Warhammer: In the Name of Ashes.

Chapter 153 Ten Thousand and One Deaths (2) The way ahead is uncertain, but the way back is cut off.

The rain is still falling endlessly, and it seems that the world is crying for the birth of evil.

After being repeatedly killed three times, the change spirits running around were finally confirmed to be wiped out.

Under the empty sentry tower, there are still the clothes of mortal soldiers; the uniforms and weapons scattered in different positions correspond to the empty trenches, which proves that these soldiers have not even sent out a basic call for help until they died...

With the help of the rest of the gray knights, Calvin found the exclusive passage for the soldiers without much effort.

The gray knights who entered quietly from it kept quiet the whole time, but they in the spiritual communication channel were conducting a brief battle assessment and discussion of the situation.

"Is it still necessary to go to the upper level of the nest?" Gavins+
"The top can no longer be trusted, but we still have an obligation to know the truth." Golden +
"Will the upper echelons know the so-called truth?" Gavins+
"We have no choice." Calvin +
After the conclusion was drawn, the marching gray knights took out the optical camouflage cloaks they carried with them, and began to enter a state of stealth.

They were divided into two groups, one group led by Calvin, continued to go to the upper nest, and ran to find the truth of the incident and the source of the pollution;
The other team, led by Tariq, headed to the Lower Nest to see if they could find some unexpected clues in this gang-studded, motley heroland.

The servos of the Power Armor are activated at full power, and the electromagnetic muscles that control the precision to the millimeter level are excellent, allowing the heavy Terminator to pass by the bustling mortals without making a sound.

The gray knights shrouded in optical camouflage cautiously walk through the crowd of the hive capital. The seemingly peaceful crowd seems to be living a normal life, but the incapacitated hive management and the ignored profane graffiti all prove that these people are in a certain place. Corrupted in a sense without knowing it.

The peddler who sells clean water does not know that a group of angels has just passed by the stall behind him.

After paying the bill, the gang member who was going to buy some Xiaoshou brand starch looked back in astonishment, looking for the person who had just tapped him on the shoulder, unaware that when he put down the hand that paid the money, the gap between him and the water dealer passed by. what……

It took several hours for the stealthy Calvin and his team to reach the entrance of the upper nest without disturbing anyone. At this time, Tariq, who was penetrating downward, had just arrived at the lower nest. The disorder here made him feel like a fish in water , No one cares about scratching a few tongues in broad daylight.

Passing through the phantom illusion of guards and heavy defense, Calvin and others walked into the empty upper nest.

Against the background of clean streets and tidy city appearance, there is a strange and dangerous tranquility.

Calvin continued to dig deeper with a gloomy expression. Everything here seemed normal, but the more normal it was, the more he understood the depth of the conspiracy hidden here.

His worries were not limited to this, as early as when he first landed on the surface, he had already felt the strangeness of the environment here.

The same is true for the battle with demons. Apart from the soul and emotional gains from the initial slaying, in the subsequent battles, what you get after slaying demons is only a fragment of some kind of soul.

And as he got deeper here, he obviously began to perceive more strangeness:

I can't tell what's wrong, but nothing is right.

The surrounding environment is real but false, giving him the illusion of walking in the painting.

A group of people walked through the originally bustling commercial street, walked through the quiet streets and the villas of officials on both sides of the road, until they reached the real upper floor of the nest.

The rustling of the communicator stopped Calvin, who led the team to the royal city, in his tracks.

Eight hours after being separated, Tarek's voice, completely distorted by the distance, came from the communicator:

"Illusion! Everything here is an illusion!"

"make it clear."

Calvin frowned and looked at the gorgeous decorations on the gate of the palace in front of him, thinking about the meaning of Tariq.

"There are still signs of people living in the lower nest, but the space in the bottom nest is deserted! I guess the same is true in your place! And I found some clues here! Some..."

Even though it was separated by countless steel and several kilometers of vertical height, Calvin could still hear the emotional residue of shock in Tariq's tone.

It was hard for him to imagine what kind of scene could make him perform like this.

"What kind of clue?" Calvin asked.

"I can't confirm, but it's true. I think my comrades and I are right. We are here and saw the battle traces of the Gray Knights! But I have never seen the number of this team!"

His voice was trembling, Calvin could hear it, and he could imagine how shocked Tariq was on the other side of the microphone.

"Our own people? Are you reading correctly?"

Calvin was also shocked. The number of their battle groups has always been small, and the whereabouts of each team has been recorded, and they can all stand scrutiny.

He didn't believe that an unknown group of his countrymen had fought here, and he and the men on the Revenant Redeemer had no knowledge of it!
"Yes! I read that right! I even found a fragment of the Holy Shield of the Word..." (Holy Shield-type Terminator Power Armor Shoulder Psionic Shield Generator, also known as the Terminator Cross by other Chapters, It contained fragments of the Emperor's own armor, Shinichi, smelted.)
"Can you find the internal code?" Calvin asked.

"It's too broken to look up. But Shinichi's fragments are still there! I can feel him!"

Then it can't be fake!Calvin thought to himself.

No matter how real the deceptions of illusions or demons are, they cannot deceive them by imitating a relic containing the power of the Emperor himself.

That is to say, there was indeed a group of Gray Knights who fought here, but for some reason, neither the Order of the Hammer nor the mother planet Titan had any records of their existence.

Events are getting more and more bizarre, but the mission must go on.

Calvin stabilized his mind and continued to communicate with Tariq: "Is there any other valid information?"

"Yes!" Tariq's voice began to blur, and the piercing noise and metal scraping proved that the communication signal was rapidly weakening.

And the other party was obviously aware of this too, and Tariq in the microphone said eagerly and vaguely:

"They left a message! Remember ****. Summer Palace! Be sure to ****! **** [-] times!"

Before the voice fell, the communication was completely cut off under the violent interference.

"Again!" Calvin released the communicator and looked up at the palace in the distance.

"Summer Palace? Ten thousand and one times?"

While thinking, he pushed open the unguarded city gate and walked inward.But the eerie silence behind him made him suddenly turn his head!
At some point, the five champion swordsmen of the honor guard who were supposed to be guarding behind him all disappeared without him noticing at all!

"My Nima!"

Who can erase their existence silently!

This kind of existence is close to him, and he doesn't know anything about it!
Stimulated by the huge sense of crisis, Calvin's muscles tensed immediately;

The meditator servo of the original heart armor roared crazily after sensing the master's state, and the electromagnetic muscles of the whole body were trembling and tense, ready to meet the next moment of violent eruption!

But in response to the eerie silence around him, needles could be heard in the environment without a breath of wind.

"Hiss! Hoo! Hoo! Hoo!"

Calvin calmed down from the violent panting, he seemed to realize the problem, the more he couldn't panic at this time, excitement and bloody courage can't solve any problems here!

The surrounding environment was still terrifyingly quiet, and the silent air became a malicious provocation at this moment.

"Summer Palace, right! I'm going right away!"

Calvin glanced around, talking to himself while also responding to the possible existence in this quietness.

Once again confirming the location of the building named Summer Palace on the map, Calvin turned off the data terminal in his hand, picked up the warhammer at his feet, and walked towards the huge royal city complex alone.

As his figure gradually disappeared, a faint tune could still be heard in the air.It was an ancient Terran ditty he had learned from Calvin the Assassin in another timeline.

Although the tone is ridiculous, it is surprisingly suitable for the scene at this time:
"The big rabbit is sick, the second rabbit is sick, the third rabbit is picking medicine, the fourth rabbit is boiling, the fifth rabbit..."

After another three hours, Calvin found the place called "Summer Palace" on the square on the top floor of the royal city that could not be seen at a glance.

It was a huge building complex that was taller than the governor's mansion of the nominal owner of the planet, and it was located in the direction of the Ministry of Justice's fortress prison, adjacent to the governor's mansion.

Above the golden skull inlaid in the middle of the huge Roman numeral "I", the same golden imperial double-headed eagle complements the Ministry of Justice in the distance.

"The court of the trial court? Such a large scale? Is it a residence above the lord level?"

Calvin looked up at the symbol that marked the power of the empire, imagining the past glory here.

From the huge scale of this building complex and its height higher than the governor's mansion, Calvin understood the identity of the true master of this planetary world.

This is at least the world of the council where a lord judge and his staff are resident, and it is also the small council and gathering place for the judges of dozens of surrounding districts.

Looking upwards from the logo of the Tribunal, Calvin turned his attention to the double-headed eagle emblem of the Empire, and the subtle spiritual energy fluctuations made him aware of the strangeness on it.

"Humph!"

The deep voice spread in the air with the fluctuation of psionic energy. After the illusion was broken, the so-called sacred emblem revealed its true evil side:
The emblem of the double-headed eagle was tampered with at some point. The original two sacred eagle heads were portrayed as funny and weird bird heads. A total of six eyes on the two side faces were blinking at Calvin playfully at this time, while the Romans below The golden skull in the center of the number is already full of blood and tears...

Blasphemy!

Calvin's spiritual energy turned into purified lightning, and struck the strange bird across a distance of [-] meters. The latter turned into smoke and disappeared amidst the rampant and triumphant laughter before the lightning arrived.

This is Tzeentch's iconic trick, but fortunately Calvin noticed something strange.

Otherwise, if he rushes in without knowing anything, it is equivalent to a ritual in the field of theology, which can be understood as his approval of this change, which will effectively weaken his strength and will.

He raised the warhammer in his hand and walked towards the high steps. In this originally sacred building, he must be able to find the answer he wanted.

Once the illusion of malice is broken, the Inquisition chamber loses its clean and tidy pretense.

On the crooked metal gate, the pure imprint of detecting people coming and going has long been melted;

After entering the main entrance, the huge copy of the Book of Truth was also torn apart.

Surrounding walls and floors were covered with vicious prayers, and the corpses of Inquisition clerks and servitors were placed in malevolent poses.

Calvin ignored these disgusting existences, and while the psionic energy was surging with his breath, he stepped inward.

Platinum-golden footprints followed his footsteps step by step, and a wave of spiritual energy surged, turning these evils into dust one by one.

He came to the meeting hall in the center of the hall, and as expected, he saw the figure sitting on the highest seat.

There is no way to know the original appearance of the other party, only from the bright red burqa he wore during his lifetime, that is the robe of the chief judge of the sector's tribunal, the lord judge.

The two funny bird heads of the big devil looked at Calvin with twelve eyes at the same time, and the twisted blue bird claws stretched out from the wide blood-red sleeves, and made an OK gesture like a human:
"the third time!"

Without needing any more words, Calvin, holding the warhammer upside down, suddenly rose up, fighting with this soul-stealing demon.

Lightning and lightning throw each other, aura and aura collide with each other!
The blade of corrosion with the passage of time cuts towards the warhammer "Fate", and the power of order of the same personality or even higher strikes back head-on!
Dual-wielding weapons, war hammers and lightning claws come and go, and the double spells chanted by the two heads challenge Calvin's divine will!
The hall, which was as empty as a stadium, was instantly enveloped by the shattered spell aura of the Great Demon and the gust of wind blown by Calvin's warhammer!

The battle between the two also became fierce in an instant!
After all, Calvin was the better one. Whether it was the suppression of martial arts and strength, or the ruthless attribute of the power of order, it made the defeat of the Great Demon seem inevitable.

But it shows no fear, just laughs when Calvin executes it!

"Third time! Remember it! Fool! You will finally know the mighty power of the Lord of Change!"

Before he could finish speaking, Calvin crushed his head to pieces.

The storm in the hall lost its source, and began to subside slowly in the sudden silence, but Calvin, the victor, was thinking about Tarek's last words and the last words of the previous great demon in his heart.

"Ten thousand and one time, the third time... what does it matter?"

"Also, what should I remember? What must I have?"

Now that this task has been carried out, Calvin can no longer treat it as an ordinary warp space invasion.

This is definitely a premeditated arrangement by Tzeentch!

What Calvin hates the most is this kind of situation. When everything is unknown, he hastily stepped into the trap prepared by the enemy.

But the situation is so compelling that he cannot choose, and he can only do his best to keep as many teammates as possible while completing the task.

But right now, he has not done either of these two things.

The mission is still unknown. He still doesn't know what "ten thousand and one times" means, and what the big demons are clamoring for three times;
The comrades-in-arms around him also disappeared one by one in front of his eyes in the conspiracy, and their lives and deaths were uncertain.

What should I do?What should he do to break the game?

While he was thinking about these questions and subconsciously sorting out his mental state, an even more horrifying thing was discovered:

The golden light of the divine soul that he has been relying on as the last trump card is dissipating!
　Two in one, update and ask for tickets.

　　Gan!Chapter title is wrong!Two words are missing!Tomorrow I will have the cheek to ask an editor to make changes... woo woo woo woo...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)