The Emperor’s Angel of Death

"Ricas, are you willing to become an angel and fight for the Emperor?"

Suddenly, his words struck Ricas like a thunderclap, and his tribesmen around him exclaimed in unison.

"Me an angel?"

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Ricas's little head was completely muddled, unable to react at all.

"Ricas, answer me, immediately."

His voice carried an irrefutable authority, Ricas's body shuddered, and then he swallowed his dry and burning throat, hoarsely saying:

"Is it going to Heaven?"

"No, it's going to Hell."

Ricas muttered to himself for a moment, and when he looked up at Sorsh Jan again, there was less confusion in his eyes.

"I understand, I'm going to atone for my sins, right?"

"If you're willing to understand it that way, no problem."

"Then, can I ask one last question?"

Looking at the boy kneeling on the ground, his head raised, his eyes half-closed, his brown skin chapped and peeling from the hot, dry wind, Sorsh Jan nodded slightly.

"You may."

"What kind of war and demons require an angel like you?"

At this moment, a subtle smile appeared on Sorsh Jan's face.

"A good question, a war that your little head can never imagine."

After speaking, he looked at the people still kneeling on the ground.

"So, do you need to say goodbye to them?"

"Now?"

Ricas looked down at his teacher's body, then gently placed it on the ground, and then came to the leader, knelt down and kowtowed.

"Please help me bury the teacher, his soul has returned to Heaven, and his body should return to the earth."

The leader nodded不停不停, trembling as he said:

"No, no, Angel, I will bury the Preacher well, we will spread the miracle of your ascension across the land today, you are the first saint to embark on the path of an angel, we will build a magnificent altar for you here!"

Ricas was stunned for a moment, then shook his head.

"Uh, no need."

After speaking, he stood up and walked towards the massive angel. Sorsh Jan also turned around and walked towards the Stormbird.

"Angel, what should I call you?"

Hearing the boy's voice behind him, Sorsh Jan stepped into the scorching sunlight and slowly replied:

"Just call me Chapter Master."

"Chapter Master?"

At this moment, the people still kneeling on the ground began to chant loudly, seemingly witnessing a great miracle. Ricas staggered into the sunlight with the giants. He felt very hot, unprecedentedly hot, perhaps more from the fear in his heart. Everything today seemed like a dream.

Bleeding, death, heaven, angels.

Everything seemed so illogical, so illusory. His life was completely crushed by an invisible hand, and then pieced together into a shape he didn't recognize.

When he saw the metal dragon up close, Ricas suddenly realized that it might not be life. Although he didn't know what it was, he instinctively felt that this thing was not alive, and the dark hole in its belly seemed to symbolize the unpredictable future of his destiny.

"Chapter Master, where are we going?"

On the boarding ramp, Sorsh Jan turned around.

"To the end of the world."

"What will happen to me? How do I become an angel?"

"You will experience a brand-new life, but the process will be painful. If you are lucky enough to survive, you will see a brand-new world, a world of war."

After saying that, Sorsh Jan removed the translator and turned to walk into the cabin.

Ricas blinked, turned to look at the tribesmen still kneeling on the ground, tore off his blood-stained robe and threw it into the sky, letting it go with the wind, and then stepped into the Stormbird's cabin without looking back.

After circling the planet again, the Stormbird returned to the space station in orbit. Then, under Sorsh Jan's leadership, Naysen III conducted its first Astartes recruit selection.

Due to the planet's special environment and social structure, this selection was more experimental. The Star Knights sent twenty Thunderhawks to the twenty largest city-states in the world. First, they communicated with the local Solar Cult, and after preliminary gene and physical examinations, they selected twenty of the strongest and healthiest boys from each city. They were the first batch of Astartes candidates on Planet Naysen III.

Of course, no one can say how many people will survive the transformation in the end. After all, the existing data comes from candidates from planets that have been recruited many times. Although they are all humans, the genetic differences between Imperial humans and humans can sometimes be surprisingly large. Genetic differences caused by completely different environments often become the decisive factor in determining the success rate of the transformation surgery.

After recruiting 401 candidates, Sorsh Jan left a frigate and some flying vehicles to Naysen III. After that, this place belonged to Andar and his Tiger Claws Chapter for a long time—although it was called a Chapter, there was only a Chapter Master and a Librarian Dreadnought in the Chapter. He was a real bare-bones commander, even poorer than when Sorsh Jan first took over the Chapter.

Although in principle, Valerius, the former Star Claws Apothecary, should also belong to the Tiger Claws, the Badab War broke out not long after he became an Astartes. He himself had basically no feelings for the Star Claws Chapter, and had never met Andar, who had left the Chapter early to join the Deathwatch. Otherwise, he would not have actively run away with Talos.

Andar had a long conversation with Valerius alone. It couldn't be said that the two parted on bad terms, but at least in terms of results, Valerius did not choose to return to the Tiger Claws Chapter immediately. However, he also told Sorsh Jan that he would assist the Tiger Claws in the transformation surgery of new recruits. However, he definitely couldn't do it alone. The new recruits recruited by the Tiger Claws would still have to be transformed by the Star Knights' Apothecary team for the time being.

As for the future...

No one can say for sure about the future. Andar felt that Valerius would eventually return to the Tiger Claws. After he transformed batch after batch of Tiger Claws new recruits, he would eventually recognize his bloodline identity.

Sorsh Jan agreed with this point, but Valerius also knew too many secrets of the Star Knights and the Undying Legion. If he really let him leave, would there be new variables in the future?

After all, things change, and people also change. This is something Sorsh Jan had to consider.

Perhaps it would be better to leave this matter to Talos to solve.

After finishing the journey to Naysen III, Sorsh Jan ordered a transport ship to send the new recruits to Naysen IV, while he took the flagship to inspect Naysen II and I.

Because these two worlds are close to the star and have almost no atmosphere, the surface temperature is extremely high, making them uninhabitable. Griffin IV only arranged a resource collection station in each of the two dead worlds. Naysen I was even abandoned before the Star Knights arrived because the space station was old and the protection system had failed, along with the facilities on the planet. It can be said that Naysen I is now empty. Griffin IV did a simple summary of the resource situation here. Generally speaking, this planet has a high content of heavy elements, and the resources are actually very rich. There are more than 80 kinds of key rare metals, but the development cost is relatively high. In addition, it is far away from Griffin IV's home planet, so it has not put in much effort.