Lox took the opportunity to advise Guilliman on more than just faith. He was also hinting that the Emperor still endured.
After all, it was only when Warp storms raged and severed contact between the Ultima Segmentum and the Solar System, leaving everyone uncertain whether the Imperium and the Emperor still existed, that Guilliman conceived the idea of building a Second Imperium as a backup for human civilization.
Yet everything that had happened in the Ultramarines' Librarius monastery, along with the power displayed by the Book of Rowell, proved that the Emperor still endured.
After all, if the Emperor had died, then who had answered the call of that sacred relic-book?
Guilliman could not possibly fail to understand such a simple truth. Lox simply did not state it outright. After all, the Second Imperium had now more or less taken shape, and with the knowledge that the Emperor was not dead, Guilliman had been left in an exceedingly awkward position.
Lox had no intention of meddling in such complicated political affairs. Whether Guilliman intended to continue building the Second Imperium or revoke that decision, Lox would support him.
At that moment, he rode a skimmer to the White Scars' encampment.
During the coming exploration of the far eastern frontier, he would need the White Scars' strength.
Guilliman had indeed treated every Legion warrior who came to Macragge equally. They had each received their own territory and rights akin to those of foreign ambassadors.
They could even select suitable youths directly from Macragge, implant them with their respective Legion gene-seed, and train them into fresh blood for their Legions.
When Lox's skimmer arrived over the White Scars' territory, a Tengu Mech already transformed into a flying vehicle immediately spotted it. It tore through the clouds from high above, then flew alongside