Warhammer: In the Name of Ashes

"You think too highly of me..." Calvin said with a wry smile.

The longer he came to this world, the more Calvin understood how difficult the situation faced by the human empire was.

The term "internal and external troubles" is not enough to describe the current empire.

"Dead but not stiff" is probably Calvin's true evaluation of the current empire.

The efficiency of the internal governance of the empire is so low.

In the eyes of Calvin, a foreigner, except for Terra and the Ultramarine, the regimes below the star regions of other star regions are no different from herding sheep;

The empire faces so many enemies that there are still wars in its vast territory, and the powerful Chaos Gods in the warp are only one of the larger strategic directions.

Who is Calvin?

Generally speaking, he is one of the nominal supreme rulers of the empire today.

As the chief representative of the Inquisition in the Senate, he is at the top of the power of the Terra Administrative Council;

With the Inquisition and the Grey Knights as the base, he is responsible for unifying the imperial ideology, combating various heretics, aliens, demons and fallen brought by Chaos pollution inside and outside the empire.

It seems that he has power and people.

But to put it simply? He is just a beneficiary of the huge administrative system of the empire, a military leader who has just filled a war group with his direct Astartes, and is not even a warlord.

If he abides by the original power rules, he can continue to grow with the help of these forces.

But what if he wants to change something? Will anyone jump out to oppose him?

Of course! With Horus' prestige at the time, he could not stop the newly established Imperial Administrative Council from coveting the power in his hands.

Why does he think that after these people have gained a foothold and held the power of the empire for nearly ten thousand years, they have learned to be gentle, respectful, frugal and modest?

What a joke!

Moreover, if he really holds the highest power in the Empire now, will he be able to change the status quo of the Empire?

You know, he doesn't even understand the subspace of the strategic direction he is in charge of, and he has to lead the Grey Knights to run around in various star regions like a fire brigade!

The enemies of the Empire are not only internal. The infiltration and erosion of the Empire's territory by the aliens and chaos have been everywhere and have never stopped since the establishment of the Empire.

If he really takes the risk of the world and forcibly takes back the power from the Terra lords. I am afraid that before he can sort out the internal contradictions and establish a new order. The enemies of the Empire have already set the flames of war all over the Empire!

If, if I am the last hope of this ancient country and race...

Calvin can't help but look through the dome of the battleship and look at the vast starry sky.

Then all this must change! And this will be a long and huge project!

He needs to spend several centuries or even longer, while fighting the demons of chaos, he must also carefully adjust the structure of the Empire bit by bit.

This is like a war machine that cannot be extinguished, and what Calvin has to do is to replace all its parts including the core while it is running...

He needs helpers! He needs more people to join him, to fight for the same goal under a common vision!

And such people can only come from the legion he can trust...

"You think too highly of me..." Calvin, who thought clearly about this, repeated this sentence subconsciously. The national culture he came from made him accustomed to letting actions precede words.

"No, this is not a high opinion, but a fact." Alpharius's rebuttal came very quickly, and it was obvious that he had already had his own ideas.

"I didn't have high hopes for you. After all, the 28th Legion was so powerful, and our brothers have their own strengths, inheriting all his excellence.

If he can't accomplish those grand visions even if he leads us, then what can you do?

But look, your strength, your Legion. Ah... don't deny it in a hurry.

I have seen the prototype of the Legion in them. Don't tell me that they are the product of following the "Holy Code" promulgated by my stupid brother. Even the orcs can't stand such a clumsy lie!

I feel a power completely opposite to the warp in you.

And I see another future for this race from your warriors.

A Legion that can make full use of the power of the warp and resist erosion.

If we had such a power in the past, I am afraid that many things would not end up like today..."

"It's not that easy..." Calvin explained.

"The threshold of this unit is too high. It's not easy to develop to the level of a legion or even higher..."

"Then wait! Anyway, what we lack the most is time!"

Alpharius pointed at Calvin's chest.

"As the Primarch, isn't that what you do?

And don't be too happy too soon. I came here from afar, not to flatter you.

Your body has a lifespan of more than 50 years, right?"

Looking at Calvin who nodded in affirmation, Alpharius complained with some regret:

"Have you ever thought about why your current strength is so weak that even one of my vests can deal with you for so long?

Even if your growth path is different from ours, with your growth rate, do you really have no doubts? "

"Why?" Calvin asked.

You said this earlier! You won’t feel sleepy if you talk about this Calvin!

He had long wondered why his body grew so slowly, but he suffered from the fact that no one of his kind could help him clear up his doubts.

You must know that from the Primarch files recorded by the Inquisition, the growth cycles of those Primarchs are much shorter than his!

"What should I do?" Calvin couldn't help but ask, but in view of this person's identity, his inner vigilance reached its peak at this time!

But the answer Alpharius said the next second not only exceeded his expectations, but also eliminated his newly raised suspicion.

"Be yourself!" Alpharius said firmly.

"Huh?" If question marks could be manifested by psychic energy, Calvin's mind might be filled with silver question marks right now.

Countless threads in his brain started at the same time, thinking and inferring Alpharius's words from various angles.

A possibility that he had never thought of appeared in his mind, and under the influence of this inference, his face couldn't help but look astonished.

"That's right! Just be yourself!"

Alpharius looked at Calvin's expression, and gave a positive answer to his guess in his doubtful eyes.

"What do you think is a Primarch? What is an Astartes?"

"The emperor's genetic fragments, the original body's genetic fragments..." Calvin subconsciously stated his knowledge.

"Then what? What is the Emperor again?"

"The condensation of human will! The highest expression of all the excellent qualities of human beings!"

"Yes!" Alpharius nodded appreciatively, and then asked: "Then do you understand the difference between the three?"

"Stairs!" Calvin replied immediately, and then looked at Alpharius.

The latter met Calvin's gaze of verification, nodded appreciatively and said:

"Yes! My brother and I stood at the end of a destiny that was destined to come to an end from the beginning. Well, Sanguinius may be an exception.

Astartes is like one of us mixed with other souls, destined to only be able to develop his potential to a limited extent under the constraints of a weak soul.

But you are different, you need to find yourself!

be yourself!

Only then can we continue to approach that end point and finally walk out on a road that no one else has ever walked before! "

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