Warhammer: Angron Training Manual

Chapter 238 White Knight Mentor

After one round of the process, only ten of the twenty psychics were left.

The remaining ten were either ordered to be sent back to Nuceria to serve in prison or sentenced to hard labor by Angron.

There was nothing that could be done about it. After all, compared to the 1,980 good family boys, these twenty psychics were brought here because they had made mistakes. Being able to keep ten of them was actually beyond Qin Xia's expectations.

It is better to have no think tank than to have too many.

As for those who were able to stay, either Angron saw through their hearts and found that they used psychic power for profit and evil out of necessity, or Qin Xia examined their souls and confirmed that their souls were absolutely tenacious and would not be easily corrupted by the beggarly seduction of the subspace creatures.

"Can the remaining 10 people become the think tank?" Angron asked Qin Xia about his plan.

Since Qin Xia was in charge of all matters related to the 12th Legion's think tank, Angron did not know the specific selection process of the think tank.

"No, there is one last step." Qin Xia answered, but he did not say what that step was.

Although it is a bit cumbersome to confirm again and again, considering the characteristics of psychics, it is beneficial to be a little cumbersome.

Don't be afraid of tediousness when it comes to psychic-related incidents, but don't be afraid of tediousness.

"Stand on the other side." Qin Xia gave orders to the psychics.

All the psychics who were able to stay stood on Qin Xia's right hand side, no longer blocking the view of Kil and Angron, so that the two of them could see the elite warriors and erudite scholars who were selected through various rigorous selection methods.

"Civil governance and military achievements." Angron emphasized, "This phrase is what my father once told me. This phrase means great achievements in the two indispensable matters of governance and military affairs. It is also what my father asked of me. Since I became the leader of a legion, this will also be my requirement for every soldier in the legion."

Kiel stood at attention, head held high, listening to the Primarch's admonition.

The Lord of the Twelve Legions was the focus of everyone's attention, and his flaming gaze swept across everyone in front of him.

"I will not ask you to excel in both ruling and war, but I will ask you to excel in at least one of them."

"The Space Marine Legion is a military unit, at least before and after my return, but from now on, at least the 12th Legion is not just a military unit."

"Space Marines possess lifespan, strength, thinking, and intelligence that exceed those of ordinary humans. They have great advantages in ruling and management, just as they do in combat. You must play to your strengths after you become a Space Marine."

Angron walked to the right and came to a high wall.
There are huge reliefs engraved on the high walls.

The relief features the symbol of the 12th Legion, the "World Eaters" - blood-red fangs and sharp teeth.

This symbol originated from the symbol of the City Devourer during the Nuceria War. It was originally a pattern used by the High Knights for propaganda to highlight the "evil" and terrifying "destructive power" of the rebels.

But after this symbol spread, it became a spiritual totem for people on Nuceria and Numata, and a symbol of the City Devourers, a powerful rebel army that had not been seen in thousands of years.

The fangs and sharp teeth on the relief are lifelike.

Devouring and holding in its fangs is a planetary pattern similar to that on the legion's emblem.

The so-called World Devourer is also reflected in the logo.

On the huge relief of the planet being gnawed by bloody teeth, red lines divide the surface of the planet into several land plates, each of which is engraved with the glory symbol designed by Angron himself.

There are chains, dilapidated houses, dry land full of cracks, and ferocious alien creatures...

It is worth mentioning that all the patterns, like the blood-red fangs and sharp teeth themselves, are not very clear and delicate to the point of being like photos or some kind of art design drawings, but are simple and full of iconic features.

Just like a stick figure drawing.

Although it is not particularly gorgeous, exquisite and detailed, at least people can tell what the patterns mean at a glance.

"It is the glory that our Legion has achieved today."

Angron raised his hand and pointed at the chains.

"It means that our Legion has broken a long-standing slavery, just as I once broke the slavery of the High Knights on Nuceria."

“And this dilapidated house and dry land means hardship.”

"The ferocious-looking aliens represent alien creatures that once enslaved humans in a certain world."

"We devoured and crushed them."

These words spoken by Angron were enough to make any Legion warrior's blood boil, because Space Marines particularly worship glory.

But for the mortals today, the only thing they can empathize with is that Angron and Qinxia once worked together to eliminate slavery on Nuceria and brought prosperity and civilization to Nuceria.

As for the alien creatures that have enslaved humans... I really can't empathize with them.

"These patterns represent the glory you will receive after becoming a Space Marine." Angron turned to look at Kiel, "Take them to be transformed."

Kiel saluted, and took the few Space Marines in the Triumph Hall to take away everyone except the psykers.

These men will learn about the Legion's past, as well as its present.

What is glory and what is imperial truth.

Most of these people grew up listening to the stories of Nu Xing from their elders. They just want to give everything for Angron and Qin Xia, and become Nu Xing's gratitude to the two people who broke the eternal slavery.

But after learning and transformation, they will become truly qualified space warriors.

"The training of the last batch of Space Marine recruits should be almost complete." Qin Xia said.

These people are the second batch of new recruits sent by Nuxing.

“Another week before they can join the fight,” Angron calculated.

Those recruits have already completed the transformation surgery. The characteristics of the Nucerias make their transformation success rate as high as 90%. Even if the transformation fails, they will still gain some advantages over ordinary people, such as lifespan and physique, but they are not as perfect as the transformed Space Marines.

They are in training.

The 12th Legion originally had no strict training process. The only thing that could be called training was the veterans leading the new recruits in battle.

Angron established a complete training process and also made arrangements for some aspects of the transformation process.

For example, those who failed in transformation would stay in the legion as civil servants to handle some matters.

"That's pretty fast." Qin Xia stroked his chin and thought, "The underground base has been built. I'm going to test the weapons there in a week. Maybe I can bring new recruits to test their training results."

"If we take the new recruits, let my brothers and sisters go with them," Angron said of his Blood Drinker Guard.

Qin Xia thought so too.

But this is something that will happen a week later, so there is no need to think about it so carefully now.

There is only one thing Qin Xia has to do right now.

Qin Xia thought about it and looked at the psychics who stayed behind, at the 10 people whose eyes were filled with fear of the unknown.

They have one last process to go through. …

The White Knight.

Ceremony hall.

This is a recently completed venue, a beautiful palace-like hall.

The construction of this hall can be traced back to the first time the White Knight was damaged in battle. When the White Knight was repaired after the war, it was supposed to be repaired by the Empire.

But at that time, the first batch of new recruits of the Legion were sent from Nu Star, along with an engineering maintenance ship built on Nu Star 1. So the White Knight was used by the engineering ship for training.

It turned out that it was not a waste to use a ship specifically for logistical maintenance work. The White Knight was quickly repaired, and at the same time, a new place was built at the request of the captain. That is today's ceremony hall.

The magnificent ceremony hall has marble floors, silver or platinum decorations, and white as the main color, which fits the name of the White Knight perfectly.

The captain didn't know that White Knight was a psychological term, and thought that the name was the special color preference of the Lord of White Knight.

All the gorgeous items in the hall were from the captain's personal collection or were purchased by the captain.

"After becoming the captain, he found ways to embezzle a lot of money. He must be afraid that you will use this as an excuse to settle accounts with him one day, so he made you bleed a lot so that he won't be sentenced to death in the future."

After sensing the captain's mind, Angron told Qin Xia the reason why the captain was so enthusiastic about building the ceremony hall.

Anyway, the hall was built.

All think tank members were fully armed and stood neatly lined up on the marble floor of the ceremony hall.

In this environment that is extremely similar to a monastery, generally speaking, there should be a magnificent statue of the God-Emperor in front of the think tanks.

But the problem is that there is no state religion in 30K, and the Empire does not promote it.

So what is now in front of the think tank is not a statue, but a podium paved with platinum and a shining relief on the marble wall behind the podium.

The relief was the think tank's freshly-produced logo a week ago - white fangs and sharp teeth gnawing at a group of stars.

Classic World Eater aesthetic.

"Lord of the White Knight."

Qin Xia arrived quickly and entered the ceremony hall.

Chief Librarian Varis announced the arrival of the Lord of the White Knights to everyone.

All think tanks spread out to both sides to make way for the podium.

Qin Xia walked among the think tanks, with the psychics following him.

When Qin Xia had already walked onto the podium and the psychics behind him were about to follow Qin Xia up in a trance, two think tanks holding spears raised their weapons.

The two spears overlapped, blocking the psychics' path.

The psychics realized that they had to stand below, so they immediately stood together obediently.

But because of the characteristics of the Nucerias, even though they had no formal military training and did not know each other, they still stood as closely as soldiers.

The think tanks turned around and looked at the Lord of the White Knights.

The psykers also looked up at the Lord of the White Knights.

Including those psychics who have not yet become think tanks, there are only about forty people present.

"Varis." Qin Xia called the name of the chief think tank. He did not immediately mention the new members, but first asked a question that had nothing to do with these mortal psychics, "The think tank is divided into four levels. What are these four levels?"

"The White Knight is a heart..."

Because Qin Xia had given him surprise tests too many times, Varis, who was about to blurt out his habitual answer, quickly changed his words.

"The White Knights are the think tank organization of the Twelve Legions, and are divided into four levels in total."

"First, there are the most basic compilers, who are responsible for recording and organizing some think tank materials and doing the most basic things."

"The next level up is the chief registrar, who manages the compilers."

"The next level up is the Astropathic Officer. Since our legion's astropathic communications are handled by a dedicated person, this is just an officer rank called Astropathic Officer, who is responsible for managing all the registrars."

"The highest level is the think tank director, the chief think tank. The leader of the think tank is responsible for directly accepting orders from the think tank master and making deployments. The think tank master is not an officer rank, so it is not included in the four levels."

Varis quickly answered this basic common sense.

While speaking, Varis kept looking at the ten psychics, letting them know the approximate organizational structure of the think tank, and if they really joined the think tank, what kind of organizational form they should use to play their respective roles.

"In addition to this basic level division, I will establish new positions." Qin Xia raised two fingers.

The think tanks listened quietly.

"The first one is the Director of the Great Library. This is an administrative title, responsible for managing all the storage in the library. You will search for a suitable person to take up this position among all the think tank brothers."

"The second one is the think tank mentor."

At this point, Qin Xia had put down both of his fingers, which meant he had finished speaking.

However, the think tanks are still waiting for what they think Qin Xia has not finished saying, which is what the responsibilities of the think tank's chief mentor are and who will take on the position.

"Kamaz." Qin Xia suddenly called out.

The youngest think tank immediately stepped forward and saluted respectfully.

"Are those two soldiers awake now?" Qin Xia asked.

Kamath shook his head.

Qin Xia frowned slightly, but after thinking about it, he gave the order: "Bring those two warriors from the Quadrant Monks. They are your Grand Masters. This is an honorary title, but there are indeed important things that need them to do."

Kamas saluted again and turned to leave.

When the young think tank returned again, everyone saw two fully armed warriors sitting in large wheelchairs.

The physiques of these two men showed that they were Space Marines, but they were obviously not very sober. They sat in wheelchairs propelled by Kamath's psychic power, looking around like a child or a young man who was curious about everything.

The two were the Gray Knights who were found and rescued by Qin Xia when the White Knight was attacked.

The two of them were wearing the Grey Knight's Holy Shield Terminator Armor.

(End of this chapter)