Subscriber of the Gods

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.

“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?

-I was surprised too. This changes things. I subscribed and watched it too, and the quality was no joke.

-Come to think of it, wasn’t that subscriber’s review popular because they summarized well? Seems like they’ve maximized that summarizing ability.

They only realized after the lid was opened.

Ethan chose a method that could maximize his existing strengths and moved quickly.

-Seeing how quickly they moved, it seems they were already aware of the problem.

-Yeah, they’re really fast. And Hood the Archer, they picked just the right god. A mid-tier god now aiming for the upper-mid tier. They must have drawn in a lot of subscribers with just one video.

‘Hmm.’

Ethan read the comments with satisfaction.

In truth, he hadn’t expected it to go this far.

‘I was aiming for a reversal with edited videos as the impact of subscription reviews decreased.’

The reversal was bigger than expected.

Hood the Archer’s video was rapidly climbing the trending video rankings, and now countless gods and subscribers in New World knew about the collaboration between Hood the Archer and [Only subscribed to the right gods].

‘The blinking mailbox probably contains letters from upper-mid tier gods. The top-tier gods will likely try to contact me in other forms, not letters.’

Once again, Ethan held the knife by the handle. The gods not chosen by Ethan would surely try to imitate this edited video through other subscribers.

‘Because the gods I can choose are limited.’

On the other hand, the gods would want the same impact as this edited video.

‘But it’s different from the subscription review era.’

This edited video chosen by Ethan can fully utilize Ethan’s unique summarizing ability. There are many parts that other subscribers can’t imitate even if they try.

‘It’s hard to imitate even if they try.’

In fact, it didn’t matter if they imitated. This incident would have made upper-mid tier, and even top-tier gods aware of Ethan’s abilities.

‘That image is what’s important.’

It’s only natural that a subscriber with originality is more desirable than one who imitates.

The higher-ranking the god, the more this would be true.

‘I know that psychology well.’

Ethan grinned.

The gods’ sense of justice and desire for honor would ultimately force them to seek out Ethan.

“The next god I choose will be very important. Whether I show my abilities by picking a god about to jump from upper-mid tier to top tier, or choose a top-tier god.”

Ethan didn’t know well who the current top-tier gods were.

But he could predict that there would be a big gap between top tier and the highest tier.

‘Right now, I’ve drawn my sword and swung it once. If the impact is minimal when I swing it once more here, the top-tier gods will lose interest in me.’

Then, in the end, he wouldn’t be able to draw the desired amount of ability from the desired god.

‘I might not even be able to get free goods or premium subscriber benefits right away.’

Ethan’s goal was to get everything he could from each god.

‘I should pick an upper-mid tier god.’

Choose a god more famous than Hood the Archer with more subscribers and likes, and push them to become a top-tier god.

‘I haven’t thought of anyone yet though.’

Ethan has the power of the algorithm.

“I’ll subscribe according to the situation.”

***

The next day.

The new inquisitors who had received proper education from Ethan were summoned to the training ground again.

They seemed to have been hit hard all over, but for some reason, there were no wounds.

“Strangely, it doesn’t hurt.”

“No, even the wounds from before don’t hurt anymore.”

“Could it be that the instructor…”

As soon as they spoke, Ethan entered.

“Did you sleep well?”

They answered Ethan’s words promptly.

“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.

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