Warhammer: In the Name of Ashes.

Chapter 120 Reason and Tears

"How's the situation on the ground?"

After the hustle and bustle, Calvin, who had just arrived from behind the crowd, asked the people who were dispersing.

Tabers and the others did not stay, they still had their own tasks, only Yule stayed and told him:
"The latest feedback is that the cleanup of the ground is nearing completion. However, the pressure of the star navy's army has frightened the people on the ground, and their morale is very bad."

"They already know the court's attitude towards them?" Calvin asked worriedly.

"It's never been a secret." Yule shook his head and said to Calvin.

Regarding the handling of sources of chaos pollution by various departments of the empire, the attitudes of both the Tribunal and the High Lords Council have not changed from beginning to end:

Cutting the weeds to get rid of the roots is their consistent guideline, in fact, it is also the only guideline.

Without the guarantee from Rhine Hoffmann, who is also the judge, it would be very difficult for these Star Border Forces and Defense Forces to be smoothly mobilized knowing that they would be liquidated at some time.

But the situation on the orbit now undoubtedly showed these fighters on the ground that the guarantee of the Tribunal was not trustworthy, and the cleansing that should come was never at night because of a frivolous guarantee by a certain person.

"What about the battle situation? Can it continue? Will it fall short?" Calvin thought of the worst ending.

"Not at all. The combat mission on the ground is actually over. What is being carried out now is mainly sporadic cleaning and the expulsion and isolation of the aborigines."

Yule's answer reassured Calvin, but the word he heard next made him nervous again.

"Aborigines? Are there still aborigines alive?" He was vigilantly aware that the complexity of the matter was once again beyond his imagination.

"Of course, hive capitals are not the only places on this planet where people can live. The mine itself and other ancillary facilities also have small-scale settlements."

"This is troublesome..." Calvin said with a frown.

"Yeah, that's what the troops on the ground were worried about. They collected these refugees a lot during the battle. After all, letting them run around on the battlefield would only cause more trouble. But in the process of collecting The inevitable close encounters are now an excuse for the Inquisition, which is difficult."

"What is the opinion of the court?"

"Clean in place, after finishing all ground work."

"What is the opinion of the Goliath battle group?"

"This is where the trouble lies. They only agree to perform memory cleansing, not inactivation."

"This..." Calvin blinked, not knowing what to say.

If it were him, he also couldn't accept that his comrades who had been fighting side by side with him for several months would be asked to clean up in the next second, and he had to watch it with his own eyes.

The most ironic thing is that the reason for the purge is precisely because of the tasks performed by myself and my comrades-in-arms, and the way to deal with it and the discretion of the severity are completely left to an unfamiliar person to decide.

"Not negotiable?" Calvin thought of something.

In the missions of the Gray Knights to fight and eliminate chaos, it is not necessary to completely extinguish the fire. Although the cost of memory cleaning itself is a bit higher, it is by no means unthinkable, especially if the goals to be executed are all A frontline soldier of the Empire.

The cost of training and arming these soldiers and officers in their prime is definitely not a small sum.Is it a waste to burn it like this?
Taking a step back, even after the memory cleaning, it is good to be a strong labor force if you change jobs to fill the vacancy in the population!
Calvin can assure you that these militarized-trained star border troops and the minimum paramilitary-educated defense forces are absolutely far superior to those ordinary workers who are composed of gang members in terms of execution ability and execution discipline.

But he thought again, what he could think of, the judge couldn't think of?Even if Erlan mentioned that his brain was eaten by Khorne, Rhine Hoffman couldn't think of it?Taking a step back, neither of them could have imagined, what about the two Astartes captains?
What stands in the way of this plan?Why is no one mentioning this plan?

The incident in the middle made Calvin even more puzzled. He could feel that when things had developed to the present situation, there were always some people whose purpose was no longer pure.

Yule looked at the thoughtful Calvin, and seemed to understand what the other party was thinking, and what he was wondering about.

He lightly thought of Calvin and said, "Have you heard of dog training?"

"Huh?" Calvin instantly became alert.He turned his head and looked at Yule sharply and said:

"You know what you're talking about, right? This is a very serious accusation!" Calvin was so angry that even his voice trembled rarely.

Yule patted Calvin on the shoulder lightly, signaling him to stay calm.

"It's all my guess. Don't you think it looks a lot like this?" Yule said softly. Obviously, what this veteran's nearly a thousand years of service has brought him is not all rich combat experience and fearless will. His career and special observation angles also gave him rich political wisdom.

Obviously, the former is the cornerstone of his qualifications as a gray knight; the latter is the reason why he can stand out from the crowd of veterans and eventually become the company commander.

Where is this like!

Under Jule's speculation, or Jule's deliberate reminder, Calvin once again recalled the cause and effect of the whole incident, especially the various behaviors after the abnormal arrival of the judge Erlante, he and the people behind him The idea is already there.

This is not the first time. Isn't the tauren warband that doesn't have a relationship with its predecessor and doesn't even understand its own warband history and mother regiment? Isn't it a model?

On Terra, there was a group of people who saw that some of the High Lords successfully used their power to extend their hands to these Astartes battle groups who were not protected by the Primarch and restrained by the Codex, and then After mastering a force outside the rules, I feel a little unwilling to be lonely.

"Is this the truth? So, the promoter this time is the Tribunal?"

After the unbelievable shock, Calvin felt more sadness than anger.

He grieves that these descendants of the Primarch, once the Angels of the Emperor, the glorious and great, have been reduced to the point where they are caught at will and used as watchdogs;
He is sad that the empire he fought for is actually controlled by such a group of people who are mad and greedy for power;

And what saddened him the most was that the Tribunal established as the Emperor's own eyes was no longer as pure as it was at first.

Some of them have forgotten their mission, and simply fell into the endless thirst for power.

Emperor!Look at your child!Even though I have never fought side by side with them, but for the sake of keeping your blood in me as well as them, please look at them!
How could you allow these greedy mortals to be so presumptuous!We love them so much!But look!Why are their faces so ugly!
They do this, how can I face you, those who have gone forward without knowing their life or death, and those who have died in battle... Brothers!
What is the purpose of our protection for nearly ten thousand years!

Calvin or Jiang Wen, even though he was a man for two lives, even if he served in the army for two lives, his hard soul still couldn't help crying at this moment under such an impact.

His body was crying like a child at this moment, and ice blue rain began to fall in his soul world at this moment.

(End of this chapter)