Warhammer: In the Name of Ashes

Chapter 87 Job Report

Calvin was ultimately unable to meet the Grand Master of the Chapter, Walden.

There was no way. As the highest leader of an Astartes Chapter, he had too much work to do.

He needed to be responsible for nearly a thousand monks under his command.

Their training, their beliefs, their health, their will, all of which required him to carefully examine and grasp.

This was still based on the Emperor's personal order, and the entire Chapter did not worry about its equipment updates and supplies.

This was also based on the ancient contract, in which the Grey Knights handed over all the pre-war investigations and negotiations to the Inquisition, and they were only responsible for the final stage of the punishment process!

If it were another Chapter, even a noble Original Chapter. Their leader would only have more work to do every day, not less.

So Calvin could only wait for the Paladin on guard to notify the latter, and see if the other party could give him special treatment.

In fact, this was indeed the case. After learning of Calvin's arrival, Walden did not let him wait too long.

The paladin who entered the room soon returned with the news. He looked at Calvin seriously and said, "You can go in, but the Grand Master is really busy. Please cherish your time."

Calvin nodded, tidied up his appearance, and pushed the door and walked into the room.

To his surprise, Walden was not the only one in the room.

Calvin always thought that the Silver Blade Grand Master Aidan, who had not yet returned, and the high-level demon judge Lyudmila and an apprentice behind her were all in the room.

In his field of vision after entering the room, the holographic projector in the middle of the people that was still working had explained their current work.

"Come on, you're just in time! Come and tell me what time you arrived at the Hershes Section."

Aidan, who was leaning over to watch the real-time deduction carefully, turned around after hearing the noise. When he saw Calvin, he smiled in surprise, and it was obvious that he also knew about Calvin's previous coma.

Calvin nodded to everyone in the room, and after Walden's eye permission, he walked to the back of the holographic projection device.

He raised his left hand armor and simply connected it with the projector, and added his power armor to the list of temporary operation permissions.

Then, when he pulled the map view to the star zone level, he compiled the routes between the galaxies under the three different sections of Hessus, Efrain, and SATA that he passed through.

He turned around and said to the people present: "Our consideration at the time was like this..."

As Calvin narrated, he talked about the state of the SATA galaxy at the time and some details that were revealed in places that outsiders could not see. Which of these details had an impact on his subsequent choice of airborne landing was also reversed and disassembled by Calvin in this meeting.

Aidan, Ludmila and others who were listening to Calvin's narration also joined the discussion of the topic when the former talked about themselves.

Supreme Grand Master Walden looked at everything in front of him with satisfaction. He smiled and stood in front of his table with his arms raised, and did not join the already heated discussion.

Everyone's concentration and selflessness were worthy of his praise, and he did not want to interrupt such a beautiful and simple enthusiasm.

After another review with Calvin joining in, which lasted for a full six hours, everyone slowly dispersed and walked back to their own residences.

Calvin, who had already given up the purpose of today's report, was about to stand up when Aidan behind him gently pressed his shoulder.

When he looked in the direction of Aidan's chin, he saw and understood the meaning in Walden's eyes.

The Grand Master himself knew very well that Calvin's original purpose of coming here was definitely not to review the game, so he used his eyes to signal him to stay alone later.

So Calvin stood at the Grand Master's door like a servant after a banquet, respectfully seeing off everyone who left.

Aidan was the first to walk out, and while he walked, he was dancing and describing something with Avan Stern, the commander of the Third Company who came later.

Ms. Lyudmila, the high-level demon judge, was the last one. When she left the door and passed by Calvin, she deliberately stopped.

She once again affirmed the necessity of Calvin's behavior and choice on SATA No. 1. It was not until she was about to leave that she casually introduced the young man who had been silent behind her:

"Rubio Vladimir Antonov, my apprentice. A very good young man with the same firm belief and compassion for the common people of the empire as you."

She pushed him in front of Calvin so that Calvin could see him more clearly. Then she said: "If one day, when I am no longer in this position, if you need it, please protect this child. Don't worry about the factional struggle among us. No one will track down a seed to the end."

Calvin was a little overwhelmed. When he was struggling whether to refuse this sudden promise and responsibility.

The great mentor Walden in the room transmitted his voice to Calvin's ears through psychic power: "Promise her, this is what she deserves."

Calvin swallowed the refusal that was already in his mouth. He didn't know Walden's intention, but at this time Calvin chose to believe him.

He leaned over and looked at the lady in front of him and the young man beside her. He looked at him carefully for 5 seconds, then straightened up and half-jokingly agreed to Lyudmila:

"Okay, I think I know him well enough. As long as he needs it, as long as he is willing to reach where I am, I am willing to give him shelter."

"Thank you for your mercy." Lyudmila pulled the young man and gently bowed her head to Calvin.

After that, the high-ranking judge Lyudmila said nothing more for herself. She turned her gaze to the shadows in the room, took a deep look, and left.

When everyone had left, Calvin gently closed the door beside him, then turned around and walked towards the inside of the house.

I don't know when Walden once again sat in front of his exclusive, huge stone table, writing his documents and information that almost never saw the end.

When he heard Calvin's footsteps, he lowered his head and did not raise it, but just said softly: "Sit."

Calvin walked 3 meters away from the table, pulled over a chair that fit his body shape, and sat quietly on it, waiting for Walden's inquiry.

He was not made to wait for long, after speeding up the review and signing of the document in his hand.

The Supreme Master Walden placed it on his right hand, and then said to Calvin:

"So Calvin, what do you say?"

After hearing the other party's inquiry, Calvin informed Walden of his intention:

"I'm here to debrief on the previous battle on SATA One."

And Walden’s reaction was also very relaxed:

"Well, actually you've already done it, just now, haven't you?"

Calvin returned: "Ah, yes. If what I just said can be regarded as a debriefing..."

Walden's answer: "Of course it is! In fact, this is also a very good experience. I personally appreciate your final choice very much. It would be better if you could think more about the future of the chapter..."

Calvin: "…………"

Walden: "Okay, no joke, there is no problem with your choice. In fact, if you had not chosen to bear the burden of that planet, we might have fallen short in the end because of the lack of cyclone torpedoes..."

Looking at the other party's serious expression, Calvin took over the second half of Walden's unspoken sentence: "The empire cannot accept the failure that still comes after paying such a price."

Walden: "Yes, so you are right. At least now it seems that your choice is beyond doubt."

He said to Calvin, "This battle has been reviewed many times. The right and wrong have been decided. You don't need to think too much about it. Just prepare for the next battle with peace of mind."

The debriefing has ended after Walden made a concluding judgment on the nature of Calvin's trip.

The rest of the time is chatting time.

Calvin remembered the behavior of the previous demon judge Lyudmila, and asked the Supreme Master in confusion:

"The Tribunal has been so busy lately? Do they have time to come here to review the case?"

The conversation was over. Walden, who had already picked up the pen and was about to continue fighting with the document, sighed and put the pen back into the pen holder.

He raised his head and looked at Calvin and said: "It's not that the Tribunal is so idle, it's that she is so idle now."

Walden looked at Calvin's puzzled face and explained: "Lyudmila, she has now surrendered all her powers as an inquisitor and is waiting for trial. Even her own ship is now entrusted to us. "

"Why? Because of those three?" Calvin didn't understand, but he understood somewhat.

After all, once such a cruel order is issued, the person who ordered it will not pay any price. That simply goes against Calvin’s knowledge and axioms.

"There is no need to worry, right? After all, the war situation at that time has been so corrupted, let alone three, isn't it almost not enough?"

Thinking of this, Calvin still felt that Ludmila's previous behavior of being suspected of "entrusting an orphan" was a bit too exaggerated.

But Walden didn't think so. He asked Calvin seriously: "In the battle records that you know, in any battle where the established procedure of exterminating rats was used, the person who gave the order afterwards was excommunicated. What’s the ratio?”

Walden's question made the originally optimistic Calvin momentarily speechless. He carefully thought about the information about "rat eradication" that could be found on Titan.

In addition to the "Extermination Orders" issued under the leadership of the Gray Knights and the Astartes Chapter, in the "Extermination Orders" solely led and issued by the Inquisition, the probability of being sentenced to excommunication was found in the subsequent investigation. Up to more than 80%!

"Why is this? This is not..."

Upon discovering this, Calvin instantly understood the reason for Walden's doubts.

He opened his mouth to question Walden. He wanted to say that this was too unfair to Lyudmila and others.

But mid-sentence, he made a mistake.

Yes, of course this is unfair to people like Lyudmila who are willing to shoulder the responsibility at critical moments, because if they look for faults afterwards, how can they not find it...

What awaits Lyudmila is the "order of excommunication" that is almost destined to come.

However, when Lyudmila read out the iconic line of the Extermination Order under the starry sky, "I once again authorize the annihilation of all souls on it, regardless of good or evil...", someone asked about those planets that had not yet been Are they being fair to the people who are polluted?

This is a dead end, and Calvin cannot find a win-win answer.

He frowned silently and thought, hoping for a happy ending.

But the hand of Grand Master Walden interrupted his thinking. He walked out from behind his desk and sat quietly in front of Calvin.

He put his hand on Calvin's shoulder: "Don't think about it. She had this awareness when she first gave the order, or when she swore to become an inquisitor. This is her war and her destination. What we have to do is to do our own thing."

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