Witch, Fireball and Steam Evil God

Chapter 154 Homecoming
Winter is very happy today.

After arriving home, she kept humming a little tune that Ethan had never heard before. She took out a tray, used magic to produce many cherries, put the tray on the table, patted the table, and motioned Ethan to sit over.

Ethan came to his senses and placed the local specialties he brought from Ximu Town at the entrance of the cave.

"This was Mr. Big Cat's home. He passed away and I inherited it."

Winter spoke in a relaxed tone, without any sadness. She pointed to a thick mat and a neatly folded blanket in the corner of the cave and said, "Ethan, you know? The life cycle of a cat is much shorter than that of a human. When I came back from the second year of the academy, Mr. Big Cat fell asleep on it forever."

Only then did Ethan understand the meaning of the sign at the entrance of the cave. It was a simple small grave where the Mr. Big Cat she mentioned was buried.

It might be a monster that looks like a cat but has intelligence.

"So, Mr. Big Cat taught you how to make cherries and turn into a cat?"

Ethan picked up a cherry and put it into his mouth. The sweet and cool taste filled his taste buds. He happened to hear the gourmet Bi'an mention that the cherry fruit was originally discovered by monsters in the north. Its sweet taste was loved by the people of the imperial capital. Due to its scarcity, it gradually evolved into a delicacy that only a few nobles could enjoy.

Two years ago, after the outbreak of the Corruption War, no one could find Xue Li Zi anymore. The Hunter's Guild in the Imperial Capital organized many exploration teams to go deep into the North. The nobles were willing to pay high rewards, but in the end they all returned empty-handed.

There are many cherry lovers in the imperial capital, and Higan is one of them. She would rather risk her tongue freezing into ice than not participate in the "Cherry Roulette" game offered by Winter.

"This is Mr. Big Cat's home. We have been living here."

Winter thought for a moment and said, "This is the first time I bring someone back."

Every time she came back here, she would relax involuntarily. Although there seemed to be nothing here, she could always sit alone at the table, listening to the sound of wind and snow outside the cave, and stay there all day.

Ethan stood up, found a container, put a few cherries in it, and selected a few small objects from the local specialties he brought with him. He put them together and placed them under the wooden sign at the door.

This was quite different from what he had imagined "meeting the parents". Only when he arrived at the place did he understand what Lin Dong meant by "living alone".

He stared at the sign for a long time and then returned to the cave.

This place seemed to have some kind of special magic for Lin Dong. She completely relaxed, sitting on the ground in the middle of winter, swinging her feet and daydreaming. If she came to her senses, she would eat a cherry and then continue to wander outside.

Ethan brought up the topic, "How did you and Mr. Big Cat meet?"

“It picked it up.”

Lin Dong looked like he was recalling a fond memory, and a smile appeared on his face. "I was driven out by the villagers, and I got lost in the heavy snow."

"They kicked you out? Why?"

Ethan was shocked. Winter always spoke some unexpected information in a calm tone.

"They saw me talking to the ice elves."

This is already a very old story.

Winter has never been able to build up feelings for her own people. Ever since she can remember, she has been wandering around the village alone, picking up discarded food from others. There are many orphans in the villages of the Northern Tribe. Because of their strange hair color and eyes, they were driven out of the imperial capital and could only build a village in the wind and snow. In addition to the bad weather, they also have to fight against the rampant Bigfoot.

Many adults died in the war, and there were always many orphans in the village.

Now Ethan knew that what Winter meant by "talking to the ice elves" was because of her extraordinary talent in elemental energy magic. However, to the northern people, it made her look like a freak.

The northerners hate the wind and snow, because monsters and suffering all come from the wind and snow.

“So, I always felt that we were a good match.”

Winter lay on the table and stared at Ethan in a daze, "Look, we are all refugees, and it seems that no one wants us."

She recalled the first time she met Ethan in Creekwood Town. This refugee boy who had come to Creekwood Town had finally found a clerical job in the Hunter's Guild.

With nowhere to go, he was taken in by the guild and lived in someone else's house. He was busy until dark every day, and used his free time to study books related to the mysticism in the library.

Why did you go home with Ethan at that time?
Winter thought about it and realized that the scene at that time could actually be considered as coercion. She was just bored and stayed outside the library to observe Ethan. When she came to her senses, she had been picked up by him and taken back to the guild hut. He also gave her an ugly name "Zhaocai".

As for the reason for being idle...

It was because she became the empire's most wanted criminal. She was seriously injured under the siege of several saints and could only transform herself into a cat to escape the pursuit. She wandered to a small border town of the empire. The confusion about the future made her stay in Ximu Town for a while.

At first, Lin Dong was extremely reluctant, thinking that people who could come up with a name like "招财" (meaning "wealth") probably had little vision and were just dreaming of getting rich every day.

However, this homeless boy is very good at taking care of cats.

He cooked for her, combed her hair, and even stranger was that at night, after he turned off the gas, he would lie on the bed and talk to her.

Sometimes it is the experience of a day at work, sometimes it is the views on the empire, or sometimes it is the plans for the future.

Lin Dong was already very satisfied, she felt that she was a very lucky person.

Every time she lost her way, she would meet a kind person who would pick her up. If there was anything she was dissatisfied with about her life in Creekwood Town, it was only because of Ethan, who was dishonest and always liked to put his hands on her.

"Besides, you are different from those people."

Lin Dong narrowed his eyes and recalled the good memories of Ximu Town. "Do you remember that you read "The Atlas of the Empire Tribes" when you were in Ximu Town?"

"of course."

Ethan nodded. That happened after he and Zhaocai became familiar with each other. Occasionally, Zhaocai would lie lazily in his arms and read books with him. He felt at that time that this cat seemed to understand the words in the book.

The first time he learned about the Northern Tribe was from books like "Atlas of the Imperial Tribes". He never thought that there really was a tribe with white hair and red eyes in the world.

Winter raised the corner of his mouth, "You said you like it this way."

Ethan remembered that when the cat heard his inspirational words, it suddenly straightened its body and raised its tail high, as if it was stressed.

She thought Ethan was a real weirdo. The Northern Tribe was ostracized by the people of the imperial capital because of their strange features. Many people privately slandered them as descendants of the devil, which was why they had red eyes like the devil.

So she came up with an idea.

She had to leave Ximu Town temporarily. If the people of the Vatican found her whereabouts, Ethan, a refugee boy, would surely die in their persecution. She still had many grudges to settle. Only after settling all the grudges, would she have enough confidence to return to Ximu Town and respond to Ethan.

However, when he returned to Ximu Town for the second time, Winter's plan changed.

She never thought that it only took the young refugee two years to grow to where he is today.

"Ethan."

Winter suddenly stood up, moved closer to Ethan, held his face with his somewhat cold hands, and stared at him carefully, getting closer and closer.

The sound of wind and snow outside the cave became more and more intense, and seemed to be mixed with the sound of objects moving at high speed.

Something was speeding through the blizzard, gradually approaching here.

However, Winter didn't want to pay attention to what was happening outside.

The object that was rushing all the way finally found the entrance to the cave.

Rowena jumped off her electric wheelchair and rushed in. "You two have left the main group and are hiding here doing something shameful!"

She shouted at the two of them, and the moment the energy crystal communication was cut off, her radar sounded an alarm.

Some people left the organization and started to develop small groups.

As a member of the "Loving Family" group chat, Rowena must prevent this kind of sneaking away from happening!

She turned her electric wheelchair to the highest gear, broke through the obstruction of wind and snow, and finally arrived at this critical moment.

Rowena saw that it was Lindong who was holding Ethan's face, and the tips of their noses were almost touching.

A winner's smile appeared on her face.

However, Winter's gaze only stayed on the uninvited guest for less than a second before returning to Ethan's face. She slowly closed her eyes and moved forward a few more inches. She felt that the refugee boy from Ximu Town responded to her.

Rowena's smile froze on her face, and her eyes almost popped out of her head. It was over, the sky was falling!

Rowena could no longer remember how she walked out of the cave. She didn't even bother to return to her electric wheelchair. Instead, she sat down on the snow hill next to the wooden sign. Her vision was obscured by the blizzard and her eyes began to blur.

I didn't even care about my butt that was about to be frozen into ice.

Before Rowena caught a cold, she was dragged into the cave by the cold winter.

"What's wrong with you?"

Winter wrapped Rowena into a ball with a blanket. The girl seemed to have shrunk smaller than usual and looked like she had suffered a great blow.

However, Lindong still wanted to emphasize that she did not invite Rowena, it was Rowena who came here on her own.

"I need some quiet time."

Rowena felt powerless, she never expected that these two people had developed to the point where they were oblivious to others and actually kissed each other in front of her... No, it was too dirty and she couldn't even say it!
She has a friend who is now fainted from anger.

Ethan wiped the corner of his mouth and said seriously, "It's the Kingdom Army, right? Have they taken action?"

Rowena looked up and stared at Ethan with incredible eyes - this man suddenly became serious after doing such an exciting thing, as if they gathered here just to hold an ordinary combat meeting.

She stuttered a little, "How do you know?"

"Because I trust you very much. You must have made a discovery, which is why you rushed here."

Ethan said, “Even the movements of the Imperial Knights cannot escape your divination spell.”

"Of course, don't you see whose divination it is?"

Rowena immediately started laughing, unable to suppress her smile, and began to brag, "I have completely grasped the movements of the next Knight Commander. They have gathered a knight group consisting of dozens of high-ranking knights and more than a dozen priests, and they have already left the imperial capital."

Divination is her livelihood skill, and it is the fastest way to make money among many magic tricks.

But compared to the other side, this appointed next Knight Commander is really a loser.

At this point, Rowena suddenly asked doubtfully, "Did you set a trap in the Sword of Oath and Victory?"

She personally participated in the layout of the ruins and experienced the feeling of being a Knight Lord. It was a magical weapon tailor-made for the other side, and most of it was embedded in the ice. She had to admire Ethan's brain, who actually came up with the design that "only the person chosen by the Knight Lord can pull out the sword."

Until the ruins were completed, Rowena had not seen any deadly traps.

After all, this time it was just to allow the knights and hunters to bring the content of the trial back to the imperial capital. In a few days, everyone from the nobles to the common people would know about this fateful trial.

However, her divination result was not like that. "Why did I predict that most of them were killed or injured, and they were about to be completely wiped out?"

Rowena found it hard to imagine how these knights could kill themselves by just drawing their swords. Was this considered scam?
The future that divination can foresee is extremely limited. All she could see was blood dyeing the snow red, and Abaddon crawling in the snow in a panic, abandoning his own knights and stumbling back to the imperial capital.

“No trap.”

Ethan was also shocked by Rowena's divination results. "Could it be that they were attacked by monsters? Teacher, are there any dangerous monsters deep in the North?"

This was the only possibility he could think of.

The movement of dozens of knights was too loud and would inevitably attract the attention of monsters. In addition, due to the blizzard, their vision was extremely limited. If they were attacked by high-level monsters without warning, it would result in casualties.

Winter said, "Only Bigfoot, but that's not a dangerous monster."

These humanoid monsters live in the deepest part of the North. They use some homemade weapons and have extremely limited intelligence. The only tricky thing about them is that they like to act in groups. But no matter how useless Abaddon is, he will not be defeated by a group of Bigfoots.

"Come on, let's follow and take a look."

Rowena suggested immediately.

It was too dangerous to leave Ethan and Winter alone in a cave, she had to do something.

……

Meanwhile, somewhere in the North.

The knights who were ready for battle heard the commotion coming from the front. Abaddon stood at the front of the phalanx with a sword in hand and ordered the knights to stand by. Everyone was ready for battle.

They are determined to obtain the holy sword in the ruins. It has been decades since the ruins of the last righteous god were discovered.

The noise was getting closer.

Soon, a stumbling figure came into Abaddon's sight. The man was covering his arm and was covered in blood. His face was full of fear and his spirit seemed to be on the verge of collapse.

He is the hunter of the guild.

Since the news of the ruins spread, many hunters and adventurers have formed exploration teams, intending to try their luck in the ruins.

However, Abaddon did not take these whimsical people seriously. They were not even worthy of being his competitors - those were the remains of the Knight Lord, and only the Knights of the Temple of Netheril could pass the trial and touch the final treasure.

When the hunter saw the oncoming knights, it was like grabbing a life-saving straw.

His eyes sparkled with joy of surviving the disaster. He was already out of breath, but he still quickened his pace.

The distance between the two sides was getting closer and closer, but before the hunter could explain the situation to Abaddon, a huge rock falling from the sky hit him. Before the hunter could even scream, he turned into a ball of splattered blood.

The knights drew their swords at the same time, and the accompanying priests also chanted the spell of protection.

Abaddon's body was glowing with a silver-white light. He was holding a knight's sword and was at the front of the queue. He did not retreat a single step because of this sudden change.

It's Bigfoot.

Almost all the veterans of the Imperial Capital had experienced the battle of the Bigfoot invasion. These powerful humanoid monsters smashed a hole in the wall of the Imperial Capital by throwing huge rocks.

They were three adult Bigfoots over four meters tall, with horns and white fur. The moment they encountered the Knights, they bared their fangs and feet and let out a roar.

The situation was already very clear. This group of rabble was attacked by Bigfoot and were wiped out before they could form an effective resistance. The only survivor was soon caught up and killed by Bigfoot.

The adult Bigfoot carrying a huge club was already running towards Abaddon.

"Well done!"

Abaddon did not retreat but advanced, facing the huge monster that was as big as a hill head-on. The sword in his hand burst out with a dazzling white light. Bigfoot howled, closed his eyes, and the fur on his body began to burn.

There was a burning smell in the air, and the charge came to a halt.

Abaddon seized the opportunity and glanced at the monster's left leg. Several sword lights flashed and brown blood splattered. Without the support of its left leg, its huge body tilted to one side until it fell to the ground with a loud bang.

Then came its arms. Amid screams, the falling giant stick pressed down on the monster. Abaddon looked down at the hideous monster indifferently. The long sword protected by the priest easily pierced its chest. The blade went all the way down and ripped open the Bigfoot's stomach in an instant.

The two Bigfoots following closely behind stopped abruptly and witnessed the tragic death of their companion. They screamed strangely and fled in the direction they came from. In the blink of an eye, they disappeared into the depths of the wind and snow.

Abaddon glanced in the direction where Bigfoot had disappeared, his brow furrowed.

An ominous premonition came to my mind.

This was really abnormal. According to his understanding, Bigfoot was violent and fearless, and he was an eyewitness to the invasion. He had never seen these monsters flee.

Moreover, their range of activities is somewhat abnormal.

This place is far away from Bigfoot's territory. Since the invasion ended, there have been almost no traces of Bigfoot outside the imperial capital.

The wind and snow were getting stronger and stronger, and in the distance one could faintly hear roars one after another, accompanied by intermittent human screams.

They were hunters from the guild, and this was not the only team that was attacked.

Abaddon drew his sword, and brown blood splattered all over the snow. He ordered, "Get ready for battle, and follow me!"

(End of this chapter)