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Chapter 1266 The Whale Effect (Meowth who is now addicted to Shin Megami Tensei V)

As a master assassin, Mathias had made adequate preparations before setting out on his mission, even considering countless backup plans.

But... in fact, none of his backup plans were used.

They had no intention of guarding against him at all. Mathias came out the same way he went in. They even made him a pot of tea.

As for Mathias's gains...

"Everything we want to know is here."

Staring at the king, the Master Assassin smiled wryly and handed over a pamphlet.

"what is this?"

Looking at the booklet handed over by the other party, Varian was confused, but he still gestured to Duke Fordragon beside him to take it, then opened it, and then his face twitched.

"Inquisition Manual?"

  Reading the title, Varian looked at Mathias in confusion. What's this thing that looks like a National Geographic Handbook of Azeroth? Is this what you brought back?

If Mathias wasn't a master assassin of MI7, Varian would have suspected that he was using this thing to fool him. This kind of thing is known to be used to fool others, how could the real intelligence be contained in it?

"You will know when you see it, Your Majesty."

Mathias was not a fool. When he saw the look in Varian's eyes, he knew what he was thinking. In fact, when Varian gave him this manual, he felt that the Inquisition was treating him like a fool. But after reading it...

"……………………"

Varian silently opened the booklet in front of him and read it page by page. At first, he didn't care, but the more he read, the more solemn his expression became. After turning the last page, Varian fell into silence and couldn't say a word.

Mathias was not lying, this booklet did provide the intelligence they needed.

  What is the Tribunal?

It is clearly stated at the beginning of the booklet that the Inquisition is an organization that protects humanity and will eliminate any existence that threatens humanity at all costs.

If that were all, Varian certainly wouldn't take it seriously. Everyone can say empty words.

However, the booklet also describes in detail the criteria for the Inquisition to judge humans, including complete humans, partial mutations, and complete mutations. Not only that, it also details how the Inquisition will respond when faced with these beings.

To put it bluntly, this is simply a standard instruction manual.

If that were all, most people would at best just laugh it off and regard it as a joke.

However, after the Forsaken were truly destroyed, this was no longer a joke.

Not to mention the part about the judgment on humans in the Inquisition manual, which left Varian completely puzzled.

Why the skull?

In fact, this problem has also been encountered by players in the game. Once a player received such a task, people in a village on a certain planet mysteriously disappeared, and then the player was responsible for investigating and finding the missing people. Needless to say, after the player's tracking and investigation, it was finally discovered that the two missing people had been killed long ago, and the children born by the two missing people were enslaved by a race called ratmen and became their war props to use against humans.

Needless to say, what happened next was that the player assisted the human village in defeating the attack of the ratmen and then captured them.

  But in the final investigation, the players were surprised to find that these guys who were regarded as monsters and looked like rats were actually once humans!

In history, that world was once mostly populated by ordinary people without superpowers, but then superpowered people appeared and started a war with ordinary people. After several wars that almost destroyed the world, superpowered people became humans, while the original ordinary people degenerated into ratmen, becoming a threat that superpowered people regarded as monsters.

However, even though their bodies have degenerated and mutated, these ordinary people are still obsessed with revenge against those with super powers, which leads to the emergence of this mission.

In the end, the ratmen were completely wiped out. The players who completed the task posted the entire task process to the forum with mixed feelings, and as expected, a big discussion broke out.

But in the end, most players had to admit that although the Inquisition's standards for judging humans were simple and crude, they were really the only standards that could be used.

First of all, if you insist on verifying whether a race belongs to the human race from a historical perspective, that is a big problem for archaeology. Players come to play games, not to suffer. Even on the issue of human origins, anthropologists have not yet reached a conclusion. What qualifications do they have to define what kind of history is considered human?

As for judging from genes?

That's even more impossible! It can even be said that this is a taboo in the Tribunal!

As for the reason, it has to start from the golden age when human beings were prosperous and developed. At that time, human civilization was running wildly, and humans themselves began to seek excitement and commit suicide. They even chose the path of genetic ascension and changed their genes into a mess.

There is even a joke among players that the Iron Man Rebellion was not a rebellion in the strict sense, but rather that the humans of that era modified their genes beyond recognition, so that even the Iron Man could not identify whether they were human beings at a genetic level...so the Iron Man rebelled and destroyed these "alien creatures".

Let me put it this way, it's like the people on some remote island claiming that their bloodline is the chosen ones from the Central Plains, and that they are pure-blooded descendants of the royal family. But after a genetic test, it turns out that they are actually descendants of slaves of a nomadic people... naturally, they can't brag about that anymore.

Not to mention that if you judge humans from a genetic perspective, the humans in the Human Empire might not be as genetically pure as some alien humans.

If this gets out, won't the human empire explode on the spot?

  So, after boasting about human orthodoxy for tens of thousands of years, the clown turned out to be me?

My mentality has collapsed. I'm done.

So the Inquisition chose the simplest and most brutal way. No matter what your history is, no matter what your genes are, as long as your skull is the same as that of humans, you are a member of our human family. It's that simple. The Inquisition doesn't care about other things. Like the ratmen, from a historical perspective, this group of ordinary people persecuted by super-powered people are quite miserable. Even after degeneration and mutation, they still don't forget revenge, and they persisted to the end with the perseverance and resilience unique to humans and did not choose to surrender. It is worthy of praise and emotion.

But if you regard the other party as human beings because of this, then there are countless human races in the human empire.

Apart from anything else, no matter how tragic the life stories of these rat people are, most people would not admit that these walking rats are the same as themselves.

Therefore, the simplest and most direct way is to judge from the skulls that these ratmen are not human beings, and therefore they are treated as aliens.

Simple, rough, cruel and efficient.

Not only that, what Varian didn't expect was that in the eyes of the Inquisition, humans were the most supreme race, and the complete and unmutated skulls represented the holiness and purity of humans. Therefore, those dwarves, gnomes, elves, etc. were all regarded as sub-humans in the eyes of the Inquisition.

This idea has to be said to have shattered Varian's three views.

You know, on the continent of Azeroth, almost all creatures believe that elves are a long-lived, powerful and noble race. However, in the eyes of the Inquisition, those long-eared people can only be regarded as a sub-human race...

Well, strictly speaking, this is Duanmu Huai’s personal preference, or it can be said that this is a deviation in the player’s preference.

You should know that in most fantasy games, elves are very popular. However, in Star Ocean, the Eldar are a rather disgusting race. Many players are disgusted by the Eldar and then directly despise all similar races.

Especially the elves, a race that is very similar to the Eldar in appearance and temperament, are treated by players as fake Eldar.

  I can't beat the elves, but I can't beat you?

If we look at the attitude of the Inquisition towards races, humans are definitely the first, followed by dwarves - because the dwarves' strong will (or stubbornness) makes it difficult for them to be eroded and corrupted by Chaos. As long as you make friends with them, they will be very loyal and trustworthy allies, safe and reliable.

On the other hand, a race like the elves, who are arrogant and conceited and have a high probability of being corrupted, is considered to be of lower status than the Ogryn in the eyes of the Inquisition.

It's also very high on the purification list, at least it's definitely on the first page.

This also made Varian very uncomfortable. Being friendly to the dwarves was fine. Stormwind Kingdom and Ironforge also had a good relationship and there was a direct subway between the two sides.

But such blatant disdain and contempt for the elves was a little hard for Varian to accept.

"This Inquisition...could it be the survivors of Lordaeron?"

After reading the manual, Varian looked at Mathias in doubt and asked. His doubt was not without reason. When the Kingdom of Lordaeron was still there, its king's lifelong wish was to unify the seven human kingdoms and realize the dream of the human empire. However, this Inquisition is more extreme than the original Lordaeron. It is written between the lines that only humans can live and aliens must die...

In addition, the Inquisition is currently located at the old site of Lordaeron, which makes Varian think more.

"I don't think so."

Mathias shook his head.

"The Inquisition is very powerful. Their technology is very similar to that of the dwarves, but several times more advanced. To be honest, if Lordaeron had this kind of strength, it would not have been destroyed. Moreover, their symbols are completely different from those of Lordaeron, and their philosophies are even more different. The Inquisition is only responsible for eliminating the threat posed by humans, and will not interfere in human internal affairs. If there are survivors of Lordaeron, they will definitely use this opportunity to regain the kingdom and even complete the great cause of unifying mankind..."

“The problem is that times have changed completely.”

Varian smiled bitterly. There are only a few of the original seven human kingdoms left now. As for the great cause of unifying mankind... Alas, it is useless to talk about it now.

However, according to the Tribunal's manual, there is a big problem.

"They won't go to war with the tribe."

After all, the Horde has trolls, tauren, orcs, and goblins - Varian knows just by counting them. According to the standards of the Inquisition, most of these are not even considered sub-humans, and are purely the "aliens" mentioned above.

"They do have plans to take action against the tribe."

Mathias nodded. He had tried to probe the other party vaguely after reading the manual, but the other party told Mathias directly that all aliens must die without exception.

"this……………"

Varian fell silent after hearing Mathias's answer. To be honest, at the beginning, Varian did want to get closer to the Inquisition so that it could become a member of the alliance. But after reading the manual carefully, Varian was completely frightened by the radical style of the Inquisition and had to reconsider his ideas.

"………………Send someone to closely observe and monitor the Tribunal. If there are any unusual actions, report them to me immediately."

In the end, Varian could only give this one order. He stared at the manual in his hand with a worried look on his face.

Azeroth is in a precarious situation right now, and the emergence of this new force... I really don't know whether it is a good thing or a bad thing.

Varian knew that fishermen in the north would put a few catfish in the sardines to keep them moving in order to prevent them from dying during transportation.

  But what if it was a whale instead of a catfish?

This small pond of Azeroth - can it withstand the storm it stirs up?