Warhammer 40: Shattered Steel Soul

Chapter 35 Naming Ceremony
"Name!" the crowd shouted, "please tell us your name!"

The shouts were chaotic at first, but then gradually unified and converged, forming an extremely surging wave.Countless pairs of eyes looked at Perturabo with supreme expectation and reverence.

Mors watched Perturabo accept all this calmly, and put down the fruit in his hand.

Under the ceiling, in the theater, there were clear collisions between countless utensils and plates, the soles of shoes made repeated contact with the ground, and thunderous roars came from the palms of the hands.

Their cheers shook the theater, and the goddess statue was transported into the theater by the delicate art structure in the singing and laughing.

The face of the god is compassionate, accompanied by corolla, elixir, forget-me-not grass, fairy fruit, lotus, hyacinth, and rose. The perfume extracted from various flowers is sprinkled all over the body, symbolizing the most beautiful and good flower garden in the upper world.Compared with the statue that was only prepared for more than a month many years ago, and whose shape mostly refers to the fisherwoman and peasant woman, this statue is not only more perfect in craftsmanship, but also shifts more to the holy inhuman divinity. , to match the solemnity of the whole scene.

Accompanying them are six female ceremonial officials in black veils, with graceful figures and masks covered with gold leaf, presenting joyfully in front of everyone.They have been walking through the crowd for a long time, like an untouchable soft veil, drilled through thousands of celebratory pores, like the fragrance of flowers, like ointment, like the softest shadow of all things, and the most suitable pavement under the bright light. lining.When they came to the open sun, the crowd became quiet, and the chaotic voices were taken away from the venue, leaving only the softness and expectation of shadow and darkness.

The leader held a gold cup in one hand and a silver blade in the other, floating toward Perturabo who was facing the crowd like flowing clouds and black smoke.

"Choose your name, my lord," the ceremonial officer bowed, pointing the blade at himself, so that the exquisite hilt engraved with sigils could be easily taken away by Perturabo, "let your name be shared with your blood." Into the gold cup, for the admiration of generations of Olympia."

Morse turned more of his attention to the officials, looking into their eyes through the black gauze and gold foil.He saw pairs of pure human eyes, six of them, twelve eyes, each as clear and clear as crystal.Although it is strange in numbers, it is not unusual in the senses.

Do not add more entities to everything, and do not ignore numerology in everything.

He opened his vision of perception, and in a brief moment, countless people's minds passed by the edge of his soul.Time seemed to be broken into fragments of microseconds. He immersed himself in the ocean of joy, joy, jealousy, and tiredness and examined thousands of thoughts, causing thousands of colors to fly and slide between his fingers like sand and dust, and from the thousands of sentient beings. A sound rose up until everything was stripped clear and pure to his senses.

He couldn't find any dark and corrupt places.

In any case, he decided to place part of his power on Perturabo to avoid unexpected surprises.Ordinary distortions are not difficult to deal with.

Morse blinked and reached out to pat Perturabo's shoulder. The black cloth on his fingertips briefly touched the surface of the young man's skin.

"Perturabo," he whispered, "go, boy. This is your name."

Perturabo nodded slightly to Morse, and stood up from his seat.His shoulder muscles tense like iron.

The young man took the silver knife from the hand of the Yiguan, cut a horizontal line on the palm of his right hand, then made a fist, squeezed to further tear the wound, let the blood drip into the golden cup, merged into the clear water originally contained in the cup, and gradually filled into a complete golden red reflection.

"My name is Perturabo." Perturabo looked at his reflection, raised his head again, and looked around the crowd, "As a boy I let others call me that, and as a man I will let others call me that. "

"You expected me to choose a name that would honor your ancestors, I know. But I will not choose that. Things have their own essence, which cannot be tampered with, twisted, profane, or shaken. Just as iron is reshaped It is still iron, and it is still the sun that rises after sunset."

He raised his right hand high, scarlet blood overflowed from the fingers of his clenched fist, splitting and merging, gurgling down his wrist to his arm, and finally penetrated into the thin armor.

"If you ask me what my name means, you are asking what rain means before it waters the fields, what the wind does before it brings grass seed, what water does before it can be drunk, what the sickle does before it cuts the wheat What is the value before. The value of the name never appears because of its own appearance, but only after the performance of the thing indicated by this symbol.

"One cannot be glorified by a name, but a name can be great by a person."

"Before I established my career, my name was just a series of strange syllables that required the combined use of tongue and air to pronounce; after I become famous in Olympia, my name will represent myself. My name is my essence, my The essence is myself.”

Perturabo lowered his hands, and immediately someone came forward with gauze.Morse glanced at it, and tapped the armrest of the seat with his fingers, making the gauze wrap around Perturabo's hand automatically.

The ceremonial officer took the golden cup and passed it on in a dancing posture. After the six people passed the ceremony, the golden cup was enshrined between the hands of the statue, which were deliberately left empty.

The crowd erupted in cheers until they realized that Perturabo was not seated.The laughter and laughter receded layer by layer, leaving a majestic silence.

The young man clenched his hand unconsciously, his voice became heavy, and his glance almost made people lower their heads uncontrollably.

"A month ago, I sent messengers to the neighboring countries of Lokos to discuss political affairs of friendly exchanges. In the past week, my messengers returned one after another, bringing me different news. Some countries agreed to reach good terms with Lokos. Cooperate, but some countries foolishly refuse, ignoring the power of my strong army, Lokos, and want to continue the conflicts between people until the last drop of Olympia's blood."

"Undoubtedly, I will occupy their territory. A non-unified planet will surely perish in the future world. This is a warning from the stars and the sea." His blue eyes burned with cold cruelty, and soon this coldness was replaced by More anger ignited, bubbling in his words.

"However!" Perturabo raised his voice and stared at his audience for a long time, "There is a country that not only rejected our diplomatic request, but even killed our heroic envoy in an extremely despicable manner, and concealed the information. Let the remains of the Lokos sleep in the despised country, and we didn’t know such shocking news until the spies sent back the information today! Caldis will pay for all of this!”

He threw the silver knife suddenly, and the tip of the knife penetrated deeply into the ground, reaching the handle.

"Remember our fallen soldiers, our brave envoys, the heroes we celebrate, Miltiades, Patroclus, Reni, Falcon, Kondoa. Their blood was shed for Lokos! "

He sat back on the steel seat, straightened his back, and looked at Damex, Carifon, Harkon, and Andos in the distance one by one, and then let his eyes rest on the main entrance of the Grand Theater.

"Order, the company commanders from the [-]st to [-]th companies of Lokos enter the arena in turn, and I want to review my soldiers."

"We also summoned the former No. 90 Seventh Company and the current No. 80 Fourth Squadron of the Sixth Dalian Company as the deputy commander to take over the vacancy left by Miltiades and be promoted to captain."

　I will add a more orz later for the big guys in the book circle
　　
　
(End of this chapter)