Dragon Race: Lu Mingfei Returns from Warhammer

Chapter 103 Armor Piercing Ceremony
"I understand."

Katos sat up from the sarcophagus, answering the call of the servo skull in a deep voice.

"You have three ten minutes."

The red light in the skull's eye sockets gradually faded, and the tiny anti-gravity engine loaded inside allowed it to blend into the darkness silently.

He sat quietly and meditated for a while, recalling the ancient name "Lu Mingfei" buried deep in his heart in the dream just now, and that beautiful hometown.

"We are the Lamenters, we are the Sons of Sanguinius, and we fight to protect humanity dear to the Emperor."

Katos held the skull amulet hanging on his chest, which was his most precious and cherished treasure—after a simple prayer, he stood up from the sarcophagus.

Two dim wall lamps lit up in the room, outlining his two-meter-tall brave and strong angelic body.

The servants of the battle group who had been preparing for a long time outside the door entered the room, and presented the master with a robe for covering the body and "Kalash" to quench his thirst.

Katos drank the bright red blood wine in the cup, calming down the invisible hunger and thirst.

The core gene seed that builds the body of this tried and tested warrior can be traced back to Sanguinius, the genetic father of the Ninth Legion "Holy Blood Angels" in the era of the Great Crusade.

The children of angels often have a need to drink human blood, which they call "blood thirst";
But their need for blood is not physical, but from psionic or soul level - when they do not drink blood for a long time, they will become weak or even old; if a child of an angel cannot resist The temptation of "blood thirst" and depravity, indulging in the pleasure of blood, will mutate into a bloodthirsty ugly monster.

In order to perfect the transformation, the Mechanicus created a more "excellent" new gene seed, and carried out the No.30 Astarte battle group army building in the No.91 five thousand year nine hundred and ninety-one year.

The Wailers Chapter was established during this founding, and the biological sages of the Mechanicum claimed that they had alleviated or even eliminated the "hidden flaws" that had plagued the blood angels' children—

At least initially this was true, and the Astartes of the Wailers Chapter did not show any obvious symptoms of "blood thirst".

However, the great creations that originated from the joint research of the Emperor himself and the biotechnologists of the past cannot be easily analyzed by the superfluous technology of the Mechanics.

Over time, numerous flaws in the new gene-seed were exposed, and signs of "blood thirst" reappeared within the Wailers Chapter, and gradually deteriorated.

Katos has always maintained his sanity noblely and suppressed the bloodthirsty desire brought by "blood thirst". Only when he was ready to participate in the battle, he would drink a glass of "Kalash" mixed with blood and wine offered by the servants of the warband. ".

"Brother Champion, you slept so deeply."

Dull footsteps sounded, and an Astartes monk who was already wearing dark yellow armor stepped forward, and a bold voice came from the gap in the helmet grille.

"Brother Tyris."

The Astartes in front of him was one of his champion guards, and one of his blood brothers who had fought side by side with the enemy for decades.

"Have we encountered the enemy again?"

Katos asked.

"Let's talk about the specific situation with the chapter leader. You still have 25 minutes, brother champion."

Thales said, the helmet seemed to be slightly shifted vigilantly, and his eyes shot out from the scarlet eyepiece of the helmet, looking at the servant next to Katos who was carrying the tray:
"Pay attention to your etiquette, servant."

"You don't have to be so strict, Tyris, he has no malicious intentions."

Katos said, putting the empty glass back on the tray.

He had noticed this beautiful male servant early on—it was very rare, most of the mortal servants he had seen were emaciated due to malnutrition, or ugly distortions of the body due to the harsh environment of the planet.

Before he became an Astartes, Katos was also thin and ugly, his body riddled with scars and pollution.

After enjoying the Holy Communion of Blood, sleeping in the coffin of blood, completing the trial of blood, and being removed from the coffin, a complete change has taken place. After remodeling, the body is tall and majestic, and the muscles are stronger than refined steel;

The face also became handsome, with the same unforgettable charm as their angelic genetic father.

"Please... please forgive me for offending you, my lord."

The servant lowered his head in fear.

"It's all right, kid. What's your name?"

Katos asked gently.

The Wailers are one of the most gentle Astartes Chapters towards mortals. During the Chapter's break time, some warriors will take the initiative to find servants to thank them for their service.

"... Liuli."

the servant said softly.

"Liu Li...it sounds familiar."

Katos thought for a moment.

"Okay, champion brother, you only have 24 minutes left now."

"Don't forget that you have to perform the armor-piercing ceremony."

Tyris urged.

"Ok."

Katos didn't think too much anymore, there were more important things to do right now.

He followed Tyris and walked out of the room with steady steps.

The servant who called himself "Liu Li" took a heavy breath after they left.

"Who the hell is this guy? Why does his dream have such a scene..."

"Or is this guy actually a fantasy lunatic with a Star Wars in his head?"

"Damn it...'Nightmare Tapir' seems to have a problem too, it can't be solved..."

Liuli whispered to herself in a language that others could not understand, trying her best to huddle herself in the large servant robe, a look of fear appeared on her pretty face.

……

Dawn Reaper strike cruiser, 8 kilometers long and 1.1 kilometers wide, is one of the only three Vanguard-class strike cruisers left in the Wailers Chapter.

Katos stood in the armed room, wearing a black body armor, the surface was marked with inactive dark silver circuits and connection ports.

He's going to perform the power armor piercing ceremony.

"Are you ready? Champion of the Wailers."

asked the tech-priest.

"Arm me and let me fight for the Emperor and Man."

Katos spread his hands.

The equipment team began to assemble power armor for him—different from the power armor made up of various parts when Katos first became an Astarte, what he will wear this time is from the Forge World of Mechanicus. MK7 Seiko Power Armor cast by "Mokel".

Technologists and servitors got to work, fitting the various parts of the armor onto the Wailer Champion.

The maintenance-type servo skull was floating in the air, and the ratchet drive and connecting drills whined and creaked, connecting pieces of refined armor with the black armor on Katos and then to the black carapace of the subcutaneous implant. .

Tech-priests prayed for the armor's protection and smooth functioning, while servitors with power-engine arms fitted the boots and greaves to Katos' legs.

Then the crotch, the waist...

With every piece of ceramic steel and adamantine armor added to his body, Katos also superimposed a shield on his soul.

In this war-torn universe, especially for their Sons of Sanctity, this is especially important.

The crane lowered the back armor plate to the corresponding position, and two servants with strengthened strength lifted the chest armor plate carefully and laboriously, moved it to the calibration position, and only heard a bang, it locked with the back armor plate.

Two other servants quickly tightened the hex bolts, sealing the armor.

On the breastplate, the symbol of the blood of Sanguinius with outspread wings looks sacred.

Then came the heavy shoulder armor, the left shoulder armor has been stained with the iconic tearing heart painting of the Wailers Chapter, and the right shoulder armor is the unique mark of his champion company.

The last is the power backpack unit, which is connected to the armor plate on the back. The backpack contains the main power core and spare batteries of this armor.

Tech priests smeared holy oil and holy ointment on the joints of their armor, and prayed devoutly to the God of Might.

Katos felt a cold touch, and the neural sensor link device was linked to the interface of his black breastplate, which was synchronized with the interface of the black carapace under the skin.

The senses and nervous system were connected to the artificial muscle fiber bundles on the armor and the auspicious array, and his second heart and third lung received signals from the power armor monitoring system.

With the sound of "hum", the power armor system was fully activated, and Katos felt endless power surging.

"Praise be to the God of Machines! Praise be to the holy soul of this armor! It shall forever fight the champion of the Lamenter!"

The tech priests praised loudly, singing binary hymns heartily, shaking the incense burner in their hands, and spraying holy oil on the power armor with the other hand.

After the armor-piercing ceremony was over, the fully armed Katos put on his reinforced armored combat helmet, and walked out of the armed room surrounded by the smell of incense.

"Why don't you wear Terminator armor? The believers of the God of Opportunity generously 'gifted' us two sets of Terminator power armor."

"I believe you deserve it, brother champion."

Thales, who was waiting outside the door, said.

Including the Seiko power armor on Katos, the Wailers "picked up" a batch of excellent equipment from the Forge World of Morkel, including two sets of unyielding Terminator power armor, five sets of MK7 Seiko power armor and a large number of power armor repair replacements, spare servers.

This greatly eased the poor situation of the battle group, and also gave several technical sergeants of the battle group a chance to rest.

This is the exchange with Mechanicus, a STC blueprint in exchange for a large number of weapons and equipment goods.

However, since the Wailers are still conducting the "Atonement Expedition" and are prohibited from replenishing soldiers and weapons and equipment under normal conditions, the exchange method with Mechanicus this time has become somewhat different——

One of the opponent's cargo spacecraft "crashed" on a certain planet, and then Katos led the team to "recover".

"The Terminator power armor is a bit slow to move, and I am still better at the traditional fast attack style of the warband."

Katos said.

(End of this chapter)