Chapter 351: The Road to Expedition: The Legend of the Marshal

The sunlight was cut into pieces by the forest canopy. The golden fragments fell from the sky. The fine sunlight passed through the dense leaves and treetops, just like beams of light shooting into the silent woodland.

The bright orange sunlight shone on the red-gold eyes. Magnus looked up at the canopy above his head. The breeze blew across his cheek. The warm wind blew his red hair. The whole forest was swaying in the same way.

The trees rustled in the wind. The swaying canopy also swayed the fragments of sunlight. The irregular and small light beams shot from the top of the dark forest moved left and right in the air along with the canopy blown by the wind. Spots of light kept flashing on Magnus' face.

Magnus took a deep breath of the air in the forest. He lowered his head and continued to follow Vito. Magnus walked at the end of the team, like an outsider. He walked slowly at the end of the column of the Sun Army on both sides of the forest path, looking at Vito and Peter in front of him from a distance.

Magnus felt that he was a stranger. He was not good at getting along with people in the past. With his brothers and his descendants, Magnus had always been immersed in knowledge. He was like a classic lonely scholar, spending most of his time in the Great Library of Prospero.

Even the Great Crusade itself was more for Magnus to find more knowledge. He joined the Emperor's expedition and set foot on the starry sea, not for the lofty words and lofty goals of unifying the galaxy, but for a greater purpose. What really mattered to Magnus was to collect and protect the knowledge and technology that continued to be protected in the Dark Galaxy.

Therefore, Magnus has been very withdrawn for a long time. Few people can understand him. Even his descendants can hardly be called an understanding father. Magnus rarely communicates with others and tries to make others understand him. He is always alone and busy with his own things.

Perhaps it is because of this that his popularity is so bad that almost no brothers speak for him during the Micaiah Conference. After staying in the warp for 10,000 years, Magnus doesn't know how to get along with others. His descendants have become soulless puppets in the Red Son Curse, and the rest of the Tzeentch demons, well, you can't expect them to be like a group of people, right?

So Magnus has been walking silently at the end of the team, actively staying away from those mortal soldiers who still regard him as the emperor's descendant and the guardian of mankind.

For some reason, Magnus thought he had already transcended the emotions of mortals and reached a peak of nothingness, but when he looked at them and listened to the praise and respect of these mortals, he unconsciously felt a little ashamed in his heart.

Magnus looked around the quiet woodland. The Cyclops stopped after hearing a rustling sound. He looked at a deer behind a bush. At least, the creature looked like a deer.

It raised its purple fur, which was glittering in the weak sunlight between the woodlands, and looked up at Magnus. The horns on its head seemed to be between a physical body and an energy body. The whole horn flashed a dizzying light from the tip to the tip.

The fawn then turned around and jumped into the depths of the forest. Its ladder rustled between the grass and bushes. Magnus looked at it and looked up at the swaying treetops above his head.

The quiet sunlight cut into countless fragments and shone on Magnus' face. He listened to the quiet rustling of the trees and was silent for a long time. Balance, a long-lost peace filled his heart. He himself forgot how long it had been since he had felt so comfortable like now.

He lowered his head and looked at the advancing mortal warriors surrounding Vito on both sides, those warriors who still regarded themselves as the guardians of mankind and the great primarchs. Magnus looked at them in silence.

But Lilith walked past him. She knocked Magnus's leg armor with the back of her hand and walked over with a smile. She walked briskly with her hands behind her back, tiptoed and spun around before following Vito. Magnus also followed after a slight sigh.

Magnus followed the team out of the towering giant tree forest. After they walked out of the woods, they came to a huge gate. It was a steel gate that looked like it was disassembled from a warship. The tall iron gate was still branded with numbers and letters written by lasers, and in the center of the gate was an eagle lightning logo symmetrically on both sides of the gate.

Vito looked up at the logo. He was very familiar with the logo. Although he hadn't seen it for many, many years, it was his own logo, Vito Constantine, the logo of the Supreme Marshal himself.

When he saw the sign, many memories flashed before Vito's eyes. All the memories of the Great Crusade came to his mind. He took a deep breath and looked up at the dark gap in the middle of the gate. Behind the gate were the beings that had been forgotten by the empire for thousands of years, just like the sign.

But Vito had never forgotten them. He still remembered the faces and names of all the people on the ship. He believed that as long as he saw them, no matter if they had changed their appearance or not, Vito would recognize them.

But he did not recognize the guards at the door, because they were all young people here, the new generation. Vito did not know them yet, but he believed that he would eventually recognize them, and it would not take long.

Standing outside the closed gate, a young soldier wearing Sun Army void armor was holding a gun. He stood directly in front of the gate. Behind him, on both sides of the gate, were positions composed of Aegis bulletproof shield walls, with openings on them. There was a whole row of shooting holes, and the guards behind them stood on the pressure plate, holding guns and observing the surrounding situation.

Behind them is the huge iron door, and on both sides of the door frame are the tall iron walls that extend out to cut off the forest and the Emperor's Dream that fell to the ground. Vito looked up at the dozens of meters high wall. , it looks like a city wall made of armor layers that were stripped off when a battleship crashed and inserted directly into the ground.

But it doesn't matter. It's made from local materials, and the materials obtained in this way are guaranteed to be very strong. After all, it is military armor from the real expedition period, which is much more reliable than looking at a few trees or a city wall made of stones.

The guard standing at the front of the door was like a knight who was guarding the gate. When he saw the group of people approaching, he immediately ran up with a gun. The young man ran to a few steps away from Peter and stopped. He stood at attention and saluted Peter, "Colonel, welcome back, who is this?"

He said and looked at Vito next to Peter, who looked down at the young man in front of him and smiled, "Vito Constantine is at your service. Nice to see you."

"Vito Constantine? This name seems familiar." The young man tilted his head slightly and said in surprise. He looked at Vito in front of him and thought hard about something. He looked at the power that Vito was wearing. A, seems to suddenly realize something.

"You are an Astartes? Although I have never seen an Astartes, I have only heard about it from veterans, but I believe they did mention an oversized armor or something."

"No, I'm not an Astartes, but I do have something to do with them." Vito said with a smile, which obviously made the young man even more confused. He watched Vito musing in distress while Peter walked away with a smile. After taking two steps forward, he hugged his shoulders. The colonel looked at Vito and patted the child's chest.

"This is my son, Andrei. Apparently this brat didn't remember the lessons taught by Vertus well." Peter said and hit Andrei's head with his hand. The latter pressed his head and complained in a low voice. But Vito was particularly surprised and looked at Peter.

"Old Wiltus is still alive?" "Yes, he is still alive. It's really bad. We still have to listen to those boring lectures from him."

It was young Andre who answered Vito. He muttered and complained, but was slapped on the back of the head by his father Peter, "No big or small, okay, you bastards are probably the same as him." status, so please listen to me clearly!”

Peter raised his head and shouted at the young people in front of the gate. They all subconsciously straightened their bodies and stood behind the shield wall. They all looked over. Vito looked at the group of young people in front of him, slightly embarrassed. He laughed out loud, while Peter in front of him continued to introduce loudly.

"This is Marshal Vito Constantine, Supreme Marshal of the Empire, Commander-in-Chief of the Mortal Auxiliary Army, the Imperial Navy, and all Space Marines! Remember them all! Otherwise I will let Oleg use the whip next time Let you remember it! Do you understand?”

"Understood!" the young people responded loudly, as if they were afraid that their answers would not be heard by Peter and would be turned to Oleg.

But okay, Vito knows another good news. His military disciplinary director Oleg is still alive, and he dares to say that the so-called All-Expeditionary Force's mortal auxiliary army is the most severe, almost as strict as the Imperial Fist and Steel. The warrior-like military discipline officer Oleg has definitely made these young people suffer a lot over the years. Vito knew it just by looking at their reactions after hearing that name.

Vito smiled and looked down at Andre in front of him. He glanced at Peter, and then looked at Vito very cautiously. The latter smiled and nodded slightly to him, "Ask whatever you want to ask. Andre.”

"I'm sorry, Marshal, but you seem to be different from what we have heard." Andre said in a low voice, and at the same time cautiously glanced at Peter beside him, who looked at him holding his arms. Wai stood aside, then raised his head to look at Vito and shrugged.

Vito laughed and raised his power claw, "Then what did you hear?" "Evitus said that you are always shining with gold, and lightning will appear in your eyes, and also on your body, There is also a big halo behind my head. Sorry sir, my grades in literature class are not very good. I don’t know how to describe it euphemistically, but you understand, right?”

"Of course, young man, of course I understand." Vito smiled and raised his head to look at the young people behind Andre. He smiled and shrugged slightly, and the shoulders of the huge power armor rose and fell.

"Then, just do what old Vitus said." Vito said and closed his eyes. He was silent for a moment. Andre looked at Vito in front of him, and then his eyes widened.

He and the young people behind him watched Vito slowly open his eyes. When he raised his eyes again, dazzling golden lightning jumped out of his eyes instantly, and the golden arc roared and danced near the corners of Vito's eyes. A halo began to appear on the back of his head accompanied by flashes of golden lightning.

The circular flying blade-like halo appeared behind Vito's head little by little along with the lightning. Then, after the lightning hit the top of his head, the entire halo took shape, and the dazzling golden light emerged from the back of Vito's head. Shooting out, Andre could hardly open his eyes when it was just the halo.

"How is it? Does this match what you imagined?" Vito's voice became as thick and deep as those lightning bolts, like thunder in the dark clouds, and the powerful aura instantly affected Andre and all the young people. on the body.

When Vito was showing off, Lilith, who was standing behind him, laughed and stood behind him with her arms folded, looking at the shocked young people jokingly. Magnus also put his hands behind his back and stood in the forest. There was a pleasant smile on the edge of his mouth, and they both watched Vito show off to these twenty-something young people.

"How's it going? Is it the same as what the old preacher Vitus told you?" Vito said, slightly raising the power claw. Golden lightning jumped repeatedly between claws. Andre looked at it. That golden lightning, she and the young people behind her, all their doubts disappeared with the beating of the lightning.

Andre was stunned for a moment, then tremblingly raised his hand to salute Vito. All the young people behind him immediately saluted the marshal, "Sorry, sir! I mean, marshal! It's a great honor to see you. I'm waiting for you." The command!"

"I have only one order. Open this door for me, kid. I have to meet my old friends." Vito smiled and pointed at the door behind Andre. The latter was stunned for a moment and then nodded and pressed it. Walkie talkie on chest.

"Open the door." Andre said and immediately stood aside. He stood on the side of the road with his chest raised and his head raised, looking up at Vito in front of him. When he knew that the person standing in front of him was the marshal himself, his eyes changed. He was filled with reverence, as if he was witnessing a god.

Vito looked at the giant door that slowly opened in front of him. The lightning symbol opened from the black door crack in the center and separated on both sides. Vito took a deep breath and nodded to Andre, then stepped towards the door. In the direction of the door, Magnus and Lilith followed closely.

Especially when Lilith walked by, she winked at Andre provocatively. Those beautiful purple eyes suddenly stunned Andre. His eyes followed Lilith closely, seeming to move away. Without opening it, he watched Lilith and Vito walk into the door together.

When Lilith walked by, the young people at the door handles on both sides were fascinated by her. Their eyes followed Lilith closely, and the latter laughed with satisfaction and hugged Vito's arms. arm, chatting with the latter in some language they didn't understand.

Peter punched Andre on the back of the head, causing him to wake up from his daze. He rubbed the sore back of his head that was beaten by his father, looked at Peter and asked, "Dad, who is that?" ? Just that pretty girl, look."

"Stop dreaming, you're out of luck. I guess that's the marshal's woman, at least the latest one." "Wow, isn't Captain Reina cheated on?" "Shut up, stop gossiping here, use Contact the ship via walkie-talkie and tell Captain Reina that the marshal is here."

Peter patted his son on the shoulder and followed him with a gun. Andre also shrugged. He looked at Peter and Vito walking forward, then picked up the walkie-talkie and pressed the communication button, "Hey, Ye Ta, can you hear me? Tell your mother, her ex-husband is here, ah, your new father or something?"

"What?"

On the other side of the intercom channel, a surprised young female voice asked back.