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“Parchment.”

What Apostle had in his possession was parchment.

Ethan immediately unfolded the parchment.

Although it was full of all sorts of ciphers, Ethan could easily decipher its contents.

“This bastard, he was overseeing the Ivecar Academy?”

He knew who the Twelve Apostles were, but didn’t know exactly what duties they were in charge of.

Who would have thought that one of the Twelve Apostles was in charge of Ivecar Academy.

‘This order is to be delivered to the First Orders under the Twelve Apostles.’

Basically, Followers of the Moon don’t know the faces of the Apostles.

‘Only the core members among the First Order know.’

Ethan also knew the faces of the Twelve Apostles because he had played as a core First Order in MePan. However, he had never seen the faces of the three Apostles at the very top.

The highest-ranking Apostles couldn’t be met unless one was an Apostle themselves.

At that moment, Ethan’s mind began to work quickly.

“This will make things a bit easier.”

Ethan searched the Twelve Apostles’ possessions again and found the Apostle’s divine object.

A green jewel.

It was the Dawn Council’s divine object called green chalcedony.

“With this divine object, I can disguise myself as one of the Twelve Apostles.”

For followers who don’t know the face of Twelve Apostles Luna Spirit, this divine object is proof of being one of the Twelve Apostles.

Grin.

Ethan smiled.

“First Order and Twelve Apostles.”

Ethan immediately froze the Twelve Apostles and then shattered him into pieces. Since he decided to disguise himself as one of the Twelve Apostles, there should be no trace of the real Twelve Apostles left in this world.

“Is everyone’s condition alright?”

Ethan distributed decoction to the elves.

“If you drink this, your strength will return.”

“Sob, thank you.”

The elves completely trusted Ethan.

Moreover, they had even converted to become believers.

“From now on, we will believe in Moonforce. Since we received help from Moonforce, this time we will protect this temple.”

The elves slowly stood up and bowed their heads to Ethan once more.

Ethan smiled gently at them.

“The goddess will watch over you all.”

***

As Ethan went outside the temple, the heresy inquisitors arrived in front of the temple just in time.

“What is this?”

“There was clearly only a small cave entrance connected to the underground.”

“Ah, there’s Sir Ethan!”

Jeryd, looking bewildered at the temple, spotted Ethan and the elves coming out of the temple.

“Sir Ethan! Are you alright!”

“It was an incredible operation. I never thought you’d execute the bait so perfectly.”

“How did this happen?”

Despite still being tired, Ethan first checked on the new inquisitors.

The new inquisitors unconsciously tensed up and stood at attention under Ethan’s gaze.

Ethan nodded while making eye contact with such inquisitors.

It seemed like praise, as if to say they did well, so the new inquisitors unconsciously twitched the corners of their mouths into a smile.

They maintained a firm three-person team according to Ethan’s training and prioritized not getting injured.

As a result, even though they fought against clearly stronger enemies than before, not a single person was injured.

“…Did you see the Apostle?”

When Jeryd mentioned the Apostle, the heresy inquisitors noticeably began to tense up.

Ethan turned his head to look at Jeryd and answered.

“The Apostle is dead. I took care of him.”

“…Pardon?”

Jeryd made a confused expression at the words that the Apostle had been dealt with.

Unable to believe what he heard, he asked again without realizing it.

Before Ethan could say anything more, the elves who came out together rushed forward and shouted.

“Sir Ethan here dealt with the Apostle!”

“That powerful Apostle was trying to pollute this temple and destroy the forest! He was trying to steal all the power remaining in this temple of Moonforce!”

“Sir Ethan stopped him!”

“Is, is that true? The Apostle is dead?”

The elves nodded vigorously at Jeryd’s words.

“The Apostle is dead!”

At those words, the forest inquisitors made expressions of disbelief.

“H-How.”

Even Kazinska was no match for the Apostle.

Having seen it directly, the forest inquisitors had a deeply ingrained fear stemming from that strength.

“No way. Did Sir Ethan… defeat that Apostle… alone?”

“Yes! The Apostle was truly terrifying, but.”

“Sir Ethan fought the Apostle risking his life. And he overcame him!”

When Jeryd and the forest inquisitors looked at Ethan, Ethan nodded once.

He wanted to answer directly, but he was so exhausted that he just nodded once.

However, to Jeryd and the forest inquisitors, that gesture looked as if defeating an Apostle was no big deal.

“H-How did he defeat the Apostle… that Apostle, alone…”

The forest inquisitor lowered his head and muttered.

Just what kind of person is he?

Suddenly barging in and shattering all the common sense and knowledge the forest inquisitors had.

At that moment, Jeryd raised his hand high.

“It’s our victory! Sir Ethan killed the Apostle! It’s our complete victory!”

As he shouted loudly like that, the inquisitors responded by shouting.

As Jeryd said, it was a perfect victory for the Inquisition.

***

“You really worked hard. I wish you could stay longer, but that’s just my selfishness.”

Ethan just smiled at Jeryd’s words.

Deputy Director Benjamin also thought it would be great if Ethan could continue to be an instructor for the Inquisition.

He was an excellent instructor.

If he educated the newcomers while simultaneously training the inquisitors who felt their own inadequacies, the influence of the Inquisition would grow much larger than it is now.

The Holy Empire, called the King’s Mace, but that was a thing of the past.

He thought they might be able to regain their once nominal reputation.

“Sir Ethan, you have the power to completely change wherever you go. If you could come back to our Inquisition headquarters again later and help us, we would be truly grateful. This is a small gift.”

Ethan grinned at the Deputy Director’s gift package.

It seemed he had prepared holy water as a gift, which Ethan had requested as a reward.

“Thank you.”

“Oh, and the talk with the Holylight Order that you mentioned earlier is finished. You can go see Bishop Vincent in Arien territory.”

Arien territory was not too far from Erant territory.

‘It’s about time to start working on it.’

“We will never forget this incident. If you ever need anything, please visit our Inquisition headquarters.”

The director bowed his head deeply.

-Jeryd completely trusts you.

-Your reputation has increased!

-Your survival probability has increased!

Ethan smiled and exchanged greetings with the two.

Afterwards, before leaving the Inquisition, Ethan headed to the training ground to say his final goodbyes.

There, the new inquisitors Ethan had taught were gathered.

“Sob sob.”

“Are, are you really leaving?”

After the fight with the Apostle.

Ethan taught the new inquisitors for about another week.

The trained new inquisitors had grown to the point where they could no longer be called newcomers.

“I’ve taught you everything in the textbook. You can now fully pull your own weight.”

“We, we are still lacking!”

“Now is the time to fill those gaps on your own. You are now proud heresy inquisitors.”

“Sob, we’ll think of you as our eternal teacher.”

“Of course you should. I have good ears. So no matter where I am, if I hear anything related to you, I can hear it.”

Ethan began to call out the names of the 32 inquisitors one by one.

“Alendre.”

Only after calling Alendre last did Ethan smile.

The inquisitors’ eyes turned red.

They never thought he would have memorized all their names one by one.

Those who were crying couldn’t hold back their tears anymore.

“I remember all of you, so if I hear that any of you died, I’ll come find you, resurrect you, and then kill you again.”

It was clearly said jokingly, but why didn’t it sound like a joke?

“Don’t you dare die to those Followers of the Moon bastards. Got it?”

“Yes!”

“Yes! We absolutely won’t die!”

“Good then.”

Ethan grinned and raised his hand.

“Let’s meet again.”

***

Ethan registered the Erant branch in Wind Cloud and immediately set off for Arien territory.

“The holy water has increased to 24.”

After checking the gift from the Inquisition, he put it in his spatial pouch. At the same time, he organized the items he needed to use right away while checking his spatial pouch here and there.

Arien territory.

It was larger than Erant territory where the Inquisition branch existed, and here, the Holylight Order’s church was built even larger than the elite branch of the Inquisition.

‘Because the Lord of Arien is a devout believer of the Holylight Order.’

Ethan went straight into the Holylight church.

“I’m here to see Bishop Vincent.”

The reason for choosing Bishop Vincent among the many bishops was because Bishop Vincent was the most reasonable person to talk to.

‘The bishops of the Holylight Order are much more rigid than mages. They don’t accept any proposals and only try to maintain the current situation. Devoutly and diligently.’

However, Vincent is different.

Currently a bishop, but soon to become an archbishop and save many people, Vincent was a very reasonable person to talk to.

‘It means he’s someone I can talk business with too.’

Of course, business was secondary, and Ethan sought out Bishop Vincent for another reason.

“Please wait a moment. I will inform the Bishop right away.”

***

Bishop Vincent observed the appearance of the man who came to see him.

He looked quite young.

A stylish appearance, eyes full of excellence, two swords at his waist.

At first glance, he seemed slender, but upon closer inspection, he had a solid impression.

“I heard from the director. You defeated the Followers of the Moon, didn’t you? Moreover, you brought down an Apostle and rescued the elves! You’ve truly done an amazing thing. The goddess will surely look down upon you and bless you. For what reason has such a person come to see me?”

Ethan smiled and greeted in response to Vincent’s question.

“My name is Ethan Whiskers, Bishop. I came because I wanted to make a donation to the Holylight Order.”

“A donation?”

“Yes.”

As soon as Ethan finished speaking, he took out money from his spatial pouch.

One of the reasons he made a lot of money through business was to donate like this.

‘You can form a good relationship with the Holylight Order through donations.’

Creating a good relationship with the Order can increase the chances of meeting the Saintess. Moreover, there was something else to gain by making donations.

“Are you saying you’re going to donate all this money?”

“There’s still more.”

As Ethan’s money pouch continued to come out, the bishop asked in surprise.

“Why are you trying to donate so much money?”

To the bishop’s question, Ethan put his hands together as if in prayer.

“The reason is…”

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