After 5 years, Soshyan and his astral knights finally returned to their home planet, and the news of the Pandora Battle had already spread here. Therefore, the planet's governor led the people to welcome their guardians and the planet with the warmest ceremony.
The glorious angels return.
But before that, Soshyan had arranged for the flagship to be hidden in a galaxy near the Nessen system. But what surprised him was that Queen Elena Alcaraz actually followed him to Nessin IV——
Originally, he thought that the other party could not leave the flagship.
Elena Alcaraz's explanation is that as long as the flagship has sufficient energy, Mu Hu can ensure basic operation by herself, so she does not need to follow her all the time.
During this process, Soshyan also took Veronica to the flagship. For some reason, when she met Elena, the atmosphere was a little subtle——
Soshyan couldn't tell what it felt like, it was just strange. Elena seemed to have known for a long time that Veronica was an Eldar.
Veronica, on the other hand, always intentionally or unintentionally involves Soshiyang in their conversations, and even reveals some things that happened when they got along, leaving Soshiyang confused as to what she wants to express.
It's just weird anyway.
Because Elena Alcaraz's status is too special, Soshyan did not make any arrangements for her. Her personal affairs are basically decided by herself, including her residence and entourage - anyway, Soshyan gave the following
The order was also very simple and met all her requirements.
Because she chose to live in the monastery fortress, Soshyan arranged for an additional small palace with a garden to be built outside the main monastery.
As for Veronica's residence, based on Rozim's previous suggestion, a room with excellent lighting and views was chosen in the area adjacent to Soshyan, and the two rooms are connected by a secret passage - Dieter
During the design, Li An even asked Soshyan seriously if he needed any 'auxiliary entertainment facilities', which made him very embarrassed.
Veronica didn't have any objections to this, because the house was not only very large, but also had a very nice balcony that could overlook the boundless land and mountains across the mountains.
After handling these "personal matters", Soshyan began to formulate a recent recruitment plan.
He plans to recruit 500 candidates on the planet, and recruit another 500 in ten years. After twenty years, the chapter must be filled up.
When the formation of the battle group is full, he will start the first "resource exchange plan" with Randall, that is, transfer a group of White Templar veterans to the Astral Knights, and at the same time transfer a group of Astral Knight recruits
Moved to the White Templars to achieve a balance between the old and the new of the two Chapters, and to fully fill the establishment of both Chapters within fifty years.
Afterwards, he also planned to have the White Templar transfer the home star to the Bracato system, and the Sanctuary Star would only be used as a recruiting world - after all, it was in the Sun Star Domain, and itself was only a relatively backward world.
If Randall is reluctant to leave the people there, he can even quietly colonize it. After all, the environment of that planet is like that, because it is in the solar star field where the Ministry of Internal Affairs has the strongest power. Although there is no tithe, there is a very heavy tax.
Trade taxes keep the standard of living on the planet very low.
In Soshiyan's plan, the Soul Drinkers and Crimson Sabers will also be independent in the future, as long as Soshiyan captures those notorious rebels and lets the "new Chapter Master" take their heads
After being sent to Terra, the probability of the two battle groups being restored is still very high. By then, he will have the powerful power of four complete battle groups——
Naturally, he can also be more loyal to the empire.
Don't think too much, Soshyan will never be a warlord like Huron. All he has to do is lead his army to Terra, enter the palace, and then...
Just completing their duties.
Although how to make everyone believe that they are going to perform a mission in the broken webway is inherently difficult, after all, the emperor is speechless now, so the most direct way Soshyan can think of is...
Become stronger, so powerful that no force can prevent him from entering the palace, by which time he believes that the Emperor will respond in some way.
The idea is roughly like this, and there will definitely be some changes in the specific implementation. After all, he is not Horus, so he can't drive the Avesta to blast open the palace wall.
Perhaps he could achieve great deeds, big enough to enter the palace to meet the Emperor, such as killing Abaddon and throwing his head in front of the high lords.
But it also requires a lot of strength.
In short, it is definitely just for him to expand his military power now - at least the goal is just.
Soshiyang only told Veronica this explanation, but the Eldar laughed so hard that he said Soshiyang "surprisingly has a very innocent and cute side", which made Soshiyang very angry.
After formulating the recruitment plan, Soshyan did not have to do it himself because he knew that the soldiers, especially the new commanders, should be given more opportunities to exercise, so the specific implementation was jointly handled by several company commanders and chief chaplains.
He still has a lot of things to do, such as contacting Malakin and telling him about the Ark Mechanicus Blood Red.
As a result, after Soshyan went to the Scar of Victory, he received unexpected news from Lord Magyar.
Malakin is not here, nor is he in the Chapter.
He went to Bar with a few personal followers.
After careful questioning, Soshyan found out that something big happened with the Blood Angels, and the Flesh Tearers did something outrageous in Arel.
Soshyan has heard about the Flesh Tearers. This is a very ancient sub-group of the Blood Angels. They are famous for their violence and bloodshed. They have bad rumors among friendly forces. Many war groups have
They are considered to be on the verge of heresy - their fanaticism for blood and killing is the beginning of the fall of many Chapters.
Of course, on the other hand, their combat effectiveness is indeed very strong and they have won many tough battles.
But this time it seemed that they really went out of their way and attracted the attention of the Inquisition. Before the Council of the High Lords of Terra could say anything, Dante of the Blood Angels took the lead in killing the Chapter Master of the Flesh Tearers, Gabriel.
Seth summoned Baal.
Malakin's statement was an "inquiry," but Soshyan and Mazar knew very well that there was a high probability that this should be a "trial," and Dante seemed to be cleaning up the house.
It is relatively rare for a parent group to clean up its sub-groups. Soshiyang doesn't know how many chapter leaders Dante has summoned this time, but the result of this incident will definitely cause quite a stir among the high-level officials of the empire.
——In a sense, it was a cover for Soshyan, distracting some of the attention that had previously been focused on him.
Although he was a little curious about what the Flesh Tearers had done to cause such a big disturbance, after all, it was a family matter of the Blood Angels, so Soshyan didn't want to ask more, so he left the Trace of Victory and went to Zhao Akada to check out the Abyss-class ship.
Battleship construction progress.
The situation is quite satisfactory. The keel has been basically laid. According to this progress, the construction should be completed before 999 - this is already a very fast speed.
Just when Soshiyang returned from Zhao Akada, an unexpected guest arrived——