Warhammer: In the Name of Ashes.

Chapter 109

In the empty space, the black ship reached a subtle confrontation with the two cruisers arriving one after the other.

The people on the foundry cruiser lost their absolute advantage in force after the Gray Knight cruiser appeared, and they didn't know how to continue to perform their mission.

Do people still want it? Do you want STC?I've finished taking them all. Do you want to carry out the final cleaning procedure?
And if he insisted on cleaning up, he still had the confidence to deal with a black ship and the three Astartes on it.

But what about adding a cruiser of the same firepower class?Plus what about the possible Astartes on the cruiser?

When the advantage of force is no longer on its own side, the passive cast cruiser has lost its grasp and initiative of the overall situation.

The people on the black ship cherished this delicate balance very much, and did not dare to do anything that might break the balance.

As for the last arrival of the Gray Knight strike cruisers, their situation is much simpler.Apart from recovering the gray knight squad on the black ship, he has no other interest demands.

And that's exactly what a cast cruiser doesn't want to see.

In the order it carried when it set off, it clearly required that in addition to recovering the designated personnel and items, all bystanders except the informant should be cleaned up.

But according to the current status quo, if it really dares to try this way, then according to the minimum risk estimate, it must at least resist the jumping operation of nearly half a company of Astartes under the siege of two Inquisitorial spaceships.

Or the mysterious and famous gray knight whose fighting style and weaponry characteristics are completely unknown!
The eyes of the emissary from Mars are currently performing high-speed analysis and calculation on his current situation, but no matter how he optimizes the plan, the final result of the deduction is that he will inevitably seriously injure more than half of the opponent's troops at the cost of complete annihilation. And ended up.

As for the mission, it must be a failure.

Since achieving all mission objectives has proven to be completely unfeasible, what about prioritizing mission objectives?

That's easy.The red light representing calculation in the messenger's mechanical prosthetic eye ended in high-frequency flickering.

He decided to complete the task according to the minimum completion standard. This is a rare compromise in his daily rigid and rigid style of work as a member of the Mechanicus, and it is also his lowest bottom line.

Still connected to the communication signal screen on the black ship, after nearly a minute of silence, his voice came out again:
"Our ship was ordered to recover certain materials, Father Constantine, please open the deck as soon as possible, and complete the return process with the cooperation of our ship's personnel."

In the announcement again, Constantine and his STC were deliberately emphasized, and the other two parties present also understood the final statement of the foundry cruiser side:
Calvin and others can leave, as can the black ship of the Inquisition Chamber, and Mars will not be held accountable.But Constantine and what was in him had to stay!
This is the bottom line, if you can talk about it, if you can't talk about it, then even at the risk of losing the battle, this forged cruiser that came with a mission to Mars will definitely go to war against them!
Calvin and Mavie, who were in focus, watched each other silently, waiting for the person who should make a statement to make a decision.

In the quiet atmosphere, Father Constantine raised his head, and his quiet eyes came from under the hood.

He first said to the envoy of Mars: "We will open the deck immediately, please send personnel."

Then he waved his hand to cut off the communication between the three parties, and apologized to Calvin and Mavi:
"I'm sorry for involving the two of you in this matter. The situation is such that I must not continue to let you continue to be implicated by me. This journey together, let's stop here."

He first took a deep look at the owner of the black ship, the alien judge Mavi, and then walked up to Calvin, and handed to Calvin the holy emblem of a gear the size of a palm, which is common in the Mechanicus. out.

"I don't know when I will be able to return to Mars on this trip, but our deal is still valid. If I go back to Mars first, then naturally someone will go to Saturn to fulfill our deal. And if you return first, you can use this as a token to return to Mars. If you ask for a reward, someone will naturally accept the price of this transaction."

Under Mavi's gaze, Calvin took the token that Constantine took out in his hand.

"Understood, then have a safe journey." He said to Constantine, although both he and the other party knew it well, this trip would really be bad luck.

The priest didn't respond to his blessing, but nodded towards him, then stooped and walked towards the deck with the reliquary containing the STC on his back.

The next thing went much smoother. Under the inspection of the people from the foundry cruiser, the broken STC was carefully loaded onto the transport boat, and Father Constantine was also taken away by these people after he was verified. .

Calvin and his gray knights also completed the handover here, and after bidding farewell to judge Mavi, they returned to their long-lost ship in the Thunderhawk sent by the Revenant Redeemer.

The three spaceships have achieved their respective goals so far, and they no longer have the intention to confront each other. They each advance towards their own goals and eventually disappear into the vast universe.

Calvin, who had returned to his own battleship, moved quickly towards the bridge with the help of the automatic gangway.

The gray knights under his command have been properly placed in the dedicated barracks, and he doesn't need to worry about it.

The thing now is to have a round with Yu Le and ask him how he came so timely.

Calvin boarded the ship on the side flight deck, which was not a short distance from the bridge.While riding various tools to speed up his pace, he went over the previous things in his mind to check for omissions and fill in the gaps, thinking about the gains and losses.

"Wipe!" He was in deep thought and suddenly slapped the big hand that was holding on to the handrail of the automatic gangway.

He just played the film repeatedly in his mind like a movie, and happened to catch Constantine's deep eyes on Ma Wei.

At that time, Calvin was already doubtful, but the urgency of the situation did not allow him to savor it carefully.He had no choice but to give up his deep thinking.

But when he reviewed the entire process, a question that he had to ask appeared in his mind:
How did the foundry cruiser from Mars find the moving Noble and Dirty so accurately in the vast universe?

How is this possible without a constant reminder to keep updated coordinates?

There are ghosts!
So, besides Calvin and Constantine, who is the only person on this ship who has the ability to be the ghost?
The garrison priest Deliza?Impossible, because since Constantine came to this black ship, all his functions have been delivered to the latter with a higher level by default.

In terms of the terrifying internal control capabilities within the Adeptus Mechanicus, let alone Deliza has his own will to backstab Constantine, I am afraid that the core frequency in his mind is not up to him!
Who else?Although he didn't want to admit it, after combining that meaningful look, Calvin finally turned his suspicious eyes to the alien judge who had no sense of existence from the beginning to the end.

This humble fat man is the most capable and most likely to do this!
"Hey! One fish and three meals! What a good deal!" Calvin thought bitterly, biting his teeth.

The blood pressure caused by embarrassment rushed to Calvin's face in an instant. Even in his two lifetimes, he also thought highly of himself, and he had to realize it after the fact that he could suffer such a big loss.

So angry!He almost wanted to rush to the bridge and order the soul savior to chase after that fat man, but he could figure out with his butt that the other party would never let him have a chance to catch the black ship at this time, and he might have fled to nowhere up.

It's shameful, it's right to have been played with in the palm of your hand the whole time.

If he could see this guy again one day, he, Calvin, would definitely ask this mercenary fat man for an explanation.

The process of thinking made the time go fast, and Calvin had already reached the bridge of his own ship before he knew it.

Yule, who was already standing on the edge of the high platform waiting for him, noticed his strange emotions from a distance.

But as the big brother, he didn't delve into it. He just took Calvin's hand and said to him:
"Come back? Just come back. I heard that you earned a set of good things for your hometown? You worked hard!"

　Second watch, please vote.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)