Warhammer: Angron Training Manual

Chapter 428: No Sprouting
The Legiones Astartes representative Cyjanus continued the council process.

Avida was led out of the venue by Qin Xia in a daze. When the two stood on the towering spire outside the venue and overlooked the Terra wilderness, Avida couldn't even remember how he got out.

"Well done." Qin Xia patted Avida's shoulder.

Avida was still in a trance. After a long silence, he responded: "I am a little tired."

After saying that, Avida bowed to Qin Xia and turned to walk out of the venue.

His steps were so difficult and stiff that it looked as if he was stumbling slightly.

Qin Xia raised his hand and opened a portal for Avida, allowing him to immediately return to the residence arranged by the Imperial Parliament for Sejanus and his entourage.

After finishing this, Qin Xia turned around and leaned on the railing at the edge of the spire to sort out his thoughts.

Now that the charges against Magnus have been completed, the Emperor and Malcador will use this incident to their advantage to deal with Magnus as they say.

Council of Nicaea.

This meeting, which would change the fate of the Thousand Sons, would not take place at the end of the Great Crusade, and Magnus would not simply receive the Emperor's warning after the meeting, and then one day in the future break through the Webway created by the Emperor in Tzeentch's conspiracy.

Even the Warmaster has not been selected yet, and it is still the early to middle stage of the Great Crusade. It is indeed a good thing that Magnus was taken down so quickly.

Thinking of this, Qin Xia raised his head and looked up at the gloomy sky of Terra.

But there will still be a meeting similar to the Council of Nicaea, he thought. But the location should not be in Nicaea, because that place should not be discovered yet, and Perturabo could not have established a meeting place in an undiscovered place for the trial of Magnus.

In short, Magnus will not be brought to Terra immediately. There will be a meeting regarding the 15th Legion. Qin Xia, who doesn't know where the 15th Legion is and what it is doing now, can't guess when the meeting will take place.

After thinking for a while, Qin Xia started thinking about Avida again.

Even though Arvida was extremely dissatisfied with Magnus, he still had feelings for the legion and his battle brothers. Now accusing the primarch was no different from accusing the legion. As he said, he was destined to be labeled a traitor.

"Oh." Qin Xia sighed and thought about what would happen after Avida.

If Avida wants to return to the 15th Legion... he might make a decision like this, such as feeling that his mission is over, and go back to wait for the Father of Genes to deal with him.

We must stop him then.

If Avida is willing to stay in the White Knight Think Tank Force afterwards, that would of course be good.

And if Avida is unwilling to stay in the think tank, then find a way to provide him with a secluded place.

Furthermore, if Avida does not want to live in seclusion but cannot return to the Legion, and because of the sacrifice of his former best friend he is ready to fight against Chaos and embark on the path of a lone hero, then we can also provide him with a lot of guidance and help.

After all, Avida is a member of the Society for the Study of Human History, and this identity can provide him with many conveniences.

After a few seconds, Qin Xia had thought of all the possible solutions for Avida.

In Qin Xia's opinion, he was the one who controlled all matters related to Magnus. No matter how Avida viewed the matter, he was now being roasted on the fire after the accusations, so he should naturally consider him carefully.

"You have eliminated a crisis in its infancy. Although there were some conflicts between you and me before, we are now on the same front and hope that we can have a pleasant cooperation."

The psychic message echoed in Qin Xia's ears.

Judging from the voice, it's Makhado.

"Perhaps my intervention in other crises would have been worse than not intervening, such as the Kelborhar incident. But at least this crisis of Magnus..."

"I have to make it ungerminable."

Qin Xia responded with psychic power.

Malcador looked up at Angron, who was flipping through the book he had written, and said, "Given our current partnership, I can tell you something about Kerborhar."

"Kel Bohar, as you know, is a man who opposes the Empire. He also does not believe that the golden man who descended on Mars on a rainy night is the Messiah of Om, the man in the parable that the prophet preached on Mars many years ago."

"He doesn't even bother to hide his thoughts and opinions, and there are many people like him on Mars."

"If we appoint someone who is close to the Empire, half of the people on Mars will be dissatisfied. If we appoint Kelborhar... at least this guy knows what mediation is and what it means to find opportunities to take advantage of opportunities. His head, which contains some social skills, will not make him jump out and start a rebellion right away."

"He must become a casting general."

What Malcador said was exactly the same as what the Emperor had said when he projected his psychic energy to dissuade Qin Xia from killing Kelbor when Kelbor arrived in Nuceria and was captured.

There was no doubt that the two men had reached an agreement on the issues related to Kalbohar.

Now Makado repeated the same old tune, and Qin Xia realized that his implication was not that he just wanted to talk about the old theory, but that he wanted to use it to illustrate a truth.

"What you mean is that even if some things and people will create crises in the future, they still need to be used at the moment. Killing them prematurely with the idea of ​​nipping the crisis in the bud will lead to more terrible consequences." Qin Xia said.

“No doubt about it,” Malcador said, and then he laughed a few times. “You are a man who is deeply tied to the future. The fact that you realize this is... admirable.”

Qin Xia looked at the wilderness below the spire and fell silent, because he felt that what Malcador and the Emperor said about the future actually made sense.

"Emotions and concepts have very limited influence in the real universe, so the behavior and thoughts of real creatures are completely different from those of warp creatures. If the concept involved in a warp creature is kind, then it is kind. No matter how it is treated, it is kind and submissive, and vice versa."

Malcador's voice echoed through the rooms of the palace.

Angron and Qin Xia both heard Malcador's real voice and psychic voice at the same time. "There is no clear black and white dividing line for real creatures. Everyone is colorful, or gray."

“Those who are good people from our perspective in the future may not be good people in our perspective now.”

"Take the case of Kelborhar, for example."

"In fact, it's not just the Mechanicians who oppose the Empire who support him to become the Fabricator-General. Those who support the Empire also support him because they want to follow the guidance of the Prophet of the Pandora's Mechanicus while ensuring the independence of the Mechanicus and their own... academic status. A person like Kelborhar is in their interest."

"Those who will stand firmly with us in the future when the Mechanicus rebels will not stand with us now. If I do not make Kelborhar the Fabricator-General, these people will become our enemies."

Malcador paused, giving Qin Xia and Angron some time to think.

Malcador continued speaking only after he saw Angron in front of him and Qin Xia, who was far away, nodded at the same time.

"What's even more frustrating is that those Mechanicus who support and are close to the Empire choose to support Kelborhar in order to ensure the status of the Mechanicus and themselves. Their choice is exactly the right one... from their personal perspective."

Hearing this, Qin Xia nodded in agreement.

Although the Mechanicus was still the other head of the Imperial Double-Headed Eagle ten thousand years later, it had actually lost its independent status and power and became an organization called the Adeptus Mechanicus.

The reason they lost their independence and power was that during the Horus Heresy, those Mechanicus loyal to the Emperor were taken to Terra, and the loyalists simply plundered Mars before abandoning it.

After the Horus Heresy, the Loyalists won, but even if those loyal Mechanicus were able to return to Mars and take control of it, they would never be able to gain an independent status again.

A Kerborhar in the opposite direction, a Fabricator-General who firmly believed that the Emperor was the Messiah of Omnia, would only cause the Mechanicum to lose its independence faster before Kerborhar launched a rebellion.

"So, if we look at the present from the future, we will feel that those future enemies deserve to be killed. Then our future friends who have conflicts with them will stand up and oppose them for various reasons, because they don't know what the future will be like. They are creatures of the real universe and only care about the present."

"When our future friends all stand up against us, do we kill them too? If we don't kill them, and they regard us as enemies, do we just wait to die?"

"We are real creatures after all. The past and the future are just abstract possibilities. Only the present is real and concrete."

After Makado finished speaking from the bottom of his heart, he suddenly sighed, as if he recalled some things in the past and felt an emotion that he could not express.

Angron was sitting in front of Malcador, reading the book on how to disguise yourself to please others and gain their favor.

This is what Machado wrote.

“Is your current state a true expression of your feelings, or a disguise to please others?” Angron asked.

"Don't pick a fight." Malcador rolled his eyes at the Primarch. "You can sense what I'm thinking."

Angron smiled. "I thought you were a cunning schemer."

"Yes, that's right," Malcador admitted.

"When will the next meeting regarding Magnus be held?" Qin Xia suddenly asked.

"It will take some time for the information to be conveyed. By then, I will arrange multiple security measures to ensure that No. 15 will be brought back to Terra. You can rest assured about this." Malcador's voice and tone became gloomy again.

Qin Xia nodded silently.

"Number 12 still has some things to know and learn. Also, I have to discuss the selection of the Warmaster with Number 12's creator. Don't worry for now," Malcador added.

"I'm not in a hurry at all. I still have some things to do on my trip to Terra." Qin Xia subconsciously raised his head and looked up at the sky. "I want to go to Mars."

"I don't need to arrange this matter. After all, you are now considered to be the spokesperson for the interests of the Astartes Legion. There are many people on Terra and Mars who are happy to receive you."

"That's true."

Qin Xia waved his hand to counteract the spiritual energy projected by Makado, thus cutting off the communication.

He then projected his psychic energy towards the White Knight.

Quadrant was standing in front of the porthole in the laboratory, staring at Mars in a daze.

"get ready."

Qin Xia's voice suddenly echoed in Quadrant's mind.

"I am not allowed to enter Mars," said Quadrant. "Kelbor's order to exile me from Mars has not been revoked yet. If I go back rashly, I'm afraid..."

Qin Xia interrupted Quadrant: "I will take you to Mars."

The Quadrant was silent for a moment.

He felt that Qin Xia might still have a lot of things to do, and even Olivia had rarely met him recently. It would be inappropriate for him to let Qin Xia accompany him just on a trip to Mars.

But Quadrant wanted to go to Mars too much.

That's where he was born and grew up.

Kalbohar was just a shadow of that place, just like the harsh environment of Mars and the miserable circumstances of growing up, just a shadow of that place, nothing more.

(End of this chapter)