Stars for the good Warhammer

[Remember your mission. ]

[Remember your loyalty. ]

[The most important thing is to remind yourself who you are. ]

In the endless barren plain, a superman warrior wearing a furnace-gray power armor was standing alone on the cracked land. The hot wind was carrying the flying sand and blurring the distant scenery.

He just watched quietly, muttering to himself.

"I am Levin, the new Astartes of the Chapter, the glorious heir of Sanguinius, and I am no one else."

After repeating this sentence three times, the young man named Levin took a deep breath, then put the helmet he was holding tightly in his arms back on his head, and nodded towards the sky to indicate that he was ready.

Then, as if a switch was touched, the wind on the plain suddenly became more violent. If it weren't for the help of this power armor, Levin even felt that he would be directly swept into the sky. At this time, a strange war cry suddenly came from behind the sandstorm that looked like a curtain.

"waaagh!!!"

The roars like wild beasts came one after another. Soon, several vague figures appeared in the wind and sand in the distance. With his superhuman keen senses, Levin recognized them as Orcs at a glance.

These green-skinned aliens holding simple weapons were very fast. In just a blink of an eye, they rushed to Levin. The fastest green-skinned alien screamed and jumped up, trying to split the gray can in front of him in half with the machete in his hand. However, after a gunshot, the alien's head was blown into several pieces by the explosive bomb.

Seeing that he was about to be besieged, Levin wanted to take the initiative to distance himself from these barbaric creatures in order to play his specialty in shooting, but at this moment, accompanied by the flashing of the holographic projection, several green-skinned creatures suddenly appeared behind him out of thin air, blocking his retreat.

In desperation, Levin had to pull out the combat knife from the storage compartment of the right leg armor, and took the life of another green-skinned beast with his reaction speed far exceeding that of his opponent before the next round of attack.

Although these orcs were indeed dangerous opponents, it was obviously not a difficult battle for Levin. After only a few minutes, ten unlucky greenskins had all fallen at his feet.

But before he could wipe off the blood of the beasts that covered the blade, a beam of silver-white star darts suddenly penetrated the thick sandstorm and focused on his ceramic steel breastplate in the blink of an eye. Looking at the two Eldar banshees who appeared from behind the sand curtain like ghosts, Levin knew that his trial was far from over.

At the same time, in the command room flashing with holographic projection light, the Blood Angels' chief think tank Mephiston was standing in front of a huge electronic screen with a pharmacist, observing the detailed process of the warrior named Levin fighting against many alien enemies.

The two were now in a secret monastery on the Haven II satellite, which was the headquarters of the [Ashe Angels] regiment, although nominally the Ash Angels were still the descendants of Sanguinius.

However, due to the use of genetic technology provided by the Ash Alliance, and the fact that they do not conform to the provisions of the [Astartes Codex] and have a genetic characteristic called [Echo], the Chapter has not yet given a clear discussion result on how to accept this group of special members.

Should they publicly acknowledge their existence?

Or should they be returned to the Ash Alliance to avoid trouble, as agreed by most of the Chapter's senior leaders?

Even Mephiston, the chief think tank, is undecided about this, but the latter sounds like a good idea

For all the above reasons, in order to train and test the recruits without attracting the attention of outsiders, a huge [Holographic Training Ground] was built underground in the monastery with the help of the Ash Alliance. Through cutting-edge somatosensory technology, it can simulate the most realistic battlefield environment.

Watching the recruits active in the training ground on the screen, as the battle continued, the recruit's system score and ranking continued to increase, which made Mephiston frown.

As a new type of training ground, due to its high convenience, a similar [holographic training ground] was built in the Holy Blood Castle not long ago under the strong recommendation of the Chapter Master Dante, and it was quickly welcomed by most of the brothers in the Chapter.

And now this newcomer who has just completed the armor ceremony has surpassed most of the members of the mother group in the ranking, and has obtained a good score of up to 400,000 points, which is enough to prove that these new Astartes transformed by the Alliance's biotechnology do have quite good abilities.

However, compared with these, Mephiston is more concerned about the will of these brothers, whether their spirits can be as strong as their bodies.

Seeing that the warrior named Levin has begun to fall into fatigue due to the long battle, he took this opportunity to say to the pharmacist beside him.

"It's time, I want to make sure they are ready."

Hearing this, the pharmacist just nodded silently to an operator in the distance, and then reached out and pressed a button with a wolf head mark on the operating table beside him.

On the other side, amid the screams of the banshee and the collision of steel, Levin found the right moment and finally successfully stabbed the dagger into the chest of the Eldar woman, thus ending this seemingly endless battle.

Watching the opponent's body limp and falling, he felt that he was about to reach his limit at this time, and even his vision began to become blurry. Just when he thought that the test was coming to an end, he was looking forward to his excellent results. When the war group is recognized by the parent group.

A burst of heavy footsteps suddenly came from behind him at this moment. When Levin turned around, the scene in front of him suddenly froze him on the spot and became a little overwhelmed.

Appearing behind him was a giant wearing a black Terminator armor, holding a Worldbreaker warhammer, and wearing a wolfskin cape behind him.

The moment he looked at Levin, a contemptuous smile appeared on the giant's face.

Levin recognized that face.

The other party was the one who had appeared in the dream, the terrifying existence that brought about end and death.

In extreme shock, Levin involuntarily called out the name that had been mentioned many times in his dreams in a tragic tone.

"Horus, my brother."

As if a memory switch had been touched, those dream scenes began to flood into Levin's mind again.

The false fragments and reality were intertwined with each other, which made him confused, unable to distinguish which side was the illusion and which side was the real thing.

After realizing that he had fallen into chaos, Levin quickly began to remind himself not to be affected by those illusions, and began to repeat his name over and over again.

However, when he briefly woke up from those illusions, just like ten thousand years ago, he saw that the Worldbreaker war hammer had been raised above his head.

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Soon, as the automatic hatch opened, when Levin walked out of the training ground, the priest from the Blood Angels mother group had been waiting outside the door for a long time.

The battles that had just occurred were being replayed on the screen on the side. Not surprisingly, Levin was defeated by Horus after only five rounds.

However, there is nothing that can be done about it. After all, as the final trial of the Ash Angels, the calculation device of the training ground still simulates the fighting power of the original body as much as possible. Therefore, compared with combat skills, this last level is What is tested more is the ability to resist the [Echo] state.

In the eyes of the instructors from the Blood Angels parent group, only one who can maintain oneself under strong stimulation is a qualified descendant of angels.

Obviously they regard [Echo] as something similar to [Black Rage], so they have always maintained a strong vigilance about it.

"Tell me who you are?"

Facing the pastor's question, Levin chose to kneel down on one knee and answered calmly to the pastor in front of him.

"I am Levin, a child of angels from Haven."

In response to this answer, the priest wearing a skull mask nodded with satisfaction.

However, just as the other party was preparing to arrange the next round of tests for the recruits in front of them, suddenly, the angry roar of another priest instructor was heard not far away.

"No! You are not Sanguinius!"

Looking in the direction of the sound, I saw another priest yelling at a young man who was also a recruit.

"You're Karl! It's Karl Franz from Haven!"

It can be seen that the other party is very helpless, and the young man named Karl in front of him is watching the pastor in front of him calmly, always keeping a smile on his face.

"I don't understand what you're talking about, and my son doesn't understand what happened to me, but I'm happy to see you again."

The moment he heard this, the pastor's three lungs were about to explode with anger. After all, no one could accept that he was taken advantage of by a junior who was younger than him. The next second, he was furious. shouted.

"You are not my father! Wake up now!!"

This farce naturally attracted the attention of everyone present. Apparently, the young man named Karl fell into a state called [Echo] and regarded himself as the lost original body. This is true in the Ash Angels Chapter. The middle calculation is a relatively common situation.

There was even a strange phenomenon within the war group where several people called themselves Sanguinius at the same time, thus accusing each other of being impostors.

Seeing the angry look of the priest, Levin was secretly glad at first that he woke up from those illusions in time, otherwise he would be the one who was embarrassed now.

However, when he accidentally saw the replay of the battle of the Karl brothers through the screen of the training ground, the result in front of him shocked him, because according to the records, the opponent actually defeated Horu in the test. Sri Lanka's phantom, and achieved the highest score in this test.

Obviously this is not an achievement that a recruit can achieve. What the other party relies on is the past experience of the Archangel himself in the illusion, which has now been deeply ingrained into the soul of every Ash Angel.

Since [Echo] can give them such powerful power, is this really a curse? Is this the work of the Lord of Ashes, or is it a blessing from the Archangel himself? And what's the purpose behind this?

When Levin expressed these questions to the instructor in front of him in confusion, the old priest was silent for a long time, and then spoke to the young man in front of him in a serious tone.

"Perhaps the Lord of Ashes has indeed given you more powerful power, but you still need to hone yourself through learning and challenges, so that you can truly control this ability, instead of completely relying on it, otherwise this It will only make you lose your most basic judgment and lead you to take the wrong path in the face of certain temptations.”

"But what is the purpose of our birth? Although we have become powerful angels as we wish, none of us have ever left the monastery for so long. I am confused when the mother group will be able to accept us and give us What’s the proper mission?”

Levin's tone sounded slightly excited, and what he mentioned was the common concern of the entire Ember Angels. They wanted to prove themselves and know the meaning of their birth. Regarding this, that person The Chapter Chaplain simply said three words.

"follow me."

After a while, under the leadership of the other party, Levin came to the prayer hall of the monastery together with other members of the battle group who successfully passed the test. These were all members who had not been disturbed by [Echo] in the previous test, and the total number was only fifty. No one arrived.

There they met Mephiston, the chief think tank from the parent regiment. At this time, the other party was standing on the podium, looking seriously at the recruits lining up under the stage.

Not long after, the door of the prayer hall was closed, and the chief think tank on the podium announced such a message.

"Next, I will announce your last test. Based on the results, we will make a final decision on whether to publicly accept the Ashes Angels as official members."

Hearing this, all the recruits present could not help but tighten their nerves, and then looked at each other and said firmly.

"The Alliance of Ashes is summoning an army, and you will be the first descendants of Sanguinius to respond to the call, participate in this expedition planned by the Lord of Ashes, and face the most terrifying thing in the galaxy in a real battlefield. enemy."

"All your actions during the entire expedition will be directly subject to the arrangements of the Ashes Alliance. The parent group will only provide you with necessary support. The above is your first mission."