Chapter 291 Ophelia No. 7

"I understand..."

Calvin said to Nathaniel.

"Don't worry, no one will deny your past efforts and achievements, and no one will ignore the sacrifices you have made."

Calvin's inhuman brain once again captured the key to the problem among countless information.

He directly skipped the cumbersome and hypocritical temptations to avoid any will that might be misinterpreted by language.

This straightforward statement obviously made the three judges feel relieved. The guarantee of the original gene was enough to make them believe that the existing cause would not be lost in the change of power.

"Emperor bless you!"

The three judges understood Calvin's will and prayed in unison to express their gratitude for his attitude.

This is probably the best news they have received in recent months.

After the Charter Conference, the resources of the entire judgement are tilted towards the adjustment of the organizational structure.

A new confidentiality key is being designed, and a large number of public intelligence sites are being activated;

The three major orders are integrating their own resource deployment and delegating the authority to mobilize armed forces to formulate new rules.

The Grey Knights took the lead in setting an example and promised to sink the company-level forces and set them up permanently at the star field level in the next work.

The two major orders of resistance and rebellion are also integrating the deployment of the Death Watch and the Sisters of Battle at the same time.

All departments of the Inquisition made way for organizational transformation at this stage, and some unimportant departments were even temporarily cancelled.

In the context of the original star district leaders and the hosts of the research institute being transferred one after another, these inquisitors who have been fighting on the secret front for many years naturally have some concerns about the future of these research results.

But Calvin really can't simply promise them, because the secrets involved are too complicated, and he can't know all of them and distinguish right from wrong in a short time.

He can only give the most basic attitude to these three representatives and the people behind them to ensure that their efforts will not be easily abandoned, but will be carefully evaluated before deciding whether to keep or leave the projects.

The simple conversation ended in a few minutes. Although the three representatives who got the answer were not very satisfied, they still expressed their support for Calvin's opinion.

This is the best result that can be obtained in a short period of time. They who are in the middle of the matter also know that these projects are of great importance and cannot be easily affirmed.

Calvin's long-term and important matters were added to his list.

With similar meetings of all sizes, he and the entire fleet approached the intermediate node of returning to Terra - Ophelia World No. 7.

Another long and precise bell sounded, and the crew of the Angel of Punishment began to rotate in an orderly manner in the large fleet sailing in the warp.

The chef on board, who was awakened from the hibernation capsule, was in a very bad mood, because the supplies prepared for the officers on the bridge in the warehouse were getting less and less.

Those defense officers who laughed and scolded him on weekdays were fine, but I'm afraid that those navigators who worked on the bridge with their third eyes all year round would be dissatisfied with him.

The personalities of the navigators are always distinguished by age. The older the members are, the more senior the members are, and they will become more irritable because of the mutation and degeneration of their bodies.

They are the real privileged class in the fleet besides the Grey Knights, and they always serve in groups on a certain warship as a family.

As the most observant people on the ship, the chefs naturally dared not offend them.

Fortunately, those great navigators who could really shoot him had no chance to eat in the restaurant. Their extremely degraded bodies had been permanently imprisoned in transparent life-support cabins.

As for those young navigators, after knowing that they were destined to be sad, they were kind to others and tried their best to enjoy every minute of their healthy lives.

An orderly handover was taking place in the work area on the bridge. Rows of crew members quietly walked out of the dining area and passed by the crew members leaving the bridge, but there was no sound except the sound of military boots rubbing against the ground.

These crew members who had explosives implanted in their brains called each other by numbers. When there was no need to speak, they usually completed most of their work in silence.

"Here we are..."

A hoarse voice sounded from Keppel's mind. It was the voice of his uncle Serraford.

He cheered himself up and emptied his mind. Sure enough, after his consciousness was put into the Supreme Heaven, he saw the starlight that was small but bright in contrast to the Star Torch.

"We're here..."

The pocket watch on his chest, as the anchor point of reality he deliberately left, vibrated at 15 seconds on time.

Keppel broke away from the whispers of the Supreme Heaven and looked back at the two armed Grey Knights behind him.

"We have arrived at Ophelia 7, and there are still 30 standard times to the jump point."

The Grey Knight who received the prompt woke up from the statue-like stillness and looked carefully at the pure mark behind Keppel's seat.

After confirming that his soul still belonged to him and that he maintained complete sanity, the Grey Knight looked at his comrades around him and conveyed the message to the top of the bridge in the psychic link.

"Really..."

Keppel shrugged silently and made a face at the boy who was still sitting behind him.

These new Grey Knights were as cautious and cold as he had known before;

But what is different from the past is that the original Gray Knights will at least communicate verbally. After confirming the news, they will also separate one person from them to convey the news.

But now the Gray Knight is still as cold as ever, but even basic verbal communication has been neglected.

"The shift is over soon, go to my place and play cards!"

He used psychic energy to send a communication to the young man behind the seat. The latter was his nephew, and he had just boarded the ship from Terra on a recent voyage.

"Okay, okay! Or the Storm card? Surrender or die! You can only choose one!"

"Change the rules. The storm has cooled down. Let's play something else. I heard that there was a summons recently..."

Happy emotions spread in the fluctuations of psychic energy, and the eyes of the two young people who were growing up were also full of happiness.

This joy was so contagious that not long after, a similarly deep voice asked in the Gray Knight communication channel:

"So what, is there anyone who knows how to play cards?"

"Come and prepare the hall, I, the Storm Card, will slip away..."

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Planet Ophelia 7, the bishop world, the shrine world, and the foundry world.

Star field: Storm star field

Sector: Ofelia Sector

Galaxy: Ophelia Galaxy

Tithe Class: Special Class Exemption

The world of Ophelia No. 7 is the most prosperous world of the Empire in the Storm Star Territory. It is also the de facto birthplace, base camp and center of power of the Empire's state religion.

Believers are proud of this place because it is the sanctuary where the Emperor's divinity is reflected on earth;

The priests are proud of this place, because it has witnessed their origins from the people, and over hundreds of years of history, they have finally ignited the fire of faith throughout the empire.

Tens of billions of people live on this beautiful native planet, but you can’t see even a hive city;

Hundreds of millions of the Emperor's devout servants pray for Him here, and learn the teachings of the Ecclesiarchy here, hoping to sing praises to the Emperor's name throughout every land they go.

Countless priests and bishops work devoutly here, and the Cathedral of Divine Grace, built in 200.M35, is where they settle down.

This church, which was commissioned by Pope Benedin IV of the state religion, cost the entire state church countless wealth and took 200 years to complete.

With a 4,000-meter-high dome and an area of ​​140,000 square kilometers, it is more of a city than a church.

Throughout the history of imperial architecture, only the Imperial City located in Holy Terra was larger than it, so it was naturally given the title of "The Second Wonder of the Empire".

In this huge "ecclesiastical city", there are not only hundreds of millions of priests of the state religion, but also dozens of large and small branches of nuns of the state religion.

At this time, at the core of this "City of Divine Grace", its owner, Cardinal Saratan, known as the supreme administrator, was meeting with several colleagues who had just returned from the core ceremonial area.

The specific route of Calvin's return was extremely confidential, and he had just been notified a week ago.

After learning that the newly promoted Lord of Terra's visit to Ophelia 7 was confirmed, he was relieved and breathed a sigh of relief.

This was probably the benefit of his cautious attitude in previous meetings.

There is no airtight wall in the world. When the meeting was held to decide whether to respond to Calvin's call in Orpheus, Saratan did not believe that Calvin would not know about it.

Or to be more precise, the change in attitude of the two major forces, the Adeptus Mechanicus, which played a key role in the meeting, definitely had an inexplicable relationship with Calvin himself on the sidelines.

At that time, Saratan did not yet know Calvin's specific affiliation in the Inquisition.

But being cautious by nature, he has reached the peak of his career and just wants to stand on the last duty.

This simple and detached attitude now seems to have become a far-sighted behavior.

When the Battle of Orpheus began and the news of successive victories came in a short period of time, the news that Calvin was born in the Gray Knights Chapter also came from afar.

The cardinals belatedly rejoiced at the choice of Supreme Administrator Saratan, because this mysterious armed force, the Order of the Hammer, was a rare department of the Imperial State Church that had a warm and affectionate presence in the Inquisition.

As the top level of the empire's state religion, cardinals have extremely heavy ceremonial and government work.

These arduous tasks also mean huge rights and responsibilities.

In some remote sectors, they hold the power to guide the beliefs of the subjects of the empire, and their power is greater and more permeable than that of the sector governors.

And this kind of prince-like existence, according to the internal regulations of the empire's state religion, must go to Ophelia at regular intervals to perform ceremonial services.

And the content of service?

It happens to be the Gray Knight's exclusive weapon - the Heavenly Punishment Weapon. After the creation is completed, the final prayers and blessings are given to the psychic crystal coating.

This sacred and secret ritual has continued unchanged for thousands of years since the Inquisition signed an agreement with the Imperial State Church in the 33rd millennium.

The senior leaders of the state religion have always done their best to fulfill their obligations.

With a fixed location on Ophelia 7, they silently dedicated and burned their lives and souls to the exclusive weapons of these mysterious Astartes for dozens of centuries.

At that time, the Inquisition separated the State Church and the Grey Knights. The State Church monks never asked about the whereabouts of these weapons, and the Grey Knights never asked about the origins of these weapons.

This tacit cooperation between the two sides lasted until the end of the Antarctic Charter Conference.

When the Grey Knights began to step out of the secret room armed positions and began to take on more responsibilities, their cooperation with the Imperial State Church finally reached the time to start the next stage.

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