Warhammer: Opening is a Crisis of Doom

Chapter 34 The Madness of the State Religion 44

"The state religion has a lot of autonomy, and they may not be willing to obey the orders of adults." Fickris said with some concern.

Guilliman smiled, "I will let them listen to me. I am the emperor's son, the emperor's best spokesperson. Even a saint of the state religion would not dare to say that I am more qualified to be the spokesperson of the state religion."

"What if they feel that their interests have been damaged and their attitude is tough??"

"Then tie those heretics to the stake." Guilliman paused, and looked at Phekris, "Speaking of the stake, you can ask the technical sergeant on the ship to weld some for me, maybe We need a few stakes to tell the bishops what will happen to them if they disobey me."

"My lord." Phikris hesitated for a moment, "Is this really good?? It doesn't seem to be in line with your previous style. Didn't you advocate that everything should be followed? Are you pursuing rational thinking??"

"In the face of you, rational thinking is advocated. Everything must be done in accordance with the established box, because you are rational and know what is right and what is wrong. Rules can help you restrain your inner arrogance and slack, let You understand what you are doing for.

But those fanatical believers don't have this awareness, they only fanatically follow the beliefs in their hearts, and are willing to become tools of religion. "

Guilliman started to move around, sorted out his words before continuing, "What do you think is the success rate of my persuading them to give up their beliefs? Be honest, Phikris, don't pay me special compliments, just follow your previous understanding of the state religion. Let me know."

"Let them give up their faith." Fickris fell into deep thought. He had not had little contact with the state religion, self-torturing ascetics, various tortures and killings of sinful people, and various crazy behaviors.

After various considerations about the behavior of the state church, Phikris got the answer.

"The success rate is 0. It is impossible for them to give up their beliefs. Faith is all they have. It is much easier to persuade those believers to give up their lives than to persuade them to give up their beliefs."

"This is the problem. It is impossible for me to persuade them to give up their beliefs, nor is it possible to ban the state religion with a ban. Then there are very few means I can take. Controlling them is the safest way. Just control them , I can carry out a new round of reforms to the state religion, limit the power of the bishops, and guide those believers to the right path just like reforming the administrative system and the imperial army."

"If I want them to accept my reform willingly, then I must have a proper identity, which can make the believers feel that I will be one of them. Only in this way, they will think that my reform is correct. Yes, the Emperor directed me to do so. Those who oppose are the enemies of the Empire, their enemies, the undercover agents of Chaos."

"My lord, this is a bit too complicated."

"Fikris, you have to continue to study. Apart from fighting, you also have to learn other things. Only in this way can you help me better. We are not only facing the battlefield on the surface, but also those who cannot see We must win all the victories in order to save mankind, otherwise salvation is just empty talk."

"Chaos will interfere with us, traitors will deceive us, and those who are disaffected will also become our hindrances. Some of them are on the bright side, and some are in the dark. Use your strength to deal with the enemies on the front, and then use our minds To deal with those hidden enemies, only in this way can the empire be saved."

"I see, my lord."

"Understood, just go out, I need to be quiet. After ten minutes, report to me about other things."

Phillips nodded and walked out.

Guilliman remained alone in the room, thinking about Espandor, and how to control the state religion.

The fanaticism of the state religion was terrible, but not without its benefits.

Guilliman can use this faith to help him promote the new system and fight the demons.

Of course, this is just a stopgap measure.

The state religion cannot exist forever, it can only exist temporarily.

When all areas of the Empire burst into vitality under his new technology and new ideas, the belief in the Emperor will naturally die.

In the Middle Ages, the dark age of church rule, the pope's power was once very inflated.

In the end, it gradually declined because of the Renaissance.

After the Renaissance, people are more concerned with examining, criticizing and comforting God, rather than fanaticism and ignorance.

In the Warhammer universe, it is impractical to deny the existence of gods.

However, the status of human beings and gods should be equal, and they should not bow down and flatter them blindly.

Guilliman didn't have the skill and courage of the emperor to directly kill all religions and overthrow those temples and shrines.

The only thing he can do is to draw it slowly and take the method of boiling the frog in warm water.

Under Guilliman's order, the fleet recalibrated its course and turned to the mission world-Espandor.

A week later, the fleet broke away from the Warp and emerged outside the Espandor system.

Evangelist communication satellites are suspended everywhere in this galaxy, sending out various coded poems and prayers of the Emperor at all times.

These satellites are not only sent in the real universe, but also sent to the subspace using the auspicious instrument,

Before the fleet entered the real world, it received a large amount of communication information.

After entering the real world, he was overwhelmed by ocean-like electromagnetic communication signals.

The heads of the thinkers who processed the communication information showed pain, and the machine slaves who broadcast and used for calculations twitched because of the huge amount of calculations.

The secondary system was jammed due to the huge traffic, and a loud and piercing warning sound was issued.

Most of these communications are useless, nothing more than fanatical prayers and poetry of the faithful.

This forced the fleet to choose to block most of the information, so as not to overload the cogitators and servitors.

There are dozens of pilgrimage arks with a length of tens of kilometers in the Espandor galaxy, and they tow the sculpture of the emperor hundreds of kilometers high, cruising around the galaxy.

The ark was full of prostrate fanatics and ascetics, who whipped themselves day and night to show the Emperor's glimmer.

The Espandor system hosts two Earth-like planets.

The planet Espandor 1 is the main population of this galaxy.

On the surface of the planet, there are more than a dozen towering sculptures of the emperor that reach into the sky and break through the sky.

The atmosphere of the planet is filled with the smell of incense, and devout believers can be seen everywhere in the huge cities, carrying incense burners and sacred banners.

Among these believers, fanatics are numerous.

The way these fanatics express their piety is very extreme.

There are some wealthy fanatics who are not only engraved with scriptures on their bodies, they are so crazy that they use the technology of Mechanicum to engrave scriptures all over their bones.

There are also some who whipped themselves with thorns and bruises all over their bodies, blood stains, and bones appeared in some places, and they were unwilling to stop, dripping blood dripping as they walked.

In front of the door of the Emperor's Church, there will be some iron cages hanging.

Those iron cages house what believers consider heretics.

Those heretics were tied to iron posts, and the bruises and bloodstains on their bodies showed that they had suffered a long period of torture.

In the middle of the iron cage, there is also a flamethrower, which is opened with the screams of the prisoners.

The high temperature melted part of the iron pillar, and the molten iron flowed onto the heretics, causing them to cry out in pain.

Some heretics had their throats slit by zealots and fell to the ground convulsing. Their blood soaked the ground. Some believers smeared the blood on their faces and knelt on the ground to declare that they had cleaned up the enemies of the Emperor.

It's a crazy world.

This is a world without reason.

The scene captured by the radar array and the augury made Guilliman's heart palpitate.

The madness of the state religion was even more terrifying than he had imagined.

"I hope everything goes well," Guilliman thought to himself.

As soon as Guilliman's fleet appeared, it was discovered by believers in the Espandor galaxy.

News of the Primarch's arrival spread throughout the galaxy in a matter of hours, cheered by countless worshipers as a reward for their devotion from the Emperor.

A grand welcome ceremony was held an hour after Guilliman's fleet entered the Espandor system.

A large number of pilgrimage ships joined Guilliman's fleet to show his piety.

Several bishops even expressed their desire to board the Glory of Macragge and meet the Primarch.

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