After dinner, their day ends with a few hours in the meditation room.
Every seven days, they would gather in the church, and Chief Priest Yazdan would personally come to preach to them, telling them the ancient legends of the war group and legion, and tempering their hearts and wills with the great deeds of their predecessors.
As the day turned into a week, and the week turned into a month, Jacob found himself becoming more and more accustomed to the new role and position. He knew the names of many people in the Chapter, including some non-Space Marine characters, such as several important technologies.
priest.
They even went to visit the screening ceremony of new candidates. Most of these boys were said to be brought by the war group from other places, and like them, they needed to undergo strict tempering and shaping. Many of them were
Couldn't survive.
When watching the whole process as a bystander, Jacob finally realized how lucky he was.
In addition to daily training, they also conduct regular actual combat drills. The venue is usually in a mountain forest on Naisen No. 4. The drill format is also very simple, that is, they are divided into red and blue teams to compete.
The first actual combat exercise was very new for Jacob, and he was very much looking forward to it. As a scout of the team, he quickly rushed through the dense forest, letting the green leaves slap him in the face, and the plants broke under his knees.
During the sprint, he ducked under a stumbling vine, landed on his knees, rolled forward across the ground covered with fallen leaves, and hid behind a fallen giant tree.
He heard some noises from the plants in front of him, lifted the leaves in front of his face, looked down the barrel of the pistol and fired a shot.
The bullet flew through the leaves, exploded, and left a large cloud of paint on the body of some unlucky person.
"Fuck it!"
The hit red team member wailed, put his hand on his chest, pressed the button to disconnect from the communication network, and then fell to the ground.
Jacob smiled with satisfaction. This was the third member of the red team he had defeated in this training. He now completely forgot about his duties as a scout and was only intoxicated with the power he gained.
He even thought that he could destroy the entire enemy team by himself. He enjoyed it very much and was very satisfied with himself. His shooting skills improved greatly with practice, just as Bahram told him.
"Next."
Jacob whispered, moving carefully, trying to find the next member of the red team.
"You're done, Jacob."
There was a voice behind him, and Jacob turned around and tried to raise his gun in defense, but it was too late.
Herbert stood there with the pistol pointed at him, then sneered and pulled the trigger.
The next moment, the impact of the bullet knocked Jacob down, and a large ball of paint covered his training armor.
Jacob briefly considered ignoring the attack and fighting back, but his sense of honor wouldn't allow him to do so, perhaps because he knew the sergeants were watching him with floating cameras.
Then, in frustration, he pressed the button on his chest to remove himself from the communication network.
Herbert stared at him and hissed:
"Your team failed. While you were wandering around, we deployed an ambush circle so that all your teammates who lost intelligence fell into it. The one you just hit was just a bait to pull you out."
Jacob cursed and ignored the other person's next words.
However, he was still glad that what Herbert shot was just a paintball and not a real bullet, and he wondered if the other party would have pulled the trigger so quickly if there were real bullets in the gun.
At least their current relationship is still very bad, and it probably won't get much better in the future.
Just when they walked out of the training ground, they saw that the instructors had gathered together, and there were also some other people, some Space Marines wearing white armor.
"Everyone, gather now! The Chapter Leader and the distinguished guests of the White Templar are here!"
When the whistle sounded, all the recruits immediately gathered into the team, and not far away, Soshyan and Randall were pointing at them.
Randall and the White Templar team arrived in the Naisen system five days ago. Before coming here, he went to the flagship to have a look. Then the first thing he did when he arrived at Naisen 4 was to meet with Queen Elena.
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After that, Soshyan shared his layout and vision in the Brakato system with Randall, and received support from the other party. He also made relevant plans for subsequent immigration and relocation of the war group.
Then Soshyan talked to Randall about the hulk. The two parties exchanged opinions and came to the plan of waiting and watching.
"...This time, out of the 300 applicants, 221 were successfully transformed. Such a high success rate is due to the newly developed medicines. There are also 20 successful gray marrow implanters among them. Let's see.
These guys are so energetic."
Soshyan proudly introduced the results of this recruit transformation to Randall, and he was overjoyed when he got this data.
This time, the battle losses of the previous thirty years of the war group were completely recovered.
However, Armin and others also reported that the knowledge crown had some flaws and could not completely replace manual teaching, but these were minor problems.
Randall looked at the assembled recruits and nodded, smiling:
"Yeah, they're all great guys."
"I want to transfer some of them to your war group."
"Haha, okay, as long as you are willing to take my side, Commander of the Army, it will be no problem."
After the recruits were assembled, Soshyan and Randall walked up to the high platform and looked at them.
His face was full of pride, which was reflected in Jacob's heart and reflected in the expressions of all the recruits present.
For Jacob, this was the last time he witnessed the heroic appearance of the Chapter Master. Through that knowledge, he understood everything that had happened to the Astral Knights. The man in front of him was in some ways more than just the founder of the Chapter.
, is also the founder of the legion. The Knowledge Engine describes him as the "Father of Reconstruction", and his admiration for him is deeply ingrained in the minds of every recruit - Soshyan did not know that someone secretly added this to the Knowledge Engine.
"You have done well, learned everything that was taught to you, and survived a trial meant only for a select few, and you can be proud of that."
With that said, Soshyan changed the topic.
"But don't be too proud, for everything you learn here should point to the same truth, which is that the life of a Space Marine is one long trial, and that a warrior fails in this trial in many ways.
He may become cowardly, unable to abide by his duties, or he may fall into errors and sins, he may harbor a little private suspicion or hatred..."
For some reason, Jacob felt that the Chapter Leader looked directly at him when he said this.
He's not sure.
"...Or a hint of weakness! Allowing those demonic enemies to worm their way into his soul and corrupt him! We must never forget what happened to some Chapters. Those fallen warriors were in many senses
Strong people, even stronger than us, but they still fell! Therefore, you must remember that while we are fighting on the physical level, we are also fighting against the enemy on the spiritual level, and our belief in the Emperor and our mission is
Our shield!"
"You must never forget the meaning of this long, challenging life! After this, you will serve the empire and humanity with your body, consciousness and soul in all ways and at all times. This will be the case during your lifetime.
It’s the same after death.”
Jacob puffed up his chest, feeling that this moment was the proudest time in his life.