Witch, Fireball and Steam Evil God

Chapter 233: A Thousand Years of Promise

This is a quirky girl who even exudes the atmosphere of a farmhouse.

She is currently researching the origins of species, and her goal is to travel around the world and gather as much ecological information as possible about rare monsters.

However, she has a name that is completely opposite to Farmhouse.

"My name is Cynthia."

The farm girl introduced herself cheerfully. She was very satisfied with the title of the book "The Theory of Evolution" and she liked Ethan more and more.

As expected, he is a rising star who shut out MacDonald in a fishing competition. He has something in his head.

And a thousand years later in the Sixth Era, this girl who claimed to be a researcher of magical creatures had a resounding nickname - the Hunting Goddess.

Cynthia, the goddess of hunting, was the first god Ethan knew after coming to this world. Her believers were spread all over the world. Even in an empire where politics was highly controlled by the Church and the Temple of Netheril, the goddess of hunting still had the largest number of believers, even in guilds in border towns like Riverwood.

Ethan almost became a believer of the hunting goddess.

He felt that this was mainly due to the fact that the way the Goddess of Hunting recruited believers was the simplest of all, while other extraordinary forces such as the Holy See and the Temple of Netheril had a set of strict recruitment standards.

The Church of Life requires the most devout faith. Most of the priests are selected by the clergy of the local church at a young age. They then have to leave home and practice in the church every day. However, according to Ethan's experience in Gear City, in addition to devout faith, those chief priests seem to love young and pure bodies.

The assessment of the Holy Sepulchre of Netheril was more rigorous. Hundreds of people who aspired to become knights were selected, and they were examined in many aspects such as swordsmanship, horsemanship, virtues, etc., but only a few could stand out in the end. His friend Hagrid was eliminated in the exam, and every time he got drunk, he would pull his arm and tell him about his past dreams.

The hunting goddess Cynthia is undoubtedly the most philanthropic of all the gods.

There is only one assessment for the Hunter Guild.

There you will meet an old hunter who is older than you and looks experienced. He may have a scar on his eye, and he will tell you that it is a medal of merit left over from fighting monsters.

Then, the experienced old hunter will ask you a question:
"Do you think you're a hunter?"

If you answered "I think I am", then congratulations, from this moment on you have become a believer of the hunting goddess Cynthia. After completing some procedures, you will be able to obtain the identity certification of the Hunter's Guild and become a glorious first-level hunter.

According to Ethan's observation, those people in their thirties who have nothing to do like to call themselves hunters.

The business scope of the hunter profession is really too broad.

There are adventurers who are keen on adventure and investigating the ecology of monsters and dark creatures.

There are demon hunters who travel between towns and specialize in helping local residents solve some shelter incidents.

Of course, there are more people who take on all kinds of jobs, including helping people chop and move wood, and looking for dogs and cats in the town.

Ethan even suspected that the overall image of low-level transcendents was lowered by Cynthia's followers.

And now, the hunting goddess Cynthia carried out her will and asked Ethan, "Young man, I see that you have a unique character. Do you want to become a member of the Monster Lovers Association?"

Her association is in great need of people like Ethan, "You can join with your wife."

Cynthia still seemed to be quite tactful.

Winter did not welcome this uninvited guest who broke into their tree house late at night, and had been eyeing her covetously. When Cynthia extended an invitation to Ethan, her expression was as cold as ice. She originally wanted to breathe out, but was abruptly interrupted by "your wife".

Seeing this, Cynthia triggered an extra round of pursuit, "You are such a winner in life to have found such a beautiful and virtuous wife!"

Ethan saw from the corner of his eye that Winter had a rather strange expression on his face.

I was interrupted in the middle of breathing out. I wanted to laugh but forced myself to keep a straight face for the sake of face. However, the corners of my mouth were harder to suppress than AK.

He realized that this farm girl was by no means simple, and was an expert at observing people's expressions and gathering intelligence.

Before arriving, she had investigated their names and identities, and designed a plan to please them.

"let me consider it."

Ethan gave a tactful answer that everything he saw at the moment originated from Caesaros' illusion, but he did not expect that Caesaros would design such a "hell" copy for the candidates.

If the candidate is a reckless man and intends to launch a head-on attack on the elementalists, they will have to face a true god, an elementalist with extremely high magical attainments, and a middle god at the same time.

"I am not in a hurry."

Cynthia said, "You can reply to me after the war is over. If you want to travel, I can provide you with many good places... See you tomorrow!"

After that, she disappeared from the tree house like a gust of wind, leaving Ethan and Winter looking at each other in bewilderment.

The touch of the small pennant was real, and it seemed to retain some kind of magic that Ethan was unaware of.

Before Cynthia arrived, he was talking to Winter about what he saw and heard in the "Magic Network".

It was a cliff, surrounded by endless sea. There seemed to be nothing around, and the wind element was very repulsive to that place.

"That was the world before civilization, before the coming of the old gods."

Winter said, "Someone has invited them, hoping to use their power to transform the world."

"How did you know?"

"Because I eavesdropped on the conversation between the Lord Knight and Macad-Derlin while you were meditating."

Winter never hides anything and openly admits, "This is all the information that Kadra discovered during the archaeological excavation."

"You actually eavesdropped on their conversation?"

"What happened?"

Lin Dong was very confident. Wasn't it obvious that this private conversation was meant to be eavesdropped?

"Don't forget, I'm also a candidate. This is an important way to collect rules."

What they were facing was an illusion left by Caesaros. The ones who appeared here were not the real them. So why did the two leaders of the human camp hold a secret meeting at this time?
The meeting confirmed the establishment of the Future Academy and mentioned that the Knight Lord would leave twenty-four relics and the holy sword to future generations, as well as the mysterious existence who was suspected to have created the magic network and brought the spark of civilization.

It is closely related to natural elements, but it has never been able to leave a name.

MacAdrin's wish for future generations was also shattered with the magic addiction disaster at the end of the First Era. His worries came true. The successors he had placed high hopes on were unable to find a way to suppress the magic addiction, nor could they find any information about the mysterious existence from the magic network.

It may also be that they have long forgotten the mission left to them by the first dean of the academy, and the magic network has gradually become a tool for them to enhance their magic power and draw strength from it.

By the time the Academy was at its peak, there was no more news about the Old Gods anywhere in the world, and people at that time had completely forgotten the Dark Ages before the First Era.

"Caesaros cannot create an illusion that He is not aware of, which means He witnessed this conversation."

And as one of the invited ones, He is also the one closest to the truth.

"I just tried to contact Empolis, but the call doesn't seem to get through to the plane."

Winter said.

When they arrived at the dungeon, the "signal" had become quite bad.

While eavesdropping on the secret meeting, Lin Dong felt a little heavy-hearted.

Because as a person who came from a thousand years later, she knew that the Knight Lords' visions for the future almost all ended in failure. At the end of the Sixth Era when the Old Gods were about to awaken, the humans of this world were busy fighting among themselves, seeking their own interests, and even provoking wars.

I wonder what they will feel when they see the world a thousand years from now?
Winter reminded, "Cynthia is a smart person. She was just trying to find out what you were thinking about the part about 'the origin of mankind'."

This has always been a controversial topic.

Believers in gods believe that they are all creations of gods and the most perfect creations.

Another group believes that they evolved from animals, gained wisdom, learned many technologies in the struggle with nature, and gradually changed the world into what it is today.

It is not difficult to judge from the title of the book "The Theory of Evolution" that Ethan supports the latter, which seems to be the reason why Cynthia smiled at them.

"Since the mysterious summoner they mentioned did so many things, could it be that he also created humans?"

Winter asked.

This is another version of the story of "God creating man", but it has nothing to do with the gods praised in the mainstream.

She felt that this was most likely the reason why the old gods later became so enthusiastic about this world and even started a "stage play".

If McAdellin is regarded as a tool, then he has completed his mission and revealed an important message to them through a secret meeting.

Not only did the people of the First Age fail to find more clues from the magic network, but they also lost the information itself.

At the end of the era, they even blew up the magic net directly.

Winter felt that it was not an exaggeration to describe the elemental shapers and magicians at the end of the First Era as eternal sinners.

"I have an idea, I just don't know if you can do it."

"You said."

"Given the relationship between you and Lao Ba, maybe he is willing to reveal some inside information to you."

Bazatos is also one of the first old gods to descend upon this world, and judging from his current state, he is much more complete than Caesaros. Although he always gives people a sense of déjà vu of an empty-nest old man, at least he does not have a split personality, and the split consciousness does not compete with the old consciousness for the ownership of power.

However, Winter is also skeptical about this.

After all, before Ethan, no one had ever been able to communicate so directly with the Old Gods.

It's like a puppet on the stage suddenly cutting the strings hanging on its body and talking to the creators of the play about the future direction of the play.

He even planned to persuade some producers who were unwilling to cooperate to withdraw. In the eyes of the old gods, this was tantamount to rebelling against Tiangang.

There are many theaters in the imperial capital, and drama is the favorite pastime of the nobles.

Lin Dong felt that the era of drama would continue for a long time before the "movies" mentioned by Ethan actually appeared. Before that, there had never been an incident in which a character in a play kicked the playwright out of the crew.

"unless……"

"unless?"

"Unless they see something familiar in you."

Winter has always felt that Ethan is like a succubus to the old gods, and all signs indicate that "her in the future" seems to be fascinated by Ethan, and even has prepared a lot of small toys.

Of course, now is not the time to talk about the various uses of the toys. "You mean the one who summoned them?"

Ethan felt that this was clearly a wrong conclusion.

Because he is not from this world. A few years ago, he lived in a world without magic and led a life like an ox or a horse. The theory of bloodline could never appear to an outsider like him.

The people there don't believe in magic, let alone the existence of gods.

If he told his friends about Winter and said that he had a girlfriend with white hair, red eyes, a good figure and beautiful feet, then his friends would definitely say that this was the last fantasy of cattle and horses before they died of overwork, and would look at him with sympathy.

Time travel has always been a reason that cannot be explained by science. Even in a different world with such a strong magical atmosphere, there is no spell that can explain the changes of time and space. The only one that is close to it that he knows of is probably "Future Winter".

She is the only one who has truly changed history, turning Mary from a bloody priest into the chosen one of the goddess of life, and bringing indelible psychological trauma to the lonely old man Lao Ba.

And now, they know of a mysterious existence.

So, is time travel itself a special kind of summoning ritual?
Ethan feels that he is adapting to the way of thinking of this world. He must interpret everything he has experienced from both scientific and magic perspectives. If his guess is correct, a new problem will follow him.

Regardless of whether the one who "summoned" him was Winter or that mysterious entity, why did they call upon a mere beast like him?
Moreover, during the process of traveling through time and space, he had never encountered any gods, and no one had told him of the mission of coming to another world. The first problem he faced after arriving in this world was to take root in Ximu Town as a refugee.

Ethan always felt that the more he knew, the more problems would arise.

"It's getting late, go to bed."

Winter took the initiative to suggest, she patted the bed and extended an invitation to Ethan.

There was only one bed in the tree house. With the previous experience in mind, she used ice magic to seal the door and windows before going to sleep, so that no inexplicable people would sneak into the house again.

The night was quiet.

So quiet that even Winter could hear her heartbeat.

She also carefully weighed the relationship between the summoner and Ethan in her mind, wondering whether the mysterious being was a human or some other creature.

She thought again of the good feelings the old gods had for Ethan and turned over.

When they were within reach, she simply stretched out her arms and hugged Ethan.

What’s the use of having a good impression?
First come, first served.

Whoever gets it first owns it.

Such thoughts made her feel at ease, and sleepiness soon came over her. According to Mao Mao's schedule, she had already stayed up very late today.

The next morning, Ethan woke up to a knock on the door.

McCarty-Dellin went up to the tree house early in the morning.

Although I was unable to obtain more information about the magic network through meditation, I did gain unexpected benefits.

The elemental shapers in the camp prepared a top-notch breakfast for them, including bread, cheese, and some greasy grilled meat.

Cynthia came uninvited, yawning, and sat cross-legged in the tent. She sliced ​​a piece of roast meat with the dagger she carried with her, put it on the bread, and began to eat it with relish.

"Well, put a little more salt next time."

She continued to comment while chewing.

“Cynthia, I remember no one invited you.”

MacAdrin's eyelids twitched violently.

They had no fixed place to live, and these foods were very precious resources. He used them to entertain Ethan and Winter. He did this because he had been thinking about it all night and made a decision that he believed was important for the future of mankind.

But Cynthia ruined everything.

This girl is a big eater. She looks slim, but if she eats as much as she wants, she can eat a whole cow.

"some."

Cynthia said plausibly, "It invited me."

MacAdlin frowned, "Who?"

"Cow, this is its last wish. Maika, have you forgotten? All the animals in this forest are under my protection."

"hiss."

MacAdrean gasped and covered his heart.

Is this what angina feels like?

Ethan was holding a cheese bread and silently observing the bickering between the two. The gene of the bloodthirsty audience in his body was awakened. Now he urgently needed a historian friend to stand up and tell him, did McCarty and Cynthia get married in the end?
However, at least from the information he currently has, it seems that both the positive gods and the middle gods will eventually die alone.

"Tell me, why did you sneak them here so early in the morning?"

Cynthia raised an eyebrow.

"Not sneaky."

MacAdlin just hoped that Cynthia would finish her meal and leave.

He just didn't understand, couldn't such a big piece of roast beef shut Cynthia's mouth?
He invited the two here openly and also sought the teacher's opinion.

"It's okay, you don't have to care about me." Cynthia said, "Just treat me as an emotionless eating machine."

"…It's about the academy."

MacAdrin said, "After the war, we will establish an organization called the Academy, and we will need outstanding elemental shapers like Ethan and Winter to join us."

"Teaching in the academy isn't as fun as adventuring... coooooo."

Cynthia's faint voice sounded like the devil's whisper, but this time, MacAdellin could no longer endure it and chose to take the initiative. He picked up a piece of cheese bread and stuffed it into Cynthia's mouth as if to vent his anger, interrupting the devil's temptation.

Cynthia didn't expect that Maca would learn to fight back. She was caught off guard and her face turned red, with two tears coming out of the corners of her eyes.

Compared to the academy, Ethan now has only one problem.

Are you two really not going to get married?

"Of course, it's not as simple as just joining."

To show his sincerity, McAdellin made adequate preparations.

He prepared a manuscript, which recorded all his knowledge about the magic network. The teachers were shocked by his decision. They knew nothing about Ethan and Winter. They seemed to have appeared out of nowhere. It would be a huge risk to rashly hand over the research on the magic network to the two of them.

What if they are spies sent by the evil god?
What if they have other intentions and covet the power of the Demon Network?

The argument lasted until dawn, with the teacher repeatedly stressing the dangers of doing so.

Meditation is the only way to enter the leyline.

This also means that their consciousness is almost in an unguarded state in the magic net. If someone with bad intentions breaks in, it will inevitably bring disaster to others.

MacAdlin crumpled the manuscript and was experiencing his final struggle in his heart.

Of course he understood the risks that his teacher mentioned. No one knew better than him what kind of crisis this manuscript would bring to them if Ethan came with malicious intentions.

But there seemed to be a voice in the dark telling him that he should do this, and that he had little time left.

This might be his last chance.

While heading to the tent, MacAdrean learned that the two were preparing to leave.

This made McAdellin realize the source of the discomfort.

Ethan and Winter did not seem to belong to either side of this war. They came out of nowhere and seemed to have no sense of urgency. When they first met, they set up camp in the forest. They lit a campfire in the open space and did not worry at all that this would bring the army of subhumans.

They are more like bystanders, observing the great changes taking place in the world from a third-party perspective.

"I hope you'll take it with you."

McCarty made the final decision, and he felt that this might be the most important decision he would make in his life.

At the same time, he vaguely heard the sound of the silk thread breaking.

"On the last pages of these manuscripts, there are some of my wishes."

They want to find something from the magic network.

But no one knew what that thing looked like, or where it was located.

No one is even sure if it really exists.

Everything comes from Kadra's presumption of the past and the future. However, for this illusory treasure, Macadlin can foresee that many outstanding elemental shapers will devote their entire lives to it.

Strictly speaking, this is not really a gift, but a shackle.

"If something happens to me one day, I hope you can come back to the academy."

he said solemnly.

"I will."

MacAdellin heard the reassuring reply.

Ethan accepted his gift, and the sense of mission that came from nowhere seemed to finally come true.

"One day in the future, I will bring it back to the academy."

This is Ethan's promise.

But for McAdellin, this commitment took too long.

He has to wait until the magic net is destroyed, until a day a thousand years later.

(End of this chapter)