The other warriors hurried over to break up the fight. Chaos erupted, leaving the guards outside itching to see what was happening inside.
Only after a long while did the commotion gradually subside.
Amid the chasing and grappling, Sharia suddenly remembered something he had heard back in Segmentum Obscurus: a brutal war had erupted in a tiny enclave in Segmentum Pacificus, where three Chapters had annihilated the enemy at the cost of almost their entire strength.
"Is your Chapter one of the survivors of that great battle a century ago?"
"If you mean the battle against the Forces of Khorne in the Taste System, yes," Situval answered.
For some reason, Evan simply watched them without saying a word, looking utterly drained.
With Brother Sharia's reminder, the other Raven Guard finally remembered the sector-wide announcement from the Dawn Angels Chapter. They had declared that they had witnessed the Imperium's future rising, that its hope had appeared, and so on.
They certainly knew how to boast, but any war that earned their approval could hardly have been ordinary.
These Sons of Sanguinius had always prided themselves on their artistic tastes and lofty standards. Warriors whose deeds they considered a great victory...
Had to be warriors who had defeated the enemy and survived one of the Imperium's most horrifying battlefields.
The five warriors finally realized that they had not merely done something wrong. They had done something extraordinarily stupid.
They had called these most valiant of warriors cowards...
Nidal, in particular, wanted the ground to swallow him. Why had he run his mouth? Whatever else could be said about the White Scars, they genuinely had no fear of dying in battle. Why had he seized on that of all things in the heat of the moment?
It really was... strange, as though something