Warhammer: In the Name of Ashes

Under the dome of the Silver Chapel, Calvin slowly stood up from the ground after finishing his salute.

He turned around and looked at the people who were still kneeling at the foot of the steps, looking a little confused. The oath has been recited, why don't they get up?

The Supreme Master Walden looked at the huge body next to him, which was more than 3 meters tall when wearing armor. His height, which was already outstanding among his comrades, would only reach Calvin's chest.

Now Calvin is still a child, and his height will continue to grow. Like his future, it was much more than that.

Walden's eyes were fixed on Calvin, as if he was looking through his body and seeing those children of the Emperor who led the entire great journey under the leadership of the Emperor himself in the era when the Empire was at its peak, those who truly walked the world. of demigods.

As Calvin stood up, Walden also woke up from his memories. He said to Calvin in front of everyone:

"I think everything you see before you should make you realize something, but I still need to explain to you personally about your significance to the battle group."

Calvin was also thinking while listening to Walden's words.

He did sense a strange flavor in such a ceremony that should not belong to a new recruit.

But by this time, he certainly had enough patience to wait for the mystery to be revealed.

He lowered his head to show humility to his mentor and said: "Your will is my destiny."

Walden looked at Calvin and said to Calvin:

"It has been eight thousand years since we were ordered by the Emperor to build the army here in the 31st millennium. However, despite the supply of troops from the entire galaxy, the Chapter has never been full of soldiers. Do you know why?"

Calvin was a little confused. His thoughts were spinning in his mind, and he recalled his personal experience:

Is it reconstructive surgery? No, other chapters do not have the quality of soldiers as luxurious as the Gray Knights, but they do not have their problems.

Then the question can only be about the last "Holy Blood Trial." So he tried to answer: "How difficult is the Holy Blood Trial?"

Walden nodded affirmatively: "Yes or no, this repeated trial that lasted for eight thousand years should not have existed. From beginning to end, this trial was actually just to find one, what we People who are waiting.”

Calvin looked at the Supreme Master in front of him, waiting for his explanation. Walden didn't keep him waiting. He continued:

“In the original conception of the Emperor and the Imperial Chancellor, the Custodes were the future direction of mankind.

It is planned that with the end of the Crusade and the completion of the Webway, the Custodes template will be promoted to all subjects of the Empire.

However, due to the conspiracy of the evil god, the failure of the Great Crusade made the Emperor aware of the failure of attempts in this direction.

The threat from the Warp was far greater than the Emperor had originally imagined.

So, there are those of us who can break away from the Sisters of Silence and fight the Warp alone, the Gray Knights.

We are the Emperor's last attempt at humanity's future before he ascends the throne.

We are also the Emperor's final weapon against the Warp.

Unfortunately, the blade was never completed, and the Emperor was no longer able to see the light of day.

We are sharp enough and we are determined enough, but we still have inherent shortcomings.

Look at our brethren on Terra, the Custodes. How many years did it take for them to recover from the Webway War?

Look at us again. It has been so difficult to maintain a full army since the founding of the army!

You should be able to understand that the training standards of our Gray Knights are a bit too difficult.

This can be the training standard for an elite force. If we are just a force, then we can accept it.

But this should never be a standard for the universal development direction of mankind! The emperor's original intention is by no means limited to this!

What are we missing? Like the other Astartes, all we lack is someone to stand between the Gray Knights and the Emperor;

A person who can pass the test of the Emperor's blood head on; a person who can provide a stable source of gene seeds with psychic transformation capabilities;

And for such a person, we generally have a special name for him-the original gene. "

When speaking of the second half, Walden deliberately stared into Calvin's eyes, looked at his expression, and spoke the last four sentences almost word for word.

When the last word came out of Walden's mouth, Calvin finally understood his true significance to this Chapter.

"Primarch? Me? Calvin? A Primarch?"

Calvin struggled to connect himself to this unfamiliar concept.

What was the Primarch in his mind? Commander? politician? Or a god walking on earth?

Calvin knew he was special, he always knew it.

But being so suddenly connected to a concept that only existed in history books still caught him off guard.

But looking back on everything he has experienced since he came to this universe, Calvin takes it for granted.

Yes, without the agreement with the sun, I would not have the chance to be reborn as a human being. In agreeing to the deal He proposed, he should have thought that this life was destined to be anything but ordinary.

And if I had not had the consciousness to fight to the death for the destiny of the human race, there would not have been the sacrifices of countless Calvins in those timelines, and I would not have achieved spiritual transcendence so easily.

What did Calvin have to fear? Isn't this what he expected?

Isn't this what he and all the Calvins in the timeline who sacrificed for him expected?

When responsibility comes, will he retreat weakly?

Thinking of this, he didn't hesitate anymore. Calvin took a step forward, took over Walden's words, responded to Walden's eyes seriously and said:

"If the final bearer of such honor and responsibility is me, I will be extremely honored!"

"Good!" Walden smiled with satisfaction.

He turned around and looked at everyone present, and said loudly to them:

"Then cheer, my comrades! Today in the 39th millennium of the Imperial Era, we finally no longer need to worry about whether our mission can be fulfilled! We finally have our own Primarch! We can finally see humanity in this darkness The already weak light of hope in the universe has added a crucial ray! Let us shout the name of our Primarch! "

Following Walden's words, the officers at the foot of the steps who had already known the truth, as well as the paladins who gradually learned the truth through the previous conversations, no longer suppressed their boiling emotions.

While chanting the Emperor's holy name, they knelt down on one knee again towards the center of the auditorium.

But the difference from before is that this time the object of their salute is no longer the cold holy object, but their own Primarch, Calvin.

The state is stretching my hips, sorry.