Warhammer: In the Name of Ashes.

Chapter 36 Uncovering the Mystery and Correcting the Name

Under the dome of the silver chapel, Calvin slowly stood up from the ground after saluting.

He turned around and looked at the people who were still kneeling under the steps, looking a little puzzled.The oath has been recited, why don't they get up?

The supreme mentor Walden looked at the huge body of more than 3 meters after wearing armor beside him. Among his comrades, his height, which was already outstanding among his comrades, would only reach Calvin's chest.

Now Calvin is still a child, and his height will continue to grow.Just like his future, it is much more than that.

Walden's eyes fixed on Calvin, as if looking through his body and seeing those children of the Emperor who led the entire great journey under the leadership of the Emperor himself during the peak period of the empire, those who really walked the world demigod.

As Calvin got up, Walden also woke up from the memory.He said to Calvin in front of the crowd:

"Presumably everything in front of you should make you aware, but I still need to explain to you personally what you mean to the battle group."

Calvin was thinking while listening to Walden's words.

He really read a strange smell from such a ceremony that should not belong to a recruit.

But at this time, he certainly has enough patience to wait for the mystery to be revealed.

He bowed his head to show his humility to his mentor, and said, "Your will is my destiny."

Walden looked at Calvin, and he said to Calvin:
"Since the 31st millennium, we have been ordered by the emperor to build an army here, and it has been eight thousand years. However, although there is a supply of soldiers from the entire galaxy, the soldiers of the chapter have never been full. Do you know why?"

Calvin was a little puzzled, his thoughts turned, recalling his own experience:
Is it remodeling surgery?No, the other chapters don't have the quality of the Gray Knights, but they don't have their problems either.

Then the question can only be on the last "Holy Blood Trial." So he tried to answer: "How difficult is the Holy Blood Trial?"

Walden nodded affirmatively: "Yes or no, this repeated trial that lasted eight thousand years shouldn't have existed. From the beginning to the end of this trial, it was actually just to find one. The one who waits."

Calvin looked at the Supreme Master in front of him, waiting for his explanation.Walden didn't make him wait any longer, he continued:
"In the original conception of the Emperor and the Prime Minister of the Empire, the Custodian Army is the future direction of mankind.

It was planned that with the end of the Crusade and the completion of the Webway, the Custodian template would be rolled out to all citizens of the Empire.

But under the conspiracy of the evil god, the failure of the Great Crusade made the emperor aware of the failure of this attempt.

The threat of the Warp is far greater than the Emperor initially anticipated.

Thus, there are those of us who can stand alone against the Warp without the Sisters of Silence, the Gray Knights.

We are the Emperor's last attempt at the future of humanity before he ascends the throne.

We are also the last blade the Emperor has forged against the Warp.

Unfortunately, the blade was not finished, and the Emperor could no longer see.

We are sharp enough, we are firm enough, but we are still inherently flawed.

Look at our kin on Terra, the Custodians.How long did it take them to recover from the Webway Wars?
Look at us again, since the establishment of the army, it has been so difficult to maintain a full staff!

You should be able to understand that the training standards of our gray knights are a little too difficult and abnormal.

This can be the training standard for an elite army, if we are just an army, then we can accept it.

But this should never be a standard for the development direction of a universal human being!The emperor's original intention is by no means limited to this!
What are we missing?All we lack, like the other Astartes, is a man to stand between the Gray Knights and the Emperor;
A person who can pass the test of the emperor's blood head-on; a person who can provide a stable source of gene seeds with psionic modification functions;
And such a person, we generally have a special name for him - the Primarch. "

During the second half of the speech, Walden stared intently at Calvin's eyes, looked at his expression, and spoke the last four sentences almost word for word.

When the last word came out of Walden's mouth, Calvin finally understood his true meaning to the Chapter.

"A Primarch? Me? Calvin? A Primarch?"

Calvin struggled to relate himself to this alien concept.

What was the Primarch on his mind?Commander?politician?Or a god walking in the world?

Calvin knew he was special, he always had.

But being so suddenly connected to this concept that only exists in history books caught him off guard.

But looking back on everything he has experienced since he came to this universe, Calvin took it for granted.

That's right, without an agreement with that sun, I wouldn't have the chance to be reborn as a human.When agreeing to the deal He proposed, he should have thought that this life was not destined to be ordinary.

And if I didn't have the awareness to fight to the death for the fate of the human race, I wouldn't have the sacrifices of countless Calvins in those timelines, and I wouldn't be able to achieve spiritual detachment so easily.

What did Calvin have to fear?Isn't this what he expected?

Isn't that what he and the Calvins of all the timelines who died for him were looking forward to?

When the responsibility comes, is he going to retreat weakly?

Thinking of this, he no longer hesitated.Calvin took a step forward, took Walden's words, and seriously responded to Walden's gaze and said:

"If the ultimate bearer of such honor and responsibility is me, I will be extremely honored!"

"Good!" Walden smiled with satisfaction.

He turned around and looked at the people present, and said loudly to them:

"Then cheers, my comrades in arms! As of today in the 39th thousand years of the Imperial Calendar, we finally no longer need to worry about whether our mission can be fulfilled! We have finally waited for our own Primarch! We can finally see human beings in this dark world. The already faint light of hope in our universe has added a crucial ray! Let us shout the name of our Primarch! Calvin!"

Following Walden's words, the officers under the steps who already knew about it, as well as the paladins who gradually learned the truth through the previous conversations, no longer suppressed their boiling emotions.

Shouting the Emperor's name, they knelt again toward the center of the auditorium.

But unlike before, this time the object of their respect was no longer the cold holy object, but their own Primarch, Calvin.

　The state is stretching the hips, sorry.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)