Standard Terra Calendar 980.M41, Tempest Sector, Archdiocese of St. Casparon, Hengguang System, Hengguang 3 Planet
Although he was physically exhausted before, Cere had no rest in his sleep.
Instead, there were only memories and drills of war in his mind, and his dreams swayed with the thunder of footsteps, and then with a wave of his arms, a storm swept across the world.
There is no order in dreams, these are wars, and their only constant, their only truth, is the reason for their 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 - the wooden chairs and tables, the wardrobe, the storage room, the air
The room is filled with the scent of incense, hanging from the vaulted ceiling is the family banner, and next to the Emperor's shrine embedded in the wall is the Omnissian symbol of gears and skulls.
This process is necessary. Every time he sleeps after driving the knight's mecha, and then wakes up, he must always maintain his clear consciousness, otherwise the touch brought by the mechanical throne will continue to blur his feeling with the 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 wildness of the machine spirit is extremely powerful.
In the past, they had to learn how to tame machine spirits every day in the academy, and even had exercises, but only through actual practice can they feel for themselves how difficult it is to fight an unruly steel behemoth on a conscious level. First,
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".
Just 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 of the expedition
When the order was issued, Sere cheered like everyone else and hurried to prepare.
This time it can be said that the entire family went out together, 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 even his father Barris is going to fight 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 draw all the young people who have not been on the battlefield.
They entered the preliminary spear formation, 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 Sere knew that such a terrifying thing existed in the galaxy.
The enemy, with his level of knowledge, cannot 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 between 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 was just to chat and share their feelings. After all, they had to consider the reputation of each other's families.
But Cere believes that he will achieve enough merits on the battlefield, and then he will formally propose to Tasia's father.
And when they arrived at the war zone, just when everyone was gearing up for a big fight, a basin of cold water was poured on them.
They are not yet able to compete with the real Tyranids, so their current task is to cooperate with the mortal forces to clear out the genestealers behind the archdiocese. This is like raising their swords, but in the end they are asked to kill a squirrel.
But the military orders are overwhelming and there is 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 company commander feels a bit
Weird, the temperament is a bit different from the Space Marines Sai Lei has seen, and his words are 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 that's 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's room in the ship was about 90 square meters.
, not too big, but basically enough.
"Master, breakfast."
These three servants belong to the retainers he grew up with. Although their family is not a prominent family, they are nobles after all. There are still hundreds of servants on a daily basis, and the children of servants often choose to become young
Followers of nobles so that they can get a formal position in the future.
"Um."
After Sai Lei had something to eat, 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 one had white hair and beard.
It is said that the old knight served as a squire in the era of Grand Duke Olga, and later received grace to become a formal knight and loyal to the current High King. He is a veteran with high prestige in the family.
"Hurry, boys, a knight should act swiftly and resolutely!"
Ten minutes later, everyone arrived. Sairei held his helmet and listened to the speech instructing the knights.
"This mission is to clean up the Genestealers in the Droncaton area. They have been cornered and are now gathering in the last lair to resist. They gather together like pests avoiding floods. And those bad militiamen have already been there before.
They suffered heavy losses in the battle, and I think you have all seen their poor fighting skills."
The words of the instructor knight commander caused a burst of laughter. After all, the knights looked down upon the local troops, thinking that they were just weaklings who took up weapons temporarily and were only qualified to be cannon fodder.