Warhammer: In the Name of Ashes.

Chapter 146 Start the War (8) Titans!titan!

In addition to the machine soul, there are also memory bubbles of all the lives that have existed here since ancient times in Titan.

And the vast majority of them belong to the memories of those psykers who existed as psychic batteries and were brutally combined with the Titans by surgical operations.

Pain, pain like a tide.

Each drop is as heavy as a mountain, enough to crush the pain of a strong soul.

They converged into streams and rivers, and finally rushed to Calvin's soul like a tide.

While the indescribable soul pressure forced him to accept these memories, it was like a sticky and thick liquid, making him seem to have returned to the time when he was not extraordinary, almost drowning him.

The pain of the body being cut alive during the surgery;

The pain of being squeezed and deformed when the soul is forcibly bound to the Titan machine soul;
The shattering agony of the soul being drawn along with psionic power when the titans are called to war;

And finally, in the time when reason still exists, the pain of remorse, remorse and reluctance for the misfortune, unwillingness, and reluctance of being born as a psyker.

The black despair is like poison. Together with the purple pain, it has been brewed for a long time in the blood and tears of countless victims, and it has become a cup of mellow and strong poisonous wine.

And drinking this cup of wine is an essential ritual for everyone who wants to control the Titan.

If you don't experience the pain of these people, how can their souls that once existed and merged with the machine soul agree with your existence;
Can't live through these residual reverberations of real pain, and maintain sanity, how can you be worthy of running this god on earth built on countless sacrifices!

The crown of victory never belongs to those who only know how to get but don't pay, and these fragments in the Titan Machine Soul think so too.

Can't even pass these basic tests, how can they be willing to let you get glory by driving them?

This is probably the reason why every generation of pilots must be an untouchable.

And it must be a man, and must be born with a cold mind and no mercy.

Because hidden under the surface of the soulless, they are actually just one of the mediocre beings.

Even if there is a little empathy here, these mortals who can only barely protect themselves under the black wave will be swallowed and destroyed in an instant.

Not being able to sympathize, not daring to sympathize, is worse than having no sympathy in the first place.

Fortunately, Calvin didn't belong to this group, and the endless black tide impacted his way to the depths of Titan from both sides.And he chose to accept all the malice and trials that came to his face. The black water, which is highly poisonous to any soul, poured into the sea like a mud cow on his body. trace……

You know, these are the emotions and thoughts left behind after the soul of an alpha-level psyker is completely broken!

Throughout the entire history of the human empire, how many psykers have truly reached the Alpha level?
Every alpha-level psyker that ever existed is the most precious treasure of the human empire, and at the same time, the most favorite sacrifice of the gods of the warp.

Even in the collection of any demon lord in the subspace, this can be regarded as a rare boutique.In contrast, Calvin's harvest on the previous battlefield has been doubled ten times, and it is not as good as what happened here.

After the long whale sucked up the black current here, Calvin was delighted to feel the progress of his soul's completion, which was an insignificant one-ten-thousandth of progress.

Although it is still too small compared to the total progress, this is already the highest record of emotions absorbed by Calvin in a single time.

The black tide dried up in the disbelieving eyes of these phantoms of the soul.And Calvin, who continued to walk deeper, could already see the machine spirit of the Titan itself standing at the end of the road.

The scene switched again, and the perspective of Calvin, who had awakened again after contacting the machine spirit, became the state of being held by the giant hand of the Titan.

The emotions of machine souls are expressed in their unique binary language, which Calvin had no chance to learn, but fortunately, the fluctuation of the bottom essence allowed him to understand the other party's intentions:
"You are satisfied with my ability to clean up impurities?"

"Are you willing to sign a contract with me?"

"But it must still be based on you?"

"What if I disagree?" Calvin asked.

"Then I will destroy you!" This is the answer of the machine soul.

Calvin closed his eyes tightly, looking at the big black hand that was clenching his body, each finger made of steel was thicker than the barrel of a heavy artillery.

"I think..." Calvin tried to shake his body to pull it out of his palm:

"We can talk from another angle!"

As soon as the words fell, Calvin's soul in the spiritual world began to support the palm of the machine soul, and his body became bigger and bigger under the drive of the soul, and finally became his original appearance in the spiritual world.

The light of divinity shone from him, and the mass of billions of souls within made his figure grow with his breath, surpassing the height of the titans, the height of the webway arch, and finally the height of the surrounding valleys.

"So, now?" Calvin's huge face looked down from a height, he stretched out his hand to give back the treatment he had received before, grabbed the Titan Machine Soul, and asked in his hand.

"... You have the final say." Said the confused machine soul.

"It's a deal! Huh!"

Calvin changed himself back to his original size, and said with a guilty conscience.

Fortunately, the head of this machine soul is not too strong, otherwise it only needs one blow, and it can see through the illusion that Calvin uses the mortal souls in his body to pretend to be the essence...

boom!
After communicating and calming down with the machine soul, Calvin finally drove the heavy body of the psychic titan to take the first step.

The ground seemed to be hit by a siege hammer, and the gravel stirred up by the shock bounced repeatedly with the fluctuations.

The soil couldn't bear the pressure per unit area, and the originally solid soil seemed to be plowed by heavy artillery, easily sinking the soles of Titan's feet.

The poor working conditions in the driver's seat made Calvin frown and stop:

The energy supply cables of the psychic crystal warehouse have all been damaged, and the path of the pensive servo's instrumentation and key operation has also been completely damaged.

Fortunately, Calvin's own soul is special, so that the meditators at the core of the Titan used the psionic shunt coils under the driver's seat for the untouchables to waste, and while using the conductive psionic energy in reverse, he used his own brain as the core. The outrageous transformation of the information operation terminal is possible.

The operation information was displayed on his pupil membranes, and the originally complicated operation was also simplified to the extreme in his will.

This should have been an exciting piece of good news, but with the list of equipment status displayed by the self-test program results, he was really worried about how far this Titan could go.

"Self-inspection completed, status list transmission..."

"The structural strength of the whole machine is 58%, the list is as follows..."

"Strengthen the skeleton state by 70%..."

"Ceramic steel armor status 65%... (right shoulder damaged, cab damaged)"

"Void shield 55%... (only three layers left, original six layers)"

"The maximum output power of the plasma reaction furnace is 95%..."

"Driving Structure (Forcing Spirit Cross) 55%..."

"The thinker servo 45%+60%... (Including Calvin's own brain-computer function.)"

Really bad state, Calvin evaluated inwardly.

It can only be said that it can still be used, but if it is used forcibly in this state, if it is severely damaged, it will almost lose the possibility of repair.

"The status of the weapon array is 61%, the list is as follows..."

"Left arm shadow power claw/cannon output power 96%..."

"Right Arm Saturnian Laser Cutter (Sword) 17%..."

"The two Adex-type near-explosion-proof shells on the waist are in good condition, but the remaining ammunition is insufficient..."

"Two Adex-type dual close-in anti-laser cannons on the back, in good condition..."

"The two Apocalypse-level missile launchers above the head are in complete condition, and the remaining ammunition is 0."

In general, neither the melee weapons nor the Apocalypse missiles can be used, and the remaining Warblade can be used a few times. The only thing he can count on is the Psionic Destroyer weapon in his left hand.

The titan's body is driven again, and the fully expanded foot cushioning device minimizes the pressure per unit area, and at the same time, it also uses low-frequency shock waves to signal the arrival of this giant to the enemy...

Both the enemy and the enemy on the front line have completely fought together. The red-eyed soldiers don't need orders. They just rely on instinct and blood courage to die with wave after wave of demons.

But in front of the big devil and its elite knights, it was just a weak struggle.

After receiving the notification from Calvin, the Revenant Redeemer in orbit made an explicit announcement on the entire channel asking the soldiers of the Central Front to hide to both sides.But in front of those who have forgotten what retreat is, it has little effect.

The interdicting shots of the last macro artillery shells have been fired, but how effective they can be can only be handed over to the ground.

The Lord of Khorne smiled complacently. The great sword in his hand shone brighter after drinking the blood. The magic pattern on the sword moved with the rhythm of breathing like life, thirsting for more blood and soul.

No one could stop its footsteps, even the charging chariot was split into two by its furious slash.

It is invincible, after killing the last position in front of it, it is only within reach of the goal of this trip.

But just when it was about to organize the army and harvest all the mortals who had begun to be divided on the battlefield, its extraordinary hearing made it keenly aware of the change in the direction of the valley.

Boom...boom...boom...boom...

Heavy low-frequency tremors came from inside the valley, and the gravel on both sides of the pass fell finely. Under the surprised and puzzled eyes of Lord Khorne, a black-red figure towering like a tower walked out of the pass!

"Shalux's ****! Why is there such a thing here!"

After the big demon lord cursed, he asked the surrounding subordinates in disbelief.

But no one or no demon answered its question, because this apocalyptic mythical scene that only exists in the battle of gods for demons also shocked them.

"He is so exciting!"

At this time, Calvin is fully driving the operation of his psionic power supply Titan, driving such a big guy for a long time makes Calvin a heavy burden.

Different from the glimpse on the "Little Throne" on Terra, a huge amount of psionic energy has been extracted continuously for a long time, and he alone can replace the work of at least three alpha psykers. The energy stock also feels a huge burden.

Fortunately, after 30 years of career as a castle master, he who has systematically studied the use of psychic powers is not what he used to be. Under the operation guided by theory, his psychic powers are not as casually squandered as before, and the output direction is more precise and clearer. His status awareness has greatly improved his efficiency in using psionic energy.

The state of mind is deepening, and the ocean of ether is responding to his arrival.

The spirit is improving, the savings of the devotee respond to his call again, and the majestic psionic energy rises and falls around him like a tide (corresponding to the imperial psionic classification—δ);

Going deeper again, the practitioner's control allows the psionic energy to change its shape according to his mind (corresponding to the classification - β);

But this is not enough, more deeply, the wisdom and will of the philosopher's realm made his eyes light up with platinum light again, the magic ring of blue laurel leaves on his head, and the crown made of steel in his soul began to echo each other (Corresponding classification - α);

But that's not enough!He can go even deeper!The glow of the flame of order lights up from the center of the crown!For the first time, the divine soul took up the authority in his hands to show his majesty!
Since the emperor and Malcador, human beings have never been in a field that a third person has set foot in. After a lapse of 900 years, a new walker (corresponding to the classification - α+) is ushered in again!
The allied forces of the gods stopped their slaughter at this moment, and the mortal soldiers who felt something in their hearts also turned their heads and looked at the giant spirit that was still visible several kilometers away.

The arrogant demons looked at the black and red giant with solemn expressions. The existence of the Titan and its pilots deserved their attention as well.

Psionic Titan?The Unpollutable?
The great demons of Khorne and Tzeentch flashed these two concepts at the same time:
The destruction brought about by the former means that the battle has now been won and lost, and even they cannot match this kind of existence without preparation;
The latter is an ancient concept that is almost forgotten. Each unique existence in such a long river of time means the seeds of the gods and a new eternal jihad.

They no longer care about the outcome of the current war, how to return to the kingdom of God the Father alive as soon as possible, and tell God the Father everything here is the most important thing!

But no chance!How could Calvin, who knew the importance of his own existence, give them a chance to return to the subspace?

He used all his strength to send it to the machine soul, and the latter's huge soul also cooperated with his will:

first step! "Holy stand! (Original psionic titan skill - fear cover)"

The black and red Titan raised his left leg and stomped heavily to the ground!The magnified silver wave of psionic energy is almost visible to the naked eye!While the rolling impact sweeps across the entire battlefield and performs a will test on all chaotic beings, it also completely fixes the spiritual energy field here, and does not give any demons the opportunity to use communication and teleportation!

The second step! "Storm of Order! (Original Psionic Titan Skill—Storm of Resentment)"

Platinum psychic lightning and the stirred up storm gathered above the Titan's head, finally forming a crown made of lightning and storm!
The branch it projected made the big demon and its servants who had changed their gods to try to approach it blown over like toys!

third step! "Hand of Destruction!"

But unlike the dark jets shot out by the titans in the past, Calvin's psychic attributes determined that this time's attack would not simply tear the opponent into shreds, and then throw it into the warp.

Driven by him, when the ten-meter-thick white-gold jet swept towards the big demons across half the distance of the battlefield, they knew clearly from their instinctive trembling:
If you get hit this time, you will really die!

　Two in one, ask for votes.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)