"Your Grace!!" a loud greeting was heard along with the sound of armor hitting the ground
Turning to the source, Bastion could see several of the Arbiters and Astra Militarum kneeling before him.
"You may rise, leave this to the Skitarrii forces, go around and rescue any that are trapped. Chaos is not subtle, you will know a cultist when you see one" Bastion ordered without blinking
He had gotten used to the nobility of his position and his lineage so even things like this somehow didn't phase him.
"As you wish!!" they all answered in unison before standing and dispersing as he had ordered
This event had opened his eyes to several changes that needed to be done. It was true that to fully change this world and even achieve his goal, he needed to change the government first but it seems that his people may have to come before that.
"My lord" a voice resounded as he saw a familiar woman coming towards him
It was Selene and he could see worry written on her face but he didn't know if that was genuine or if it was just the contract acting.
However he didn't have the time for it.
"I am fine. Selene, let's focus on our people and begin to look into this uprising, what officials were involved… I want them in my office before the day ends" Bastion said.
"I will look into it, my lord" she replied even as she subtly nudged him towards a`medicae van to get checked.
Bastion noticed her behaviour but merely followed along, after all one of the many duties of a leader was to ensure to be safe and healthy to pacify the worries of their followers.
Soon after, a hover craft was brought over as Bastion made his way back to the upper spire..
"Your Grace!" Elara greeted as she bowed
"Tell the kitchen to prepare that slurry for me" Bastion ordered as he made his way into his room
He could feel his body weakening by the second, it was a feeling he was all too familiar with. He had exerted too much strength during the battle just now.
He could feel his body withering from within, his metabolism was that fast which meant that he was back to square one again until he ate properly
"As you wish, your eminence" Elara said before hurrying along Meanwhile Bastion himself entered his room and was staring at himself in the mirror.
The figure he was seeing kept on reducing in size almost every few seconds, it was a small reduction but his eyes were sharp enough to notice them.
Roughly five minutes later, Elara entered the room with the high calorie smoothie he had been taking when he first arrived in this world.
Thinking about it now, a few months had passed since he came to this world and today he had seen the greatest enemy of mankind.
However the longer he thought about the type of power that Chaos was, the more he questioned how and why the Imperium even considered them such a great enemy.
He had observed and it was now an established fact that Chaos had no power beyond human agency. People needed to be tempted to fall to it if that was so then all he needs to do is to completely remove the possibility of being tempted
"That's impossible" Bastion commented aloud as he drank his smoothie while trying to devise a good plan
The second option which he leaned into even more was propaganda. If he had learnt anything since coming here it was that collective belief had an effect on things.
The fact that his prayers had an effect said way more than a lot so the best way to actively combat Chaos, the best way was propaganda.
"Let's hope we will be able to handle whateverhorrors they may throw our way" Bastion thought as he finalized his plans.