This time, it was truly over.
The survivors still tainted by Chaos, but mistaken for miracles, were purified in holy flames.
Their souls would not go to the Warp. This... was the last shred of mercy the Grey Knights could offer these poor people.
Then, under the watchful eyes of the Sons of the Forest, the Grey Knights boarded the Stormraven Gunship that had brought them here. With the roar of its engines, it disappeared into the distant sky, just as it had before.
"Aren't you saying all this on purpose so I can hear it..." Luo Ji gave him a strange look.
"I told you, this is a problem you'll have to face in the future." Afkar made no attempt to hide it. "Perhaps the choices you'll face later will be even harder than today's. I was only showing you the cruel side of things in advance."
Luo Ji fell silent for a while. In truth, he could guess who had been behind it all without being told.
"And... no one will remember what happened here today."
Afkar's tone was meaningful. After a pause, he continued, "Except for you and me... no one will know about the Grey Knights, and no one will remember that they existed."
At that, Luo Ji paused and looked at the Space Marines around him. "Then what about them..."
"When they return, they'll undergo memory-wiping surgery."
Afkar's voice was detached as he explained, "The existence of the Grey Knights is the highest secret. Their anonymity must be ensured."
"I see..." Luo Ji suddenly understood.
He finally understood why, before the Grey Knights entered the battlefield, Afkar had ordered the Space Marines to establish a cordon and forced the human armies to withdraw several kilometers. It had all been to protect the Grey Knights' secret.