Witch, Fireball and Steam Evil God

Chapter 211 I am here to end this organization
Ethan fulfilled his promise once again, and Rowena finally reaped the benefits brought by Ethan.

For someone who had lived in a world of intrigue and deception since childhood, this was a huge shock to Rowena. In her memory, no one had ever been so kind to her, just like... an old father.

Just like now, after she was injured, he let her go back to the imperial capital to recuperate, while he stayed in the Mage Tower to deal with the aftermath.

And Ethan never asked for anything from them.

No wonder a witch with a bad temper like Winter would fall in love with Ethan and stay by his side wholeheartedly. Rowena felt that following Winter back to Riverwood that day and deciding to stay was the most important decision she had ever made in her life.

"Don't you think so, Higan?"

She asked in a low voice, "You have also received a lot of favors from Lao Sen."

When she defected, she traveled to many cities inside and outside the empire. This was the most her adoptive father could do for them, right?

"I don't think so."

Bi'an shook his head, "Didn't you find a crucial problem?"

"what is the problem?"

Rowena's eyebrows stood up and she immediately went into counterattack mode. She could no longer tolerate anyone slandering Ethan. From now on, she would become the most iron-blooded forest guard, even those in the team!
How dare you speak ill of my adoptive father!

Her eyes were wide open, and she had already prepared her starting moves in her mind.

"Your problem."

However, the cunning Bi'an did not attack head-on, and instead turned the topic to Rowena, "If I remember correctly, you should be older than Winter, right?"

"What do you mean?"

"It's your age. It's been several years since you defected from the Astrology Guild. Your seniority in Dream Eclipse is much older than that of Winter. So you should understand what I mean, right?"

Bi'an tried to explain in a tactful tone that she was a knight, and most knights were traditional people, especially in terms of seniority.

"I don't understand at all. Please explain clearly and stop being a riddler!"

Seeing that Rowena was still unyielding, Bi'an could only sigh helplessly.

You made me say that, Miss Rowena.

Bi'an: "You are older than Lin Dong, and Lin Dong is Ethan's teacher. From what I have observed, she should be one or two years older than Ethan. Have you ever seen a godfather younger than his goddaughter? This is totally untrue in terms of seniority."

Although Ethan always asked his friends to call him "Old Sen", if you really counted the ages, only Miss Chloe was younger than him. Moreover, even if you put all that aside, you could tell at a glance that Rowena was older than Ethan. Ethan was still a young man, while Rowena was already a shrewd adult.

It had only been a short time since she came to the capital, but her reputation as the bargaining queen had spread far and wide in the capital, and the merchants were all terrified of her.

"You, me, you!"

Rowena pointed at the other side for a long time but couldn't utter a word.

Oh no, the other side is coming for her, implying that she is pretending to be young!

"Hmph." She snorted and turned to go upstairs, "I'm going to bed!"

Considering that Bi'an did not slander Ethan, she decided to let it go and not bother with Bi'an.

Rowena slept uneasily that night.

The moment she closed her eyes, strange knowledge began to emerge in her mind continuously. It was not only the knowledge left by the God of Trickery, but also the knowledge of the fake Kadra. She knew everything about this fake in her dream.

He was once the most outstanding Grand Mage in the Mage Tower, inherited the title of Loremaster, and during a meditation session he glimpsed the secrets of the God of Trickery.

In the long time that followed, he called himself Khadra, created the God Servant, and completed the research on important spells such as descent of the gods and immortality. These spells, which were only started by the God of Trickster before his death, were all realized in the hands of this impostor.

He has dealt with every head of the Margaret family and led Turzan in completing his research behind the scenes.

Rowena becomes a spectator in her dreams, witnessing the life of a phantom from the past.

However, the development of the empire was very different from the image in the divination crystal ball, which made the fake Kadra increasingly uneasy. He did not like the feeling that things were out of control, and this feeling continued to erode his heart. The turmoil in Ophira became the last straw that broke the camel's back.

Ethan made contact with the Old Gods.

The sound of the altar bell spread to every corner of the Western Continent, bringing with it the grudges between Empolis and the human heroes.

This brought earth-shaking changes to the Western Continent. A series of bans were lifted, and the new Deep Sea Council even established a special agency to collect and explore the relics left by Empolis and Eliom. They began to establish diplomatic relations with the deep sea clan, which was the place closest to the "abyss".

The fake Khadra witnessed all this as a bystander.

No, exploring the Old Gods is a dangerous, unforgivable act.

Ethan is a destabilizing factor in this world and must be eliminated.

This is the conclusion reached by the fake Kadela through observation.

The changes in the Knight of the Round Table, Palansi, further confirmed his inner guess. He would never allow the servants of the gods to have "friendly contact" with Ethan. That would only cause everyone to be corrupted like Palansi.

Ethan has been in contact with the old gods too frequently, there must be some ulterior motive behind this.

When the sun rose, Rowena's mind was still echoing with the sharp, chattering voice of the fake Kadra. His soul was crushed, but his will continued through knowledge and memory. He might have considered this before he died. If by some accident, this knowledge and memory were passed on to the next person, he would brainwash that person.

In other words, to have his will reincarnated in another person, as he called himself Khadra.

It was difficult for Rowena to tell whether all this was due to the fake Kadra's sense of responsibility and justice, or whether he had long been lost in his strong desire for control and hoped that the whole world would be controlled by him like a puppet.

There were thousands of years between them, and he had lived longer than any upright god.

The constant chattering didn't affect her at all.

The reason is simple, she is a staunch Sen guard.

Forget about the gossip. Even if the fake Kadra stood in front of her now, she would only give him a slap in the face - how dare you say bad things about Lao Sen!
She lifted a corner of the quilt and sat on the bed. She was sweating a lot and her forehead, which was bandaged with gauze, was a little painful.

When Rowena came to her senses, she saw Bi'an lying on a chair, sleeping under a blanket. She was suddenly startled, and the painful experience of being attacked from behind by Bi'an came to her mind all at once.

"W-What are you doing in my room?"

"Oh, you're awake."

Bi'an opened his eyes dazedly and said, "You had a fever last night. I thought your wound was infected... Well, you look much better now. I feel relieved. Come, drink this potion. Miss Chloe brewed it for you overnight."

"Ah."

Rowena took the potion bottle somewhat awkwardly and drank the shiny golden liquid in the cup.

Miss Chloe's alchemy has been recognized by the Imperial Capital Alchemy Workshop. Recently, she has been going to the workshop every afternoon to learn how to brew potions from the best alchemists in the Imperial Capital. The alchemists are very interested in her feathers. They believe that Miss Chloe's feathers contain healing magic and can be used to brew potions with powerful healing effects.

A warm feeling flowed down her throat and into every part of Rowena's body. The wound on her forehead felt a little itchy, which was the feeling of the wound healing.

Rowena felt a little complicated.

The reason why she could glimpse this knowledge and memories was the arrangement of the God of Trickery.

From those flashbacks, she seemed to understand why the magicians of the First Age joined the academy and built a magic network together with the elemental shapers.

Because, in that era when magic was prevalent, magicians were the first group of extraordinary people to realize the fall of the God of Trickery and that God’s grace would never be bestowed upon them again.

The God of Trickery's ideas are contrary to those of other upright gods. He believes that the means of dispersing power is meaningless, and the game of faith that is like playing house cannot resist the return of the old gods.

Therefore He left only one treasure for one inheritor.

He never even considered magicians to be his true believers. Perhaps in the eyes of the God of Trickery, the meaning of magicians' existence is to compete for someone who is qualified to inherit the treasure.

Only by acquiring His full knowledge will it be possible to cope with future disasters.

He didn't seem to like interacting with people, nor did he need friends. After the war ended, he stayed alone in the Mage Tower, searching for the secret of eternal life.

As it turned out, His idea of ​​reincarnation had failed.

He failed to achieve reincarnation in the fake Kadra, only the knowledge was passed on, and He created a puppet who lived under the shadow of Kadra all his life.

Rowena felt that the impostor's thousands of years of life was no different from that of a puppet. He did not have any friends with whom he could truly sit down and talk. Even the God Servant Organization, which he had established with his own hands, was made up of a group of exploited souls. Once things went beyond his will, he could sacrifice anyone in the organization at any time.

Brainwashing is his daily job. He travels to various continents, manipulating the course of history like a mastermind.

He was the first person to fulfill the rules of the God's Servant, abandoning his life and everything related to himself. The God of Trickery hoped that he would become a tireless tool. However, when his inner defenses were broken by Xinkalo's illusion and he returned to being a mortal once again, the God of Trickery made a judgment - this tool was no longer useful and was therefore no longer needed.

No anger, no regret, and no blame.

Instead, change tools without any emotion.

The God of Trickery and the fake Khadra both want her to be the next tool, but Rowena doesn't want to do that. In her opinion, there is no worse life than this.

In fact, the longer you live, the more obvious the feeling of being a walking corpse becomes.

And now, there are many of the same souls.

Rowena subconsciously glanced at the bedside table, on which was a shell phone, a dedicated line for team members to contact each other.

She dialed a number.

The dedicated line was quickly connected, and Ethan's voice was heard on the phone. In the background was the sound of the great magicians of the Mage Tower talking and discussing. It sounded like they were having a heated discussion.

"Lao Sen, I have an idea."

Rowena said, "I plan to disband the God Servant."

"That's for you to decide."

Ethan said on the other end of the phone that he had no interest in this ancient organization.

And now, he was discussing something with the great magicians of the Mage Tower with far-reaching implications.

The call lasted a long time.

Ethan once again faced the great magicians of the Mage Tower, and they were all shocked by the results of the investigation of the famous detective Ethan.

Was the scholar murdered by Khadra's successor? In order to prevent the treasure from falling into other hands? The murderer also returned to the Mage Tower overnight and was eventually shot dead by them?
What the hell is going on? This is something they could never have imagined, and some of them have complaints about Rowena.

They pointed out that Rowena broke into their laboratory last night and beat them with a strange piece of bread, causing many people to sleep until dawn.

This is really... too barbaric!
This is not the work of a magician at all!
They claim to follow the rules among wizards and use the etiquette of the court nobility. They try to maintain grace as much as possible during magic duels.

"I haven't mentioned the purpose of coming to the Mage Tower yet."

As soon as Ethan opened his mouth, the complaints and discussions disappeared, and the eyes of all the great magicians were focused on him. They always felt that this scene was a bit strange - in theory, this was a meeting between great magicians, so why was the person presiding over the meeting an elemental shaper?

Judging from the development prospects of elemental shapers and magicians in the empire in recent years, elemental shapers don’t even get many speaking opportunities at large magic conferences.

"A few months ago, I discussed the current situation of magicians with the scholar, and we discussed a lot about the issue of advancing to the rank of saint."

Upon hearing this, all the great magicians became extremely alert, and some even took out parchment and quills on the spot, just like apprentices listening to a lecture by their mentor.

They could only say that saints and elemental shapers could not be lumped together, and they still had to listen to what Ethan said.

What if I can become a Saint?

Wouldn't that mean they would be the only magicians to be promoted to saints a thousand years later?

"But it turns out that our discussion at the time was off track."

He had just received the latest intelligence from Rowena. It seemed that the fake Kadra was not the only one who wanted to block the path to promotion. The God of Trickery himself did not seem to need more saints to appear.

He only left behind a treasure, and all the great magicians present were losers in the "competition".

Staying at the fourth level for the rest of their lives is their destined fate.

"The path to advancement has been blocked. In the current state, no matter how hard you try, you will not be able to go any further."

"why?"

The Grand Mage lost his composure, and some people stood up from their chairs anxiously. Although even they could not remember how long it had been since a saint was born among them, there was still a glimmer of hope deep in their hearts.

Maybe?

And Ethan's words just now were tantamount to extinguishing the last spark of fire.

"Because this is the decision of the God of Trickery."

Ethan stated a fact. To Him, believers may never be important. However, this was an internal matter among magicians after all. As an outsider, he did not intend to make any sharp comments on it.

"You mean we should just give up?"

The vice president clenched his fists.

His thirst for knowledge and wisdom has never stopped. When Ethan said this, it seemed as if all his efforts in this life were negated, and all the hard work and joy of gaining knowledge were in vain.

"I'm saying that you should change your strategy."

"Strategy?"

"Rebuild the magic network."

In an instant, the room fell silent. Even the drowsy Lin Dong became alert and looked at the man in surprise.

Ethan said, "Together with the elemental shapers of the academy, the magicians of the First Age did it."

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Meanwhile, on the other side.

Another "puppet party" has begun.

The fake Kadra's knowledge contains detailed methods for holding meetings, which can be regarded as the greatest contribution of his life and an achievement recognized by the God of Trickery himself.

Rowena turned her head and found herself in a huge conference room. The chairs in front of the square table were filled with dolls.

This was a Vatican-style building with stained glass above her head and walls that seemed to depict scenes of war between humans and the old gods. She saw wriggling shadows, twisted flesh and blood, and some people took up weapons and killed each other. Under the dark sea, a huge eye opened.

how……

Are they all familiar faces?

Rowena complained in her heart as she adjusted to the stiff puppet body.

They are all seniors with the word "old". It seems that Lao Sen is indeed too close to the old gods.

Compared with the usual casual meeting style, this time there was an undercurrent in the meeting room. More and more souls heard the call and descended upon the puppet.

"Kardra, how's the matter with the Mage Tower going?"

one of the puppets asked.

Last night, they had planned to agree on a plan to attack the Mage Tower together, but were stopped by Kadra.

——He will end it all.

Kadra seemed quite confident at the time, so they could only wait for the next puppet party.

Seeing the familiar scene, the anxiety in the hearts of the servants was relieved a lot. Kadra once again convened a puppet party, which meant that the situation in the Mage Tower was under control.

Until they heard a strange female voice, announcing to them an unexpected bad news, "Kardra is dead."

The sound comes from the Chairman puppet.

It sat in the most important position, with no expression on its face.

"who are you?"

They soon realized that the seriousness of the matter was probably beyond their imagination - there was only one possibility for someone other than Kadra to convene the puppet party, and that was that Kadra was not only dead, but also had his knowledge and abilities taken away.

This is a magic that belongs exclusively to Cardra, a domain magic created by him.

This reminds the servants of a terrible name.

Then, the Chairman Puppet confirmed their guess, "Rowena, this is my name."

The existence mentioned by Silver Fox is suspected to be the projection of the old god!

"…What did you summon us to do?"

someone asked.

In fact, Rowena couldn't tell who was who. The only Knight of the Round Table she knew, Palansi, had been murdered by Kadra, but this did not hinder her next action. "I am here to disband the God Servant."

"What did you say?"

"Kardra is dead. This organization is no longer needed."

"Please don't say that, Ms. Rowena."

A gentle voice came from the puppet. The voice was deep and familiar. "I have been watching you all the time, including everything that happened in the Mage Tower. Kadra...it's all his own fault."

?

Whose general is this?

Rowena looked at the puppets in the last row. She wanted to disband the servants with a tough attitude without giving them any explanation. In the eyes of these people, she was not a good person anyway, and no matter how much she explained, it would only be regarded as lies and conspiracy.

Why is there anyone who can help her?
"I'm Palansi, we met in the imperial capital."

"Palansi!?"

"Aren't you dead?"

There was an uproar at the party, and the puppets looked in the direction of the sound, and saw that it was indeed Palansi's seat.

According to the rules of the puppet party, even if one of them dies, the corresponding puppet will not be recycled, and the next new member will inherit the vacancy of the sacrificed one.

"I did die, but a chance encounter later brought me back to life."

Palansi said, "I'm sorry, although I'm explaining the situation to you right now, my soul has been severely damaged, and I've lost my body, so I can only watch the development of the situation from the sidelines. Everyone, I can use my personality to vouch for Mr. Ethan and Ms. Rowena. They are definitely not the evil people you think they are. On the contrary... the one who killed me was Kadra, who had gone astray."

The reconvened puppet party finally gave Palansi a chance to speak.

For a straightforward man, he was almost suffocated.

He detailed to everyone what happened that night, including that a puppet controlled by Kadra found him and wanted him to drug the other side.

He also refused his request to negotiate with other servants of the gods and killed them to silence them after the negotiations failed.

"How do I know what you said is true or it's a scam you have conspired with them?"

Questions were raised.

Although they knew Palansi's character and all the details he mentioned were convincing, these things happened too suddenly and they were not prepared to accept the changes.

Rowena also said, "We can't trust each other, so disbanding the God Servant is a decision that benefits both of us."

The party fell silent.

Every member is considering this proposal carefully.

But the questions that followed made them confused. If the Servants of the Gods were disbanded, where would they go?

They abandoned their names, identities and everything they had and gathered here, becoming a kind of soul that was neither human nor ghost. With the passage of time and the development of civilization, the place called "home" had long since disappeared.

"I have a proposal."

This time, Palansi did not object to Rowena's suggestion. As a member of the God Servant, he understood what they were thinking at the moment. "How about coming to the Empire for a tour? If you see the changes in the Empire today, you may have different ideas."

(End of this chapter)