20demayo Chapter 149: Just Me Here
Chapter 149: Just Me Here
Chapter 149: Just Me Here
“Amazing!”
Ethan’s edited video was truly unparalleled. The gods who had seen it firsthand could feel that the most.
“I never knew his summarizing skills were this excellent. Surely when condensing this much, there would normally be parts that get missed.”
The edited video Ethan made contained all the information the god wanted to convey, without missing a single thing.
“And it’s not just crammed in there. He’s arranged it so subscribers can understand easily.”
Hood the Archer also felt that the original videos were somewhat difficult to understand in parts.
That’s because they weren’t made with a prepared script, but rather by pouring out the knowledge in their heads.
Most of the videos provided by the gods were made by spilling out the knowledge in their minds.
At first, they would blurt out sensory words, and only towards the end of the video would they explain them, so viewers had to concentrate throughout the entire video to understand.
And the order was also somewhat jumbled.
“To think such a video could be made by removing all the long-winded talk and keeping only the core parts.”
Videos mixed with long-winded explanations and hard-to-understand content were a problem most gods had.
This applied even to the higher-ranking gods.
“Even the top-ranking gods have the same problem. The reason their rankings are different despite that is because their abilities are extraordinary and relatively easy to learn.”
But their videos aren’t clean either.
“...It’s a competitive edge.”
It’s a competitive edge that can propel one to the higher ranks.
The higher-ranking gods who hadn’t known about Ethan until now.
Those gods have now started to take notice of Ethan.
***
Upon entering New World, Ethan looked at his madly blinking mailbox.
It seemed like there were far more letters than when he first became famous for writing subscription reviews.
“Looks like it’s quite good.”
Ethan grinned and checked the community first, rather than the mailbox.
As expected, the community was filled with talk about [Only subscribed to the right gods].
-[Only subscribed to the right gods] always feels like they’re a few steps ahead.
-If [Only subscribed to the right gods] subscriber was in our world, they would definitely have become a hero.
-Thanks to them, I subscribed to Hood the Archer.
-It seems they’re trying to continue making edited videos and collaborate with the gods. If abilities can be understood this easily, I’ll definitely follow along.
-Until now, we had to buy skip buttons to understand roughly.
Praises for Ethan filled the community.
Just then, a post at the very top of the community caught his eye.
‘So you can convert likes on community posts into contribution points.’
A post being at the top of the community meant it had received the most likes.
The title was very simple.
-[Only subscribed to the right gods] subscriber’s recent activities
The content summarized what Ethan, who had become famous for his subscription reviews, was currently doing.
“I didn’t expect a post about my recent activities to be up. I guess I’ve become quite the celebrity.”
Ethan immediately clicked on that post.
It was a post summarizing the story from when he became famous for his subscription reviews until now, with comments below.
-Though they gained quite a bit of fame, I think it will die down soon.
-I thought the same when similar subscription reviews started popping up. No matter how great a subscriber [Only subscribed to the right gods] is, subscription reviews are easy to imitate.
-Of course, the original [Only subscribed to the right gods] subscriber would have the competitive edge in originality, but their influence was bound to decrease as similar subscription reviews increased.
It seemed everyone thought Ethan’s influence within New World would decrease.
But all of their predictions were off the mark.
From subscription reviews to edited videos.
The story was that when other subscribers started imitating the advantages of subscription reviews, he moved to a field that couldn’t be imitated even if they tried.
-But what in the world is this?
“Yes sir!” (+)[1]TLN: This here, remember that when Ethan said they should answer everything Ethan ask with “Understood”? Well, honestly it is not exactly “Understood”, is this word “악” (Ack/Ag). If I translated as is, I feel like it doesn’t really make sense, so I’ll translate it as either “Understood,” “Yes sir,” or something similar to these. Just remember that they said the same thing when this kind of part comes again. P.S: It’s totally not because I’m lazy, not at all.
All answers were “Yes sir!”
Ethan glanced at them with a smile.
Yesterday they had very strange feelings, but seeing Ethan today made them feel reassured first.
Ethan was extremely strong.
It wasn’t something to be disregarded just because he taught young students at the academy.
His skills were real.
Since they had the chance to learn from such a great instructor, they would surely become much stronger than now.
“Instructor! What exactly will we be learning?”
“Good question.”
The new inquisitors focused on Ethan’s lips.
Surely he would teach them powerful techniques to kill the followers of the Moon.
For example, how to swing a mace quickly or how to instantly see through the enemy’s vile tricks.
But what came out of Ethan’s mouth was completely unexpected.
“How not to die.”
“...What?”
“Pardon?”
Everyone showed bewilderment, as it wasn’t the answer they were expecting.
“It’s the most important thing. How not to die, how to return alive.”
At Ethan’s words, some of the inquisitors flinched.
“I’ll ask the trainee here who disagrees with my words the most.”
Ethan asked a young inquisitor with a scar on his face. He was the youngest inquisitor here, the one who had complained to Retoma.
“Your name?”
“...Alendre, sir.”
“Trainee Alendre, looking at your eyes full of vengeance, it seems you just want to die. Your eyes say you’d be fine dying if you could kill even one more follower of the Moon.”
After pondering for a moment at Ethan’s words, Alendre spoke with even more fierce eyes.
“Yes, that’s right. Is that wrong? Isn’t that how an inquisitor should be? Is my mindset of killing all followers of the Moon who go against the Holylight Order’s doctrine wrong?”
“Yes, it’s wrong.”
At Ethan’s answer, Alendre glared fiercely without a word.
“You must be curious. Everyone would agree with Alendre’s opinion. But that’s wrong. You need to become stronger solely to survive.”
Become stronger to survive?
“Then are you saying we should prioritize survival even if it means letting followers of the Moon escape?”
“Yes.”
“Why?”
“Well, that’s...”
Ethan said, looking at Alendre.
“Because I taught you.”
“...Pardon?”
“For me, your goals don’t really matter. Things like revenge against the followers of the Moon mean nothing to me.”
Ethan looked from Alendre to the other new inquisitors.
Most of the new inquisitors were older than Ethan. Except for the young Alendre, they were people with more experience.
Therefore, they had much more experience than the new teacher Ethan and had established their own standards, but for some reason, they found themselves drawn into Ethan’s words.
“I came here as an instructor. I’m going to teach you to become full-fledged members. So among those who received my education, there shouldn’t be anyone dying within 5 years.”
Ethan said this while drawing the mace from his waist.
“I’ll make it so. As I just said, your goals mean nothing to me. But it’s a different matter if those who received my education die without achieving their goals.”
Ethan said.
“For those who can’t see long-term goals and are blinded by short-term goals, ready to die right away, I’ll just kill you here myself.”
1. TLN: This here, remember that when Ethan said they should answer everything Ethan ask with “Understood”? Well, honestly it is not exactly “Understood”, is this word “악” (Ack/Ag). If I translated as is, I feel like it doesn’t really make sense, so I’ll translate it as either “Understood,” “Yes sir,” or something similar to these. Just remember that they said the same thing when this kind of part comes again. P.S: It’s totally not because I’m lazy, not at all. Author's Thoughts
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