Warhammer: In the Name of Ashes

"They are the Emperor's handiwork."

Calvin put away the memories in his eyes and explained the origins of the Order of Omen to Corax.

"Psychic Titan?" Corax was really shocked this time.

He had never seen the true power of this war instrument, but judging from Calvin's description of it, it was simply a natural disaster.

And even such a powerful legion can actually match Calvin's characteristics in terms of attributes.

He had to lament Calvin's luck, and even more, the Emperor's skill.

Separate a Titan legion that was called the "body incarnation" by the Mechanicus from their hands, and rebuild a complete organization around it.

This kind of thing has happened to the empire several times, and only that man can do it.

"And the Krieg Alliance..." Corax's tone was a little complicated, but he finally said:

"Those kids, I mean... abusers? That's what they're called."

"Yes, they came from the Second Founding of the Army. They happened after you left."

"I know..." Corax replied.

"I know, and I witnessed the initial promulgation of the Holy Code, and also saw the establishment of the war group, but...their origin?"

"Your legion." Calvin replied affirmatively.

"They are direct descendants of your legion. If I guess correctly, they should be the people you brought back from Istvan."

"Should?" Corax accepted this fact, but was confused by the wording of Calvin's words.

"Yes, the files of the second founding of the army have been lost, and those veterans have long since died..."

When Calvin said this, his tone inevitably became heavy.

An excessively long life is not as good as imagined for sentient beings.

At least when this kind of "luck" is limited to an individual, all he faces is loneliness after his feelings have been tempered by time.

This is Corax's pain, but Calvin cannot escape it.

They "people" are destined to watch those familiar figures gradually fade away in their long lives;

But the deceased is gone, and the only thing left to them in every sincere relationship is the increasingly heavy memories.

"Ah……"

After a moment of silence, Corax let out a slight breath, and then after collecting his emotions, he said to Calvin half jokingly and half seriously:

"Anyway, I owe you a favor for this matter. But..."

"But what?" Calvin didn't pay attention to Corax's thanks, because this was also his duty.

Saving a weakened Astartes Chapter is what anyone at his level must do;

But Corax's "but" aroused his interest.

"But, to thank you, I also want to tell you a rule. No, it's not a rule, it's just a tacit understanding between 'us'."

"tacit agreement?"

Calvin savored the word and speculated on the "we" in Corax's mouth.

"Yeah, we, we never discuss this kind of thing among ourselves, at least most of the time."

"Why?" Calvin asked.

"Why? The obvious reason is that we don't need or need to explain our affairs to others. As for the less bright reasons..."

Corax's voice suddenly became deep, and the faint, rusty smell made Calvin wary.

"When you and your most trusted brother turn against each other, you will hate yourself and hate yourself for telling him all your weaknesses..."

…………

A moment of chill passed between one person and one shadow, but the two people's thoughts turned to different directions.

Calvin knew what Corax meant. When a battle breaks out between two primarchs, the usually insignificant details will become fatal flaws in the fierce battle between them.

He can even understand that when these personal emotions are exploited by the enemy, the confrontation on the spiritual level will collapse due to this loophole.

This is the combat experience that only exists between Primarchs, and it is also the shortcoming of these monsters who have inhuman subspace essence but prefer to consider themselves human.

Calvin is different from them. On the path of power, he is far from the Sons of the Emperor who already have the characteristics of subspace as soon as they are born. His advantage is that he has completed the tempering of his soul early on, but he has not been able to master his own power.

His disadvantage is that his absolute power is far inferior to someone who possesses the essence of subspace and further masters it.

It was a path, but Calvin and their starting point were exactly the opposite.

The former Primarchs were monsters with human minds who possessed boundless power from the beginning of their birth and could complete the growth of mortals in decades in a matter of days.

And now Calvin is a giant with a real human soul, but he has been tempered by the soul from the beginning, and then grown step by step.

Strength or rationality, the exchange of the two brings about two completely different growth paths.

As a second-generation product, the path of Calvin is presumably the result of the Emperor learning enough lessons...

He no longer seeks instant success;

He began to be patient...

Calvin was inexplicably relieved, but also felt a little sorry for Corax and the others.

But he also saw the weakness that he had always ignored in this path, that is, the growth of his power could no longer keep up with his needs - before facing Mortarion, he had never felt so truly himself weak.

It's time to think about how to become stronger... Calvin squinted his eyes. The noise among the people gathered in the sand table in front of him had passed, and they were all looking at the silent original body behind him.

Turning his thoughts to reality, Calvin also made up his mind and began to accumulate strength, and walked towards the crowd who were waiting for him with a smile.

In front of the circular metal base with a diameter of tens of meters, representatives from various forces retreated to both sides.

Calvin stepped to the middle position, and after looking around, he said to the star map in front of him:

"Time is running out, and the enemy will not wait for us. In order to restore calm here as soon as possible, let us start quickly."

"Your will." Everyone agreed.

"Father Fermat." Calvin sorted out his thoughts, and then decided to prioritize the importance of the strategic rear.

The status of the Gothic Sector is currently unknown, and the Chaos fleet has apparently just arrived.

There was another reason for the isolation of information there. In the face of foreign enemies and without effective intelligence support, it became his only choice to act steadily and step by step.

"I'm here." The mechanical priest's voice became more sincere after meeting the imperial political commissar.

"Have you sent the information here to Lucius?"

"It has not been sent yet." Fermat bowed slightly and explained to the original body:

"Intelligence is still being sorted out, and the Astropaths also need more time to communicate with the ether."

"Then don't wait any longer." After listening to Fermat's explanation, Calvin said directly to him:

"Lucius's stability is the basic guarantee for whether we can advance deeper into the Gothic Sector.

Prioritize notifying them to prepare for possible attacks! "

After saying this, Calvin thought for a moment.

As the top-ranked forge world in the entire empire, there is no doubt about Lucius's defensive strength.

But what the Astartes, especially the Astartes warriors in Legion form, are best at is tearing a possibility out of the impossible.

And if their scale reached the level of the Black Legion, then they would definitely be able to teach Lucius an unforgettable lesson, either intentionally or unintentionally.

"We must strengthen Lucius's defense." Calvin quickly made up his mind, and then said to the Tribunal representative behind him in front of Fermat:

"Can you coordinate and issue a recruitment mission in Lucius in the joint name of the Holy Hammer Order and the Foreign Order, so that the surrounding Astartes battle groups can gather there as soon as possible!"

"Your will!" The judge lowered his head slightly, then turned and left.

And watching the inquisitor's retreating figure, Fermat also calmed down and bowed deeply to the original body again.

"grateful……"

"No, no thanks." Calvin interrupted Fermat and walked to the other corner of the sand table.

The star map there was quickly enlarged at his signal, and it was the Fal galaxy where everyone was located.

Calvin waited for a moment until everyone's attention followed him.

He pointed to the center of the Farr Galaxy, the planet representing the agricultural world, and said to Fermat:

"I want your Mechanical Ark to reshape the gravitational environment here as much as possible.

After thoroughly cleaning up the pollution here, it was built into a transit station leading to the Gothic Sector. "

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