Warhammer: In the Name of Ashes

The battle on Velax has ended, but the impact of this battle on the Chaos side is quite huge, something Calvin did not expect.

The death of an evil god who was the chosen champion in the mortal world is obviously not an ordinary thing.

This iconic figure is not important in itself, but his position has a special role in theology.

It sounds complicated, but if we explain it based on Calvin's religious theory of his previous life, then the divine choice is the divine envoy.

The only real choice is a savior-like existence.

He is to exercise the divine ways "on earth" and correspond to the gods in the supreme heaven.

The mortal Chosen Gods and the Supreme Gods, plus the demons that wander between reality and subspace, together form the Warhammer version of the Trinity, forming the basic cycle of the spread of faith and authority.

Gods send down power and wisdom, God's choice travels and spreads in the mortal world, servants work for it, morality is demonstrated, and divine authority is established.

This is a very stable positive cycle, because the weakest of the chosen gods is also the most outstanding among mortals.

This is an effective mechanism that has been proven countless times. Under the gods' endless thirst for faith, this mechanism has been implemented countless times.

But now the problem arises. Typhons, as the chosen one of the Lord of Life and Death, and one of the only four chosen ones on the side of Chaos in the entire real universe, is dead. (Abaddon is an exception. The co-choice of the four gods in him is more of a curse than a blessing.)

He died of his own ambition and an inexplicable greed.

His death meant nothing, just a whim of intrusion into reality.

His death had no permanent impact on reality, and in turn, even hindered the Death Guard's operations.

There has been a structural lack in the spread of the Lord of Life's faith in reality, and the evil god's perception and interference with reality have naturally dropped to a huge extent.

Before the new Chosen God is in place, the Nurgle forces in the entire Stormwind Star Territory and even the entire empire will fall into a long period of silence.

These are the dual effects of Typhons's death on the Empire and Chaos, and these effects are like seeds that take time to brew and slowly emerge.

One week later, the Storm Star Region, the Eleusis Star Region, and the Eleusis Galaxy.

With the surge of energy at Manzeville Point, the Angel of Punishment and the Interstellar Labyrinth, which jumped out from the subspace, finally arrived at the agreed rendezvous point with the Grand Fleet.

The size of the Grand Fleet was different from when Calvin left, with the number of main ships suddenly dropping from 18 to 7.

This comes from the fact that the twelve Mechanical Arks that account for most of the fleet have arrived at their destination.

When they left the icy veil of the Bishop World and arrived at the next stop, the Saga Forge World, these mechanical arks said goodbye to the escorting Imperial Navy and left the fleet sequence.

But the number of fleets has not absolutely declined, on the contrary, it has increased.

Calvin was slightly surprised to find that a black ship belonging to the Tribunal of the Storm Star Territory quietly appeared in the list of auxiliary ships in his fleet.

This is because as the team members around him are fixed and their work capabilities become clearer, they begin to put higher requirements on personnel work.

In this context, things in all directions began to be filled by professionals in their respective fields.

The Tribunal's cruiser-level black ship, the Darkfall, was set up against this background specifically for docking with the Storm Star Territory.

It needs to receive information and intelligence provided by various units in the entire star field. After preliminary summary and analysis, it will be handed over to senior members to make corresponding decisions, and then summarized in front of Calvin to make the final decision.

Precisely because it is a ship positioned as an auxiliary ship, most of the weapon space of this black ship has been modified, and its firepower is extremely weak, so it can only be classified as an auxiliary ship.

At this time, Calvin was being flooded by the information channel opened by the Inquisition;

At this time, he just realized how superficial his previous understanding of this organization was.

The complexity of rights and powers in this huge institution founded on a spirit of skepticism and independence is far beyond what can be described by the superficial seats, orders, and factions;

And the rules of the large and special group of judges are far from being something that can be stated clearly with just one appointment.

The victory in the Battle of Orps was only a qualified debut in front of these night watchmen of the human empire.

In his subsequent work, he cleansed the three major star regions at all costs, and the determination and will he showed made these judges initially recognize him;

The identity of the Gray Knight was his second answer sheet. The fact that the Chapter had never fallen for thousands of years allowed the Inquisitors to believe in Calvin's loyalty and purity.

Lyak and Hassan's post-war plan was the last answer he handed over. His arrangement of the internal rules of the sector and his familiarity with personnel finally convinced the inquisitors of the Storm Star Territory from the bottom of their hearts.

They need a decisive enough leader, but more importantly, a pragmatic enough helmsman.

It was only at this time that he, the so-called Grand Inquisitor, changed from a large vase to a truly responsible person.

The real power he held was only then truly accepted and connected to the local system.

This is something that the veterans within the Chapter know, but cannot help him with. They can't even remind.

For these mortals' loyalty is only to the Emperor, and it is their job to doubt everything.

No one can truly use power to suppress their will, and no one can obtain their obedience without their recognition.

But fortunately he passed this test, and fortunately his ideas and abilities were accepted by the mainstream consciousness of the Tribunal.

Calvin found that things around him were gradually becoming lively:

Every time the fleet jumps out of the subspace for repairs, there will be some unfamiliar but capable faces on his ship.

They come from various tribunals in the local star regions. They are the judges there and send their most promising newcomers here to serve him.

The information that Calvin could receive became more and more extensive and bizarre.

As time goes by, the number of local channels and secret information channels he can connect to in his work in the Inquisition increases:

Every time he interacts with local forces, countless secret intelligence stations appear on his private list.

Various rapidly updated intelligence information also filled a corner of his communication channel.

He was originally worried about these tasks a few days ago, because the sorting and analysis of this information was no longer something that one person could design, and he could not share these secrets with the Forbidden Army.

But after arriving at Eleusis, he discovered that the supporting personnel and supporting black ships were already in place, just waiting for his arrival.

A large number of elite judges gathered in a short period of time.

They spontaneously formed a complete team in a background that was unfamiliar to each other;

In a silent understanding based on internal discipline, a shortlist of several team leaders was presented to Calvin.

And when these responsible persons were established and the team started working, the information authority in Calvin's hands was taken over as soon as it started working.

From then on, there was no invalid data on his desk, such as the physical fitness data of a certain governor or his favorite posture.

All non-essential information is effectively stored and backed up under the isolation and shielding of a professional team.

Some key intelligence and information were also carefully handed over to Calvin after preliminary research and analysis.

Calvin felt that his work efficiency had been significantly improved, because with the guidance of these professionals, he no longer needed to look for conventions and allusions from past documents, nor did he need to over-understand something repeatedly and thoroughly.

He knows that this is a sign of trust in his ability, and as the price of this trust:

It was when the assigned black ship was in place that some of the most core and darkest secret information in the Tribunal began to appear on Calvin's desk.

Update, the quality is unstable recently, so I would rather skip it than overfill it...I'm sorry to disappoint everyone.