Warhammer: In the Name of Ashes.

Chapter 52 Unexpected Gains

There was a psychic experiment about "assimilation", but of course it failed.

The reason is that the essence of the order side is different from chaos after all, so the "assimilation" it corresponds to is naturally different from "corruption".

The latter is like a savage and omnipotent vicious seed, as long as it sticks a little, it will spread endlessly and be unstoppable.

Unless your soul is pure enough that you can fundamentally eliminate the basic influence of chaos on you.

A basic premise for the former to be effective is that you first need to identify with him and desire his existence.

In this way, when the power of order enters your body, you will be attracted by the soul, undergo a slow, long-term soul transformation, and finally manifest in psionic energy, the external representation of the energy release of the soul.

Gavins didn't know what was special about the silver psionic energy released by Calvin in front of him, which was different from the past, and naturally he couldn't have any respect for it.

In his opinion, as a gray knight who directly inherits the legacy of the emperor, his psionic power after transformation is already different from that of ordinary people, and there is no power other than the emperor himself that deserves his respect, even is the Primarch.

In a sense, his cognition was not wrong.

As the lucky ones who also inherited the emperor's legacy, the 19 great gene primarchs that existed in history did not show the equivalent achievements of their souls except for their extraordinary force.

The psychic talents that a few Primarchs have exercised in some rare sources have also been proved to be gifts from the Warp rather than the nobility of their own souls.

The only exception is the Primarch Magmus from the Thousand Sons. His great psychic achievements far exceed anyone in the empire except the emperor, even the prime minister of the empire, Malcador the Magweave, cannot Said to be stronger than him.But even he still has no clue about the sublimation of his own soul.

Perhaps this has a lot to do with the Emperor's view and strategy of the Warp when he created these Primarchs.When He first created these Primarchs, he never thought of facing the threat from the Warp, and it was even more impossible to consider giving these Primarchs a superior soul equivalent to their extraordinary demigod bodies.

And truth be told, just as physical gifts can be bestowed by external means, so too can psionic powers be shared by bestowing authority.

But the excellence of the soul can usually only be obtained through one's own efforts, and the help of external forces is always too weak and pale on this road that belongs to everyone.

This is also the reason why the gods always favor those mortals who are heroic and outstanding on the battlefield against chaos. There is no other reason. No matter how powerful the power bestowed is, it still needs the corresponding soul to exert it.

Without a firm enough will to bear the authority of the power of the gods, no matter how generous the gift is, it is just a push in the process of creating a new chaotic egg.To use the words of our world, no matter how many "0" there are, it will be meaningless without the previous "1".

The same is true of the Primarch, and the one most favored by the gods is also not the one who appears to be the most powerful.

Among the 19 human treasures created by the emperor himself, if you can choose at will.Then in the eyes of the evil gods, perhaps Horus, the Warmaster, might not be the best choice, and the same is true for Guilliman, and Leon is no exception.Unlike these Primarchs known for their external force and commanding power, the noble soul of Sanguinius, known for his gentleness and kindness, is the gem most coveted by the gods.

As for Lorgar, Fulgrim, Angron and the like, apart from having a special gravitational attraction to a single evil god, in the eyes of the other three, they probably won't be worth more than dung.

But how far has Sanguinius gone on the soul side?How much does he know about the preciousness of the soul in this universe?

The result is probably equally disappointing. Under the emperor's strict order, the consensus of the Nikaea Conference was established.Any inquiry into the Warp after that would have likely met with the wrath and punishment of the Emperor himself at that time.

A sunburned red one-eyed Ogryn from Prospero has something to say about that. (Red Devil Magmus, if you don’t know about it, you can look up "The Burning of Prospero")
This kind of taboo about the knowledge of the subspace and the soul lasted until the great rebellion that spread to the entire galaxy, and the subsequent Gene Primarchs, after losing the suppression of the Emperor, may indeed have the opportunity to explore in this direction, but The empire at that time no longer allowed a Primarch to study quietly.Even for some unknown reasons, the Primarchs left the stage of the Empire for various strange reasons and never returned.

Until Calvin, an unplanned product, was transformed from a foreign traveler to a local household registration after negotiating with local aboriginal chiefs, and then transformed from a mortal into a divine creature, and finally Relying on his soul quality, which was unprecedented in human history except for the emperor himself, passed the test of the emperor's blood, and became the only remaining, unplanned, and unknown gene primarch in the empire.

This kind of stumbling all the way, relying on Calvin's own will and the final result of many coincidences, not to mention that Gavins in front of him can't understand, the lord of mankind who is currently sitting on the throne of Terra, looking at the long-awaited The big guy who exceeded the biggest harvest expectation when he accepted Jiang Wen was probably also stunned.

"The so-called kindness of a drop of water should be repaid by a spring." On this point alone, our protagonist didn't embarrass us.

The psychic power in Calvin's hands is also full of camouflage: the order power that has passed the nascent stage, when there is no need to declare its existence, the soft non-combat state is its normal external feature.

Especially when Calvin's subconscious has already judged the target to be a friendly army.This silver psionic energy even curled up its minions, appearing doubly "gentle" and harmless.

Gavins couldn't find the particularity of this power in his cognition, so he wouldn't have any respect for it, so the failure of the first use of "assimilation" seemed natural.

Calvin was completely unaware that his psychic powers were different from those of the past.

Before a divine soul gains power, it is like a beast with an empty body but no claws, and it is difficult to distinguish the obvious difference from mortals.

Coupled with his power belonging to the order side, when using different targets, he will distinguish between the enemy and the enemy in his subconscious and whether the opponent has the power of chaos, and there will also be an obvious difference between the enemy and the enemy.

Therefore, Calvin did not have a complete and clear understanding of the changes in his own strength.

And this point may not be discovered by him until he returns to his residence at night and starts the next "friendly and cordial" communication with the child of Shalushi who is sealed under the Titan.

Only when facing the enemy of his destiny, this power of order held by Calvin, which, like chaos, symbolizes a higher level of order than the specific concept to which the evil god belongs, will reveal his ferocious side.

It would also, at that time, show Calvin with facts what a fierce and efficient force Order would be in the face of the filthy creatures of the Warp.

The experiments on "assimilation" did not stop there.

Although "Assimilation" itself failed to spread outwards smoothly, Calvin and Gavins's unexpected gains in the secondary ability of "Assimilation" made the two of them quite happy. surprise:
After several failed attempts, Calvin was no longer obsessed with whether his own power could change Gavins' existing spiritual power.

Gavins is also puzzled by Calvin's attempt. If it is necessary to change the target power, then it may be better to start with how to maintain the power in others for a long time.

The kind-hearted Calvin thought of another way. He deliberately suppressed his psychic energy to ensure the stability and harmlessness of the latter, and released it on the opponent's forehead under the cooperation and guidance of Gavins to observe the effect.

Then, a wonderful scene happened: Calvin, who felt that the psychic energy of the same frequency was continuously conveying certain information to himself, subconsciously cut into the psychic vision.

Then he found that he had successfully shared the vision of Gavins, who was standing face to face with him at this time, and saw the environment behind him.

At the same time, what was transmitted was Gavins' thoughts about his persistent exploration...

After briefly observing the spiritual resonance frequency between each other, Calvin, who probably understood the principle, tried to send the same message to the source of the message.

Gavins, standing quietly, gave his body language feedback almost simultaneously with Calvin's message.

Gavins' originally squinted eyes instantly widened, looking at Calvin in front of him.The unbelievable emotions are carried by the flow of thinking, and after being translated by the power points left by Calvin, they feed back to Calvin:

"By the Emperor, how did you do it?"

"That's all."

"How do you do it?"

"I do not know either……"

"This thing is a bit interesting."

"What do you mean?"

"It means..."

The two of them just stared at each other in silence, but the flow of thinking was communicating at a speed that was far beyond the reach of normal voice communication.

"How far can you keep this thing?"

"untested……"

"Try?"

"Try it!"

The two retreated step by step in tacit understanding, and the distance between each other became farther and farther. It was not until nearly 300 meters that the quality of the communication signal began to be affected.

Back again, 500 meters, the signal was completely cut off.

The two came together again, and both of them, who were also aware of the meaning of this windfall, seemed a little excited.

"How many people can this thing hold at most?"

"I don't know, it's mainly a matter of sorting out information flow. There's not much pressure."

"The limit distance of 500 meters?"

"Well, there should be more, but we also have to consider the interference on the battlefield."

"A minimum of 100 meters is absolutely effective? Can it be done?"

"Let me try!"

"If it can be done, this thing will be of great use!"

"Then try!"

So, after a whole morning of tossing around with Calvin, the two non-stop found other champion knights who were idle after a simple rest, and the lines of the two were exactly the same as in the morning: "Come, here is You have a good thing!"

(End of this chapter)