(Thank you, Nano Plague Swarm: Luo Yu, for the bonus chapter reward, 8/30)
"Something good? It's a Power Sword?"
Swift Shadow asked.
"Even more exciting than a Power Sword~"
Li Qinwu took his hand and dragged him toward his room, with Yellow Sand following behind.
Before long, the three of them had moved into Li Qinwu's bedroom. Swift Shadow immediately spotted the Emperor Shrine and covered his mouth in surprise.
"Big Brother, you have so many God-Emperor Statues! So many Purity Seals! You even have an Inquisitor's Rosette!
Big Brother, don't tell me you're a Loyalist?"
Yellow Sand could not help shooting Swift Shadow a glance. Damn it, you only just noticed?
Then Yellow Sand straightforwardly dropped to one knee.
"Lord Inquisitor, I had no choice before, but now I want to be a good man. Please give me a chance!"
Li Qinwu said with a smile:
"As the saying goes, heroes are not judged by their origins, and Astartes are not judged by their past. I happen to be short on capable people right now.
I don't care which Chapter you came from or why you betrayed them.
Besides, you have already passed the examination. There is no Warp corruption on you; your body is pure.
What I need is your experience as a two-hundred-year veteran, your experience as a Company captain in an Astartes Chapter, and your Chapter's culture. Do you understand what I mean?"
Li Qinwu had realized long ago that the reason the Astartes were so formidable was not because of one or two heroes, but because of their entire combat system and Chapter culture.
If Li Qinwu simply cloned a few Astartes Chapters or used Gene-seed to create them, without veterans to lead them and without Chapter culture being instilled in them, they would merely