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Lin En cleared his throat. "Um, Lord Regent, good evening. There's something I'd like to ask for your help with."

"Go ahead." Guilliman still didn't look up, continuing to scribble away at his documents.

Lin En spoke with solemn precision. "I want the administrative authority over a Chapter."

Guilliman's quill paused.

A Chapter? Administrative authority?

He finished approving the last sentence on the scroll in his hand, then placed it on the stack of documents he had already reviewed.

Then he raised his head and looked sharply at Lin En. "Didn't you just get three?"

Lin En coughed, looking a little embarrassed. "Well, how about one more?"

Imperial administration really did age people. Old Thirteen looked even older than he had when Lin En left Terra.

Wow. To be able to wear down even a Primarch to this extent, Imperial administration really was the most terrifying thing in the Warhammer 40,000 universe, number one.

"Which Chapter?" Guilliman asked.

Lin En said, "The Mantis Warriors."

Guilliman frowned.

The Mantis Warriors? He hadn't heard much about them. Which Successor Chapter was that?

He raised his right hand and swiped through the air. A new holographic data screen unfolded before him, densely packed with text and identification numbers.

He quickly scrolled through the screen, reviewing the Mantis Warriors' records.

After reading through the file, his brow furrowed even deeper.

So they were another Successor Chapter deceived into rebellion during the Badab War.

They had been placed on the list of Chapters Subject to Anathema at the same time as the Lamenters, and their Chapter Master, Nieldra, was currently being held by the Inquisition.

The Regent truly had little goodwill toward these rebellious Chapters. He closed the file and looked at Lin En. "What do you want them for?"

Lin En straightened up. "Actually,