Warhammer: In the Name of Ashes

Chapter 64 Route and Trust

"Revenant Redeemer, this is Calvin's ground execution team. Please reply if you receive it, please reply if you receive it."

"Revenant Redeemer, this is the ground execution team. Please reply if you receive it, please reply if you receive it."

"Revenant Redeemer, this is the execution team. Please reply if you receive it, please reply if you receive it."...

At the entrance of the freight elevator on the second floor of the Radethold Hive Industrial Zone, the Gray Knights who took a break are trying to get in touch with the Gray Knight strike cruiser on the track.

The comatose Interceptor Squad Brother Sanchis has regained consciousness. Although Calvin's rescue just now was not timely, it managed to save his life.

Especially the psychic lightning at the end instantly vaporized several corrupt flies that had passed through the breathing holes of Sanchez's power armor and were about to climb onto his face, snatching him back from Nurgle's hands. .

But the continuous psychic overdraft and curse still left him with no extra physical strength to follow the team's progress.

After Calvin discussed with the two arbitrators and the person concerned, he was planned to be placed at the gate of the Hive City for repairs and recovery. He will return to the team as soon as possible as the Gray Knights continue to move forward.

"呵...呵... The Revenant Redeemer received...呵...please reply."

"Revenant Redeemer received, please reply."

"We have arrived at the target area, the hive capital of Rasthold, the current location..."

Calvin stared at the information displayed on the positioning device on his left arm:
"The current location is the second floor of the industrial zone. Except for Brother Sanchez, the interceptor team, who has lost combat effectiveness, the rest are in good condition. Please give us the next step instructions."

"Revenant Redeemer received the real-time action route data... Please receive it... The target location is suspected to be on the top floor of the Hive City, please go to deal with it as soon as possible! In addition, please note that there are unknown strong life signals detected to be active inside the Hive City , range... the entire hive."

"The execution team received it, and the route information has been received. We will go as soon as possible."

"The Revenant Redeemer has received it, the Emperor blesses you, good luck!"

"The Emperor's Blessing..."

After resting, Calvin's team began to continue exploring.

On the corridor of the freight elevator, the huge gate of more than 20 meters was not closed, and the operating table in the motor room inside the door was in a mess.

The empty large passageway was pitch black, and the building was too large to feel safe when it was not popular.

Especially after the energy supply is cut off, the passage without lights is like a monster opening its huge mouth and trying to devour the life that dares to come.

The energy supply at the bottom of the hive capital seems to have failed, only the signal light for emergency power supply flickering on and off.

Although no one can tell the Gray Knights about the situation at that time, the door that requires quite complicated procedures to open, as well as the messy debris and footprints on the ground indicate that before the disaster happened, the people at the bottom of the hive capital had been notified or discovered it. There are clues that the traces of such a large number of people fleeing appear here.

At least they struggled once, though the gray knights' previous encounter with corpses proved that their struggles did not escape their fate in the end.

The team stopped for a while when they passed the door, and put Brother Sanchis down in a corner with a good view and good for defense. Together with him, there were three days' worth of food and drinking water, and two bases of storm bolters. Ammunition, and... a melta grenade to kill the enemy with.

"We look forward to your return, Brother Sanchez."

Although it was the first time for Calvin to experience such an occasion, whether it was the awareness of this life or the experience of the previous life, he showed determination and enthusiasm worthy of his identity.

What is decisive is that his sense of responsibility makes him calm enough so that the progress of the team's mission will never be stagnant for a certain comrade; what is eager is his cherishment and expectation for each comrade under his cold decision.

"I will, Captain Calvin. If I can't go back, then I will not hurt the glory of the Emperor." Brother Sanchez looked at the young face in front of him.

Just as he didn't look up to Calvin because of the opponent's tall stature at first, now he also won't underestimate the opponent because of the opponent's too young appearance.

The standard of this evaluation has nothing to do with whether he saved himself: the Gray Knights have never cherished their lives too much since the beginning of their service, and they can die for the Emperor and the Empire in the battle against the demons of the Warp , This is their glory.

Some of the remains of the deceased predecessors were recovered, and some were not.Those that can be recovered, the Gray Knights will hold a cleaning ceremony for them after the battle, and then put them into the sarcophagus built by the mechanic of the war regiment; and those that cannot be recovered, the names inscribed on the walls of the tomb are their only remaining proof.

But whether there is or not, the seniors sleeping in the city of the dead below the Titan, the coffins and the names engraved on the ancient walls, are silently telling the truth that has been carried out by the Gray Knights for thousands of years. will.

Of course, Sanchez is not afraid of death, so he will not deliberately thank Calvin for being saved by Calvin.

If you have to thank him, you can only thank Calvin for giving him more time and more opportunities to continue serving the Emperor.

Calling Calvin the company commander is an affirmation and recognition of Calvin's responsibility and ability.

In the tasks performed by multiple teams formed temporarily, it is normal to call the supreme leader a purely functional title of commander.

The company commander, even if it is a temporary company commander, is a title that ordinary gray knights like Sanchis only use when they recognize the personal charm of the leadership beyond the pure function.

Calvin was also slightly stunned after hearing Sanchez's address. He looked at the two arbitrators around him, and they seemed to have no objection to Sanchez's overstepping in address.

He smiled, and he didn't care too much about such a title.

Compared with the joy of receiving this recognition from grassroots fighters, when he heard this title, he felt more of a sense of responsibility to bring as many people back as possible on the basis of completing the task.There are also some unknown emotions, which are aroused by this title and related to the memory of his previous service in the army.

"Company commander... Really, a long-lost title..."

Fortunately, he didn't get stuck in the memory for too long, Calvin blinked vigorously in the blink of an eye, and got rid of the memory.

After a brief farewell, he walked towards the assembly point of the team, while raising his left hand and showing the map information on the light curtain on his left arm to the two arbitrators, and said:

"We have already made the choice of the route, and you must have known the reminder about the Wraith Redeemer. The scanning equipment of the strike cruiser has already told us the possible enemies here and how they exist. We don't have time to entangle with it. Specifically The choice of the course of action, my consideration is this..."

After hearing Calvin's words, the two arbitrators nodded cautiously.

They also moved their heads closer to each other while carefully looking at the information displayed on the map to confirm that they fully understood Calvin's tactical intentions.

The two recovered their posture and said to Calvin: "Got it, we respect your will, Captain Calvin."

　Change it first!
　　I'm coming again, author of your hand scraps! ! !
　　
　
(End of this chapter)