Witch, Fireball and Steam Evil God

Chapter 191 Where the Bell Reaches

On this day, Ethan was rushed to the hospital in Ophira because his head was bitten by an octopus.

He discovered that Ampolis was a vengeful man. Before the incarnation of Eliom left the valley, he gave an order to the child he had just met - to suck Ethan's head tightly!

Eliom faithfully carried out the order, and Ethan had a moving octopus hat on his head.

The one who was most angry about this was Winter.

She was so anxious when she saw Ethan in this state in the ward that she jumped up and down. She even turned into a cat several times and climbed onto Ethan's shoulders and tried to scratch the octopus hat off with her claws. However, she didn't dare to use too much force because the little octopus occupied a key part of Ethan's body. If she accidentally scratched a piece of Ethan's hair, the consequences would be disastrous.

The second contestant who volunteered was Ulta. After learning that this octopus was the incarnation of Eliom, he was extremely excited. He danced and talked eloquently in front of the little octopus. This brought back bad memories for Eliom, and he knocked Ulta to the ground with one of his tentacle.

As for Ivy, after she learned about the little octopus and Ambrose's background, she had no intention of helping. The golden-haired creature on her head, laughing so hard that it fell backwards, directly exposed her inner thoughts.

Ivy has not yet forgotten how Ethan used sweet words to turn her into a "golden-haired tribe" when she got off the boat. This boomerang came at the right time. Now Ethan has also turned from a human into a deep-sea tribe. In this way, the three of them have all become sub-humans.

No one expected that the arrival of an unexpected visitor would disrupt the balance in the ward.

When Ethan entered the valley, Yog and the craftsmen of Ophira fought bloody battles and eliminated all the twisted shadows that emerged from the cracks in the city. With Ethan's return, the cracks throughout the city disappeared without a trace.

As soon as Yuge learned that Ethan was injured, he brought the maid Lily to the hospital.

"old--"

Before Lao Sen could utter a single word, his vision was obscured by darkness. Before he could figure out what was going on, something soft and slippery pounced on his face, knocked him to the ground, and grabbed his throat with its claws and fangs.

“This octopus can spit ink!”

In the panic, Yug heard a scream from the ward.

But he always felt that there was an element of gloating mixed in his exclamation. Only Lily cared about his situation. However, even if she pulled the octopus that pounced on Yug's face very long, she couldn't pull it off Yug's face.

"save--!"

Yuge, whose face was stained black by ink, stretched out his arms and sent a distress signal to other people in the ward. For some unknown reason, the octopus seemed to become very angry and he was a little breathless.

"He is not the man you know him as."

Ethan, the only one who saw through the truth, reminded that as early as in Amblys's memories, he found that Yug and the Lord of Tide looked 80% similar. "If you strangle him again, he will die."

The reminder worked.

The octopus jumped from Yug's face to his head and put the "octopus hat" on Yug's head.

Lily quickly took out a handkerchief to clean the ink off Yuge's face, but it seemed to be getting darker.

"Until the ink cools down, I'm afraid it won't be wiped clean."

Ethan pulled Yug up from the floor. Seeing this, Winter on the side immediately turned into a small white cat with a "bang", climbed up Ethan's arm to his head, and then glared at the octopus fiercely, silently warning it that "this place is full".

Then, she pulled at Ethan's hair with some concern, carefully cleaning off the sticky parts.

"Then how can I calm it down? Can I treat it to a meal?"

Yug reached out to touch the octopus hat on his head, but it was slapped open by the tentacles - the octopus didn't let him touch it with his hands.

His clairvoyance allowed him to see more, and when the octopus occupied his head, his sight was submerged by the rolling sea water. The house sank into the deep sea. He also felt anger, but this anger did not seem to be directed at him. He was just implicated.

Yuge felt that this had something to do with Ethan's reminder just now.

The octopus mistook him for someone else.

The grudges here are deep-rooted and cannot be resolved over one or two meals.

Ethan suggested, "Let's go to the underground ruins."

They walked through the streets. At this moment, Ophira looked like it had survived a disaster. Those who survived the attack finally got a chance to catch their breath. Most of them sat in the ruins of the buildings, staring at the destroyed streets in a daze.

Guards carried the injured onto stretchers, and emergency teams consisting of doctors rushed around the streets.

The iron men controlled by the craftsmen have begun the work of cleaning up and rebuilding, but the damaged area is so vast that even these dexterous iron men don't know where to start for a while.

Rebuilding Ophira will be a long and difficult task.

But once again, they overcame the flood.

The people of Ophira witnessed with their own eyes the waves that were powerful enough to submerge the city. After that, they saw a scene that could not be explained by common sense. They saw the sky covered by darkness. In front of that black shadow, they seemed as small as dust, so that the same thought emerged in everyone's mind.

Maybe, gods do exist.

Is it the Lord of Tides?

That great being once again stepped forward in times of crisis and saved them?

As if influenced by the octopus, Yuger can see people's inner thoughts, and the anger value of the "octopus hat" on his head has also increased a lot.

It is very concerned about the Lord of Tides, and is extremely disgusted by the idea of singing praises to the Lord of Tides.

Ivy seriously discussed with Ethan what would happen after he disappeared. The consultation between him and Ambrose was projected in another way to the eyes of the people of Ophira and even the entire Western Continent.

The shadow that blocked out the sun and the sky looked down upon all of them as if they were a fish tank.

The shadow doesn't need to do anything to make humans crawl before him.

"Some people believe that this is your true self, which corresponds to some contents in the scriptures of the Church of Life."

Ivy said, "Humans cannot directly see the existence of gods. Some gods will descend into this world in the form of believers. In essence, they have no gender or fixed appearance. They even look different in everyone's eyes. The scriptures call this phenomenon 'a thousand faces for a thousand people.'"

The gods always respond to the expectations of believers and conform to their most perfect imagination.

This is the interpretation of the thousands of faces of each person in the scriptures.

Ivy is writing "Imperial Truth". Everything she witnessed in Ophira will become a highlight of the book, so she needs to figure out some details now. "When you faced Empolis, did you also reveal your true self to Him?"

Obviously, humans could never be so large as to cover the entire sky.

Fortunately, Ethan is approachable and she can ask him directly at any time, which can save the guesswork and get as close to the truth as possible.

This time it was no use for Ethan to deny it - she and everyone in Ophira's family saw it.

When the figure appeared, everyone looked up at the sky, and even the wriggling shadows were frightened by the sudden scene and dared not move.

The whole world seemed to stop for several minutes.

"This is what I really look like," Ethan said. "What you see is a strange phenomenon caused by the refraction of light."

"Refraction of light?"

Ethan proposed a new theory that they had never heard of before. He pointed to the sky and said, "You can understand that I was in the depths of the contaminated area at that time. The plane was in an extremely unstable state, causing some influences to be refracted from inside. If someone lives ten thousand meters above the sky, then even if they look about the same height as you and me, the shadow they cast will become like a giant."

"I see."

Ivy suddenly realized that although she still did not fully understand the principle of light refraction, Ethan acknowledged an important fact - he had lived in heaven, so he could observe this phenomenon so accurately!
She also looked in the direction of Ethan's finger.

Ten thousand meters above the sky, perhaps that is Ethan’s real hometown.

Perhaps for some reason, Ethan couldn't tell them more about his hometown, and he even had to hide his identity as being from there.

Ivy didn't ask any more questions and kept them in mind.

One day in the future, when everything has settled and the threat of the evil god can no longer affect the world, she will reveal these secrets to people through "Imperial Truth".

And now, their journey continued, and she had no idea where it would lead.

The destination has arrived.

The underground facilities were severely damaged in the turmoil, and there were mutilated bodies along the way. They were all members of the Lophik Consortium, and some members of the Ophira Guard were also found inside.

“They died from infighting.”

Ivy bent over and examined the body, quickly coming to a conclusion.

This was different from the casualties caused by the creeping shadows. Their fatal injuries were caused by gunshot wounds and sharp weapons. They all maintained the same expression as before they died - furious and treating each other as enemies.

The deeper you go, the stronger the smell of blood becomes.

As expected, the cell where Kane was originally held was empty.

Ivy looked at the broken corpses along the way. These people probably didn't know why they turned their swords against their companions until they died. This might be the price humans have to pay for trying to imprison God.

Old friend Kane left them a letter, thanking Old Sen for letting him enjoy such a grand performance.

The only drawback is that there were too few casualties.

It was still a long way from the city he expected to be stained with blood.

However, Kane has always respected different artistic styles, and the reason he left without saying goodbye was because he and Ambrose had some minor unpleasantness, and now was not the time for them to meet.

Moreover, even for him, it was difficult to bear the feeling of being a prisoner. Since his brothers had prepared such a "surprise" for him, he naturally had to respond to them seriously.

Kane's narrative style is as subtle as ever. He only vaguely mentioned that his next stop is the Lophik Group. With the failure of Flor's plan in Ophira, trouble is about to occur within the Group.

He also mentioned the secrets of Flor and Rattle in the letter, saying that the two were like a Hydra.

Cutting off a head would not cause them any serious damage, and they would meet again soon.

"Demon King Xinkalo."

Winter lay on Ethan's head, silently reciting the name.

This was the clue Kane left for them before he left.

Ethan: “Have you heard of Him?”

"In the Dream Eclipse, there was an evil god whose followers were no less than Lao Ba. Compared with bloody sacrifices, Xin Kalo's followers prefer to use conspiracy to achieve their goals. They don't have a good reputation in the Dream Eclipse, and they always treat others as pawns."

But generally speaking, cooperation with Xinkalo's followers can always achieve the goals of both parties.

"There are also many people who are willing to be calculated by Xinkalo's followers, which often makes things easier."

The only thing that needs to be solved is the issue of personal emotional regulation. "But I've never heard of Hydra."

Kane's letter made Winter feel a little unhappy.

She was sure that the woman named Rattle was dead, her body cut in two, and even her magic had long since dissipated, but Kane described her as one of the heads of the Hydra.

In the legend of the Hydra, if all of its heads cannot be cut off at once, it will be able to grow new ones.

However, this also answers the doubts in Lindong's heart.

As Flor's deputy, Rattler died too easily. He didn't even put up any resistance and calmly accepted the outcome of his death.

It seems that after returning to the imperial capital, I have to ask Rowena for some information about Dream Eclipse.

……

After putting the letter left by Kane into their bag, the group entered the fork in the road leading to the underground research facility. The damaged excavation tools lay on both sides of the road. Yuger, who was walking at the front of the team, suddenly quickened his pace. He felt a call.

The sound of running water came from the other side of the wall.

Water flows on both sides of the altar along winding paths leading to majestic stone sculptures.

The stone tablet in front of the statue records the story of Eliom.

He saw more things through the densely packed words. Flashing fragments emerged before his eyes, and he seemed to have become the protagonist in these fragments.

From the time he built his first ship to the time he faced the final meeting and made that difficult decision.

This is a history that has been covered up.

Today, people in the Western Continent are unaware of the existence of Eliom, and the records of the flood have become unclear. In more distant places, Eliom is even regarded as an evil god by sailors.

People perceive it as evil just by the way it is described.

Yug understood the source of the anger, and with it came a strong sense of guilt. This emotion did not come from himself, but was left here by a more distant existence.

That's why they are here.

All along, the Deep Sea Council has been trying its best to cover up the fact that gods exist. This is the way of salvation set by the Lord of Tides.

but……

Is this really just a completely rational consideration?
Yug had doubts.

If we measure that great being by human standards, perhaps it would be easier to just bury these guilts.

Like those in the Imperial Church obsessed with the Word, this is the easiest way to do it.

Yug wiped the ink off his face, and the octopus hat on his head seemed to be waiting for him to make a choice.

He should write a book or pass a few bills through Parliament to repeal those ancient prohibitions and tell everyone the truth.

But that was way too slow.

And even if he did so, few people would believe these bizarre stories.

It was through the efforts of several generations of speakers that the Deep Sea Parliament imprinted its "steel seal" in the hearts of every person in the Western Continent.

Yug saw the bell deeper in the altar, and he understood the meaning of its existence almost instantly.

He came to the clock and placed his hand on the cold surface.

A voice deep inside called out to him, controlling his body.

That seemed to be another person's decision.

"clang--!"

Yuge heard the bell, as if it was the only sound left in the world at this moment.

Not only him, everyone heard it.

People in every corner of the Western Continent heard the sudden sound of the bell.

The sound of the bell drowned out some of the smaller noises.

It was a crackling sound as if electric current passed through them.

Then, those ancient memories buried by history came flooding back to them.

They saw the bustling port, where people gathered together and looked at a young man carrying wooden boards and walking back and forth on the dock.