Witch, Fireball and Steam Evil God

Chapter 101 Do you want to travel?
Considering that they were so familiar with each other, Ethan did not tell Captain Hagrid that his leader, Ms. Rose, had killed 56 people who were unwilling to cooperate with the investigation.

Hagrid hesitated for a long time before saying, "I just asked if they would accept refugees."

Ethan understood and didn't ask any further questions.

Hagrid drank himself to the point of falling down in the back street, so there must be more to it than just asking.

"You have a good rest, I will go back and report."

Leaving this sentence, Ethan left the hotel.

The reason why Hagrid volunteered was that he seemed to still hold out a glimmer of hope. He was a native of Creekwood Town, and he knew most of the residents who were assigned to work in the Highwood Mine. He also knew the consequences of attacking the guards and occupying the mine.

There is no room for a peaceful solution to this matter. Whether the miners continue to resist or surrender, death awaits them.

It won't be long before an elite force arrives at the Highwood Mine from Gear City.

The only way Hagrid could think of to keep these people alive was to rely on the power of border gangs and let them smuggle across the border. If they were lucky enough to escape onto a ship bound for other continents, or if they could find protection from some neutral forces, they might be able to save their lives.

Ethan could only describe Hagrid's plan as a beautiful fantasy.

Even if the border gangs kept their promise and led the miners out of the border, no one would be willing to take in these wanted criminals of the empire. Not only that, if the imperial military industry later found out that someone had helped the miners escape, they would definitely skin that person, chop off his head, and hang it in the town square for public display.

Back at the apartment, Maomao was instructing Miss Chloe in making a potion at the kitchen counter.

The first batch of the awakening drug sold very well. Users found that in addition to boosting their spirits, the state of concentration greatly improved their meditation efficiency. When a transcendent who had been stuck at the second level for two years entered the third level in less than two days after taking the awakening drug, even the magicians in Xingdi Lane rushed to buy the awakening drug.

Unknowingly, the products in Lao Sen's Magic Technology Store have become equated with "purity".

Although what they sell are seemingly low-level mystical items, they are all top-quality goods of extremely high purity.

Miss Chloe, who had completed the three stages of evolution, was now more adept at brewing potions. She no longer had to hold the metal stick in her beak and run around the crucible. A few golden feathers were suspended around the metal stick, driving it to rotate rhythmically.

Miss Chloe is becoming more and more like the chief alchemist.

Seeing Ethan enter the room, Maomao jumped down from the kitchen counter and walked towards the study first.

"Want to travel to Gear City?"

She jumped onto the table and seduced Ethan, "It's a big city on the border of the empire. Almost all the goods that circulate in the empire can be found in the stores in Gear City. There are also many beautiful clothes there. Your favorite crystal high heels were also bought in the store."

"First of all, I don't like crystal high heels. I'm worried that you might step on nails when you walk barefoot!"

Ethan emphasized again.

The cat just smiled, eyes sparkling, and didn't refute.

Facts speak louder than words, but she can fully understand the shyness of not wanting to admit it, and even feels that it is a rare spice in daily life.

Very interesting.

She suddenly had an inspiration, a sly look flashed across her eyes, and she said, "It is said that there is a sex toy store in Gear City." Sure enough, just as she expected, Ethan was fuming and his speech became stuttering, "W-what a mess!"

Cat continued to attack, "The card you used to promote Lao Sen's magic scroll shop is for a shop called Pink Lady. It is very popular in the Empire and there is one in almost every big city. But you have always stayed in Ximu Town and never left, so you must have never seen it, right?"

“There’s no need to see that kind of place.”

Ethan crossed his arms across his chest. Although Teacher Maomao looked smiling, this was most likely a fatal question.

What's more, he has absolutely no interest in the Pink Panther.

"It doesn't matter if you're not interested. We still have Master Esoke in Gear City."

Ethan felt that the topic jumped a little too quickly and was unable to react for a moment, "Master Esoke? The owner of the Pink Lady shop?"

"He is a frequent visitor there, the future successor of the Imperial Military Industry. He suddenly went to Gear City these two days, probably because of the Heywood Mine. After all, the mine is one of the largest mineral suppliers for the Imperial Military Industry.

"If they kill all the miners, they will be in a serious shortage of manpower. Every day of stopping production will cause incalculable losses to the Empire's military industry. So they will most likely recruit a large number of miners from small towns on the border of the Empire to keep the work going. As long as the laws of the Empire are used reasonably, the effect of legal compulsory conscription can be achieved."

Teacher Maomao's eyes were filled with worry, like a wife who was afraid that her husband would be conscripted and never come back. "Young and strong young people like you are the best candidates for conscription. Even if Miss Ivy used her connections to help you escape the conscription, there would be fewer familiar faces in the town, right?"

Ethan saw through the essence of the question, "Is Esoke also on your assassination list?"

Young masters like Aesoke usually stay in the imperial capital all year round and are surrounded by the most elite guards, so it is not easy to take action against them.

Even if they forcefully act in the imperial capital, it will inevitably cause unrest.

This time, when Asoke went to Gear City, it felt like a gift delivered to his doorstep.

"I've asked Ivy for leave and will be back in a few days."

"How about going to the Heywood Mine first?"

Ethan felt that even if Asok was killed in Gear City, the Imperial Military Industry's production line would not stop there, and forced conscription would still be carried out, and in a more violent manner.

He was also somewhat curious about what had happened in the mine that caused the miners to riot en masse and the musketeers who were capable of killing the imperial military workers and occupying the entire mine.

There were also some people he knew among the miners.

"Okay, I'll do as you say~"

The sweet tone made Ethan tremble a few times. He felt that Rowena was right. Teacher Maomao was very good at speaking with a pinched voice. Was this also one of the witch's talents?
Maomao smiled and said casually, "The reason why the Imperial Military Industry attaches so much importance to the Heywood Mine is because it is one of the most important energy storage crystal production sites in the Empire. During the meeting today, everyone was worried about the source of energy storage crystals."

"Captain Hagrid and his guards should leave tonight."

Maomao had already thought about it, "I'll ask Rowena to make some scrolls of teleportation magic. If anything happens in Riverwood Town, we can rush back as soon as possible."

(End of this chapter)