Chapter 1201 Armor Conferment Ceremony (Second Update)

For other cosmic empires, the Asgardian Empire is a formidable opponent.

The physical fitness of these barbarians is extremely strong, and their extremely sturdy sense of honor culture drives the soldiers of the Asgard Empire to throw themselves at the enemies of the empire without fear of death. But for the Emperor of Latvinia, the most important thing about Asgard is technology, which is why the Emperor wants to profit from Ragnarok at all costs.

Asgard's most terrifying weapon is the Star-Destroying Weapon Rainbow Bridge. No matter how strong the starship armor is, it will appear fragile in front of the Rainbow Bridge. Asgard's elite soldiers ride on the Rainbow Bridge and attack the bridge directly to attack with decapitation. Destroying the enemy's command system has been Asgard's way of fighting for tens of thousands of years. Even without the use of the Rainbow Bridge, Asgard's longship-like void craft can approach the enemy like bloodthirsty wolves and then surround them, constantly probing and bleeding until the Asgardian soldiers can recover from the damage. Jump into the enemy's starship with its hull, and then massacre the weak enemy with its own physical fitness and sophisticated equipment.

These void aircraft look like suspended longships. The void engine technology and levitation engine technology used are more advanced than the levitation engines of Wakanda and Mars foundries. The melt launchers carried on the aircraft can launch the aircraft in a very short time. Breaking through the hull armor. Even the melee weapons used by Asgardian soldiers are equipped with high-power decomposition fields and high-energy capacitors. If it were not for Wakanda's vibranium resources and technical support, the Praetorian Guards and Hell Knights would use decomposition on their weapons. Force fields may not compare.

The source of all this technology is the race called dwarves in mythology. This race cannot survive the chain catastrophe caused by Ragnarok. The Emperor wanted to exchange the allegiance of the dwarves by providing him with protection, just as they were loyal to Odin, to build weapons and equipment for his army that could complete the conquest of hegemony, and to help him complete the indispensable and long-term research project of the Rainbow Bridge. .

Generally speaking, Asgard's dominance in the galaxy mostly relies on its extremely strong individual combat capabilities, long lifespan, and advanced equipment. But in terms of physical fitness and military literacy, the Hell Knight is better. Even if he uses the same melee weapon, the Hell Knight can defeat the Asgardian soldiers in a one-on-one battle. Because the Hell Knights are faster, more powerful, and their combat style is more brutal and more bloodthirsty. Every ability they have is designed for war. They are living messengers of destruction, wearing dark gold in the hearts of Yugoslavs. The power-armored Hell Knight represents the excommunication imposed by the emperor who has lost patience with a certain person or organization.

Sometimes just gathering the Hell Knights on the outskirts of a city can make the enemy surrender.

It’s just that the people of Belgrade never mentioned it. They made up a more legendary story. The story did not mention the giant war engine that flooded the skyline of Belgrade city, the gunboats that filled the sky, the steel chariots that were air-dropped into the city’s main thoroughfares, and the Hell Knights armed with bolters, and only the Emperor holding a flaming giant sword, wearing golden armor and riding a pure white horse, rode into Belgrade alone, loudly announcing to the Serbs the end of the Balkan race war and the beginning of the Unification War.

At the end of the story, the citizens of Belgrade expressed their surrender to the emperor. They called the emperor the savior of the Balkans, kissed the emperor's blood-red cloak, and were willing to put aside racial hatred and prejudice to unite under the banner of the Sky Eagle, completing the emperor's grand vision of uniting all mankind towards the galaxy. . This bizarre story was repeatedly studied by later historians and was labeled as having low credibility. After all, the real situation had long been submerged in the information black hole created by the communications control at that time and in the local people's self-esteem.

It is better to surrender to a man who sounds legendary and looks divine than to tell others that he was forced to kneel by force and the emperor's previous threat of conquest. The only problem is that the people in Budapest also told a similar story, in which there was also only the emperor, and there was no mention at all of the two war engines in the Reichstag and the Hell Knights in the square. Therefore, when Hungarian provincials and Serbian provincials meet, they will first accuse each other of lying, claim that what they are telling is the truth, and criticize the local garrisons of the mortal auxiliary army named the Budapest Lions and White Falcons by the emperor. The military expressed strong support, with as much pride as support for the local football team.

Of course, these folk stories have not yet reached the ears of the emperor, and he is not interested in knowing these trivial matters. It is more important to participate in the armor conferring ceremony and oath ceremony of the Imperial Guard. These human guardians, whose original identities have been wiped out and carefully cultivated in the artificial amniotic fluid of the training chamber, need to pass the final trial of life and death before they can be equipped with the golden armor of the Imperial Guard and fully utilize the potential and talents given to them by the emperor - there are Some are always vigilant and value secrets, some are proficient in government affairs and are good at checks and balances, and some are unparalleled in bravery and are the best in the three armies. The emperor valued the training of every Janissary and believed that the high price paid was worth it. Although each of the Guards specializes in different fields, each of them has the ability to defeat a full Asgardian elite army head-on, and has the ability to become the last guardian of human civilization when a catastrophe strikes. .

What began was a ten-minute ritual duel.

The emperor ordered the candidates for the Praetorian Guard to take up arms and duel with him. At the same time, he continuously raised questions including politics, military, history, philosophy, art and other aspects to test whether the new Praetorian Guard was immediately qualified for the job. During this process, the emperor will examine the character of the guards, the completeness of the subconscious infusion of combat instincts and knowledge, whether the basic mental structure and mental barriers are strong, and whether the mental synchronization combat training can work.

The key to this ritual duel is not combat but spirit. For the Praetorian Guards, the challenge is far greater than the life-and-death fight they experienced on the alien planet two hours ago. The emperor wants to test whether they are completely loyal, ruthless, tenacious and tireless, and whether discipline and organization have been integrated into their souls and marrow and become instinctive. Only those with powerful bodies transformed by the Praetorian Guards have received thousands of hours of spiritual energy and Only chemical and psychological adjustments and extremely complex knowledge infusion can receive the strictest recognition in this ritual duel. Behind these successful candidates are the piles of bones of countless losers and unimaginable resources. Every successful Praetorian Guard is born with all hopes on his back.

After the examination, Constantine ordered a candidate wearing electronic intramuscular armor to come forward according to the number and kneel on one knee at the bottom of the obsidian stairs. When the mechanical servant installed the last heavy piece of shoulder armor on the guards' shoulders, hot steam flow emerged from the mechanical arm structure connected to the armor plate, until the mechanical structure of the power armor tightly locked the tank armor. The mechanical arm slowly moved away from the thick armor plate.

The Praetorian Guard candidates still kneel on one knee and swear allegiance to the Praetorian Guards flag and the Emperor's flag hanging in the silent hall of the Obsidian Tower in the Eternal City, and then the Emperor will hold up a garrison gun. Spear, stood in front of the guard and read out the name that would accompany them throughout their lives. This name represents the emperor's expectations for this guard, the talents and potential he has given him, and it also represents the responsibilities that this guard will spend his entire life to fulfill. Such a heavy burden can only be carried out by someone with the strength of steel. Praetorian Guards of Will can do it.

After being awarded armor and weapons, Constantine, the commander of the Praetorian Guards, led his new companions to familiarize themselves with the facilities of the Eternal City and personally test the various types of armaments and organizational work of the Praetorian Order. The emperor, accompanied by Hammurabi, returned to Latvinia through the portal. These Imperial Guards will enter work tomorrow morning and assume different responsibilities. However, due to their small number, they have to take on multiple positions in a short period of time.

One of them will become a guardian and herald, working with Hammurabi to personally protect the safety of the emperor; the other will become the adjutant and blade champion of Commander Constantine, participating in leading the Hell Knights in battle During the mission, they will begin to eliminate the religious armed guerrillas; the remaining two will be sent to Kamathaj and the regent Victor von Doom in Romania respectively to take care of the Kamathaj library. The former will always remain vigilant and the latter will carry out the purge with absolute ruthlessness and loyalty.

The new Praetorian Guard meant the emperor had time to focus on more important things.

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