Chapter 115: Quarrel and Recruitment

"You have no right to recruit us!"

Captain Tabers did not wait for the other party to finish speaking, and simply rejected the madman in front of him.

"No! I have the right! The empire has given me the power to recruit all nearby armed forces!"

"It does not include the Astartes!"

"Okay! It does not include the Astartes! But the Inquisition to which I belong has a complete agreement with you!"

"Then follow the procedure! We must be authorized by the Grand Master Council!"

"But it's too late! Forget the damn process! You have to help me!"

"I refuse this ridiculous request!"

"No! You have no right to refuse! Open your deck! I'll come right away!"

The communication signal was suddenly and unilaterally hung up after the brief but fierce argument ended.

Everyone on the entire bridge looked at each other, but they didn't know where to start.

"Do we have this agreement?" Calvin asked Yule.

"Never, but..." Yule was a little angry, but mostly helpless.

"But we have indeed been allowing this to happen." Tabers picked up where Yule left off.

He looked at the small landing craft on the holographic screen that was rapidly approaching the Redeemer of the Dead from a distance, and said in a complicated tone:

"I order, open the front deck. In the name of the Emperor, at least give this madman a chance to explain."

"Roger." As the gate on the front deck was slowly lowered, while Calvin heard the reply from the crew ahead, he could already see the arrival of the landing craft decorated with the logo of the Tribunal.

"Is this what you're talking about?" Calvin meant.

"Read more, listen more. Don't rush to conclusions." Yule did not directly answer Calvin's question.

Tabers, on the other hand, didn't have many concerns, or he didn't know the background of Yule's previous conversation with Calvin.

The veteran with three gold nails on his forehead told Calvin his understanding of the current situation:

"No matter from any angle, the current working methods of the Tribunal are different from the original expectations of the Emperor and Malcador. In other words, it is our own connivance that makes these things that should be kept honest Mortals who carry out administrative and diplomatic work with copywriting gradually take away the dominance of the Order of the Hammer."

"Why?" Calvin couldn't understand even more. No matter the status of the Gray Knights or the force they possess, there is no reason to give in to these mortals.

But he knew he had better ask quickly. After all, with the pace of the messenger of the Tribunal, it wouldn't take long to get here from the deck.

"Because of you." Tabos looked at Calvin.

"Or, because we don't have you." Tabos sighed and added:

"Because of your delay in showing up, our personnel are always at a very embarrassing scale. And this is in no way consistent with the initial number of people in the Inquisition under the witness of the Emperor. In the twelve seats of the Supreme Council of the Inquisition Here, we initially had eight seats.”

"But life has to go on, and the rule of the empire and the survival of mankind must be maintained." Yule took up Tabers' words.

"Due to our own incompetence, we failed to live up to the expectations of the Emperor and Prime Minister Malcador. In the entire 10,000 years of subspace time, we finally only brought out 1,000 active Gray Knights to return to the Empire." Tabers said.

"What are 1,000 Gray Knights enough for? Nothing is enough! It can barely maintain even basic combat functions! As for supplies, intelligence, screening, trial, and diplomacy, we can only leave it to those who came to meet us in the first place. Four mortal judges. And people, especially fragile and short-lived mortals, will change."

Yule made the final summary of this explanation.

After hearing this, Calvin already understood most of the problem. This is not a story about a struggle for power. If it is true, then facing these weak mortals, the problem will be much easier to solve.

This is a process in which rights are eroded and rights are helplessly given up.

The Gray Knights are destined to be unable to hold their seats, because they can barely maintain their basic functions, let alone other management functions?

There is no need to fight at all. In order to ensure the battle against demons and to protect the lives and interests of citizens of the entire empire, the Gray Knights will naturally give up these rights that are destined to be difficult to take into account in the absence of meetings one after another.

And the power vacuum caused by each retreat will inevitably end with mortals taking over again and again.

The first four Inquisitors also swore to join the Order of the Hammer under the witness of the Emperor and Malcador. Their purity and selflessness are naturally beyond doubt, but what about the rest?

Perhaps the first generation of Inquisitors could still maintain their purity while the founder was still alive, but everyone is mortal, and the Astartes could not escape the fate of dying in battle, let alone those who had spent all the wealth of the empire. , a mortal who can only live for a thousand years?

One thousand years is enough to take away the life of any mortal;

One thousand years is enough time for any organization composed mainly of mortals to become completely different, running counter to the purpose of its original creation.

This is not a problem that can be changed by one or two special cases. This is the law of nature. This is the curse and blessing that this species has been carrying since its birth.

Under the internal and external troubles that have never interrupted the war in the empire for thousands of years, the organization of the Inquisition has been preserved very well.

At least they still remember their mission, at least they are still fighting for the Empire.

Perhaps their original intentions are not as pure as the original founders who have experienced the baptism and hardships of the world and can still emit a heart-shaking light.

But we can't be too picky, right?

These chosen ones, knowing that they will inevitably fall into depravity under the long-term gaze of the abyss, are still willing to defend the fate of mankind with their lives. Even if there are some personal desires mixed in, it is worthy of forgiveness, isn't it?

The Grey Knights cannot complain, the Grey Knights are not qualified to complain!

This is their duty!

It is their incompetence that forces these mortals to replace their positions, and they have been suffering from all-round torture from the body to the soul for a long time on the front line of the fight against Chaos!

Looking at the entire armed and administrative sequence of the Empire, let alone the Astra Militarum with a clear exit path (although the probability is very low, it is there.), even the Astartes have the right to fight with honor until death!

After fighting hard, they will finally close their eyes gloriously and return their souls to the throne.

Under the Emperor's blessing, they will either fall into eternal sleep or continue to fight gloriously for humanity in another way.

But what about the Inquisitors? Is there a good end? No.

In the cold and dark archives of the Imperial Inquisition, in the eight thousand years since its creation, no Inquisitor has ever had a good end.

None.

They either died of murder or died on missions. They were assassinated because of the struggle with local factions, or sacrificed themselves because of the struggle against Chaos.

Being able to die on the front battlefield is a great blessing for these heroes among mortals who know that it is impossible to do it but still do it.

And those souls who have been entangled with Chaos for a long time for decades or even centuries and finally fell into depravity are really the heartbreak of the Empire.

Every one of them.

Every one of them is fighting a war with the eternal Chaos as a mortal, and there is no victory in sight.

In countless fights with the latter, it is difficult to maintain their own existence.

Are they evil? Perhaps at the end of their lives, they did commit unspeakable sins.

But does their existence lose its meaning? Of course not.

So, when these mortals are tyrannical, reckless, unwise, or impatient in front of these Grey Knights who have already left the mundane world, they feel guilty.

They are born to owe these people.

It is their incompetence that has brought these people to their current position.

It is their helplessness that has forced these outstanding people who should have created better value for the Empire, the Emperor, and the entire human race in other fields to put on armor and stand in front of them.

Maybe they are wrong, maybe they have their own limitations.

But who is the initiator? Chaos? Blame Chaos?

If not, then we can only blame the Grey Knights.

Incompetence is the original sin here.

And if there is a day when the Grey Knights can truly and completely fulfill their mission and obligations, then these people will have no reason to appear.

And this is exactly the meaning of Calvin's existence.

He needs to correct this mistake, whether it is the personal mistake of the Inquisitor in front of him, or the structural mistake of the Holy Hammer Order in the future.

This is his fate, he must accept it, and he is honored to be ordered here.

It's late, but it's still sent.