Warhammer: In the Name of Ashes

Calvin ultimately failed to meet directly with the Chapter's Grand Master, Walden.

There is no way, as the top leader of the Astartes Chapter, he has too much work to do.

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

Their training, their beliefs, their health, their will, these all needed to be scrutinized and grasped by him.

This is still based on the emperor's personal orders that the entire chapter does not worry about updating and supplying its own equipment.

This is based on the fact that in compliance with the ancient contract, the Gray Knights handed over all pre-war investigation and negotiation work to the Inquisition, and they themselves were only responsible for the final stage of the punishment process!

If it were another battle group, even the noble original battle group. Their leader will only be responsible for more work every day, not less.

So Calvin could only wait for the guarding paladin to notify the latter to 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 keep him waiting too long.

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

Calvin nodded, and after simply tidying up his appearance, he opened the door and walked into the room.

To his surprise, Walden wasn't the only one in the room.

Calvin had always thought that the Silver Blade Grand Master Aidan and the high-level demon judge Lyudmila, as well as an apprentice behind her, were all in the house.

In his field of vision after entering the room, the working holographic projector in the center of the group of people already explained their current work.

"Come on, you came just in time! Come and tell me when you arrived at the Hesas Festival."

Aidan, who was leaning over to watch the real-time deduction carefully, turned around when he heard the noise. When he saw Calvin, he smiled in surprise. Apparently, he also knew about Calvin's previous coma.

Calvin nodded to everyone in the room, and after receiving permission from Walden's eyes, he walked behind the holographic projection equipment.

He raised the gauntlet on his left hand and briefly connected it to the projector, then added his power armor to the list of temporary operating permissions.

Then, when he zoomed in on the map to the star sector level, he compiled the routes he passed between the three star systems under different sectors: Hess, Alfalan, and SATA.

He turned back to the people present and said: "What we considered at the time was this..."

As Calvin narrated, he told one by one about the state of the SATA galaxy at that time and some details that were revealed in places that outsiders could not see. And which of these details influenced his subsequent airborne choices? It had an impact and was pushed back and dismantled by Calvin in this meeting.

Aidan, Lyudmila and others, who were listening to Calvin's narration, also joined the discussion when the former talked about himself.

The Supreme Grand Master Walden looked at everything in front of him with satisfaction. He stood in front of his desk with a smile and his arms raised and did not join in the already lively discussion.

Everyone's concentration and selflessness are worthy of his praise, and he does not want to interrupt such a beautiful and pure enthusiasm.

After another review, joined by Calvin, lasted for a full 6 hours. Everyone slowly dispersed happily and walked back to their homes.

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

As he looked in the direction Aidan's chin pointed, 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 situation, so he used his eyes to indicate to him to stay alone later.

So Calvin, like a waiter after a banquet, stood by the Grand Master's door and respectfully saw off everyone who left.

Aidan was the first to walk out. As he walked, he was dancing and describing something with Avan Stern, the commander of the third company who came later.

Lady Lyudmila, the High Demon Judge, is the last one. As she left the door and passed Calvin, she paused deliberately.

She once again affirms the necessity of Calvin's actions and choices on SATA One. It wasn't until she was about to leave that she seemingly casually introduced him to the young man who had been silent behind her:

"Rubio Vladimir Antonov, my apprentice. A very fine young man with the same steadfast faith and compassion for the common people of the Empire as you are."

She pushed him in front of Calvin so that Calvin could see him better. Then he said: "If one day, when I am no longer here, if necessary, please protect this child. There is no need to worry about factional fighting among us, no one will trace it to the end for a seed."

Calvin was at a loss as he was debating whether to reject this sudden commitment and responsibility.

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

Calvin swallowed the rejection 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 next to 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 he almost never saw the end of.

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 documents 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 purpose:

"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 recently? 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 in 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 suspected "entrusting" behavior before was a bit 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, this is of course unfair to people like Lyudmila who are willing to take 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 which planets had not yet been Are they being fair to the people who are polluted?

This was a knot in which Calvin could not find a best-of-both-worlds answer.

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

But Grand Master Walden's hand interrupted his thinking. He walked out from behind his desk at some point and sat quietly in front of Calvin.

He put his hand on Calvin's shoulder: "Don't think about it. She already had this awareness when she first gave the order, or when she took the oath to become the judge. This is her war, It is also her destination, and what we have to do is to do our own thing.”

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