Warhammer: In the Name of Ashes.

Chapter 157 Reasons for promotion, belated feedback.

"Are you in such a hurry to leave after being promoted?" This was the first sentence Calvin said when he saw Jule.

As soon as the door of the central command room was opened, Calvin's eyes immediately found Yule who was ready to leave.

He took out the psionic crystal dagger from the Deimos foundry world from the weapon box that opened automatically on the thigh of the power armor and threw it at Yule.

The latter also caught the dagger in dumbfounding, and put it away.

Calvin gave the weapon, with his psychic powers, as a gift to celebrate Jules' re-promotion after 200 years of service, and as a veiled joke about Jules' eagerness to leave.

"That's right..." Yule said with a wry smile.And his reaction made Calvin stop the congratulatory speech he was preparing. It seems that this change is not a regular promotion.

When their rank and authority reach their level, there is only a thin line between them and the Grand Mentor Council of the real high-level battle group, and there is not much difference in command authority alone.

In this level of post, being transferred from the silver blade of the eighth company to the blackmailer of the seventh company as the company commander, in addition to being promoted, more means that someone in his front sequence has fallen.

"Who?"

Calvin indirectly confirmed the news from Yule, and asked seriously.

"Gwen, Brother Gwen Leoric." Yule lowered his head and said in a low voice from his mouth.

Calvin's heart twitched: the great teacher of the Seventh Order?This is no small matter.

"Where? When did it happen?"

"The Eye of Terror, near a nearby unstable rift in the subspace, Brother Gwen encountered an entire Chaos war gang belonging to the Black Legion on the way there."

"Death in battle? Or fearlessness?" Calvin asked again.

"Fearless, the rescue after the incident was very successful, but his injuries are still too serious. After confirmation of Brother Gwen's own wishes, he has been buried in the prepared holy fearless."

Yule explained to Calvin that in his opinion, the promotion resulting from the adjustment of the order is of little significance, and even if possible, he would rather be buried in that sacred coffin than himself, rather than the one with outstanding diplomatic skills. Leoric.

Calvin was silent after hearing Jules' explanation. On the one hand, he was grateful for Leoric's strength, but on the other hand, he felt sad for the battle he participated in.

As a company dedicated to interfacing with the Inquisition, Gwen and his blackmailers had little time for the Chapter's internal missions.

As a permanent armed force, they are powerful troops that serve exclusively for the Inquisition Chamber.

When a Gray Knight company as the core force suffered heavy losses, and even a Grand Master of the Order of the Holy Hammer was guarded by a champion swordsman, he was still seriously injured and buried in the sacred dauntless, and the casualties of other personnel It can be seen.

The two people in the hall fell silent for a while, both worried about the war in the distance.

After all, Yule was the first to withdraw his emotions. He glanced at Calvin's waist jokingly and said:

"I heard that you have gained a lot from going out this time."

"Ah, yes," Calvin replied.

"It's really yours. I went out and earned enough favors from those corn spirits. I heard that I even got a psychic titan back? What's the matter? This can't satisfy you? What happened to the sword on your waist? thing?"

"You said this?"

Calvin reached to his waist with one hand, took off the sword of oath and handed it to Yule. The simple and simple decoration of the sword was self-deprecating, and it was as quiet as an ordinary power sword in the hands of others.

"Hmm..." Yule scanned the entire scabbard cautiously, and then slowly pulled out the blade.

hum!
With the blessing of some spiritual energy, the sharpness of the Sword of Oath and the runes of unknown abilities on the sword lit up, and a destructive force aimed at all subspace creatures suppressed the air in the entire hall.

"This sword, I'm afraid you won't be able to keep it."

After confirming some details recorded in the materials, Yule Zhengse said to Calvin.

"Anything to say?"

Calvin didn't care too much, he did have such a sword skill from the champion of Ultramar in a certain timeline, and it was not low.

But now that he has left the recruits, this swordsmanship is no longer the art he relies on for a living.

Compared with the sword skills of defeating the enemy within ten steps, he is obviously more interested in heavy weapons that are ingenious and ineffective in terms of martial arts.

The existence of "Mission" has satisfied most of his needs for weapons, and the arrival of this sword is really the icing on the cake.

Glad to have it, like other fighters, no one would dislike a sword; it doesn't matter if it is lost, after all, it is not his main weapon.

"Well, I don't know the specific reason, but the old man in the family attaches great importance to this sword."

Yule returned the sword of oath to Calvin after sheathing it, and couldn't help but add after watching the latter's casual movement of hanging it back on his waist:

"The Titan's fleet has already set off from Terra. Three battleships have been mobilized in the name of the insufficient performance of the battleships you proposed last time."

"I go!"

Calvin was startled, and then he re-examined the sword on his waist.

"A fleet? Just for that?"

"Well, you have to go back too, as its seeker and guardian."

"…………Understood"

Calvin really understood the importance of this sword this time.

It's obviously not reliable to hang it so casually around his waist. He decided to ask the logistics technical sergeant to get out a reliquary, put the sword in it and carry it on his back to make him feel at ease.

"Is there anything else to explain?"

Calvin looked at the sword of oath in his hand, and finally asked Le.

"It's time for you to go back to Terra, Calvin." Yule reminded.

"...I understand that someone has already reminded me."

"But have you ever thought about it, what identity do you use to go back?"

"I don't know, this is indeed a problem." Calvin was also a little distressed about this matter.

Name or status, he doesn't want to.

After more than ten thousand years of the Emperor's arch, there is another Primarch who claims to be the Emperor's Son?

Are the high lords on Terra going crazy?
Just imagine that his existence is directly exposed to the center of the stage of the various forces in the empire. Even if he doesn't have much political experience, he instinctively knows the danger.

And to be honest, Calvin, who has been a man for two lifetimes, was not prepared for the sudden addition of a father who claimed to be the emperor on his head.

But if he didn't have this title, how could he return to Terra?
Is it true that Throne Court is a vegetable market, and you can enter it as soon as you say it?

Of course, the imperial guards could break the convention and let him in, but that was completely different from the meaning of actually entering the imperial city in their own name.

As long as he dared to do that, he would have no chance to establish his influence since then.

The label of "Double Puppet of the Throne Chamber and the Inquisition Chamber" will be firmly affixed to him, and there will be no chance of taking it off until he dies.

"You need a glory." Yule said, looking at Calvin seriously.

Afraid that he would not understand, Yule repeated again earnestly:
"Different from those of us who are destined to fight only in the dark side of the empire, if you want to represent us, you must go to the bright side. You need one time in the bright side of the empire, so that everyone can undisputed glory. To serve as the gateway to Terra tickets."

"This……"

This time it was Calvin's turn to smile wryly. As a simple soldier, he was absolutely competent, but to become a public figure standing in the open, it was definitely a blank space in his two lives.

"You don't have a choice. From the moment you become the future of the Chapter, you represent far more than yourself. Grow up, Calvin. I know it's hard, but grow up!" Too many people are waiting for your appearance, and too many regrets are waiting for your growth before you have the opportunity to change. You don’t need to be afraid, this is not fundamentally different from your warrior career, only the direction of the battle is different .”

Yule finished his thoughts in one breath, then patted Calvin on the shoulder and said:

"Don't worry about the resistance you encounter. There are many more people behind you who support you than you can imagine. Think about us, think about those imperial troops who came all the way from Terra. If you need support, you can ask for it at home, and you need diplomatic communication. Just go find the corn, that's what they're here for, you're welcome."

"Is this your idea?" Calvin touched his nose and asked with a wry smile.

"It's me, and it's not just me."

Yule smiled mysteriously, said goodbye to Calvin, then turned and walked out.In the empty hall, Calvin was the only one left.

In the days that followed, Calvin's life was relatively peaceful. Before the arrival of the oath sword fleet, his life was filled with training and daily administrative work.

The gains from the First Battle on the unnamed planet were remarkable. In addition to gaining two precious natural abilities, Calvin also made up for the lack of his own soul to a considerable extent.

However, this once again brought about a new problem, that is, the growth rate of Calvin's body was once again left behind by his soul.

The human body is like a wooden barrel, and the shortest board always determines the upper limit of ability.

But behind this simple truth, there is another hidden reality:

Since the shortest board is the ceiling of the upper limit of ability, in theory, the pressure it bears is also the heaviest part of all abilities.

That's what Calvin is now, more than 40 years after the last "baptism of the Holy Blood" in his body, the pressure of his soul that he has almost forgotten is reappearing.

The pain came without warning, just like his second growth on the Wanderlust, which was as intense and unreasonable.

This was Calvin's negligence. He had actually experienced it once, and he shouldn't have been in such a mess.

However, he who paid too much attention to the spiritual world only saw the feedback of the skills after the demon soul was absorbed, but forgot the process of digestion after the absorption, and the pain of spiritual growth brought about by the restoration of the soul after that...

In short, in the second week after Jules left, and three weeks before the arrival of the Titan fleet, Calvin passed out again without warning in the steel cage in the training hall.

The other gray knights who were training on the side were suddenly in chaos. The false threat of the assassination of the Primarch made these soldiers look like hedgehogs with fried hair. They turned the entire Titan II fortress inside and out several times. Also pulled to the max.

During these days, the leaderless Titan II gave up all outward expansion business. After taking over the defense, Gavins, the chief adjutant of the Honor Guard, immediately sealed off the entire galaxy's shipping lanes.

When this pocket-shaped galaxy with only one channel exit decided to close the country, the completely invalid warp space beacon and astronomical torch comparison table made the entire galaxy disappear in the eyes of the empire.

Whether it is the passing imperial armed merchant ship or the black ship that the court came to ask for help, they can't find the way to Titan II in the star map.

While this caused a considerable amount of trouble to the fleet that came later, it also coincidentally avoided the long-planned post-event revenge from Tzeentch when the entire Titan II was unknown...

These are all things for later, so I won't mention them for now.The only concern for the moment was Calvin himself.

Unlike the last time he completely lost consciousness after a coma, this time Calvin was conscious throughout the coma, but he could only be trapped in his own spiritual world and could not move.

He also wants to take over his own body again, but the feedback of spiritual energy to the body is completely due to the systematic adjustment of instinct. He is not sure whether he can complete this complicated work, so he instinctively does not interfere with this process.

The pharmacist brothers immediately put him into the survival cabin to observe the situation. After collecting the latest basic data and abnormal signs, these pharmacists who have been engaged in Astartes transformation and treatment for tens of hundreds of years also Dumbfounded:

Calvin's body temperature did not drop below 40 degrees!
His body is growing at a high speed while continuously absorbing the electrolytes in the life support cabin at high speed!

The original height of more than 20 meters with bare feet has increased by more than [-] centimeters in just two weeks, and it is still going on!
During this period, Calvin's cell activity has exceeded their limit cognition: while the simple activity is close to the level of Nurgle virus in the sample bank, the force response in the cells also makes them doubt life, science, and, by the way, doubt Let's see if the creature in front of me is still in the category of carbon-based creatures...

The openable flap that originally replaced the black carapace interface completely disappeared!Instead, it is a psionic pipeline connection similar to an optical fiber!

Under the uninterrupted detection and scanning of the bird divination device and the magnetic resonance device, the pharmacists witnessed with their own eyes that sections of tissue similar to strengthened muscles and psionic channels completed a whole-body growth along the aorta route in Calvin's body, and finally At his heart came a victorious alliance!
By the Emperor, what kind of creature is this guy in front of them, they don't know, but they vaguely have the answer.

As for the situation this guy is in now, they probably already know:

But suppose you have heard of secondary development, have you heard of tertiary development?
They had no way of knowing the specific reason. After asking Titan to call up Calvin's medical background database, and compared Calvin's treatment records on the Wanderlust, they finally knew the best way to deal with it:

"Supply! Give him everything he has! Give him everything he needs! Give him unlimited!"

Titan II was much larger than the Mariachi.

Well, this is crap.

But what nonsense means is that the medical resources on Titan II are much more than the temporary reserves on the Wanderlust.

Therefore, Calvin's third systemic function adjustment, which is far beyond the second development, has naturally received the full support of the entire Titan!
During this tense time for all members of Titan II, the "custodian" brothers of the Fifth Order were as happy as the new year.

They have to adjust their emotions in advance when they routinely announce their safety every day, so as not to laugh out loud in front of a group of worried comrades.

Because of the "theoretical existence" of Calvin, the "posthumous work of the pinnacle of imperial genetic technology" created by the emperor himself, and the "living fossil of imperial genetic technology in the dark ages", while giving them countless surprises, it also greatly broadened their horizons. out of their sight.

And just when this "festival" that only belongs to pharmacist brothers seems to continue, Calvin's growth process this time has finally come to an end.

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