HH荷鲁斯叛乱《异端初现》渣翻7(3)
ARGEL TAL’S THUNDERHAWK nestled in the shadow cast by a ruined wall. This blasted slice of architecture stood almost alone in theash desert, the last lingering piece of a building that would never rise again. The captain walked with Xaphen and his subcommanders, Brother-Sergeants Malnor and Torgal. Squads embarked aboard their own gunships, despondent gatherings of warriors walking in near-silence.
‘There will be no resettlement,’ Torgal said. ‘The city is a tomb. There is nothing left to rebuild.’
‘It is noted in many historical archives,’ said Xaphen, ‘that even the most enlightened primitive cultures on pre-Imperial Terra would salt the earth after razing a city to the ground. Nothing would grow for generations. The people of the defeated city had no choice but to leave and begin new lives elsewhere, rather than rebuild.’
‘How fascinating,’ said Malnor.
‘Be quiet,’ Torgal grunted. ‘Please continue, Chaplain.’
‘I am sure none of us are blind to the echoes of those ancient events taking place here. How many orbital bombardments have we prosecuted ourselves? How many times have we battled in the ruins of a sky-blasted city? This was more than simple destruction. Thiswas eradication. The Ultramarines did as they meant to do, and wiped every significant remnant of Khur’s culture from the face of the planet. A lesson for us, and a lesson for the people.’
‘There will be no resettlement,’ Torgal said. ‘The city is a tomb. There is nothing left to rebuild.’
‘It is noted in many historical archives,’ said Xaphen, ‘that even the most enlightened primitive cultures on pre-Imperial Terra would salt the earth after razing a city to the ground. Nothing would grow for generations. The people of the defeated city had no choice but to leave and begin new lives elsewhere, rather than rebuild.’
‘How fascinating,’ said Malnor.
‘Be quiet,’ Torgal grunted. ‘Please continue, Chaplain.’
‘I am sure none of us are blind to the echoes of those ancient events taking place here. How many orbital bombardments have we prosecuted ourselves? How many times have we battled in the ruins of a sky-blasted city? This was more than simple destruction. Thiswas eradication. The Ultramarines did as they meant to do, and wiped every significant remnant of Khur’s culture from the face of the planet. A lesson for us, and a lesson for the people.’
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