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Chapter 16 - Chapter 16: Power Level Calculation, the Wolf King's Psychic Premonition

After some thought, Axis decided to first hand over the energy gun, power level scouter, and protective suit to the Emperor.

In exchange, he hoped the Emperor would allow him to join the Custodes, and also give him the chance to follow by the Wolf King Leman's side.

After picking out the items, Axis carefully hid the most important box, along with some capsules and spaceship, then headed outside.

By this time, the Wolf King Leman Russ had already announced to his people that he would become the Emperor's son and join the Great Crusade.

"Warriors of Fenris! We are about to join a truly great war. I have acknowledged my father, the Emperor, the Master of Mankind.

"All of you have a chance to truly become my sons, to become my wolf cubs. I will lead you to glorious victories, one after another!" Leman Russ declared loudly.

"Follow the great Wolf King!"

"Follow the Emperor, join the Great Crusade!"

The warriors of Fenris raised their weapons high and roared.

Axis shook his head at the sight. The success rate of the Astartes' surgical transformation was notoriously low.

Otherwise, there wouldn't just be two million or so of these super-soldiers, there would be tens or even hundreds of millions. By then, the regular Imperial Army would be obsolete.

Who knew how many of Fenris' warriors could actually survive the Astartes transformation?

By Russ's order, many older warriors and able-bodied adults were left behind to protect the tribes and cooperate with the soon-to-arrive Imperial personnel.

A new fortress would be built on Fenris, making this planet the recruitment world for the primarch Leman Russ, home of the Sixth Legion.

In the coming Great Crusade, Fenris would supply the Sixth Legion with weapons, gear, and fresh recruits.

"Axis, are you ready?"

Seeing Axis, Russ came over and asked.

"Russ, I've picked them out. We'll use these three items to convince the Emperor!"

Axis explained each item in detail.

"I know all of these. You've used them in battle, and you even gave me one of those combat suits! That's a good piece of gear." Russ said.

The suit's defense was astonishing. 

Axis had given him one before; when worn, even the steel-biting fangs of his wolf brothers couldn't bite through its thin fabric.

Its defense was simply incredible. 

Russ always wore it as inner armor. It was comfortable, lightweight, and flexible.

"And that power level scouter. I remember when we fought a couple weeks ago, you scanned me and it was almost 1800, while yours was over 500," Russ continued.

Among the tribal warriors, the highest power level didn't even reach 20; most were in the low teens. 

Ordinary women had power levels of 6 to 8; children were almost all under 5.

There was only one person with a power level over a thousand, Russ himself. The only other one over a hundred was Axis.

"Check my power level again," Axis said, handing the scouter to Russ.

After sparring with the Emperor, his Saiyan bloodline had improved again, so his power level had increased further.

Saiyans are a race with an extremely high talent for battle, they evolve through constant fighting, learning, and training, and their potential was limitless.

Russ nodded, picked up the scouter, put it on his eye, and pressed the button. Beep beep beep—a string of red numbers flashed up!

It showed a power level of 756, a full 200 points higher than before.

"You're leveling up fast, kid! So, what's my power level now?" Russ asked.

After that battle with the Emperor, he felt he'd gotten a lot stronger. Since he was born, no one had ever given him such an exhilarating fight.

"Your power level is already over 1860. At this rate, I'd say in another year or two, you'll break through 2000," Axis replied.

The power levels in the Dragon Ball world were insane. 

In the original, Master Roshi with just over 100 could blow up the moon, and King Piccolo with over 260 could rule the world.

Once you break a thousand, you're absolutely dominant on a planet. If you reach ten thousand, congratulations, you're at the level where you can blow up a planet.

But all of that is if you can use "Ki". You have to unleash a Ki Blast to do those things. Without Ki, if you rely only on brute strength, even a Super Saiyan 3 couldn't shatter a planet with just their fists.

After all, if the planet goes boom, even a Super Saiyan 3 wouldn't survive. So, unless you're using Ki, Russ can at best smash a few mountain ranges with raw strength alone. 

[A/n: Here, let's patch a plot hole: in Dragon Ball, 200+ power level can blow up the moon, but here that's not possible, because they don't have Ki. Only the protagonist can pull that off.]

So, in this world, the power level scouter only detects pure physical combat strength. But it's got its own limitations.

In the Dragon Ball universe, the experts all use Ki and are physically powerful, so the scouter readings were fairly accurate.

But here, sometimes you have to factor in things like power swords, chainswords, power armor, plasma weapons, melta guns. Otherwise there was no way to get an accurate reading.

After all, an ordinary human soldier wielding a power sword could, in theory, kill a Custodian, if he could land the hit.

"I think you'd better bring the spaceship, too. I've got a feeling this isn't going to be so simple. My …father is extremely forceful," Russ said, stroking his chin.

"Are you sure? An FTL spaceship's going to be incredibly valuable," Axis said.

He'd planned to hand over the faster-than-light engine only after his Custodes surgery was done.

"Trust my instincts, Axis!

"My brain's been buzzing non-stop, almost like I have a premonition.

"You must bring that FTL starship to convince my father. Otherwise, he'll never accept your conditions.

"In fact, you might even anger him. And the consequences of that seem…terrifying… I feel like I saw something," Russ said, squatting down.

In the blurry vision he'd seen, bringing just these items to the Emperor would never convince him, he'd even anger his father.

And everyone knows what happens if you anger the Emperor.

Axis was shocked. 

'Such a strong hunch! Could this be…precognition?'

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