Warhammer: In the Name of Ashes

"Is this photo of you?"

"this is me."

"is it?"

"It was me... At that time, I... was still alive..."

Calvin stood in the Titan's command room, looking at a silver man through the glass of the life support cabin.On the data servo screen between the two, the information of the last captain was being displayed.

Thanks to Constantine, Calvin didn't stay in Krieger for a long time, but he had a systematic study of various Titan structures.

So when he split open the armored cathedral with the Imperial Truth, the Imperial Titan could no longer pose a threat to the invader.

The rest of the matter was easier to deal with. Calvin went all the way through the halls and rooms as if he was in an uninhabited area, and the Titan's attempts to seal the passage several times were also ineffective under the action of Helios' rope. .

It took more than an hour for the Primarch to arrive at the core of the Titan—the command room where the captain was. However, the most troublesome thing for Calvin along the way was the choice of routes.

That's right, even the largest creation of the Adeptus Mechanicus on the ground, the incarnation of the machine god in the Titan Legion, the space for personnel to pass inside the huge Titan is still narrow and cramped.

There are many passages that even a mortal-sized pilot needs to walk through with a stooped body, let alone Calvin's body now.

But fortunately, this Titan still needs maintenance. It is necessary for every Titan to reserve passages for large-scale equipment to pass through, and the God of the North Wind is naturally no exception.

Hence Calvin's dialogue with this creature claiming to be the God of the North Wind.

Of course, the communication process was not so smooth, especially after the first meeting, this creature made of metal showed a strong aggressiveness.

Fortunately, Calvin was not a vegetarian either. He used his martial arts, which was temporarily ranked top two in the empire, to fully teach this creature the necessity of peaceful communication.

The two giants had a short and friendly "communication" in the small command room, and then after the creature decided to return to the channel of civilization communication, they returned to the place where they first met to start the current dialogue.

"So you're dead?" Calvin asked.

It was also the first time he had seen this way of life, and the composition of the opponent's body was quite familiar to him—that was the liquid metal he had seen on the space hulk before.

"I...confirm." The metal creature, or Gyanendra Speyer, the former pilot of the Borei and the first-class Lord of the Empire, also looked confused.

Calvin's appearance certainly made him feel threatened for a long time, but a person who can withstand the firepower of an emperor-level titan and come to him, and has a fist that can calm him down, is always the first person who can calm him down after he wakes up. object of peaceful communication.

And the linear thinking brought about by this kind of communication is what he lacked the most when he was in a trance before.

"Then what is your current state?" Calvin asked again.

Due to the sensitivity of his job, he naturally screened Speyer from the spiritual level in the first place.And the two people can continue to communicate, which also shows that Speyer's state at this time does not have the characteristics of subspace life.

Then this matter is very interesting. Although Calvin had received clear guidance from the Bell of Erebus before coming, what happened here was still beyond his expectations.

He fully thought that he would find some more ancient objects on this titan, but in fact, after he actually arrived here, all he got was this person in front of him whose life form could not be determined.

"I don't know..." Speyer spoke faster and faster, and the communication with creatures of the same civilization obviously accelerated his recovery of consciousness.Memories finally began to appear in his mind with linear logic, and memories about his own death followed.

"I only remember my body, which suffered an obvious genetic breakdown in the final battle, and the out-of-control Borei devoured me completely. I was completely integrated with the machine soul, and our enemy— — That traitor was also completely torn to pieces by us with an incineration cannon..."

"And then?" Calvin continued to ask.

Telling is the best way to sort out memories, and he also noticed Speyer's state at this time, and began to follow Speyer's words in order to obtain more information.

"Then?" Speyer was lost in memory. "Then there was the whirlwind torpedo that fell from orbit, followed by an earthquake, the fragmented earth and the magma that filled the field of vision..."

"So you guys failed?"

"No!" Speyer obviously thought of more specific details.

"We could never have succeeded. The Warmaster betrayed us, and half the Legion chose to. We wanted to break free from the fleet, but the remaining brothers kept getting split. We waited for a chance to rebel, and soon Unfortunately, they are also..."

Warmaster
This is the first time-conditioned information from Speyer's mouth, and Calvin probably understood Speyer's origin through this passage.

Titan Legion, the group that directly participated in the No.60 [-]th Expedition Fleet, half of the legion members rebelled, and this guy in front of him is the remaining group that was cleaned up...

However, there were more than one Forge World that cooperated with Horus back then, and there were many Titan Legions serving in the main fleet. The details in the command room had given Calvin enough information, but he was still cautious and wanted to Hear that answer for yourself from Speyer.

"Your legion, position?" Calvin asked softly.

"The Lord of the Storm, the host of the fifth battle group, the master pilot." Speyer replied subconsciously.

Yes, this is on point.

Calvin looked at Speyer and was lost in thought. The information this person said could match the intelligence he knew. The former Stormlord Legion was indeed torn apart in the great rebellion, and they hated each other.

The two factions loyal to the Emperor and Horus fought desperately on the battlefield, and this once glorious legion has never recovered from the fall.

The traitors eventually perished in the history of internal strife and war, while the loyal faction has until now, and it is said that some sporadic members are active in revenge against Chaos.

But in any case, this legion no longer exists, and the titan and its driver in front of him, after nearly ten thousand years of slumber, were once again excavated from history in the re-established forging world.

"What age is it now?"

"39 thousand years."

This time the questioner becomes Speyer, and Calvin tells him about the present time.

"Oh, so..." This person who has died once obviously has enough ability to accept, but even so, he still has something he can't let go of.

"We..." Speyer looked at Calvin and asked in a difficult tone. This was not so much a question as a trial.

"I mean... did he... win?"

"No! We won!" Calvin's answer made Speyer heaving a sigh of relief, even though he no longer needs this function.

"That's good...that's good..." Speyer kept repeating this sentence, but Calvin didn't make a sound.

"But the price is heavy..." This was what Calvin didn't say. He didn't know how to face this soldier, let alone how to explain the current status of the empire to him.

"How long have you been awake?" Calvin changed the subject pretending to be relaxed.

"It's been about 20 years, and the time of consciousness may be earlier. But the complete awakening should be an earthquake, or a precise blast targeting the veins. In short, I woke up, and since then I have regained the God of the North Wind Control."

Speyer replied, and Calvin turned his attention to where he was today.The information he gave was roughly the same as that provided by Hepper, but what Calvin really wanted to know was what brought this dead man back to life.

"What about the opportunity?" Calvin asked, he wanted to know what the bell of Erebus in his arms was guiding.

This strange thing has been completely silent since it arrived at Heper, and Calvin didn't find any clues other than coming here according to the information of the honor guard.

But fortunately, he didn't make a mistake. Speyer's state is obviously related to the inheritance in his hands.His current body composition is the psionic liquid metal that Calvin collected before.

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