Warhammer: In the Name of Ashes.

Chapter 288 Confusion and Appointment

On the ground of Bishop Verax's world, the dawn of a star has appeared on the edge of the earth.

Hundreds of Astartes warriors from the two battle groups finally wiped out the Chaos traitors entrenched near the cathedral after more than ten hours of intense annihilation battle.

Thunderhawk and Dagger appeared again in the sky, but this time, they carried out the finishing mission of returning and escorting the Astartes.

Virax, who had been covered by gunfire and gunpowder smoke, finally calmed down temporarily, waiting for the relevant departments of the Tribunal and the State Church to carry out the next stage of purification and cleaning.

The short and brutal frontal war is over, but with the re-colonization work of the empire, the long cleanup and purge has just begun.

The Astartes have nothing to do with these tasks. As the empire's valuable core combat force, they have already returned to their ships on the Thunderhawk.

Calvin returned to the Angel of Retribution, and after leading the gray knights who participated in the battle to complete the routine purification prayer, he finally returned to his residence in the dome hall of the bridge.

Like all leaders in high positions, once their authority is established in the group, their private time and space become the public resources of the group as obligations corresponding to their rights.

The same is true of Calvin.

He had just taken off his armor when he returned to the bedroom, and finished basic rest and washing in the armament room, when there was a knock on the door of the outer hall.

During this window of time, Alan Janus, the adjutant who had just followed Calvin in battle, was also resting.

The people who can appear here don't need to think too much, only those few imperial guards who are in charge of government affairs.

"What a bad time..."

Despite complaining verbally, Calvin did not hesitate in his hands.

When the access control button on the desktop was pressed, the golden figure of Captain Nicholas of the Shield Guard appeared in front of Calvin 5 seconds later.

"I remember I don't have a speaking schedule anymore..."

Looking at the special data board for schedule filing in Nicholas' hands, Calvin said helplessly while covering his head.

In his eyes, the battle just now wasn't intense, but he gained a lot from it.

He was thinking about carefully observing further changes in his spiritual world.

But at his high position, secular affairs correspond to his rights, as long as he wants to, there will always be endless things to do.

"Tell me, I'm listening..."

Calvin put away the tool for wiping the weapon in his hand, and while delivering the tool to the servitor, he listened to Nicholas' intentions.

"Excuse me for disturbing..."

Nicholas stood where he was, and opened the report with a standard palace-style "apology".

Calvin was obviously used to this kind of insincere apology, and after rolling his eyes cryptically, he also quickly entered the working state in Nicholas' narration.

"The large fleet has already left the icy veil. Our operations are progressing smoothly, and we expect to complete the rendezvous near the Eleusis sector."

"continue……"

While Calvin was distracted talking to Nicholas, he observed his own "land" in the shallow layer of the spiritual world.

As Calvin's spiritual world, it is different from reality after all.

What is the state of those souls in the spiritual world? Calvin hadn't really paid attention to it before.

"After the Eleusis sector, before the Grand Fleet arrives in Terra, only the World of Ofelia VII needs to stop. You need to have a courtesy meeting with the cardinals of the State Church there to reflect the respect for the state religion."

"I see, what else?"

Calvin walked behind the long marble table and pulled away the huge chair made just for him.

The souls in the spiritual world are following the fixed sunrise and sunset under his observation, doing the same work and rest as before.

"Alan Janus will come later, and he should have some exclusive matters in his hands, about the secret agreement between the Order of the Hammer and the State Church."

After confirming with Calvin, Nicholas explained the follow-up matters and left.But the words he left caused Calvin to have new doubts.

State religion?With the Order of the Holy Hammer?Secret agreement?
His will in the psychic link was quickly searching for Allen's position along the huge body of the Angel of Punishment.

After communicating with Allen for a while, Calvin realized belatedly that the relationship between the Gray Knights and the State Church was far from being as simple as it seemed.

"Acceptance of a batch of weapons?"

Calvin sat in the empty front hall, reading thoughtfully.

In the news he just received from Allen, a batch of weapons stored in the world of Ofelia [-] is waiting for his acceptance.

Along with this high-secret matter, there was also the notice of his appointment to take over the position of the late Silver Blade Master Aidan and officially become the last member of the Grand Master Council.

Calvin was not surprised by this appointment.

Before and after Aidan's death in battle, when he, Aidan, and Yule communicated with the Titans, the veterans had already reminded them of this appointment.

He had known that this day would come, but he didn't expect that he would inherit the seat of his closest mentor, Aidan.

"It's convenient, so you don't have to worry about it..." Calvin's burly body sat on the huge seat, staring blankly at the direction of the dome.

The equipment and banner of the Grand Master of the Silver Blade are stored in the relic room of the Retribution Angel.If it is really used, it is a question of ordering.

Calvin didn't dwell on these details, but was just thinking about the implications of this appointment at this point in time.

When Aidan left, the words reappeared in his mind again:
"Our missions are different...we will always be different."

This sentence was repeated by Calvin, but the more he said it, the more confused he became.

"Different missions, different missions..."

What is his mission?Isn't it just resisting the invasion of subspace demons and defending the interests of the human empire?
How is he different from these gray knights around him?
How is he different from those Primarchs created earlier by the Emperor?
Calvin was thinking hard, but he couldn't show any hesitation to the outside world.

Too many people are fighting for him, and too many people believe in his existence spiritually.

This is the path that only belongs to him, and also the confusion that only belongs to him.

The time on the battleship was passing unknowingly, and the night passed quietly in a standard man-made Terra time.

At the routine meeting the next day, Calvin regained his previous calmness and confidence.

Under the witness of everyone, he read out the appointment from Titan's home planet;
In front of the guards of the imperial guards and the senior members of the court, he personally took over the banner of the silver blade from Allen.

Since then, he not only has a prominent position in the sequence of government affairs power;
In the official sequence of rights on the military side of the empire, there is also a clear right and a banner exclusive to him.

Under the jurisdiction of the Order of the Holy Hammer, the Gray Knights Chapter, the Grand Master of the Silver Blade.

This position may not be as dazzling as the high lord.

But in the sequence of absolute power of the empire, it has persuasive power and penetrating power that the former absolutely does not have in its downward intervention in military affairs.

The sons of Calvin also passively participated in this personnel change. At the end of the appointment document, the Grand Mentor Council gave clear guidance:
Since Calvin took over, the newly born son of Calvin will be unified under the jurisdiction of the Silver Blade Order.

The follow-up company expansion plan will be officially launched on this basis.

Silver Blade will no longer have a limit on the number of companies within the battle group;

All their equipment and supplies have since been raised to the highest priority of the battle group.

Other orders and subordinate companies will slowly participate in the construction and growth of the Silver Blade in auxiliary positions in the coming centuries.

And at the right time, the special functions of other companies will be established in a relatively complete and stable manner in the newborn army.

In a nutshell:
After decades of waiting, the Council of Grand Mentors of the Gray Knights finally decided to officially start the Legion's construction plan.

As the main body of the Legion in the future, they finally chose the Silver Blade, a company representing recruits and freshmen, as the key link and hotbed for connecting the past and the future.

　There is only one update, so it can be regarded as a half-leave.

　　I'm not in the mood to write because of the situation, struggling to write a chapter, forgive me...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)