……

The fleets of the Golden Expedition joined forces and sailed in the Eye of Fear, which had been completely shut down, docking, resupplying, and advancing in every system where the Tyrone Engineering Fleet had built a large military starport.

And so on and so forth.

This route is known as the Triumphant Route.

For countless years since then, as long as humanity exists, and as long as the occupied Eye of Fear and its surroundings remain under human control, there will be an endless stream of pilgrims to visit the Triumphal Route.

All the galaxies on this route will be bathed in the glory of the expedition together.

And the victory of the entire Golden Expedition will be remembered forever, because this is the first time that the creatures of the real universe have reclaimed their realm from the subspace.

The expeditionary fleet gradually sailed to the Kadia system, stopping in the giant starport built by the engineering fleet.

Inside the flagship of the Glorious Humanity, in the largest council chamber on the battleship, Qin Mo stood by the porthole and looked at the many worlds of the Cadia system outside.

"The Lord of the Most High Citadel has returned to the throne."

The new Fort of Cadia was in the middle of the bridge, and he was the one who had come to greet the triumphant victory of the expeditionary fleet on behalf of the entire Cadia.

However, his title is not the Lord of the Supreme Castle, but the Lord of the Second Castle.

The Second Castle Lord had already met with Killiman and them, and now he had come to them to talk about the death of the Castle Master while the high-ranking officials of the Tyrone Star District were discussing matters in the council chamber.

"May he rest in peace." Qin Mo closed his eyes and lowered his head in silence for Creed.

When he closed his eyes, the Praetorian Guards, the high-level participants of the Tyrone Army and the Tyrone Navy gathered in the entire council chamber, and the warlords of several Space Marine warbands that had taken root in the star zone...... Everyone bowed their heads in equal measure.

These people are not all silent and remember Creed because of the Lord of Tyrone, they are not as resistant to life extension techniques as Creed, and many of them are trained according to the Army Training Manual summarized by Creed.

Even the card-playing soldier he met after Creed entered Tyrone's nest and scolded him for being cannon fodder in a paper shell, but this soldier had been promoted to general in countless wars and long years.

When Qin Mo ended his silent mourning, slowly opened his eyes and raised his head, the Second Castle Lord said to him, "It must be an honor for the Supreme Castle Lord to receive your memory. ”

This is a polite phrase.

Qin Mo didn't like polite words, but the second castle lord, a person who had nothing to do with him, was standing here, what could he say except a polite word in response to his silent condolences?

"The news of Creed's rest has already reached me, and I have known about it for a long time, but at that time I was still dealing with the Originals, and I could only send a fleet to escort Creed's body to be buried in the manner of your Cadia." Qin Mo said.

The Second Castle Lord nodded, "If the Lord of the Supreme Castle hadn't looked at the Eye of Fear until it closed and was hurt as a result, he might have survived to meet you now." ”

"No, he won't survive anyway." Qin Mo shook his head in denial.

He could probably guess what was going on with Creed, and even if Creed hadn't died under the roar of the volcano, the moment the doctors woke him up from cryonics, he was doomed to not be able to hold out until he was frozen and awakened again.

Creed just wanted to see the Eye of Fear close, to see the destruction of this old enemy of the Cadia, so he could hold on until the moment he saw the Eye of Fear close.

In any case, Creed rested in peace.

"Thank you." Qin Mo said to the Second Fort Lord, "Thank you for coming to me to tell me about this. ”

"It's true that I'm here to tell you about it personally, but I have a second thing, and that's to deliver the letter." The Second Fort Lord said as he pulled out a letter from his chest.

Gray, who was in the guard, immediately stepped forward and took the letter to Qin Mo.

After opening the letter, Qin Mo saw that there was a handwritten letter written by Creed.

The content is very brief, there is no reminiscence, no long speech.

At the beginning of the letter, it is "thank you".

This is Creed's style, and he has always cherished words like gold.

And from this brief thank you alone, Qin Mo could guess what Creed wanted to thank, not only the Golden Expedition, but also the help he had given to Cadia, and the promise he made to Creed, who was still a White Shield recruit at the time, in Tyrone's nest......

The next line of thank you is still brief, just this: May your star sector always prosper, and may your justice and humanity always shine like light on this cruel galaxy. Also, please help me convey my thanks to Klein.

This is the end of it.

"Klein." Qin Mo opened the dimensional space and sent the letter into it, "He can't hear the thanks I relayed anymore. ”

As a "Retainer of the Dragon", Crane once had the potential to become one of the Field Marshals of the Sector, but he gave up his future and decided to become a Rogue Trader.

On the eve of the Battle of Cadia, Crane worked as a liaison with Creed, and the two had a good relationship.

But Klein attained peace earlier than Creed.

Qin Mo also only learned about this not long ago, and Klein's daughter found the flagship after the transport fleet was replenished and told him that his father was resting.

Klein even asked his family to spread the news after his death, because before he died, Qin Mo and the guards who had friends with him were on an expedition.

Thinking of Klein, Qin Mo sighed again and said to the Second Fort Lord, "Thank you for sending the letter and taking a day off on the flagship." ”

"After the rest of the castle master's resting ceremony is a celebratory ceremony of the closure of the Eye of Fear." The Second Fort Lord refused, "Please understand. ”

Qin Mo nodded, and the second fort lord saluted and left.

"At this time."

"It was at this time that I could feel the passage of time."

Qin Mo turned to look at Grote, who was among the field marshals.

Grote was very old, his face was full of wrinkles and his hair was gray.

He left the Eye of Fear to preside over military affairs in the middle of the expedition, and only returned recently.

"Me and Crane, and many other veterans who have followed you......" Grote looked at Qin Mo, who was only in his twenties, "We are all mortal mortals, some of us have already rested in peace, and some of us may live for another hundred or two hundred years, but we all have a time to die." One day in the future, you subconsciously call us to give an order, only to find that we are all lying in the grave, which is inevitable......"

"But there will always be people who will continue to follow you, who will be better than us, and who will become friends with you."

"There's no need to be sad for us. The mortal womb of the flesh will eventually die. ”

Grote said this with great calm, knowing that he was going to die when even the life extension technology could not bind his soul, and an absolute transformation like the Praetorian Guard was a toss he could no longer bear.

(End of chapter)