Subscriber of the Gods Chapter 321 - The Third Lesson (1)

“Wow, he said not to worry about what comes after. This is really no joke……”

Yerica, who had dealt with Marquis Dren, one of the three families of the Twelve Families that were her grandfather’s enemies, was now gathering information on Marquis Scriabin and Marquis Equis.

Since Ethan had told her not to think about what comes after and move as she wished, Yerica was acting quite boldly.

However, the stories she heard during this process were quite shocking.

“To think that all the Twelve Families except for the Marquis Scriabin and Marquis Equis families have formed good relationships with the Whiskers family. This means these two families are practically isolated.”

This created an even more favorable environment for revenge.

“The two families will definitely try to stick together unconditionally.”

They know about Yerica, and that Ethan is supporting her.

The Whiskers family, which had newly risen to the Twelve Families after pushing out Marquis Dren.

“And now that Whiskers family has formed good relationships with all families except those two. There’s enough justification, and if we attack, no one will mediate or try to stop us.”

They would have to fend off the enormous power of the Whiskers using only their family’s strength.

“Of course, they’ll try to join forces.”

Yerica would be able to deal with the two families even more easily.

“Because I can easily sow discord between them.”

There was a definite element that could be used to create discord between the two families.

She just needed to secretly spread a rumor that one family had made a deal with the Whiskers family behind the scenes and agreed to help deal with the other family.

If she did that, the two would be at odds with each other rather than joining forces, and Yerica would be able to easily bring down both families.

“Of course, they’ll have some resilience. But it doesn’t matter. I’m not trying to end this in a short time anyway.”

Yerica had regained her composure while dealing with Marquis Dren.

She also learned how to resolve and handle matters from behind Ethan.

“The less damage, the better. Take revenge for sure, but without hurting my people.”

Yerica intended to follow Ethan’s methods thoroughly.

***

“He’s been training all day. He was in that spot yesterday, and he’s in the same spot today.”

“He was in that spot the day before yesterday too.”

In the training ground within Ivecar Academy.

There was a student holding a sword and training in one corner so as not to disturb others.

Swish!

Clang!

It was Oz Lazarus, training with the special golem given by Ethan.

While the training ground was packed daily due to the Introduction to Practical Studies class, it seemed Oz wasn’t leaving the training ground at all.

“But what is that?”

“It looks like… a golem?”

“Can a golem move that naturally? More importantly, where did that come from?”

“I heard that……”

There was talk about the special golem among the students as well.

Special golems had already been sold to several high-ranking noble families, so there were even a few students who had already trained using special golems during the vacation.

“Wow, there’s such a thing?”

“They say it’s sold by the Whiskers family.”

“If it’s the Whiskers family… that’s Teacher Ethan’s family, right? Then, did Teacher Ethan give that to him directly?”

“There’s a saying that you give more bread to the one you dislike. He was so challenging in the first class, but he was diligent in the second class, so maybe that’s why he was given it.”

The students glanced at Oz while doing their own training.

Oz’s serious attitude and determination provided them with very strong motivation.

At the same time, students without special golems all thought the same thing.

-I should ask my parents to purchase a special golem!

Unintentionally, Oz was promoting the sale of special golems.

Meanwhile, in another training ground, Mason was listening to the talk about Oz.

Swish-! Swish-!

Mason’s movements were much more refined than before. He was already at a level where there were few who could match him in the academy, but now he was undoubtedly at a level where he could be called the best.

It was at a level incomparable to the previous Oz or Max.

“It’s not enough.”

But Mason didn’t become arrogant.

He thought that Oz’s talent he had seen earlier, and Max who had been educated by Teacher Ethan, could catch up to him at any time.

“Right now, I might be one step ahead, but I shouldn’t think this will last forever. This is just a momentary reversal.”

That’s why now was important. This moment when he was ahead of Oz and Max.

“To maintain this difference… I need something more definite.”

He had to maintain this leading position.

No, even if he was caught up to, he needed to create his own distinctive feature through that difference.

“I suffered countless humiliations from my brothers during the vacation.”

His brothers were quite unlucky and tried to put him down at every opportunity, but their skills were certain.

They weren’t mentally weak like him either.

Rather, they were good at smoothly getting along, so there were many people who followed them.

Mason used to think all of that was foolish.

But it wasn’t. Those were all his brothers’ talents and methods. He had to abandon the very idea that some methods were superior and others were inferior.

So during the vacation, Mason endured the humiliation and learned under his brothers.

When Mason came in with his head bowed, it was quite a pleasant thing for his brothers.

They had been worried that Mason, who they thought had been broken, had revived, but when he volunteered to learn from below, they were pleased and decided to push him around.

They pushed him around thinking he would collapse at this rate, but that was a miscalculation.

With firm enthusiasm and full of spite, Mason endured his brothers’ numerous behaviors and managed to learn everything there was to learn.

“I hate to see my brothers, but they’re helpful at times like this.”

Huuup-.

Mason took a calm breath.

“My routine is with the same breath as Teacher Ethan.”

Oz chose applause.

Mason chose a routine where he could dive with the same breath as Ethan.

“Hmm.”

Yuna was the one who was most troubled.

“Comfortably, as usual. Then one thing comes to mind.”

For Yuna, usual meant when she was doing Merchant Guild work.

If this routine that Ethan mentioned was to maintain the same composure as usual, there was no need to agonize over what action to take.

“I think this might work too.”

Imagining something in her mind.

Yuna thought that if imagining made her feel comfortable, that would be the dive.

“The sound of money.”

Yuna took out a pouch of gold coins from her bosom and shook it.

Jingle-.

“This sound.”

Yuna grinned.

It was a playful thought, but she felt it might actually work.

“I can’t jingle it every time. So maybe I can just imagine it in my head? After all, what’s important is the dive.”

In this way, routines were being created in various ways all over Ivecar.

***

On the day of the third class.

Everyone had dark circles under their eyes, but their expressions weren’t too bad, as if they had completed their homework on time.

“Hehehe.”

“I definitely did the homework.”

“Everyone really worked hard, huh? How about the grades for this class?”

“Grades aren’t important now. What matters is how much we can gain from Teacher Ethan’s class! Besides, there’s also the exchange program.”

They had earned the qualification to take the class after a really tough fight.

Perhaps because of that, not a single person was taking the class lightly.

Deep down, they were worried about their grades, but they all had happy expressions thinking that they could learn so much even if they gave up on grades.

Shortly after, Ethan entered.

“Huh?”

“What’s this?”

“He’s carrying a lot of things……”

Like in the previous class, he was dressed lightly with a wooden sword at his waist.

But he was carrying a large pouch on his back.

It seemed to be not just a pouch, but an artifact.

“After the second class last week, I’ve seen quite a lot of what you all have been doing for a week.”

Ethan looked over the students once and grinned.

“You’re doing well.”

Ethan’s praise was short and concise, without any flowery words.

But for the noble students who had been hearing many praises wrapped in all sorts of flowery words, that was rather meaningful.

It felt like he was really acknowledging their efforts.

“Yes! We worked hard!”

A loud voice erupted, enough to shake the auditorium.

“I know it was difficult. There might be students who haven’t created a complete routine yet. But that’s okay. The homework I gave you is extremely difficult, so it’s not something you can complete overnight. You might not be able to complete it during this semester, no, even during your time at this academy.”

Ethan said, looking around at the students.

“So don’t be too afraid to challenge and create. An incomplete state means it has the potential to be completed at any time.”

Rattle-.

Numerous weapons fell from the pouch he put down.

“From today’s class, you don’t necessarily need to use a sword. Although it’s my class, a swordsmanship instructor, it’s a class taken by all students in the Knight Department and all students in the Magic Department. Therefore, I don’t plan to limit your possibilities, your weapons.”

Ethan’s words were a great shock to the students.

“Can we use our main weapons?”

The Swordsmanship Department uses swords.

But the Knight Department doesn’t only have the Swordsmanship Department.

The sword is the most basic weapon.

Whether you choose a spear, a blunt weapon, or even if you choose martial arts and use knuckles, you first learn the sword basically because you need to transfer what you learned with the sword to your main weapon.

Otherwise, you had to take classes from an instructor who specializes in spear techniques.

That’s how much constraint there was in growing with weapons other than swords.

Ethan’s words meant he would remove those constraints.

A spear for those who use spears, an axe for those who use axes, a blunt weapon for those who use blunt weapons.

“Even bows are fine.”

At those words, some students trembled. They were students from families famous for archery.

Ivecar had only one instructor who specialized in bows.

But that instructor found it difficult to teach many students at once, and to make matters worse, there were so many students who wanted to use bows as their secondary weapon that it was very hard to register for the class.

-… But is he capable of that?

Someone muttered in a small voice.

They know that Ethan is also versed in magic.

But what Ethan had brought out now was really numerous weapons.

Can he really handle all those weapons?

As doubts began to rise one by one, Ethan grinned and picked up a bow and arrow.

Then he lightly drew the bowstring and shot an arrow.

Swish-!

Thud-! Thud-! Thud-!

He shot a total of three arrows, and all three of them stuck in the same place.

The new arrow stuck on top of the first shot arrow, splitting the previously stuck arrow, and the next shot arrow also went straight and split the previously shot arrow.

“……”

“Any more questions you’d like to ask?”

“No, sir!”

And so the third class began.