Warhammer: Angron Training Manual

Chapter 32 Necessary Cruelty

"Onomamus."

"Onomamus."

In Ono's dream, he and some warriors were carving triumphal ropes for each other, and while carving, they were talking about the deaths of those nobles.

At this joyful moment, everything around him suddenly disappeared and Ono's dream changed.

"Old Bear" saw Qin Xia.

"This……"

"This is not a dream."

When Ono wanted to ask, Qin Xia answered first.

"You know I'm a wizard. I can talk to you in dreams."

Qin Xia said and motioned for Aonuo to sit down.

The two sat opposite each other in the dream.

Ono was very confused. He and Qin Xia were clearly in the cave, and he could have woken himself up to talk, but Qin Xia had to use witchcraft to communicate in a dream.

However, the experienced Ono quickly guessed that the following conversation could not be known to others.

"What did you ask me to do?"

While Ono was thinking, another person appeared.

Crest walked out of the darkness and sat down in front of the campfire that suddenly appeared in front of Qin Xia and Ono.

The female gladiator yawned, looked around subconsciously, and then found that this was not a cave.

"Yes, you are in a dream and you haven't woken up." Qin Xia answered before Kleist asked, "I just pulled you into a dream. What I'm going to say next is something we need to discuss in private."

"What are you talking about? So mysterious." Kleist immediately listened seriously.

"Do you remember what happened during the day?" Qin Xia said, "Yochula was almost killed by the Skinner, and the Nusa Twins wanted to kill Angron."

Kleist and Ono nodded at the same time. Of course they remembered.

"Next." Qin Xia focused his eyes on Ono alone, "You have to propose a no-killing principle to the others. As the name suggests, no gladiator can kill each other in a regular fight."

Ono was stunned at first, then nodded seriously: "I am very happy to do so. But you are not the only one who has this idea. I also called on gladiators not to kill each other in regular gladiatorial combat, but they all ignored my words. I do not have the appeal and deterrence of you and Angron."

"It is precisely because you didn't, that I need you to bring this up." Qin Xia signaled Ono to listen to him first, "I need you to bring it up, and then ask for my opinion after you bring it up. I will not express my opinion."

Ono looked puzzled.

He didn't understand, if it was necessary to formulate a rule that everyone had to abide by, why didn't it be someone with appeal and deterrence like Qin Xia and Angron who proposed it?
Even Qin Xia, who made this suggestion to him, said that he would not express his opinion when he asked for his opinion.

"He's not stupid, he's just too kind." Kleist patted the "old bear" on the back. "As scary as the old bear Ono looks, he's actually very kind at heart."

Ono looked at Crest and gave him the same puzzled look.

In order to make Ono understand, Kleist asked Qin Xia knowingly: "There will definitely be people who explicitly refuse to abide by the principle of not killing proposed by Ono, so what will be the fate of those who refuse?"

"Those who refuse to abide by the principle of not killing will be killed." Qin Xia said lightly, "Remember those who oppose, and then find a way to kill them during regular or large-scale gladiatorial fights." Qin Xia replied.

"Yes." Kleist held out his fist.

Qin Xia and Kleist bumped fists.

And Ono was particularly horrified: "If the no-kill principle is to protect people, then why kill those who are unwilling to abide by the no-kill principle?"

"It is to protect people, yes, but only to protect those who deserve to be protected." Qin Xia responded calmly, "For a pure beast like the Skinner, even if he pretends to obey the principle of not killing, we have to find a way to kill him. Of course, Crest has already killed him, well done."

"I will show no mercy to those who deserve to die, brother." Crest smiled and pointed to his heart, meaning I understand you, and then bumped fists with Qin Xia again.

She was apparently very happy to accept this proposal on the principle of not killing.

"If we single out and kill those who don't follow the rules, then what's the difference between us and the Skinners and the Nusa Twins? We are all executioners." Ono still didn't want to accept it.

Qin Xia looked at Ono.

His eyes did not turn cold because of Ono's resistance, but were a respectful and kind look.

"You are a kind person." Qin Xia spoke slowly. He had already remembered why the name Oenomamus sounded familiar to him.

Oonomamus.

The kindest gladiator in the arena. When Angron thought that all the spectators were vicious people, Onomamus said to Angron, "Watching us die can make them feel alive."

If all went well, Onomamus would be killed by Angron after he was nailed.

"Your soul shines."

Qin Xia's eyes were covered with a layer of white light.

"You were born in Nuceria, it is the glory of this cesspool of Nuceria."

“Anyone who is lucky enough to meet you is lucky enough because they will be taken care of by you directly or indirectly.”

"but……"

The spiritual light in Qin Xia's eyes disappeared.

"We can achieve nothing by being good and just."

Hearing this, Ono lowered his head, feeling annoyed.

"I don't want to kill anyone." Qin Xia said, "If I can, I want to save everyone, even those who don't deserve to be saved by me, but I'm not a god."

"If I have to choose, I will choose the people I care about and abandon the people I don't care about."

"A wizard mentor once told me that people come and go, things have priorities, and relationships have closeness and distance, so this choice is not shameful."

Listening to what Qin Xia said, Ono raised his head, took a deep breath, and asked softly: "Can't we separate those who are unwilling to abide by the principle of not killing, isolate them, and be vigilant to them... They are gladiators, the oppressed, they are not nobles..."

"We need to do more than just protect ourselves in the arena," Qin Xia explained, "we also need to escape. The slave owners will even encourage us to try to escape, but those who just want to stay in the arena will take the initiative to do bad things."

“The no-kill principle is just a test.”

"It just tests who can cooperate and who can't cooperate. Both in the fight and in the future when we get out of this mess."

After listening to what Qin Xia said, Ono lowered his head again.

He was not stupid. He knew that Qin Xia explained so much to him because Qin Xia cared about him.

Like Angron, Crest.

Otherwise, Qin Xia would not say anything. At most, he would kill this old guy named Onomamus as an uncooperative person.

It is too easy for a wizard to kill someone secretly.

"Am I a cruel and cold-blooded person in your eyes? So you are unwilling to accept it?" Qin Xia suddenly asked.

"No, but you're certainly not as kind as I am."

Ono said this in a gentle tone and with a gentle look.

Qin Xia could read some information from this expression: Ono understood everything, but he was so kind and gentle that this moral quality became a hurdle that his rationality could not overcome.

Ono went on to say: “I have lived to this point and have rationally accepted that kindness and a sense of justice alone can do nothing.”

"You are not as kind as I am, but you are far more rational and intelligent than me, and you are far better at doing the right thing than me. I believe that if I, Onomamus, were replaced by you, I would never be in the arena now, depressed about my past mistakes."

"Reason tells me that you can save more people even if you kill people."

Hearing this, Qin Xia became more certain that Ono understood, but it was difficult for him to overcome the hurdle in his heart on his own without anyone to persuade him.

In this conversation in the dream today, Qin Xia didn't necessarily want Ono to do anything, he just wanted Ono to understand some truths.

"Today you helped me confirm a problem that has been bothering me for a long time." Ono said, "Thank you."

Qin Xia nodded gently: "I just have to explain to you, Angron and Crest that you don't have to tell the gladiators about the no-killing principle. It's the same if Yochula does it."

"I will tell you." Ono replied calmly.

Qin Xia was silent, and left Ono's dream, preparing to go to Angron's dream, concentrating on the past.

Angron's brain is not so easy to get into. His psychic resistance is stronger than that of a certain brother who is ranked thirteenth among the Primarchs, likes blue and single combat, and has a little sense of humor.

(End of this chapter)