[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-bear-school-astartes":3,"chapter-bear-school-astartes-bear-school-astartes-chapter-844":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Bear School Astartes",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1620618,2087,"Chapter 844 - 827: Anka Cross","bear-school-astartes-chapter-844",844,"\u003Cp>Lann and Cassandra left the room together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because they were not Athenians, this reason served as a convincing pretext to leave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, Lann had already made significant contributions to this epidemic with his wisdom and knowledge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Every time I think I’ve become a fearless warrior, I always encounter situations that can’t be solved by sheer force alone: epidemics, conspiracies, missing family...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cassandra’s Amazon Warrior Boots made a crisp sound as they stepped on the marble steps of Pericles’ Mansion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It seems the gods like to remind me that I’m still a mortal in the human world.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing that Cassandra seemed a bit downcast, Lann offered her some comfort.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We are all mortals; we can only do what mortals can do.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two of them gazed with mixed feelings out from the courtyard of Pericles’ Mansion towards the sky, where dust clouds covered the sunlight over Athens.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The passionate and exuberant sunlight of the Mediterranean, after passing through a layer of dust, turned into lifeless dim yellow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The white and graceful marble statues, towering five or six meters high on the streets, also appeared gloomy under the light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those marble statues that had been painted looked even more somber and desolate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hey! You can’t hit me, Rong Buqiu! I’ve only learned [Light Body], not how to fight!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh, sorry meow, I didn’t know!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the other side of the courtyard, Phoebe was ’playing chase’ with Rong Buqiu, though their agility in complex terrain surpassed that of actual cats.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the past year and a half, Phoebe clearly hadn’t slacked off, and her talent remained evident. Even with Rong Buqiu’s light weight and double-jointed legs, it was led around by the nose.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Purely in terms of movement abilities, she was not inferior to the regular ninjas from Iwami Country, who leapt around.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But ultimately, Rong Buqiu was an Elu Cat striving toward the goal of becoming a ’Warrior,’ instinctively using the sheathed longsword to lightly poke Phoebe a few times thanks to its length advantage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In a real battle, Phoebe would have been considered dead by now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The melancholy of Cassandra and Lann quickly dissipated thanks to the antics of a person and a cat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Alright, it seems I can’t expect to get any information about my mother from Aspasia until Athens stabilizes.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cassandra exhaled deeply, placing her hands on her hips and sighing to Lann.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"With Pericles on the brink, how can I insist she help me?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In battle, Cassandra was aggressive and proactive, cunning yet overbearing. But when it came to friends, she still showed empathy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cephalonia might have been a backwater, and Marcos, who raised Cassandra, might have been unreliable, but at least the environment didn’t turn her into a typical Spartan: a cold, emotionless, classic militaristic soldier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’ll have to wait for my matters, but you said you were here for my help; do tell.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lann smiled at Cassandra while they strolled slowly through the mansion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Demon Hunter reached into his Alchemy Pouch at the back of his waist and pulled out the [Anka Cross], placing it in Cassandra’s hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once the Hawk Trainer took it, the object immediately transformed from its calm state in Lann’s hands, as if suddenly charged with electricity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The intricate reliefs and intaglios on the cross gradually glowed with a golden light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lann’s other hand then retrieved a preserving bottle. Floating within the preservation liquid in the bottle was a nerve bundle like a leaf and a secretion gland.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first of the three signature surgeries unique to the Primaris Space Marines—the [Holy Chant Gland].\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is it; do you remember when we defeated Hapalos and those monsters he created?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cassandra easily retrieved the memories of that time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, the dark and cold-to-freezing cave, along with those half-human, half-beast monsters within, left a deep impression on the beauty nourished by the Aegean Sea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was the first time in her life that she witnessed ’snow.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You and Herodotus concluded then that those monsters were transformed by the divine artifacts made by the Egyptian gods.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Indeed so.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lann initially didn’t directly reveal his plan, knowing that implanting things into one’s body might seem somewhat heretical to people from Cassandra’s era.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Try it first to see if you can apply it; I want to know what it’s truly like when used.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cassandra shrugged indifferently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seemed that due to the transmission and infusion of energy, the golden light from the Anka Cross traveled up Cassandra’s arm, ultimately radiating in her eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was as if she donned a divinity beyond human.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cassandra, with her eyes full of golden light, looked around, then walked to the side of a column in the mansion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Around the periphery of the columns at Pericles’ Mansion were knee-high clay pots filled with moist soil and vibrant flower branches.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Typically, a pair of flower branches occupied a pot: one with light purple blossoms paired with another with peach-colored flowers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cassandra held the Anka Cross in one hand and raised it toward the flowerpot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then a gentle golden light emanated from her raised hand, enveloping the pot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It lasted only briefly, and after the golden light faded, a peculiar sight appeared within the pot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without any trace of fusion, the upper segment of the light purple flower branch naturally merged with the upper segment of the peach flower branch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aside from the differing bloom colors, there was no human sign at the junction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cassandra lowered her arm, and the golden light on her body and in her eyes instantly retreated to the Anka Cross, transforming her from a state of energetic zeal to panting heavily with hands on knees.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was surprised at how quickly she became exhausted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lann walked to the flowerpot by the column and plucked the two branches that exchanged positions for closer scrutiny at the broken ends.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fibers, veins, tracheal passages... all seamlessly integrated, sir.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mentos assessed this ’ultra-technological surgery’ in Lann’s mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Given Miss Cassandra’s level of knowledge, I presume she doesn’t possess any awareness of these plant organs. What has made everything appear so natural and perfect could only be...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Only the Anka Cross itself.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before Mentos could finish speaking, Lann had already murmured while gazing at the broken end of the branch in his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"An intelligent surgical device from the First Civilization... with such a high level of intelligence!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cassandra, like Hapalos, lacked awareness of animal physiology and plant organs, yet the Anka Cross still enabled them to seamlessly connect the body parts they wished to modify or attach.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And this was the key that allowed Lann to proceed with the surgery confidently.\u003C\u002Fp>",1102,"2026-06-06T10:40:27.274Z",1,"novelbin.me","9b25455af810cd18883c2a44e4f05a46cc3851546180262c011363580f88ad19","bear-school-astartes-chapter-895","bear-school-astartes-chapter-894",1043,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fbear-school-astartes-cover.jpg"]