The Astarte Canon is a great and sacred work covering military organization, strategy, and tactics, written by Robert Killiman, the original form of the Empire's former Ultramarine.

It outlines Kileman's ideals for the theory of ethical behavior, battle order, and tactical theory for the Space Marine chapter, reorganizing the Empire's military power, splitting the Legion into warbands, with the primary purpose of restraining the Imperial army to avoid another civil war similar to the Horus Rebellion.

The Astarte Canon 2.0, promulgated by the current Imperial Regent Sivir, made many changes to the Astarte Canon by Killiman.

One of the most important changes is that in order to give the empire enough military power to face the many enemies that may arise in the future, the Space Marines will be reorganized from many warbands into legions.

The Grey Knights are no exception.

In the aftermath of the Great Horus Rebellion, Chaos emerged and became the enemy of the Human Empire. In order to fight these dangerous and pervasive terrifying enemies, the Empire has secretly assembled a group of Space Marines dedicated to fighting the invasion of the forces of Chaos: the Grey Knights.

Thousands of years later, Chaos has not diminished as a threat to the Empire, and is still regarded as the Empire's greatest enemy.

When Sivir led the empire on a crusade in the middle of the universe, he never forgot that the empire's greatest enemy was following humanity with him.

As a result, the "Grey Knights" are one of the few units in the Empire that are specifically used to resist demonic threats, and Sivir attaches great importance to their performance.

They are one of the few Star Marine legions that have their own legion of Legion once they are formed.

And most of the formation of the Space Marine legion was arranged by the Empire, consisting of many disrupted warband members and the newly promoted Astarte. However, the Grey Knights retained all of their original warband members, and they recruited completely independently, and the Empire did not interfere.

The Empire's Ministry of Internal Affairs and Military Administration will also provide all the information of all Space Marines and Reserve Space Marines to the Grey Knights, and the elite soldiers of the entire Empire will be at their disposal.

In addition, the Gray Knight's recruits will also set off from the trial room on Titan's Titan in the solar system and travel across the galaxy to search for suitable candidates. Their keen insight and willpower help them detect potential heroes among mortals.

Some legions also spontaneously inform the Grey Knights' recruiters of their own legions' warriors and conscripts that might be of interest to the Grey Knights, which is a highly noble act.

And this is a reflection of the esteem that the Grey Knight has among those who know his prestige.

The Trial Room, located on Titan, is where conscripts arrive and begin training. Shuttles flowed from spire to spire, bringing in the recruits and taking away the remains of the losers.

Each ship was closely monitored by the Fortress Seminary's pair of defensive lasers as it approached, and even the slightest yaw would result in two beams of bright red energy that could smash the cruiser into molten pieces.

Those mortal conscripts will receive introductory training as Grey Knight here.

This introductory training is brutal and necessary, in order to quickly weed out the weaker who lack the courage required to become a Grey Knight. Emperor's gifts are scarce and precious, and should never be given lightly.

In the first trial, only one in a thousand candidates will be able to make it through the Shadow Longing Forsaken Plains alive; The second way, through the pitch-black caverns of the Chenisha Caves, surrounded by monsters, buried most of the survivors of the previous trial.

All in all, only about one in a million candidates will be able to pass all the physical and mental challenges and be deemed worthy of the Emperor's gift, beginning the process of rising from mortal to gray knight.

At the bottom of the Trial Chamber, in the Spiritual Therapy and Bioengineering Chamber, staffed by the Empire's elite scholars and technicians, mortals were able to complete the physical process of becoming Grey Knights.

Once this procedure was in place, ordinary mortal conscripts were accepted as apprentices and began their actual training, alongside those chosen from the other Astarte legions.

Their skills will be enhanced by the Grey Knight Brotherhood Champions, and their psionic abilities will be honed by the Warband's Think Tank.

More importantly, he will need to practice the sacraments of abomination in order to harden his heart against the temptations of the whispers of chaos and the sweet lies of the devil. Leaving no blemish behind the realm requires the firmest determination and the purest heart.

If this last challenge is overcome, it can become an indestructible shield against the coming darkness, a blade forged in defiance of fate.

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Solar system, Titan, Titan.

In the shadow of the Rebel Mountains, the Grey Knight's fortress monastery protrudes like a cluster of jagged black towers, jutting out of the ice and liquid methane.

The fortress has been built to house a thousand Space Marines and their armaments, but even though the Grey Knights have grown in size, most of them remain deserted.

Because the invasion of demons is all over the galaxy, the gray knights can only stand up and resist, and most of them have been scattered among the stars.

There is only a training room for recruitment and training, and the work is non-stop and noisy. Everywhere else, the Grey Knights are silently on duty in meditation, fully engaged in endless tasks.

And in one room, two warriors with armor engraved with scriptures are talking.

"He's the best of the trainers."

"But a grey knight must have an indestructible core of faith."

"Isn't his faith strong enough?"

"The past experience is a flaw in his soul."

"We strive to achieve purity through our faithfulness. No soul is born perfect, but a warrior can reach it through training. ”

"No, chaos is forever a fraction of a second away from devouring us all. We cannot tolerate any minor defects. ”

"We have state-of-the-art amnestic technology, and if we need it, the past won't tarnish his faith."

One of the warriors shook his head, then reached out and pointed at it again.

"You know, Sivir Regency doesn't allow us to continue using this technique on our apprentices. While we know nothing about our past, these apprentices must carry everything they have to fight the demons. ”

"So our selection criteria are stricter than ever?"

"Of course, otherwise, why would we be able to recruit troops from the entire empire, but our numbers still can't be compared to other legions."

"Well, well, I'll tell Fayette about his defeat."

"Well, although he didn't make it to join us, he will take the many things he has learned here with him to contribute to the Empire among the other Star Marine legions of the Empire. This may also be what the Regent of Sivir wants to see. ”

"For the Emperor."

"For the Emperor."

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Hazy Star Field, Livingston Galaxy, Raven Star.

When confronted by the Sadistic Demon in front of him, Fayette took out the books he had been carrying.

And when this book appeared, the Great Demon of Sadism suddenly closed his mouth, and the troublesome voice disappeared instantly.

Each Grey Knight possesses a will that will never yield to chaos, a razor-sharp sword-like fighting skill, an extremely thorough and comprehensive knowledge of demons, and a good psionic quality.

Once trained by the Grey Knights, they can become the most mysterious and powerful members of the Order of Astarte, and the Grey Knights have endless potential, and they will become stronger and stronger in training.

At the same time, each Grey Knight will receive a copy of the Demonology Dictionary.

Fayette had participated in the selection of the Grey Knights. Unlike the usual Space Marines who use power swords, he prefers to use power halberds. And there is more understanding of the Sadistic Demon. The sadistic demon that appeared in the distance was the first time he recognized the type.

So this book......

Obviously not a canon of demons, after all, Faette was persuaded to retire halfway.

And a copy of the "Encyclopedia of Demon Studies" obviously won't make a terrible demon so fierce.

Then there is only one answer!

When Fayette was training with the Grey Knight, he heard his mentor tell him a joke that a Grey Knight, who did not know the demon's real name, could only be chased by a low-level vgrant. And the Grey Knight, who has mastered the demon's real name, can engrave a word on the heart of the demon prince.

"The most ideal condition for defeating a demon is to master its true name."

Knowledge of a demon's true name can give others some level of power over that demon. True names are the Grey Knight's most reliable weapon against demons, but also the hardest of all weapons to obtain.

The true name of even the tiniest demon is a strictly guarded secret among subspace entities, as anyone who knows the true name of a demon has the ability to control its body, minions, and even cultists.

However, it comes from subspace and is fickle in the minds of ordinary people. And the real name is usually completely alien language, and is fairly unpronounceable.

Most demons also use various pseudonyms as a disguise to prevent others from knowing their real names.

However, in the long-term struggle between the Empire and the forces of Chaos, the true names of many demons have been grasped by the Empire.

The Demon Inquisition has a True Name Magic Book, which is a tome engraved with the true names of all the demons that the Demon Inquisition has encountered and recorded.

It is said that there is a copy of this tome in subspace, and this book in subspace is of great value to the demons who are fighting each other in the realm of chaos.

When a demon owns the tome, it will not only rule over its kind, but it will also channel the forces of the subspace, inspiring and nourishing them.

In the candlelit rooms of the Grey Knight's Divination Hall, a veritable group of scribes in black, masked cloaks toiled in the shadows, sifting through visions reported by warband soothsayers for clues to their ever-changing true names.

Each scribe was to be entrusted with only one fragment of their true name, in case they were corrupted by the power contained in their true name.

Thus, every shred of knowledge of the true name had to be transcribed on the blessed scroll of paper with a magic pattern made of the scribe's own blood—no such knowledge could be imprisoned by writing in ink alone.

Each scroll was then collated and explained by a high-ranking think tank in the warband, and then bound in turn into a blessed magic book in the Sage Temple.

Old oak bookshelves cut the heavily guarded reading room into twisted pathways, scattered scrolls, bloated volumes, and haphazard piles of memory crystals bending the shelves.

In the deepest suite of the Holy of Holies on Titan, the Demon Canon is sealed, and the Grey Knight knows everything about demons.

Many of the Empire's loyalists are engaged in the search for the true names of the demons, and the names of the demons they have written down are the most advantageous weapons against those demons.

The only good deed is knowledge, and the only evil deed is ignorance. Azek Ariman is the Chief Wizard of the Children of a Thousand Sores and Commander of the First Company.

Usually on the battlefield, a Grey Knight or Inquisitor of the Demon Inquisition knows his true name by comparing the demon in front of him with the demonic information recorded in various books.

They knew all the subtle nuances and obscure pronunciations by heart, and they would do it well even for tens of minutes.

If this is a demon who has never been recorded, then they can only use faith as armor, devotion as a shield, and purity as a sword, and rush forward to do it.

But if they know and recite the true name of the demon, then they can use this knowledge to banish the demon who has broken into the physical universe.

Knowledge is power, and this is not an empty phrase.

When Faette took out the book, the Sadistic Demon immediately closed his mouth, clenched the demonic weapon in his hand, and watched Faette cautiously with his only remaining eye.

He felt it.

In an instant, the Great Demon of Torture stepped out of his thick legs and ran towards Faet.

But it was too late, and Faette opened the book in his hand.

I saw that it was densely recorded inside...... Emperor Coins?

The book has been completely hollowed out, no, it should be said that it is a box made in the shape of a "book", and it is filled with "imperial coins" full of imperial power.

When Faette opened it, the Imperial Spiritual Energy contained in the boxy Emperor Coin was fully released.

The Great Demon was still closing in on him, but it didn't seem quite right. The Archdemon wasn't in a very good state, and Faette looked closely, as if it was in great pain and deranged.

He took all nine cube-shaped Imperial Coins out of the book-style box, and then stuffed them tightly into a space on his arm.

Swish!

Under Fayette's guidance, a beam of fiery energy containing the power of the emperor erupted from his palm.

However, the originally swift Sadistic Demon did not dodge at all, causing the beam of light to directly penetrate the brass armor on his chest, penetrating his flesh and bones.