The Epic Tale of Chaos vs Order

Chapter 604: Duke Tazan

Weeks carried on, and the power and might of the Scarlet Inquisition Force continued to rise. Normal people were delighted with them as their actions erased the criminal forces from their cities and towns, making them safer and also allowing them to improve their wealth and power without the fear of attracting the attention of the underworld.

However, the same delight could not be said to be shared by the Noble Families. They were used to their status and the fact that as long as they were careful, no one would care about their crimes, but the Scarlet Inquisition Force did not give them any sort of special treatment. Actually, most of the focus of the military force was on them.

One of the reasons was that members of the Noble Families were much more connected and had more information about Dark Factions than normal people. But that was not all, and the truth was that there was some bias, as Apex truly disliked those who used their background to bully the weak, which was why he was so ruthless against nobles.

All the people being detained by the Scarlet Inquisition Force would be brought to the headquarters of each battalion that was built around their Star Cruiser and from there they would be put in the teleportation formation.

Back in the Bahamut Sector, there was already a massive prison/headquarters built by expanding the Umbra Clan Secret Dungeon. Its size was quite immense, but that was to be expected as the number of people being sent each week from all over the continent rose above a million.

Of course, not all those people were integral parts of Dark Factions and some of them had just been involved in merely passive roles such as relaying information or selling them stolen goods. They were criminals but that did not mean they were all going to die.

The over twenty thousand soldiers left in the Scarlet Inquisition Headquarters had different functions, and one of them involved separating the criminals. Most of the prisoners would be sent to Imperial Prison directly where they would await trial, but there was a small portion that would be put in the teleportation formation on the ground, and sent to the room where the Scarlet King resided.

The criminals put in the teleportation formation would never return, but none of the soldiers showed any sign of pity to these people. If their crimes were minor or at least not worthy of the death penalty, they would be sent to the Imperial prison. The fact they were invoked by the Scarlet King meant they were rotten to the core, and their crimes were punished by death.

Not to mention that every time one of those people was sent to the Scarlet King, new target packages would be sent to the Scarlet Inquisition Force. It was clear to all the soldiers that the people sent to the Scarlet King were being interrogated, as for how he was so effective and fast, no one knew and they did not dare to ask.

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The might and fame of the Scarlet Inquisition Force kept rising over the coming months as they were truly a formidable force, displaying seemingly flawless military and logistics skills, trapping millions of criminals every single week.

However, by the fourth month, its momentum finally began to wane and by the fifth month, the Scarlet Inquisition Force would be lucky if they managed to arrest one hundred thousand people a week. It made sense after all there was a finite number of criminals in the empire.

Normal people felt the change in the empire. As the feeling of safety improved immensely, more and more people began to worship the Scarlet Inquisition Force as the number of people joining the military skyrocketed.

While this was good news, those in the higher levels of the military knew that things were not so simple, and that was especially true for the Scarlet Inquisitors.

Today was the first day of the sixth month since the Scarlet Inquisition Force was formed, and right now one of the Scarlet Inquisitors was currently drinking inside a majestic castle in the Silver Wave Sector.

Duke Gigant took the massive cup in front of him and began to swallow the drink in it so fast that the liquid would slip from the corner of his mouth.

”Old friend, relax. The beer will not go anywhere.”

The one that spoke was a man that resembled a silverback gorilla wearing white armor and every inch of his body unleashed a simply overwhelming physical strength and sharp metallic force. He was none other than the Sector Duke of the Silver Wave Sector, Tazan.

”Ahh, how can I relax when I am under so much pressure, yet I have no way to handle it.”

Gigant shook his head, placing the cup back on the table with an expression of rage and frustration on his face.

”What are you talking about? Everybody is talking about your actions as part of the Scarlet Inquisition Force and how you are cleaning the underworld of the Hyperion Continent.”

Tazan showed a smile as he uttered those words, and there seemed to be a sense of pride in his eyes as he genuinely seemed impressed by Gigantʼs work. However, when the one-eyed Duke heard those compliments, he sneered.

”Hmph, we are only taking care of the plague on the surface, but the disease that is the Tier 0 Dark Factions has gone nowhere. What is the point of jailing millions of low-level criminals when the true core of the disease remains? Once we are sent back to our respective domains, those cockroaches will emerge again, and all our hard work will vanish in just a couple of years.

In less than a decade, I am sure everything will be back to how it was before.”

Gigant could not hide his frustration as he uttered those words, and it seemed that the feeling of impotence came from the bottom of his soul.