Chapter 160 After Many Twists and Turns, an Old Friend Met

Relying on the Emperor's blessing.

Calvin's meeting with Elder Richelieu went very smoothly. This former Grey Knight Grand Master, who was born in a high-ranking noble family on Terra, was very elegant. Even in a holy coffin made of pure gold, he could not stop his gentle words and wisdom in his plainness.

Relying on the Emperor's blessing again.

Our respected Lord of the Victory Hall, the High Templar Knight Galaher, has not blessed his mouth.

So fortunately, there were not many twists and turns on the return journey.

Calvin and his new ship, the battleship Indomitable Will, and the hundreds of thousands of Tindalos Legion soldiers on board, successfully arrived at the home planet Titan in the Solar Segment.

To Calvin's surprise, the Sword of the Oath seemed to be more important than he thought.

Rarely, more than half of the senior members of the Chapter attended the ceremony, and the representatives of the Inquisition in the Solar Segment also attended.

The Supreme Grand Master Walden even threatened to rotate the Grey Knights fighting outside to return to participate in the ceremony in the next half century.

This was the most important ceremony Calvin had ever seen in his life. Apart from his own induction ceremony, he had never seen an event that was more important.

This doubt was raised in a private meeting with Grand Master Walden later, but no answer was received.

The old man just patted Calvin on the shoulder and said that the time was not right, and sent him back.

The trip to the Terra Palace was only mentioned briefly in this meeting, and no further discussion was made.

The Grand Master's opinion was surprisingly consistent with Calvin himself:

Before obtaining the corresponding identity, all trips to Terra will be temporarily shelved.

What they lacked was time, and they would never rashly put themselves in the public eye before the time was right.

Calvin did not stay on Titan for too long. Shortly after participating in the ceremony of witnessing the Sword of the Oath, he and his battleship, the Indomitable Will, led the other two strike cruisers that returned for the rotation and embarked on the return journey.

Compared with the time when they came, there were many more newcomers on the returning ship.

In addition to half of the company of Grey Knights, the Imperial Guards Captain Nicholas, who had finished reporting, and the 2,000 members of the Psychic Choir from the Inquisition were pure guests.

The former's purpose is self-evident. Except for Calvin himself, everyone around him has adapted to this group of "golden pendants" following Calvin's journey;

The latter's purpose is of great significance, because after nearly fifty years of continuous construction, the Titan II Fortress Group in the Feldman Galaxy is finally nearing completion.

When all personnel are trained and weapons and equipment are in place, the only remaining project is the exclusive prayer ritual of the Holy Hammer Order - the Dimensional Mist.

That's right, it is the cover that was originally set for Titan by the Imperial Chancellor, the Magic Mark Malcador, and the huge spell that uses the planet as the object of the spell.

This is the largest spell ever created by mankind. In addition to the Emperor himself, only the Imperial hero recognized by the Emperor himself - the Magic Mark Malcador is capable of casting it.

The huge psychic fog will permanently cover the planetary range, isolating all exploration and prophecy spells while placing the planet outside the long river of time.

It was under the protection of this great power that the original Grey Knights escaped the impact of the Great Rebellion for a thousand years and then went through ten thousand years of training to form an army.

What wisdom this is, and later generations are always amazed when they talk about it. What a great power this is, which makes later generations just imagine it and hesitate.

The Inquisition of this level of spells certainly has no ability to replicate, at least the reflux and acceleration of time are areas that mortals nowadays absolutely cannot reach.

After reading through the information left by Malcador himself, the Order of the Holy Hammer can only rely on thousands of times the manpower to try to complete the first half of this spell.

Even this is barely enough.

On the way back, the Indomitable Will did not choose to jump over a long distance, which was due to the tight human resources of the Titans.

Since there was no rush to return, Calvin chose to slowly travel along the ancient subspace route between the Solar Star Region and the Storm Star Region.

During this period, the Indomitable Will, which clearly announced its existence, will unconditionally respond to the distress signals of every Holy Hammer Order district it passes through.

This is also a touring expedition, which will effectively utilize the human resources of the Indomitable Will to ensure the smooth flow of this route.

The overall situation of the Solar Star Region is better than that of other territories of the Empire, which is also a foregone conclusion.

After all, as the core ruling area of ​​the Empire, Terra has an absolute leadership relationship with the major star regions in the Solar Star Region. Under strong centralized management, most problems can be solved before they spread.

Moreover, the mobile force here is also the best among the major star regions of the Empire - the main fleet of the Imperial Navy, one of the permanent seats in the Imperial High Lords Council, cruises between these star regions.

The defense forces of these star regions are also much stronger than those of the Empire's borders. At least half of the powerful legions of the Star Army, led by the Military Affairs Department, are permanently stationed in the planetary worlds on the main transportation routes.

The first half of the voyage of the Indomitable Will seemed uneventful against this backdrop, until it reached the edge of the Solar Segmentum, the famous hive world of Necromunda adjacent to the Pacific Segmentum.

This industrial world had long since withered, the reason being nothing more than the exhaustion of nearby mining resources.

Of course, there were still ores in distant places, but the high transportation costs became the last straw that broke the camel's back for this world.

Fortunately, the location here is special. As the busiest transportation hub in the entire solar system, the famous star port, Eye of the Moon, is located above the orbit of Necromunda.

The endless tariffs here have also become the main source of income for this industrial world to maintain.

Necromunda had many problems in its heyday, and these problems have become more and more acute with the decline of the economy.

Whether it is the rampant contraband trade with numerous gangs or the endless cult organizations, the local legal department is overwhelmed.

Because of the strategic location, the Inquisition has always kept a close eye on this place, but fortunately it has been relatively peaceful for centuries.

This is a very fortunate thing, because today when the Hive City nobles are completely rotten, the only reason why the public security here can still be maintained is that the local legal department is dedicated (cowardly).

Under the reports they sent to the Inquisition, which were as shocking as snowflakes every day, most incidents were handled before they happened.

This is also the reason why the Inquisition, contrary to the bloated normal state, showed rare efficiency in this incident.

The established process was initiated. At the beginning, under the call of the Inquisition, the nearest nuns of the state church were transferred here to deal with this seemingly small and harmless cult organization with the attitude of a lion fighting a rabbit.

Everything seemed to be so smooth, at least that's what Calvin thought when he read the relevant reports.

But unfortunately, this optimistic mood did not last long, just until Calvin and his fleet passed by here and received a local distress signal.

"What do you think?"

Calvin took the distress report in his hand and looked at his subordinates around him.

"Support! Send someone immediately!"

This is Tariq's usual style. If he can talk nonsense, you will never hear any meaningful words from him.

Calvin ignored his speech and looked through his seat to the seat behind him. That was the seat of Sindraco Girontius, one of the arbitrators of the Grey Knights who recently joined the Titan II sequence.

"It is recommended to send a small team to deal with it, and try not to delay the fleet's journey."

The calm and meticulous advice came from the mouth of this senior arbitrator. This is the advice Calvin wanted to hear.

"That's it, you and your team will go and deal with this matter, the fleet will stay in the star zone and wait for you for three days, is there any problem?"

Calvin asked him, and at the same time he was testing the ability of this arbitrator.

"No problem!"

Sindrako stood up and stood at attention, then walked out without looking back.

"Then next..."

Calvin hadn't finished talking about the topic just now, and the alarm issued by the bridge and the large red dots updated in real time on the holographic projection blocked his speech.

"Emperor!"

Everyone was also shocked by the large pollution signs that lit up instantly. If all these are confirmed, then this is definitely the largest Chaos pollution incident in the Solar Star Region in nearly a century.

"Nurgle's child? Where is the Inquisition? What are you doing?"

Calvin looked at the familiar three-ring logo on the upper right corner of the planet with the mark lit up, touched the stubble on his chin and said.

Before he finished speaking, the voice of Ms. Hemarlan, the astropath, was connected to the bridge:

"Commander, the Inquisition communication requests access."

"Allowed!"

A burst of snow flashed by, and the background was the image of the Inquisition's black ship logo, and a young and familiar figure unexpectedly appeared in front of Calvin.

"Antonov? Why are you here?" Calvin asked in surprise.

"Oh, it's you! Respected Calvin!" The young man at the source of the communication signal was also surprised, but more of a feeling of admiration like seeing a family member.

"I only found out that you had left after returning to Titan. I already know about your mentor. I'm sorry."

Calvin remembered the details of the young man's whereabouts when he asked about it before. The other party had been accepted as a disciple by another Inquisitor of the same faction as Lyudmila, and should be on duty in the distant Taiping Star Region at this time.

"Thank you for your concern."

Antonov lowered his head slightly. Obviously, the excommunication of his former mentor was not a good memory.

Fortunately, he still remembered his mission and quickly cleared his negative emotions. He looked up and said to Calvin:

"My mentor, Judge Sherbakova, and I passed by here on the way to the Taiping Star Region. When I was performing routine exploration tasks, I received a request for help from the local Ministry of Justice..."

"Oh, so the initial alarm here was initiated by you?"

Calvin asked with some surprise, and everyone present exchanged glances after hearing this.

This is a good start, which means that they can get first-hand information from this young man.

"Yes, I thought it was the Ministry of Justice who was overly nervous again. But during the routine inspection, I found traces of blasphemous rituals..."

"Where?" Calvin asked.

"It's in the lower nest of Necromunda. The entire lower nest has been cleaned up by the battle sisters, so we don't think it's the source of the pollution."

"This is difficult..." Calvin looked at the other party, "What is the judgment of the Inquisition?"

"The current information shows that it should be a merchant ship from the Storm Star Region on the Eye of the Moon. After checking with the local food trading list, it was confirmed that it corresponds to these planets."

"Storm Star Region! Confirmed? Where is the specific starting point?"

Calvin couldn't sit still. The matter here could actually be handled by the local forces of the Inquisition. He wanted to participate only to fulfill his duty.

But if the source of the pollution was the Storm Star Region where he was, then it would be his top priority to rush back there as soon as possible to reinforce the already stretched mobility of the Holy Hammer Order there!

"Orpheus Star Region." Antonov said.

Calvin was speechless. It was true that what was destined to happen would happen. After many twists and turns, Calvin could not avoid this trip to Orpheus...

Calvin, who had recovered, said goodbye to Antonov.

After leaving two teams of Grey Knights and a strike cruiser to handle local affairs and asking them to follow up, he ordered the entire fleet to find the Manzeville point of the galaxy nearby and began preparations for the ultra-long-distance jump to the Storm Star Region.

The fleet's preparations were completed within a few hours, and the entire fleet sent out the last communication signal before entering the subspace.

During this period, Calvin maximized the efficiency of administrative and diplomatic work. In addition to notifying Elder Richelieu on the distant Titan II to prepare for war, he also sent out the Imperial Guards envoy Nicholas who had just returned to his side.

The diplomatic attributes of this Imperial Guards envoy, who had been self-taught in medicine for a long time due to his weak body and asthma since childhood and loved to make potions for himself, were used to the extreme.

The mobile forces at the border of the entire Solar Star Region and the Storm Star Region were all fleeced by him as an envoy of the Throne Court.

So much so that when Calvin officially arrived at Titan II to prepare for war, the scale of the fleet that arrived behind him had already exceeded everyone's expectations...

While the Indomitable Will was sailing in the subspace, Calvin was still making advance preparations for the upcoming war.

"I said sledgehammer..." A teasing voice came from behind the desk in the office, which made Nicholas tremble with fear.

Ever since Calvin knew that the captain of the Imperial Guards had a unique combat aesthetics, he gave up the model weapons commonly used by most Imperial Guards and chose the powerful and heavy warhammer.

He addressed the captain of the Imperial Guards in such a strange way...

"Please respect yourself, Lord Calvin, I have my own name, Nicholas Gilgamesh Win Alexander..."

"Stop! Stop!"

Calvin instantly stopped the Imperial Guards' mumbling, and ended this long program of reading the menu.

He looked at the golden armored guard who was exhausted by his driving with some amusement, and said to him:

"You just happen to have some free time, tell me about the things in the palace, and by the way, tell me about the current situation of our sacred emperor..."

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