Warhammer 40K in a Box
Chapter 52

Certification Approved

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The certification of the Blessed Wine was approved quickly.

Although the matter was extremely serious to the Ecclesiarchy, and the entire certification process was quite cumbersome, the authenticity of the Blessed Wine was beyond doubt in the face of irrefutable facts.

For that very reason, the entire review and certification process went smoothly, without any unexpected incidents.

After drinking the Blessed Wine, Pavel sincerely praised it as the finest gift the Emperor had bestowed upon his faithful.

Not only that, Pavel immediately had the Astropath he had brought send the news back to the Mariupol capital, reporting the matter to the Cardinal Archbishop.

To the Ecclesiarchy, the emergence of the Blessed Wine certainly had a tremendous impact, but it was merely a miracle. At most, it might bring the Ecclesiarchy a new Shrine World, or another useful tool for identifying heretics.

After all, the galaxy was vast, and the Imperium had a million worlds. Even if Chen Xi planted the entire surface of Rostov II with grapes, the output would still not be enough.

In truth, both the Ecclesiarchy and the Inquisition had many ways to identify heretics. Using Blessed Wine was simply convenient and efficient; it was not the only method.

In a sense, its religious symbolic significance far outweighed its practical value.

More importantly, the Mariupol Sector was a frontier sector. Even if the matter were reported to the Ecclesiarchy headquarters on Holy Terra, there was no chance of receiving a response from Holy Terra within a few years.

Getting a result within ten years would already count as administrative efficiency on Holy Terra going through the roof.

But to the Sector's Cardinal Archbishop, its significance was entirely different. A miracle had appeared within his diocese, which meant he had a chance to go one step further, set

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