"I don't think it's a big deal."
Ferris's gaze changed from its usual disdain, and her silver metal-covered eye stared intently at the battlefield footage.
As the Primarch of the Iron Hands, she had never stopped the competition among her various clans.
She believed that only constant conflict and adversity could forge a person to be stronger.
And from the struggles of the clans, outstanding talents could emerge.
But unfortunately.
Perhaps because their thinking was limited, these Iron Hands were as if their brains had also been replaced with steel. In close combat, they only knew how to saturate the enemy position with overwhelming firepower.
Anyone who knew how to use the "Storm of Iron" (a type of feint and flanking tactic) could be considered a tactical master among the Iron Hands.
Most Iron Hands had no tactical thinking at all and would only charge recklessly.
She had no idea who they had learned it from.
Ferris Manus was baffled.
And what about Kasjia?
Not only was his tactical thinking in a class of its own, but the new mechanical weapons he developed were also very effective.
This was exactly the kind of talent the Iron Hands urgently needed...
And looking at his service time—a new recruit!
He had great potential in the Great Crusade to come.
Furthermore, the Emperor was about to select a Warmaster.
As the Primarch of the Tenth Legion, the Iron Hands, her competitiveness was no less than that of Horus and the master of the Second Legion.
Although the Iron Tenth had the closest ties to the Mechanicum, and the worlds they had conquered in the Great Crusade were no fewer than those of the other two.
But in the War Council on Terra, there would always be someone who would stand up and say that she, Ferris, was too ruthless in battle, causing many unnecessary casualties.
Her legion was full of inflexible iron heads, and disciplining them gave her a particular headache.
If she had Kasjia as her second-in-command...
No, no, even if she just had him exchange ideas with the Iron Hands, it would probably be able to correct some of the bad habits of the legion.
And she just happened to be discussing a legion exchange program with Fulgrim...
Big Sister Fei's one eye lit up (the other was silver).
Good stuff.
I want it.
The battle in the field ended quickly.
After cutting off communications, the many veteran Emperor's Children were instantly turned into headless flies.
Even if they were well-hidden, once their position was detected by Kasjia's patrol-reconnaissance spiders, it was a series of bombardments and gang beatdowns.
But this was not fatal.
Because even if they were outnumbered, the veteran Emperor's Children were confident that they could use their swordsmanship to defeat many with few.
The nickname "Little Custodians" was no joke.
And then, these veterans encountered the strongest enemy in the history of the Emperor's Children—
A large shield.
Actually, I am also Rogal Dorn.
The exquisite swordsmanship of the Emperor's Children was completely ineffective when faced with a large shield that gave no openings.
Usually, Kasjia's side would dispatch about thirty men to annihilate a ten-man tactical squad of elite veterans.
One person in the squad would hold a shield in front, another would harass with a gun, and another would thrust with a Phoenix Spear.
Even if you, a Son of the Emperor, had a thousand skills, in the face of an unbreakable wall of adamant, you could only return in defeat.
Wait, I think I'm also a Son of the Emperor!
Ah, never mind then.
The resistance of the veteran Emperor's Children was extremely strong.
With their exquisite skills, even with a huge advantage in numbers and information, the new recruit side still suffered a large number of casualties.
But with the leadership of the two talented swordsmen, Lucius and Tarvitz, the veteran defense line, which was slow to reinforce, was broken one by one.
Finally, faced with the encirclement of the remaining dozens of new recruit companies, Commander Eidolon had no choice but to admit defeat.
"This drill, Lord Kasjia Sherlock, is victorious."
After the drill, the Mechanicum Magos, who served as the third-party witness, announced the victory in a monotone voice.
"I do not agree!"
Although Eidolon had not been hit by a paint bomb, her face was still bright red.
"It's not fair!"
"Why can Kasjia use so many aerial and spider servitors?!"
The whole battle was just mechanical creations!
Is this guy from the Emperor's Children or the Iron Hands?!
"Lady Eidolon, according to the Mechanicum's calculations, the weapon strength of both sides did not exceed two thousand points."
"The aerial servitors also only had the function of a target drone."
In the drill, the weapons that could be brought into the field were all converted by points to ensure a relative balance of power on both sides.
But Eidolon's side, because the veterans liked to duel and loved their precious swords...
...had wasted too many points on melee weapons.
And then they had been countered by the door-sized shields.
"...Fine!"
Eidolon squeezed out this word through her teeth.
"Then what about his behavior of specifically targeting the weaknesses of friendly forces?"
"Developing electromagnetic interference waves for our channels is one thing, but what do you mean by using a shield to counter our Emperor's Children's duel masters?"
Which side is this guy Kasjia on?
Why does it feel like his research on the weaknesses of the Emperor's Children is even deeper than his research on the xenos enemies?
"A weakness will not disappear just because we don't study it, Commander Eidolon," Kasjia said calmly. "If we don't discover our own problems in drills, and are proud and complacent in a so-called false perfection..."
"...then we will only be utterly defeated in future battles."
"Just like now."
Perhaps seeing Eidolon's temperature rising, Kasjia paused for a moment.
"Of course, if you insist that I should be disciplined for my actions, I have no objection."
"Ah, thank you, Lady Fulgrim."
As he spoke, he took the red helmet that Fulgrim handed him.
And put it on his head.
Now, he was Red-Helmet Kasjia.
"You—!"
"Enough. Stop it, Eidolon. Kasjia is right."
Commander Abdemon beside her stopped Eidolon.
The latter had been on the verge of rushing up to have a passionate brawl with him.
He was actually not surprised that Kasjia could defeat Eidolon in command.
Eidolon was indeed an extremely talented commander.
But talent can sometimes lead to pride, complacency, and stagnation.
A crushing defeat, on the contrary, could serve as a wake-up call for this once-genius to regroup.
"Kasjia, it's time for your next challenge."
But he, Abdemon, was different.
He was not arrogant.
And he would not fail.
The duel.
The rules were simple. Both sides would enter an octagonal cage, and the one who could stand at the end would be the winner.
Of course, a duel within the legion was naturally not so bloody.
But in any case, Abdemon was confident that he could easily defeat Kasjia.
As one of the top sword masters in the legion, the only one who could be compared to him was the Second Company Captain Sword Saint, Arcur Tona.
He had once fought a life-and-death duel with the strongest champion warrior of the Catharan in a battle and had won the final victory, making the entire planet submit to his elegant and majestic swordsmanship.
With one sword, he had conquered an entire planet.
This was the strength of Commander Abdemon.
And as a duel master, he did not believe that Kasjia had the ability to challenge him.
He thought, as he walked into the cage with his battle-sword "Radiance" in hand.
And then, he saw another purple-and-gold, door-sized shield.
Question!
Does releasing electromagnetic interference also count as being a Noise Marine?
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