Chapter 110
Chapter 110
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 110
Chapter Title: Fall of the Archbishop
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>Isekai Destruction Gallery Episode 110 (111/467)
[Title: Passed After 3 Retakes, But...]
(Cathedral certification meme)
>I thought this path was my destiny and worked my ass off for it
>But there's a goddamn cliff at the end? lol
>Thought I'd won at life, but nope lol
>Should've just broken when the Gallery doctor hiring notice went up, fuck fuck...
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- lol asshole
- You chose it yourself, fuck off with your whining...
- Sorry but not sorry at all lol
- Knight ← Tax thief
“Phew... fuck.”
Inside the cathedral's cafeteria.
A cathedral knight named Colin, chewing on a stale baguette, dragged a hand down his face and muttered.
“What the hell am I even doing...”
The knight was what you'd call an iron rice bowl job.
Exceptional martial prowess, honor and wealth that people looked up to—it was the most glamorous position imaginable.
Or it had been.
Until the higher-ups fucked things up and pissed off Judak.
“This is getting old too.”
A few measly, pathetic chunks of stale bread.
Cathedral IPs couldn't even use the marketplace anymore.
Then a nearby fellow knight muttered self-deprecatingly.
“Isn't that just how it is for knights? If they say jump, we jump.”
But everyone knew.
The current situation was fucked up beyond belief.
And this was a huge problem, even setting aside honor and conscience.
“Yeah, orders are orders. But Judak? The Gallery? Does that even make sense?”
He was used to being hated.
But it was different when the target was Judak.
“We might never see Tuna Cans again...”
Permanent ban.
They might even get locked out of the Gallery forever.
At those words, everyone's faces darkened.
That's when another knight, head bowed low, spoke up.
“Thanks to Judak, my daughter survived.”
“Mm...”
“I owe my life to Judak too.”
“What the hell were those Heretic Inquisitor bastards thinking, firing on the crowd...”
It started with the inquisitors shooting arrows at the protesters.
That was the Heretic Inquisitors' doing.
It had already tanked their image, shoving it straight into the shitter.
That was when unease and discontent began sprouting in the knights' hearts.
-Bang!
“Everyone gathered here, are they?”
The ringleader of this mess, Archbishop Lewis, burst through the cafeteria door aggressively.
With Heretic Inquisitors in tow.
“...”
His massive frame that barely seemed human, combined with his reckless behavior.
The cathedral knights shot him dirty looks, unable to find a shred of priestly dignity in him.
The knights had deep doubts and reservations about the incident, so they hadn't properly participated in the suppression.
Thanks to the Gallery doctors, the cathedral forces got thoroughly wrecked.
“Why the hell aren't you all doing your jobs right?”
For Archbishop Lewis, it was an unbearable humiliation.
“Archbishop, even so, your words...”
“What words! They're heretics, heretics! And what did you do?”
The cathedral was absolute.
“You just stood there gawking from afar!”
His word was law.
If he pointed at an ordinary person and said they were demon-possessed, he could take their life.
Wasn't he, the archbishop, practically a god?
“To bow down to some worthless shut-in like that? Does the cathedral have to stoop this low!”
But not anymore.
Because a being had appeared who could upend humanity's fate with a single gesture.
“What did you just say?”
“Worthless shut-in?”
The problem was that many knights in this very cathedral had received help from Judak.
Some had their parents' illnesses cured.
Others had been given food when starving.
He'd even brought order and fun to the chaotic Gallery, making it enjoyable to scroll all day.
-Scrape
The knights who had been sitting while getting bitched at now rose to their feet.
As if ready to draw swords any second.
“Th-this...!”
Archbishop Lewis felt more rage than fear at the sight.
‘These guys who used to bow and tremble at my every word!’
It was all because of Judak, that bastard.
Ever since he showed up, all order had crumbled.
The tense atmosphere was about to explode when—
[Notice: Absolutely Do Not Read This Post]
Author: Judak*
Suddenly, a new notice from Judak popped up.
“Absolutely do not read?”
In the charged atmosphere, Colin logged into the Gallery to check the notice.
As if Judak's words mattered more than the archbishop's.
He was just wondering what it said this time.
“!”
The moment he saw the content, Colin's eyes bulged.
[Notice: Absolutely Do Not Read This Post]
Author: Judak*
>Hey, it's me
>Got some questions about the cathedral's violent suppression order, so leaving a post
>The cathedral ordered you to kill people, right?
>And then this meme got posted
>(Hesitant cathedral knight meme)
>Yeah, most people hesitate like in this meme
>Why? Because that's what humans do
>No one's gonna cheer and start massacring their fellow citizens out of nowhere
>(Heretic Inquisitor beating someone meme)
>But these fuckers did
>So I looked into it
>How?
>(Meme exposing IP in image)
>(System searching even deleted past posts meme)
>Fuck off don't piss me off
>The Gallery is god and I'm invincible
>Anyway, so I pulled the Heretic Inquisitors' IPs and checked their post history...
>6 months ago/deleted) Fuck, got caught robbing and murdering near Adrian. Being questioned
>2 months ago/deleted) Some archbishop dude came and offered me a job. Sweet gig lol
>1 month ago/deleted) lol Life upgraded as Heretic Inquisitor
>Few hours ago/deleted) Alright (protest suppression) let's go~
>(Thoughtful frog meme)
>(Realization frog meme)
>(Fist-swinging frog meme)
>lol
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- ????? What the fuck?
- Whoa, my head's spinning lol
- (Elf with mouth agape meme)
- Wait, they used death row inmates as Heretic Inquisitors???
- What the hell is this?
ㄴ Cathedral used criminals to seize power
ㄴ ?? What the hell, that doesn't make sense
Frederick had been exiled, and most forces pulled out to Kellerton.
To consolidate power at that moment, the cathedral came up with an idea.
Namely, Adrian's greatest enemies.
They recruited looters, murderers, criminals to bolster their forces.
“Archbishop, what is this shit?”
“They let criminals become Heretic Inquisitors?”
The knights' expressions rapidly cooled.
- Lol explains why there are no looters anymore
- Fuck they announced they'd succeeded in maintaining public order
ㄴ Ah lol caught the criminals and turned them into soldiers, success lol
As hated as monsters were thieves.
They preyed on fellow humans when fighting monsters was already too much.
Hadn't the cathedral branded them heretics who abandoned humanity?
Yet that same cathedral had formed a group of criminals to kill civilians.
-Shing
The knights immediately drew their swords.
“Calm down! You're drawing blades on the cathedral over some incitement!”
Archbishop Lewis shouted, frozen stiff, but his voice had lost all power.
“Seize them.”
Elite-trained knights versus criminals used to looting.
The difference was clear.
The knights advanced on the hesitating Heretic Inquisitors and forcibly apprehended them.
Then, peeling back their white hoods to check the napes of their necks.
X
“Huh...”
Heretic brands were genuinely seared there.
*
“Argh!”
It hurt. It burned.
But it had to be done.
Photosynthesis cooldown had finally ended.
“Should've come out sooner...”
His first walk in months, out with Penny, basking on a plaza bench.
Of course, it wasn't easy.
“Why must humans take in the sun?”
“Malphite, that sounded super vampiric just now.”
Deep in thought about humanity, a new Gallery post caught his eye.
Couldn't resist Gallery scrolling even on a walk.
Logging in, a ridiculous concept post greeted him.
[Title: (Breaking News) Fishnet Cult Leader Squad]
(Deleted encoded string)
“What the hell is this?”
He clicked it instinctively, and instead of what he expected, a completely different meme appeared.
(Cathedral knights surrounding Archbishop Lewis for execution meme)
(Heretic Inquisitor true nature meme)
(Religious trial pyre meme)
Whoa, execution show! Whoa, event!
Happening at Adrian Grand Plaza, come watch everyone ㅇ
Time: Now
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- Fishnet stockings Judak meme confirmed?
- Ah fuck came expecting that
- Fishnet cult leader is for adults
- Title is dogshit lololol
It was Archbishop Lewis's execution post.
“No way, faster than I thought?”
He figured it'd be tomorrow-ish, but they handled it quick.
The inquisitors had seemed off during the protest, turns out they were a criminal gang.
Recruited as forces to seize power.
Thanks to the system letting him pull IPs from memes, it got exposed to him right away.
“But execution? Really?”
Using heretics and criminals was problematic.
But Lewis was an archbishop.
With no cardinals around, second only to the pope—how could this happen?
He got the answer from another post right away.
[Title: Archbishop Lewis Slip-Up Evidence Video...jpg]
(Video of Archbishop Lewis being dragged away)
Let me go, you barbarians!
I'm the archbishop. I am the law, I am god! Don't touch me, you filthy scum!
Ah.
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- lolol legendary slip-up
- This guy's... an archbishop?
- The 'oh shit' face after saying it is the best part
- lolol humans gonna human
ㄴ –Elf-
ㄴ (Human yanking elf ear meme)
“He fucked up his words.”
Normally, it might've ended with dismissal and prison.
But while being dragged, he snapped and blurted out his true feelings.
From there, straight to the guillotine show.
[Title: Cathedral Major Reforms Notice]
Author: Colin
After the execution show, we're pushing internal reforms for the rotten cathedral.
1. Reduce Heretic Inquisitor numbers
2. Reduce personal guards for archbishop rank and above
3. Transparent donation usage
4. Voluntary donations
5. Voluntary prayer meetings
Any additional opinions, please share.
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- Kyaa reformed~
- Cathedral normalization
- Fact) This is normal
- No guillotine for the pope?
ㄴ Author) Investigating involvement in violent suppression
ㄴ Kyakyakya lolol
ㄴ Watch, the pope's even more rotten
- Merit award: Cute girl Judak statue confirmed?
ㄴ Author) Positively considering
ㄴ Kyakyakya
ㄴ Canonize as saint!!!
The normalization of the cathedral that Adrian's people had only dreamed of was actually beginning.
The winds of change were starting to blow even in Adrian.
“Good riddance, glad it's happening.”
Personally, he believed in God.
He'd been a zealot himself, after all.
The problem was the organization following it.
If the reforms succeeded, it might actually help Adrian a lot. That's what he was thinking when—
“Ugh...”
“Hm?”
A groan came from the bench beside him, where someone was practically sprawled out.
Turning his head, he spotted a vagrant collapsed in front of his ts phony statue.
“Stomach... so hungry.”
He looked about high school age.
Seemed to have a story, shivering in ragged clothes against the cold.
After a brief moment's thought, he handed over the coat he was wearing.
“Here, take this.”
“Ahh...”
He also pulled out a few Tuna Cans and set them down in front of the man.
No outings anyway, didn't need the coat.
If a few Tuna Cans could cultivate a highnik, wasn't that a profit?
That's when the huddled man staring at the Tuna Cans suddenly looked up at him.
“L-Lord Judak?”
“What.”
Locking eyes perfectly, he instantly recognized him as Judak.
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