Chapter 454: I Am Just an Ordinary Raven Guard

Titus lowered his head slightly, expressing respect to his gene-father.

"My lord, I am no longer a Captain; I am now just a Black Shield warrior of the Deathwatch."

"As far as I know, the current Second Captain is Cato Sicarius; he is an excellent commander."

"You will always be an Ultramarine, Captain Titus."

Roboute Guilliman did not stop the pen in his hand, just raised his head to look at Titus and said:

"Now, tell me, my progeny, why did you not return to your brothers?"

"I have violated the Codex many times; I have been immersed in the evil energy of the Warp; the Inquisitor determined that I had suffered some kind of corruption."

Titus truthfully said to the Primarch:

"I thought I was a disgrace to the Ultramarines and did not deserve to bear the name of Ultramarine anymore."

"I therefore chose to become Deathwatch, hunting aliens until death descended."

"My child, a corrupt Inquisitor has no right to deprive you of your honor, and even less can deprive you of the fact that you are my excellent progeny," Roboute Guilliman stopped the pen in his hand for three seconds, and said seriously to Titus. After speaking, he began to continue working.

Titus, with his head lowered, felt his heart jump fiercely; even with a will as tough as his, he was moved by the Primarch's words.

"Demetrian Titus, are you willing to bear the name of Ultramarine again, serve the Empire, and fight for humanity?" Guilliman asked Titus.

"This is my duty, my lord," Titus said as such: "No matter what duty you give me, I swear in the name of the Hua Hua Hua Di Huang that I will not fail the trust, and I will never fail the name of Ultramarine."

"Very good, do you know what duty I will give you? This is a duty that must be done by you. You are as firm as steel, have shown excellent resistance to the Warp, and at the same time, you are flexible enough to know how to act according to the actual situation. These are all necessary conditions to complete the duty I will give you."

Titus thought for a moment, then raised his hand and asked: "Is it for the Indomitus Crusade? My lord? Do you need me to serve the Indomitus Crusade fleet?"

This was what he knew from public information; the Indomitus Crusade was about to begin, and Roboute Guilliman would personally lead the Indomitus Crusade fleet to recover the holy territory of the Empire.

Perhaps the Primarch hoped he would serve the Indomitus Crusade? Participate in the task of recovering the holy territory of the Empire.

Roboute Guilliman denied Titus's idea by shaking his head.

"Could it be the Dark Imperium Crusade?" Titus thought for a while and asked again.

This was the other side of the Indomitus Crusade; Sanguinius would head to the Dark Imperium on the other side of the Great Rift, with Baal as the center, recovering those areas that could not be illuminated by the light of the Astronomican.

This was a more difficult task, exactly as the Primarch said, requiring a firm will, resistance to Chaos corruption, and flexible adaptability.

But Guilliman still denied Titus's idea by shaking his head, which made Titus reveal some confusion.

"You should already know about Saint Doraemon."

Facing Guilliman's question, Titus nodded slightly.

"He comes from the twenty-second century, likes the number twenty-two, and uses twenty-two as a holy number."

When saying this sentence, Guilliman's expression was actually a bit strange, but Titus didn't notice it.

Every time he mentioned any holy number, Guilliman couldn't help but think of Mortarion, the great master of numerology.

"Therefore, Saint Doraemon also has twenty-two personal guards, and he chose you as one of them."

Acting as Saint Doraemon's guard?

Where did this task require a firm will? Where did it require resistance to corruption? Where did it require flexible adaptability?

Guilliman felt that this task naturally required a firm will, resistance to corruption, and flexible adaptability.

Without a firm will, one would be driven crazy by Zhou Yun's mouth; without resistance to corruption, one couldn't withstand the enemies around Zhou Yun and the enemies Zhou Yun wanted to deal with; people without flexible adaptability would find it hard to bear the urge to hack Zhou Yun to death.

Although he didn't understand why his gene-father gave this task to himself, Titus still said his concerns earnestly:

"My lord, this is an important and critical task; should it really be given to me?"

"Do you think your ability cannot handle it?" Guilliman raised his eyebrows slightly and asked.

"No, my lord, I just think that such a critical position should not be given to someone like me who has a stain and may have been affected by the Warp."

Titus said this completely out of rationality and thinking.

He knew the importance of Saint Doraemon; being Saint Doraemon's guard meant becoming the person closest to Saint Doraemon.

Then, it should be someone who is completely pure, loyal, rational, and has no suspicion at all.

People like Titus who have obvious doubts should not hold such a position.

"I think we should ensure the complete purity, loyalty, and rationality of the guards around that lord, and there should be no suspicion at all," Titus said as such.

"..." Guilliman looked at Titus, and the pen in his hand stopped.

Pure, loyal, rational, no suspicion at all... the personal guards Zhou Yun chose himself...

"I am worried that I am not pure enough, my lord," Titus saw Guilliman silent, so he lowered his head humbly and said.

You are at least purer than the Khorne God, right?

Guilliman didn't say this sentence.

The *Light of the Lord* was a magnificent and gorgeous warship, lying in orbit above Terra, like a golden holy temple.

The original owner of this Hua Hua Hua Di Huang-class battleship was the flagship of the legendary Solar Lord Macharius of the past.

That greatest Solar Lord in history, in the short seven years from the 392nd to the 399th year of the forty-first millennium of humanity, recovered a full one thousand worlds, and marched all the way to the edge of the galaxy, the edge of the light of the Astronomican.

He was canonized by the Imperial Cult after his death, and his flagship *Light of the Lord* was retired from active service, sent to Macharius's hometown, Macharia, and transformed into being able to navigate both inside and outside the atmosphere, forever hanging above Macharius's tomb.

It is said that not long ago, the flagship prepared by Mars for Saint Doraemon was damaged due to the rebellion of the former Minister of the Interior, and not long after, the new Pope of the Imperial Cult saw the phantom of Saint Macharius in a dream.

Macharius declared that, following the Hua Hua Hua Di Huang's will, he would gift his flagship *Light of the Lord* to Saint Doraemon, wishing this huge warship could provide help to him.

So the Battle Sisters went to Macharia, brought the *Light of the Lord* back to Terra, and it became Saint Doraemon's new flagship.

Titus didn't know yet whether this was a legend, religious propaganda, or fact, but this magnificent warship indeed left a deep impression on him.

Sometimes Titus would have strange illusions; he would feel that the machine spirit of this warship was unusually generous and impassioned, and Macharius's own will seemed to remain in it...

This made Titus feel a little worried.

Although Lord Guilliman indicated that Titus didn't need to worry about his purity, standing on such a pure and noble void ship, Titus couldn't help but think of the suspicion he had suffered in the past, think of the time he had bathed in the torrent of the Warp.

If viewed from a strict angle, he was obviously not pure enough.

And he was about to face the warriors who were the same Doraemon twenty-two personal choices as him, presumably all carefully selected, loyal, pure, and noble warriors. Titus felt that he might appear a bit out of place.

He might also be guarded against and suspected by those colleagues—this could only rely on Titus using his own actions to prove his loyalty, which was exactly what he was good at.

According to the guidance, Titus came to the bridge of the *Light of the Lord*.

Looking up, he saw the huge figure guarding the bridge door.

That was a Dreadnought painted as black as the abyss, with its left shoulder painted metallic blue. A small propeller was inserted on the iron coffin of this dead warrior.

Clearly, this ancient warrior was also one of Saint Doraemon's twenty-two personal guards, Titus's colleague————

Titus heard a rumbling sound of breaking wind.

In an instant, that black Dreadnought flew to Titus's front at a speed of at least eighty kilometers per hour, hovering in mid-air.

Titus looked up at this Dreadnought in confusion and bewilderment.

He was considered to have a relatively strong acceptance ability and was relatively good at being flexible, but...

But how could a motherfucking Dreadnought fly in the sky?!

"Ultramarine kid! Look at Cassor!"

The rumbling sound came from the large loudspeaker on the Dreadnought, deafening:

"Tell Cassor who you are! Otherwise, your Uncle Cassor will use his Storm Claw to fiercely slap your Ultramarine ass!"

"Cassor, don't scare him, he is one of us," a voice suddenly came from behind Titus, like a ghostly crow's cry, making Titus break out in a layer of cold sweat on his back.

He tilted his head slightly, and saw a Space Marine wearing power armor as black as raven feathers, holding a sniper rifle in both hands, and two black double knives hanging from his waist, standing at a position less than half a meter away from him at some point.

And Titus actually almost didn't notice it...

"Cassor is worried about another kid hiding his identity!"

"The last one who hid his identity was you, and you still haven't told us who you are!"

"The one before that, ha, it was that guy Kharn!"

The Dreadnought said rumblingly.

Kharn?

Titus was stunned for a moment.

Traitor Kharn?

No, this is impossible, it should just be a coincidence of the same name...

Titus shook his head slightly, denying the outrageous thought in his heart.

"I am just an ordinary Raven Guard; it is just that that lord asked me to hide my identity," that Raven Guard holding a sniper rifle replied to Cassor, then turned his head to look at Titus and said:

"The lord is currently receiving... receiving a guest and an advisor, but He also said that you can enter directly when you arrive, no need to wait."

Titus performed an Aquila salute to express his gratitude, then gently pushed open the door and entered the bridge.

Then, Titus saw...

Saw a blue Space Marine wearing the Thousand Sons mark, engraved with countless blasphemous witchcraft runes on his body, holding a black staff.

In addition, in the bridge, there were several demons with hideous, twisted, and terrifying appearances, seemingly summoned and restrained here...

"..." Titus felt that he might have been accidentally swept into the Warp by a small Warp storm.

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