Warhammer: Angron Training Manual

Chapter 637 True Face

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Inside the Titan Forge in Olympus City.

Located on a horizontal walkway above a production line, Kyle Bohar leaned on the railing and looked down at the war machine parts being produced.

Countless living mechanical laborers who had undergone lobotomies worked hard on the production line.

They work non-stop, and from time to time someone would fall down due to nerve overload or aging of parts, and then be dragged away by the servitors. The usable organs and parts on their bodies would be removed and replaced with the next person sent to the Titan Foundry.

Kelbo watched all this with an expressionless face and no emotion in his eyes.

By chance, I saw a skinny child who was being matured and transformed by a robot servant with a chain through his shoulder blade. This child really looked like Quadrant.

As he watched the child being taken away and disappearing from his sight, Kelber suddenly remembered what he had said to the Quadrant yesterday on Mount Olympus.

Those accusations that the Empire was exploiting the Martians.

Those slanderous remarks made in front of the imperial guards.

If the Quadrant were not bad at speaking, it would accuse Kyle Bohar of not only doing nothing but also fueling the flames.

exactly.

The production task was not issued by the imperial bureaucrats, but by Kelber's planning sage.

After enough weapons and equipment were handed over to the Empire and distributed to the Crusaders, the rest were his own. The heavier the production task given by the Empire, the more Kalbohar would have to increase the production task by more than three times, otherwise he would not have the confidence to challenge the Empire.

But it was all in vain.

Kelbo knew that the weapons and equipment he had extracted from Mars over the years would not provide much help at this time.

"Kelber."

The advisor named Melgate came and stood beside the Forge General and his close friends.

"The Empire and your opponents are assisting the Quadrant."

"I tried to contact some of the Skitarii, but failed. Those who were loyal to us were killed or persuaded."

"Malcador's agents did this."

Melgate said as he turned to the railing and observed the production line with his best friend.

"And my intelligence agency doesn't even know when Malcador started to infiltrate Mars, or what his intelligence agency is called or how many people it has."

“Everything is happening quietly under our noses, and even if we are not insensitive, we cannot detect it.”

"Kelbor, we are doomed. Our only option now is to use political means to buy time and make adequate preparations so that we can keep Olympus in our hands even if we lose power."

After listening to Melgate's report, which sounded like a complaint and a complaint, Kelber thought silently and nodded in agreement.

After a moment of silence, Kelber asked, "What are Malcador's agents doing?"

"Some of their agents have been exposed due to large-scale operations. According to the intelligence obtained by our people, they are lobbying other forces on Mars to support the Quadrant." Melgate said.

“Lobbying…”

Kelbohar murmured the word, and after thinking for two seconds, he determined something important.

“What they should be doing now is not lobbying.”

"Malcador's agents are following a planned route, and Malcador has not left the solar system and is still on Terra."

"This shows what?"

Kelber looked at his best friend.

Melgate was stunned for a moment and shook his head.

he does not know.

"This means that Malcador did not personally command the series of operations against Mars. Otherwise, the agents would not react so slowly. Maybe he is in trouble now..." Kelber analyzed calmly, "Remember I told you before that he was in the Webway Project, sitting on the Golden Throne?"

Melgate suddenly realized.

"Have your people continue to find ways to contact the remaining supporters. I will mediate politically and buy time." Kelber ordered. "Malcador's agents can only act according to the old bastard's original plan. We still have a chance."

……

A month later.

Because of the casting general is losing authority.

The confrontation with the Casting General was put on the table. When Mars held a meeting, he no longer chose the original place as the meeting place, but chose the Temple of All Machines, a place that all forces were willing to go to.

Inside the temple, the warehouse used to store sacrificial supplies was emptied and replaced with tables and chairs.

All the big shots on Mars gather here.

According to previous meeting procedures, prayer begins first, followed by the entry of participants.

Kelbohar saw the quadrant as he entered the warehouse, his eyes never leaving his gaze on the apprentice.

Quadrant was surrounded by a group of people and walked to the opposite side of Kalbohar's seat.

The most inconspicuous people around him are all sage-level figures, while Kane, the leader of the largest anti-Kelbor force on Mars, walks on the left side of the quadrant.

Today, the quadrant has clearly become the banner of Kelbor's opponents.

The participants took their seats.

The meeting begins.

“Why hasn’t the Empire’s production mission been fulfilled?”

Cairne's deputy Sargeras stood up and questioned Kelborhar.

When Kalbohar was about to give a response, more people stood up and asked questions.

"Olympia's material production has obviously declined this year. General Casting, this forging city is under your direct jurisdiction..."

"Some time ago, some members of the Skitarii were transferred in violation of regulations. Have you noticed this problem?"

"Your apprentice is suspected of an academic infringement case..."

"..."

All kinds of questions came into Kelber's ears.

This is what is meant by "when a wall falls, everyone pushes it down".

The relationships between the internal forces of Mars and the various forge worlds of the Mechanicus are similarly scattered, and the Forge General, as a representative of opinion, does not have the final say like the Emperor.

So when the case against Kelber came to light, Kelber's opponents were able to make a series of public accusations.

This series of public accusations was not intended to remove Kelber's title of Forging General today, but to weaken Kelber's authority and get him into trouble.

Considering Malcador and the Emperor's primary goal of a smooth transition on Mars, even if Kelbor was captured, it would be in a few years when the Forge General was selected according to the old process.

Kelbor would not have been so passive. But Malcador had infiltrated Mars at some point and had used various methods to disintegrate Kelbor's supporters. Those who once cheered for the Forge General when Kelbor issued an order now either sided with the opponents or were unable to show up at the meeting at all.

Faced with numerous accusations, Kelbo responded one by one.

He told Melgate that he wanted to mediate and delay the situation, so he would not choose to use means that would intensify the conflict.

During this series of oral gymnastics activities.

Kane, Kelbo's biggest opponent, was sitting next to Quadrant, discussing recent events.

"Kelbo's people are still trying to contact the supporters of the Casting General and spread the control of the Casting General."

"You will have to attend every meeting from now on, and debate with Kelber on some key issues when necessary."

Kane's words revealed control and guidance.

Quadrant listened silently, looking at the people near Kelbo.

Kelbo is not only training Quadrant as his apprentice, he has nine other apprentices.

Among these nine apprentices there was a chief disciple named Sota Nur.

When Quadrant was looking at himself and his fellow disciples, Nur was also looking at Quadrant.

When their eyes met, unlike the other eight apprentices who were gritting their teeth, Noor showed Quadrant only concern, as always.

"Don't forget that she belongs to Kelbo," Kane reminded.

Quadrant was certainly not stupid enough to think that he still had any feelings for his senior sister, but this reminder made him burst out with the pent-up dissatisfaction with the control and discipline implied in all Kane's previous words.

"You were once Kelbor's man, too."

"Remember, back in Nuceria, you and Zeth stood together with Kelbor?"

Quadrant theory.

"Of course." Kane said bluntly, "But that time was different from now. We haven't openly opposed Kelber yet."

It is almost impossible to find a senior executive on Mars who has no connection with Kelber. Kelber promoted many people.

But under the general trend, these people chose to abandon Kelbor, either because of their original ideological differences or because they sided with the Imperial faction represented by Malcador and the Emperor.

Many of those who are now accusing Kelbor once wished to stick with the Casting General.

"That's what happened anyway."

Kane wanted to say something else, but a man suddenly walked behind Quadrant and whispered something to him.

Then the quadrant was called out.

Kane glanced at the man who had called away the quadrant.

Like the Mechanicus, that person wore a red robe with many obvious mechanical modifications.

But as the man walked past Kane, the head covered by the red hood turned towards Kane.

This face seemed familiar to Kane.

After digging in the corner of his memory for a while, Kane suddenly trembled.

That face belonged to the Lord of the White Knights... he had met him before in Nuceria - Kane suddenly thought of it.

The Lord of the White Knights has come to Mars? !

It does not matter.

The important thing is, why is he called walking the quadrant?
Kane's brain was working rapidly, calculating.

Today's meeting is very important. It is the first time that Quadrant, the future forging general, has attended a public meeting on Mars, and in the capacity and position of a flag.

If the Lord of the White Knights came to Mars secretly, it meant that he had to hide his identity. If he wanted to talk to the Quadrant about something, why couldn't he wait until the meeting was over?
That means it's an emergency.

But what is the emergency?

Considering the relationship between the Lord of the White Knights and the Quadrant... Could it be that he rushed into the meeting so hastily and took the Quadrant away in order to prevent the Quadrant from falling into danger?

When the above thoughts emerged one after another, Kane felt that his idea that "the Lord of the White Knight took him away because he didn't want the quadrant to fall into danger" was too far-fetched and random.

But why did he suddenly come up with such an idea?
Because when Qin Xia left with the quadrant, he deliberately looked at Kane and showed his true face to Kane alone.

"he……"

Kane frowned in thought.

Suddenly, his body, which was shrouded in a red robe, straightened up, and his calm eyes, disguised as suppressing shock and fear, fell on Kelbo.

Kane thought about Kelbo again... and suddenly understood why Qin Xia quietly took the quadrant away and revealed his identity to him in a silent way.

"Sargeras."

Kane contacted his deputy calmly.

"Ask your apprentice who is good at teleportation to set up the teleportation position."

When Sargeras heard the order and looked at Cain's calm expression, he didn't know why, but he knew what he should do.

He also gave orders to his apprentice silently.

Encrypted communications are transmitted.

The apprentice looked at his mentor's reaction, and quietly controlled the ships outside the orbit, aiming the launcher used for rapid deployment of the device at the Temple of All Machines.

All it takes is one encrypted remote command from the apprentice and the teleporter will be deployed.

At this time, Kelbohar raised his head and looked towards the "quadrant".

He didn't know that the quadrant had left the scene. In his eyes, the quadrant was still sitting there, motionless.

Even the imperial guards were still standing in the corner of the warehouse, staring at the quadrant.

The computing device is performing a series of complex mathematical reasoning.

"General Casting, what is your opinion on this?"

A question fell behind the Temple of All Machines.

Kelbo suddenly stood up, without answering, but raised his hand and pointed to the corners of the seats in front.

"Now!" Kane stood up and roared.

The teleportation device entered the atmosphere at sub-light speed, penetrated the Temple of All Machines, and released light to teleport away all the people sitting opposite Kelbo.

At the same time, some bubbles suddenly gushed out from the place where Kelbo was pointing, and these bubbles began to multiply and spread.

Eventually, the giant virus gradually turned the entire Temple of All Machines into foam in ten seconds, and even Kalbohar and his apprentices were buried in the foam.

(End of this chapter)