoy in the dark, just like people in the night would be unconsciously attracted by the light, the eyes of the chapter leader followed the convoy moving forward, the long convoy illuminated all Lights marched across the dark land.

They drove forward, and then suddenly the head car veered to one side, the light from its headlights sweeping across the ground like a spear swept sideways, and behind it, The following convoy all turned with it, and the long convoy turned before something.

  Dante looked forward, there was nothing in front of the constantly sweeping headlights, and the light did not illuminate anything above, the reason was simple, because that thing was below.

It was a huge rift valley, which extended from one end of the earth to the far end of the other end. The convoy started to turn at a considerable distance in front of it, and trucks turned in front of it. Shine the car lights from the edge of the deep canyon, from the edge of the cliff into the top of the abyss.

Dante overlooked the chasm below, so wide that the headlights could not reach the cliffs at the other end, and he flew over it, the Chapter Master staring into the abyss, and the abyss was watching he.

Dante didn't remember that there was such a huge rift around the monastery. If there was one, he would definitely remember that he had ruled Baal for more than a thousand years. He must know such a great rift, and he is very clear about his position.

But he didn't know it now, and soon he saw more similar things. The Thunderhawk fighter rushed from the front of the chasm into a cloud of smoke that filled the air, and the light of the thrusters was drowned in the darkness almost instantly. In the dust, the other three Thunderhawks behind him also got in together.

They flew quickly through the smoke, the smoke was not pure smoke, but a large number of fine dust particles, Dante looked at the fine particles that were constantly beating on the window glass in front of him, they crackled and hit the glass, Sliding backwards like a swarm of flies.

Thunderhawk walked through the particle storm, and there was a dense scratching sound outside its fuselage. Dante's eyes looked at everything outside, and a large area of ​​raised particle dust covered everything around him. The setting sun disappeared completely, and the night It also became darker, as if the whole world was swallowed by a giant mouth.

And soon, Dante's vision was attracted by the glowing water flowing in the big mouth. In fact, it was not water. Dante stood up and looked down, under the flying dust cloud, in the distance There are rivers of fire flowing on the land.

  They flow in the rift valleys all over the earth. The giant rifts extend around the earth, and some are connected together. At the corners, the flame rivers meet, slowly pulsating towards the end of the dark earth.

  The firelight penetrated the flying black particles and projected its own light into the air. They illuminated the towering cliffs in the rift valley and the volcanic rocks between them, and also illuminated the Thunderhawk fighter planes flying above them.

The leading Thunderhawk flew over the fiery chasm that spread across the land, its propellers flashing in the air, and flew to a further distance. It slid out and fell to the direction behind it. Dante looked there and saw three escorting Thunderhawks flying over it.

The jet flames at the end of them flickered in the dark night, and then suddenly plunged into a greater darkness. Dante stared at them and felt a sudden force from the seat under him, pushing him towards One side pushed out.

The fighter stood and swayed its body, it changed its position rapidly and quickly, turned its wings to avoid something, Dante stood up, and stopped with the auxiliary power station that the motor of the power armor he was wearing instantly started, he Stepping on the ground of the engine room and walking towards the window again, the side knobs of the combat boots under the feet constantly adjust the position according to the deflection angle of the fighter plane, assisting Dante to move forward.

He was back in front of the window in no time, and Dante bent down to peek out, and a huge thing flew past his eyes, so fast that Dante couldn't see it, but it didn't matter, Because soon Dante saw more tall giants towering around him.

Dante took a closer look, and saw the powerful vision of the space warriors and the flames of the Thunderhawk's roaring jets. He saw clearly what the towering giants were standing around. The Thunderhawk passed by, and the light of the thrusters shone On its side, all the rock surfaces on it are brightened.

Dante frowned, and he fixed his eyes on the things that slid past quickly outside. He looked up and saw the collapsed part. It was a tall mountain, but now its entire peak has been broken, and the mountain on one side is completely broken. They all disappeared, leaving only an incomplete section attached to it, illuminated by Thunder Eagle's fire.

Dante looked at the incomplete mountain range passing to one side. There was not only one mountain around it, but a whole connected mountain range, but the place was already covered with traces of landslides, and the peaks had long since ceased to exist. , as if the upper body of the wheat was cut off by a sickle.

The part of the connecting giant rock between the mountains has also become incomplete sawtooth, as if it was bitten by a giant wolf, the uneven gap is sunken downwards, falling between the two peaks, and the It was also like a gate between the mountains, allowing the Thunderhawk formation to fly through it.

The incomplete mountains towered behind him, Dante looked at the towering mountains shrouded in the night, they were thrown backwards from the heights behind him, because the Thunderhawk began to descend, it swooped down from the heights quickly, the fuselage The rapid lifting sent a burst of impact from the bottom up.

Dante felt the strong impact. If it was a mortal, he would already start to feel dizzy now, but thanks to the extraordinary physique of the Astartes, this allowed Dante to withstand a stronger squeezing force and a little discomfort. None.

But when the door of the cabin behind him opened, the whirlwind of fine particles that rushed in made Dante cough. He endured the discomfort of dust in his throat and looked out. The door of the cabin slowly fell down, The outer searchlights above were quickly turned on, illuminating the surrounding ground.

  It was an extremely dark land, even if the lights shone on it, it would not help, there was no reflection at all in that place, as if all the light had been swallowed by it.

A gust of airflow filled with ash particles from outside the door poured in after the door was opened, and the ash slapped on the cabin door frames on both sides and whistled on the inner bulkhead. Dante walked up in silence, his hands resting Peeking out left and right on the sloping door frame of the cabin, the surrounding area is a flat but endless barren wilderness.

Dante stepped out of the cabin, and from the sloping deck, he stepped on the ground outside. The ground was more like a flimsy piece of tinfoil, and the moment Dante stepped on it, a shallow layer was sunken. Footprint traces, the chapter leader looked down at the dark ground, which was covered with a large number of cracks and gaps.

There were cracks everywhere on the ground under his feet. He looked up and looked around, and the surrounding ground was also full of cracks and flaws. There were dim lights shining in the cracks. It was suppressed under the light of the cabin door light, and it was only when Dante stepped down and looked into the surrounding darkness that he could see it so clearly.

  There are glowing cracks and gaps all over the land. They are densely gathered together, crawling on the ground like a group of fireflies, forming a connected shining light path.

Dante heard the roar of jets above his head. He raised his head and looked upwards. He saw three escorting Thunderhawks jumping over his head. They whizzed away from everywhere, and they passed over a tall building.

Dante stood at the cabin door and looked at the tall building in the distance. It stood tall on the dark ground, and was faintly illuminated by the outer wall in the light gathered by a glowing crack around it, but the size of its huge body Some parts are still shrouded in darkness, especially the long row of colossal statues built against the high walls.

Most of them are tilted, and after collapsing, they lean against the rocks and the rubble of the collapsed outer wall, while the remaining parts that have not collapsed also stand in the darkness, like a black giant standing in the distance, its incomplete His body is particularly conspicuous in the night, which also brings a unique kind of fear.

Dante looked at the building in the distance. Footsteps came from the cabin behind him. He turned his head and looked behind him, and saw a pilot coming out from the open door of the cockpit. He strode to the cabin door. Standing tall with one hand on the hydraulic lever that lowered the hatch, the other pointed at the buildings in the distance.

"Where is he waiting for you?" the pilot said and looked down at Dante. Dante, who was standing under the Thunderhawk, nodded to the pilot, and then walked towards the building. The pilot behind him also turned around. Back in the cabin, the hatch behind him was also quickly closed.

After Dante took a few steps forward, he was attracted by the airflow behind him and stopped. He turned and looked upwards. The Thunderhawk had already flown up. Its propeller spewed flames downwards to lift it up. The top of Ding's head slowly slid over, and after pulling up, he flew towards the direction of the building.

Dante looked at the Thunderhawk that went away. Like the other Thunderhawks, it passed over the building and flew towards the dark deep space, leaving only the twinkling lights of the four thrusters behind. The point twinkles in the deep night sky like the North Star.

Dante looked at the light spot in the distance, then lowered his head and looked at the huge building complex in front of him. After a little silence, he continued to walk forward. He walked on this vast endless plain, surrounded by towering buildings on both sides. The mountains towered in the distance, and they were incomplete like the previous ones, as if they had been shot by some gun.

The footsteps of the chapter leader stepped on the ground under his feet, and the fragile ground continued to shatter downwards under Dante's feet. The cracked gaps were quickly connected to each other, and after collapsing backwards, there was a clear footstep The imprint is like Dante passing through a desert.

Each of his feet would leave a footprint, and the small glowing streams of fire would be squeezed out from the cracked cracks, and they would gather in the footprints sunken downwards, and then quickly gather into a small shallow area. The lake, from which Dante's footsteps pluck, and the fire will splash on the surrounding black ground.

Those flying streams of fire flowed on the black ground, and then flowed into the cracks one by one. Dante looked around at the endless black plain, the night was shrouded in it, and the dark clouds shrouded the entire sky, blocking all the light, Only this gleaming chasm in the ground lit the way.

  Dante walked alone on this dark land, leaving a long footprint behind him, and the fire squeezed in it flickered to illuminate the long footprint.

Dante came to this tall building. He stood in front of the towering giant gate. The giant pillars on both sides of the magnificent gate had been broken, and the giant wreckage that had collapsed hit the ground beside him. He looked up. The tall statues on both sides, they also only have incomplete parts still standing in the night, and the rest of them turned into wreckage and fell to the ground.

   And under the crumbling statue, a person walked out from behind the shadow of its already-disappeared calf. Dante looked at him, and the Astartes wearing power armor came out of the shadow.

He was wearing a battle helmet with wings spread out, and the dark green battle armor on his body became darker and darker under the night, but the wings on his shoulders that pierced into the air and spread out a pair of white wings behind him were still shining, but Ding looked at the sign, a white cloak covering one side of the shoulder armor.

The gray-white cloak fell from both sides of the power pack on the back of his helmet that was higher than the helmet, and fell from a higher place to cover his back half. The soldier walked out of the shadows, and one of his hands subconsciously pressed on It was a precious sword in a dark green scabbard like his armor, and the hilt was decorated with spread wings.

Dante looked up at him, and saw the red eyes of scarlet glass under the helmet. The Astartes knight stood there alone and looked at Dante. He didn't speak immediately, but brewed After a while, he slowly spoke with a young but extremely sharp voice.

   "He's waiting for you, come with me." He said so briefly, without introducing himself, without any greetings. After finishing speaking, he pressed his sword and turned and walked towards the gate between the ruins of the giant pillars on both sides behind him.

Dante looked at his back, and after staring at the shattered face of the statue that fell on the ground, he followed. Walked in between the ruins on both sides.

Dante escaped into the darkness. He followed the unknown knight and walked forward. He didn't speak, and he didn't say a word the whole time. He just walked in front with the sword on his waist, guiding Dante from the door Pass through the circular corridor at the back.

There are also some ancient walls and murals that have been in disrepair for a long time on both sides. Most of them are still falling off and covered with cracks. all over the corridor floor.

And the rest of the murals that are still intact and can be glimpsed are also shrouded in darkness. Dante can only vaguely see the pictures on them. He followed the silent knight in front of him along the circular corridor. He did not speak, so Dante didn't ask him any questions, and the two just walked in tandem.

As a result, Dante focused more on the murals on both sides, which were shrouded in ink-like darkness, but suddenly when Dante passed a broken support column, he was on the wall in front of him. I saw a clear mural, and on the side of the mural, a bright moonlight shot down from behind the colonnade.

The moonlight shines on the mural, illuminating the body of the person carved on it. Under the bright moonlight, there is a person standing on the wall. On a rock, a huge halo was depicted with stone carvings behind his head, just like the sun rising behind him.

There is a circle of signs around it, a circle around his coat of arms, Dante got closer to the murals from the cloister and saw the signs clearly, the man around the top and around the head of the man in front of him, relying on the protruding angular ends of his halo The emblems lined up are the chapter emblems, the emblems of all founding chapters.

Dante looked at the logo belonging to his own battle group. The two-winged holy blood drop logo towered above its head, hanging there as the absolute protagonist. The man held up the holy blood logo with one hand, as if Its master stands like that on a rock.

Dante looked at his face, his flowing hair danced beside his ears, and traces of light were traced with small stone carving lines, as if the hair itself was shining, Dante slightly frowned and looked at the man in front of him, and Behind him, the knight's footsteps stopped.

The heavy footsteps stood behind, Dante turned his head and glanced behind, the Astartes knight held his sword and stood in front of the gap that suddenly appeared between the walls surrounding the corridor, there were several huge stone pillars, they lined up Standing together on top of each other they form a colonnade, and behind that colonnade is a hall.

The knight motioned to Dante to move forward, and the latter walked up without any hesitation. He came to the colonnade and looked at the knight. The latter stood there holding his sword and looked at Dante with the red glass eyes under the helmet. , and then looked into the hall behind him.

   "Here comes Dante, my lord." "Thank you, Lancelot, you can leave now."

Dante looked down into the hall, and there were three thrones under the tall dome. It is golden, with countless exquisite marks carved on it, and a gap is cut inward on the back of the chair at the top of the throne, in which stands a sky eagle with outstretched wings.

The golden eagle of the empire soars above the central throne, which is larger than the other two on either side, and on the back of the throne on its left hand is a huge wing that spreads forward, where it spreads , the golden feathers circled forward and wrapped the main body of the throne.

In the center of the Winged Throne, countless gorgeous patterns are engraved on the back of the glittering golden throne. They gather in the center of the back of the chair from all directions. The recessed notch, reserved for a gemstone.

And the gem is also on it, it is an orange-red shining gem, a golden eye is imprinted in the center of the gem, as if staring at the hall in front of it restlessly, it is embedded in the gap of the blood drop, and it fits perfectly It is perfectly integrated with the holy blood wings.

On the other side of the two thrones, on the far right is another distinctive throne. It is different from the previous two. It is not golden but snow-white and silver like falling snow. Other thrones are carved on both sides of the back. Two giant wolves stood up from behind the throne, holding their paws on the back of the throne.

Under the claws of the giant wolf is a pure marble stone, which is the purest marble Dante has ever seen in his life. The lines on it are clearly visible, without the slightest trace of flaws. It exudes a ray of light, like a faint light curtain wrapping the throne.

Like the previous two thrones, there is also a logo branded on it, which is also a sky eagle, which is similar to the huge throne in the center of one side, but that sky eagle has only one head, and its claws are also holding things. It's a pair of lightning bolts, a pair of golden lightning bolts.

Dante looked at the lightning symbol on the back of the throne. It formed a stark contrast on the silver throne with the surroundings, allowing people to spot it at a glance. What was also conspicuous was the person sitting on the throne at the moment. , he sat in the falling moonlight, his figure hidden behind the light.

He raised a golden arm and waved it aside. The Astartes knight named Lancelot beside Dante nodded and stepped back. Walking in the circular corridor, only Dante was left standing behind the colonnade on the edge of the hall.

Dante looked at the direction of the throne under the moonlight, and also at the blurred figure sitting on it. The Chapter Leader of the Blood Angels stared at the man and then stepped down the steps in front of him. Walk between the towering braziers, and on your way between the great stepped seating that wraps around the hall on either side.

Dante stepped down the dark staircase, he stepped down between the surrounding stepped seats, and stepped into the moonlight at the end on the flat ground in front of the hall, he stepped into the moonlight, letting its bright The light illuminated Dante's whole body.

The magnificent armor of the Blood Angel gleamed on his body, the wings of the Blood Angel on his chest were flowing with golden light, and the red blood drop jewel in the center was dancing with spots of light. Dante stepped into the moonlight and came to the three Sitting in front of the throne on the raised platform, he first looked up at the huge central throne, stared at the golden double-headed star eagle on it, and then looked at the silver throne on the side.

The man on the throne sat on the back of the chair, the moonlight poured down from his head, covering his face and the entire upper body behind the light curtain, only his legs stretched out, branding the legs of the golden armor. Two star eagles stretched out, one of which was the double-headed sky eagle on the central throne, and the other was a single-headed eagle holding lightning. The two eagles leaned together like twin brothers.

  Dante looked up at the figure behind the moonlight with a smile on his lips. He stood in front of the throne with one hand on his hip, and looked at him with a smile, "Hello, Piledriver."

  (end of this chapter)

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