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Inquisition Erant territory branch.
32 inquisitors were gathered in a huge sparring arena.
These were the new inquisitors recruited in the recent inquisitor selection.
There had been a couple of deployments since joining the Inquisition, but they still hadnât shed their rookie status.
This was because they were deployed without proper training and couldnât pull their own weight. frŃewebnoŃ”Äl.com
As if to prove this, over half of the 32 were bandaged.
Nevertheless, their eyes were all fierce.
Quite a few of them looked ready to throw away their lives to tear apart those Followers of the Moon bastards if given the chance.
âThey said there wouldnât be any deployments for a while.â
âThere are still a lot of injured ones too.â
âMaybe theyâre planning to gather only the good ones and deploy them again?â
âI hope so. Damn it, I joined to get revenge. I need to send at least one more of those bastards to hell.â
The new inquisitors gathered in groups, speculating on the reason for the assembly.
But no one really knew.
Just then, a veteran inquisitor entered.
His hair was snow white, but his face looked to be in his 40s.
Retoma.
He was a veteran who had dealt with countless heretics, occupying a unique position within the Inquisition.
âEveryone quiet. Greenhorns, glad to see you all still alive. I called you here today because thereâs very good news for you.â
âGood news, you say?â
âYouâve found the Followers of the Moonâs base! Are we deploying?â
âHalf of you are injured, and you want to be deployed right now? Do you all want to die?â
Retoma looked at the rookies incredulously.
âI understand your enthusiasm, but rushing in with only conviction and no strength is suicidal.â
âBut weâre short on manpower! Weâll go and tear them apart. We donât care if we die in the process!â
Retoma shook his head at their moth-to-a-flame attitude.
It was good that they werenât afraid, but they were too eager.
The fundamental principle of an inquisitor was to not die.
Their mission was not to be martyred in the process of dealing with heretics, but to somehow return alive and spread the teachings of the Holy Light Goddess.
âThis makes it difficult to use them properly.â
They didnât need people who wanted to be cannon fodder.
They needed to recruit those who could survive for a long time like himself and eventually exert influence in the Inquisition.
âYouâre all still lacking. Originally, you should have received training from an education instructor, but unfortunately the instructor retired, so you didnât get proper training.â
They were hastily recruited and hastily deployed.
The result was as everyone knew.
âSo this time, the director has brought in a proper instructor.â
Retoma said, frowning slightly.
âI had a bad feeling about this ever since he said he was going to the academy.â
Jeryd had fewer years than Retoma, but he had risen to the position of director thanks to his skills and fame.
Of course, his abilities werenât insufficient for the director role, but in veteran Retomaâs eyes, he had too many lacking areas.
âCan someone who teaches young kids at the academy really serve as an Inquisition instructor?â
Retoma was extremely skeptical.
âHe said he wanted to bring academy students, make a good impression, and turn them into future inquisitors.â
Why on earth did he bring an academy teacher as an instructor?
âA new instructorâŠ?â
âDoes this mean we can now receive proper training?â
âYes, youâll be able to receive proper training.â
Of course, Retoma didnât think that this academy teacher could provide proper training, but he thought it would at least be better than nothing.
âOhhhâŠ!â
âWhoâs coming?â
âCould it be the famous Black Panther?â
âOr maybe Sir Holy Sword?â
âIt could be the White Reaper. Heâs the most famous in our empire these days.â
âIf theyâre coming as an Inquisition instructor, it must be someone with an amazing reputation. But can we receive training right away?â
Everyone started getting excited about the news of a new instructor coming.
âWe know from our own experience. The Inquisition manual is thick and difficult. Theyâll need to understand it all and be able to perform it perfectly to teach us.â
âHmm, then it could be a retired senior coming back.â
âIt really could be a senior coming.â
Everyone made predictions and looked forward to the new incoming instructor.
âDo you know whoâs coming, Sir Retoma?â
Retoma was silent for a moment.
âThe Director will be coming soon with the new instructor. I hear itâs a current teacher at the famous Ivecar Academy. Someone called Ethan Whiskers.â
The excited expressions of the inquisitors hardened at Retomaâs words.
âAn academy teacher?â
âWho is that?â
âEthan Whiskers? Never heard of him.â
âCome on, this isnât right.â
âWhatâs an academy teacher doing coming as our Inquisition instructor?â
âWeâre not little kids.â
âA person who teaches children is going to teach us? Even if heâs a teacher from a prestigious academy, still.â
The new inquisitors clicked their tongues, disapproving of the newly incoming instructor.
It was understandable. Most students attending prestigious academies are children of noble families. Most of them donât go to dangerous front lines.
Their education is just superficial.
They donât receive proper practical training. Thereâs absolutely no education on situations where one mistake could lead to your death or your comradeâs death.
Hothouse flowers. (+)[1]TLN: A person who is very fragile and vulnerable as a result of having been sheltered.
That description fit academy students perfectly.
In contrast, the Inquisition was the wild. To survive in the wild, they needed thorough, practical-oriented training that matched it.
What was just an experience for academy students was a life-or-death reality for the Inquisition.
And now an academy teacher with excellent skills in teaching those hothouse flowers was coming as an Inquisition instructor?
This made no sense.
âEven if heâs a teacher from a prestigious academy, it doesnât seem right for him to come as our Inquisition instructor.â
An inquisitor with a scar on his face spoke.
He looked the youngest among the gathered new inquisitors but had the most vicious gaze.
âAlendre, this is the directorâs choice.â
Retoma said to the scarred inquisitor, Alendre.
In fact, there was little he could say. This was all already decided by the Director.
Just as discontent seemed about to explode.
âThe director is entering.â
An inquisitor entered first with the deputy director, and then Jeryd, the director of the Inquisition, stepped into the sparring arena.
Retoma and the new inquisitors focused on the person following behind rather than the entering director.
âDamn it.â
As feared, worry became reality.
Retoma inwardly cursed as soon as he saw Ethanâs face.
He had hoped for at least a tough person.
Since he was already brought, they couldnât send him back. If so, he should at least be able to train these rough inquisitors a little.
For that, toughness was essential.
But Ethan showed no signs of toughness at all.
âNone of you look very happy. Have your wounds not all healed yet?â
Jeryd said, looking at the new inquisitors. Retoma hurriedly went to Jeryd and whispered in his ear.
âAre you sure you brought the right person?â
To Retoma, Jeryd was a junior in the Inquisition before being the director. Thatâs why he could speak a bit more freely.
âPlease trust me, Retoma.â
Jeryd put his hand on Retomaâs shoulder.
âI brought the right person.â
Jeryd formally introduced Ethan while looking at the new inquisitors who were openly showing their dissatisfaction.
âThis is Sir Ethan Whiskers, whom Iâve newly invited as an instructor. For a short period, Sir Ethan will be your instructor.â
âIâm Ethan Whiskers.â
Ethan greeted briefly.
âInstructor Ethan is a teacher at the prestigious Ivecar Academy that you all know well. Heâs a very professional educator.â
âCan a teacher who teaches kids raised in a protected greenhouse really teach us?â
At that moment, Alendre raised his hand and spoke.
âYou seem doubtful, Alendre. And Iâm sure itâs not just Alendreâs doubt.â
The other new inquisitors felt the same way.
âWe may be new to the Inquisition, but weâre not new to the outside world.â
Though called new, they were all experienced individuals who had accumulated various experiences outside. They had shed their rookie status long ago.
Ethan looked at Jeryd briefly, seeing the inquisitors who looked ready to pounce at any moment.
âMay I be a bit rough?â
âAh, yes, Iâll take responsibility. Please make it clear!â
Ethan smiled at Jerydâs permission.
Clearly, the new inquisitors were all experienced individuals who had experienced the field in their respective positions.
In other words, there was no need to handle them gently like students.
âMuch better.â
Ethan stepped down from the platform and approached the inquisitor standing at the very front.
âIt seems youâre all unhappy that Iâm here.â
âWell, itâs not exactly that weâre unhappy. Itâs an honor that an academy teacher has come to teach us, but just remember that weâre not students. Do you really think you can teach us?â
âThis attitude even with Jeryd here.â
From the start, Ethan was someone Jeryd personally brought. Whether he was an academy lecturer or whatever, he was someone their superior personally brought to educate them.
Yet there wasnât even a speck of politeness to be found.
âHe must have had quite a headache.â
He could fully understand how Jeryd felt when he shared his concerns.
Ethan examined the inquisitors with the Eye of Horus.
They certainly had the skills to enter the Inquisition. Compared to students, they definitely looked tougher.
They all seemed to have quite a decent amount of mana as well.
âNormally, they would have been quite difficult to handle.â
Mana is restricted within the academy.
Thanks to that, even Ethan, who had almost no mana due to Extinction, could easily handle the students.
But this wasnât the academy.
The mana possessed by the new inquisitors before him was incomparably more than Ethanâs.
If they tried to resist Ethan with that mana, they could resist as much as they wanted.
Mana was that powerful a force.
âBut that was before mastering Heoâs Acupuncture.â
Ethan, who had mastered Heoâs Acupuncture, was in a much stronger state than before.
He judged that he could control these rough rookies as much as he wanted.
âThe reason you donât trust your instructor is because of skill, right?â
Ethan spread both arms.
Then he instantly reached out to the inquisitor standing in front. It was exactly where the acupoint was located.
Whoosh-!
Ethan accurately struck the acupoint with a needle he instantly created. The new inquisitor, attacked without warning, collapsed on the spot.
âWhat is thisâŠ!â
âDonât treat you guys like a student? Thatâs exactly what I want to say. Donât ask me later to be as gentle as if Iâm teaching students.â
Ethan said.
âAll of you, come at me.â
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