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After confirming the authenticity of Guilliman's return through multiple channels, Caul realized that he could no longer stay in the Kerenna Sector.

"I must go to Ultramar immediately."

The countless personalities in Belisarius Caul's mind quickly unified their opinions. He used his connections as a great sage to forcefully pass through the large number of ships docked at the port of the star of the moon, jump in line and cross the star gate in advance, taking the sage. The Mechanical Ark arrived at the temporary capital of Ultramar: Connaught.

As a forge world, Conor was originally home to a large number of Skitarii from the Adeptus Mechanicus. After being designated as the temporary capital of Ultramar, it was even more heavily guarded. A large number of soldiers from the Ultramar star field were docked in the planet's orbit. The naval fleets gathered from all over, covering the starry sky with darkness. A vast army of armed forces gathered here to turn the forge world named after the Primarch's father, King Konnor, into an impregnable fortress.

The Dark Angel's flagship 'Unyielding Truth' was docked above the administrative center of Connaught, and Lane arrived here earlier than Caul.

While being checked to verify his identity and obtain permission documents to land on the planet's surface, Caul noticed:

A large number of marching people gathered on the surface of Star Connaught. The fanatical marching phalanx was clearly visible even in orbit, showing the scale of its people, as if the entire planet's population was gathered in one place.

Kaul asked the scribe who was handwriting a landing permit for him: "The scale of the gathering on the planet seems to be particularly grand. What kind of large-scale social activities are the people of Connaught holding? Are they celebrating the return of the original body?"

"No, Lord Sage." The clerk said while stamping Caul's landing permission: "What is being held on the planet is the confession ceremony of the original body. Lord Guilliman will be in front of the people of Ultramar today. publicly confessed his sins in front of him.”

Just when Caul was surprised by this, the scribe continued: "Lord Guilliman is too merciful. He was seriously injured and fell asleep here while defending the empire ten thousand years ago. We never felt that it was a sin..."

Rather, it is glory.

Caul didn't quite understand what the scribe was talking about, and he didn't have the energy to inquire in depth. The Great Sage now just wanted to get the landing permission document as soon as possible and go to the ground to find Guilliman to talk face to face.

When Caul took the orbital elevator down to the rust-red surface of Connaught, Guilliman's 'Rite of Confession' was in progress.

Although Connaught is classified as a forge world, due to some political reasons during the Horus Heresy, the Adeptus Mechanicus was not able to fully control this important industrial planet. A large number of the Imperial population on it still remained steadfast. Supporting the Ultramarines and the Emperor, most of them are natural humans rather than clones.

So Caul could see a large number of fanatical people surrounding the square where the Primarch held his ceremony, and the hymns chanted by the priests of the Ecclesiarchy were broadcast to every corner of Ultramar through the servo skull.

In the center of the crowd is the most magnificent Anglican Church on Connaught Planet - this kind of building would not be possible in other forging worlds that are completely controlled by the Adeptus Mechanicus.

From a distance, Kaul saw a burly blue-armored giant standing in the square in front of the church. His strong figure was projected onto the huge display screen, and his resolute face contained a pair of complex emotions. Deep eyes.

Standing next to Robert Guilliman were two rows of Ultramarines veterans who had survived the Battle of Macragge. Their dark blue power armor was covered in scars. What was particularly eye-catching was that the heads of these veterans were covered in scars. Wearing a helmet painted blood red.

Looking at the Ultramarines wearing blue armor and red helmets, Kaul thought of an ancient past event:

During the Great Crusade, there was a sergeant named 'Hill' in the Ultramarines Legion. He once proposed a rebellious idea - Sergeant Hill proposed that the Ultramarines should not only use aliens as enemies to deduce tactics and formulate strategies. The training plan should also try to practice Space Marines as imaginary enemies in order to prepare for possible future battles with other Space Marine legions.

At that time, Warmaster Horus had not yet launched the rebellion, and the various Space Marine legions were as close as brothers. Once Sergeant Hill's idea of ​​using the brother legions as imaginary enemies to develop targeted tactics was proposed, it was considered unforgivable. Rebellious thoughts.

Therefore, Sergeant Hill was donned with a red helmet as a symbol of punishment and imprisoned in the arsenal to await the death of the Primarch.

(——This is a tradition learned from the 'Night Lords'. The former Night Lords Legion would make the warriors who made mistakes wear red gloves, which symbolized the original body's disappointment in him. The Ultramarines learned this system In the past, they just changed the red gloves into a red helmet, which made the Night Lord very disgusted.)

During the subsequent Horus Heresy, the Traitor Legion Word Bearers raided the Ultramarines. The imprisoned Sergeant Hill immediately activated the Primarch weapons in the arsenal, leading the surviving battle brothers to fight to the death and rebuild the chain of command.

Sergeant Hill's heroic actions made the red helmet no longer a symbol of shame among the Ultramarines, but instead became a testament to the glory of the position of 'sergeant'.

So why are the Ultramarines veterans standing next to Guilliman all wearing red helmets? Are they all sergeants?

Kaul thinks this is unrealistic.

The great sage thought about the nature of this 'repentance ceremony'. It seemed that the red helmets worn by these veterans were no longer a symbol of military positions, but had returned to their original nature ten thousand years ago - symbolizing shame.

Immediately afterwards, Caul heard Guilliman's speech to all Ultramar being broadcast outside the crowd:

"In the past ten thousand years, the empire has suffered too much. The regime that my father established for mankind has suffered in the ups and downs, and there were even times when it was on the verge of collapse.

It was the fearless sacrifices of countless warriors that saved the empire from crisis after crisis. They used their lives to safeguard the authority of the Golden Throne, and kept the fire of hope in the dark galaxy, amidst the malicious heretics and the eye-catching alien threats. Protecting the people of the empire...

No amount of words can be said enough to praise the heroes who died for the Empire, but what makes me extremely sad is that in the past, the loyal world that believed in the Emperor was invaded by human enemies, and the innocent people of the Empire were tortured by heretics. At that time, as a descendant of the Emperor, I failed to stand up and fight for the Empire.

For ten thousand years, I have been sleeping between life and death, unable to make any contribution to the defense of mankind..."

At this point, Guilliman's tone was choked with sobs. But as the Primarch of the Ultramarines, the God-son of the Emperor, he shed not a single tear.

Guilliman said in an emotional voice:

"The planet is wailing! The people are bleeding! But I just sit in the temple day after day..."

"I'm ashamed of it! I'm ashamed of it!"

The Primarch's impassioned speech aroused the emotions of countless people on Konor. In the church, the priests of the state church were in tears.

Only Kaul frowned, feeling that something was wrong.

Immediately afterwards, Caul saw the red-helmet veteran kneeling next to him and presenting Guilliman with a crimson helmet wrapped in dark thorns and exuding hot blood.

Through previous publicity, the people of Ultramar already know that red helmets symbolize shame and repentance in the culture of the Ultramarines.

For some reason, the moment this helmet appeared, the atmosphere in the crowd suddenly became agitated, and an inexplicable war fever began to burn on the Connaught planet.

Guilliman held the ferocious crimson helmet in his hands and put it on his head.

In an instant, the crowd burst into tears, and Caul heard many people shouting at the top of their lungs that the primarch should not blame himself so much. He was seriously injured while fighting for the Empire and fell asleep to this day. He did not make any mistakes.

"In the name of the Emperor of Mankind, I, Robert Guilliman, hereby swear that every world ravaged by heretics, every citizen persecuted by aliens, and every heavy blood debt of the Human Empire will be paid with blood. ——”

A big question mark appeared on Kaul's head.