Beneath this world's surface lay the psyker community, which also served as the Chapter's central training ground for Librarians. Eight Librarians had now completed their training and had only just arrived at the space station. Before they could even meet Chapter Master Evan, Rogier grabbed them and secretly ushered them aboard the Light of Dawn.
Of the thirty warriors sent to reinforce the Deathwatch, only thirteen remained after the intense fighting that followed the opening of the Great Rift. All of them were now elite xenos specialists.
Evan left Xiao Lan behind to persuade the Black Ship's actual leader to leave. And, while he was at it...
"We've received an urgent appeal for aid, honored Sister. We need the Psyker Nullifier's help." The senior Sister was just about to refuse when Evan employed the Crimson Tide's traditional approach.
Treat people with sincerity.
"We believe the Imperium is under tremendous pressure, and we're willing to send another thirty warriors-no, fifty-to support it. But the journey is long, so we suggest they travel aboard your ship."
Fifty! That was enough to cleanse an entire planet.
Fifty Astartes offered far more fighting power than a single Sister of Silence.
Before the senior Sister could agree, she saw Evan and Ina break into a full sprint in perfect "unison," moving almost as fast as they would when charging an enemy in battle.
In a few blinks, the two had darted back aboard their warship, which then departed with absurd efficiency.
The Silent Fire, the Light of Dawn, and the Supreme Abyss immediately set out for the T'au Three Hundred Worlds, taking a hundred of Lian Leilo's warriors along with them.
Only fifty Astartes and Xiao Lan remained on the space station, staring at the senior Sister as she stared back.
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