Chapter 41 - 41: The Wolf and the Dog

After paying respects to the towering golden statue, Kian Voss began the long walk toward the Cathedral behind it.

The structure was a Gothic masterpiece—a monolith of plasteel and stone. Gargantuan pillars depicted the armored forms of the Adeptus Astartes, and the architecture felt heavy with the weight of ten thousand years of fanaticism.

Crowds of pilgrims in tattered robes shuffled through the high arched entrance. Guarding the threshold were several Ministorum Militiamen, leaning on heavy brazier-staves that flickered with low-grade promethium flames. Their eyes were cold, scanning the masses for "unseemly" elements.

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