Clank, clank, clank!
The communicator on the desk rang several times in succession.
Donald frowned and answered it.
“Chairman.”
“The young master just sent word asking the company to send a few people over to help him play games.”
“He said it is some kind of project inspection.”
“He said it will make a lot of money in the future.”
Inside the office, Donald wore a troubled expression.
There were still a dozen group reports laid out on the desktop.
Recently, tariffs had risen.
The profits of several overseas business lines of the 1-Height Group had been continuously declining.
Several projects had even begun to incur losses.
His mind was now entirely occupied with how to plug these holes.
How could he be in the mood to care about what kind of game his son was playing?
“Playing games?”
Donald rubbed the space between his eyebrows.
“What is he up to again?”
The secretary said in a low voice.
“It seems to be Galaxy, which just entered open beta testing today.”
“The young master said this project is very important.”
“And he said it might be worth a lot of money in the future.”
Hearing this made Donald even more irritated.
“Alright, alright.”
“Let him do as he pleases if he wants to mess around.”
“Didn’t the business department just recruit a dozen college students?”
“Send all of them over.”
“Their salaries will continue to be paid as usual.”
“Just treat it as cooperating with the young master for project inspection.”
“Yes.”
…
A desolate grassland.
A team was advancing rapidly.
Ninety Armageddon Steel Legion soldiers maintained a complete formation, marching rapidly all the way.
Leo suddenly heard a prompt ringing in his ears.
Ding!
[Imperial Frontline Command upgrade complete!]
[Current Rank: 2]
[Currently capable of producing up to Tier 2 units!]
[Armageddon Steel Legion War Fortress production authorization upgraded!]
[Tier 2 units unlocked!]
Leo immediately opened the barracks.
The previously dimmed icon had completely lit up.
[Political Commissar]
It was indeed unlocked!
A smile appeared on Leo’s face.
The importance of a Political Commissar to the Imperial Guard goes without saying.
Stabilizing military morale.
Maintaining discipline.
Supervising battles.
Commanding.
Being able to directly take over command of the troops at critical moments.
What a pity.
Seeing the numbers in his resource bar, Leo’s smile receded again.
[Gold Coins: 0]
No money.
Let alone a Political Commissar, right now he couldn’t even afford to recruit the cheapest Steel Legion Infantry squad.
However, Leo was not anxious.
Because his target was right ahead.
Advancing for a few more minutes, the terrain gradually elevated.
Large patches of grayish-white rocks appeared on the wasteland.
Moving further forward, a flash of silver-gray light caught his eyes.
Leo stopped in his tracks.
A huge mine building stood below the hillside.
The exposed Ore gleamed with a distinct silver light.
Outside the mine cave, there were also a large number of naturally formed rock gullies.
[Neutral Resource Point]
[Tier 2 Iron Mine]
Found it!
Rustle.
Rustle, rustle.
Black lizards crawled out from the rock crevices one after another.
They were approaching the size of large dogs.
Their bodies were covered with heavy armor plates.
Their limbs were thick and sturdy.
Their tails continuously whipped against the ground.
Their number approached two hundred!
Black-armored Rock Lizard!
Four huge heads probed out from the mine entrance.
Their sizes far exceeded those of the other rock lizards.
Each of them was almost the size of a carriage.
The armor shells on their backs were stacked layer upon layer, as if they were covered in iron blocks.
[Tier 2 Granite-armored Rock Lizard]
Four of them!
Low roars continuously came from the mining area.
A large number of Black-armored Rock Lizards began to grow restless.
The wild monsters at neutral resource points had a fixed alert range.
As long as one did not step into the mining area, they would not actively attack.
Leo looked at the group of wild monsters in front of him.
If it were replaced by ordinary Human Race units, taking down a Tier 2 resource point with this configuration would require preparing at least two to three hundred people.
The reason was very simple.
Beast-shaped wild monsters were inherently fiercer than humanoid units.
Especially these large crawling wild monsters.
When charging, they could cause a noticeable fear effect on human units.
Once the troops’ morale collapsed, no matter how many people there were, it would be sending them to their deaths.
But now…
Leo turned his head to look beside him.
Sebastian Yarrick.
The Legendary Political Commissar slowly walked to the very front of the formation.
The metal jaws of his power claw continuously flickered with an energy halo.
In his other hand, the storm Bolter had already been raised.
His crimson prosthetic eye slowly lit up.
Noticing Leo’s gaze, the old man’s voice was loud and high-pitched.
“Lord Commander, Your Excellency.”
“Please do not question the combat capability of the Steel Legion.”
His voice had great penetrating power.
The soldiers behind him straightened their bodies simultaneously.
“Fearlessness.”
“Is our most fundamental quality.”
The eighty Steel Legion Infantry did not speak.
The ten Grenadiers likewise remained motionless.
Only the heavy breathing sounds beneath the gas masks could be heard.
Leo smiled.
“Then I’ll leave it to you.”
“Political Commissar Yarrick.”
“I will witness your glory.”
Yarrick turned around.
His power claw raised abruptly.
“Grenadiers!”
Ten soldiers quickly stepped forward.
They half-knelt and raised their guns.
“Fire!”
Bang, bang, bang!
Dozens of grenades flew out simultaneously, sweeping across the sky above the mining area.
Boom!
Boom, boom, boom!
The explosions connected into pieces one after another in an instant!
Rocks shattered.
Flames rolled.
More than a dozen Black-armored Rock Lizards at the very front didn’t even have time to escape before they were blown away by the explosions.
Several fell directly to the ground and stopped moving.
The remaining rock lizards instantly rioted!
The roars, accompanied by the sound of explosions, resounded across a kilometer.
Nearly a hundred black figures rushed down the hillside simultaneously!
The earth seemed to be shaking.
[Fear effect triggered!]
[The Steel Legion is deterred by the beasts!]
A new prompt appeared directly.
[Heart of Steel takes effect!]
[Fear is ineffective!]
Not a single person retreated!
Not even a single person wavered!
Political Commissar Yarrick’s performance allowed Leo to see why Yarrick’s combat power could reach eighty thousand.
He stood at the very front of the entire battle line.
The Storm Bolter roared continuously!
Bang!
A Bolter round blasted into a rock lizard’s head.
Its hard armor shell was shattered on the spot!
Second round!
Another rock lizard tumbled and fell to the ground.
Bang!
Bang!
Bang!
Almost every gunshot resulted in a Black-armored Rock Lizard losing its life!
“Raise your guns!”
Eighty lasguns were raised simultaneously.
Yarrick watched the approaching group of rock lizards.
His voice suddenly rose.
“Never retreat!”
Hum!
The first round of laser salvo!
A dozen rock lizards instantly fell over.
“Never cower!”
Second round!
Crimson beams covered the beast herd once again!
“Never admit defeat!”
The four Granite-armored rock lizards had already crossed over the corpses of their kind.
Their huge bodies crashed over with a rumble!
Yarrick did not retreat half a step.
His power claw quickly opened.
Behind him, ninety Steel Legion soldiers likewise stood straight.
The next second, the old man’s roar resounded through the entire mining area.
“For the Emperor!”
“For Armageddon!”