Plunder the Heavens from Warhammer

Chapter 69: The Fate of an Inquisitor

It was not until then that Alvin finally noticed that there was an unusual pendant hanging around Winnie's slender, white neck.

The pendant is more like an emblem. It looks inconspicuous and the decoration is very ordinary and unremarkable.

However, if someone knew about that emblem, they would probably be scared out of their wits.

The iconic 'I' shape, with a skull in the middle symbolizing human purity and wing-like shapes on both sides, is the 'rose knot' issued to every judge by the notorious Imperial Inquisition, a symbol of power and status.

Any judge holding a rose knot can sign an extermination order as long as the reasons are appropriate and the evidence is conclusive.

Representing the Emperor's will, burning billions and tens of billions of souls!

It must be said that the psychological pressure of facing a 'Judge' was far greater than Alvin had imagined.

An official Inquisitor of the Empire can make almost anyone submit to his will and call upon almost any resource of the Empire. He is responsible for eradicating heretics, expelling aliens, hunting demons, and destroying the world.

To summarize the judge's power in a more popular way, it is to execute first and report later, which is a special authorization from the emperor!
Although Alvin was well aware that the signing process of the extermination order required strict review.

However, one thing that cannot be denied is that every year the Order of Extermination under the Inquisition will deal with a group of inquisitors who signed extermination orders because their reasons for execution were unqualified.

Of course, a big reason for the executions was that the extermination order had already been carried out.

Gathering his scattered thoughts, Alvin let out an imperceptible breath and his emotions returned to calm.

In front of the window, Winnie folded her legs and looked at Alvin with a scrutinizing look.

Her eyes are very beautiful, like the blue sky, pure, clear and bright.

If he had to use other adjectives, Alvin would probably say: She doesn't look like an inquisitor because there is clear stupidity in her eyes.

And in fact, in the following conversation, Winnie's behavior confirmed this to him.

After a moment, she withdrew her gaze and turned to look at Aruman, nodding slightly and saying, "Nice to meet you, Lord Vera. I have heard about you."

"Please give my respects to your teacher, Lord Gransol, the most loyal blade of the empire."

Aruman showed an unprecedented respect to the female judge in his words and actions: "I heard that your mentor, Lord Gransol, has officially resigned from the duties of the Inquisition. Unfortunately, I am at the border of the empire. I wonder if Lord Gransol is doing well?"

"he's good."

Winnie Winslet lowered her eyes slightly, and seemed unwilling to discuss her mentor, Gransol, and directed the topic to Alvin who was standing aside: "He, is he the person you mentioned?"

"Yes, Your Excellency Winslet."

Aruman made way for half of his body and slowly introduced, "Please allow me to formally introduce this child to you. He is Alvin Valshus, a scavenger from the lower nest. He accidentally discovered the traces of the cult and the blood sacrifice ritual."

When mentioning the 'blood ritual', Winnie's eyes fell on Alvin again, and she asked in a slightly cold tone: "Can you tell me the whole process in detail?"

Aruman took a half step back and said softly to Alvin, "This is His Excellency the Imperial Inquisitor. You don't need to know what an Inquisitor is. Just answer whatever she asks."

"Yes, Father Aruman."

Alvin knew that the biggest test was coming.

When facing the judge's questioning, any mistake could lead to suspicion.

Fortunately, with the foundation of Tucker's disguise training course, Alvin learned how to skillfully control the details of facial expressions and hide his true thoughts as much as possible.

"Dear Mr. Winslet, this is what happened."

In fact, Alvin had already thought about and screened the whole thing in his mind a long time ago.

He used a routine of nine truths and one lie, mixed in a lot of useless information, in order to conceal the fact that his predecessor was discovered and then died at the hands of Rashid.

"Alvin, are you sure that the psychic you saw that day was Rashid Hadley?"

After listening to the description, Winnie couldn't help but frowned and stared at Alvin suspiciously: "Do you know what the consequences are for slandering a noble?" "Respected Lord Winslet, I can swear to His Majesty the Emperor!"

Alvin swore by "The Emperor" without hesitation. After all, this was the most useful oath for an Inquisitor.

"Very good, remember what you said today."

Winnie looked at him deeply and said calmly: "If you are lying, I swear to sentence you to white phosphorus. No one can stop my will."

But when she said the last sentence, she glanced at Aruman intentionally or unintentionally, as if she was talking to him.

"That's all for today's conversation."

Winnie turned around and wrote something down in the notebook she carried with her. Without even turning her head, she said, "The conversation here is not allowed to be leaked."

"I hope you can take action as soon as possible, Lord Winslet."

Aruman spoke in a low voice that seemed to be mixed with some heaviness and uneasiness, and said slowly: "With the current expansion speed of the cult, it may not be long before they start to act. We don't have much time."

"I will, Lord Vera."

Winnie kept recording, as if she had no emotion at all: "But before I can confirm, I need more solid evidence, not just the two of you speaking."

"Excuse me, Mr. Winslet, but what you are doing is condoning the expansion of the cult." Aruman was obviously not satisfied with this answer.

To put it bluntly, by the time you find solid evidence, the cult will have taken over the city!
But despite this, Aruman still used the gentlest tone possible and said, "Sir Winslet, you can question our authenticity, but the expansion of the cult will not stop because of this. On the contrary, after learning that an Inquisitor has arrived, they may speed up the progress of their plan."

Alvin nodded in agreement and put himself in Rashid's shoes. If he were Rashid, he would speed up the plan when he learned that the Inquisitor was coming, regardless of whether it was aimed at him or not.

"Sir Vera, do you mean to ask me to mobilize the Empire's army without any evidence, just based on what you two said?" Winnie stopped recording, and a solemn expression appeared between her cold brows: "I am the Inquisitor, and that is why I cannot fail the power granted by His Majesty the Divine Emperor!"

"Mr. Winslet, I am not questioning your decision."

Aruman's words revealed a deep sense of exhaustion and fatigue: "The cult is currently expanding too fast. If you wait until you have investigated thoroughly, the entire city may fall. I sincerely suggest that you send a star message to call in a group of star troops. At least this way, we can prevent the cult from suddenly attacking the city."

Winnie put down her pen, her eyes filled with solemnity, and said word by word: "For now, all the information you provided does not contain any 'evidence'."

"Whether the 'Blood God Sacrifice Ceremony' really exists in the Lower Nest, and whether Rashid Hadley is related to the cult, I need to confirm it."

"You should be aware that even an Inquisitor does not have the right to directly determine that a planetary governor's family is related to a cult."

"I understand your urgency, but I need evidence!"

After that, she turned around and continued to record something: "Let's end this conversation here, Mr. Vera, I have to work."

Aruman was extremely helpless. He had tried his best, but this "Inquisitor" was very different from the Inquisitors he had known before.

"Let's go back."

He was helpless and left the room with heavy steps.

Alvin sighed. He had no right or status to change the decision of an inquisitor, so he could only follow Aruman and leave.

After the two left, Winnie stopped writing.

Staring at the note that recorded the contents, he subconsciously turned to the first page. In the depths of his cold light blue eyes, there was a barely perceptible trance.

Then, she re-firmed her determination, bit her lips lightly, and murmured as if to herself: "Teacher, I will not become a person like you. Absolutely not!"

On the first page of the notebook was a passage written by her mentor, Gransoll.

“Every inquisitor begins as a conservative, yearning for purity and justice;
And the end of every Inquisitor is that of an unscrupulous heretic and a blasphemous madman - Charles Gransoll, who gave it to Winnie Winslet. "

(End of this chapter)