Warhammer: In the Name of Ashes.

Chapter 385 The Secret of True Name
boom!
Countless silver tides converged into a torrent, rushing towards Terra.

And in the huge spiritual torrent, Calvin is also the most special existence.

His divine soul is like a solid, almost incompatible with the spiritual tides of gaseous and liquid states, exuding an unmoving golden light.

The time scale in the soul was so vague, before he could react, the tides had already reached their original purpose.

"Huh?" Calvin felt a familiar smell in his spirit, and what appeared in front of him was a huge fiery furnace, with boundless flames filling his entire field of vision.

Of course, this was not the first time Calvin had encountered Him, but he looked up at the existence of "His" from an unprecedented perspective.

And "He" also noticed Calvin's existence, and after a slight but incomparably loud voice, the dominance of that existence transitioned from white to golden.

And the tentacles of Calvin's soul were gently knocked back with a chuckle.

During this process, Calvin "watched" those purifiers being examined by him one by one, and the soul of only one purifier barely endured his gaze.

hum!
Vision and perception returned to reality in the next second, and the solemn ceremony in the center of the ancient castle had come to an end.

The sword of the oath shone brightly in the hands of the Supreme Master, but the Purifiers who were irradiated felt as if they were being bitten by lightning.

Their soul breaths became extremely dim after this battle, and only one "lucky guy" became more solid and powerful after enduring the test.

The Supreme Master's eyes were shining with psionic brilliance, and his mouth issued an inhuman edict.

The voice echoed in the souls of all the Gray Knights, but only Calvin understood its meaning:

True Name Grant - Extinction.

Calvin understood, especially after he, as a member of this "spiritual torrent", experienced how the sword of the oath "resurrected" at close range.

While he already had a basic concept of the operation mechanism of this holy sword, he also clearly understood the mystery behind the so-called "true name".

"It's still a concept, I should have thought of it earlier!" Calvin thought in his heart.

What is a real name?

If this question were yesterday's Calvin, he might not be able to make an accurate description.But after witnessing the revival of the Oath Sword today, he has been able to give a roughly correct description.

The real name is the inscription and reflection of sentient beings in the universe. As long as there is a soul in this universe, there will be a corresponding real name that can be traced.

So what is a powerful real name?

It depends on the specific situation. Based on Calvin's understanding of the soul, the owners of this real name can be roughly divided into two types according to the source of their own power.

The souls of the former have power far beyond the ordinary and even beyond the demon prince, and their existence itself has a concept or a part of the concept.

The power of this type of existence comes from the ego, and the so-called real name is nothing but a manifestation of His existence.

Mastering the real name of this existence poses no threat to him, and will even remind him to attract his attention, and even accelerate the spread of his "existence".

However, the souls of the latter failed to reach the strength of the former, and their strength came from signing a harsh contract with the former, thus being granted the former's power to a limited extent.

Just like the relationship between the devil and the gods of chaos.

To the gods, the demons who believe in the gods in the subspace are not only the countless fragments and projections of their concepts, but also an important part of their symbolic authority of the gods.

From the perspective of demons, the gods are not only the source of strength and faith, but also the sustenance on which they cannot be destroyed and are constantly resurrected from the void.

This is essentially a transaction and a mutual relationship:
Because only the demons who are the apostles of the gods continue to implement his way and righteousness in the mortal world, his false concept of reality will be transformed from countless completed things into real authority.

This is also a clear relationship between authorization and authorization:
Only His way and righteousness can truly walk on the earth, and all the creatures who believe in Him can be bestowed by the gods with extraordinary power that exceeds what fate should have.

The same goes for the Gray Knight's real name.

The only difference is that the direction of their belief and sustenance is in the world, and they are limited by the frailty of mortal souls. Not all of them are qualified to sign a contract with the emperor and bear this power.

Yes, unlike demons who can increase their own soul quality without limit, the weak soul of human beings determines that any existence that can bear the real name is an extremely rare and special individual.

They need to go through a brutal selection process to narrow the list of fits to an acceptable one.

And these suitable people still need to go through a difficult and long practice, and only one person can stand out in a generation.

But this is still not enough, because the authority of the gods is so heavy, if you want to exercise power on behalf of the gods, you need a stronger soul.

This is the meaning of the Sword of Oath.

It is like a sacrificial knife in this process. While guiding the souls of all the chosen ones to the authorizer, it is also a tool for the authorizer to select and promote these souls.

It weakens the soul of the loser and strengthens the soul of the winner.

And only after experiencing this kind of internal devouring like raising Gu, can the remaining soul in the end truly become the emperor's sharpest sword against the subspace.

Calvin got it, he got it all.

The rules of the world dominated by idealistic forces are so miraculous. The so-called secret of the real name was fully unfolded to Calvin the moment he understood its essence.

A huge amount of information was frantically poured into his brain, and the inscriptions that he could not decipher with all his efforts in the past, turned into comprehensible words in his eyes the moment he understood the essence of them.

The inscriptions that once made Calvin ponder hard and couldn't understand them turned into authorization agreements engraved with various treaties at this moment.

And the part of this agreement that belongs to the authorized person also states the traceability of countless details of the authorized soul from birth to death.

In the records of the court, those demons who were killed but resurrected have a reasonable explanation from then on;

The incredible powers and legendary achievements of the Emperor's Blades bearing their real names in the Gray Knights have all changed from myth to reality.

This is a war of beliefs, a game between gods.

A real name... its essence is a transaction, and its manifestation in the real universe is a premeditated theft.

It is a transgression of the rules of reality by the gods using demons as tentacles.

It is also the intervention and erosion of the real universe by these gods who are destined to be unable to reach reality, using the demon host as a springboard.

But it happens to exist "legally", because the real universe is not a human being, and it cannot and will not take the initiative to obtain information about "it".

Unless there are creatures from reality who grasp this "truth", then according to the rules, the physical universe can "discover" it and curb this almost blatant "transgressive behavior".

This is probably why the demons are afraid of revealing their real names, Calvin thought.

Because once the real name is revealed, it means that the contract signed between it and the gods is intercepted, the power and flaws of its essence will be grasped by people, and its power in the real universe will be counteracted.

And this is where the shackles of the older generation of gray knights lie. Before they become gray knights, they must undergo a personality reorganization to ensure that their real names will not be traced by the same means after entering the subspace.

Then the problem is coming.

Calvin, who figured out the principle behind his real name, was quite excited, and he couldn't stop spreading his thoughts to a larger background:

So what is the nature of this universe?What is the relationship between the physical universe and the subspace?

But reason is telling him that the information he has now is still too little to make such an in-depth deduction.

Moreover, rashly exploring such secrets involving the origin of the gods is also an extremely dangerous behavior for him now.

What about the next best thing?Calvin turned his attention to the matter at hand.

The Emperor's situation was not ideal, and he knew it.

The agglomeration of divine authority may indeed be strengthening the emperor's power in the extraordinary realm.

But as a price, the "power of real name" that he can bestow will also gradually tilt towards the concept of revenge over time.

There is no doubt about this, just from the real names the Gray Knights are given.

Going back to the era of 33 years, Calvin can also infer from some legendary deeds of the Gray Knights Purifiers recorded in the data, and there are cases where they obtained the authority of "salvation";

However, counting from the most recent 2000 years, the purifiers of the past generations have obtained the same power as the one in front of them, and all obtained the power with "revenge" as the core.

What about Calvin himself?
It wasn't until he turned his gaze to himself that Calvin realized belatedly that he was actually more suitable for this power-giving model than the emperor!
He does not have the shackles of the emperor's seat and the golden throne, nor does he need the sword of the oath to be the middle hub.

He also has the power of concepts!

And while the mastery of the concept of his divine soul is not inferior to that of the emperor, his special origin makes him naturally overlook all the power in this universe!
So what is he waiting for?What is he still hesitating about?

You must know that the cracking of the "power of real name" has always been one of the directions of his efforts.

And the son of Calvin, who holds the secrets of those "inscriptions", is more suitable for the transmission and gift of this kind of power, no matter in terms of bloodline or soul synchronization.

He should be excited about the knowledge he gained today!

For with the full decipherment of the True Name Theory, the last obstacle standing in his way of granting power to the Sons of Calvin has vanished.

What awaits him will be a huge increase in the upper limit of the individual strength of the legion after the number of the legion is no longer a shackle!

But Calvin showed no signs of excitement.

On the contrary, he was even a little scared.

Because when this last secret was cracked, a question that he had never paid attention to was also placed in front of him:
Based on the concept and authority he has now, apart from salvation, what he can give the Sons of Calvin is order.

For the former, it's okay to say that the gift of redemption will definitely have a great auxiliary effect on the Gray Knights.

At least from the perspective of pharmacists, the new generation of legion pharmacists will have an extra powerful weapon in the face of gene mutation and gene seed contamination.

But what about order?Does he dare to project the power represented by this part of authority into the soul of Calvin's son?

Calvin fell into a deep silence.

Order...it is so fierce, and so pure that it does not allow any impurities.

So much so that Calvin himself, as its host, needs to use this power with extreme caution.

If he recklessly surrendered this power, Calvin would face a very serious problem:
Is the "order" he has now the "order" of human beings or the "order" of the universe?
In other words, if the sons of Calvin of the new generation accepted his gift, would the sons of "real names" standing in front of him fight for humanity or for order? ,

For mankind, for the universe.The difference of one word is a thousand miles away.

The former means that Calvin's legion has since added a group of real "demon hunters", who can completely kill the creatures in the subspace independently;

The latter may mean a catastrophe, a kind of massacre of the entire subspace and even the entire human race without distinction of friend or foe under the cold and cruel cognition of order.

"This kind of power must be controlled, and it must not be released rashly before its nature is fully confirmed!

It is necessary to find the direction for the coexistence of human beings and order, otherwise this kind of power can only be a disaster in the hands of others, not a weapon against demons. "

In the time after the ceremony, Calvin bid farewell to the great mentors while making up his mind in his heart.

Great Mentor Walden seemed to see what was on his mind, and left him alone after the crowd dispersed.

The two giants walked aimlessly for a long distance on the open-air passage of the Titan Fortress, until the eternal cold wind of Titan covered their power armor with frost marks.

Calvin tried his best to tell his confusion and doubts to the veterans around him on the road, but limited by the nature of the latter's soul, many secrets involving the gods spontaneously turned into endless cold winds of the Titans after Calvin blurted out a strand of it.

Although the latter could not understand the meaning of Calvin’s words, he still gave Calvin a reluctant suggestion based on his own speculation:

"I don't understand what you mean, but the answer I can give you as a veteran is simple - try, how can you not try?
Don't worry about the risk, there is me behind you, there is a battle group, and the emperor is watching you!
Don't lose hope because of hesitation, let alone fear because of doubt.

Relax, my child.

Don't push yourself so hard, you're already doing pretty well. "

　Two in one, let's update the two chapters together.Kawenka is going to die, don't ask for votes.

　　As the comment section said, no matter what, a missed appointment is a missed appointment.

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(End of this chapter)