Witch, Fireball and Steam Evil God

Chapter 174: The Capital of Subhumans
This is a new topic for people in the Western Continent.

Because usually things like old gods and evil gods cannot be discussed openly. Even in your own home, you have to lock the door and close the windows to discuss them in a low voice. Otherwise, you will be accused of superstition and even celebrities will be punished.

For example, even the speaker’s son, who mentioned the topic of “awakening of the evil god” in public, was confined to his house for nearly a month. Later, he had to use the excuse of “sailing syndrome” to get away with it.

Of course, not everyone believes that Yuge really suffers from a mental illness, and there are many real cases of using this method to cover up mistakes.

People with discerning eyes think that Yuge went to the Empire and was poisoned by the theological ideas there, which caused problems in his thoughts and positions, causing the factions supporting the Speaker to waver. After all, the Deep Sea Parliament's diplomatic strategy has always been to befriend the Lophik Group and exchange some military, industrial and energy knowledge with each other. In their eyes, theological ideas and the Empire's political system are all rubbish.

If Yuge is determined to hang out with those people in the royal family and the Vatican, it is not impossible that he will be kicked out of the Deep Sea Council in the future, let alone taking over his father's position.

As for this tradition...

That was the rule set when the Deep Sea Council was first established. Perhaps everyone at the time knew what it was, but today, no one cares about the reason for establishing the rule. They only know that this is a bottom line that cannot be violated.

In the Western Continent, you can talk about evil gods only under one condition - that is, you can explain the principles of their existence, their nature and even their purpose, strip off their cloak as gods, and break superstition. This is what people like to hear.

But most people who try to talk about the topic of evil gods cannot explain this clearly. They can only repeat the same old words like "evil gods are omnipotent, unknowable and unexplorable".

Pope Julius is a typical example.

There are many novels and plays in the Western Continent based on him, and without exception, he is portrayed as a clown. There are many "Pope jokes" circulating in the capital from top to bottom.

Yug listened very carefully. He had learned to ignore the anomalies in life and regarded the cracks and the dirty water pouring out of the cracks as part of life. The shadow that emerged from behind Flor and looked like it wanted to crush everyone present was all illusions.

Perhaps they have some special meaning, but Yug is currently unable to decipher the meaning.

"I admit that this is a gimmick, but as a businessman, gimmicks are inevitable."

The short man on the rostrum looked around, stirring people's emotions. "To be precise, we have captured a trace of the evil god's consciousness and managed to trap him. As for his real body, it is still hiding somewhere we have not yet detected. The good news is that we can study him, understand him, and even kill him. This is why I came to the Western Continent."

"Mr. Flor, why don't you share this secret with the Holy See?"

I heard someone asking him.

"Because the Pope only likes to deal with toothless evil gods."

Flor responded with a funny tone.

Someone else asked, "Mr. Flo, can I know his name? Does the evil god have a name?"

"Kane."

Flor said, "Yes, his name is Kane."

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On the morning of the ninth day of the voyage of the "Emperor's Sword", the port of Ophira, the capital of the Western Continent, gradually emerged on the coastline. Early in the morning, the sailors on the ship cheered, and the captain stood at the bow excitedly.

"Old Sen, what are they celebrating?"

Octopus-faced Ulta was a little curious. After spending a few days together, he established a deep friendship with Ethan, and the way they addressed each other also changed subtly.

In his opinion, Ethan has a special charm that makes people want to follow him to accomplish great things.

They explored many issues.

From the origin of the deep sea clan, to their master Eliom, and the deep valley that was suppressed and sealed at the bottom of the sea, there are many questions that Urta and his people have never considered.

"They are celebrating a smooth sailing."

"Why are we celebrating the smooth sailing? Was there a bad omen before?"

Ulta is a curious octopus-faced man sailing with humans for the first time, and he believes he has a mission to bring human knowledge back to his tribe.

"Well, it's a long story."

Ethan didn't elaborate.

All the bad omens come from Ulta, the octopus-faced creature that doesn't seem to understand how scary its appearance looks to humans.

Even if they were already familiar with each other, the sailors would be scared to death if they suddenly saw Ulta when they got up at night.

Ethan has gained a basic understanding of the deep-sea clan in the past few days. They live near the deep valleys of the deep sea. In addition to their innate ability to breathe underwater, they are also proficient in spiritual spells. They can communicate with any creature without any learning. Therefore, they can drive some sea beasts living in the deep sea to clear out the evil creatures that appear from the valleys from time to time.

According to Ulta, the ravine is a dark crack deep in the ocean, and all creatures that enter the crack never come back.

Urta and his people are equivalent to the "cleaners" left by Lao Ai outside the valley to prevent the creatures that emerge from the valley from running to the surface of the sea.

This explains why the Captain was able to take down Ulta with one shot.

The combat style of the Deep Sea Clan is similar to that of a summoner. The deeper the sea they fight in, the stronger their abilities will be. There are many marine creatures that are large enough to suffocate any thalassophobia patient. The Deep Sea Clan believes that they are all guardians left behind by Eliom.

Amid cheers, the "Sword of the Emperor" slowly sailed into the magnificent port of Ophira.

Surrounded by the ocean, this city is one of the most prosperous trading cities in the world. In addition to goods from different civilizations, you can also meet merchants and tourists from all over the world here.

As soon as he got off the boat, Ethan felt the lead of Ophira Port.

The registration office even had windows divided into "human" and "demi-human" windows. Compared to the long queues at the human window, there were very few demi-humans, and from afar all that came into view were various kinds of tails.

Ethan has always been very interested in the sub-humans. Currently, there is no popular science book that can authoritatively explain the origin of the sub-humans. There are many different opinions among the people. Some people think that they are believers of certain middle-level gods, just like werewolves to the hunting goddess Cynthia. Their appearance has changed during the long process of belief.

This is the one that Ethan currently feels has the most "scientific basis".

Of course, there are also some simplistic and crude people who believe that if humans and cats live together, they will give birth to humans with cat characteristics.

This rumor was particularly popular in the border cities of the empire. At first, Ethan scoffed at this unscientific theory, but two years after coming to this world, he couldn't help but change his mind.

Putting aside the theories of genetics, there are indeed many people in this world who live with goats and horses.

"You need to register at the window over there."

Ethan pointed to the next window to Ulta, and Winter followed behind him.

"Teacher, that's the demihuman window."

"Witches are also demihumans," Winter said, "That's what your theory and the book say."

Demihumans who look exactly like humans are also demihumans.

“I think you can go there, too.”

Ivy said behind him, "Theoretically speaking, a true god should also be considered a demi-human."

"The one with a hair on his head that has its own consciousness is also considered a sub-human."

"This is caused by the Holy Word!"

Ivy retorted, but apparently the golden hair on her head didn't think so. It stretched a little and tried to get next door, but in the end it couldn't resist the control of the body that was in Ivy's hands.

Looking at the "two people" who had a disagreement, Ethan suddenly fell into deep thought.

Ivy is a human, and the golden retriever is a subhuman, so when the two of them are put into one body, is it a human or a subhuman? If we continue with this line of thinking, it is not difficult to find that this golden retriever is actually no different from a cat's ears and tail. In fact, the golden retriever with independent thinking is more advanced than them.

"Usually, I have a better sense of judgment in ambiguous situations like this."

Ethan said.

"What standard?"

"Where there are fewer people, line up."

……

"I really believed your lies!"

The first moment Ethan came out of the human window, he saw the aggressive Ivy. The golden hair on her head was very satisfied with this and nodded at Ethan repeatedly - good brother, you still make sense. Thinking of her experience at the subhuman window, Ivy was so angry that her teeth itched, "When you register, you have to state which subhuman race you belong to!"

There was an internal conflict within the three-person fraud gang, and she felt that she had been cheated by Ethan again.

Seeing that Ivy was hesitating for a long time and couldn't explain what she was saying, the lady at the counter carefully examined the golden hair on her head. Finally, after confirming that the golden hair was indeed unusual, she filled in "Golden Retriever Tribe" on the registration form.

The above is Ivy’s legendary experience of creating a new race.

"How can there be such a demi-human? I am the visiting diplomat!"

When Ivy thought about having to show a registration form when she officially visited the Deep Sea Council, she felt a darkness before her eyes.

What’s even more infuriating is that after Ethan fooled her, he went to queue at the human window himself, thus avoiding the embarrassing situation of improvising a new race.

"Calm down first. This city seems to have very advanced ideas. Maybe ethnic minorities will have an advantage in politics and diplomacy."

"…Is it true or not?"

Although she had been deceived many times, Ivy couldn't help but trust Ethan again.

She didn't understand many of Ethan's unique ideas, and what she couldn't understand even more was that these unique ideas were often correct.

This is really weird.

Could it be that the right gods and middle gods who set the rules of this world have the same strange ideas as Ethan?
"It should be true."

"I don't think so."

The three-person fraud gang fell apart, and Winter raised objections, "The establishment of the demi-human window should not be out of political intentions, but a potential threat to different demi-humans."

She raised the black bracelet on her left hand to the two of them. The bracelet had been designed and sprayed with the Deep Sea Council style logo. It looked like a very local souvenir. "It is said that this is a device used to prevent the witch's magic power from running wild."

Although the Empire is not divided as finely as the Western Continent, if the sub-humans want to work in some formal institutions, they must undergo the most rigorous review, and they will also be given trouble during their work and treated as aliens.

As far as she knew, the Empire was one of the least friendly countries towards demi-humans, and it was almost impossible to see demi-humans in big cities.

In fact, Winter is not very clear about what race he has changed into.

The title of witch was originally proposed by the Vatican. Later, as more and more people mentioned it, she seemed to have really become a witch.

But Winter didn't care about these things, especially after meeting Ethan.

According to her observation, Ethan seemed to be very fond of uncommon traits such as "white hair and red eyes" and "witch", but was not interested in the conventional aesthetics of the empire.

When they attended the banquet, many beautiful young noble girls flirted with him and dressed up beautifully, but Ethan didn't even glance at them.

When Winter walked past the Asian window, everything suddenly became clear.

Ethan is a demi-human, so his aesthetic is also that of a demi-human, which explains everything - when they were queuing just now, Lin Dong noticed that Ethan stared at the tails and ears of those demi-humans for a long time, and she went to the queue next door because she wanted to get closer and see what was so good about it.

She took a closer look at one tiger man in particular and concluded, "What's so hard about this?"

With a "bang", two white cat ears grew on her head, and a ragdoll cat's tail emerged from behind her. "This is much easier than turning into a cat directly. Even the weakest magician can do it."

After growing cat ears, her demeanor became a bit like a cat, and she liked to tilt her head to look at people. "Why didn't you tell me earlier that you liked these?"

"I don't have those thoughts. I look at this issue with a scientific spirit."

Ethan felt that he needed to clarify, "I'm just curious about how the subhumans came into being. Were their ancestors originally humans?"

As he always stressed, he has never been a Fury fan.

"That's a good question, sir!"

A lively voice took the initiative to join the discussion of the three people. A tiger girl in shorts and shorts approached them and said, "Are you adventurers who have come from afar? There seem to be many demihuman companions in your team. You are welcome to visit Paradise Island!"

The white shirt she was wearing had the slogan "Welcome to Paradise Island" on it, but it was a little deformed by her figure.

After that, she smiled at Lin Dong, showing her cute fangs, and patted Lin Dong's shoulder carelessly, "If you count it, we should still be considered distant relatives."

"hiss!"

Winter hid behind Ethan somewhat unhappily, holding onto Ethan's arm and sticking his head out.

Ivy secretly felt that Winter's temper had been getting better and better recently.

If it was the witch whose name could not be mentioned in the rumors of the empire, this slap would have caused serious consequences.

Demi-humans often have some characteristics that are different from ordinary people. For example, the tiger people have very sharp teeth and great strength in their hands, while Winter is a standard elemental shaper who is weak and has little strength.

"We'll visit."

Ethan took the flyer handed out by the tiger girl. The flyer was very carefully made and came with a detailed travel guide to the Ophelia people on the back.

"Okay, I recommend the Yak Tribe's barbecue restaurant, which will definitely satisfy your appetite!"

This awakened the tiger girl's beautiful memories. Her eyes curved and her saliva was almost flowing out.

After the repairs were completed, the captain and sailors who had completed the registration greeted them. This was not their first time to come to Ophira, and they had already made a travel plan. They told them that if they had any problems, they could find them at the Starry Night Harbor in the southern city of Ophira, which was an area specially opened for sailors.

There are delicious food, strong drinks, and many exciting performances.

After nine days at sea, the sailors were in desperate need of some entertainment.

Ivy said, "We have to go to the parliament first. They have arranged accommodation for us."

Normally, such international visits have a whole set of reception procedures, all arranged by the diplomatic department of the parliament. This time they seemed to be not interested in the visit of the empire and only arranged some low-standard receptions.

But Ivy was happy about it. If they had gone through a high-level diplomatic process, they would have had almost no free time, and it would have been impossible for them to go to a sub-human gathering place like "Paradise Island".

Ethan was very interested in the subhumans - on this point, she and Winter agreed, but she was not sure whether this was also part of the plan.

The official statement some time ago emphasized this too much, which made her feel more and more that everything Ethan did had a deeper meaning.

"Wait a minute, have you forgotten a key question?"

Ethan stopped the two people who were about to leave.

"what is the problem?"

"Where is Mr. Ulta?"

Why does no one care about the honest Mr. Octopus Face?

Ethan saw it all. Ulta was the first to enter the window and never came out again. Now even the last sailor had left.

"Did I forget to say that before?"

Winter was in line behind Ulta. "He was taken away for investigation because he was suspected of spreading bad beliefs and intending to turn other residents into octopus faces. It may take a few hours for the investigation to be completed. Let's go check in first and then come find him."

Ethan couldn't believe it. "Aren't there a lot of subhumans here? Is there racial discrimination among subhumans?"

"I don't think the registrar lady can be blamed entirely."

Ivy stood up and said something fair.

She was in the registration room next to Winter and witnessed the scene. "When registering, they asked about the status of the subhuman race. It was obvious that the registrar had never heard of the Deep Sea Clan. Then Ulta became a little excited. He suddenly held the registrar's hand and said, 'If you haven't heard of it, let me tell you about our Lord Eliom and the Savior!'"

She and Lin Dong agreed that this should not be a case of racial discrimination.

When an octopus-faced man grabs your hands and says these words, he will be taken away for investigation.

(End of this chapter)