Chapter 297 The Holy Bell Tolls, The Rain Is Coming
With the departure of Calvin and the Gray Knights beside him, the grand military parade also came to an end.
The huge torrent of faith on Ophelia 7 finally went from peak to trough after the emotions of tens of billions of people were fully released.
The devotees on the viewing platform stood up slowly after their tears ran away, and told each other the details they experienced during prayer.
This time the prayer to the emperor was so different. With the blessing of Calvin, the oversized "signal amplifier" of faith, the unprecedented emotional resonance of the crowd and the feedback they received after praying wholeheartedly were the clearest experiences in their lives.
The same is true for other populations on the planet. Under the leadership of the devout, they have already broken through themselves and presented themselves to the God-Emperor of faith like never before;
After Calvin's filtering, the dark side of desires and emotions in their hearts were swept away.
This potential impact on people's hearts is so obvious that the already extremely low crime rate in the entire Ophelia galaxy will be almost zero in the next ten years.
Taking this as the starting point and stretching back hundreds of years, the birth rate of the population in the Ophelia sector and the population health index of the entire galaxy, under Calvin's large-scale spiritual coordination, have results that are unbelievable to the empire's top brass. Data growth curve.
The judges of the three major monasteries therefore paid great attention to this place. After conducting hundreds of investigations, they finally came to the conclusion:
The source of all these events comes from the grand ceremony held by Lord Terra when he visited Ophelia in 756.M39 of the Imperial Calendar.
The Emperor generously rewarded the piety of the Imperial citizens here, and the per capita spiritual quality and stability of the entire sector has been greatly enhanced.
Even the psychics born here in the next few hundred years will have unique mental stability ratings.
But these are secrets that only belong to the Inquisition. Outsiders have no way of knowing, and it is impossible to figure out the context of these things.
The long-term impact is still continuing, but in terms of the impact within a hundred years, the Imperial subjects in the entire sector and the middle and lower-level members of the Imperial State Church all miss the experience of spontaneous large-scale prayers at this military parade.
As the instigator of all this, Lord Calvin of Terra, was naturally remembered in their hearts.
As the economic development of the Orps sector became more and more smooth, and its support to the entire Storm Star Territory became more and more important, the name of Calvin's Ashbringer also followed the merchant ships and a group of troops. A recruited astral army resounded on the battlefield throughout the Storm Star Territory.
The Ophelia sector reacted particularly enthusiastically to the spread of this holy name. They recalled that grand celebration and the decades of wonderful development in the sector that began at that time.
The fanatical belief in the Emperor and the incomparable reverence for the saints who descended from him have once again made the name of the Ashbringer, Saint Calvin, prominent in the sector. Thus, it spreads from top to bottom to the entire star field again, and this name with practical significance is rooted in the memory of the entire star field.
The military parade has already passed through the City of Divine Grace. After the last wave of Astartes belonging to the Minotaur Chapter boarded the transport ship and returned to space, Calvin and the Gray Knights under his command also Outside the city of Grace, they met up with the state priests who had been at the forefront of the queue.
Led by Cardinal Jane Harrington, this team, together with the Gray Knights, boarded an airship prepared by the State Church and specially used to pick up and transport dignitaries in the atmosphere.
Saratan, the supreme administrator, failed to wait for Calvin's arrival in the hall of St. Gregory the Great, which was reserved for guests, as scheduled.
He was standing in a church dedicated to storing holy relics. The surrounding area was littered with stasis field parts and fragments, and he was listening to the report of the priest next to him with an ugly expression.
"That's it, right?"
Saratan raised the hand with the huge ruby ring and pointed to the center of the ruins. In the middle of the ruins that spread out in waves, a golden clock several feet high and inlaid with gorgeous gems was quietly placed on a high platform.
"Yes, that's it. At the climax of the celebration on the ground just now, it rang at the same time as the bells on the surface.
Its sound carries obvious spiritual power, and its stasis force field cannot suppress its abnormal movements.
The surrounding relic boxes were also damaged, but fortunately the relics inside were intact..."
The priest in charge of the guard answered Saratan's inquiry in a low voice, and raised the data pad containing the data in his hands. This unexpected disaster came too suddenly and without any warning. When he arrived at the scene Shi looked at the mess here, and could only report to the superiors after the disaster.
"Hmm..." Saratan waved his hand to give up, and the priest took the data pad back knowingly and stood behind him.
It’s not the fault of Saratan’s impatience, but this clock of unknown origin has its own magical function.
Because its name is kept secret, no one outside the state religion knows it. But as the supreme administrator, Saratan was emphatically reminded by the previous Holy See to pay attention to all abnormalities in this holy bell when he first took over.
This exquisite clock came from the previous Supreme Holy See and was accidentally donated when he was out preaching.
The priest who is known to have consecrated it was also unaware of its origin. They first discovered the bell on the ruins of a church in the wilderness when they were out preaching.
Its machine strings are firmly welded from a visible angle, and the specific structure under its shell cannot be detected because of the integrated shell.
The first priests did not pay much attention to it, and when they dedicated it to the Supreme Holy See, they just handed it over as a normal relic.
But its alien aspect, soon after the Holy See obtained it, successfully saved the fate of the Holy See himself and the entire planet.
Or was it the bell that suddenly and spontaneously rang in an unattended late night when the Holy See was on its way back from preaching?
The previous Holy See, wearing only his nightgown, heard the sound and rushed over to see its strange appearance with his own eyes. Its deep voice contained obvious spiritual fluctuations, and the Holy See was enlightened by its revelation and knew of the coming invasion of Chaos in advance.
At that time, the Holy See did not hesitate and immediately launched a call for help and recruitment from the surrounding imperial armed forces.
And when the Astartes Chapters and the Astra Militarum in these garrison satellite areas arrived there, as expected, a subspace storm with a Chaos fleet immediately surrounded the star area.
The war ultimately resulted in a gratifying victory for the Empire's armed forces at a small cost.
After destroying Chaos and expelling it back to the subspace, the Holy See who returned to Ophelia 7 was naturally full of awe and curiosity about the Holy Bell.
A large number of scholars and priests were mobilized to his side, searching for the origin of this holy bell in the vast sea of books in the City of Divine Grace.
But they failed in the end, because no matter which similar holy object in the classics, they could not cope with the clock in front of them. He was also an Inquisition theology scholar who was visiting for exchanges and gave the most likely possibility.
After carefully observing the holy bell, he told the Holy See at that time that this was not the true body of the holy object, but a real holy object with the power of the emperor. After being thrown into an unknown space, it Projection in the real universe.
After that, he paid special attention to this sacred bell. After returning to Ophelia Star 7, he personally delivered it to the hall where the sacred objects were hidden, and ordered someone to be responsible for guarding it.
In the next hundred years, the clock rarely rang again, but without exception, as long as the bell rang, it would definitely mean the coming of disaster.
It was nearly 200 years ago that Saratan received the scepter representing the Supreme Holy See and the seal of World Cardinal No. 7 of Ofelia from the hands of his predecessor.
In these 200 years, this sacred bell has never sounded. Even the joint rebellion of hundreds of billions of people in several star sectors adjacent to the Pacific Star Territory failed to disturb this sacred relic.
He had thought that he would never hear anything about it again throughout his entire teaching career.
But now, with the loss of the weapons of the Heavenly Punishment Stand and the arrival of the Supreme Lord Judge Calvin, major events unprecedented for the state religion in a century are happening on the land of Ophelia.
He looked at the dazzling golden bell in silence, and couldn't help but feel a kind of depression in his heart that the storm was about to come.
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