Warhammer: Hail to the Void Lords!

Chapter 277 04.0276: ‘He and She’

“I! Cato Sicarius! The destroyer of the Thousand Sons traitors…”

When the captain of the Second Company of the Ultramarines led the team to board the pilgrimage ship, everyone looked at these demigods in gorgeous armor in silence.

The battle was over, and the Second Company of the Ultramarines was nine minutes late.

“…” Sicarius was speechless for a moment, and then explained calmly: “The shameful Ash traitors delayed our progress.”

Ravenor and his attendants cleared the other cabins, intending to intercept the bishop.

But when he and Horatio arrived, the bishop had turned into a withered corpse, and the gem was missing.

Then, the two inquisitors ordered a search of the entire ship.

"Where is the military supervisor Hood and the military supervisor Melina..." Inquisitor Ravenno frowned, his face full of worry: "I tried to call her many times, but there was no response."

When Farida heard Melina's name, her eyes were full of crystals.

"The last time I saw her was..." Several people followed Farida to the central church.

As soon as they entered, they saw the bodies of the naval supervisors and loyal stormtroopers lying inside.

The bodies of these men and women were broken into pieces and died miserably. Just one look was horrifying.

"God Emperor..." The terrible scene made the people who came in shudder.

Valina took off her helmet and put on her red beret. Her lips moved slightly, wanting to say something, but in the end she said nothing, just silently performing the Sky Eagle Salute to her fallen comrades.

But for some reason, these bodies were not desecrated, and there was no sign of corruption.

This was different from what Farida remembered when she left for the last time.

Relying on her memory, Farida walked to the place where Military Supervisor Melina had last protected her.

The scene that came into her eyes made her pupils shrink into needles almost at the same time as Inquisitor Ravenno.

In a corner that was inconspicuous, even the light of the church crystal chandelier could only illuminate half of it.

The female military supervisor, whose white uniform was stained with blood, lay motionless with her back against the wall.

Both of her hands had been burned into terrible white bones by some force.

She lowered her head, and there was no life in her already scattered pupils, and similarly, there was no demon pupil brought by corruption.

"Military Supervisor Melina!" Farida greeted her.

Ravenno stood there in a daze, standing woodenly, letting the storm in his heart tear at his soul. A tear silently slid down from the corner of his eye, followed by the next one, and the tears silently carved two sorrowful lines on his face.

The scenes buried in his memory raged in his mind, and gradually faded after seeing her body.

…

“Why are you so stubborn! Do you want to stop me from doing what I want?” A group of teenagers surrounded the young boy who was trapped in the corner and mocked him.

“Get out of my way! That’s Melina’s stuff, get out!” The young Ravenno pushed away the boy who was taller than him and was blocking him.

“Why are you blocking me, you bastard who doesn’t even know whose parents you are?” The tall boy kicked the short and thin Ravenno, making him spit out sour water.

“Hey! Just take it, why are you hitting him!” Melina, who was still a little girl, grabbed the boy’s arm and bit it.

“Ah!” The tall boy screamed and slapped Melina in the face, making her stagger and her cheeks swell up instantly.

“It’s you guys again!” The young Feui came out of the orphanage cafeteria and saw this scene. Without saying a word, he directly attacked the teenagers who were making things difficult for his companions.

Melina and Ravenno, who had gotten up from the ground, also jumped up, and the two sides wrestled with each other.

"It's just a broken copper junk, if you don't want it, then don't want it! Who cares about it?"

Although these tall guys relied on their height and age to be arrogant, their paper tiger nature was completely exposed after they really started fighting. Soon they dropped the stolen copper eagle pendant and fled.

"These guys are weak, ugh!" Feiyi spat.

Ravenno picked up the eagle bronze medal from the ground and gave it back to Melina.

"Thank you." The girl puffed up her swollen face and thanked her.

"Did your parents give you this bronze medal?"

"I don't know. I was wearing it when I was sent to the orphanage." Melina shook her head.

"Hey, hey, have you heard? Just now when I was eating, I heard the nun say that tomorrow the Loyalty Academy will come to the nearby orphanage to select some people to go in."

"Then you may be selected. You are strong and tall, and you are a good candidate for the army."

"I don't want to be a soldier. I want to be the boss of the workers' club, just like Uncle Pickton. I can make money and be good to us, and send us delicious food every now and then."

"That should be you, Ravenno, you are the smartest among them." Melina smiled.

"Who knows, let's see tomorrow."

The next day.

A man wearing a wide-brimmed hat, a white uniform, breeches and boots came to the orphanage with a group of fully armed Loyalty Stormtroopers.

"Wow! So impressive!" The children's eyes were wide open, and they were eager to try, eager to take themselves away and become such a noble warrior as them.

"We are the special recruitment team of the Abyss Port Military Supervision Bureau. We will take some children from here to enter Zhongsi College for training." A military supervision committee member in his fifties or sixties had wrinkles all over his face, but he was full of energy and spirit.

He majestically took out the certificate from his coat pocket and handed it to the orphanage director.

"It is an honor for you to come here to select talents for the empire. Please choose whatever you want. The children are waiting." The director said respectfully.

When the military supervisor came to the orphans standing in several rows, he first put his hands behind his back and walked around the periphery of the children's square with a serious expression, observing their queues and standing postures.

There is no doubt that those who stand in a sloppy posture will not be selected, such as Feuiyi with a disdainful look.

Soon, he noticed a boy. He was not tall, but he was energetic, with a straight back, his hands behind his back like him, and his legs apart, looking very majestic.

The girl next to him also maintained the same standing posture. Although it was not bad, but because of the special nature of the military supervisor and the cruelty of the task, he preferred a boy.

He walked around behind the boy without anyone noticing, and asked coldly: "What's your name?"

The boy was startled by his quiet steps and said quickly: "Clarence Ravenno!"

"Yes." The military supervisor nodded: "It's you. We only take one quota from here."

"Sir, please wait a moment!"

"Do you have any questions?"

"The person next to me is Zhongsi!"

The military supervisor frowned and looked at the girl next to him.

"She has a sky eagle pendant. I read in the book that this is only available to the imperial soldiers. I think this may represent her life experience!"

The girl looked at Ravenno blankly.

The military supervisor walked around, inserted into the queue, and walked in front of the girl.

He picked up the sky eagle pendant hanging in front of the girl's neck and looked at the workmanship and information.

"What's your name? Child."

"Melina."

The military inspector looked at the sign, was silent for a long time, and finally spoke: "It's you, girl."

The old military inspector pressed the girl's shoulder and led her out of the queue.

Soon, the handover was completed.

Melina looked at Ravenno blankly, as if asking, 'What will you do then? '

Ravenno smiled crookedly, put one hand in his pocket, turned his back and waved at her. No one knew what expression he had on his face that day.

Feui shook his head and murmured: "This idiot, who is always in the way of face, who can't see that you like her? Hey, who knows if you will have the chance to say it out loud in the future. It's really stupid, she has been waiting."

Later, a man named Gideon Ravenno, who claimed to be his ancestor, took him out of the orphanage.

The life trajectories of the two people have since turned to the inquisitor of the anti-foreign order and the naval military inspector respectively.

It has been decades since then. Both of them are almost forty years old, but they are still single and have almost never met again.

Ravenno paused and trembled as he approached Melina. He took out the instrument and confirmed her vital signs again.

The infinitely extending horizontal line on the heart rate monitor was as dead silent as his heart.

"Inquisitor... are you okay?" Horatio, who was standing behind him, faintly heard the sobbing that was suppressed.

Ravenno closed Melina's eyes with his hands.

"When we embarked on this road, I knew that we would die one day." There was a tremor in his tone:

"But death is not terrible. What is terrible is being killed by demons, and the soul will be tortured forever..."

"Yes." Horatio took off his helmet and stood solemnly.

He couldn't comfort the Inquisitor, because this world is so cruel. Those who are killed by demons will have their souls devoured and will never be reborn.

This is probably why the Inquisitor himself is so sad.

He trembled as he looked at the forbidden book "The Dead Book" that he had collected.

A terrible and blasphemous voice seemed to whisper to him:

'Open me, I have a way to save her soul. '

'Want to save her? Read me. '

Inquisitor Ravenno stared at the Dead Book motionlessly, and his heart began to waver.

Horatio saw something and hurriedly stepped forward to hold the Inquisitor's shoulder: "Inquisitor, your duty is to destroy this copy, have you forgotten?"

Although Horatio was persuading him, he still did not move.

His mind was talking to the book.

Suddenly, the collected copy was wrapped in a ball of psychic energy, slowly floated up, and then was quickly hooked away.

Some people turned around quickly, looked at the alien who appeared behind them without anyone noticing, and almost took out their weapons at the same time.