At that moment, as the representatives of the two Great Lords witnessed one of the Divine Emperor's Radiant Angels call Reinhardt a Battle Brother, their expressions shifted from arrogance and condescension to shock and uncertainty.
Their trembling pupils betrayed a profound, indescribable horror.
Even today, thirteen years after the Great Rebellion, the Radiant Silver Badge had lost none of its power.
A symbol of the Emperor's authority.
The emblem of the Battle Group of Archangel Tiberius, an Immortal Knight and one of the Empire's seventeen supreme powers; its prestige had never faded.
Local warlords and Wizard Lords might scorn the Divine Emperor's authority, embrace heresy, and commit blasphemous acts in secret, but they would never dare provoke the Radiant Angels.
For the Divine Emperor was far too distant, while the Radiant Angel Legion would truly descend upon their doorsteps to purge all heretics in the Emperor's name.
