Dante, the current leader of the Holy Blood Angel War, the lord commander, and the regent of the dark side of the empire, took the podium amid the cheers of all the people.

It is no wonder that his appearance was able to set off a louder wave in the crowd than the "Imperial Saint". Dante, who had served in the warband for more than 1,500 years, had long since become a living legend, a symbol of victory and prosperity, a powerful guarantee of stability in the imperial world, and a hero more inspiring than any propaganda story. Compared to Rikka Fujimaru, who had not achieved anything other than a famous name so far, the appearance and speech of a legendary heroic figure who was widely known around Baal was obviously more exciting to the audience.

The emperor is too far away, but Dante is close. The forbidden army was naturally a little dissatisfied with this, but Fujimaru Rika still felt that such a development was completely deserved.

In terms of appearance, it is also golden, artistic, and decorated with precious stones, but the Seiko power armor on Dante's body is completely different from that of the forbidden army in terms of style. The golden giant's shimmering composite terracotta steel shell is carved with soft and delicate lines that resemble the natural texture of the human body, and the warband emblem made of Baal rubies, which symbolizes the blood of St. Giles, on his chest glistens in the light of the stars.

The amplification device on the podium, tuned to Rika Fujimaru's height, certainly doesn't match a Space Marine's height, but that's okay because Dante doesn't actually need those things either: first, Astarte and mortals are inherently different in physiology like vocal cords and thorax; Secondly, the death mask of St. Giles, which covers Dante's face, can also be used to simply turn on the amplifier.

Rika Fujimaru was originally going to listen carefully to what Dante would say in his speech. On the one hand, it is out of basic respect, and on the other hand, it is also an attempt to gather some experience that I don't know if I will use for my next speech. But she only stood at the side of the stage and listened to the opening remarks, and Zantik Avpa's voice came through the in-ear headphones she had hidden under her veil:

"I'm sorry, ma'am, but we have to go back to the Lion's Mane for some reason." There was a little embarrassment in the tone of the Commander of the Dreadwing Company, but more of a firmness.

Rika Fujimaru was puzzled by the fact that there was no such thing as a process, and that she had previously thought that this kind of "sudden collective departure of the dark angels" was considered "impossible". But before she could speak, the angry Vasilyan had already squeezed into the channel:

"What are you talking about?" The Janissary Warden shouted angrily, "Do you realize what a glorious and solemn occasion you are in right now? ”

Fujimaru Rika pretended to play with her veil, and glanced at the figure behind her side and back majestically holding an axe while turning on the radio function of the headphones. After confirming that at least from a distance, the guard of honor itself was still in order, she whispered: "I think it is precisely because of such a glorious and solemn occasion that you should not quarrel. This won't solve the problem, it will only make the scene ugly. ”

Vasilyan snorted coldly at Captain Afpa during the communication, but did shut up.

"Company Commander Avopa, do all of you Dark Angels have to leave together? Right now? Rika Fujimaru asked.

The embarrassed and slightly urgent voice of the person concerned came from the communication channel: "I'm sorry, but it's true. ”

"You know if there's no one behind me right now, it's going to be awkward all of a sudden, right?" Rika Fujimaru was referring to the skirt that was being held behind her back by the mortal crew of the Lion's Mane.

Company Commander Afpah paused subtly and added, "Only Space Marines. ”

Between these two sentences, Fujimaru Rika quickly weighed the pros and cons between agreeing and disagreeing, and finally chose to "agree": "Then you go quietly, as if the process itself should leave at this time." Also, while I don't know what's going on, if you're going to remove the Lion's Mane from the orbit of the main Baal star, remember to let me know in advance. ”

Company Commander Afpah replied in the affirmative and immediately began to regroup. Immediately after, Vasilian's incredulous-sounding voice reappeared on the communication channel: "You just let them go?" In this way, everyone's face is not good-looking. ”

"So what's not? Are you waiting for you to fight at the ceremony? That's really 'everyone's face doesn't look good.' Fujimaru Rika responded, "They're dark angels, I think they can do that." Therefore, I think it is necessary to stop the loss in time in this case. ”

"May I warn you that the timing of this exit is too bad, and there is a probability that it will lead to a diplomatic accident."

Fujimaru Rika glanced at the head of Dante's battle who was giving a speech, and replied: "It's really not good, I'll be in charge of explaining on the side of the Holy Blood Angel, who told me to be their military commander now." And anyway, there was nothing about the Dark Angels in the next process, and they basically existed as a background board for the full number of people...... At least not the worst possible outcome? ”

Vasilyan was silent. Fujimaru Rika didn't know if he was angry for a while, or if he could agree with this illusory comfort. At the very least, this unplanned contingency was resolved smoothly: the servo skull shots for the broadcast and the audience's eyes were almost entirely focused on Dante at this moment, and almost no one gave too much attention to the team of Dark Angels who had sneaked away at the edge of the field. The immobile Forbidden Army on the side of the podium and the calm Fujimaru Rika himself also seemed to imply that the link itself was also planned for a long time, and it was just one of the processes that was functioning normally and did not require much attention. Only the Blood Angels lining up on the other side realized that something was wrong: it didn't seem to be the same as they had been promised. But in full view, they didn't try to dig deeper.

The first is because the occasion is clearly inappropriate; The second reason is that the top management of the war group led by Kobro is very pleased with this:

Although the process was not written in advance, it seems that at least these "rich and suspicious black dark angels" will not enter the Araks Angel Fortress with the honor guard.

(End of chapter)

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