Chapter 273 A Necessary Evil

Hearing this, the girl just tried to force out a smile, and calmly looked at the angel who saved her.

On the other side, as the cleanup work progressed, more and more civilians who were used as living sacrifices by the Chaos Wizards were released from the cells, just like the civilians in the small church.

The Astartes of the Ash Angels healed the wounds of those abused men and women with blasphemous runes engraved on their bodies, and handed over supplies to these poor people who had long lost their human form due to hunger. It seemed that this was not a strange behavior in their eyes.

Soon, after all the rescued civilians were gathered together, what made them feel a little strange was that, unlike the grateful people in the church, a small number of these people seemed not to be very interested in the arrival of the Astartes.

They just curled up in the corner without saying a word, looking at the angel who was healing the wounded with a strange look, as if they were shocked and afraid of something.

Although their intuition told them that these people seemed a little strange, after a detailed inspection and questioning, several Astartes could not find anything wrong with them.

Not long after, while Levin was still observing the scene and preparing to lead the team away before trouble came again, the technical sergeant in the team came to his side at this time.

"Levin? Why do you do this?"

The technical sergeant's voice sounded full of confusion. In his eyes, the lives of several mortals were obviously far less important than the mission they were about to perform.

"The enemy is likely to strengthen its defense, and our mission will become more difficult. Don't you understand this!"

"You let your impulse overcome your rationality. This is not like you at all."

As the captain, Levin certainly knew how stupid his choice was just now. Facing the sergeant's questioning, he just kept silent at first until the other party's voice fell.

"I know very well what the consequences of doing this will be. I just can't stand it. I am willing to accept any punishment after the mission is over."

While speaking, Levin raised the Gauss rifle in his hand again and skillfully replaced it with a new capacitor compartment.

"But what we need to do now is to leave here as soon as possible. The enemy will soon notice the situation here. We must go to the next target location as soon as possible."

Levin's tone sounded very calm, and he obviously did not regret his actions just now.

The other party always had a bit of unrealistic fantasy in his heart, and the technical sergeant obviously saw this.

"What about these people? Do you plan to bring them with you?"

And Levin answered this way.

"We are not far from the airport. As long as we are fast enough, we can end the battle before the enemy reacts. At that time, we can call for reinforcements to take them down."

As the voice fell, Levin took out a survival blanket with a constant temperature function in extreme environments from the equipment storage belt on his waist and wrapped it around the naked girl.

"The Emperor created us to protect mortals. If we can't even do this, then what's the point of our existence? Besides, the Archangel once said that we should lead them with kindness. Shouldn't we do this?"

But the sergeant just shook his head helplessly.

"We live in a darker era. You and I, including all the brothers of the Ash Angels, know very little about this universe. In many cases, we have to make some cruel choices. Only in this way can we save more people."

When mentioning this, the technical sergeant also used Sanguinius as an example.

"Even our Gene Father, even that Archangel, when faced with his blood-thirsty offspring, had made a helpless decision to kill his own offspring in order to avoid the legion being purged by the Emperor like the Second and Eleventh Legions."

"Besides, these people have come into contact with those things. In this case, you can't save them. These people are different from us. You should know this."

The things mentioned by the sergeant refer to the unpredictable invisible power in the warp. There is no doubt that in the ceremony just now, these mortals have more or less come into contact with the blasphemous power, and even directly witnessed the existence of demons.

Long before leaving Haven, the priests and think tanks of the Blood Angels had mentioned to them more than once that what should be done in this situation is the safest choice.

While speaking, he set his eyes on the girl again. Perhaps affected by the power of the warp, the blasphemous traces left on the other party by the minions of Chaos did not completely disappear with the recovery of the wound. This situation could not help but cause the sergeant to worry.

"Since the Lord of Ashes can save us from being contaminated by the blasphemous power of the Warp, then He may be able to save these people."

"These people are loyal citizens of the Empire. We have no reason to abandon them."

The other party's words made the technical sergeant fall into silence

The freedom from contamination mentioned by Levin refers to the blessing ability of the legendary Lord of Ashes. According to the Holy Blood Priest who is responsible for keeping the gene seed bank of the Ash Angels, the seeds implanted in every Ash Angel have been personally blessed by the Lord of Ashes without exception, and the most mysterious gene technology used is also the Alliance.

After the blessing of various special technologies, the gene seeds of the Ash Angels have unimaginable stability, and the subsequent test results are enough to prove that even these recruits who have not undergone long-term mental training naturally have a strong resistance to the subspace.

Seeing that the other party is so stubborn, the technical sergeant can only sigh helplessly.

"You are still too young, Levin."

"This unnecessary pity will only harm you, or the people around you."

But even if he has said this, Levin still can't make up his mind.

"That's it. I've made my decision."

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However, what the angels failed to notice was that as they led the mortals present out of the hall.

At this moment, a twisted and invisible mass of flesh and blood emerged from the gap between the ruins and climbed up to the ankle of a man at the end of the team at a very fast speed.