"Wow, I really didn't expect things to go this smoothly."
The old general looked at the documents in his hands and nodded in satisfaction.
"The Hero Army is already close to eight thousand people. I never imagined His Majesty the King would be so supportive..."
After Duanmu Huai's Hero Declaration was released, quite a few people came to sign up for the army. The King was also very cooperative. He conducted a general conscription throughout the military and gathered all the units willing to join the Hero Army here. Adding the adventurers and guards who had come from various places to enlist, their numbers had nearly reached eight thousand.
"Looking at the current numbers is useless. I estimate that we'll only be able to keep around three thousand in the end... That's an optimistic estimate."
Duanmu Huai wasn't as optimistic as the old general.
"Also, don't call it the Hero Army anymore. It would be better to give it a different name."
"Why?"
"If it's called the Hero Army, won't they have to act like the Heroes people imagine? Otherwise, people will say, 'The Hero I imagined wasn't like this,' or, 'You're not worthy of being called a Hero at all'... I can't be bothered to waste time arguing over such pointless matters. Besides, I don't want my actions restricted by such an unpleasant name."
"Then... what do you plan to call it?"
"Hmm..."
Duanmu Huai stared at the documents before him and thought for a moment.
"Let's call it the Krieg Death Legion."
"That name is a little... Well, Inquisitor, whatever you say goes."
Duanmu Huai didn't like people calling him a Hero, so everyone had settled for calling him an Inquisitor instead. It was also the title Duanmu Huai was more accustomed to.
"But, Inquisitor, what did you