Warhammer: Angron Training Manual

Chapter 388 Caliban's Grudge

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Dawn Star Harbor.

Ships come in and out of the starport.

Qin Xia stood on a platform next to an empty seat, quietly waiting for a ship that had not yet docked.

At the same time, he also listened to Mago's report on the confrontation on the surface of Dawn Star.

"These days, both sides have been sending more personnel to the confrontation line."

"The representatives of the Empire said that if we still do not allow them to enter our management area to search... the child before, they will use artillery to bombard our positions."

Mago felt a little helpless when he said this.

"The locals of Dawnstar said: This is trouble caused by a child."

Hearing this, Qin Xia turned back to look at Mago: "But we all know that this is not because of a child. Even if a fly flew in from the Imperial Management Area, they would say that the fly was our Nukeria biological spy machine."

"I understand," Mago said, "but I'm a little worried. The conflict is escalating faster than we thought, and I won't be surprised at what those lunatics in the Mechanicus can do."

Qin Xia turned back silently.

It had been more than two months since the Primarchs had been invited into the conflict.

In the past two months, Margo has been meeting with people from the Empire every day with Kramer and Gage to discuss the child.

Qin Xia never participated. He just arranged for the White Knight to pick up the Space Marines sent by their respective Primarchs and Legions.

As for what Mago said... Qin Xia was not worried at all.

Even if the Mechanicus were really extreme enough to open fire, when these Space Marines arrived, they would have to forget what they had said before.

Qin Xia and Mago waited for a while.

The White Knight slowly entered the port.

After waiting for a while, a fleet of transport planes flew towards the shore station.

A large number of Space Marines jumped out of the cabins of those transport planes and gathered together after landing.

Qin Xia saw that they came from various legions, and each legion's primarch was willing to participate in this conflict.

However... there are exceptions.

It's not even just one exception.

A group of Space Marines with yellow and black stripes on their shoulder armor jumped off the transport plane and gathered together.

The person leading them was an old acquaintance of Qin Xia.

The man walked towards Qin Xia.

"Dantioch?" Qin Xia asked with a smile, "Didn't the Primarch of your Iron Warriors clearly state that he would not be involved in this matter?"

Hearing this question, Dantioch looked back at the thousands of iron warriors he brought with him, and then looked back at Qin Xia.

Dantioch said nothing, but spread his hands, giving people a speechless feeling: man! What can I say?

"Anyway, thank you for coming." Qin Xia extended his hand to Dantioch.

Dantioch shook his hand, then said, "The Primarch specifically ordered me to bring the Olympian here."

Dantioch added, "The Mechanicus arrived in Olympia a few days ago. I don't know what they were looking for. The Primarch's adopted sister had a conflict with the Mechanicus. I just learned about it. But to be honest, I don't think it's enough for the Primarch to be willing to intervene in this conflict."

"This is just one of the reasons, but it is still a reason," Qin Xia said.

In Qin Xia's opinion, Angron's influence on Perturabo was not ineffective.

Perturabo must have come to value his kin, but even so, this would not have been the primary reason for the IV Legion's involvement in the conflict.

Perturabo's words are not true, but this is not the main reason.

Qin Xia felt that Dantioch had something else to say.

Immediately, under Qin Xia's gaze, Dantioch spoke again: "The Primarch hopes that Nuceria can provide medical supplies, because we have just dealt with a very powerful alien civilization."

"As it should be." Qin Xia glanced at Ma Ge, "Arrange it immediately."

Mago saluted.

The Space Marines from other legions also gradually gathered.

The person who led them here immediately walked towards Qin Xia, saluted him, and then talked about some instructions that the Primarch had given him when he sent him here.

Qin Xia learned that they were all Space Marines of the primarchs of various legions.

This made Qin Xia feel that the Primarchs really wanted to contribute, even though the number of people they sent would not exceed one thousand at most.

Finally, Qin Xia came to another Primarch who did not want to participate in this matter, but the Legion sent people to the Space Marines.

These Space Marines are all from the First Legion.

When the Space Marines from other legions saw them, they were amazed.

Qin Xia also found it incredible at first.

Until a leader came out from among the thousand men of the First Legion. Then this person took off his helmet, looked angry, but forced a smile and greeted: "Qin Xia. It's me, Luther."

Luther's arrival made the arrival of the First Legion appropriate. "Does the Lord of the First Legion know that you are coming?" Qin Xia asked.

As expected, Luther shook his head. "The First Legion is about to participate in a more difficult war. The Primarch asked me to return to Caliban with a group of new soldiers. I asked those new soldiers to go to the Legion first, and I brought a group of warriors here to protect me and the new soldiers."

As he spoke, Luther turned his head and glanced at the soldiers of the First Legion: "They are all of Caliban descent, filled with anger and grievances, just like me."

Qin Xia speculated on the reason why Luther came.

Luther is not a fool, he is a very shrewd and calculating man, and of course a good man, but he would never run over to support his old friend after learning about the conflict between Nuceria and the Empire.

Luthor came for Caliban, which is hundreds of light years away.

"Let's find a place to talk." Luther made a gesture of invitation.

Qin Xia nodded.

After opening a portal for the Space Marines in the star port, Qin Xia followed Luther to the place in the star port where they could discuss things.

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The starport is nominally under the management of the empire, but in reality it is shared.

In a hidden corner of the starport, there is a poster of the planet Nuceria on the wall.

What is carved above is the star Nu, and below it is a line of words written in the language of the local people of Dawn: Be saved by it!
This was obviously posted here by an employee who supports the Nuceria sector's management of Dawn, but it has not yet been cleared by Imperial personnel.

"Has Nukeria always been like this?"

Luther walked up to the poster and looked at the ugly planet.

"It has always been this ugly." Qin Xia said bluntly.

Nu is the ugliest planet in the Nukeria sector, and there is nothing wrong with admitting that.

Perhaps from the surface, those towering giant cities look very technological, but from the perspective of space, they look like a red planet because the sand there is all red.

"Caliban is not." Luther looked at the Nu star on the poster and whispered softly, "I have always regretted not being able to invite you to Caliban after the Randan War. The beauty of Caliban is not limited to the surface. It is also a beautiful planet in the void."

Luther looked back at Qin Xia: "But Caliban will soon become no different from Nuxing."

"What happened?" Qin Xia asked knowingly.

"What you said before is right. Caliban is a mess now." Luther turned around holding his helmet, slid down the wall and sat on the ground.

Luther, who usually observes the etiquette of a knight, now looks not like a knight at all, but like a frustrated loser.

"When I got back to Caliban, I was shocked."

"Do you know what the Empire did there?"

Luther opened his mouth to tell of all the changes that had taken place on Caliban, but all his words came together in one sentence.

A powerful sentence that made Qin Xia realize the seriousness of the matter instantly.

"When I returned, I saw the Hive on Caliban."

Hearing this, Qin Xia's expression became extremely solemn, and he lowered his head as if in silence for something.

Luther nodded. "Yes, the hive city. I don't know what the point is... The population of Caliban is not large enough to need a hive city, and there are still large tracts of forest that can be reclaimed and used to build cities... People no longer have to fear the behemoths that were killed by the Lion on Caliban, and can settle anywhere they want."

"I don't understand why the Empire would want to build a hive there."

"When I stood in the transport plane and looked down at the surface of Caliban, it stood there, black, thick green smoke like fog spewing out of the hive factory..."

"It stands there, as if to declare the unreasonable hatred and malice of the people who built it towards Caliban, as well as the outrageous stupidity and absurdity."

Hearing this, Qin Xia looked at Luther and saw that Luther's eyes were red.

"Lion probably knows about this," Luther continued, "but not only did he not tell me, he didn't even tell me that you had consulted him about the conflict between you and the Empire. If the think tank you chose as a bridge of communication hadn't taken the initiative to find me... then I would not only be a fool who didn't know that my home planet was being ravaged, but also a loser who would miss the only chance to save my home planet."

"Lian doesn't know about Caliban's changes." Qin Xia said, "But then again, even if he knew, I'm afraid..."

Luther sighed.

Both of them were silent for a while.

It was not until Luther thought carefully that he broke the silence: "I don't know what to do. Ryan doesn't support me, and I don't have the power to do anything to those who manage Caliban alone, so I came here to ask you for help."

Qin Xia realized that Luther did not directly state the purpose of his coming here, but expressed it in a euphemistic way.

This is normal, after all, Luther doesn't have Ryan's support.

"I will help you solve the troubles on Caliban then." Qin Xia said, "If you stay here and help me, I will help you. The problems Caliban is facing will not be difficult to solve even without Ryan."

This was very much to Luther's liking, but Luther was still too eager to know what the specific method was and whether it was feasible.

He cared too much about Caliban.

After seeing this from Luther's expression, Qin Xia continued, "I know what the Emperor and the Sigillite are really afraid of. I will work with you to dig out some secrets from those imperial administrators on Caliban. These are secrets that the empire is afraid of, and then we can get rid of them in a logical way."

Luther stood up from the ground, walked silently to Qin Xia and stretched out his hand.

Qin Xia held Luther's hand and nodded.

The First Legion joined the conflict in an unexpected way, with a different appeal and deterrent power than the other legions.

In Qin Xia's opinion, even if Luther was taken away by Ryan halfway, the brief joining of the First Legion could still play a crucial role.

(End of this chapter)