The Emperor’s Angel of Death

After the empire's heavy forces besieged the black legion lord Equesos in Fort No. 7, the ground battlefield of the platoon star quickly fell into a strange silence.

The Black Legion stopped their attacks on the explorer fortresses, and the Astarte regiment, after evacuating the residents from the fortresses and placing them in camps in the Red Sand Mountains, did not hold on to those fortresses anymore, but quickly moved towards 7 The location of the fortress number is assembled.

In the following days, the two sides did not fight again. Soshyan Alexei, the commander of the Astral Knights, was able to lead the White Templar, the Dark Angel and the Gray Knight as soon as he arrived on the ground of the planet. The defenders held a strategy meeting with the judge and the representative of the local garrison, Colonel Stryker.

The three-hour meeting quickly determined the subsequent deployment of the empire.

Each Astarte battle group will be responsible for a certain aspect of the defense of Fort No. 7, while the Astral Army and the local garrison will build a large number of fortifications, bunkers and trenches within 35 kilometers of the fortress, and set up a long-term siege. attitude.

Obviously, this was a conspiracy, and Soshyang gave the choice to Abaddon.

Is it to send troops to save the besieged troops, or to survive the tail docking, and to bear the double loss of military strength and prestige.

But the Black Legion did not react further, and the two sides seemed to sit still on the battlefield.

However, the calm on the surface does not mean that the waves under the shadows have decreased in the slightest. Although the Black Legion has no major actions for the time being, their reconnaissance units and small groups of harassment troops are increasingly frequent, and they continue to attack the mortal defenders in the dark. The garrison, slaughter and plunder the defenders inside.

This is a morale strike tactic used by Chaos Forces, and Soshyang, who became the commander of the coalition forces, has also seen tricks and deployed the same anti-harassment force.

On the eve of the war, a war in the shadows has quietly begun-

"Here, company commander."

Bahram squatted in a puddle, rubbing the scorched earth on the jungle floor with his fingers.

"More traces."

Talos interrupted his search for the nearby bushes, walked to Bahram, knelt down on one knee, and stroked the bumps and grooves he found.

"Sablin, Li Lin, come here. I want to know what you guys think."

The two nearby teams immediately gave up their detailed search and obeyed the command of the company commander.

"It looks like some kind of tracked vehicle from the pattern. This is only a partial. But the ground here is slightly sunken, indicating that it will leave a pool of rain during the planet's rainy season. This is why the traces here are so strong that they disappear completely elsewhere. ."

Sabrin's observational power is as accurate as ever.

"These marks were left three days ago, you see, so that lichens have time to grow on them."

Sablin pointed to the dense leaves that Bachram had cut with his combat dagger to reveal the mark below.

"If the missing squad's vehicle passes this road, it will not be recent."

From the corner of his field of vision, Talos noticed that another scout had diverted his attention, as if to look for further traces, so he glanced at the four people squeezed on the fuzzy marks on the tactical indicator.

"Nias, do you want to make any comments?"

The young man who was walking in the distance strode to his superior, and his enthusiasm could be seen from his gait.

Nias' deep eyes and jet black hair always made Talos think he was a young version of Markushen.

When he came to Talos, Nias also squatted down.

"I guess it's Chimera. Even though the traces are almost completely rubbed off, I saw the extended traces over there, which can be judged by the width and shape of the trace. Do you see the two raised areas? Here, the wet mud passes through the gaps in the tracks that are connected together, and there is another one here."

He pointed to the almost invisible mark, then swiped it with his hand, shaking his finger every once in a while.

"There is another, there is another..."

Nias went on to describe that although Talos had reached this conclusion before Nias participated in the discussion, he was still pleased with the untrained and enhanced speed and accuracy of the recruits. In a sense, he really Much like Markushen.

Talos was equally impressed when Nias found the initial signs of wear on the bark, and this brought them back to the course in less than a second of their discovery.

"There is another one."

Nias stood up suddenly, his big dark eyes staring into the distance.

"Chimera went this way."

He added, while raising an arm and pointing at the dense green leaves to the south, he answered the company commander's next question in advance.

"Eleventh Company, lined up behind me, in a single column."

Talos stood up and ordered, in a combat situation, he would use gestures to give orders.

So far this is just a training,

Nias tried to squeeze past Talos to restore his position in the formation, but the company commander of the eleventh company stretched out a strong arm to block the path of the recruits.

"Where are you going, Brother Nias?"

Talos said with a smile, letting go of his obstacles and taking a place behind the confused scout.

"Lead the way."

When the sun completely broke through the horizon, the Eleventh Company had already penetrated into the jungle for five kilometers, and arrived hiding in the emerald gloom under the towering trees.

Some distorted animals screamed, sprinting through the bushes and rags in the day cycle, starting their ruthless hunting for food.

The communication bulbs in Talos' ears are still active, flooded with tactical reports from nearby areas, while the Storm Crow patrols above the clouds to keep the enemy infiltrating units as detectable as possible.

As the jungle became denser, Chimera's footprint became clearer and clearer, so that the recruits were able to follow a pair of complete traces for the past few kilometers.

Nias keeps his attention in front of the team~www.readwn.com~The scout's vision is very keen, and he sometimes slows down and pays more attention to some signs or deviations on the road without stopping completely. .

Behind him, his combat brother pointed his gun at the dense leaves on both sides of the road opened by the troop carrier, keeping alert to local wildlife and any potential ambushes.

Talos also drew his weapon, although it was his inactive power sword instead of his pistol in his fist.

As he walked through the bushes, something was gnawing at his thoughts, and he felt that he was missing something obvious, something that was right in front of him but not quite right.

Nias suddenly stopped in front of him and interrupted his contemplation.

"They are gone."

Nias turned to his company commander and said:

"Traces. They just...disappeared."

The recruit's face was clearly filled with confusion.