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Episode 59. First Order
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The identity of this pattern is two crescent moons supporting each other.
It was a signal used by the followers of the moon.
“That’s the signal used by the ones I’m looking for. Good work, Yeerika. You found it faster than Shudlen.”
Yeerika smiled silently at Ethan’s compliment. Shudlen was looking for suspicious traces outside the Academy.
“It must have been quite difficult.”
Yeerika shrugged at Ethan’s compliment.
“I’m still working on making the knowledge in my head my own. I’d be happy to take the compliment at face value, but in reality, it’s not my ability but my grandfather’s magic that’s so great.”
“Yerika, I don’t know your grandfather very well, but you do. There’s a reason he passed that magic on to you.”
If it was magic that couldn’t be digested, it wouldn’t have been passed on to Yeerika.
Hecate could not have been unaware of the repercussions that would arise if she passed on her magic.
‘I decided that Yeerika could handle the magic that made me a great wizard, so I passed it on to her.’
Ethan gave Yereka confidence.
“And I think the same as your grandfather. No one else can use that magic but you.”
Ethan said with a smile. Yeorika smiled faintly at Ethan’s comfort. Then, after a moment of hesitation, she opened her mouth.
“Ethan, don’t you have any major objections to our grandfather?”
Yereka asked cautiously.
Yereka has been on the run since she was a child, accused of a crime she did not commit.
Every time I ran away, I asked myself, why did I have to run away?
Her mother said that her grandfather took the blame.
He said that because he was so strong, he was killed by those who coveted his strength, and that they were trying to capture even his grandfather’s family.
But no one believed the mother’s words.
“What was the grandfather you saw like?”
“I don’t remember very well. But there’s one thing I do remember. My grandfather would always smile and praise me no matter what I did.”
“Then just think about what you saw.”
“… … .”
“Of course I don’t think your grandfather is at fault. Those who are strong are naturally subject to envy and jealousy.”
Ethan said that and patted Yereka on the back.
“I should get revenge.”
“I have to. I’m going to find out who, no, what bastards did this to my grandfather, and then I’m going to burn them all down.”
Her eyes were burning brightly.
-Your chances of survival increase!
‘Okay.’
It gave her a chance to make another leap forward, which slightly increased her chances of survival.
“You are late, Your Majesty!”
Schudlen came in late.
Yeerika glared at Shudlen.
“Is it too late?”
“No, it’s just the right time.”
But why did you shoot yourself?
Schudlen was puzzled, but there was no one to answer his questions.
“Schüdlen, you’ve worked hard.”
“No! Your Majesty! I searched the surrounding area as you said, but I was unable to obtain any definitive information. I am sorry.”
“No, they’re secretive. It’s hard to find them.”
“I found it.”
“… … .”
Shudlen couldn’t control his expression at Yeerika’s words.
But Yeerika shrugged, thinking that she had been of more help to Ethan anyway.
“I’ll be back again!”
Shudlen left before Ethan could stop her.
‘Because we have to find a connection with the outside world.’
Anyway, it was better to leave this to Schudlen. Ethan had a lot of work to do inside the Academy.
“Jerika.”
“Yes, Ethan. Should I go back and gather more information?”
“No, I have another favor to ask.”
“Any other requests?”
Ethan started drawing something on the parchment right there.
Swish-. Swish-. Swish-.
“You’re pretty good at drawing, aren’t you?”
Drawing is not his talent. Perhaps it was one of Ethan Wickus’ talents.
“But what is this?”
“This is a teaching tool for use in class, but it’s not for sale. So I’m going to make it myself.”
Ethan first thought of physical training when conducting a class on understanding swordsmanship. To do that, he first needed tools for physical training.
“Go to the Marquis’ Blacksmith and ask him to make it into this shape. And you’ll need your lightening magic for that.”
“Are they all different weights?”
Yeerika stared intently at the parchment Ethan handed her.
“What on earth is this?”
“It’s a strength training machine. This one is for lifting heavier weights while lying down, and this one is for lifting heavier weights while standing.”
“It’s scary just looking at it. Students are writing this.”
Just listening to Ethan’s explanation made me sweat.
“That’s what you were talking about last time.”
“I need to work out to keep up with class.”
Ethan chuckled. Just thinking about rolling it made him happy.
“I will make it right away and come back as you said!”
* * *
“Hahahahaha-! Is this really true, Commander? Tell me, is this really true?”
“That’s right, Count. This is the Ibeka Academy teacher’s certificate. And this is a gift for passing with top honors!”
The County of Wickes.
Thanks to Ethan’s lightweight workshop, I was very busy and exhausted, but a letter from Ibeka Academy completely blew away all my fatigue.
Ethan made sure that the lightweight workshop would run smoothly without him, but he left many things in the hands of his father, Count Wickers, just in case something unexpected happened.
He also had ambitions at one time. Now, reality has hit him and that ambition has disappeared, but this lightweight workshop became the opportunity to awaken his father’s ambitions.
With the addition of his son’s determination to never let the business he started go to ruin, the business was running smoothly.
Even though I was so busy, I had to celebrate what needed to be celebrated.
“I have to write a letter. Should I, Mirelli?”
“Yes, brother.”
Count Wickers was so happy that he called the governor as before. The governor was also happy, just like Count Wickers.
Ethan is like his nephew. Ethan became the top teacher at Ibeca Academy.
That too, in the swordsmanship department, the flower of Ibeka Academy.
“Hahahahaha! This feels so good!”
On that day, the Whikers County held a festival. Although the protagonist was in the Ronde Marquisate, many nobles, merchants, and other influential people from the area visited the Whikers County.
The atmosphere is changing.
What that meant was that there was a smell of money here.
Money is power and authority.
Count Wickers, who had been ignored for quite some time, has now learned the hard way the power of money.
How can we believe that so many people came with gifts just to congratulate us?
“I think everyone thinks I’m drunk on this situation right now.”
“I guess you don’t know how much bitterness we have experienced.”
But I was long past the age of being intoxicated by sweetness. I wasn’t so greedy that I ruined my son’s business.
“Don’t you know that I don’t want money, I want to make my son’s business bigger?”
Money comes later.
“I can’t wait to see how surprised Nathan will be when he hears this story, don’t you think?”
“You’ll be very surprised. Things have changed so much since Nathan left for the Academy.”
The two adults were happily discussing with each other when they would tell Nathan this fact.
* * *
A night at the Ibeka Academy.
On a dark, moonless night, someone appeared in the backyard of the building without a sound.
It was impossible to tell who he was because he was wearing a pitch-black robe with a hood pulled over his head.
He looked around, then took out a piece of parchment and placed it gently on the floor.
Then, something soaked into the parchment.
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What had seeped in were two crescent moons with their backs turned.
As I took out something like powder from my bosom and sprinkled it on the soaked parchment, various words came to mind.
[Guest], [Ready], [χ], [Plan].
There were dozens of other words written in a jumbled manner, but he nodded once as if he understood.
Then he put the parchment in his bosom and moved quickly. He seemed to have somewhere to go.
‘Got it.’
There was someone who secretly followed him.
Ethan checked where he was moving. He was moving around the building diligently, as if he was deliberately trying to twist the path.
And in the middle, he would sprinkle something or just sit there.
‘There it is.’
When I looked into Horus’ eyes I could see what he was doing.
The follower of the moon was drawing a kind of magic circle.
Once here, once there.
In addition, a signal was left.
‘I give orders to the followers of the moon within the Academy.’
The followers of the moon were basically a sect, so they didn’t know each other.
‘I know it won’t work, but I can’t say it.’
That’s why we give orders and communicate in this format.
‘Of these, the one you have to grab the most is the head.’
Even if it is a sectarian organization, there must be a head who receives and gives orders from outside.
They were the ones called the First Order.
‘The second and third orders below are not important. They just report on the information they have gathered and the execution of the plan.’
The important thing was this First Order. Ethan’s goal was to catch the First Order.
‘That way I can control their plans as I please.’
The timing and the content all go according to Ethan’s plan.
‘I didn’t know it would help this much.’
Playing as a Moon Follower is an extremely difficult game.
As they were the main villain force of Mephan, anyone who showed even the slightest suspicious behavior was immediately put to death.
If that happens, the game can be considered virtually over.
Moreover, even if you play naturally, you are likely to get stuck in the third or second order, let alone the first order.
But Ethan persevered until the end and was able to join the First Order.
‘I’ll take over as First Order.’
Above the First Order, there are only the Twelve Apostles, the highest ranks. In effect, Ethan has entered the core of the Moon Followers.
So it was pretty easy to pretend to be the First Order.
The guy who had been moving busily stopped and put the parchment on the ground. In an instant, the parchment turned into dust and disappeared from that spot.
‘Illusion magic.’
Ethan was certain of this when he saw it. This was not the First Order.
‘But that illusion spell is the final report to the First Order. You can wait here.
As the Moon Follower left, Ethan took a deep breath. This was the most important part.
The First Order is strong. They have the power to match the powers that be at the center.
‘I got caught.’
It was well hidden now, but there was a chance it could be discovered.
Ethan immediately used the acupuncture needle.
-We use the Five Elements Acupuncture Method.
The Five Elements Acupuncture Technique was a buff technique that strengthened the body, but it had a clear penalty. If you strengthened it continuously, your stamina would decrease.
Ethan took advantage of that.
-We use the Five Elements Acupuncture Method.
It was to use the Ohang Acupuncture method continuously to drain all the energy from the body. After using it four times in a row, all the energy in my body was drained.
‘If you put them in the same place, they will overlap, so divide them into several places.’
Ethan’s body is filled with tremendous energy. However, this only lasts for three minutes. After three minutes, he will be much weaker than usual.
Shaaaak-.
After three minutes, all the vitality drained from Ethan’s body.
“eww.”
Ethan became a living corpse in an instant. Anyone else would have been quite shocked at the feeling of losing all strength in his body, but Ethan was used to this kind of situation.
‘This is how my body should be.’
I remembered the time when I was so sickly that I almost died from just coughing.
‘At that time, there were many people who didn’t even know I was there. That means I didn’t feel any energy.’
That’s exactly what Ethan is like now.
‘It’s something to experience and see, even if it’s sick.’
Even the weak can do better if they have tried it. Ethan sat there as if he were dead.
Not long after, someone appeared.
It was a man wearing the same robe as before, but his movements were different.
‘Sigh.’
Ethan took a deep breath and strained his eyes.
The Eye of Horus was immediately activated, and his every movement was observed by Ethan.
Everyone has similar movements, but everyone has their own unique movement style.
The movements were as certain as the person’s fingerprints.
‘I remembered that movement.’
Even with his robes turned inside out, he could tell. Now, every move the First Order made was clearly imprinted on Ethan’s mind.
The First Order quickly gathered the parchment and disappeared.
Ethan also tried to leave, taking a slow, deep breath.
But now Ethan is completely out of energy.
‘Fuck.’
It wasn’t a very dangerous situation, but I was falling asleep very quickly.
‘You shouldn’t turn your mouth… … .’
But it wasn’t that cold, so Ethan just fell asleep there, hoping his mouth wouldn’t turn.
fantasy,
