Chapter 109: Feedback from evaluation and liveliness in silence
These two comments about Calvin are naturally mostly made up of jokes and should not be taken into serious consideration.
Not to mention the former position of "Imperial Regent" has long been firmly established by Guilliman and countless Smurfs from the five hundred worlds of Ultramar;
Shan said that his identity has not even been certified by the emperor, and he has not had the merits of the former. How does the Gal diploma qualify him to touch that position?
Taking a step back, is it really as glamorous as it seems on the surface to take the position of the overall leader and the overall leader who decides all the big and small things in the empire?
Not necessarily?
Otherwise, when those Primarchs had not all left the center of the imperial political stage, why didn't anyone show interest in that position?
Even if it is not for their own ambitions, the Primarchs must at least regard themselves as masters and fight for their responsibilities and missions and their different views on the future of the empire, right?
No, it’s just that the Fire Dragon Lord Wokan didn’t fight because of his own character.
What about Dorne? As the Lord of the Seventh Legion, the Emperor's Guards in addition to the Praetorian Guards, he is the genetic father of the Imperial Fists who defend the Emperor's will and defend Terra.
Dorn didn't argue either, which is very thought-provoking.
Calvin had his own understanding of this, and the powerful "Imperial Regent" was never among his goals.
In his opinion, every Primarch possesses several outstanding qualities similar to those of the Emperor in some aspects, and these qualities can also be seen in their brothers;
And it is precisely these plural characteristics each possessed within the Primarch that ultimately constitute the overall ability that cannot be copied by each Primarch.
Although Lorgar and Magnus also possess psychic powers, other characteristics distinguish them;
The former also has operational capabilities second only to Guilliman, allowing the Word Bearers to have the number and war potential second only to the Ultramarines before their rebellion;
The latter has a character similar to that of Angron before his complete collapse. He is the most talented general among all the Primarchs.
What about the two men who claim to be steel, Faenus and Perturabo?
Such similar but different cases are numerous among the 18 known primarchs;
This was decided by the Emperor based on the different responsibilities they assumed during the Great Crusade.
And Calvin also came to the final conclusion through occasional thinking:
The special position of Imperial Regent must and can only be held by Guilliman.
Other Primarchs may be able to fulfill the basic functions in this position, but if you want to maximize the value of this position, it must be Guilliman himself.
Calvin naturally had his own mission, his own personal mission.
He knew that his birth was completely different from the 20 brothers before him in terms of historical background.
So in his case, after the emperor lowered his bet, the victory he hoped to see would naturally be different.
What is he?
Or to be more precise, what is a Gray Knight?
Is it just the secret weapon of the Inquisition?
Or is it the Empire's desperate resistance to the gods and demons of the Warp?
Or are they just a reflection of some of the Emperor's nostalgia for the Legion era?
None!
The true value of the Gray Knights is that they are all made by the Emperor himself;
Because each of their souls is confirmed to be pure;
The reason is that they are the emperor who has realized that it is impossible for humans to bypass the subspace and develop independently, and they are the last attempt to determine the fate of the human race!
They are by no means just the guardians of the empire against demons!
Like the Imperial Guards who have been trained by the Emperor himself, they are also a template for the Emperor's future human race, and naturally represent another direction of human evolution.
The difference between the two is that the former has been proven to have failed and has no real chance of promotion;
This is the reason why the Custodes Guards, who hated the Astartes because of the Great Rebellion, have a completely opposite attitude towards the Gray Knights;
This is also the reason why they have complicated feelings towards the Gray Knights as human templates created by the Emperor himself!
Calvin should not just focus on this. The Empire, a product that has been abandoned by the Emperor in a certain sense, is doomed to fail.
How to lead the Gray Knights out of the embarrassment of extinction and ensure the basic survival of mankind on the basis of expanding their numbers is his basic responsibility;
He has already accomplished this.
And devote more energy to the Gray Knights' plate to explore, activate and fulfill the foundation left by the Emperor on the Gray Knights;
It is his mission to open up another path for the ascension of the entire human race!
This position of "regent" is left to Guilliman.
Calvin believed that his brother, who also had great ambitions and had many backup plans, would one day return to the imperial stage.
The foundation of the empire still needs his protection and operation. As for Calvin, he has his own way to go.
The above is the refutation of the second sentence of his evaluation of the work results of the all-pervasive agents of the Inquisition.
As for the evaluation of Calvin in the first sentence as "not a lucky one", Calvin did not deny it.
Respecting the rules of the game and making good use of them is the foundation of the national culture where he was born in his previous life.
He has always been proud of this, and hopes to be like the country in his previous life, using his own wisdom to follow other people's rules, and ultimately achieve a victory that even the creator of the rules can hardly deny.
The foresight of the veterans in the Council of Grand Masters here coincides with Calvin’s views.
The convergence of values represented by the two's acting styles can be regarded as a great surprise in the eyes of both parties;
Considering those negative examples in history, those Primarchs who did not recognize the style of their Legion and the tragic fate of their Legion.
Both the elders in the Council of Grand Masters and Calvin himself are extremely grateful for each other's existence.
A Primarch who has never participated in the establishment of the legion, but is consistent with the natural temperament of his legion;
I have to say that this is the luck of the Gray Knights and the great luck of the empire.
This is how they act, and the two sides of order are also vividly reflected.
In the battle with demons, they burned away the filth like the fiercest flames;
And behind the patience of making full use of the rules within the system and playing steadily, there is the calmness of never leaving the situation to fate.
It was no coincidence that Calvin looked at these two words on the parchment and smiled silently.
And through his real-time link to the psychic network, all the Gray Knights saw this information immediately.
This kind of alternative "praise" made these Gray Knights feel happy, and also made other people near them feel a little clue.
But these eyes with hidden questions cannot stop them from happily "communicating".
Such is the case on the Revenant Redeemer, where there is activity hidden in the silence.
In the busy crowd of the headquarters, every time two or more Gray Knights meet again, their eyes and psychic abilities bypass those mortal senses. Under the seemingly serious silence, there is extremely lively internal communication: p>
"Hey! The boss has posted again, have you read it?"