## Chapter 687 – Paladin Kim Kat
“Kkeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeek!!!!”
“Kkeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeek!!!”
But returning these fanatic trainees to normal was impossible from the start. These bastards were never normal to begin with. I simply provided the catalyst to unleash their madness; these guys were crazy from the outset.
“Kkeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeek!!!!”
“Kkeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeek!!!”
“Kkeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeek!!!!”
—Fafa-fa-fat!
—Faat!
Beginning with a frenzied scream, they traversed the training grounds in a meaningless race, as if competing with each other. It seemed human language no longer worked on the trainees.
They communicated with screams and expressed their intentions through excessive physical actions.
ㅡWheeeeeeee!
ㅡPaaaat!
And so, the sprinting trainees leaped high, spinning three times in the air before landing. Those were all moves I taught them. They’re doing well in their own way, but they still have a long way to go to catch up to me.
Shouldn’t they jump higher and spin at least ten times?
Still, they did well, so I should praise them… Shit.
I’m screwed.
What do I do now?
These bastards are going even more insane.
It’s only been a day since I decided to create a system and educate them, but the situation has only gotten worse.
“Dejaaaaaaaaat!!!!”
“Iyaaaaaaooooook!!!!”
“Slaughter the demonsㅡ!!!!!!!!”
I can’t show this kind of appearance to our Saintess, if no one else.
That sister… well, she feels kind of out of touch with the field.
While many paladins tend to fall into a berserker state during battle, Saintess Kadia must have lived her entire life as a 100% desk worker. She probably adheres to common sense that much, and if she were to witness this chaotic scene before her eyes, she would definitely think it was abnormal.
“But still.”
In any case, the inhumane brainwashing and training forced upon them since childhood destroyed the children’s normal minds and succeeded in transforming them into the special talents the Order desired.
The trainees’ madness was a product of just that.
“I.”
The Order is entirely responsible for those friends turning out like that.
“I made them this way.”
But it was none other than me who created this scene of madness.
Damn it, but there was no more efficient way than this. It was a mistake to send me to the training center in the first place. I might be good as a murder instructor, but I was never cut out to be just a teacher.
—Screeeeeeeeeeeeeech!!!
—Screeeeeeeech!!!!!
—Screeeeeeeeeeeeeech!!
“The efficiency of combat training has greatly increased since creating the system yesterday!!”
The instructor was once again in awe.
“To think there would be such an achievement! Compared to the data just before entering the training center, they have grown amazingly!! This is all thanks to the Paladin’s advice and training!! The trainees, who have become even stronger, will be able to more easily destroy evil beings in various parts of the kingdom in the future! This is a very good phenomenon!”
He is genuinely moved.
When you think about it, I did a good thing. Their combat power has improved inhumanly, hasn’t it? I did it all with a sense of responsibility. That’s why such groundbreaking results came out.
It’s just a little… unsettling to look at.
“Yes. That’s a very good thing.”
With a troubled heart, I looked at the trainees who were going absolutely berserk. It was fun and enjoyable when I was teaching them. It was even enjoyable because the efficiency was high. But I never expected the Saintess to say she would come to see it in person.
I have to put on a show of being `normal,` even if it’s just for one day…!
“The Paladin has arrived!!!!”
“Good morning!!! To you!!!!!”
“The birth of the Order’s Guardian!!!!”
Just then, the trainees spotted me and rushed over as if half-flying. This right here is the problem, goddammit. What kind of kids in this world come flying at you like this? And Anderson, that bastard, was even doing somersaults as he approached.
I’m going crazy, really.
“Greetings, trainees! Are you ready for today’s training!!!”
Anyway, gotta greet them.
“We are readyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
“Preparation complete!!!!!!!!”
“KIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEK!!!!”
The trainees once again fell into a frenzy, shuddering all over as they answered.
These bastards!
“No! You are not ready!!”
I declared to them!
“Eh, eh? What on earth does that…?”
“N, no way!!!!!!”
“No, we are ready, Paladin-nim!!!”
Then, the trainees, their faces instantly like those of baby squirrels who had lost their parents, pleaded with me as if begging, trying to tear at their own hair.
“You said you were ready! Then what were all those actions you were just doing!!!?”
These crazy bastards!
“This Paladin taught the trainees about the anger savings bank! But!!! What was that just now but berserkers charging with pure rage!!! You failed to save your anger, and merely unleashed it according to your impulses!!!”
As I shouted, the trainees, trembling as if struck by lightning, apologized to me.
“Th, that is…!”
“We’re sorry!!”
“We were wrong!!!”
Do they even know what they did wrong?
If so, perhaps they can be corrected.
“From today onwards, we will train in the accumulation of that anger, and the method of suppressing it! How can you squander anger like that!!! What if you waste your anger like that and fail to be angry at the most crucial moment!!!”
—We’re sorry!
—We were wrong!!
—It was our fault!!!
They seemed to be good at answering.
Well then, let’s tire them out first and conduct anger suppression training in the afternoon.
“First, during the morning hours, we will do physical training, combat training, and divine power usage training, as we newly established the system yesterday!! Understand!!”
“Yes!!!”
—Clatter!
I immediately threw off my armor and went shirtless. Whatever the case, I can never skip the morning training. If I don’t do this, my body feels so stiff that it’s hard for me to live.
Anyway, I need to wear down these rabid, coltish bastards.
Immediately, I run with the trainees, do muscle training, and conduct combat training. I controlled all the actions of screaming or trying to tear at their hair in between, giving them individual care.
“You must maintain peace of mind when using divine power!”
“Understood!!”
—Tss-pat.
Honestly, I don’t know anything about divine power and can’t do anything, so I just prevented the kids from going berserk. After the divine power training ended, we used the `stairs` to go up to eat, and of course, used the `stairs` to come back down.
I won’t let them climb up the `outer wall` anymore.
In the afternoon, the full-fledged anger suppression training begins.
“From now on, we will conduct anger suppression training!!! From this moment on, in that posture, suppress your anger!!!! And unleash it immediately when I permit it!!! Understand!”
“Yes!”
“Yes!”
“Yes!”
Following my instructions, the trainees began to kneel in place and prepare to listen to my story. I know that madness lurks behind those pure eyes.
“Never unleash your anger without my, Paladin’s, permission!! Understand!! This is an emphasis! Answer if you understand!”
“Yes!”
“Yes!”
“Yes!”
I immediately chose a story that would drive the trainees mad with rage.
Over the past few days, I had told them various tales, and each time, the trainees would tear at their hair, jump and spin in place, or even do handstands and run, expressing their anger in their own ways.
—Now, control it.
This time, I should tell them a story from my time in the Holy Crusade.
“Do the trainees know of the evil god, Ejatz?”
“Yes! We know him well!”
“The wicked evil god!”
“We also know that his minions were recently subjugated!”
Ejatz was a relatively famous evil god, so it was safe to say that everyone knew him. Especially since his minions had appeared recently.
“As you know, I also participated in that Holy Crusade!”
“Gasp!”
“Gaaaaaasp!”
“A, as expected of Paladin-nim…!”
Upon hearing that I had participated, the trainees clasped their hands together and their eyes shone. As expected of young blood, they even added that they wanted to participate in the Holy Crusade themselves.
Anyway, the story begins.
“There… I witnessed a truly horrific sight!!!”
“H, horrific sight…!”
“What on earth…!”
Heathen stew.
“It was none other than human sacrifice!!!”
Back then, I couldn’t contain my anger and punished the heretics in that way. Because those bastards had massacred all the residents of the occupied territories, and extracted their bones and entrails to create a gruesome Bone-Flesh Tower to offer to the evil god Ejatz.
They offered these cruel acts to Ejatz to receive blessings and gain great power. This phenomenon fueled their cruel atrocities and created a living hell.
Recalling the emotions of that time, I told the trainees the story of the Bone-Flesh Tower.
“Ggrrrrrrr…!”
“Ggrrrk…!”
“Gaaaaaaak…!”
“M…!!! Mmm! Mmmmmm!!! Mmmmmm…!!!”
The trainees who heard the story shed tears and suppressed screams. This was a crazy sight in its own way, but it was better than screaming outright.
“Endure! Endure the anger!!! Save the anger you feel now in your anger piggy bank!! And use it later!!!”
I encouraged the trainees.
Good! If they can only endure their anger like this, there’s nothing to worry about even if the Saintess comes…!
—Pinch, pinch!!
—Piiiiinch!!
—Tear!!
—Tearteartear!!
However, as if their anger had reached its critical point, some of the trainees began to pinch their own flesh as if they were harming themselves, and others were slowly starting to tear at their hair.
“Ah, no!”
The dam is about to burst.
“Meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeoooooooow!!!!!”
“Yaaaaaaaah!!”
“Avavavavavava!!!”
It was truly instantaneous.
“Ah…”
Have these bastards lost all sense of patience?
“Kieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeek!!!”
“Dejaaaaaaaaaaaat!!”
“Aiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit!!!!!”
The trainees roared as if they were breathing fire from their mouths, showing excessive behavior. I told them to endure just now, but now ten of them are putting on a crazy, nonsensical show.
“I’m going insane.”
Like the next generation of Becquerel brothers.
“Fuck.”
I pulled up a chair and slumped down in it.
Is it impossible to control these bastards’ rage now?
No, I have to keep going.
“Didn’t I tell you to restrain your anger!!!!”
When I shouted, the trainees who had regained a little composure sobbed and said,
“Ugh…! Ugh!!”
“I’m sorry, I’m sorry!!”
“I just can’t…! I can’t hold it in, Kyaaaaaaaaagh!!”
“I couldn’t hold it in!!!!!”
Oh dear.
“Oh my.”
It’s all because they’re too young.
They’re teenagers now, so their sensitivity is several times greater than that of adults. That’s why they’ve absorbed my teachings excessively and evolved into these fanatical specialists.
That’s why early education is important.
The education you receive as a child lasts a lifetime.
But what can I do?
I’m the one who made them like this.
I can’t get angry, and I can’t take it back now.
I just need to properly teach them about the Rage Savings Account.
If I do that, I can dramatically increase these friends’ combat power.
“It seems that your patience hasn’t been properly honed yet. I’m not disappointed. Everyone is like that at first. You just need to train until you can properly use the Rage Savings Account.”
So I instructed.
“Now, everyone, put on your gags. And tie the arms of the person next to you behind their back. Bring the blindfolds too.”
“G-Gags…? Is that what you mean?”
“That’s right. Gags.”
Today, I’m going to restrain the trainees with that and tell them stories about the heretics.
I have to do at least that much to train them, no, to drill them.
“Instructor. Do you have any gags or metal restraints?”
“Yes! I do!”
“I need them.”
“I’ll get them right away!”
The instructor immediately brought the gags and restraints, and the trainees put them on and assumed the position as I instructed.
“Then I’ll start the next story!!!”
ㅡGgrk!
ㅡGgrrrrrk!!
ㅡGgrk!!
The more my story continued, the more the trainees trembled and tried to spew out madness from their restrained bodies. But since they were sealed, it was okay to some extent.
I can just spend the morning building up their strength and exhausting them, and then have them suppress their anger in the afternoon.
If they can master the Rage Savings Account in that way, these trainees will surely be reborn as the most powerful paladins. Just like Brother Barkerel did.
They have enough potential for that.
ㅡLet’s create the strongest paladin corps.
Kim Katte, a paladin directly under the Saintess, never solves a task she has started carelessly.
ㅡA heavy sense of responsibility.
That’s because it’s Fusion Confucianism.
