Warhammer Inquisitor

  Chapter 57 End Yan Era: Priest

"I didn't know you were here, Father." Vito said, but he was still sitting on the bench in the first row. Father Huss held a candle and brought the candle light closer to the silent candle tray, one by one as the flames approached. Candles were also lit, and Father Hus lit the candles under the shrine one by one.

His work was unhurried, and every movement was almost called a prayer. He stared serenely at the burning candles, which illuminated the wrinkled aging face, but even so The black eyes also reflected the candle flame, like the fire of devotion that burned within him.

  The candlesticks under the Emperor's Shrine burned one after another, and the fire light gradually dispelled the darkness, and the golden statue of the Emperor also reflected a dazzling light under the illumination of the flames.

"I didn't expect you to be here, Inquisitor." Huss said in an old voice, and he swept the burnt remains of the candle off the candlestick. The debris fell to the ground, and soon a servo skull flew away. Came over and sucked it away three times, five times and two times, and then the servo skull flew away by itself.

Vito looked at the servo skulls flying into the darkness of the vault, "You can have them help you light the candles, Father." "Yes, but I'd rather light the candles here on the morning of the Ascension Day." Fire, bring the light of truth to this dark corner of the galaxy."

  Vito smiled and leaned back on the bench. He raised his eyes to look at the icon in front of him. The icon stood in front of him with a sword pointing at the Milky Way. The Emperor's Ascension Festival? Ha, it looks like it's another year, and I'm a year older, but what difference does it make? Is there really any difference between one year old and one hundred years old to oneself?

  The priest glanced at the silent Vito from the corner of his eye. He turned around and took out a new long-burning candle from his robe. He inserted the end of it into the fixed anchor point of the candlestick, and then lit a new flame for it with his own hands.

"You are doubting, judge, you are questioning something." The priest said, without the slightest reproach in his tone, Vito knew Father Huss, he was never a priest who would reprimand and admonish others, he was a person The venerable wise man, unlike many of his fellow state churchmen.

   But it’s nothing strange, there are many similar people on the Infinite Frontier, they are all aliens in the place they once belonged to, but here, they don’t look so strange on the Inquisitor’s ship.

  Vito sighed and looked up at the starry sky above his head. He stared at the endless stardust on it. The brilliant Milky Way passed by above, like a star bridge connecting the corners of some locations.

   "Yes, Father." "You are doubting whether human beings have a future and hope." Huss said, he stepped forward to light the candlestick on the other side of the shrine, Vito did not look at the priest but continued to look at the starry sky.

"It seems that you heard it. It's not easy. After all, you don't have implants." Vito said leisurely with one hand on the back of the bench, and the priest smiled softly, blocking the candlelight with his hand The side of the fire keeps the flame burning steadily and tenaciously.

   "I believe that my life is bestowed by the God-Emperor. He will also decide when I will go home. He will decide when to summon me to the Golden Throne."

Vito lowered his head and looked up at the Emperor's face, while Huss lit all the candles and poured holy water from the golden holy water pool beside the shrine. Holy water flows over the milky white marble surface.

"Why do you doubt hope? Judge." Huss said and started the next step of preparation. He wiped the countertop with the religious cloth roll he had prepared, and the holy water gradually spread as it was wiped. There was a radiance, which was not the radiance of the marble itself, but the reaction of the holy water under the candlelight.

Of course, these holy waters are not just ordinary water. The state religion has mixed silver powder into it, or they call it holy powder. They believe that mixing silver powder, which symbolizes purity, into the holy water can mix the impurities in it with the holy water. Purified by impurity.

  Although this sounds stupid, mithril weapons can indeed kill demons. Gray knights are generally equipped with mithril-powered weapons, and with their psionic power, they can fight against those warp demons to the greatest extent.

   "For ten thousand years, Father, our people seem to have been farther and farther away from the truth, rationality and light. I have seen a similar moment, a long, long time ago."

"You think that mankind has lost the opportunity to pursue the future." Huss said without turning around, but continued to be busy, "You think that after losing the emperor's guidance, we have embarked on a dark road, A road without light."

   "In fact, when the emperor was still leading us, there were many issues that we ignored, or could be ignored. From what I read, it is a very ancient book."

   "What have we overlooked? Inquisitor." "Human emotion."

Vito said looking up at the icon of the emperor, that face was no longer the one he knew, just like the stone sculptor who said before exaggerated his appearance too much, although the emperor will show it in the eyes of different people The perfect look for that man, but for Vito, he's not immune to it.

"At that time, we thought that relying on truth, reason and infinite power could lead mankind to the journey. The Emperor thought so, but his great achievements made him ignore the emotions of his children and ignore their hopes. .”

   "Human emotions are fragile. We are jealous, greedy and thirsty. Many times, demons sneak into people's hearts in this way, even for powerful people, even... people who are called demigods."

  Hus’s eyes reflected the flames of the candle, and he nodded slightly to affirm the judge’s words, “It’s true, that’s how chaotic slander sneaks into the heart, and the seeds of jealousy will also turn into bitter fruits.”

"How many people in the empire are not like this now? Look at those bureaucrats, even on Terra, no, especially on Terra." Vito said without hesitation, "I have tried to kill them a few times. Get rid of all these parasites."

"Why didn't you do that? Inquisitor." Huss didn't seem to care about Vito's treacherous remarks about "killing" the High Lords Council of Terra. He didn't seem to care about this sentence at all, but did it wholeheartedly. Follow your own preparations.

Vito smiled wryly and rubbed his head, "What's the point of killing them? Who will replace them? The great assassin Wangerich tried it. He assassinated all the high lords and took power by himself. At first, everything was very difficult. It went smoothly, and the bad governance was cleared up, but what is the result after the beast war?"

   "This is the limit of human beings, the limit of a single individual, and the collective lack of correct guidance will eventually become the broken situation of high lords, which is far from the original purpose of setting them up."

  "The emperor is sitting on the golden throne, all the primarchs are missing, or in other words, no one can come back to lead mankind, and Guilliman is still sleeping in a static position."

Of course, there is also the imperial army, the group of golden armored guards could have intervened in all of this, many times they can, they are on Terra, they can intervene and interfere with everything in the empire anytime and anywhere, preventing everything from sliding into the abyss of destruction, they It can be done, and they did it at the end of the Apostasy Era.

They led the space marines into the palace, convinced the battle sisters to kill the traitors, they could have continued, but they didn't, Constantine swore to be protectors not rulers, and it looks like the current Custodians have continued when they did A collective oath issued.

   As guardians of humanity, not rulers.

Vito smiled, that smile was slightly sarcastic, he is often such a contradiction, sometimes he is so realistic that it makes people uncomfortable, but sometimes his ideals are outrageous, he shows a kind of incomprehensible contradictory thinking , He does not believe in human beings, but he also believes in human beings.

  Ha, well, this is also their collective problem.

   "Can you? Inquisitor." Huss asked, Vito's expression froze but he didn't do anything or say anything.

"You have dealt with and purged many planets of traitors, heretics and incompetent leaders, and after that you have chosen reliable people to take their place. The Eye of the Emperor already knows that you can do it, Inquisitor, why do you Why don't you do it?"

   "I promised my friend to be a guardian, not a ruler." Vito said softly, Hus shook his head slightly, and he smoothed out the paper of origin.

"No, judge, although you want to keep your oath in your heart and not interfere with human affairs as a guardian, you still interfere with all this. You are contradictory. What you think and think in your heart are all contradictory."

   "Judge, although you say that human beings have no hope and light, but in your heart you still believe that light and hope still exist in human beings. It is for this reason that you interfere and help different worlds."

  Hus hung a new note of prayer on the shrine, which seemed to be from a sailor, and Hus helped present it to the emperor, praying that he would help the believer.

"If you didn't believe it, you wouldn't be a judge, you wouldn't be there again, and we wouldn't meet again." Hus's aged voice said every single word, saying it so loudly, even though his voice wasn't actually not big.

  Vito lowered his head silently, he was thinking, thinking, he was thinking about what Hus said, since doubt and belief coexist?

  Hus stroked the prayer note, silently chanting the sacred words in the scriptures, and his old fingers lightly slid across the parchment, slightly but extremely softly.

"What would your friend expect of you? Doubt or belief?" Huss asked, and Vito looked up at the icon of the Emperor, whose face was already illuminated by the strong candle flames, and the starlight sprinkled on his forehead , like the bright light shot down from the heavens.

   "Trust my own judgment." "So, do you trust yourself?"

Vito didn't speak, Hus turned around, he walked slowly to Vito's side and looked at the judge's side face, Hus's hands were inserted in the cuffs of the big robe, and the white robe fell to the ground like a silver waterfall General diffusion extension.

   "Who are you?" Huss asked, Vito was silent for a moment, "Judge."

   "What is an Inquisitor?"

   "The guardian of mankind."

   "What is the guardian of mankind?"

   "Watch the night and seek the light."

   "What is your role?"

   "Purge heresy, eliminate aliens, and bring light back to the empire."

Hus raised his head slightly, and his long sleeves floated with slight movements. "Who are you?" "Vito Constantine." "What is Vito Constantine going to do?" bright."

   As Vito stood up, he smiled and looked at Huss, "You remind me of an old friend." "Who?" "Hinderman."

   As he spoke, Vito walked towards the grand gate of the gate, but he was stopped by Huss just after walking a few steps, and he turned his head to look at Huss who was not far away.

  Father looked at the judge, he turned around and looked at the icon of the emperor, the magnificent icon had been illuminated by the light of the fire and the stars.

   "This year's Ascension Day, I hope you will be the one to say the blessing, Inquisitor Vito."

  He smiled, then shook his hand and walked towards the door.

"I will."

  (end of this chapter)