Chapter 684, Seating

Salilus strode on the Golden Pass.

The two Ortopis guards following behind him held their heads high and looked straight ahead; the two in front of him quickened their pace and pushed open the heavy door in front so that Salilius could walk through without stopping.

Striding into the conference room, Salilius looked around and his steps became lighter involuntarily.

He saw a long conference table with people sitting on it.

The one at the top looked like a mortal. Salilius saw him for the first time, but he had seen his portrait and video many times.

That was the Marshal of the Imperial Star Army, the Commander-in-Chief of the Southern Front of the Iron Armor Campaign, the Head of the Dragon Eagle Star Region, the Governor of the Alliance, and a legal Alpha-level psychic certified by the Imperial Psychic Order: Gu Hang.

The first person sitting on Gu Hang's left was also recognized by Salilius.

That was the first commander-in-chief of the Western Front before him, the Phoenix Lord of the founding regiment-Phoenix Regiment, Su Lie.

Earlier, Salilius had received news that the Phoenix Regiment had reappeared and played a decisive role on the battlefield.

Salilius was indeed surprised by the return of the Phoenix Regiment.

Although he didn't know how it was done, it was obvious that it was all thanks to Gu Hang.

The second person sitting on the left was also a Space Marine. He was wearing a black-painted power armor with a white-bottomed black cross on his shoulder.

That was Xi Rui, the marshal of the fourth fleet of the Black Crusaders. In theory, he was the second-in-command of the missing Northern Front Corps, second only to Marshal Leroy. He was, and is now, the supreme commander of the remaining troops of the Northern Front Corps.

The second person on Gu Hang's right was Martins Salas, the commander of the Phoenix Regiment who had fought side by side with him for the past year and saved his life, and whom he admired very much.

He didn't know most of the others. However, even if people didn't know them, the marks and decorations on these people were very obvious.

There are the High Inquisitor of the Anti-foreign Order, the Head Sister of the Battle Sisters, the Admiral of the Imperial Navy...

The largest number is a group of Space Marine Chapter Masters.

People with the status of Chapter Masters can also be described as a "group".

Let's not talk about Martins, the Chapter Masters of Blood Shark and Dragon King Spear, Arma Ewing and Tai Shichen, are also people who have fought side by side with him on the Western Front and know him.

In addition, there are two other Chapter Masters, whose paint is the New World Torch with orange-red upper body and copper lower body, and the Fury Flame with orange-red and black paint.

These two Chapters sentenced to the Expedition of Atonement are now serving under the Alliance. Of course, their Chapter Masters are not the previous ones, but promoted from the subsequent newcomers. But no matter how shallow the qualifications of these two new chapter leaders are; as the Atonement Chapter, how low their status is, the status of the chapter leader is here after all, symbolizing their subordinates, controlling an entire standard Space Marine Chapter, which is already a valuable force. Not to mention, they have Gu Hang's support behind them.

Nothing else counts, the last item alone is enough to get them to the table.

Such a table of people is enough for Salilius to retract his wind-like footsteps.

The sound of Space Marines stepping on the floor is often very heavy. Of course, they can control their pace so that they can run quickly in action without making any sound. However, they usually do this during stealth operations. In general, they deliberately step loudly in this way to show their strength and deter opponents and enemies.

The same is true in political and military conversations.

Originally, Salilius did this instinctively. But now, he has to relax his pace a little.

At the same time, he also paid attention to the entire long table, leaving only two seats.

First, the first one on Gu Hang's right.

Second, the one opposite Gu Hang, at the other end of the long table.

Now, the choice is in front of Salilius.

Both positions are available, and he can choose either one.

Choosing the one opposite Gu Hang, at the other end of the long table, seems to be equal to Gu Hang in position.

Salilius thought so before coming.

But now, he is a little hesitant.

Should he actually sit on Gu Hang's right?

This position is of course very solemn, and sitting face to face with Su Lie is not very insulting to Salilius. However, if that is the case, he is equivalent to sitting below Gu Hang. In terms of meaning, it seems to mean that after the merger of the West Line and the South Line, his status is one level lower than Gu Hang, and the one who makes the decision here is the South Line Commander-in-Chief Gu Hang, not him.

This is not in line with his original idea.

The West Line is different from the North Line, which has been destroyed and can be said to be non-existent.

The West Line still retains a very strong combat effectiveness. Moreover, if we really want to talk about achievements, the Western Front eliminated the biggest leader of the Ironclad Rebellion, the commander of the Ironclad Regiment, Humphrey Paul himself.

Isn't this enough to make the Western Front equal to the Southern Front?

If you think about it carefully, it's really not possible.

If there was no support from Martins, the Western Front might have a better outcome than the Northern Front, but that's limited.

If Martins hadn't come to the rescue at the critical moment in that final battle, Salisius himself might have become a dead soul under the knife of Humphrey Paul.

To be honest, in terms of the contributions to the war on the Western Front, is Salilius much higher than Martins?

I am afraid that cannot be said.

To exaggerate a little, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is 50-50.

In this case, Martins can only sit in the second seat on the right, what should Salilius do?

What's more, Martins is actually a subordinate of Gu Hang's Southern Front Corps in essence.

Let Salilius sit face to face with Su Lie, his predecessor as the commander-in-chief of the Western Front and the head of a newly founded regiment, so as not to humiliate him.

Salilius struggled for a while, but finally made a decision.

He still followed his heart and chose to sit in the first seat on Gu Hang's right.

"I definitely didn't acknowledge Gu Hang's absolute leadership."

"I just showed respect to him."

"Otherwise, sitting in the front seems to create too much opposition, which is not conducive to unity..."

"Su Lie, Xi Rui, and Martins all sit in the back, so it shouldn't be embarrassing for me to sit in front of them, right?"

Many thoughts flashed through his mind in an instant, and he slowly went from being nervous to feeling at ease.