Warhammer: In the Name of Ashes.

Chapter 119 Disputes and Reasons

The collective will, also known as the Gestalt, was a relatively foreign concept to Calvin's psionic knowledge.

Except for a few think tanks, most of the spiritual powers of the Gray Knights are based on the principle of using less and better.

This doesn't match the outside world's perception of the gray knight's per capita psionic master, but it is indeed true.

Because the selection criteria of the Gray Knights does not focus on psionic talent, that is, the conventional standard of weight and manipulation.

What they pay more attention to is the absolute stability of psionic energy, which is the basis for them to prevent the corruption of the subspace and withstand the psionic transformation of the emperor's gene.

For them, psionic power is just a means, but it is by no means the core.Therefore, their psionic discipline has hardly developed in thousands of years.

Applications other than psionic disciplines, which have been shown to work directly with the Warp, are beyond the scope of their research.Naturally, this unpopular concept is also included.

The benefits of group will are many.For example, the burden brought by the use of psionic energy can be shared by the entire group;

For example, the communication between each other will no longer be through language, but can be completed within the will through psionic energy after a high degree of evolution.

The former can effectively optimize the resources of psionic energy, allowing the gray knights on the front line to release more spells;
Not to mention the latter, Calvin's attempt at the Honor Guard speaks for itself.

But with so many benefits, the will of the group has still not been exploited, and naturally it has its unavoidable disadvantage-the number of people.

As the name implies, group will naturally requires a basic group number to be activated.

What the Gray Knights lack is precisely people: a team of five is the smallest combat unit, and a strike team of 20 is the top configuration for conventional combat.

Calvin counted the combat records of the past thousands of years, and only in the battles against those demon princes and above, did he see gray knights above the company size participating in the battle.

Although very unwilling, this is the status quo of the Gray Knights.

So the Gray Knights have something like group will, but they basically have no chance to use it.

So is such a powerful force really abandoned?Calvin thought differently about this.

Naturally, he doesn't have the number of people, at least not right now.

But he has the corresponding affordability, and he still has a lot.

And unlike other gray knights who have never tried this concept, the attempt of the mind channel and the experience of fighting the orcs gave him basic confidence in the will to dominate a small group.

All he lacked was an activation program, which the Psionic Choir's Prayer of War made up for perfectly.

This kind of beneficial ritual was only used to strengthen the will of the gray knights before, and linked their subspace links with each other, and in this way strengthened their will strength twice.

In Calvin's view, the strengthening effect of the former is better than nothing, and his focus is on the latter function.

The function of that link, when it runs through the entire team, is the best opportunity to activate the will of the group or the gestalt, which is the key that Calvin needs.

When this key is connected to all the gray knights and successfully activates their collective will, he will use his own power to take over the dominance of the entire group, allowing this war engine that should have been extinguished to continue burning , the price is his own psionic power.

The Revenant Redeemer has entered the state of subspace navigation. Judging from the distance between the two galaxies, this journey will not exceed 3 days at most.

And the 72 hours in these three days happened to be the time spent in the war prayer ceremony.

So theoretically speaking, when the Revenant Redeemer jumped out of the subspace and arrived at the Feldman galaxy, at the same time, there were also the gray knights who were like bed bugs ready to launch a thunderous blow at any time.

Three days passed in a flash, and in the endless darkness and humming of the subspace, the navigator at the bow had already seen the outline of the Feldman Galaxy through the third eye on his head.

The entire ship completed preparations for the jump in a short period of time, and the portal between subspace and reality was forcefully torn apart after precise calculations.

In the empty field of vision in the galaxy, the Wraith Redeemer jumped out.

The astral navy cruising in the galaxy reported the highest level of vigilance to this uninvited guest. For a while, the charging sound of the weapon array and the loading and aiming instructions of the macro cannon resounded through the communication channels of the entire galaxy.

And when the figure of this strike cruiser was completely revealed, its silver-gray painting and iconic space church structure made the navy stop their desire to pour out firepower.

The huge exclusive logo of the Tribunal on the ship made those in the know rush to prevent any possible misunderstandings from happening.

On the periphery of Feldman 4, the mining world, the communication of the circular star port floating on the orbit was connected, and the figure of the judge Errante Wade Ryan, who had only heard his voice but never seen him, also appeared on the holographic screen the central.

The opponent's thin figure is hidden under the meticulous uniform, and the narrow eyes and typical dead face make people daunting at first sight;
The huge hooked nose shows his strong character, and the harsh lips under it are as cold as the words he spit out:

"Which unit are you from? Who authorized you to come? Get out of here immediately! I don't want to say it again! ... ... Oh, a Gray Knight cruiser? Rare power."

Yes, although not every Inquisitor has experience working with the Gray Knights.

But now that they have recognized them, based on the principle of forming a good relationship, no judge is willing to offend these special Astartes warriors for no reason.

Before he was re-preparing his words in astonishment, the judge Rhine on the other side of the screen squeezed to the front of the crowd.

His anxious eyes wandered in the video signal transmitted from the opposite side, and after searching to no avail, he questioned the other party:
"Where's Captain Christen? Why didn't I see him? Is he there?"

Seeing Rhine's figure, the judge Erlanti on the other side of the camera understood something in an instant, and he rearranged his expression to the harsh side.The vicious words came from the corner of his lips in an understatement:

"Oh, this is the rescuer you brought in? How many gray knights? Five? Or ten? Poor old Rhine, you can't change anything. As for Christen, that lunatic who dared to disobey orders? I've locked him up Woke up."

"How dare you!" Rhine refuted the other party loudly.

"That's an Astartes! You have no right to do that!"

"I have the right!" Erlanti interrupted Rhine bluntly.

"When I came, I had obtained full authorization from the Tribunal. I have the right to deal with any disobedient person, including the Astartes!" After finishing speaking, his long and narrow eyes swept across the screen across the screen like a protest. Gray knights.

"What's the reason? What's your reason? I don't believe that Captain Christen's sense of honor will refuse your order for nothing!" asked the calm judge Rhine.

"I sent him to Feldman No. 9 world to concentrate the population there."

"Why!" It was Rhine's turn to interrupt Erlanti this time, and he continued to ask:
"Why? There is no war or pollution there. It is also the home star of the defense forces fighting on this planet..."

"I sent people there just because it was the home planet of the Defense Force. If you don't do this, will the people on the ground listen to me obediently?"

This was Erlanti's explanation, and it was this sentence that made Rhine completely angry.

He turned around in a circle violently, and asked in a tone so angry that he lost his emotions:
"You did it on purpose? Are you using the lives of these people as bargaining chips to blackmail those warriors who fought for the empire? You should know that I made a promise to them at the beginning, and you should know that they paid their loyalty to the empire." of!"

"That's your problem, not mine." Erlanti answered lightly.

"What's the reason? There must always be a reason for you to do this, right? You really don't intend to leave yourself a way out by doing this?"

Rhine stared at Erlanti steadfastly, and asked him the most incomprehensible doubt—Are you Erlanti really not afraid of being shot in the back in future missions?

How dare you do such a dishonorable thing?
After you do this and it is reported, which battle group, which star realm army dares to answer your call?
Under Rhine's gaze, the other party finally felt emotionally shaken for a moment, but the next second, the judge Erlanti, who seemed to have thought of something, regained his emotions, and he replied impatiently to Rhine:
"This is not a topic that can be discussed here. I still have something to do. I'm sorry." After speaking, the communication signal was hung up.

The noisy bridge became quiet again, but the people present had their own concerns.

In addition to the inevitable grief, the gray knight also carefully savored the information revealed in the previous conversation.

And Judge Rhine made up his mind after pacing around in place:

"I have to communicate with him face to face, this is not his style! Everyone, I will go ahead. You continue to move forward as planned. See you on Starport."

After finishing speaking, the old man in the trial court hurried to the flight deck. He wanted to take a landing craft to go through the cumbersome procedures of entering the port and see the judge Erlanti as soon as possible.

The battleships in the galaxy are still moving slowly on the defensive route, but in the eyes of the Gray Knights on the Wraith Redeemer, the atmosphere here is heading in a dangerous direction.

　It's late, one more, there will be more later.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)