Warhammer: Angron Training Manual

Chapter 299 Everyone has their own needs

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"Those warships are most likely ours. Let's keep them."

"I know this happened suddenly and it feels like a storm is coming. The battleship doesn't seem so important at this time... The battleship is indeed not so important at this time, but this matter will be resolved eventually. We still have to fight and survive, so do as I say."

Qin Xia stood in the elevator waiting while communicating with Kahn.

The elevator rose to the top and the elevator door opened, revealing the extremely prosperous night scene of the Desia area before Qin Xia's eyes.

Standing at the top of the building that symbolizes the highest authority of Nu Star, Qin Xia can still see the statues on the square below and the huge pit in the distance that occupies almost half of the city's area.

That huge pit was created by the mad king Tark with an engineering bomb.

People rebuilt their homes in the pit, built everything more prosperous than before, and turned a blind eye to the pit.

“Angron…”

Qin Xia briefly observed the night view, then walked to Angron, who was standing on the edge of the rooftop looking down, and leaned against the edge of the rooftop, also looking down.

“We are not perfect victims, father,” Angron said.

Qin Xia nodded with a complicated expression.

In terms of motivation, that's definitely not the case.

To be honest, before Kelber jumped out, Qin Xia was quite glad that the Mechanicus chose to infiltrate and investigate, because that way he could seize the battleship.

Angron and the Legion need warships...

Initially it was just for the warships, and then no one expected that the Casting General would jump out and things got out of hand.

The whole thing will not end with the arrest and investigation of the Casting General, it will only be the beginning...the storm is coming.

"I admit that I was aiming for the battleship in the beginning. After you rejected Kiel, Kiel came to me and I gave him the idea."

Qin Xia said.

"But this is a motive that only we know. From an objective perspective, the Mechanicus fleet was just conducting an infiltration and reconnaissance operation similar to assassination. This kind of behavior was condoned and ignored in the past, but once it is brought to light, it is absolutely not allowed. We just stopped them in time and did not let them evacuate safely."

"Of course you are right... We are not perfect victims in terms of motivation. It can be said that the Mechanicus and I both have our own little calculations."

Angron nodded, thinking that sometimes things turn out beyond anyone's expectations.

Originally, one side wanted to obtain the warship, and the other side wanted to infiltrate and steal things, and the two sides collided with each other.

Until Kelber jumped out and changed the matter from "each relying on his own ability and taking what he needs" to "the conflict between the alliance formed by the Mechanicus and the Empire."

Kelbo is the Casting General no matter what, and this matter will not be let go. Those who support Kelbo will not sabotage him like his opponents would, but will make things bigger for the dignity of all the people Kelbo represents.

This is why things went from being a mutual gain to a conflict of alliances.

Now that Kelbo has been arrested, things have entered a period of calm, but in fact it is a brief period of peace before the storm comes.

“Kelbor was even somewhat pleased when he was captured,” said Angron. “He was opposed to the Emperor and the alliance between the Imperium and the Mechanicum, and he was quite pleased to see it happen.”

"Yeah." Qin Xia pursed her lips and nodded, "But he is in that fleet. He brought the fleet to cause trouble. Whether it is just to cause trouble or for those ancient technological relics, they are here. What should we do? Watch them leave safely, and then use this experience and our bottom line to prepare for the next action?"

Angron felt the same way.

In any case, Kelber was in that fleet.

The course of events was inevitable; it was all a matter of the choices made on the command deck at the time... The choice to arrest Kelber was the right one.

In Angron's opinion, even if a storm hit Nuceria, as long as he caught Kelbor, things would not deteriorate to a terrible extent.

"Let's wait and see." Angron looked at his adoptive father. "I want to talk to my brothers and sisters, and then talk to the people in the legion. Do you want to join us?"

It is more reliable to spend time and have fun talking with the gladiators alone than to talk with the legion members.

Qin Xia also often participates in the former, but sometimes he doesn't go.

"I still have something to do." Qin Xia shook his head, "You go first, I have to go back to the White Knight and take the Quadrant to see Kelber."

“Quadrant?” Angron was a little confused. “He…”

"Quadrant was Kelbo's apprentice. He used to be, but later he was exiled to another place by Kelbo and became the recorder of our legion." Qin Xia said.

Angron was very surprised. He didn't expect that the man in the quadrant who looked plain-looking was actually Kelbohar's apprentice.

He had little contact with Quadrant and had never known Quadrant's thoughts or past, so he didn't know about this.

“Is Quadrant willing to meet Kelbor?” Angron asked softly. “He was exiled by Kelbor and may have a conflict with him. If Quadrant is asked to make peace with Kelbor for the sake of the Legion…”

"Quadrant asked me to arrange a meeting." Qin Xia said.

This was something that even Qin Xia himself did not expect.

Quadrant did take the initiative to request a meeting with his former mentor.

As to why, it is still unclear.

But since Quadrant requested it, Qin Xia was willing to arrange it.

Angron thought about the limit of things, and couldn't help thinking about Kelbor, and then recalled his feelings just now and expressed his doubts.

"Be careful with him. I feel like my gift doesn't work very well with Kelbor... I have a strange feeling, maybe he has a way to intercept my perception... I don't know how to explain it... It's like I can't see the whole picture of a person."

Listening to Angron's ambiguous words, Qin Xia frowned slightly and had a bad guess in his mind.
……

After one hour.

The headquarters of the Nuxing Security Monitoring Organization.

Qin Xia and Quadrant squeezed into the elevator and fell one kilometer underground.

Qin Xia stood at the elevator door without saying a word, with his back to the quadrant.

Quadrant was standing behind Qin Xia with his head down, not knowing what he was thinking.

In a rare silence, the two gradually arrived at their destination.

The elevator door opens.

Some security inspectors stood in the corridor.

Kleist, who was wearing ancient relic armor, and some armed army personnel were also in the corridor. There were also some space marines in the corridor.

In addition, of course, there are also some people from the Mechanicus.

"Didn't you go to the party tonight?" Qin Xia walked towards Crest.

Crest shook his head: "The head of security supervision invited me to take charge."

At this time, a man in black came over and saluted Qin Xia: "I was fortunate enough to see you driving a Titan to clear out the guards during the Battle of Mach City. I salute you again, Lord God."

Qin Xia smiled and nodded to the person in charge: "I remember you. You were the one who held high the flag and led the militia to charge towards the Guards' defense line."

After a brief conversation, Qin Xia turned his head to look at Quadrant who was thinking with his head down, and continued to move forward in the corridor with Quadrant.

The Space Marines, soldiers and security personnel saluted Qin Xia, while the Mechanicus personnel standing together at the end of the corridor stopped communicating and looked at Qin Xia vigilantly.

Qin Xia noticed that there were two people among them with very distinctive characteristics.

One of them was a woman.

There is not much biological tissue on her face. It looks like a mask worn on a textured bionic mask, and opaque modified eyepieces are placed in place of her eyes.

But her body was different.

She was not wearing a red robe but an armor that seemed to be made of bronze, so she looked more like a warrior.

Every structure of the bronze armor on her body was designed to outline her body with stunning curves, a slender waist, a plump upper body, and tall, slender legs under the unfolded bronze skirt.

When Qin Xia approached, he could smell a very pleasant perfume from afar.

And next to this woman stood a man.

The man was thin, with fair skin, short hair, a delicate face, and many modified parts all over his body, but he was definitely the opposite of the bloated bodies of Mechanicus like Quadrant.

Qin Xia knew their names without the two introducing themselves.

The woman's name is Zeth.

The man's name is Kane.

The impressions of these two people in Qin Xia's mind are even greater than those left by some of the original bodies with low presence.

The moment he saw them, Qin Xia was in a trance and returned to the time before he entered this hellish universe.

With the impression that the Mechanicus was a group of steel tentacle monsters, when I saw these two characters appear on paper, I felt a little shocked by the product of "steel machinery" mixed with "slight Mary Sue".

Seeing Zes and Kane, Qin Xia couldn't help but look towards the quadrant.

The Quadrant is just like the Mechanicus in people's perception, it is very bloated with various modified parts, various great treasures are hidden under the big red robe, and it is armed to be more powerful than the Space Marines.

Of course, this image also has another meaning - the mechanical teacher is a passerby.

There's nothing special about it, it's obviously a minion.

"Cough cough."

Qin Xia cleared his throat and wanted to speak. He didn't want Quadrant to be pointed at and criticized by two high-ranking members of the Mechanicus in front of so many people, and then lose face.

So he has to hold the quadrant accountable.

However, just as the first sentence was about to come out, he and Kane stepped forward and performed the gear salute to the quadrant.

"Is he in there?" Quadrant asked.

"Yes." Zeth and Kane answered respectfully in unison.

Quadrant nodded, looked at Qin Xia, who arranged the meeting, with gratitude, and then entered the strictly guarded interrogation room.

Qin Xia was a little surprised.

He knew that Quadrant was Kelbor's apprentice... but an apprentice is an apprentice, let alone an apprentice who was not favored and exiled to become a recorder.

But Kane and Zel actually saluted him...

Amid the surprise and vigilant gazes of Zes and Kane, Qin Xia did not ask any more questions and accompanied Quadrant into the interrogation room.

Qin Xia saw Kelbo sitting on the iron bed, with his legs crossed and his head lowered, apparently reciting a mechanical prayer.

And when Quadrant walked into the interrogation room, Kelber did not react at all.

There was no reaction on the surface, but he soon spoke.

"Ilka, I knew you were here."

"When I came in, they removed all the devices on me to prevent me from escaping... That's when I knew you must be in the 12th Legion, and it was you who instructed them to remove the things on me."

"Only you can do this. Anyone else would be a fool to watch me walk in here with a bunch of stuff that could destroy this facility."

Kelbor Har's voice sounds more emotional than Quadrant's.

Of course, as a casting general, the modified parts he uses must be the best.

“……” The quadrant was silent.

"You should have greeted your mentor three milliseconds ago," Kelber added.

Quadrant remained silent, but Qin Xia could sense Quadrant's hesitation.

In the end, Quadrant did not salute, but spoke: "Teacher..."

Only then did Kelbo raise his head, the electronic device on his eyes glowed red, and his gaze fell on Qin Xia's face.

"See? This is my good apprentice Ilka."

"Gently intelligent, blessed by the God of All Things."

"I don't know if you can tell, Master of the Twelve Primarchs, that my good apprentice has two preferences."

Kelber said.

"The first hobby: wasting my own talents and the grace of the God of All Things."

"The second hobby: being a jerk. Just like every crudely modified part of his body is resisting me, but he will still call me mentor and give me a silent greeting mixed with malice."

(End of this chapter)