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And just like that, Hulitai joined Li Qinwu's team in grand style. Li Qinwu gave him his assurance:
"Lord Hulitai, I'll have my Astropath send a message to your Chapter. If they have time, they can come and pick you up.
I'll also keep an eye out. If we encounter a warship bound for Chogoris, you can catch a ride home aboard it.
As for your weapons and equipment, I'll provide those.
I'll keep a record of the merits you earn here and send it to Terra.
If you die in battle under my command, I'll go to Terra myself and toll the Bell of Lost Souls for you!"
Hulitai's eyes lit up. Li Qinwu had thought of everything for him. He was practically keeping him as a sworn warrior ready to die for him!
With Hulitai's arrangements settled, Li Qinwu turned his gaze toward the Space Wolf.
By now, the Space Wolf had already started eating. Several empty plates sat before him, all the large bone-in meat chops on them having gone into his mouth.
Seeing everyone looking at him, he picked up a cup holding a good two liters of liquor and downed it.
"Want to hear my story, eh? Let me have a few drinks first!"
Then, under everyone's gaze, the fellow knocked back a good ten liters of liquor in succession before slowly beginning his story.
This Space Wolf was named Ragnar, and he was a Primaris recruit.
He had suffered discrimination from the Space Wolves Chapter because he had undergone Primaris modifications.
Not every Astartes Chapter was willing to accept the Primaris upgrade. Many Chapters that upheld tradition considered Primaris heretical and distrusted Primaris Surgery. The Space Wolves were