"Governor, thank you so much for rescuing Sanguinius's sons!" Mephiston looked at the Weeping Angels contained within the stasis field and expressed his heartfelt gratitude to Luka.
As the Chief Librarian of the Blood Angels, Mephiston naturally knew about the Weeping Angels.
As the only successor chapter among Sanguinius's sons rumored to have suppressed the Black Rage and Blood Thirst, the Blood Angels Chapter had always wanted to find them and have them spread their successful experience in controlling Blood Thirst and Black Rage.
However, these unfortunate souls were simply too unlucky, so much so that even Lord Dante had sent people to search for them multiple times without any news.
The last time Baal had contact with them was when they suffered heavy casualties and went on a penitent crusade, leading Baal to pessimistically believe they had all dedicated themselves to the Emperor.
He never expected that there were still remnants of them.
This made Mephiston overjoyed; his trip here was truly worthwhile!
Not only did he obtain the sanctus wine that could suppress Blood Thirst and awaken the Black Rage, but he also found these Sanguinius's sons. For the Blood Angels, there was nothing better than this!
However, looking at these critically wounded Weeping Angels who could only be placed in stasis fields, Mephiston still felt a genuine heartache.
They were all loyal Sanguinius's sons, warriors who fought faithfully for the Emperor; they should not suffer such hardships.
"Governor, may I ask if you can entrust these Weeping Angels to me? I wish to treat them!" Mephiston earnestly pleaded with Luka.
Although he did not bring an Apothecary with him this time, his Blood Angels strike cruiser still had some medical facilities that could provide simple treatment to these brothers to ensure their injuries did not worsen.
As long as they were brought back to Baal, the Blood Angels' technology would surely be able to treat them.
"Of course, there's no problem in entrusting them to you, but they are so severely wounded that they might be in mortal danger once they leave the stasis field. Mephiston, can you truly treat them?" Luka looked at Mephiston with a slight lack of trust, a hint of suspicion in his eyes.
Mephiston hesitated for a moment but still earnestly said, "The Blood Angels will spare no effort to treat them! Sanguinius's sons should not suffer such hardships! The medical facilities on Baal should be able to treat them.
However, if possible, I hope you, Luka, can help contact the Ashen Knights Chapter and ask their Apothecary for assistance."
"You didn't bring an Apothecary?" Luka looked at Mephiston with some surprise. He had thought the Blood Angels' Apothecary was just on the ship and hadn't disembarked. It turned out they came with half a company but no Apothecary?
"My apologies, we came in a hurry, and the Chapter didn't have time to dispatch one." Mephiston did not want to explain this issue, as it involved some unspeakable secrets of the Blood Angels.
Luka did not press further, merely nodding and then shaking his head: "Alright, I understand. However, the Ashes Knights might not be able to help either; they didn't bring an Apothecary either."
Upon hearing Luka's words, Mephiston's expression immediately changed. He urgently wanted to ask, but Luka interrupted him.
"Don't worry, my planet has several Adeptus Mechanicus Sages, and among them are Biological Sages who can treat these Astartes Monks." Luka comforted Mephiston, but then added, "However, treating them might involve some... forbidden technology. I hope you, Mephiston, can help keep it a secret."
"Forbidden technology?" Mephiston was stunned for a moment, but then asked with a serious expression, "It's not some Xenos or Chaos technology, is it? If so, I would rather these warriors' souls return to the Golden Throne than have Sanguinius's sons' bloodline defiled."
"It's an ancient technology from the Great Crusade Era, you could even consider it an extension of the Gene-Seed technology the Emperor used to create Space Marines, but its existence is still a..." Luka carefully chose his words, then candidly stated, "Those who know its origin don't think much of it, but for some Chapters who hold the codex astartes as their guiding principle and are unwilling to deviate in the slightest, it's a taboo that cannot even be mentioned.
Because it involves the modification of Astartes, to be precise, it's about taking Astartes a step further, even acquiring some power from the Gene-Seed Primarch, making Space Marines taller, larger, and stronger."
"Can you tell me its specific origin?" Mephiston performed a brief psychic prognostication. He saw no danger, but rather hope.
This put him at ease considerably; Mephiston still trusted his psychic prognostication.
But even though he was at ease, he still hoped to learn more information.
This was not prying into secrets; he simply did not wish to be completely ignorant of it, as it involved the modification of Astartes, which for any Chapter would be seen as an attempt to spy on their most fundamental secrets, and a misstep could lead to endless conflict.
Facing Mephiston's inquiry, Luka thought for a moment before saying, "After the Great Crusade, the Gene-Seed Primarch Roboute Guilliman and Rogal Dorn, feeling the destruction caused by the Great Rebellion to the Imperium, both believed that the Imperium would encounter Chaos invasions in the future.
Although the Astartes had proven their ability to defend the Imperium, even the Gene-Seed Primarchs would sometimes be powerless in the future.
Therefore, Rogal Dorn opposed the splitting of the legions, while Roboute Guilliman believed that the combat effectiveness of the Astartes needed to be enhanced, but at the same time, Space Marines could not continue to retain legion-sized formations that might threaten the Imperium.
Thus, the codex astartes was promulgated, and at the same time, Roboute Guilliman also entrusted a person he deemed reliable to further enhance the Astartes."
"This technology has been refined over ten thousand years, but because the Gene-Seed Primarch Roboute Guilliman, who issued the order, met with an accident and is now trapped in a stasis field, it cannot be approved." Ovilia's voice came from behind Mephiston. She walked up to Luka, staring at him with an expression Luka had never seen before, and pressed him, "This is a secret known only to my teacher. Luka, how do you know all of this?"
Hearing Ovilia's question, Mephiston also knew he had heard an extraordinary secret, but he also looked at Luka with concern, as this matter concerned the treatment of the Weeping Angels survivors.
In response, Luka merely smiled and replied, "Archmagos Belisarius Cawl's secrecy efforts were good, but over ten thousand years, he left too many traces in the galaxy. It's hard for the Inquisition not to know!
Furthermore, you don't need to worry. Although this technology has not yet been approved by the Gene-Seed Primarch, it is not a secret that cannot be known; it's just that explaining it would be quite troublesome.
Additionally, according to the intelligence and information I possess, the Gene-Seed Primarch is about to return, and this technology will no longer be a secret. It will bring change and hope to the Imperium."
The Primaris technology was indeed not very suitable to be revealed before Guilliman's return, but it didn't mean that knowing about it would result in death.
After all, this technology was merely somewhat taboo, not something that, like the Second Imperium and the First Legion's little secret, absolutely couldn't be known.
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