When Eli Dazadon returned to the flagship after collecting his belongings, Soshyan told him about his vision for the future of the Brakato system. The former Fourth Captain of the Crimson Sabers seemed very surprised.
But then he happily praised Soshyan's plan, because he was from the planet Drosh. Naturally, he fully supported Soshyan's idea of rebuilding the planet, and he also hoped to go to the planet to recruit troops together, because of the genes of the war group.
After counting, there were still 63 seeds left. Considering the failure rate of the transformation, he planned to recruit 100 recruits to fill at least one company.
Soshyan agreed to his request, and the Astral Knights' fleet lingered in the galaxy for a month.
This month has been like a dream for the people of Ramdon and Drosh. Due to the previous "catastrophe", the technological level of the two planets has regressed back to the level of the Steam Age to the Electric Age. The withdrawal of the Mechanicus has made
People have forgotten technology, and the purge of the upper class and history has made people forget the Astartes. Only the state religions are still sparing no effort to maintain people's faith in the God-Emperor - although the state religion here has become the main state religion institution of the empire.
Lost contact for thousands of years.
When the "angel" descended from the sky on the "chariot", people's first reaction was fear.
The first to react was the State Church. Although they had lost contact with the upper-level institutions for thousands of years, the classics were still relatively intact, including the murals in the oldest churches, so they immediately recognized these symbols that represented the power and punishment of the God-Emperor.
"Angel of Death".
So under the vigorous propaganda of the state religion, people turned from fear to fanaticism. Pilgrims immediately flocked here to admire this once-in-a-thousand-year miracle, and even the perennial wars stopped.
When the "atmosphere" is sufficient, the angels announce that they will recruit new warriors for the God-Emperor's eternal holy war, and the chosen ones will have the opportunity to become immortal and powerful angels like them.
This news quickly ignited the well-informed ruling class, after all, immortality alone was enough to drive them crazy.
After learning that the Angels only recruit young people between the ages of 12 and 16, the nobles and upper echelons of each country tried their best to send their children to the candidate place chosen by the Angels.
There are many people, but the quota is limited, so each person in charge has his own way of selection.
Ustad's plan was relatively mild. He went to the less populated world of Ramdon. This world has a tundra near the North Pole. The climate is cold and supplies are scarce. He will set up the recruitment site at an altitude in the center of the tundra.
On a mountain of more than 500 meters, all applicants will set off from a location 200 kilometers away from the recruitment point. The 200 people who arrive the fastest will become candidates - normally they have to walk for at least 3-4 days and have to meet in person.
To severe cold.
During this period, all behaviors are allowed, you can cooperate with each other, and you can also kill each other.
It's just that Ustad values the candidate's character more than ability and physical fitness. There is a high probability that he will not want those who kill each other. Therefore, he sent a large number of reconnaissance angels to observe everyone's situation from high places. If
If the candidate decides to give up, he will arrange for someone to rescue him.
Mark, who was born as a soul drinker, and Dazadon, who was born in the Crimson Saber, went to the more populous and more advanced world of Drosh to recruit.
Based on the tradition of soul drinkers in the past, Maximilian chose a primeval forest with a large number of ferocious beasts as the recruiting site. Everyone had to live here for a week and hunt, and when the time was over, they had to hand over the trophies they thought were the best.
In the end, Mark judged the 200 most valuable people.
Maximilian will not care about anything that happens during this process. He will not care whether the candidates die from the mouths of wild beasts or the hands of the same kind - but he will also send many reconnaissance angels to observe the process.
If the conduct is really bad, they will be eliminated.
If Maximilian's method can be considered cruel, then Dazadon's method can only be described as cruel.
He restored the Crimson Saber's traditional ceremony of recruiting recruits on the planet for more than a thousand years, and with Soshyan's permission, he did not recruit from the top, but recruited regardless of class. The camp was on a mountain 1,000 meters above sea level.
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Although there is no restriction on level, the process is more cruel than the other two. First, all candidates must walk through a "sharp path."
The Way of the Blade is a tradition that has been maintained for thousands of years by the Crimson Saber. It consists of thirty ten-meter-high vertical logs. The bottom of the log is covered with swords. The candidates have to step over thirty log piles. If they are not careful, they will
The sword penetrates the body.
And this is just the first step.
Afterwards, those candidates who have passed through the Path of the Blade will be grouped into groups of five and enter the "Crimson Cage".
What awaits them in the cage is the most ferocious beast captured by the Space Marines from the planet. As a local, Dazadon knows the planet's ecology best, from the seven-meter-long lizard-like predator to the 20-meter-long lizard-like predator.
His enclosure has everything from meter-long snakes to two-ton four-legged jungle predators.
The candidates must use simple cold weapons and almost no protective gear to fight against these terrifying animals. Only by surviving can they reach the final step.
In the last step, if the number of people just reaches the standard, then give up. If the number of people exceeds the standard, then Dazaton will select the best performer, and the remaining people can leave, or challenge the selected one.
Use your life to bet on a qualification!
If the eliminated person defeats the person selected by Dazadon, then he will replace that person.
Because recruitment is not restricted to any class, the largest number of people went to the Dazaton recruitment site, but the price was also the heaviest. Until 100 candidates were selected, tens of thousands of corpses were transported out of the camp alone, many of which were from Maximilian.
The recruitment of Dazadon, the noble son who failed in the challenge there, took longer.
After getting enough candidates, the angels left the planet, but before leaving, they announced that they would come in the next decade. In order to expand their influence, the state religions of the two planets called on people to build magnificent cathedrals.
For the angels to descend.
No one dared to refuse this suggestion, and soon a vigorous construction movement was launched on both planets at the same time, and people tried their best to build the most magnificent and largest church.
People in the Ramdong world named their church "Inspection" to commemorate the archangel who is said to like to torture people's hearts.
The people in the world of Drosh named their church "Sacrifice" to warn people that their sacrifice for the God-Emperor is not limited to paying respects, but also blood.
But for Soshyan, this recruitment is not of particular concern, because those candidates still need to go through more trials to become a true Astartes, including whether their bodies can adapt to genetic modification surgery.
examine.
He also shared his thoughts on the construction of the Bracato Galaxy with others, including Veronica. Unexpectedly, the other party told a truth that surprised him.
"Do you think this galaxy is naturally like this?"
The Elf girl was sitting on a chair with her arms folded across her chest. She was wearing a long light cyan dress, her left leg crossed over her right leg, her long hair curled behind her head, revealing her white and elegant neck.