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I have heard of you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Please convey my respects to your master, Lord Granthor, the Empire’s most loyal blade.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In dealing with this female Inquisitor, Aluman displayed unprecedented respect in both speech and gesture: “I heard your master, Lord Granthor, has officially stepped down from his Inquisition duties. It is a pity I am stationed on the Empire’s frontier—I wonder if Lord Granthor still fares well?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“He is well.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Winnie Winslet lowered her eyelids slightly, seemingly unwilling to discuss her master “Granthor,” and shifted the topic to Alvin: “Is this the person you mentioned?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes, honored Lady Winslet.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aluman stepped half a pace aside and slowly introduced: “Allow me to formally present to you this child—Alvin Valthus, a scavenger from the Lower Nest, who accidentally discovered traces of a cult’s presence... and a blood sacrifice ritual.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon hearing “blood ritual,” Winnie’s gaze returned to Alvin, her tone slightly colder: “Can you describe the entire process in detail?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aluman stepped back half a step and whispered to Alvin: “This is an Imperial Inquisitor. You don’t need to know what an Inquisitor is—she asks, you answer.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Understood, Father Aluman.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alvin knew—the greatest test had arrived.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Any slip in answering an Inquisitor’s questions could invite suspicion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortunately, thanks to Tucker’s disguise training, Alvin had learned to precisely control his facial expressions and conceal his true thoughts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Honored Lady Winslet, this is how it happened...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In truth, Alvin had long ago rehearsed and refined the entire story in his mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Using a nine-parts-truth, one-part-lie approach, he had embedded countless irrelevant details to conceal the fact that his predecessor had been discovered and killed by Rashid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Alvin, are you certain... the psychic you saw that day was Rashid Hadley?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After listening to his account, Winnie furrowed her brow, scrutinizing Alvin with suspicion: “Do you know what happens to someone who falsely accuses a noble?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Honored Lady Winslet, I swear by the Emperor!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alvin unhesitatingly swore by “Emperor Lord,” for this oath was the most effective against Inquisitors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Good. Remember what you’ve said today.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Winnie gave him a long, piercing look and said coolly: “If you lie, I swear I will subject you to white phosphorus punishment—no one will stop me.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But as she spoke these final words, she glanced deliberately at Aluman, as if speaking directly to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Our conversation ends here.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Winnie turned away, jotting notes in her personal journal, without looking back: “This conversation must not be disclosed.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I hope you will act swiftly, Lady Winslet.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aluman spoke in a low tone, tinged with heaviness and unease: “Given the cult’s current rate of expansion, they may begin their move soon... we are running out of time.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I will.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Winnie continued writing, her expression utterly impassive: “But before I act, I require more concrete evidence—not merely your two testimonies.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Forgive me, Lady Winslet, but your approach... is enabling the cult’s expansion.” Aluman clearly was dissatisfied with this answer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Put bluntly, by the time you find solid proof, the cult will have already seized the Nest!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet Aluman still spoke as gently as possible: “Lady Winslet, you may doubt our credibility, but the cult’s expansion will not pause because of it—in fact, upon learning an Inquisitor has arrived, they may accelerate their plans.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alvin nodded silently, and after a moment of perspective-switching, he realized: if he were Rashid, upon learning an Inquisitor had descended, he would accelerate his plans regardless of whether the Inquisitor was targeting him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Lord Vira, are you asking me to mobilize Imperial troops based solely on your two testimonies—with no evidence?” Winnie paused her writing, her cold brow hardening with solemnity: “I am an Inquisitor—precisely because of this, I cannot betray the power granted to me by the Emperor!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Lady Winslet, I am not questioning your judgment.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aluman’s voice carried deep weariness: “The cult’s expansion is too rapid—if you wait to investigate fully, the entire Nest may fall. I sincerely urge you: send a star-signal to summon a detachment of Star Militia. At least this... could prevent a sudden cult assault on the Nest.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Winnie set down her pen, her eyes heavy with gravity, speaking slowly and deliberately: “As of now, all the information you’ve provided lacks any ‘evidence.’”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Whether the Lower Nest truly hosts a ‘Blood God Sacrifice Ritual,’ or whether Rashid Hadley is connected to the cult—I must verify it myself.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You must understand: even an Inquisitor has no right to directly accuse a planetary governor’s family of ties to a cult.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I understand your urgency—but I require evidence!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With that, she turned again, continuing her notes: “Our conversation ends here, Lord Vira. I must work.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aluman was utterly helpless—he had done all he could, but this “Inquisitor” differed greatly from those he had known before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Let’s go.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had no power to change anything, and with heavy steps, he left the room first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alvin sighed. He had neither authority nor status to alter an Inquisitor’s decision—he could only follow Aluman out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the two departed, Winnie stopped writing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gazing at the notebook filled with notes, she instinctively flipped to the first page, and deep within her pale blue, icy eyes, a faint, almost imperceptible haze passed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then she hardened her resolve, biting her lip as if speaking to herself: “Teacher, I will never become like you... never!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the first page of the notebook was a passage written by her master, Granthor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Every Inquisitor begins as a conservative, yearning for purity and justice;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And every Inquisitor ends as a ruthless heretic, a blasphemous madman—Charles Granthor, to Winnie Winslet.”\u003C\u002Fp>",1255,"2026-06-20T00:45:41.385Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","1c01c0c9a55eb5b11820bef20d03186524d206f9ca6fb9d02e498dd44815d2d6","starting-from-warhammer-to-raid-the-all-heavens-chapter-70","starting-from-warhammer-to-raid-the-all-heavens-chapter-68",588,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fstarting-from-warhammer-to-raid-the-all-heavens-cover.jpg"]