One month.
This one-month intensive training was an absolutely novel experience for every new recruit of the Emperor's Children.
Especially for the new recruits of Terran descent, the latest training methods had greatly increased the intensity of their confrontations.
Before, they had at most used some bait to lure, encircle, and attack reinforcements...
...but to truly apply "ancient" tactics such as electronic jamming and information blocking to Astartes combat.
And how to use them, and when to use them, was all left to the discretion of their grassroots companies of the Emperor's Children.
"We are the Emperor's Children, the most perfect Astartes."
"Every one of our soldiers should be able to make their own judgment on the battle situation."
"It doesn't matter if you make a wrong judgment. The battlefield is ever-changing, and we are not the all-knowing and all-powerful Laplace's demon. Even a superhuman Primarch would not dare to say that they can never make a mistake."
"What's important is to learn from our mistakes and continue to strive for perfection."
These experiences were particularly novel for them.
Commanding a battle was usually the business of the Primarch or the commanders.
They, the new recruits, had always just followed orders.
Where to go? Who to find?
How many to kill?
And now they had to figure out their own tactical arrangements and counter the opponent's...
...not only could they not have a good fight, but they also had to constantly set up schemes, deceive, and reflect.
My head hurts.
But Kasjia had emphasized that if they ever encountered something in their minds that said it could give them the answers, they should never believe it.
Those were psionic scam calls, and they shouldn't be answered.
And then Kasjia told them a ridiculous story about an Ogryn (and he even emphasized his red skin), who was tricked by a Warp creature and lost his family.
He also said that only a stupid Ogryn like that would blindly believe the information given by others.
Only what is gathered and felt through personal practice is true knowledge.
Don't believe the nonsense of others!
Ogryns are stupid, don't be like them!
Kasjia repeatedly emphasized.
A month passed quickly.
After the successful construction of the Pride of the Emperor at the Jupiter shipyards, Fulgrim also heard about the competition between the commanders.
She had originally wanted to promote Kasjia directly.
After all, the Primarch was always the first in the legion.
(Although there were some like the First Captain of the Death Guard, Mortarion, who had a bit too much say in matters.)
But seeing Kasjia's insistence on a fair competition with the other commanders, she could not interfere too much.
The battleground for the drill was chosen to be the number ten large-scale underground weapons testing site at the Ural Mountains forge.
It was more than ten times larger than the small site Kasjia had rented before.
And the super-large site, stretching for several hundred kilometers, could easily accommodate their battle of a mere four hundred people.
"Vespasian, what's with that expression?"
"You don't really think Kasjia's new recruits can beat us, do you?" Eidolon said with disdain, seeing the frown on the commander's face beside her.
"...Seventy percent."
"What?"
"Before, I thought you had a seventy percent chance of winning. But looking at your current state..."
"Fifty percent."
Vespasian said calmly, with his arms crossed over his chest.
"Fifty percent? Are you kidding me, Vespasian?"
"Thirty percent."
"No, zero."
He turned his head and continued, "If you still don't understand why you will lose, you will never win this battle."
With his back to her confused gaze, Vespasian slowly walked away and entered the observation area of the forge.
She will lose?
As the genius, beautiful girl commander Eidolon, her command talent was something that even the Primarchs had to admire.
And her subordinates were all battle-hardened veterans who had participated in countless campaigns.
To lose to a bunch of new recruits who had just picked up their weapons?
"Incomprehensible."
The proud Eidolon snorted and, with the elite soldiers of the First and Second Companies of the Emperor's Children behind her, walked into the corridor.
The design of the forge had a simple, industrial beauty.
The steel spiral staircases were like the skeletons of giant dragons, growing on this abyss-like, cylindrical, large-scale forging facility, spiraling and winding.
Vespasian pushed open the heavy steel door of the forge, only to see several people already waiting in the observation area.
The Sword Saint Arcur, who had been banned for being too strong, and the Ancient Rylanor, who was in charge of ceremonies.
And of course, Fulgrim, who would not miss any of Kasjia's battles.
And beside her was another tall Primarch.
She was wearing huge, dark grey power armor, and her simple, industrial design made her almost blend in with the forge.
It was the Iron Hand who had recently returned from the Great Crusade to Holy Terra for the conference.
Ferris Manus.
With nothing to do, she had accepted Fulgrim's invitation to come and watch the duel between the two commanders.
"...Who do you think will win?"
"Eidolon. Is that even a question?"
"In this battle, I only see one proud commander and one overconfident fool."
She did not seem to think highly of Kasjia.
"Hmph!"
"I, on the other hand, think Kasjia will definitely win."
Facing her good sister's disdain for Kasjia, Fulgrim retorted angrily.
And the moment she said it, she regretted it a little.
Wait, Fulgrim, you can't say that.
As a Primarch, you should remain neutral towards your subordinates.
At least, on the surface.
"Ahem, um... after some thought and comparison, I still think Kasjia has a higher chance of winning."
"...If you insist."
Faced with Fulgrim's love-struck thinking, Big Sister Fei sighed.
Although Ferris also greatly admired Kasjia's mechanical designs, business was business.
To think that just because one had some talent in mechanics, one's command talent could defeat elite veterans, was undoubtedly foolish to the point of being outrageous.
And in the Iron Hands, forged in blood and fire, there was never a place for fools and weaklings.
Not to mention Kasjia was both.
The argument had no result.
And the competition, with the arrival of both sides' personnel, also began.
On the empty, simulated field, several corridors projected the forces of both sides onto the two sides of the map.
With several troop transports quickly moving towards the center of the field, the contest between the new recruits and the veterans of the Emperor's Children began.
"Are there any flying objects or anything outside?"
First Captain Kaesoron asked nervously, sitting in a troop transport.
A distance of several hundred kilometers, if they were to walk, the deployment difficulty would be far beyond imagination.
They needed the assistance of troop transports to get to the battlefield faster.
As a veteran of the Emperor's Children who had witnessed Kasjia's command level on the Silent Star, they never dared to say that this was a battle they were sure to win.
After all, the glorious moment when several thousand members of the Chemosian Guard had chased down tens of thousands of xenos was still fresh in the veterans' minds.
Therefore, even though the commander Eidolon was confident of victory...
...they never had the guts to say so.
Even with Kasjia's personal promise not to use automated aerial servitors, he was still terrified of these small, flying killers.
"VMMMM—"
However, at that very moment.
Kaesoron was horrified to find that the thing that was definitely not supposed to appear was flying right above their troop transport!
"ENEMY ATTACK!!!"
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