Warhammer: My buddy has too many secrets!

Chapter 168 The Contingency Plan Left Behind by the First Supreme Mentor

The wreckage of the warship was almost dragged violently towards Saturn by gravity, but fortunately, the Grey Knights were all well-trained psionicists who used psionic energy to slow it down, allowing this section of the ship to land on the surface of Titan's moon.

The other Grey Knights in the fortress monastery also quickly poured out and brought them back to the Titans.

"Elder! You have suffered very serious injuries!"

"It's just a penetrating wound, nothing serious."

Lancelot waved his hand. Although his chest had indeed been almost pierced through by the previous lightning claw, Lancelot was no ordinary Space Marine now. As long as the two Primarch hearts in his chest were still beating, these wounds could heal rapidly.

How many people are still on Titan?

Lancelot asked the most crucial question.

But the two Grey Knight instructors still aboard the Titan exchanged a glance and said, "Including the new recruits—around eight hundred."

"So many?"

Lancelot turned to look at the Gray Knight Grandmaster, who replied, "This is the highest number in the last few thousand years. The number of psionicists is increasing, and correspondingly, demonic uprisings are also increasing in various places."

"Our troops have been forced to disperse to various places, and even the Supreme Grand Master has disappeared. The only certainty is that they are still alive. In total, there are probably no more than two thousand Grey Knights in various parts of the galaxy."

"Two thousand? That makes sense. The Grey Knights are facing demons in the universe. The galaxy is about to be in chaos. You should expand your army, at least back to a legion of ten thousand men."

As Lancelot spoke, a conservative Grey Knight Grand Master glanced slightly toward Terra: "However, the current regulations of the Regent of the Empire stipulate that the number of Astartes in a Space Marine Chapter cannot exceed 1000."

The Grand Mentor in charge of recruitment nodded: "In order to continue the mission left by the Emperor and the Seal Bearer, we should allocate more resources. In fact, due to the frequent occurrence of demons, the number of our Grey Knights has exceeded the number stipulated in the Holy Scripture by more than double, which has already caused dissatisfaction among some Inquisitors."

The Grey Knights said this, and Lancelot, who wasn't even in pain at first, almost choked on his own anger when he heard it.

The laws of our ancestors cannot be changed, not even by the ancestors who established them! Ten thousand years have turned the empire into these rigid and inflexible systems!

"In Lancelot's name, I can guarantee that Robert Guilliman will have no complaints against you."

"After this reboot, Star Torch will no longer need to consume psionicists, and your manpower will become abundant. The existence of the Grey Knights will change in the future, and the Empire will need the Grey Knights to build up a large-scale army."

Lancelot sighed deeply, and upon hearing this, the Grey Knight Grand Mentors exchanged glances, their eyes still filled with disbelief, but Lancelot did not intend to say anything more.

"Leave the political negotiations to Robert Guilliman," Lancelot said, catching his breath slightly. He stood up and asked, "Who was that Grey Knight who helped me interrupt that Shadow Hammer on the Vengeance Soul?"

"It's Hyperion!"

On this point, the Grey Knight Grand Mentors answered particularly quickly and applauded.

Lancelot nodded. Listening to the description from the Grey Knight Grand Tutor in front of him, Lancelot roughly understood that the other party was the legendary Bladebreaker.

Hyperion, that's the name of Saturn's seventh moon.

According to tradition, being given a name that matches Saturn's moons is considered an honor and a harbinger of great achievements to come.

This naming convention is therefore extremely rare; the last knight to bear the name Hyperion was nearly 5000 years ago.

The former Hyperion died with honor, but now, the new Hyperion seems to be doing even better than the previous one. The potential he unleashed on the Vengeance Soul foreshadows a future far more brilliant than imagined.

"How is he doing now?"

"He's currently in a deep slumber following his psionic awakening. I'm certain that once he awakens, he has the potential to ascend to the position of Grand Master of the Grey Knights!"

The Grey Knight mentor who had fought alongside Hyperion before spoke sincerely, saying that he had personally experienced the spiritual power that Hyperion unleashed in that instant, and that level of potential he had only encountered in the Grey Knight Supreme Mentor.

"Supreme Mentor of the Grey Knights—"

Lancelot thought to himself that the person he knew best about this position was Cardo Diego, nicknamed "The Arrogant Guy".

As the 48th Supreme Mentor of the Grey Knights, he has been active for over 700 years. Now, only 400 years have passed, and at this moment, the arrogant guy is probably still fighting bravely among the stars as a Grey Knight.

Hyperion may have potential, but compared to this renowned Grey Knight Chapter Master, he is probably still somewhat inferior.

After all, the Grey Knights' Supreme Grand Master can only be selected with the unanimous consent of all eight Grand Masters.

Candidates are typically required to have nearly a thousand years of service experience.

Some texts even state that one must have conquered "ten thousand worlds" and slain countless demons to be qualified as a Grand Master.

"Speaking of which, Elder Lancelot, this escape seems to have been triggered by something deep within the Titans, by your shield."

"Judging from the location where the mark was triggered and the psionic fluctuations, it seems to be a backup plan left by the first Supreme Grandmaster. I didn't expect that after nearly ten thousand years, the power of the first Supreme Grandmaster could still be awakened."

As the Grey Knight Grand Mentors spoke, Lancelot raised an eyebrow slightly.

The first High Master of the Grey Knights fused with a fragment of Magnus's soul, and this shield bears Magnus's true name in the warp. The two resonate with each other, which explains why the weasel guided him in this way.

"I see."

Lancelot nodded: "The rest of you, prepare for battle. Our journey isn't over yet; we're heading to Armageddon! That's the real battlefield!"

Lancelot spoke seriously, and at this moment, the Grey Knight Grand Masters finally gave Lancelot some good news.

"That's natural! Elder Lancelot! We received communications from the Space Wolves long ago and have been continuously monitoring the interstellar language from the Armageddon star system."

"It's just that the Star Torch was extinguished, so we haven't had any way to get there until now. But it's different now; the Titans were originally..."

Something long dormant seems to have been awakened! Among them is an ancient technological device called psychic teleportation! It appears to have been activated and is now usable!

"The technical sergeant inspected it and found nothing wrong! The one who brought this item back was the First High Master. He once told us that, with just spatial coordinates, this technological artifact seems capable of warping across a sector of Titan!"