"Ricas, are you willing to become an angel and fight for the Emperor?"
Suddenly, the other party's words exploded in Likas's ears like thunder, and the tribesmen around him also let out a burst of exclamations.
"I...angel..."
Ricas's little mind was completely confused and he couldn't react at all.
"Ricas, answer me, immediately."
The other party's voice carried irrefutable authority. Ricas's body trembled, and then he swallowed his dry and burning throat and hissed:
"Are...going to heaven?"
"No, I'm going to hell."
Likas lowered his head and muttered for a moment. When he looked up at Soshyan again, his eyes were less confused.
"I understand, you want me to atone for my sins, right?"
"If you are willing to be so understanding, no problem."
"So, can I ask one last question?"
Looking at the boy kneeling on the ground with his head raised and his eyes half-closed, his brown skin cracked and peeled by the dry and hot wind, Soshiyang nodded slightly.
"Can."
"What kind of war and demons need an angel like you?"
At this time, an imperceptible smile appeared on Soshyan's face.
"Excellent question, that is...a war that your little mind now can never imagine."
After speaking, he looked at those still kneeling on the ground.
"So you need to say goodbye to them?"
"now..."
Ricas lowered his head to look at the teacher's body, then gently placed it on the ground, then came to the leader, knelt down and kowtowed to him.
"Please help me bury my teacher. His soul has returned to heaven, and his body should return to the earth."
The team leader kept nodding and said tremblingly:
"No, Lord Angel, I will bury the chanter properly, and we will spread the miracle of your ascension to the earth today. You are the first saint to embark on the path of angels, and we will build a building for you here.
Magnificent altar!”
Ricas was stunned for a moment, then shook his head.
"Uh... no need."
After saying that, he stood up and walked towards the huge angel. Soshyan also turned around and walked towards Storm Bird.
"Lord Angel, how should I... call you?"
Hearing the boy's voice behind him, Soshyan stepped into the hot sunshine and replied slowly:
"Just call me Chapter Leader."
"Chapter Commander..."
At this time, those who were still kneeling on the ground began to chant loudly, as if they were witnessing a great miracle. Ricas followed the giants and staggered into the sun. He felt very hot, unprecedented hot, perhaps even more so.
Mostly due to the fear in his heart, everything today seemed like a dream.
Bleeding, death, heaven, angels...
Everything seemed so irrational and psychedelic. It was as if his life had been completely crushed by an invisible hand and then pieced together into something he didn't recognize.
When he saw the metal flying dragon at close range, Ricas suddenly realized that it might not be life. Although he didn't know what it was, he instinctively felt that this thing was not life, and the dark hole in its abdomen
It seems to symbolize the uncertain future of his destiny.
"Chapter Commander...where are we going?"
On the boarding ramp, Soshyan turned around.
"To the end of the world."
"Then what will happen to me? How to become an angel?"
"You will experience a brand new life, but the process is very painful. If you are lucky enough to survive, you will see a brand new world, a world... filled with only war."
After saying that, Soshyan took off the translator and turned around and walked into the cabin.
Likas blinked, turned around and glanced at the tribesmen who were still kneeling on the ground. He tore off the blood-stained robe and threw it into the sky, letting it go with the wind. Then he stepped into the Storm Bird without looking back.
in the cabin.
After another patrol over the planet, Stormbird returned to the space station in orbit. Then, under the auspices of Soshyan, Nessen-3 conducted the first selection of Astartes recruits.
Due to the special environment and social form of the planet, this selection is more of an experimental nature. The Astral Knights sent twenty Thunder Eagles to the twenty largest city-states in the world. They first communicated with the local Sun Order.
After preliminary genetic and physical examinations, the twenty strongest and healthiest boys from each city were selected. They were the first batch of Astartes candidates on Planet Nessen III.
Of course, no one can say how many people will survive the transformation in the end. After all, the existing data comes from candidates from planets recruited many times. Although they are all humans, there are some genetic differences between Empire humans and humans.
The genetic differences caused by the completely different environments in the world will often become the decisive factor in determining the success rate of transformation surgery.
After recruiting 401 candidates, Soshyan left a frigate and some flying vehicles to Naisen III. After that, it was managed by Andal and his Tiger Claw Chapter for a long time.
——It is said to be a battle group, but there is only one battle group leader and one think tank, fearless, who are truly polished commanders. They are even poorer than when Soshiyang first took over the battle group.
Although in principle, Valiel, as a former Star Claw Apothecary, should also belong to the Tiger Claw, the Badab War broke out not long after he became an Astartes, and he himself has basically no feelings for the Star Claw Chapter.
, I have never seen Andal leave the battle group early and go to the Death Watch, otherwise he would not take the initiative to run away with Talos.
Andal had a long conversation with Valier alone. It cannot be said that the two parties broke up on bad terms, but at least as a result, Valier did not choose to return to the Tiger Claws immediately, but he also told Soshyan that he would assist Tiger
Claw performs the transformation surgery on the recruits, but it is definitely not possible to rely on him alone. The recruits recruited by Tiger Claw still have to be transformed by the Apothecary team of the Astral Knight for the time being.
As for the future...
No one can tell what will happen in the future. Andal feels that Valier will eventually return to Tiger Claw. After he transforms batch after batch of Tiger Claw recruits, he will eventually recognize his bloodline identity.
Soshyan agrees with this, but Valier also knows too many secrets of the Astral Knights and the Undead Army. If he is really allowed to leave, will there be new variables in the future?
After all, things will change, and so will people. This is something Soshyan has to consider.
Perhaps it would be better to leave this matter to Talos.
After finishing the journey to Naisen 3, Soshyan ordered a transport ship to send the recruits to Naisen 4, while he took the flagship to inspect Naisen 2 and 1.
Because these two worlds are close to the star and have almost no atmosphere, the surface temperature is astonishingly high and they are simply uninhabitable. Griffin 4 only arranged a resource collection station in each of the two dead worlds, and even Nathan 1 because
The space station has been in disrepair for a long time, causing the protection system to fail. It had been abandoned long before the arrival of the Astral Knights. Together with the facilities on the planet, it can be said that Nathan 1 is now empty. Regarding the resources here, Griffin 4
I made a simple summary. Generally speaking, this planet has a high content of heavy elements and is actually very rich in resources. Among them, there are more than 80 key rare metals. However, the development cost is relatively high, and it is far away from Grid.
Fen 4 was in mainland China, so no great efforts were made.