Bang!
When Gray split the last Kastelan Robot's Big Head, the Kastelan Robot crashed to the ground with a tremendous impact.
"Commander Gray, we were incompetent and still needed you to come help us eliminate these False Emperor lackeys." After the battle ended, Wright led the members of the guard squad over to Gray. Looking deeply embarrassed, he apologized to Gray.
Wright, twenty-five members of the guard squad, and ten Dreadnoughts had spent a great deal of time dealing with these Tech-Priests and Kastelan Robots, yet they had still failed to swiftly eliminate the oil-soaked bastards.
Only after Gray joined the battle had they quickly dealt with them. This left Wright and the Space Marines in the guard squad feeling somewhat ashamed. Failing to rapidly achieve their strategic objective was proof of their incompetence.
"This isn't your fault. These damned Adeptus Mechanicus members aren't opponents who can be defeated so easily. If these oil-soaked bastards were all weaklings, the Adeptus Mechanicus wouldn't have survived in the Imperium for tens of thousands of years."
Hearing Wright's apologetic words, Gray could not help but comfort them. These Space Marines were elite veteran warriors, but their opponents were no ordinary lot either.
"These oil-soaked bastards are all quite formidable. If I hadn't received a reward from the Lord of the Stars, I wouldn't have been able to defeat their leader so easily either. So there's no need for you to feel that you didn't do well enough."
The Space Marines, who had been hanging their heads as they awaited Gray's reprimand, raised their heads after hearing his comforting words and looked at him with gratitude.
There was no reprimand in Gray's words, only deep comfort. This allowed the Space Marines, who had been filled with guilt, to feel the concern Commander Gray had