Rika Fujimaru, who had changed her clothes, took Kellya and walked through the wide and luxurious corridors of the Holy Blood Angel Warband's monastery under the guidance of an elderly blood slave.

The Astarte Warband Monastery tends to be a large complex, but in the case of the Angel Fortress of Astarte, the situation is only more exaggerated. The vast majority of warbands that were formed after the Second Army were established in accordance with the Astarte Codex, at least initially, so during the design phase of the main building of the Warband's Monastery, the size of the Astarte troops was expected to be around 1,000 men. Even in the time that followed, warband leaders violated the number required for the canon in the process of replenishment, and explicitly ordered the construction of additional ones, their warband monastery would often only be expanded to the extent that it was expected to accommodate between three and five thousand Astarte warriors, as well as the corresponding miscellaneous items such as mortal servants and weaponry.

But the Blood Angels used to be the start-up group. This means that during the Great Expedition when the Emperor ordered the design and construction of the Araks Angel Fortress, the Blood Angels were expected to have more than 100,000 Space Marines in size. Although the size of the legion has not been very satisfactory, the Araks Angel Fortress was still established under such expectations.

It is not so much a "warbled monastery" as it is a city with a distinctly military fortress - not a "city" in Fujimaru's concept, but a "city" in the sense of the present empire.

For example, the venue she had just borrowed to host her debut ball was in a building on the edge of the Angel Fortress in Arax. The Blood Angel Warband, and even the Legion's diplomatic affairs had been organized in that location, so it was not a small building: Rika Fujimaru's arrival required only a small part of the east wing of the building's first floor, but it already contained a dance floor hall with three floors up and down, dozens of luxurious and spacious lounges or preparation rooms of different sizes due to the size of mortals or Astartes, and a kitchen and wine cellar that could easily handle large banquets. And that's just the tip of the iceberg in the whole building.

When the Leviathan hive struck, it was no exaggeration to say that the entire Warband's monastery was razed by the aliens. But what they succeeded in destroying was the building itself, not the unwavering spirit and wrath of the Blood Angels hidden deep in their souls. More than 100 years have passed, and those buildings that once disappeared have once again stood in place thanks to the efforts of the current Holy Blood Angels, and the scale is not inferior to the past, and the glory on them is even better.

- The reason why I said this is only because Kelia glanced through the car window as she drove away from the huge building, and then couldn't help but ask, "What other facilities are needed in the whole building of the diplomatic field?" ”

"That's probably it." Rika Fujimaru recalled, "The main facilities, such as the conference room that adapted to the specifications of the original body, the auditorium used for press conferences, the pursuit of a majestic atmosphere, opened up the upper and lower floors of the audience hall, and the circular gladiatorial arena with auditoriums——"

"—Wait a minute," Kellia interrupted in surprise, "why should diplomatic occasions be equipped with gladiatorial arenas?" ”

"Because in the beginning, the diplomatic missions that were undertaken here were mainly between the Astarte Legion." Rika Fujimaru propped her head and looked out the window at the shrinking building, a little tooth sore, "When tens of thousands of Space Marines from different units come together, it's hard to expect that all the conflicts between them can be resolved peacefully through words only on an occasion such as a ball or a banquet - and you often don't know whether a conflict that can be brought into the gladiatorial arena is caused by one side believing that the glory of its unit is insulted, or because' Ruby red or dark blue, which is good, is a little thing that is good. ”

- In the illusion, Rika Fujimaru really went to the gladiatorial arena of that building on purpose, just to mediate the latter issue. She remembered that it was a recruit named Karen Orfion who started the problem. For the next sixty years, the Midnight Lords repeatedly whipped the corpse, even after the person became a company commander and was promoted to the Nightbat Council. Rika Fujimaru neither supports nor opposes this, and she is still puzzled by what the hell is so much to say about this issue.

Kellia was puzzled by this: "I do understand that the best social occasions between Space Marines are near the dueling cage. But the scale of the building ......"

"In the operating records of the Angel Fortress of Arakus, it is true that the facilities mentioned by the two in their conversation have not been opened for use for a long time. When it comes to diplomacy with the sub-regiments and other Space Marines, the Dante Warlord prefers to use the core complex of the Central Sector. The blood slave, who had been quietly pretending to be nothing more than a flesh-and-blood ornament, was also in the car as the guide for this trip, but he couldn't help but open his mouth, "But according to historical archives, during the Great Expedition, the gladiatorial arena here did exist as a bond of friendship and cooperation between the Holy Blood Angels and other armies. ”

"Does it exist now?" Fujimaru Rika asked, and the blood slave showed a little angry expression because of this:

"Of course it exists." He used his tone as strong as possible without being rude, "You must be thinking about the catastrophe that the Tyranid brought to Baal at the turn of the millennium, when almost all the buildings on the ground here were indeed destroyed. But a hundred years later, the resilient people of Baal, led by the radiance of the Angels of the Holy Blood, have succeeded in restoring the Angelic Fortress of Araks to its former glory! ”

Fujimaru Rika smiled, "You mean, everything here is the same as before?" ”

The Blood Slave did look offended: "Of course. All the buildings that have been rebuilt are the same as they were before they were destroyed, is there anything wrong with that? ”

"Nothing. It's good, and it's a great thing. "The fact that the people of Bal were able to rebuild a complex of this magnitude in just one hundred years during such a difficult period is a testament to the resilience of the people here. I can also agree that the rebuilt buildings are in line with the originals, which proves that the long and glorious history of the Blood Angels is still well preserved. ”

It's better to say that it's troublesome otherwise. The Chaldean lord thought silently in his heart.

(End of chapter)

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