Chapter 1192 Three Routes
When Eli Dazadon returned to the flagship after taking away his belongings, Soshyan informed him of his vision for the future of the Brakato system, the former Crimson The Fourth Saber Captain looked surprised.
But then he happily praised Soshyan's plan, because he was from the planet Drosh, so he naturally fully supported Soshyan's idea of rebuilding the planet, and he also hoped to go to the planet to recruit troops together. , because the battle group still has 63 gene seeds after counting, and considering the transformation failure rate, he plans to recruit 100 recruits to fill at least one company.
Soshyan agreed to his request, so the Astral Knights' fleet lingered in the galaxy for a month.
This month has been like a dream for the people of Ramdon and Drosh. Due to the previous "catastrophe", the technological level of the two planets has regressed back to the level of the steam age to the electrical age. , the withdrawal of the Mechanicus made people forget about technology, and the purge of the upper class and history made people forget about the Astartes. Only the state religions are still sparing no effort to maintain people's faith in the God-Emperor - although the state religions here have already It has lost contact with the main state religious institutions of the empire for thousands of years.
When the "angel" descended from the sky on the "chariot", people's first reaction was fear.
The first to react was the State Church. Although they had lost contact with the upper-level institutions for thousands of years, their classics were still relatively intact, including the murals in the oldest churches, so they immediately recognized these representatives. The "Angel of Death" of the God-Emperor's power and punishment.
As a result, under the vigorous propaganda of the state religion, people turned from fear to fanaticism. Pilgrims immediately flocked to try to admire the miracle that happened once in a thousand years, and even the perennial wars stopped.
When the "atmosphere" is enough, the angels announce that they will recruit new warriors for the God-Emperor's eternal holy war. The chosen ones will have the opportunity to become immortal and powerful angels like them.
This news quickly ignited the well-informed ruling class, after all, immortality alone was enough to drive them crazy.
After learning that the angels only recruit young people between the ages of 12 and 16, the nobles and upper echelons of each country tried their best to send their children to the candidate place chosen by the angels.
There are many people, but the places are limited, so each person in charge has his own way of selection.
Ustad's plan was relatively mild. He went to the less populated world of Ramdong. This world has a tundra near the North Pole. The climate is cold and supplies are scarce. He will set up the recruitment site. On a mountain more than 500 meters above sea level in the center of the tundra, all candidates start from a location 200 kilometers away from the recruitment point. The 200 people who arrive fastest will become candidates - normally they have to walk at least 3- For 4 days, we still had to face the severe cold.
During this period, all behaviors are allowed, you can cooperate with each other, and you can also kill each other.
It’s just that compared to ability and physical fitness, Ustad values the character of the candidates more. There is a high probability that he will not want those who kill each other, so he sent a large number of reconnaissance angels to observe from high places. According to each person’s situation, if the candidate intends to give up, he will arrange for someone to rescue him.
Mark, who was born as a soul drinker, and Dazadon, who was born in the Crimson Saber, went to the more populous and more advanced world of Drosh to recruit.
Based on the tradition of soul drinkers in the past, Maximilian chose a primeval forest with a large number of ferocious beasts as the recruiting site. Everyone must live here for a week and hunt, and when the time is up, they must turn themselves in. The 200 most valuable were ultimately judged by Mark as the best trophies.
Maximilian will not care about anything that happens in this process. He will not care whether the candidates die from the mouths of wild beasts or the hands of the same kind - but he will also send many During the observation process of the Scouting Angel, if the conduct is really bad, he will be eliminated.
If Maximilian’s method can be considered cruel, then Dazaton’s method can only be described as cruel.
He restored the Crimson Saber's traditional ceremony of recruiting recruits on the planet for more than a thousand years, and with Soshyan's permission, he did not recruit from the top, but recruited without restrictions on classes. The camp was in a On a high mountain with an altitude of 1000 meters.
Although there is no restriction on level, the process is more cruel than the other two. First, all candidates must walk through a "sharp path." The Way of the Blade is a tradition maintained by the Crimson Saber for thousands of years. It consists of thirty ten-meter-high vertical logs. The bottom of the log is covered with swords. The candidates have to step over thirty logs. If they are not careful, they will The sword penetrates the body.
And this is only the first step.
Afterwards, those candidates who have passed through the Path of the Blade will be grouped into groups of five and enter the "Crimson Cage".
What awaits them in the cage is the most ferocious beast that the Space Marines have captured from the planet. As a local, Dazadon knows the planet’s ecology best, snatching a seven-meter-long lizard from His enclosure contains everything from predators to twenty-meter-long snakes and two-ton four-legged jungle predators.
The candidates must use simple cold weapons and almost no protective gear to fight against these terrifying animals. Only by surviving can they reach the last step.
The last step, if the number of people just reaches the standard, then give up. If the number of people exceeds the standard, then Dazaton will choose the best performer, and the remaining people can leave, or challenge one of the selected ones.
Bet on a qualification with your life!
If the eliminated person defeats the person selected by Dazaton, then he will replace that person.
Because recruitment is not restricted to any class, the largest number of people went to the Dazadon recruitment site, but the price was also the heaviest. Until 100 candidates were selected, tens of thousands of corpses were transported out of the camp alone, including There is no shortage of noble children who failed to challenge Maximilian - Dazaton's recruitment took longer.
After getting enough candidates, the angels left the planet, but before leaving, they announced that they would come in the next decade. In order to expand their influence, the state religions of the two planets called on people to build magnificent cathedrals. For the angels to descend.
No one dared to refuse this suggestion, and soon a vigorous construction movement was launched on both planets at the same time, and people tried their best to build the most magnificent and largest church.
The people of Ramdong's world named their church "Inspection" to commemorate the archangel who is said to like to torture people's hearts.
The people in the world of Drosh named their church "Sacrifice" to warn people that their sacrifice for the God-Emperor is not limited to paying respects, but also blood.
But for Soshyan, this recruitment is not of particular concern, because those candidates still need to go through more trials to become a true Astartes, including whether their bodies can adapt Genetic modification surgery also needs to be further examined.
He also shared his thoughts on the construction of the Bracato Galaxy with others, including Veronica. Unexpectedly, the other party told a truth that surprised him.
“Do you think this galaxy is naturally like this?”
The Eldar girl sat on a chair with her arms folded, wearing a light cyan dress, her left leg crossed over her right leg , her long hair was curled behind her head, revealing her fair and elegant neck.
(End of this chapter)