Ustad often sleeps only once every three days, and when he sleeps, he often chooses to enter the dreams of the past, but in fact he has almost no memory of his past, and the memories of "home" remain in his mind.
There is only the cold air and the deep mountain streams of the plateau.
He had vague memories of living in a town full of gold diggers. His biological parents seemed to have opened a tavern or a small restaurant, but he could not remember much.
The biggest feature of that place is that thieves are rampant and death is rampant. Everything about the empire outside the mining area is just a distant echo. The only thing that can tell the people inside that they are still living in the territory of the God Emperor is the crumbling chapel and the daily headquarters.
It's a drunken priest.
The gold diggers were indifferent. Regardless of whether the outside world was truly peaceful or cruel, life in the small town remained grim. Brutal gangs of looters roamed the countryside, the mountains were filled with poisonous miasma, and winters were so cold that dripping water formed.
ice cubes.
For hundreds of years, residents have not been affected by external impact changes and are always on the verge of life and death struggling to survive.
In Ustad's memory, his parents seemed to have died in a fire. Whether it was an accident or murder, he could not know for sure, and he became an orphan after that.
In order to escape this desperate place, he and a group of fellow orphans left the town and came to survive in the slums outside the mountains. The nest visible in the distance was still too far away for them, but when they
When you are old enough, you may set off there to pursue a more threatening and exciting destiny.
But before that, in order to survive, they had to form a gang.
Although most are children, Ustad's outstanding leadership skills and unusual ruthlessness make them a force that cannot be underestimated in the local area.
But a big tree attracts wind, and they were eventually attacked by the largest gang in the area. Ustad tried his best to use his wisdom to temporarily defeat the opponent, and lured the enemy alone so that the opponent could not attack their residence.
Just as he was trying to escape, something strange happened in the sky. Amidst the loud noises of lightning and thunder, a huge flying machine flew across the wind. Ustad didn't know what it was at the time, and just wanted to get back quickly.
Go to your hiding place.
His family was waiting for him. Although they were not related by blood, when the enemy was approaching, the elder among the orphans chose to resist to the end in order to protect the younger ones and let the others escape. He also made the same choice.
Ask your companions to go first and stay to buy time.
Just when Ustad was almost exhausted by his opponent, lightning struck from the sky and dispersed the pursuers. Then Ustad, who was only twelve years old, saw a huge figure walking towards him.
The giant was wearing thick silver-gray armor, with red light shining from the helmet's eyepiece, and a sword and pistol hung on his waist. His movements were smooth and powerful, and each step penetrated deep into the earth.
This scene was firmly imprinted in Ustad's heart and became his last memory of "home".
The angel came to Ustad and saw the boy in front of him struggling to lift the iron rod and pointing it at himself, and let out a deafening laugh.
The next moment, Ustad's world was instantly filled with noise and white light. The flying machine he saw earlier landed next to him. The giant caught it and told him.
"You have been chosen."
Years later, Ustad would learn that the attack itself was a test, and that their orphan gang had been noticed early on.
In the end, six orphans became the targets of angel selection like him.
But in a sense, he was not recruited, but forcibly kidnapped. At that time, he did not even know what these giants were, because the priest was drunk all day long and did not talk about any angels with the residents.
topic.
After being taken away, Ustad regained consciousness in a medical room. Doctors treated his previous injuries. They observed his reaction and physical condition, and treated him according to his mental state and physical fitness.
Made many comments, some of which he disliked.
Soon, boys like him were gathered together. These boys came from many different worlds. There were orphans who were captured like him, and there were also descendants of nobles. Their skin colors and personalities were all different. The only
What they all have in common is their strong independence and tenacity.
The place where they were, the angel, or Space Marine, told him, was called the Obsidian Fortress.
After that, they were thrown into cruel training. The boring but dangerous life continued day after day, and the candidates collapsed or disappeared one after another.
I don’t know how long it took, but the surviving boy faced the ultimate challenge——
Before the transformation surgery, Ustad overheard the pharmacist talking to the soldiers around him. It seemed that he had a higher adaptability, only slightly worse than the other person before.
Then, there is the painful and terrifying surgery process.
Many people who underwent transformation surgery did not survive, and Ustad could hardly hold on, but he remembered what the pharmacist said - death is an excuse for cowards to give in. The other option is to persevere and survive.
To become the person he truly wants to be.
When Ustad regained consciousness, none of his original training partners remained.
Among them are Farzad, Armin and others.
The recruits quickly jumped into the training. Ustad performed better than the others, but by no means the best. Moreover, he was not good at talking and often fell silent when faced with the instructor's questions.
But he had been looking forward to the day when he would actually step onto the battlefield and fight for the emperor.
In the end, what was waiting for was the news that the battle group was almost destroyed.
Ring ring ring————
The noisy ringtone woke Ustad up. He lay on the bed and opened his eyes. Then he realized that it was the sound of the communicator, so he pressed the button on the side.
The small brass speaker on the bedside sounded a monotonous mechanical sound.
"Captain Ustad, the Chapter Master has summoned you, please go to the apron."
"receive."
Ustad was a little confused. Now he was on the Eternal Loyalty, but the chapter leader asked him to go to the apron. Did the chapter leader want to take him somewhere?
Or the other party is not on the flagship at all?
While thinking about it, he walked to his personal arsenal, asked the servitor to help him put on his armor, and then headed to the tarmac.
When he arrived, a Thunderhawk was already parked there. When he boarded it, the pilot servitor told him that they would go to the Avesta.
Knowing that he was going to the legion's flagship, Ustad felt inexplicably nervous for some reason. He always felt that things were a bit unusual. Soshyan suddenly called him over. Is there something big going on?
So did he summon other company commanders as well?
Or did you just call yourself?
With all kinds of weird thoughts in his mind, Ustad sat in the back cabin of the Thunderhawk, quietly waiting to arrive at his destination.