Rise of the Inquisition (Arcs 7-9)

Chapter 156: The White Raven

One week after Paladin's mission to unify the Inquisition is completed. Jingks was sitting down in the chair at the desk of the Lord Inquisitor, in the Office of the Lord Inquisitor. His hands were interlocked together, and they were planted on the desk on top of a small stack of paper.

"So...which one of you three wants to go first?"

Sitting across from Jingks in three chairs from left to right was Archer, Highclere, and Cameryn. Cameryn was still holding onto the Staff of Odin with her right hand, the staff being in between her chair and Highclere's chair.

"Well I'll—"

Highclere attempted to speak, but he was quickly interrupted. As Archer crossed his arms and sighed.

"Well--I should go first since I got a date with Mordred in the evening, and I have no interest in having my planned date getting pushed back again."

"Yes, I apologize for that Archer. We really needed to have you work on drilling the recruits, which interrupted your plans to have a date with her for earlier in the week," Jingks explained.

"Yeah, Yeah, yeah, it's whatever now. Nothing is stopping me from having my date with Mordred in the Capital city now, nothing at all. Meteors could be dropping down from the sky and I'd still be planning to go to the Capital city for my date."

"Understood Archer. So what you were brought here to talk about, how is it going?" Jingks asked.

"The Army of the Inquisition is almost ready," Archer replied.

After Archer finished speaking, there was a few moments of silence. Jingks sighed in disappointment, as he knew that Archer was in such a rush that he wouldn't go into details of how the Army is almost ready unless if he asked.

"Can you give me specific details on how the Army is almost ready?" Jingks asked.

Archer sighed as he rolled his eyes. He didn't care to go into specific details, however he figured that he would be hard pressed with questions early on if he didn't go into detail.

"Well--since you are needing details. The basic training of the Army has been completed by our first class of trainees. They learned the basics of fighting with their fists, they learned the basics of fighting with long swords, and they learned the basics of using bows. With the first class being a success--despite the circumstances, I do believe that we could begin mass recruiting and mass training with the nearing of the former House Odin mansion being converted into a training complex almost completed," Archer explained.

"That is excellent news--" Jingks said as he nodded his head. "With the first class being successful we could without a doubt begin mass training. According to the two people we have overseeing the construction of the training complex, it should be ready in a few weeks time. Do you believe that we should begin recruiting people now for the next class?"

"No, we shouldn't be. Even though that our first class is finished with their basic training, there is still more training that needs to be done for them."

"What type of training do they still need?" Jingks asked.

"They still need training with their armor, that they have yet to be outfitted in--"

"You haven't outfitted them in their armor yet?" Jingks asked with a surprised voice.

"No, I wasn't sure if they were ready for that but it is something that will be changed for the next class. Continuing on with what I was saying however--"

"Right, sorry," Jingks interjected.

"They'll need additional training for being in combat while wearing their full fledged heavy armor. Reason being is that fighting in heavy armor versus fighting without armor is very different, as you are able to do more movements and be more flexible without armor on. Once the first class accomplishes this, then in my opinion they will be ready for their first fight."