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Chapter 101 Space Marines
After leaving the Inquisitor's office, Paul reunited with his acolytes and killing team.

Looking at the army full of wounded soldiers, the expression on Paul's face was somewhat indescribable.

His acolytes and killing squads were all elites carefully selected after he became an Inquisitor, and he knew every one of them by name.

They followed him through life and death and experienced many dangerous missions.

Some people sacrificed their lives, some became disabled and left the team. Paul once thought that he was accustomed to separation. After all, as inquisitors, loyalty to the emperor and sacrifice and dedication were their obligations.

But when he saw that the soldiers who should have sacrificed themselves for the Emperor died in vain because of conspiracy and self-interest, Paul felt only intense sadness and ridicule in his heart.

He seemed to gradually understand why his teacher became more and more extreme and disappointed in his later years, as if he had lost confidence in everything and fell into self-doubt.

Perhaps it was because he had seen so many cases of people disregarding the empire for personal gain and desecrating their sacred duties as inquisitors that his teacher finally chose to die heroically in a battle to hunt down heretics?
Paul didn't want to think about this. He shook his head, looked at his acolytes and killing squad, and asked them to go down for treatment and rest first, and recover in the shortest possible time.

He then walked over to the Ministry of Justice's marshals and asked, "You guys understand what you've gotten yourself into, right? If you don't want to die in obscurity, how about joining my team?"

The few surviving bailiffs in the bailiff team looked at each other, then sighed helplessly and nodded in agreement to Paul's invitation.

When the battle just now broke out, they realized that they were involved in the internal strife of the Inquisition. If they had died just now, it would be fine because the Ministry of Justice could collect their bodies.

But now they are alive, and if they don't want to die in obscurity, the best option is to seek refuge under the Inquisitor who seems to have just won.

Otherwise, anyone who participated in the battle just now would definitely be silenced.

If it were an ordinary soldier in the Defense Forces, or even a lower-level soldier in the Astra Militarum, they might not understand these things. They would focus more on fighting, so who would care about these details?
But for a profession like Hive City Bailiffs who often have to deal with all kinds of monsters and demons, they know much more about these despicable things.

So without much hesitation, they chose to join Paul's team.

Seeing the bailiffs join in, Paul's expression finally relaxed a little.

His killing squad and acolytes had suffered heavy casualties, and the remnants of the bailiff team in front of him could be a supplement, so that he would not be left without anyone available for the next mission.

Although he could recruit soldiers such as the Battle Sisters, the Astra Militarum, and even the Storm Heirs to fight for him, Paul was more accustomed to assigning himself a more elite killing squad, so that when he encountered trouble or crisis, he would at least have a reliable force in his hands.

This is also what most inquisitors do. Even if they are not powerful enough, they will recruit some capable monks to prevent themselves from being silenced and having no power to fight back if they really find out something while investigating dangerous incidents.

"You should also go and pack up. We will be leaving the capital of Mariupol soon. I'll give you one day to pack your things and say goodbye to your families. Meet at this place tomorrow morning." Paul handed an address to the judicial police team and said, "Don't worry about the Ministry of Justice. I will send someone to handle the handover. You can gather at this place early tomorrow morning.

As for weapons and equipment, the equipment of the Ministry of Justice is still too conspicuous. I will replace them with new ones for you, so don't worry about that."

After explaining the precautions, Paul turned around and left to go to his own base for treatment and packing up.

The situation wasn't such that a safe house was necessary. Paul had just received a mission from the Grand Inquisitor and the other Grand Inquisitors. Anyone attempting to target him at this point would be acting against the Mariupol Sector Inquisition. While his current situation was largely due to these Grand Inquisitors and the Grand Inquisitor, it was best not to delve into that topic.

After all, without the permission of these people, who would dare to use force at the headquarters of the Tribunal?
What is more important right now is to focus on your own tasks.

Thinking that he would be heading to Baal, the home planet of the Blood Angels, to deliver that important message to the Blood Angels, Paul couldn't help but feel a little excited.

He even fantasized whether he could hire one or two Blood Angels Space Marines to serve him through this incident.

He did not expect to be able to hire a whole team. After all, for an Inquisitor of his status, it was already very rare to have an Emperor's Angel following him.
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While Paul was fantasizing about hiring one or two Space Marines to follow him, Chen Xi had already used the increased authority after the upgrade to add a new Astartes to his military list.

At Level I authority, Chen Xi can use chess pieces worth 500 points; at Level II authority, this score increases to 1000 points.

Now he has level III authority and can use a total of 2000 points of chess pieces.

This means that Chen Xi now has 1500 points left to invest in new chess pieces.

If he wasn't particular, these 1500 points would be enough to invest in an entire Astartes company.

And even if he was more particular and didn't just put it into a combat team, 1500 points would be enough to put it on a proper military list and arrange a fully functional and strong combat team.

However, after comprehensive consideration, Chen Xi only planned to deploy one half-company of Primaris and one half-company of Veteran Space Marines.

Although there is a company on both sides combined, these two and a half companies are not fully staffed, and each has five squads. Overall, they can still be within the range of 1500 points.

Because he planned to use the Primaris Half-Company to expand his army, he placed a ten-man command team in this half-company, including Chaplains, Techmarine, Librarians, and the crucial Apothecary.

In comparison, the half-company of old Space Marines only brought old Guardsmen and Terminators, and the organization looked much more shabby.

The organization of the two half companies is as follows:
原铸半连三十三人885分：1指挥小队415分（连长80分，连队英雄4人组95分，牧师60分，技术军士65分，智库65分，药剂师50分）1剑卫老兵三人小队90分，1黑色圣堂十字军十人小队140分，1压制者三人小队75分，1歼灭者三人小队85分，1掠夺者五人小队80分。

(Company Commander + Company Hero, including Company Champion, Flag Bearer, and two Veterans)

(Think Tank)
(pharmacist)

(priest)
(Technical Sergeant)
(Sword Guard Veteran)

(Annihilator)
(Suppressor)
(Predator)
(Crusader Squad)

老星际战士半连二十一人545分：1肃卫老兵五人小队100分，1终结者五人小队170分，1战术十人小队140分，1无畏机甲135分。

(End of this chapter)