Soshiyang blinked and returned to reality from distant memories. He found that Sol was also looking at him, and then whispered:
"Instructor Sol, what is your goal? Why can't you tell me directly?"
"Actually, if you ask this, I don't know either."
"What?"
"We are just executors. What exactly the planners are going to do, we are just tools and it is impossible to know clearly. What we want to do is to keep you alive and let the undead army grow. And the purpose of doing this, I don't know."
"Who is the plotter?"
Sol turned around and walked towards the door.
"You will know when it's your time to know."
Soshyan stretched out his hand.
"Instructor Sol, you said before that Asuyan...is your strength——"
Sol turned his head, looked at Soshyan, and said softly:
"Think about it yourself."
After that, he left the training ground without looking back, leaving Soshyan alone in deep thought.
Afterwards, Thor walked through a passage and stopped at the corner. Khayon, who was leaning against the wall with his arms crossed, straightened his back from the shadows and walked out slowly.
"I didn't expect you to have been to Thunder Stone."
"Kayon, your behavior has put both of us in danger. That person will definitely be suspicious."
"That's why I came to find you."
Thor turned around, looked at the other person, and after a moment of silence, he whispered:
"Then you have to make some sacrifices."
"What?"
"Tell me where Nefertari is."
Kayon looked at the other person, then closed his eyes in pain.
"Does it have to be her..."
"There is another way. Hand over your demon lynx. I know it is definitely not completely dead. You will not do such a reckless thing."
Hearing this, Kayon opened his eyes, and after a long silence, nodded.
After this conversation with Sol, Soshiyang felt a little confused and had no intention of training anymore, so he returned to the office and called up the battle group's current fleet data to take a look.
The group currently has a total of 14 large battleships, which are -
Queen of Glory class battleship [Avesta]
Pluto-class heavy cruiser [Unbound Soul]
Avengers-class large cruiser [Eternal Loyalty]
Massacre-class cruiser [Atonement] (formerly the Red Pirate Great Huron)
Among them, the two new ships [Endeavour] and [Perseverance] were provided by Mars and have completed their staffing, while [Prodigal Son] was provided by Zhao Akada in accordance with the previous contract. The current staffing level is 69%.
The [Danger Hunter] was provided by Griffin IV in accordance with the contract, and was put in place after Soshyan left. The current staffing level is only 20%, and it has no combat capabilities. After all, the Forge World only provides ships and
The necessary technical priest positions, the remaining crew members and slaves are left to the Astral Knights to figure out their own solutions.
In addition, in the next thirty years, Ulan Huda will need to provide at least one Dictator-class heavy cruiser and six Dreadnought-class light cruisers, as well as more than eight frigates.
The small battleships in the Chapter's fleet suffered a certain amount of losses due to the previous battle against the Death Star. Fortunately, due to the good relationships with various forge worlds, it is relatively easy to replenish them. Currently, the Chapter has more than 40 small battleships, including—
—
5 Dreadnought-class light cruisers
3 Endurance-class light cruisers
8 Cobra-class destroyers
9 Sword-class frigates
13 Broadsword-class frigates
Strictly speaking, the current fleet size of the Astral Knights has far exceeded the level of a normal battle group, approaching the level of established start-up groups such as the Dark Angels. Soshiyan even guessed that if the current Astral Knights and the raid on Comoros were
If the plague fleet collides, what are the chances of winning?
But the biggest problem now is personnel. Although excellent sailors can be recruited from other places, it will always cost more, and the personnel composition is not easy to screen, and accidents are easy to happen.
Thinking of this, Soshyan realized that the development of the Brakato system was urgent. The biggest constraint on the battle group now was manpower. Whether it was to replenish troops or crews, a large amount of manpower was needed.
The empire has no shortage of manpower, but Soshyan is short of it. After all, he can't imitate some primarchs and squeeze their home planet without limit.
"What's wrong? You're looking sad?"
Suddenly, with a gentle voice, the door opened.
In this fortress, or the entire battle group, there is only one person who can enter Soshyan's office directly without notification and without even ringing the doorbell.
Wearing a snow-white sweater and a gray hip skirt, with her hair tied back and a golden rose from Soshyan inserted in her hair, Veronica walked in with a smile, holding a data tablet under her arm and holding a
On the wooden plate, there is a delicate steaming cyan porcelain cup.
The close-fitting sweater itself has the effect of shrinking the body shape. Paired with a short hip-covering skirt and shiny black stockings, it has the ultimate effect of modifying the leg lines. Paired with strapless black high-heeled shoes, it infinitely highlights the curves of the legs.
, perfectly combining gentleness and spontaneity.
Coupled with the pair of small gold-rimmed glasses with thin chains on her pretty face, it adds to her intellectual beauty.
"came back?"
"Yeah, I saw your frown when the results came, and I feel like you've always had a lot of troubles recently."
Veronica came to Soshyan, put the plate aside, then picked up the porcelain cup and put it in front of him.
"Don't think so much, be good~ take a rest."
Soshyan shook his head with a wry smile, opened the lid of the cup, and saw a clear light blue liquid inside, which smelled a bit cool.
"This is?"
"White maple tea can soothe the mind and relieve stress. I asked them to send it over there."
"ah?"
As soon as Soshiyang picked up the tea cup, his hand shook when he heard Veronica's words and almost burned himself, but fortunately he held it steady.
"You let them come here—"
Veronica rolled her eyes at him, then tapped his forehead with her finger.
"Do I look that stupid? It must have been brought here by people from Topangula. I promised you that I won't let my own people show up here, so I won't. Don't worry."
"That's good, that's good..."
Soshiyang lowered his head and took a sip. This thing looked steaming but was not actually hot. It was refreshing and sweet after entering his throat, and a light coolness continued to spread from his body. It really calmed down his previous anxious mood, and even the original heavy
My fatigue has also been reduced a lot.
After drinking half of it, he put down the tea cup and turned to look at Veronica who was sorting official documents on the shelf.
"Did the boys from the 10th Company say anything to you?"
"What it could be, it's just those words of thanks, and they are all very shy. Just like you before, although you are a warrior who is not afraid of artillery fire and life and death on the battlefield, you are still the big boy before the transformation in your heart.
....This galaxy is really fucked up, and the war is driving everyone crazy."
Soshyan was silent for a moment, and then changed the topic.
"Hey, why did you suddenly put on this outfit?"
"I read in many human books that secretaries are dressed like this, and they also have these glasses. Look -"
Veronica came to Soshyan, picked up her glasses and shook them.