The Savior: What are the Grey Knights doing? They don't want to...

Screw me, huh?!?!

"Emperor, the Grey Knights' Oath of Purity shall be fulfilled at last!"

The order from Titan had strained Kovan's emotions to the breaking point, and left him somewhat excited too.

Every Grey Knight knew of the Edict of the End.

From the moment they passed the initial trial and became recruits, they were told the meaning of their existence.

It was to slay the daemons of Chaos for the Emperor, and then, when necessary, carry out the final command the Emperor had left behind.

After that, repeated training and the assessment process of the Rite of Abomination reinforced this point even further.

It made them firmly remember their mission as Grey Knights.

Even Kovan, this Grand Master of the Grey Knights, had been looking forward to the arrival of this day.

After all, only by carrying out the Edict of the End and completing their true mission could they be considered truly whole beings.

"By the Emperor, I can see the contents of that edict now. I can die without regret!"

Kovan was rather moved.

Many Grey Knights, until the day they died, regretted that they had not endured long enough to witness the unveiling of the Edict of the End.

Because the contents of that edict were known to no one.

That was where the contradiction lay.

The ultimate meaning of the Grey Knights' existence was to carry out that edict, yet they did not know its contents, nor what they would ultimately fight for.

Nor did they have any authority or means to learn any of it. They could only rely on guesses.

The Edict of the End was the greatest secret of the Grey Knights Chapter, the foundation of its founding, and had always been locked beneath Titan in the Hall of Purity, within