Level Up Inquisitor [EN]: Chapter 136

136. The Sixth Executor (3)

The world event shook Warlord.

Unsurprisingly, the reaction was explosive.

The Light Church had declared war on the top 12 guilds.

It wasn’t the first world event, but the scale was unprecedented.

The event involved burning down an entire city, causing an uproar in various communities.

Numerous users who had settled in Amstel fled, and NPCs who heard the rumors also evacuated, fearing for their lives.

Given the massive size of Warlord’s cities, the scale of the evacuation and its ripple effects were enormous.

‘It seems like I’m also a hot topic.’

Eil sighed.

The emergence of the Sixth Executor.

The fact that Eil, as the first user, had been appointed to the highest position in the Order, the Executor, also became public knowledge.

His involvement in this event naturally drew a lot of attention.

As a result, many people unfamiliar with the internal situation mistakenly believed that Eil was the mastermind behind it all.

‘There are so many gathered.’

Eil looked out the window and saw a tremendous number of followers.

He was at the temple in the large city of Rockporter, and those outside had gathered in response to the divine call.

It wasn’t just Rockporter.

An astonishing number of followers were gathering at each Temple of Light heading towards the target.

Esmair and Solstede.

All the Order’s users active in these two regions were forcibly mobilized, which was to be expected.

In particular, Eil’s ardent followers, who had recently increased rapidly, came from distant regions to join forces, even though they weren’t required to.

‘I’m glad that more people gathered than expected. But…’

The goal of this quest was the city of ‘Amstel’.

It was targeted because the lord was suspected of colluding with a demon.

Many people misunderstood, but the ‘lord’ here didn’t refer to the guild leader of the occupying guild.

Although the guild that occupied the city handled almost everything, there was nominally a lord who pledged allegiance to the royal family.

Eil had to eliminate him.

However, for some reason, the target of this trial was the entire city, and it wouldn’t be over just by beheading the lord.

A conflict with the guild that owned the territory was unavoidable.

‘The Binghae Guild… They’re not easy opponents, even among the top 12.’

Eil’s mind grew more complicated because of the powerful opponent.

“Executor, you were here.”

“Ah, you’ve arrived?”

A pair of men and women who had come to find him entered the room, and Eil greeted them happily.

Two Inquisitors dressed in white armor.

They were also users, not NPCs.

However, unlike the numerous users outside, these two were a bit special.

Luke and May, two named players of the Light Church.

They were quasi-rankers with levels exceeding 220.

Of course, as time passed while Eil was growing, the standard for rankers had risen to level 240.

However, it was very rare to find talent reaching the quasi-ranker level unless they were from the top 6 guilds, and it was even harder to find users belonging to the Order at that level.

‘I was able to breathe a sigh of relief thanks to these two helping me.’

They had come directly by airship, even though they weren’t in the surrounding area, and faithfully followed and assisted Eil, the Executor.

Moreover, these two had also received messages from ‘Ru’.

Of course, it was only once or twice, and no one had received as many messages as Eil.

Still, the fact that they had received the message itself meant that they had been recognized as important by Ru.

“We have dispatched a reconnaissance team temporarily formed to prepare for Binghae’s interception. We are currently classifying the forces of the gathered followers, and the supply of materials is proceeding smoothly without any problems.”

“Thank you for your hard work.”

“We will do anything for the Goddess.”

May smiled and bowed her head.

As expected of a named player in the Order, her dedication was unwavering.

Even though he knew that she was in the same position as him, when he talked to her, he sometimes wondered if she was a true fanatic.

“Many people are gathering thanks to the Executor’s name… But frankly speaking, with this level of force, we have no chance of winning against Binghae. Unless they are careless, but the possibility of that is…”

Luke stepped forward and said.

Although the followers had gathered and formed a large force, the opponent was the powerful ‘Binghae’ guild based in the Solstede region.

A top 12 guild.

They were somewhat overshadowed by the excessively strong top 6 guilds, but apart from them, there were no forces that could dare to challenge them.

‘That’s obvious. Moreover, this target was only the users belonging to the Order.’

The Order’s main NPCs, including the other Executors, couldn’t contribute to this world event.

They were waging an all-out war to eradicate the Twilight Society, and all their efforts had been stalled during that time, so it couldn’t be helped.

The number of gathering followers may be greater than them, but they were all ordinary users who had been active separately.

On the other hand, the opponents were the elite of a large guild who had been working together countless times.

It was obvious that they would be crushed miserably as they were.

He had to come up with something to turn the unfavorable situation around.

“We need to find a way to disperse them. I’ll find a solution. First, please take charge of commanding the gathering users. Before crossing over to the Solstede region, we will gather the users of Esmair together and then move.”

“Understood.”

Luke and May answered simultaneously and stepped back.

Eil sighed lightly and ran his hand through his hair.

There were more than a few problems to solve.

‘Still, I can leave it to those two to manage the gathered users.’

He was confident in individual activities, but frankly speaking, he had no experience in commanding or directing.

He wasn’t the type to take on the role of raid leader in online games, and it seemed like he could leave the troublesome problems to those two who had a lot of experience.

‘I’ll move separately in the meantime.’

Eil packed his equipment and hurried to prepare to leave.

As a large number of people gathered and moved for battle, it would take a considerable amount of time.

In the meantime, Eil had several things to do on the other side to overcome the daunting situation.

Thud!

At that moment, someone entered without a word.

It was the priestess of the Rockporter Temple.

‘Wait…’

However, Eil could feel a distinct difference.

This was his second experience.

“Have you been well? You don’t look so good.”

“It’s been a while, Goddess.”

Eil greeted her.

Ru, the Goddess of Light. She had manifested herself through the body of the priestess.

“Seeing you manifest yourself directly like this, it seems your influence has become quite ample.”

“It’s thanks to you for being so active for me.”

She smiled lightly.

On the outside, she still looked like the priestess, but the subtle halo behind her and the atmosphere of a goddess remained the same.

“You have done a lot of work as an apostle. But there is still a long way to go.”

“I know.”

Ru’s goal was to push other divinities out of the competition and establish a firm position throughout the continent.

Thanks to waking up earlier than expected, she was moving forward quickly, but it was still a long way to go before excluding other divinities.

“A lot is at stake in the outcome of this world event. Not just for you, but for me too.”

She had invested most of the enormous influence she had gathered in launching this world quest.

If it succeeded, she could increase the Order’s influence at once, but if it failed, the result would be completely reversed.

“A big change will happen soon. Warlord’s system isn’t so easily swayed by a single bug.”

“Are you saying that the game company has noticed something?”

Eil asked, surprised.

Even if the game company had a policy of not intervening without updates or feedback, it was natural to intervene in the event of a critical error.

It was just that there had never been an error in Warlord, so there was no need to step in.

If the game company had discovered this bug, they might take some action.

But Ru shook her head.

“No, it’s a slightly different story from that. In the first place, unless a massive error occurs that makes rollback inevitable, they won’t step in directly.”

He was curious about what was going on, but Ru didn’t tell him any more details.

Perhaps she couldn’t tell Eil from her current position.

“So, can you do this quest?”

“Frankly, the situation is not good. Of course… I’ll have to do it whether it works or not.”

“Cheer up. You never know. If you do this well, I might even give you a nice kiss.”

“Wh, what are you suddenly saying…”

Eil blushed and stepped back, startled.

He couldn’t understand what this crazy goddess was suddenly talking about.

But Ru continued with a straight face.

“A goddess’s kiss… Isn’t it a symbol of good luck?”

“That’s the first time I’ve heard that.”

Eil glanced away.

It was too much to talk about for Eil, who had never had a proper relationship due to his poor circumstances.

It would be one thing if it was an ordinary woman, but even more so because he knew the original appearance of the beautiful goddess.

“Huhu, you’re a man who doesn’t live up to his looks. I wish you the best of luck. I’ll always be watching by your side.”

Whoosh!

With a white light, Ru’s manifestation disappeared.

* * *

“Hahaha! These guys have finally gone crazy.”

Theon, the guild leader of the Binghae Guild.

He couldn’t help but laugh at the absurd news he had recently heard.

The Light Church was trying to wage a large-scale war, and the target was the city owned by the Binghae Guild.

He had heard about the notoriety of world events caused by divinities.

But no matter how many followers gathered, it was useless.

They were a disorganized group whose levels weren’t even properly coordinated, which was the most basic requirement.

On the other hand, Binghae could mobilize not only their guild members but also the NPC forces and subordinate guilds stationed in the city.

No matter how much the Light Church had grown recently, they couldn’t be their opponent.

Above all, he was speechless when he thought about the instigator of this.

“Eil, was it? I can’t believe even these guys are crawling up.”

Theon gritted his teeth.

He couldn’t even tell when to step in and was running wild.

It was a common mistake made by rookies who had been praised too much.

“Guild Leader, how should we respond? If we only have the NPCs help, I don’t think we need to summon the subordinate guilds.”

“No, gather them all. We have to thoroughly crush the guys who don’t know their place.”