Chapter 79: Reaping the Benefits under the Starry Sky

After the Grandmaster Arsit Byrmellif finished the matters with his apprentice, the Lord Padishah-Marshal Ardyn Tiberrius of the Eternal Imperium of the Asurya, both of them cut down the call as everyone had more than enough things and responsibilities to attend to.

Ardyn Tiberrius, as the Lord Padishah-Marshal, needed to take care of the entire Phoenix Nation, while the Grandmaster Arsit Byrmellir needed to talk with his disciple about some matters, especially about the rewards for these tasks during the invasion of the Greenskins and Mind Flayers.

Afterward, the elderly Asuryani Highborne planned to retreat back to his dojo and begin his recuperation treatment as he finally obtained what was needed to start the process. Hopefully, in the near future, he will be fully healed from the injuries and back to his previous strength of peak Keter-Class Beyonder.

When it was finally over, he could have his rest, as the past weeks were very busy as everyone was doing whatever they could to protect the Alaric Star Domain from the Greenskins and the Mind Flayers.

Fortunately, the lady luck was on their side at least partially, and when they were attacked by the Greenskins, it was rather only some weaker Warband led by a newly risen Warboss who wasn't even on the level of the Beyodners.

That was certainly a great plus; if the Orkish Warboss was already Beyondere, then it would be very different for the Imperial Defense Force, as the Orkish Beyonders, from a certain point of view, were even more problematic to deal with than even the Elder Brains of the Mind Flayers.

When the Orkish Beyonder was fighting on the battlefield, he could draw power from all Orks on the battlefield and their collective psychic consciousness to constantly enhance his power to a ridiculous degree.

They were the most annoying kind of enemies because they never got tired, they could regenerate a lot instantly from all injuries, and they could fight as long as long the battle itself lasted.

Even when the Orkish Beyonder was weaker than his opponent by several levels, they could still easily win if they could just tire their enemies out, and this was often cause for the Orks because they were very good at the strategy.

Not only that, but they were also empowered slightly by every single victory of the Boyz, and every death of Ork was fueling the Orkish Beoynder with Psychic Rage, which once again increased their power.

The cases when the Orkish Beyonders reached an even higher Class under the empowered state were not really that uncommon, even though they most often lost their mind due to the sheer amount of power and emotions that were flowing through them during the moment.

In the end, the Mind Flayers were only able to convince some newly risen Ork Warboss to lead his Warband into the depths of the Imperial Territory. Though Grandmaster Byrmellir knew, that was the limit of their persuan capilities, because the more powerful and older Ork Warbosses were also very, very cunning inidivduals.

They wouldn't be tricked into attacking the Imperial Space like some newly risen Ork Warboss because they knew the true terror of powerful High-Level Civilizations, so they would be rather cautious when dealing with them.

Especially the ones that were so militaristic, like the Eternal Empire of the Asurya, which was ruled by the military regime, and they were also warrior civilizations where personal and martial might was above everything.

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Starfort Lycurgos, Rylon Star System, Alaric Star Domain

Several hours after the battle has ended, Arcturus ordered the Red Queen to fly back to the Starfort Lycurgos, which was undergoing rather extensive renovations after the fight with the Greenksins and Mind Flayers.

Though the renovations were nothing serious because it seemed that nothing of crucial importance was damaged during the invasion of the Greenskisn as some of the wayward Orks managed to find their way here, and during the space battle with the Mind Flayers, the Starfort took a lot of punishment.

When the Orks managed to land on the Starfort Lycurgos, they also managed to destroy everything that was in their path because... well, they were destructive species that thrived on the destruction, so they were doing what they were best in...

Sometimes, a small part of him wondered if he was mentally deranged even during the time of his first life or if this was just a trait that he built in the new life, but soon enough, these kinds of thoughts were forgotten as they were not really that important for him.

"Are you already finished collecting the junk from the space?"

Grandmaster Byrmellir asked as he saw his new apprentice returning to the dojo after he had most probably finished collecting the junk. From what he knew, his apprentice was rather money grubber obsessed with making money and hearing wealth.

He almost wanted to ask sometimes if he wasn't a space dragon in human disguise because, as far as he knew, only they were so obsessed with collecting riches and valuable objects all over and hoarding them in their caves or planets.

"Yes, and thank you... there were a lot of things left by the squids that were not destroyed in the battle. If everything goes smoothly, I should be richer by a few hundred thousand Universal Credits by the end of the week."

Arcturus said as he didn't take the jabs of his master seriously. It was always like this, as his master often teased him about his hobby of collecting and hoarding things.

"Now that you have finally arrived, we can talk about the important matters in the program."

Hearing that, Arcturus was rather excited as he was too aware of his contribution to the successful outcome and the victory of the Imperial Forces of the Phoenix Empire over the Mind Flayers by a large margin, and he also had some accomplishments against the Orkish WAAAGH!.

"Your contribution during the defense of the Alaric Star Domain is very high; that is indeed true, and the effort you put into keeping the Psion-Disruption Device safe has earned you a lot of contribution to the Empire.

I already talked with Lord Padshisah-Marshal of the Empire, and you will get a recommendation letter to the Imperial Phoenix Military Academy on the Planet Asurya in the Homeland very soon. I don't doubt that you will be able to complete the entrance examination with the highest score possible."

Grandmaster Byrmellir was then tasked with passing the rewards and information to his disciple, as he knew that his disciple wanted to attend the Imperial Phoenix Military Academy, something that he wholeheartedly supported.

He would be able to get some common sense in there, at the same time, he would be able to expand his connections with the most influential people within the Eternal Imperium of Asurya.

Not to mention, the Imperial Phoenix Military Academy could help Arcturus develop some basic Psionics skills, which was the area that Grandmaster Byrmellir didn't have much particular time to teach his disciples.

The Imperial Phoenix Military Academy could also supply him with resources that he needed for further cultivation. Because the Grandmaster Byrmellir would be soon enough entering seclusion to start healing his injuries, he could spend even entire years within the seclusion as he would be healing his crippling injuries.

Thus, he wouldn't be able to guide his disciple on everything, and they would see each other only when the Grandmaster finished healing his injuries... that was also something that he needed to tell his disciple because partially it was also Arcturus's merit.

Nobody could have predicted that Arcturus would go directly under the position of the Elder Brain, and the Elder Brain would be hit by the Anti-Psion Disruption Wave the hardest.

Initially, the Imperial HighCom predicted that the Anti-Psion Disruption Wave would hit the Elder Brain, and they also predicted that the Elder Brain would be severely weakened to the Euclid-Class Beyonder, but what they didn't predict that the Elder Brain would be virtually crippled by the Anti-Psion Disruption Wave.

Grandmaster Byrmellir knew that it was mainly because the Elder Brain was hit unprepared from extremely close distance and the first place that it made into contact with the Anti-Psion Disruption Wave, was the down body of the Elder Brain which was its weakest spot.

Unknowingly, Arcturus caused the Elder Brain to be weakened much more than the Imperial HighCom predicted, which was something that Grandmaster Byrmellir noticed immediately and decided to give his disciple some special reward for it.

"Also, after you arrive at the Planet Asurya, you will need to visit the Administration Department to get an official Citizen ID. I talked with the Lord Padishah-Marshal about your situation, so when you arrive at the Throne World, they will acknowledge your status as the Highborne Asuryani and bearer of the Super-High Risk Primal Psyker ability, which brings us to another topic."