How can a retired savior be considered retired if his price drops to 40,000?

Chapter 269: Chaldea’s Rebellion against Tiangang’s Psionic Ritual
"I'm starting to feel a little regretful that Astorius is no longer here." Corbulo said quietly beside Dante.

After two days, the Holy Blood Priest has clearly understood that "for the problem of red thirst, we have been looking in the wrong direction for ten thousand years." However, to the Chapter Leader's surprise, Kobro Although the current mental state cannot be said to be normal, this abnormal direction is different from what others have guessed... It cannot be said that there is some deviation, it can only be said that it is very different.

Cobro did not get depressed due to this blow, and even re-adjusted his mentality within two days, and was able to smooth the atmosphere at occasions where only the top leaders of the war group were present as before. This is of course a good thing. However, even Dante, who has always been (forcing himself to be) optimistic, can't help but wonder whether Cobulo's mentality has been adjusted a little too well.

It was not difficult for anyone present to figure out from the public records of the power armor after friendly force identification that this person had not slept for two days and continued to conduct research in his studio. But when Dante, as Chapter Master, ordered him to be dug out of his studio and brought to the Cathedral of the Holy Blood with the scarlet Holy Grail, he did not show any anger, complaint, or anger when he appeared. Instead of feeling impatient at being disturbed, they were cheerful - almost humming a song next to their respectable Chapter Master.

After realizing this, instead of responding to the other party's jokes to ease the atmosphere, Dante chose to remind the other party to calm down: "Priest Cobro, this is a serious occasion."

That is said, but in fact it is not convincing - judging from the atmosphere between the two theoretical core members of this incident, this occasion cannot be serious in the direction that the Blood Angels want.

The two servo skulls that had been modified and used robotic arms to grab small buckets buzzed and flew around the ground, using the silver liquid in the small buckets to draw something on the clean, shiny black marble floor. A magic circle. Fujimaru Ritsuka, who was about to preside over this psychic ceremony, and Mephiston, who was about to supervise all this, stood a little further away, talking about the production method of this silver "ink" in an overly relaxed atmosphere. If you didn't consider that their conversation contained a lot of words like "mercury", "gem", and "psychic power", the listeners would even think that they were talking about recipes rather than a costly and costly process. Ritual props.

Considering that most people's first impression of Mephiston is that he is "sinister, scary, and difficult to get along with", even within the Blood Angels Chapter, Fujimaru Ritsuka can still remain calm when talking to such a problematic gentleman. Keeping the atmosphere light and cheerful, perhaps it is appropriate to assume that she has some kind of supernatural ability.

Although the ceremony has obviously not started yet and is currently in the preparation stage, it is understandable that the atmosphere should be more relaxed. However, Chapter Leader Dante, who has always been open-minded and tolerant, still sincerely hopes that all participants can act in a serious manner only this time. And participate in this ceremony with an attitude of awe.

After all, what will be held by Fujimaru Ritsuka in the Cathedral of the Holy Blood is the summoning ceremony of Sanguinius.

"The Soul Conjuring Ritual" was a simplified version of the explanation Mephiston relayed to the senior leadership of the Blood Angels after listening to Fujimaru Ritsuka's statement. This statement is obviously easy to cause misunderstanding, but in essence, it cannot be wrong: what Fujimaru Ritsuka wants to do is actually nothing more than to give the same set to the Holy Spirit by comparing it to the manifested Emperor statue on the Storm Frontier. Gilles is just here again. But, how could this not be a "soul summoning ritual" that "retrieved the remaining part of Sanguinius' soul from the Star Torch and attached it to the statue"?

Compared with the Emperor, the current Sanguinius obviously lacks some "subjective initiative" in terms of "appearance", so related rituals are necessary. Fujimaru Ritsuka was originally thankful that this would not prevent her from being startled by a statue of Sanguinius that spoke when she was walking in the monastery of the Blood Angels Chapter (it is hard to imagine that the Blood Angels would The work of creating statues of his genetic father was largely done by others, and Arax Angel Fortress was indeed full of statues and reliefs with the image of Sanguinius), but when this ritual was interrupted by a hearing When summed up in a way that seemed suspicious, she just felt embarrassed.

Embarrassing as it is, you still have to do what needs to be done. Originally, Mephiston wanted to take people to the Think Tank Sanctuary, because performing spiritual rituals in the Think Tank Sanctuary sounded like a natural thing. But Fujimaru Ritsuka listed a lot of conditions for this ceremony, and then somehow succeeded in convincing the chief think tank to agree, and also found a way to convince the chapter leader to place the ceremony in the cathedral. among.

Fujimaru Ritsuka's requirements for the site were not based on the affinity of psychic powers, but on history, belief, and symbolism. Of course, the most important point is to have a statue of Sanguinius that is completely carved by the son of Sanguinius. The higher the degree of completion, the better - so the Cathedral of the Holy Blood is naturally the one to do it.

Among the entire Blood Angel Chapter monastery, this is not the only religious building built for the state religion or Sanguinius, but this one has special significance to the entire Chapter.

It may be hard to imagine, but during the Great Crusade when the Empire was in power, a chapel already stood in this location on Baal Prime - the Baal Trinidad had religious exemptions in the Empire at that time and could legally continue to maintain them of angelic faith, and the original worshiper in this church was apparently Sanguinius himself. Even though the Astartes at that time undoubtedly believed in the truth of the Empire, due to reasons such as the customs and traditions of Baal, this building was still planned at the beginning of the establishment of Arax Angel Fortress. Local.

Over the next 10,000 years, as the state religion gradually prospered, the size of the church gradually expanded, and the image of the emperor himself was added to the main shrines, but of course the belief in Sanguinius was not Squeeze out. The Emperor was the great leader of the entire human race, and Sanguinius was the genetic father of the Blood Angels. Countless generations of Blood Angels have worshiped the statues enshrined in the shrine in this form, and used their own hands and understanding of beauty to create countless works of art on this theme, layering them and decorating them in an orderly manner. in the church to show their respect.

Of course, during the Hive invasion a hundred years ago, this church, along with its shrines, statues, murals, windows and other art, was destroyed like many other buildings in the Chapter. But this did not prevent the indomitable Blood Angels from building an almost identical building on the same site a hundred years later and rebuilding it into a treasure house of religious art. Unfortunately, this building cannot be said to be completely equivalent in function to what it was a hundred years ago. In a distant past, this church served as the venue for the final stages of the Blood Angels' recruitment ceremony. Aspirants who have passed numerous trials will stay vigil for three days in the vigilance chapel on the side of the church. If they successfully pass the vigilance trial soberly, they will be regarded as new blood of the battle group and be led to the church. In the main hall, under the witness of several holy blood priests and brothers of the tenth company, a blood donation ceremony was held, and then he was taken to the blood coffin for transformation surgery.

This is how Kobulo became the Blood Angel. After becoming the Blood Priest and even the Chief Priest, he also held many blood-giving ceremonies for the new blood of the Chapter. This is a long-standing tradition, and Mephiston (or Callistarius) and Dante join the Chapter in much the same way. However, during the arduous defense of Baal, the depleted war group was in urgent need of a large number of new recruits, and the selection criteria for the war group were therefore broadened. Although Cobro will still hold blood-giving ceremonies for newcomers in the main hall of the church, he also knows that the vigilance trial that should be placed before this step has not been held for a long time, and many previous screening steps have also suffered from the same problem. of shelving.

This is what the Chapter has to do in order to get through difficult times. In the past hundred years or so, Koblo has always thought this way. In other words, he had to force himself to think like this on many things. Just like many times before, his thoughts almost slipped out in this direction again, but Fujimaru Ritsuka's voice brought him back to reality:

"Priest Kobro, please place the bright red Holy Grail here." The magic circle reflecting the metallic silver light has been drawn on the shiny black marble floor in the main hall of the church. Fujimaru Ritsuka pointed to the distance from the altar. and the statue of Sanguinius are further to the side. Looking along the direction of her finger, there was a pattern in the magic circle. Even if Cobulo had no relevant knowledge at all, he could tell from the graphical expression the location of "what should be placed there."

The Holy Blood Priest didn't feel anything was wrong, but he still looked at their chief think tank inquiringly while holding the Holy Grail close to the graphic. Somewhat unexpectedly, Mephiston stretched out a hand to shout a pause to him with body language, and turned to Fujimaru Ritsuka with some doubts clearly written on his face: "Did I make a mistake?"

Fujimaru Ritsuka raised his head and looked at Mephiston's face with the same doubtful expression, then lowered his head and quickly checked the magic circle she lazily instructed the servo skull to draw, and then raised his head confidently again: "No? Everything is fine. normal!"

"If my understanding of this spell is correct," Mephiston had to point out directly, "you just requested that the scarlet Holy Grail be placed in the position of the 'caster'."

Considering the age (and status) of the person hosting the ceremony, he thought it was a silly mistake for a beginner to make. But Fujimaru Ritsuka still expressed doubts as if something was being questioned as a matter of course: "Right? In my plan, the 'caster' of this spell should be the Scarlet Holy Grail, or something else in the Blood Angels." It’s a warband sacred object that has similar historical and symbolic meanings. It’s essentially a summoning ceremony, so the stronger the bond between the summoner and the summoned, the better.”

Summoning spells in this universe do not pay much attention to "holy relics" (reusable catalysts). If you want to summon specific subspace creatures, one way to try is to use rituals or spells that the person involved prefers (or integrate Some equipment related to rituals and spells), another direction to try is to give sacrifices according to their own preferences (things placed on the altar will really be taken away by subspace creatures and can only be used once), This time made Fujimaru Ritsuka, who relied on "fate" to make a living, feel very uncomfortable. However, the supernatural power of "fate" does exist in this universe, and Fujimaru Ritsuka finally succeeded in finding a way to use it - in this way of "using holy relics as spellcasters".

For experienced think tanks, using fate to summon is not a difficult concept to understand, but it is not very practical due to various reasons. But the form in which this ceremony was established still puzzled the chief think tank:

"But the Scarlet Holy Grail obviously can't cast spells, let alone recite incantations." He pointed out in confusion, "No matter how this ritual needs to be started, and how do you want to make sure, what this ritual invites is indeed me. Where is the soul of the genetic father?"

In directional summoning, it is often not enough to rely on fate alone. You also need to use incantations to accurately describe the entity you need to summon. It is better to say that the latter form of summoning is the mainstream of the empire, as long as it involves relevant knowledge. Beginner think tanks will know this. There are too many things that are destined to be associated with the scarlet Holy Grail. Even if the method of operation of the array itself will cause the ritual to screen out those dead battle brothers who became Blood Angels through the blood of this Holy Grail (if their souls are still there) exists in the subspace), but who can guarantee that in the worst case scenario, what appears in the statue will not be some demon with a grudge against the Blood Angels?

Fujimaru Ritsuka did not answer the question immediately. She just turned around and quickly ran up the steps of the pulpit in front of the statue of Sanguinius. Then she climbed to the altar and knelt down solemnly:

"Because the 'sacrifice' of this ceremony is me. Or, in other words, the 'emperor's spiritual power'." She said confidently, "I am very interested in seeing any Asia without eyes except the archangel himself. Space creatures dare to accept this sacrifice."

(End of this chapter)