Warhammer: In the Name of Ashes

Chapter 19 Dice Rolling and Matchmaking

"Ridiculous! You are me? Then who am I?" Calvin's voice contained both anger and fear.

"Anger can't solve the problem, and neither can fear. Since we all know each other so well, let's save the useless things and talk about the important things." The old man looked at Calvin and said slowly.

"You talk, I listen."

Calvin's emotions were calmed down by these words. He really had too much to know, especially what caused the ridiculous situation in front of him.

"Have you ever had such an idea. If, that witch hadn't been here, what would have happened to you?"

The first question the old man posed stumped Calvin.The witch, if not here?So what awaits Calvin or Jiang Wen?
Then Jiang Wen's soul will never have the opportunity to meet the minimum standard for regaining consciousness, then he can only let time pass by in the process of repeatedly igniting consciousness, and finally go to extinction.

If he's lucky, there may be other opportunities to fill in that last bit of the gap.Then, like the old man in front of him, after waking up, he found that only his old body was waiting for him, so Jiang Wen, who could do nothing, could only quietly wait for death for a long time.

Like this old man!This idea woke Jiang Wen up like lightning!His head, which was originally down in thought, suddenly lifted up:
"You! You! You are..." For a moment, he didn't know how to describe the person in front of him.

"Yeah, that's it. A Calvin who is lucky but not so lucky, right? Nothing to be surprised about, and you'll see more later. Like Calvin who was Commissar of the Star Militia, Calvin who was a Titan Knight, Planet Governor Calvin, Judge Calvin, Mechanical Priest Calvin, Ultramarine Calvin, Calvin of No Little Secret, Calvin of Alpharius... as long as you can win." The old man looked at the lucky man in front of him, Said with complicated feelings and some gloating.

"Why? I mean why can I see you? No! I mean why can I come here? No! Not right! Why are you waiting for me here?"

Once Jiang Wen's thoughts were opened, he found too many questions, and the ultimate direction of these questions needed to be answered by the person in front of him.

"You see, the old leader in the previous life praised us, saying that Jiang Wen's greatest strength is that you are good at finding the essence of the problem."

The old man smiled, the colors in his eyes illuminated by the candlelight seemed to be recalling the good times in his previous life.Then he straightened his face and asked Calvin who was still thinking seriously and word by word:

"Do you really know what kind of enemy you will face?"

This sentence stunned Calvin for a moment.He recalled that in the initial communication or agreement with that figure, in exchange for him being able to have a "household registration" in the local area, his obligation was to fight for mankind.

So, fighting for mankind, who is the enemy?Alien?That was never Calvin's concern.

From the period of the Great Crusade to the later wars against aliens and rebels, such as the Beast War, the Battle of Reconstruction, and the Bellrath Expedition, it has been proved that these external challenges cannot pose a structural threat to the empire.As long as the empire is strong, the demise of the alien is only a matter of time.

On the contrary, since the birth of human beings, and even longer in the age of the Eldar, the power of the subspace represented by the gods of chaos is the cause of the subspace storms that spread across the galaxy in the dark age, the Horus rebellion, and the endless turmoil of Abaddon. The Dark Crusade was the culprit that severely damaged the overall strength of the empire and the emperor himself was seriously injured, so that it changed the fate of the empire for thousands of years.

But given Calvin's current situation, the Gray Knights are the empire's strongest force against the subspace, and the enemy Calvin faces is undoubtedly the subspace.

"Chaos demon? Evil god?" This was Calvin's answer.

"So, do you really understand them? Do you really know what that means?" the old man asked seriously.

"I don't know, but I know I will die bravely. This is my mission." A standard military answer, but this does not satisfy the old man.

"Then let's change the question. Suppose you need to roll dice to get the result, and if the result is not what you want, what should you do?"

The old man asked persuasively.

"...toss again?" Calvin was a little uncertain.

"Yes, that's it. When facing chaos, you only have one chance. And they..."

Perhaps in order to avoid disturbing these evil gods by pronouncing their names, the old man did not say the name of the evil gods, but pointed to it:
"They, in the endless timeline, can't do it this time, they are waiting for the next time. They have enough patience to wait for the result he wants to appear. And this is them and us, and it is also the emperor and us ,The biggest difference."

"Is that so? Then play with a hammer!" After Calvin understood the meaning of this sentence, he felt a little desperate.

Can you imagine?At the turning point of an event, they can test you countless times, but you must be consistent. How can this be possible in the eyes of ordinary people?

"Don't be discouraged, since you are here, we still have a solution." The old man smiled.

"How?" Calvin asked.He didn't believe that anyone could do such a thing. He had confidence in choosing a hundred times or a thousand times, but what about [-] times?How about a hundred thousand times?

"Kill me." The old man withdrew his smile and looked at Calvin, the words he said frightened Calvin.He couldn't confirm if it was a malicious joke.

"Kill me." The old man emphasized again.

"Right now, before you are actually brought into their perception, kill me. Then go to the next timeline, find him, and kill him. Eventually you will have all of you. Before the timeline is disturbed Before, do this as soon as possible, and you will get the most basic essence that distinguishes gods from mortals—everyone.” The old man finished speaking in one breath, then picked up his cup and drank it down, and then looked at Gal arts.

"Come on, hurry up." The old man urged again.He stood up and handed a dagger on the table upside down to Calvin's hand.

"No, I can't do it...you" Calvin tried to retreat while speaking incoherently, but there was a wall behind him.Just like Calvin's current situation, he has no way out.

The old man looked seriously at the young and promising body in front of him, and walked over.The hands as broad as Calvin's but slightly thinner patted the panicked Calvin.said to him:
"This is not your sin, but ours, all of us, common desire. So please forgive our selfishness and leave the battlefield so easily. Put all the burden on your shoulders alone. Because so many Among the possibilities, only you are the closest to that goal. You must have such awareness, if you can’t abandon humanity, how can you defend it?”

Then, the old man grabbed Calvin's hand and pierced his heart with the dagger.His strength seemed to be drained by the dagger, and his whole body fell limply on Calvin's shoulder.

With the last of his strength, he said to Calvin who was still in shock: "No matter how powerful your strength and body are, if you don't have the will to correspond to gold and stone, then it can only be a disaster."

　Hehehe... I am a little pleased with myself.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)