Warhammer: Angron Training Manual

Chapter 517 Gusa's Intention
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Outside the office of the Primarch of the Resolute.

Vulkan walked along the corridor with a slightly hunched back, his eyes fixed on the World Eater who was taking him to the office.

The armor of this World Eater is different from the common blue and white armor of World Eaters. It is red in color, with a large number of decorative items such as patterns and reliefs, as well as a red and black cloak.

This exaggerated appearance revealed his identity - a civil servant.

Vulkan quite liked the World Eaters civil servants, for he felt that these superhuman rulers or secretaries did work very hard, they came from families, but valued the Legion more than their families, and the subordinate worlds of Greater Nuceria that they ruled were often peaceful and stable.

The civil servant stood outside the office door and saluted Vulkan with his chest raised.

The Primarch smiled and nodded, pushed open the door and walked into the office, closing the door behind him.

"A transport ship brought a large amount of Night Lords gene-seed to the branch fleet I command." Vulkan sat in front of Angron. "You asked me in your order to incinerate the gene-seed."

Angron nodded in acknowledgment.

It was indeed he, the Warmaster, who ordered the 80,000 gene seeds of Curze to be sent to the Salamanders, and it was also he who gave the order to have them burned.

"Eighty thousand gene seeds, they will be able to create eighty thousand Night Lords." Vulkan said, "Even if those Night Lords are purged, their gene seeds can still be used."

"Gene seeds may pass on the memories and behavioral habits of the previous owner. If the Midnight Territory has 80,000 more potential criminals, that's it." Angron took the thermos and poured a cup of tea for Vulkan.

Vulkan held the teacup and fell into deep thought.

The teacup specially made for the Primarch also looked small in the Fire Dragon Lord's hands.

"Then burn it." Vulkan took a sip of tea after thinking for a while, "I have already ordered it to be burned anyway."

Angron nodded.

He sensed that Vulkan's purpose in coming here was not just for gene-seeds, but for the internal affairs of the Salamanders.

Before the Battle of the Abyss began, Vulkan was worried about one thing as he rushed from Nuceria to the Iron Warriors.

That's the problem with the number of salamanders.

The number of Salamanders is small. This is because the Salamanders experienced several brutal battles at the beginning of their establishment, there are also congenital problems with the Salamanders' gene seeds, and even because the Fire Dragon Lord himself does not want the number of legion members to exceed his planned number.

After seeing the results of the World Eaters' transformation, Vulkan felt that the Salamanders also needed to be expanded.

"You have sensed it all." Vulkan put down his teacup and said seriously, "I hope to expand the legion, but I have encountered some problems."

“The potential high mutation rate of the Legion’s gene-seed,” Angron said. “You want to ask Eleven to solve this problem.”

Vulkan wanted to explain immediately, but considering that he was not very good at speaking, he chose to let his brother feel it for himself.

Number Eleven and Vulkan have a pretty good personal relationship.

The reason is that when Vulkan returned, he fought side by side with Eleven. The gene seed of the 11th Legion was not as stable as it is now at the beginning, but had extremely malignant mutation problems. The offspring of Eleven will gradually develop inhuman mutations.

Eleven solved this problem through biotechnology, and Vulcan witnessed the whole process with his own eyes.

Therefore, Vulkan also wanted to find No. 11 to solve the potential mutation problem of the salamander gene seed.

"The quality of the Salamander gene seed is actually quite good, and the potential mutation problem has only a very small probability of impact. I don't recommend that you ask No. 11 to solve this problem." Angron said.

"But the number of Space Marines in a legion is not only affected by the stability of the gene-seed, but also by various other potential characteristics." Vulkan pondered, "Although my gene-seed is more stable than yours, the success rate of the Salamanders' transformation surgery is much lower than that of the World Eaters."

Angron had to admit that this was true.

The World Eaters gene-seed has a mutation problem, and its strength lies not in quality but in quantity.

Even though the Salamander gene-seed has potential mutation problems, its overall quality is much better than the World Eaters gene-seed, but the former simply does not have the same high success rate in transformation surgery as the latter.

During the Dogs of War period, the 12th Legion, as an assault force that always fought tough battles, had a population of over 100,000, so large that it would not be an exaggeration to describe it as an overpopulation.

"The adaptability of the gene seed is a problem, but as long as the probability of successful transformation is not very low, we can solve the number problem by recruiting more new soldiers." Angron said.

"If the transformation fails, people may die or become disabled." Vulcan showed compassion on his face. "If a solvable problem can be solved earlier, many people will not die or become disabled."

Angron thought for several seconds before expressing his opinion.

"Number 11 is very strange. I have always been wary of him. Even you felt that he was extremely strange when you were with him. You were also wary of him. I don't need to explain further."

"In any case, I don't recommend that you ask Eleven to solve the gene seed problem."

After hearing his brother's opinion, Vulkan was in a dilemma.

After thinking for a long time, the Fire Dragon Lord slowly stood up and said, "I need to think about it carefully."

After watching his brothers leave, Angron thought about the Salamanders and decided to assign Garland to lead a team of pharmacists to teach the Salamanders some more advanced transformation surgery experience and knowledge.

Garland was superstitious about his mentor, Bayer, but he was indeed an extremely outstanding pharmacist and biologist. At the same time, due to the expansion of the World Eaters, he had also accumulated a lot of transformation experience.

The improvements to the surgical procedures he led increased the success rate of reconstruction by three percent and reduced the mortality rate of failed reconstructions to single digits.

After thinking for a while, Angron signed an order document, stood up and walked out of the office, handing the document to the civil servant standing outside the door.

The Primarch did not return to his office, but rushed to the lower deck of the flagship.

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Lower deck, secret dungeon.

Qin Xia sat outside the stasis field, staring at the Hrud captives in the stasis field. When Angron pushed the door open, Qin Xia said, "Guilliman was almost killed by Guza."

"Gusa?" Angron was surprised.

After the Battle of Krako ended that year, Qin Xia personally killed the green-skinned orc he had created.

But later, at the end of the Battle of Ullanor, Gusa reappeared and beheaded the Ullanor Orc Emperor.

No one knew why Gusa did this. Angron couldn't figure out the logic. It seemed like Gusa went to Ullanor 1 to kill the Orc Emperor just to show off, and then said some inexplicable words to let the greenskin butcher know that he was not dead.

"How is Roboute?" Angron stood beside his adoptive father.

"I have contacted the think tank stationed in the Ultramarines and confirmed that Guilliman is not in danger of death. He doesn't even need me to rush over to help with bio-psychic spells." Qin Xia said, "Gusa doesn't want to kill him."

Angron was silent.

It was obviously not a fluke that Guilliman survived, but rather that Gurza had no intention of killing Guilliman at all.

The atavistic beast even killed Emperor Ullanor with ease. His fighting power was far stronger than that of the Primarch.

"What's up with this alien?"

"It was sent by the Ultramarines. They said that this alien was the leader of a tribe among the Hrud who was responsible for cooperating with the greenskin mercenaries."

Hearing this, Angron knew what his adoptive father wanted him to do.

Qin Xia used psychic power to remotely press the static force field switch and used psychic power to suppress the alien.

Angron senses the alien's mind.

What should have been a slow search unfolded in Angron's mind like an instruction manual.

"Gusa took the initiative to find the Hrud aliens to seek cooperation, on the condition that the three tribes of the Hrud aliens would accompany him to the other side of the galaxy to deal with the rising greenskin forces there."

"The alien was very curious and asked Gusa why he slaughtered his compatriots. Gusa replied: This is the first step to kill the false god of our race."

"It probably wants to destroy Gokomogo. After all, it always says that Gokomogo is leading the greenskins down the wrong path."

"In addition, Gusa is taking the route of elite soldiers. He told the alien that no matter what kind of power he wants to establish, he will eventually become a lonesome force because his size cannot catch up with the old forces. It is better to take the route of elite warriors decapitation raids."

Angron gained insight into the xenos' past.

The static force field was activated again by Qin Xia.

"Gusa probably wants to change the entire greenskin race by eliminating the two gods, Gao Mao and Er Ge." Qin Xia speculated, "Gao Mao and Er Ge were originally thought up by the greenskins. They are like other gods. After their birth, they in turn influence everything that shapes them."

Angron nodded silently.

"Guza wanted to change the greenskin race before, so he created the Blood Axe Clan, but it failed."

"Perhaps it thinks that the reason why the greenskins have become so stupid and weak is the influence of Brother Gomao."

"But if you ask me, it's more likely that the greenskins have degenerated too much compared to their ancestors after the War in Heaven. This should be the weapon insurance mechanism of the ancient saints. They may be worried that the biological weapons they create will bring threats to the future generations of the galaxy."

“But they probably couldn’t have imagined that even though the greenskins have degenerated to this point, they are still a huge threat to modern races like us.”

Qin Xia made some analysis.

Angron remained silent and listened.

Qin Xia noticed that his adopted son seemed to have different ideas, so he waited for Angron to finish thinking and then tell him his opinion.

"do not know why."

Angron looked puzzled.

"I always feel that...everything Gusa does is not a one-step-by-one approach, but is based on a plot and plan."

"Guza's birth and rise were purely accidental, but everything he did afterwards was not... including his founding of the Blood Axe Clan, his fight against the Ullanor Empire, and even his escape to Krako."

But Angron only had this feeling and didn't know how to prove what he said.

Concerning the matter of Gusa, the Primarchs had already discussed and judged it after Gusa appeared again that year.

Although this discussion was just a casual chat between brothers.

All Gusa did was to take one step at a time, but there were always sudden events that allowed it to discover something deeper - this was the conclusion made by the Primarchs.

For example, in the Battle of Krako, the Old Saints' Warehouse was not discovered by Gusa at the beginning. Gusa actually wanted to take revenge on the Ullanor Empire and return to his hometown, because he and other Blood Axe Clan greenskins were expelled from the Ullanor Empire.

Then he was attracted by the artifacts left by the ancient saints, and wanted to open the warehouse in Krako at all costs. These things happened later.

“I don’t think my thoughts have any basis or reason.” Angron smiled awkwardly, “But I just have this intuition.”

Qin Xia looked at his adopted son.

After thinking for a while, Qin Xia laughed and said, "I can't believe it. Greenskins are about the same size as Space Marines, but their brain capacity is not as large as that of ordinary humans. How can their thoughts be so difficult to guess..."

"Gusa is indeed different." Angron nodded. "Then let's update the information about Gusa to this: it wants to change the many shortcomings of the greenskin race, such as stupidity and bellicosity, and also wants the race to return to its ancestral roots. It believes that to do this, it must eliminate the second brother, Gomao."

"Okay, I'll update again if there are any new discoveries." Qin Xia agreed.

(End of this chapter)