The Bizarre Adventures of Cloud Hammer

After taking a breath, Xianyu finally felt that the discomfort in his stomach had disappeared. He saw that only Brother Ou and some mechas were left in the Stormbird, so he asked Brother Ou where the others had gone.

"Laupu went to the Knight's house to solicit 'investment'. Ah Wei is getting used to operating the armored cluster. Luochen is trying to find the war boss's location through psychic divination and precognition. Eryu has already sneaked to the artillery position at night and is waiting."

"Everyone seems to have something to do, so what are you doing, Brother Ou?"

"I'm the Chapter Master, so of course I stay at the headquarters and give orders."

As the backbone of a chapter, not all chapter masters have to lead the troops on the battlefield, especially the Ultramarines. Although Calgar often goes to the front line and is paralyzed, except for occasionally getting too excited, most of the time the situation is so serious that he has to go. If he doesn't go up, no one else can.

Since Brother Ou has been promoted to the position of chapter leader, he must exercise his rights as chapter leader well when he is outside. Otherwise, if he has to do everything, then his position as chapter leader will be in vain.

"To put it bluntly, isn't it just slacking off?"

"Xianyu, what you said is not right. How about next time you go to a hive world, you go and interact with those... the powerful people in the hive?"

"You are the Chapter Master, you are right. I am going to look for Eryu."

The Wolf Group, a group of true-hearted men, can't even stand the salty fish, let alone the group of valuable people in the Nest City who have ten thousand tricks in their heads. It suits him to go to the battlefield and chop and chop.

Apu walked in the castle of the High King of the Fran family. Murals and flags could be seen everywhere in the castle.

The attendant walking in front introduced the glorious history of the Farran family to Apu along the way, from the time when the family was discovered by the fleet of Primarch Sanguinius during the Great Crusade to the 41st millennium, when the Farran family had won countless honors in the past nearly 10,000 years.

"The Farran family's dedication to the Empire is admirable, so when will we see the High King?"

The Farran family had a stellar resume, but was Apu here to hear the Knight's family history? Instead of wasting time on these ramblings, why not take him to see the High King? As long as the Knights supported this all-in plan, taking down the Greenskins would be a sure thing.

"It will be soon, my lord. The High King is..."

Apu didn't listen carefully to what the attendant said afterwards. Anyway, the Supreme King was busy and he had to wait a while before he could meet Apu.

"Oh, so could you take me to your hangar? I want to see the knights' vehicles."

"With great pleasure, my lord."

The Farran family had long ago issued orders to serve these angels of the Emperor well. It would be great if the family could gain an Astartes Chapter as an ally. It would be even better if this Astartes Chapter was also rich and powerful.

The servant took Apu to the hangar. Along the way, Apu looked at the various works of art in the castle, and a figure suddenly entered his sight.

She was a girl of about eighteen years old, wearing the aristocratic clothing of the Fran family, but it didn't look very suitable for her. Her status was much higher than the servant next to Apu, but the girl did not have the noble temperament of a knight noble. Instead, the posture of her hands and feet was like a thief who was afraid of being discovered.

"!"

The girl discovered Apu and the attendant. She covered her mouth and looked around, then hid behind a set of artistic armor.

"What's wrong, Lord Precious?" The servant saw Apu looking in another direction, "Are you curious about something?"

"Nothing, just want to take a look, let's keep going."

Apu did not tell his servant about the girl he saw. The girl did not give him the impression of a knight, but no ordinary person could enter the knight's castle, so Apu was very curious about what would happen next.

A considerable area of the High King's Castle was converted into a hangar for the Knight Mechas, allowing it to accommodate a large number of Knight Mechas. However, after the Great Rebellion, it became much emptier.

In the hangar, the Holy Artifact Guardians trained by the Mechanicus for the Knight Family were maintaining the Knight Mechas. Apu walked around the hangar for a while and found that the Fran Family was actually quite rich. Among the more than 30 Knight Mechas, in addition to the various types of Cruise-class Knights that accounted for the majority, there were also quite a few Horn-class Knights, and there were also several Domination-class Knights. You know, those poorer Knight Families could only use Cruise-class Knights at most.

As for the Squire Knights, they were ignored by Apu. Squire Knights are a type of knight mecha, but they are smaller than other knight mechas, only 6-7m in size, and their weapon specifications are much weaker. Their role is just as their name suggests, they serve as squires of the knights, helping the knights to clear infantry and light units when the knights fight with the enemy's heavy units.

The most eye-catching one is the one located deep in the center of the hangar. This knight mecha is like a knight king sitting on the throne, quietly gazing at his subjects.

Acastos class - Giant King type knight mecha, this knight mecha is almost the same size as the War Dog class Titan and is a real good thing. As a relic of the dark technological era, few knight families own this level of knight mecha. The Fran family's foundation can be said to be quite strong.

"Could you please introduce this Knight to me?"

"Yes, sir. This is the vehicle of the generations of High Kings of our Farran family—the Sublime Sacred Blade. It is a symbol of the Farran family's history and glory!"

The servant began to introduce the Giant King Knight to Apu. It was with it that the ancestor of the Fran family drove the car to repel and seal the monsters of the abyss, so that Artorius would never be invaded by the abyss again. The Xth generation Supreme King Apu had a dark face. He just wanted to know the origin of the Giant King Knight. He didn't want you to tell him its history from beginning to end. However, the knight family was like this. They valued the glory of the family very much. Every once in a while, they would review the heroic epic of the family, and every knight could recite the history of his family by heart.

Just when Apu was about to stop the servant, he saw the girl again. This time she was wearing a helmet that didn't fit her well, probably taken off from the armor. Apu still recognized her through her body movements.

The girl walked cautiously in the knight hangar, hoping that the holy artifact guards and servants would not discover her. As she looked around and failed to pay attention to the front, she bumped directly into a tall figure, and her ill-fitting helmet was deflected half a circle.

"Oh, I'm sorry!" The girl straightened her helmet and looked at the person she had bumped into. This person was much taller and stronger than her, and the distinctive silver-blue armor on his body further revealed his identity.

The person in front of the girl was Apu. He told his servant that he wanted to walk around the hangar alone for a while, and then he came directly in front of the girl and waited.

"What are you doing here, knight? Now is not the time to attack, is it?"

"Heaven...Angel-sama!?"

The girl's nervous voice made Apu certain of one thing: the girl was probably not a formal knight, or not a knight at all, otherwise she would not have reacted like this when she saw Astarte.

"If you don't want to be noticed, just calm down."

"Okay... okay."

Apu took the girl to a relatively inconspicuous place and asked:

"You are not a knight, are you? Why are you here?"

If the girl is the daughter of a knight, then all the etiquette and courses she has learned since childhood are useless.

"I……"

The girl slowly told her story. In fact, until half a year ago, she was just an ordinary village girl who had fled to the territory of the High King for refuge. Five years ago, when she was thirteen years old, orcs invaded the kingdom. For the first four years, the girl's parents had been taking her to seek refuge.

"Did your parents take you to a shelter right away?"

"Well, later I heard that we were the only family left in the village."

Apu was very curious. The girl's parents were able to escape with her on the very night of the orc invasion. This was not the reaction speed of a medieval peasant.

"Go on."

"it is good."

A year ago, the girl and her family came to the territory of the High King. They lived there for several months. One day, a knight and his servants found the girl's parents, and then the family was taken into the High King's castle.

On the third day, the girl went to see the king again. The king told her that she was the only remaining direct descendant of the High King of the Fran family and wanted to make her the king's concubine.

"Ah this..." Apu wanted to press his temple, but he was still wearing the helmet, so he could only press the helmet.

The girl's experience in recent years is actually a very classic plot of the bloodline of a large family being scattered outside. If it were a traditional cool storyline, the follow-up should be that the girl transformed into Feng Aotian and returned to the family to become the supreme king to unify all forces, and then expand the territory and conquer the galaxy.

But this is Warhammer 40k, so the plot should be that after the girl returns to her family, because she is the only direct bloodline of the High King, the family vows to train the girl into a qualified knight to conquer the galaxy for the Emperor.

But it is hard to hold back when the girl is made the wife of the current High King right from the start. Isn't this turn of events a bit outrageous? Since the current High King can ascend the throne, shouldn't there be a blood relationship between the girl and the current High King?

When Apu thought about the moral character of medieval nobles, he felt relieved. It was just a mess, nothing big, just the daily life of Paradox players.

I'm so angry! When will the women of Warhammer 40k finally stand up? (Female Guards:?)

Then the High King ordered the noble teachers to teach the girl the history and etiquette of the Fran family. He had no interest in teaching the girl because of her country-girl appearance, so he wanted to wait until the girl was well educated and became a qualified noble.

In the days that followed, the girl was separated from her parents. During the past six months, she was taught various etiquettes every day, and was also taught the family history of the Farlan family, which was higher than that of Astartes. Because the girl was a village girl who could neither read nor speak High Gothic, her courses had to start from the kindergarten level.

"I don't like wearing those troublesome skirts, I don't want to learn long and boring etiquette, I don't want to learn about the history of knights, and I don't want to be the king's concubine. I just want to find my parents and go home together." The girl began to complain. She would rather farm for a day than go to class.

"Then do you know where your parents are?"

"I've inquired, and those people said that my parents were once the old king's squire knights, and now they must also serve the Farlan family."

During this six months, the girl also learned about her parents' past and realized that they were not her biological parents, but the girl did not care. She just wanted her family to be safe and sound.

The girl had been looking for an opportunity to find her parents and escape from the castle, but she was caught every time she tried to escape. It was not until these two days that she got a perfect opportunity.

Two days ago, a maid accidentally dropped a knight's clothes, which was picked up by the girl. The clothes were essential for entering the hangar.

The girl’s teacher didn’t come today. He said that a distinguished guest was coming to visit, so he went to prepare other things.

Apu: Could this distinguished guest be me? I think I said I would come to visit yesterday.

The girl thought her chance had come, so she changed her clothes and slipped out of the room. The experience of escaping for more than half a year had allowed her to understand some of the castle's structures, and she was not discovered by the servants along the way.

When heading to the hangar, the girl saw Apu and the attendant, and she hid behind a suit of armor. After the people left, she thought she needed something to cover her face, so she took off her helmet.

As a result, the girl actually sneaked into the hangar and ran into Apu.

"You are considered a genius." Apu wanted to complain, don't you even check the security of this hangar?

There were footsteps at the door of the hangar. Apu and the girl looked over and saw a team of guards coming to the hangar. After talking with the servant who led Apu, the guards began to search the hangar together.

"They are here to find me..." The girl recognized the guards. She had been captured by them many times.

Apu pushed the girl inside and said:

"Hide here for a while, and then find a way to escape."

"Lord Angel?"

"I'll go get you some chances, come on."

After saying that, Apu walked out.

(Don't misunderstand too much, there is no such plot, the fight will start in the next chapter)

Chapter 37 What is the Emperor’s Choice?

"What's going on? Are there enemies in the castle?"

Apu walked out and took the initiative to find the servant, who was now leading the guards to search every corner of the hangar.

"There are no enemies, Lord Prisus, we are just looking for one person." The guards behind the servant did not carry any weapons that could cause harm. If there were enemies, the guards would have more than just these.

"Are you here to arrest someone with all this commotion? The castle is full of family members and servants. Has someone committed a crime?"

"I'm sorry, sir, this is a family matter of the Farran family. I'm sorry I can't tell you."

The servant said this to let Apu not care about this matter, after all, it was the family affair of the knight family.

"It's alright, I'm just curious. I've almost finished looking around the hangar. When can I go see the High King?"

"It will be soon, sir, until we find the man."

The servant asked Apu to wait at the gate for a while and they would finish the job soon.

The servants and guards arrived at the place where Apu and the girl were just now. The girl was no longer there. She must have hidden somewhere else while Apu was talking.

I hope she can escape successfully.

Appu waited, and then he saw the eyes of the Giant King Knight deep in the hangar seemed to light up.

"?"

Apu looked over and it seemed that this was not his illusion.

Is this thing starting to move?

When Apu just went out to talk to the servant, the girl knew that it was the angel who was helping her buy time. She was very grateful to the angel, although she didn't know his name yet.

I don't think I told that adult my name.

So where should I hide now? I finally made it to the hangar, but my parents still haven't found me. If I get caught this time, I might never get another chance.

As the girl was thinking, a voice sounded in her head.

"Who is it?" The girl remained alert. She didn't recognize the voice in her head, even though it made her feel familiar.

"Could it be a monster?"

When the girl was a child, her parents told her that the monsters from the abyss would use such means to lure mortals into corruption.

"Good sense of precaution, kid."

"But how can the monsters of the abyss defeat us?"

"Come, child, come here and you will understand your destiny."

The voices in my head sometimes sound different, but none of them carry a trace of malice.

The girl looked at the noble Giant King Knight mecha. The voice seemed to come from this mecha.

"Who the hell are you?"

The Giant King Knight had already completed maintenance, so there were no holy artifacts guarding around. The girl easily came to the Giant King Knight. At this time, the servants and guards had already finished their conversation with Apu and were walking towards the girl's position.

Although the girl was afraid of the voice's guidance, she didn't want to be caught and taken back to the room. She could only follow the voice's guidance and jump onto the Giant King Knight. The knight's cockpit opened automatically, and the girl jumped in and sat on the mechanical throne that represented the supreme status of the Fran family.

"Put on this helmet."

Reminded by the voice, the girl noticed a knight's helmet decorated with a crown on the operating table. When the girl put it on, the helmet automatically adjusted to fit the girl's size.

"Come, our descendants, go and witness the glory of our family."

Several cables extended from the throne and connected to the interface of the helmet. The next second, the girl felt a pain and dizziness in her brain. When she opened her eyes again, she was already in a white space. Many people in luxurious clothes surrounded her, and seemed to be discussing something.

The girl could only vaguely hear that he was saying that she was the last pure bloodline, so she shouldn't ask for so much, and she could practice the rest slowly in the future.