Warhammer: In the Name of Ashes

"Prophecy?"

When the adjutant and deputy head of the bodyguard left, Calvin picked up the documents on the desk and thought about it noncommittally.

There is no shortage of people in the Empire who can use psychic vision to peer into the possible future, but apart from the Emperor's Tarot Cards, there are not many that can be believed.

The Gray Knights have a systematic way of analyzing the Emperor's Tarot, which is their unique secret method.

This secret method has a very accurate prediction effect on demonic invasion, and is one of the weapons commonly used by the Prophet Brotherhood responsible for prophecy.

In addition, the Inquisition and Death Watch are also high-frequency users of Emperor Tarot.

But without the secret method in the hands of the Gray Knights, their prediction accuracy is far inferior to that of their colleagues in the Order of the Holy Hammer.

State religion?

In Calvin's mind, the state religion does not have relevant professional units, so putting aside the possibility of a wild prophecy master appearing with a small probability, Calvin is more inclined to think that this is another conspiracy and inducement from subspace.

The closed door was opened again, and in Calvin's field of vision, following Alan Janus was a skinny old man wearing a red robe.

Calvin looked at the frail old man's slow pace, and his expression became rarely serious.

"Mortal, I seem to smell something familiar on you."

Alan Janus stopped when he heard the sound, and the muscles on his body tensed within a breath. The electromagnetic muscle bundles in the power armor responded to the weak signals from the neural interface, and used low-frequency expansion to repeatedly confirm the results after the full output. performance.

The psychic fibers in the holy shield-type power armor were slowly lit up, and a thin layer of psychic shield secretly and rapidly expanded from his back like a crystal being born in a cave.

His right hand, which had been straddling the hilt of the sword at his waist, had already been clenched. He only waited for a look from Calvin before he would burst into action and kill the mortal behind him on the spot.

"No... don't be impatient. What he brings is not the pollution of chaos."

Calvin stopped the adjutant's vigilant behavior, and then looked carefully at the calm-looking mortal.

"I already know the mission you bear.

I can answer you now. The spread of state religion beliefs will not change in the Hassan and Lyak sectors.

I have no problem with the fact that the subjects of the Empire need the guidance of their faith. "

"The God-Emperor protects you! Your loyalty to the Emperor will be known to Him."

Marduk responded to the former's generosity by murmuring a prayer.

"Then the official business is over. Next, please tell me your true purpose of coming."

Calvin's voice stopped the praying Marduk. At this moment, the seemingly peaceful and humble servant of the emperor finally raised his head and looked at Calvin.

"I bring harbingers of disaster."

Marduk's first words made Calvin raise his eyebrows.

The former also carefully observed Calvin's reaction after saying this.

Although his colleagues in the National Church had given enough hints before coming, when he actually faced this figure that looked like he was walking out of a mural, he still couldn't help but want to pray to the emperor.

Astartes?

Gray Knight?

Lord of the Inquisition?

High lord?

The moment he saw Calvin, these labels were torn into pieces and thrown aside by Marduk, who fanatically believed in the emperor.

A more divine concept flashed through his mind, but he couldn't believe it.

Primarch!

A demigod who has never appeared in the history of the empire!

At this time, Marduk was worried about gain and loss. He was afraid that the huge existence in front of him was just the product of some dark experiment of the Inquisition;

And he was afraid that the faith he had insisted on all his life would actually appear in front of him.

"Yes, a revelation from the Holy Emperor."

Marduk deliberately emphasized the emperor's words in order to test the other party's reaction.

"I see."

Calvin knew Marduk's hidden worries at this moment. His spiritual energy stirred within his body and resonated deep into the body that was originally connected to this world.

The "permission" that existence had given him felt this stimulation and was actively awakened for the first time after sleeping for a long time.

The cold black lightning condensed from the palm of Calvin's hand, which not only contained the power of the person himself, but also condensed the faith of the entire human race.

"Emperor!"

Marduk knelt on the ground, shocked and impressed by the power he had witnessed;

This familiar feeling was so consistent with his memory of the revelation that he immediately believed in the legal principle of Calvin's existence.

"Tell me the prophecy you saw. I think we still have time to solve this problem."

The matters concerning Orpheus were nearing completion, and Calvin had begun preparations for his return to Terra.

But the arrival of this old man obviously interrupted his existing schedule, and out of respect for him, Calvin must listen carefully to his reasons.

Especially, after Calvin felt the traces of the emperor's power on his body.

Calvin already knew about the other party's special title of "Confessor" and his deeds of preaching throughout the Storm Star Territory for hundreds of years.

But it was indeed the first time that he knew that this priest, who had been reported to Terra by the state church and was about to be canonized during his lifetime, still had such a heavy and secret mission.

Saint Marduk is the greatest honor that this mortal before him is about to receive;

The Great Confessor was an affirmation of his ascetic lifestyle, continued to spread the faith of the Emperor within the borders of the Empire, and guided the behavior of the subjects of the Empire.

"I received the Emperor's revelation a hundred years ago!" Marduk slowly got up from the ground and said to Calvin. "The golden figure told me that Orpheus hides the seeds of disaster, and I have the obligation to destroy it." "Please continue." Calvin said that although Marduk did not have the obvious miracles like Saint Celestine, the golden flash on his soul was conspicuous enough in Calvin's eyes. And Orpheus is now in his hands, and it can be regarded as a cloud and rain. "I once mistakenly thought that those disasters were the destruction brought by Chaos and Orcs. But after you recovered two star regions, the bell of disaster still rang in my soul." "So it still exists, right?" Calvin understood Marduk's intention. He believed in the Emperor's revelation. Since this omen still exists, it means that there is still a hidden crisis. What crisis will it be? Calvin's thoughts are running fast, and a large amount of information and past memories are filtering and screening at high speed. Finally, something that he has ignored is remembered again. Dead spirits? That's all. He looked at Marduk and asked:

"What do you see?"

"Death, my death, on a world called Korkash."