A Basement-Dwelling Loser, the Inquisitor – Chapter 131

[Rene]

[It’s Judgment Time]

[New Dimension | 6,899 viewers | 00:38:12]

Connecting the heretics and our forces forms a triangle.

“Hmm… no matter if I go left or right, there are heretics…”

─Is this a happy dilemma, what the heck? LOL

─There are heretics everywhere!

─I’ll die from overwork before I catch them all, for real;

So where should I go first?

If it were up to me, I’d love to jump in and make both heretics repent while they’re fighting, but sadly, our existence is already known to them.

[00:59]

“Hmm…”

─Ugh, that sniffling is so cute.

─Every time this happens, she looks so freaking sexy…

─But the reality is, she’s a nasty ogre…

─Please tell me that’s a lie!

And the timer signaling the start of war had less than a minute left.

As soon as that timer ends, this space becomes a realm no one can interfere with.

The war will begin in such a location.

[Elun Cult: 19,201]

[Scadi Cult: 16,118]

[3rd Force – Iya Cult: 3,612]

Luckily, the only third force besides the heretics is us.

In fact, there were many groups originally planning to challenge, but they gave up after seeing the number of heretics.

Instead, it was suggested that if they were going to join as a third force, it’d be better to unite, so everyone flocked to our side, or something like that.

The number gathered was much more than I expected because of that.

[00:30]

And just like that, only 30 seconds remain.

It was almost time to actually decide.

But the dilemma just kept going.

In other words, I had no choice but to whip out my ultimate move.

“Hmm… uh, should I go left perhaps… Alright, match my beat. Ding, dong, dang…”

The result of my gut instinct creating an ultimate move gave me the answer that going left was the right choice.

Of course, I have no idea what heretics are over there.

“I’ll be going left now… you all… feel free to figure it out…”

That wasn’t important.

Because there would definitely be heretics there.

─LOL

─I wish Rene would give me a ding-dong-dang too…

─So adorable, for real! LOL

─Those heretics are going to have a rough time if they get caught by her…

─Feeling sorry for the heretics?

─Woah

─It’s a heretic, kill it!

─That guy seems like a traitor, Rene!

[00:00]

[The Crusade Starts.]

“Well then, I’ll head out first…”

I immediately activated my acceleration skill and took off running.

Of course, I had no idea how far I’d have to go before meeting heretics, but I figured I might run into them before my acceleration skill runs out.

─For real, she’s so ridiculously fast.

─It’s cool seeing her handle a Warhammer at this speed, seriously!

─Acceleration skill mastery MAX LOL

─Why the heck is there so much of that trash skill…

─When I see the party leader use it, it seems so ridiculously OP…

─When the mastery of acceleration skill builds up, it usually brings this level of speed easily, but few can adjust to it, which is where the issue lies. Rene can keep moving like this while not missing how things unfold around her, and even if an enemy suddenly appears, she has no problem reacting, so she can keep moving like this. Rene’s spatial awareness and reaction speed can be called exceptional. [Message deleted.]

─Aw, what a long message!

─Knock off the long posts!

─I genuinely want to kill long-posters…

“Everyone, please calm down… ah…”

The mood turned ugly with the emergence of the unknown commentator.

I tried to shift the atmosphere, but at that moment, a plethora of pure white arrows appeared in front of me.

Evidence that they were all heretics.

Looking around, I noticed that very few people were following me, and the opposing side only seemed to have around 30 or so players at most.

Were they just scouts for the front lines?

That was quite a number, but I had seen worse back in New Dimension, so I was fine with it.

“…The mercenary group is attacking from the Iya Cult!!!”

“One person should go back and report, the rest stand to fight!”

Even just watching them move and communicate, it looked like there were at most three players involved.

The moment I thought there’d be no problem, a man brandishing a spear stepped forward.

“So you really came charging in here with over 30 troops, huh?”

─Are you ready to die from that crazy girl??

─How dare you be so rude as a heretic?

─Even so, our Rene is not that kind of crazy girl.

─She’s just a nasty ogre, really…

In the way he spoke and his stance, this guy looked like a player from any angle.

Did he sprint to this point just like I did the moment the war began?

Or since this is the heretics’ territory, he might be closer than I was.

…Well, whatever, that wasn’t particularly important at the moment.

What mattered was the fact that a heretic just showed up in front of me.

“What a bubble-headed twit…”

The opposing heretic mumbled something while lowering his stance to aim his spear at me.

In an instant, he charged at me.

One of the most commonly used skills when the spear is the weapon: a thrust.

From the speed, it seemed like he had some proficiency.

“Gah…!”

With a shout, the heretic’s spear arched upward in a V shape, aiming to pierce my neck.

Sharp like a viper’s fang, it’s probably a result of the heretic’s research to compensate for the linear drawback of thrusting.

But if he wanted to correct that drawback, he should have pulled back about half a beat slower.

When the path is fixed too quickly, it becomes obvious, you know?

I slightly twisted my body and tilted my arms.

Then, the heretic’s spear thrust into the empty air between my body and the Warhammer.

“…Huh?”

Did he never even conceive that his attack could miss?

His face turned wide-eyed with bewilderment.

I looked at the heretic and spun my body, causing him to lose his stance completely from the recoil.

And then, I kicked toward his abdomen.

Thud!

“Ugh?!”

The heretic’s body twisted around his abdomen and flew away.

Of course, I didn’t think that would be the end of it.

That attack wasn’t even lethal.

I immediately leaped toward the rolling heretic.

“Now, hold on a moment…”

“Repent…”

Kkang!

Swinging the Warhammer, I genuinely hoped he would repent.

Well, I’m sure he couldn’t hear my voice.

─Kya LOL

─Great, the Great Queen!

─That guy must be pretty famous in PVP, but he’s getting wiped out easily;

“Hmm. He was indeed a strong heretic…”

─A strong heretic (wiped out in one hit)

─But the ‘Inquisition Officer’ never loses to a heretic!

─Every time I watch this girl’s stream, I seriously crave a Warhammer!

─For real LOL

─The fact is, even if the Rebongi uses a Warhammer, they end up just bouncing around…

Anyway, I finished off the heretic that spearheaded the charge.

I thought the other heretics would immediately charge at me as well, but they were maintaining formation, waiting for me to come closer.

And the Rebongi that followed me? Or just some mercenaries?

I wasn’t sure who they were, but they seemed to have caught onto the aura of the opposing side and started to gather around me.

As if they were trying to protect me.

…They didn’t need to.

“I’m going…!”

No need for a complicated strategy. Just fight well, win, and survive.

Where’s the perfect plan in that?

With thoughts like that in mind, I charged and swung the Warhammer at the wall they had set up.

Boom!

[Durability of ‘Some Dwarf’s Warhammer’ has reached 0.]

[Cannot be used until repairs are complete.]

With that, my Warhammer vanished from my hands.

“…Huh?”

─?????????????????????????????

─What’s going on?

─Did I just screw myself?

★

The Crusade has begun.

Clearly, the most disadvantaged faction was the mercenary group from the Iya Cult, but simply viewed from the aspect of the Crusade, the Scadi Cult was also in a disadvantageous position.

An overwhelming difference of over 3,000 troops.

No matter how much Goddess Scadi might bless them out of pity, bearing the pressure purely from the difference in numbers wouldn’t be easy.

In such a situation, the Pope of the Scadi Cult, Esler, gathered with the top executives of the Cult to begin a meeting.

“It would be best to avoid a full-scale war as much as possible. No matter how strong our cult is in a frontal contest against the Elun Cult, the difference in troop numbers will be too great to handle. Furthermore, considering their specialties…”

“Is it really the troop numbers that are the issue?”

“Yes. If only the numbers were equal, there wouldn’t be a need for such concern…”

With the words of the commander of the Paladin Order in the Scadi Cult, Mark, Esler sighed.

“It would’ve been nice if we had help from that person…”

“Just give up, Your Grace. That person is already our enemy. Hoping for help from the enemy is foolish.”

“I understand that. I was just expressing my disappointment.”

The center of the party that brought peace to Nibrload by defeating Albion.

The ‘Inquisition Officer’ was participating in this Crusade as a third force.

Had their troop count of over 3,000 combined with the Scadi Cult, this Crusade would definitely have been their victory.

“Such a shame…”

“Your Grace! We have news! The Iya Cult is attacking the Elun Cult! The one at the forefront is… the adventurer ‘Inquisition Officer’!”

“…What?”

As Esler sighed at the stark reality, a messenger abruptly entered the room, announcing the war’s developments.

And upon hearing the content of the story, Esler was momentarily taken aback, nearly catching his breath.

“…Is it really the ‘Inquisition Officer’?”

“Yes! It’s certain! The enemy’s south side has been completely breached! This is an opportunity for us as well!”

“…I see. That’s how it is!”

“Your Grace?”

Only then did Esler grasp the meaning of the adventurer ‘Inquisition Officer.’

“He hasn’t abandoned us. To hide the fact that we were tied from the beginning, he intended to operate separately, didn’t he? That refusal back then was…!”

If the ‘Inquisition Officer’ were to lose as a part of the Scadi Cult, then the news of his defeat, hero who defeated Albion, would shock the troops.

But if the ‘Inquisition Officer’ acted as an individual force apart from the Scadi Cult?

Even if his troops fell, the ordinary soldiers wouldn’t feel the shock at all.

After all, they are the enemy to begin with.

“…I will command our soldiers to advance immediately, Your Grace!”

“Of course. We can’t afford to waste the opportunity he has provided us!”

Thus the Scadi Cult, having understood the intent of the ‘Inquisition Officer,’ began to march towards a full-scale conflict with the Elun Cult.

“Thank you, Adventurer…”

And then.

“Your Majesty! There’s an attack from the south!”

“…What?”

“The enemy is the Iya Cult! The one leading is an adventurer named ‘Ga-eun!’ The south has been breached! We are at a troop shortage!”

It didn’t take long for Esler’s misunderstanding to clear up.

★

[Friendship level with Pope Esler of the Scadi Cult has greatly increased.]

[Pope Esler of the Scadi Cult trusts you more than ever.]

…Huh?

[Friendship level with Pope Esler of the Scadi Cult has greatly decreased.]

[Pope Esler of the Scadi Cult is now hostile towards you.]

…What the heck?