The green-gold metal cover and spine are made of fine gold. The one-centimetre-thick and edged metal corners and the carvings on the spine prove that this book is packaged regardless of cost.
The warm, light yellow inner pages made of the leather of an unknown beast and the black crystal-like writing that is obviously polished into powder from obsidian, and the ink-black and shiny writing illustrate the luxury inside this book.
Calvin sat quietly at the desk in the outer room of his apartment, looking at the oversized book on the table in front of him, whose metal part on the cover had been polished until it was shiny due to long-term reading.
Based on common reason, Calvin did not believe in the authenticity of the signature on this book.
If this thing was really true, Calvin would first have to wonder if all the civil servants of the Tribunal who manage the books had their brains stolen by Tzeentch.
After all, this person is a traitor and heretic who can be ranked high in the history of the empire. He just put the other party's works here openly without any notes or control.
This is really inconsistent with the strength that the Tribunal has shown in the past.
But whether this signature is authentic or not, Calvin is very curious about this special item that can represent an era in a certain sense.
After all, from his point of view, being able to read this book from the Great Crusade era in the 39k year itself has a wonderful sense of participation in witnessing certain historical events.
If I had to describe this feeling, it is surprisingly similar to the feeling of a boy digging out his father's uniform and law enforcement records when he is home alone.
But Calvin still has some basic caution. You can never be too cautious when books related to a Primarch, especially a fallen Primarch, of unknown origin are placed in front of you.<
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After all, if the signature on this book really belongs to the founder of the state religion, then the book itself should be a sacred object or an evil object
So after borrowing this book from the library one day, Calvin did not take it back to his residence.
He took the book all the way to the chapel next to the training hall of the Paladins, placed it on the altar directly under the relic shelf, and then used his spiritual power to carefully check it several times.<
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Fortunately, under such careful observation, this ancient object did not show any strange characteristics.
Calvin breathed a sigh of relief, this seemed to be a fake.
It is likely that it came from the hands of an admirer of the Word Bearers' genetic father during his Legion days, or it may be the work of a Legionnaire who fought alongside the 17th Legion and came into contact with the Primarch. In short, the owner of this book has no ability to resist the inherent personal charm of the Primarchs.
He seemed to fully accept the other's personal charm and the accompanying views on the Emperor.
This can be seen from the frequent reading of this book.
However, Calvin did not agree with Lorgar's self-summary views in this book except for the emperor's own quotations.
He even thought it was ridiculous.
In his opinion, there was nothing worthy of sympathy about Lorgar's tragic life and fate.
Poor people must have their hateful qualities. This is Calvin's evaluation of Lorgar.
Some people may say that he finally laid the foundation of the initial faith for the state religion.
Or, will anyone use the results to deduce the causes, and use a logic similar to the success theory in street stall literature to evaluate the relationship between the state religion and him: For example, the empire’s state religion eventually became the ideal of the Primarch of the Seventeenth Legion.
Such nonsense as the appearance in the movie.
Calvin sneered at this.
In his eyes, the so-called founder of the national religion and the emperor's first devout believer was nothing more than a stickman wearing the veneer of faith, a sophisticated egoist in the face of power, and a deceitful person among all the beings in the empire.<
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Otherwise, how can we explain why the faith he betrayed was as cheap and casual as when he was born.
Is there really a person who believes in the emperor and regards the emperor as a god, and then turns a blind eye to the gods' edicts ordering the army to march over and over again?
What about the promised faith in God? What about the promised loyalty to God?
There really is a person who regards the Emperor as a god, and this god indeed created him. When this god punishes him, his first time is not to reflect on his mistakes but to complain and hate.
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Not to mention that he regards him as the only god in his faith. Even if the father in the mortal world teaches his children, the first thing the children will think of is patricide, right?
When the god he claimed to believe in wholeheartedly asked him to admit his mistake, not only did he not obey the oracle to reflect on himself, but he actually felt that it was a shame to kneel down because of his identity as the envoy who accepted the review on behalf of the god?
Is the identity of the envoy important? Didn’t he represent the god he claimed to believe in at that time?
So where is his faith? Where is his loyalty?
How come he is so fragile, not even as good as the relationship between father and son in the mortal world?
So does his belief have preconditions?
His beliefs must be in line with his interests for you to exist?
On the contrary, if it is not in his interest, he will betray without hesitation?
Even if the target of betrayal is the creator of your life and existence, the giver of honor and status?
So when your God, the Father who created you, is not in line with your ideals or interests.
You are unwilling to reflect or examine. What you are thinking about is conspiracy and chaos?
It turns out that the Primarch's faith is actually a transaction in his eyes.
When interests cannot satisfy him, faith can turn into hatred so smoothly, right?
What a fragile and hypocritical faith...
What a refined egotist...
This is Calvin's final view of this so-called founder of the state religion, just like Lorgar himself said in the Book of Divinations.
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"The distinction between gods and demons depends on the person's stance at the time."
To explain faith and loyalty in such a cheap and utilitarian manner is a reflection of the essence of this primarch.
Calvin did not bother to refute the rest of the views below.
I even saw the sentence said to prove "the legal rationality and sanctity of Horus":
"If one man could summon ten thousand Astartes with the wave of his hand;
If one person can lead these Astartes to take down ten thousand worlds and give them the right to rule;
If one person could command a million ships to sail to the star sea with only a trace of will;
Then how could this person not be a god?"
It can be said that Calvin clearly understood Lorgar's so-called "theism of power alone".
Isn’t this the Warhammer version of Wu Huan Hua?
Isn't this the space version of "The Son of Heaven will be conquered by those with strong soldiers and horses?"
This strong sense of immediacy gave Calvin an extremely absurd thought:
"Is there really nothing new under the sun?"
The clock of the Supreme Decree began to buzz in the public area, and the special frequency sound let Calvin know that the third eighth hour had arrived. Midnight had passed, and a new day had begun.
"No dog dislikes poverty..."
While summarizing his views on this "brother", Calvin put the book on the desk.
He turned off the lamp on the table, then turned and walked towards his bedroom.
He has up to 4 hours of rest time.
Four hours later, the next round of staff operations on the bridge will begin again.
And this is also the last day of his month-long duty plan in the staff sequence.
With the guarantee of fully participating in the basic workflow of the battleship in this round, Calvin already has a very deep understanding of the operation of the battleship.
Perhaps he is still far from those professionals who have undergone professional training.
But in terms of minimum capabilities, he can already be included in the commander's replacement options in times of crisis.
Calvin slowly closed his eyes on the steel bed. His muscles and breathing slowly became relaxed and long as he meditated...
Just when he was about to enter that black sleep, the bridge's direct broadcast sounded in his room:
"Arbiter Calvin, please rush to the bridge in standard combat status as soon as you receive the notification."
"Arbiter Calvin, please rush to the bridge in standard combat status as soon as you receive the notification."...
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The bronchitis has expanded. So I took a day off. There is no need to worry about my eunuch. My grades in this book are really good with the support of my brothers. I have no reason to be eunuch no matter what. But the cough is really serious. The day before yesterday
I already had difficulty breathing in the middle of the night, so I really couldn't stay up late. I just rested for two days.