Ustad often sleeps once every three days, and when he sleeps, he often chooses to dreams of his past, but in fact he has almost no memory of his past. The memories of "home" in his mind are the cold air and the deep mountain streams of the plateau.
In his vague memory, he once lived in a town full of gold diggers, and his physiological parents seemed to have opened a tavern or a small restaurant, which he no longer remembered very much.
The biggest feature of that place is the rampant thieves and the raging death. Everything about the empire outside the mining area is just a distant echo. The only thing that can tell people inside that they are still living in the territory of the God Emperor is the crumbling chapel and the priest who is always drunk every day.
Gold diggers are indifferent to this. Regardless of whether the outside world is really peaceful or cruel, life in the town is still serious, with brutal gangs of predators rampant in the countryside, the mountains are filled with poisonous miasma, and winter is so cold that the dripping water forms ice.
For hundreds of years, residents have not been affected by external shocks and are always on the verge of life and death struggling to survive.
In Ustad's memory, he seemed to die in a fire, accident or murder, and he could not tell exactly whether he became an orphan.
In order to escape from this desperate place, he and a group of orphans left the town and came to the slums outside the mountains to survive. The nests visible to the naked eye in the distance were still too far away for them, but when they were old enough, they might set off there to pursue a more threatening and exciting fate.
But before that, in order to survive, they had to organize a gang.
Although most of them are children, Ustad's outstanding leadership and extraordinary ruthlessness have made them a force that cannot be underestimated in the local area.
But the tree attracts wind, and they are eventually attacked by the largest gang in the area. Ustad uses his wisdom as much as possible to temporarily thwart the opponent, and lure the enemy alone so that the opponent cannot attack their residence.
Just as he was trying to escape, something strange happened in the sky. Amid the loud roar of lightning and thunder, a huge flying machine swept through the wind. Ustad didn't know what it was, and just wanted to return to his hiding place as soon as possible.
His family members were waiting for him. Although they had no blood relationship, when the enemy was approaching, the elderly among the orphans chose to resist and let others escape in order to protect the young. He also made the same choice, asking his companions to leave first and stay for time.
Just as Ustad was almost exhausted by his opponent, lightning in the sky slashed down and dispersed the pursuers. Then Ustad, who was only twelve years old, saw a huge figure walking towards him.
The giant was wearing thick silver-gray armor, his helmet and eyepieces showed a red light, and a sword and a pistol were hung on his waist. His movements were smooth and powerful, and every step went deep into the earth.
This scene was firmly imprinted in Ustad's heart and became his last memory of "home".
The angel came to Ustad and saw the boy in front of him struggled to raise the iron rod to point it at him, making a deafening laugh.
The next moment, Ustad's world was instantly filled with noise and white light, and the flying machinery I had seen before landed beside him, and the giant grabbed it and told him.
"You're selected."
Many years later, Ustad learned that the attack itself was a test, and their orphan gang had been noticed very early.
In the end, six orphans became the target of angel selection like him.
But in a sense, he was not recruited, but was forcibly kidnapped. At that time, his men didn't even know what these giants were, because the priest was drunk all day long and did not talk to the residents about any angel topics.
After being taken away, Ustad came to a hospital room and the doctors cured his previous injuries. They observed his reaction and physical condition and made many comments on him based on his mental state and physical fitness, some of which he disliked.
Soon, boys like him were gathered together. These boys came from many different worlds, including orphans who were caught like him, and descendants of nobles. Their skin color and personality were different. The only thing in common is that they all have strong independence and tenacious will.
And where they are, the Angel, or Space Marine, told him, it was called Obsidian Fortress.
After that, they were put into cruel training, and the boring but dangerous life continued day after day, and the candidates collapsed or disappeared one by one.
I don't know how long it took, the surviving boy ushered in the ultimate challenge-
Before the modification operation, Ustad accidentally heard the pharmacist talking to the soldiers around him, and it seemed that he had a higher adaptability, which was only a little worse than the other person before.
Then, there is a painful and terrible surgical procedure.
Many people who underwent modification surgery failed to survive, and Ustad could hardly hold on, but he remembered a passage from the pharmacist that death was an excuse for cowards to surrender, and another option was to persevere and survive to become the person he really wanted to be.
When Ustad woke up, no more than one of the ten partners who were originally trained.
These include Falzad, Armin and others.
The recruits quickly entered the training, Ustad performed better than everyone else, but was by no means the best, and he was not good at speaking and often fell silent in the face of the instructor's problems.
But he has always been looking forward to the day when he really set foot on the battlefield and the day when he fights for the emperor.
In the end, what was waiting for was news that the battle group was almost destroyed.
The noisy ringing awakened Ustad. He lay on the bed and opened his eyes. Then he realized that it was the sound of the communicator, so he pressed the button beside him.
A monotonous mechanical sound was heard from the brass trumpet at the head of the bed.
"Company Commander Ustad, the commander of the battle summons you, please go to the tarmac."
"receive."
Ustad was a little confused. Now he was on the Eternal Loyalty, but the commander of the battle team asked him to go to the apron. Could it be that the commander of the battle team take him to where?
Or is the other party not on the flagship at all?
While thinking, he walked to his personal arsenal and asked the servants to help him put on his armor and then headed to the tarmac.
When he arrived, a thunder eagle had already stopped there, and when he boarded, the pilot told him that they would go to the Avesta.
Knowing that he was going to the Legion flagship, Ustad became inexplicably nervous. He always felt that things were a bit difficult. Is there anything big deal about Soshiyan suddenly summoning him to go?
So did he summon other company commanders too?
Or just called yourself?
With all kinds of strange thoughts in mind, Ustad sat in the back cabin of Thunder Eagle, quietly waiting to arrive at his destination.