Chapter 2916 Knight's Expedition
Standard Terra Calendar 980.M41, Tempest Star Field, St. Casparon Archdiocese, Hengguang Galaxy, Hengguang No. 3 Planet
Although I was very tired before, But Cere found no rest in his sleep.
Instead, there were only memories and drills of the war in his mind, and his dreams swayed with the thunder of footsteps, and then with a wave of his arm, a storm swept across the world.
There is no order in dreams, these are wars, their only constant, their only truth, is the reason for his existence.
In the dream, his identity is complete.
But there will never be peace.
When he woke up, the first thing he felt was that he had shrunk.
The young knight stood up from the cot, walked on the cold stone slabs, breathed like an ordinary human being, forcing himself to see and acknowledge the facts in the room - wooden chairs and tables, and wardrobes , the storage room, the air is filled with the scent of incense, hanging on the vaulted ceiling is the family flag, and next to the emperor's shrine embedded in the wall is the Omnissian symbol composed of gears and skulls.
This process is necessary. Every time he sleeps after driving the knight mecha, and then wakes up, he must always maintain his clear consciousness, otherwise the touch brought by the mechanical throne will continue to blur him The feeling with mecha.
Although his mount is a new horse and will not have the consciousness of its predecessor, it also means that it has never been tamed, and the wild nature of the machine spirit is extremely powerful.
In the past, in the academy, they had to learn how to tame machine spirits every day, and even had exercises, but only by actually doing it can they feel for themselves how much it feels like to fight an unruly steel behemoth on a conscious level. The difficult thing was that during the first connection, he briefly fainted for five minutes and was almost forced to open the cockpit and be carried out.
But he was fine. After all, he woke up afterward. Many people were really in a coma and had to be taken out for treatment.
And this is their real "graduation ceremony".
Like most boys, after getting a "new weapon" or "new toy", they always have a strong desire to try their skills. Training cannot satisfy their increasingly restless hearts. Just at this time, the order for the expedition was issued. Serre cheered like everyone else, and then hurried to prepare.
This time it can be said that the entire family went out collectively, and their enemy was an alien enemy that was extremely unfamiliar to the empire, the Tyranids.
But no matter what it is, the young knights are fearless. They now want to beat all enemies to pieces and get their glory with lances. It's that simple.
Not only Sere, but also his father Barris will go on an expedition this time. However, the father and son are not in the same spear formation. Considering that their combat capabilities are insufficient, the High King will send all those who have not been in the battle. The young people on the battlefield were all assigned to the preliminary spear formations, and each spear formation was commanded by a teaching knight. These teaching knights were veterans who had served for many years, but they were not nobles, but retainers of the High King.
Of course, some people understand that this is a way for the Supreme King to expand his influence, but in any case, it is good to have a war to fight.
However, the war did not come as soon as they thought. First of all, there was a long transportation period. During this period, their main task was to learn everything about Tyranid. It was not until this time that Serre knew about the Milky Way. There is such a terrifying enemy. With his level of knowledge, he can't imagine what kind of creature can forcefully eat plasma cannons and Vulcan cannons.
The rest of the time is basically training, and of course they also have their own time. Cere has become the friend of many people since he showed off his skills in the last knight competition. However, he prefers to have secret trysts with Tasia. The two are now basically established. The relationship is that of lovers, but even if they are in love, private meetings are still "immoral" regulations in knightly virtues-noble men and women should not meet in private before their parents agree and they are officially engaged, although Tasia is also a knight.
Of course, the tryst between the two is just to chat and share their feelings. After all, they have to consider the reputation of each other's families. But Cere believes he will have accomplished enough on the battlefield that he will formally propose to Tasia's father.
After arriving at the war zone, just when everyone was gearing up for a big fight, a basin of cold water was poured down.
They are not yet able to compete with the real Tyranids, so their current task is to cooperate with the mortal forces to clean up the gene stealers behind the Archdiocese. This is like they raised their swords, but in the end they have to let them Go kill a squirrel.
But the military order is like a mountain, leaving no room for bargaining.
The only good thing is that they are not really cooperating with the local armed forces to fight, otherwise it would be too shameful by the standards of the knights. The person who actually commands and dispatches them is a company commander of the Astral Knights, although this The company commander felt a little weird, his temperament was a bit different from the Space Marines Sai Lei had seen, and his words were not very serious, but a bit sharp.
Of course, this can also be seen to some extent in other Space Marines of the company.
But this is not what he wants to think about.
After briefly washing up and tidying up his clothes, Sai Lei remembered that they had a mission today, so he left the bedroom early. After entering the living room, three attendants were already waiting here. As a noble, Sai Lei was in the ship. The room is about 90 square meters, not too big, but basically enough.
"Master, breakfast."
These three servants are the retainers he has played with since childhood. Although their family is not a prominent family, they are nobles after all, and they still have more than a hundred servants every day. , and the children of servants often choose to become followers of a young noble so that they can get a formal position in the future.
"Yeah."
After Sai Lei ate something briefly, he went to the bathroom to wash off the cold sweat on his body and put on his knight armor.
When he walked out of the residential area, the knights had begun to gather one after another, and the teaching knight commander in charge of their spear array was already standing on the high platform. There were four serious-looking teaching knights beside him. This old knight with white hair and beard is said to have served as an attendant in the era of Grand Duke Olga. Later, he was graced to become an official knight and loyal to the current High King. He is a veteran with high prestige in the family.
"Hurry up, boys, a knight should act vigorously and resolutely!"
Everyone arrived ten minutes later, Serei held his helmet and listened to the speech instructing the knights.
“This mission is to clean up the gene stealers in the Deloncaton area. They have been cornered and are now gathering in the last lair to resist, gathering together like pests avoiding floods, and those who are terrible The militiamen have suffered heavy losses in previous battles, and I think you have all seen their poor fighting skills."
The words of the instruction knight commander caused a burst of laughter. After all, the knights were not right in their hearts. He looked down upon those local troops and thought that they were just bastards who took up arms temporarily and were only qualified to be used as cannon fodder.