Witch, Fireball and Steam Evil God

Chapter 242 The Devil’s Heart

"So, Xin Kalo is also a fan of meal replacement literature?"

Lin Dong asked curiously. She just thought Ethan's theory was very interesting, but it was hard for her to imagine what kind of grievances and entanglements the old gods had with the "ancestors". If it were written into a drama, it should become one of the most popular programs among the imperial nobles.

An outlier who has been bullied by his peers for years, suffering from severe PTSD, longs to be understood but is difficult to be accepted by others due to his gloomy personality.

This was Ethan’s diagnosis.

Although she had never met Xin Carlo, a vivid image jumped into Lin Dong's eyes, making her feel that if Ethan changed his career and went to the Imperial Capital Theater to work in drama, he would also be a great success.

However, Ethan gave an unexpected answer, "He is different."

"But this is the diagnosis you gave Rattler."

“Maybe this is just a side of Him that He shows to us on purpose.”

Xinkalo is notorious among his peers. Ethan combined various evaluations and summarized a common title from the evaluations of the old gods - dog shit.

When communicating with Lao Ba just now, He once again emphasized this title.

According to Ethan's observation, Ampolis has a somewhat sharp tongue. In addition, he was alone in the Western Continent but was affected by an unexpected disaster and was imprisoned for thousands of years. His heart is full of resentment. His insults to Xincaro may be mostly due to personal grudges. But if even the art lover Lao Ba said that Xincaro was a piece of shit, then he really thinks that Xincaro should really consider his own problems.

For a moment, Ethan even found it difficult to imagine what kind of outrageous things the Demon Lord had done to deserve such an evaluation from his peers.

Now that Kane and Caesaros have completed their fusion and become the new Father of War, the feud between him and Xinkalo in Ophira and the Trial of Courage has earned Kane the nickname "shit" Xinkalo.

Of course, Ethan never advocates bullying or character humiliation.
"Dog shit does sound a bit exaggerated, but this name reflects many implicit problems - His own kind also don't trust Him."

Ethan thought about it and tried to describe Xin Carlo's situation in a simple way. "He is probably one of those students who attends the tenth anniversary reunion, but can only sit in the corner after arriving. He gets the cold shoulder when he talks to everyone, and even the popular class monitor doesn't bother to talk to him."

Ethan's wonderful metaphor appears again.

Lin Dong just thought about what Ethan said and felt uncomfortable all over. If it were her, she might have gone home alone not long after the reunion started. Fortunately, she hadn't attended a college reunion for a long time.

"Then what do you think?"

But on the other hand, Winter felt that Xinkalo was really unlikable.

Throughout their journey, if she had to choose the least popular old god, she would definitely vote for Xinkalo.

However, as a well-educated and elegant woman, she would never utter words like "dog shit".

Well, at least that's how she believed herself to be in Ethan's mind.

A gentle and lovely lover.

"I can't trust Him either, but it's not because of Lao An and Lao Ba's evaluation, nor because of His identity."

He pieced together clues about the birth of human civilization from the few bits of information he got from the trial. Different people have different opinions about the old gods, but from an objective point of view, they did bring an indispensable part to the evolution of civilization.

Fighting and courage.

Death and evolution.

And knowledge and wisdom.

This is an integral part of human evolution to this day, and perhaps also a symbol of why Kaisaros, Bazatos, and Sincarlo are regarded as the three great evil gods.

"Everyone knows that Xin Kalo is good at plotting and scheming, but the biggest difference between him and the other old gods is that no one knows what he really wants, not even his own kind."

Ethan expressed his evaluation of Xinkalo.

There is naturally no way to trust someone whose behavioral logic you can never understand.

Except for Xinkalo, the thoughts of other old gods are easy to understand. Their thoughts and desires are even more direct than those of humans. This is due to their status and power. They do not need to bury their desires deep in their hearts like humans.

In Ethan's opinion, Xin Carlo did a lot of disgusting things, and he did not reflect on himself even after being sealed. He could use his own kind as experimental subjects without any guilt. The only motive he could see at the moment was that Xin Carlo wanted to break the seal of the plane.

More eager than any of the old gods.

"Now we've made progress." Ethan looked up at the monotonous bookshelf. The covers of every book on the bookshelf looked exactly the same. "At least we can understand His character."

Even if the books were written of lies, they might give some insight into Sincarlo's motives.

Ethan took the book from Lin Dong's hand, straightened it out, and opened the title page.

Just as he expected, there was encrypted text inside, and the encryption method seemed familiar.

He handed the book to the blue-haired girl.

As early as in the Mage Tower, the Wind Element had cracked the encrypted diary of the previous scholar and translated the message she left before her death.

This was an ancient form of encryption, and considering the relationship between the God of Trickster and Xinkalo, Ethan guessed that the Wind Element had come into contact with these symbols before.

The literary girl never disappoints. She lowered her head, and her long green bangs covered her eyes. She was focused and quiet, making it impossible to tell what she was thinking. But this time, Ethan felt a heaviness that was difficult to describe in words. All the heaviness came from these distorted symbols. It seemed to pull at some emotion deep in the heart. Just by holding the book in his hand, he could experience the fragmented emotions in it.

They heard whispers at the same time, which were completely different from Bazatos's passionate style.

"Kardra, you must complete this experiment, no matter what the cost."

In this dark corridor, a vague figure emerged.

It was translucent and floated out from the opened title page like dust.

The state of the translucent figure seemed extremely unstable, its outline constantly changing and distorting, as if he was completely unaware of the existence of Ethan and Winter.

After all, an image that exists thousands of years ago cannot predict what will happen thousands of years later.

They all heard the name of the image.

Khadra, the same name as the God of Trickster they knew.

Ethan followed the twisted figure, who seemed to be familiar with the library. He moved around in it and finally took out one of the books.

But they could not see the contents of the book. The book that should have been taken down by Khadra was still on the bookshelf, with a date written on the cover - it was earlier than this book, hundreds of years earlier, when the war had not yet broken out and people all over the world were immersed in the drama designed by the old gods.

The figure's actions looked more like a non-physical performance. He sat down at the table with the book and began to read it attentively.

His behavior and the way he communicated with Xinkalo seemed familiar to Ethan.

Doctoral student and his supervisor. Just now, Kadra's supervisor assigned him an important research topic. This paper may be related to whether he can graduate successfully.

There are also tables in the library, but they look more like temporary additions.

An empty area was barely squeezed out between several bookshelves, and a table was crammed in, making the space seem extremely crowded. Cardella had to curl up when flipping through books, with the back of the chair behind her pressed tightly against the bookshelf. It was not difficult to see that this bookstore was not originally open to the public.

Time passed by minute by minute.

After an unknown amount of time, Cardra's movements in turning the pages of the book finally changed.

The blurry and distorted figure picked up a pen and wrote furiously on a piece of paper they couldn't see.

"What is he writing?"

Ethan can only turn to the knowledgeable literary girl for help.

The literary girl silently raised her hand and tapped on the table, and words carved with a knife appeared on it.

"Descending." These two words are not unfamiliar.

This ancient and mysterious ritual is closely tied to the nearly 100-year history of the empire. It involves the secrets of Margaret's family bloodline and always seems to hint at a longer history, which contains many unsolved mysteries.

For example, the relationship between Ivy and Saint Mary.

The Margaret bloodline began after the establishment of the empire. They are the inheritors of the technology of the Golden Age. However, Mary lived in the distant Third Age, thousands of years apart from the founder of the Margaret family.

Mary is the last chosen one recognized by the Church of Life. The Vatican describes her as "her existence is like the goddess of life walking on earth."

For the believers of the Church of Life who have extreme faith, this is the highest evaluation, so much so that a small number of people believe that Mary is the reincarnation of the Goddess of Life, who once again brings salvation to mankind when disaster strikes.

Although Lao Ba didn't say it, based on the information Ethan currently has, it is not difficult to infer that the Goddess of Life is likely to be Lao Ba's original chosen one.

It was obvious that Winter had also seen the clues, "He is studying Lao Ba's power."

Judging from the results, Kadra's research has achieved outstanding success. The existence of the servants of gods is the product of the "descending" ritual. They have preserved the human souls through some ancient rituals, and at some necessary moment in the future, they will prepare new skins for them so that they can be reborn.

But she didn't expect that this research was started at the instruction of Xinkalo.

So……

The relationship between Kadra and Xinkalo is much more complicated than they imagined.

Unlike the upright gods who "rebelled", the relationship between Khadra and the old gods was much closer than theirs. This made Winter suspect that the reason Khadra was able to come up with the plan to seal the old gods was that he accidentally discovered clues from an inconspicuous book in this memory library.

"You said that Xinkalo would only allow people he trusts to appear here."

"Ah."

Ethan nodded.

Khadra was perhaps one of the only three people before them who had been given permission to read the books.

Flor also mentioned this library, but in his description, the Trial of Wisdom was more like a background board. There were many books there, but he couldn't even see the date and text on the cover of the book.

During the conversation, more text appeared after the "descent".

At this time, Kadra's idea was still in its infancy. From the few words in these texts, it was not difficult to see that he had been investigating the magic network recently.

Under Xinkalo's instruction, he became very close to the elemental shapers and gained access to the magic network.

However, his search did not go smoothly.

He described the other side of the magic network as a vast world, but that world looked more like a semi-finished product. Apart from the elemental shapers who explored in depth, there were no traces of any life. The land and the sea were pieced together in an irregular way, and the climate changes were completely irregular.

Although the Demon Network has no ill will towards explorers, exploration can still become dangerous due to extreme weather and frequent natural disasters.

Therefore, the elemental shapers only allow scholars above level 4 to enter.

Kadra wrote in great detail, carefully describing every detail he witnessed in the magic network, and stopping to think from time to time, for fear that he would miss important details.

Next, the question is the feasibility of the "descending" ceremony.

Through his research, he discovered the concept of "soul", and mentioned that the soul of any intelligent creature will remain for a period of time after death. The more powerful the creature, the longer their soul will be retained. But on the other hand, the soul and the body must be interdependent, and no matter how powerful the creature is, it cannot change the continuous loss of the soul.

Khadra studied a deceased saint whose soul mark lasted for 371 days, the longest time he knew of.

Now, he is pursuing further research in two directions.

The first is to find a way to prolong the soul's survival; the second is to explore the possibility of placing the soul into a new body to keep it alive.

At the end of the "essay", Cardella proposed the concept of "skin" and believed that this was a direction.

This is a very long "essay".

The densely packed words plunged Lin Dong into silence, and also made her feel vaguely uneasy.

Because as Ethan said, whether or not these books were written with lies, they could figure out Sinkalo's purpose from them.

They were getting closer and closer to Xinkalo.

This was the first time that Xinkalo took action other than "breaking the seal". Here, He became a mentor and let his students engage in soul-related research.

Winter saw the source of uneasiness from these densely packed words.

Although Kadelas doesn't write about it directly, all of this research seems to be directed toward the same goal.

--resurrection.

It looks like Sincarlo is working on resurrecting something.

Time passed by minute by minute, and the first investigation report was completed.

The blurry and distorted figure retreated after completing his mission. He left the report on the table, went back to the bookshelf, and returned the book to its original place in an orderly manner.

This time, even Winter felt the heavy atmosphere in the library.

She and Ethan also returned to their original places, and the blurry figures returned to the book. As the last ray of light faded away, the book closed automatically.

A long silence followed.

She forced a smile, "Looks like we're about to meet the real Sinkalo."

But soon, Winter couldn't laugh anymore.

Because the book in Ethan's hand suddenly "came to life", and the sudden increase in weight almost caused Ethan to drop the book on the ground.

The sealed book kept shaking in his hands, and black ink as thick as blood seeped out.

Then, the book turned a page, and the speed of turning the pages became faster and faster.

Those twisted ancient runes kept changing until they suddenly stopped on a certain page.

Dark lines outlined the words they were familiar with.

“Don’t die, don’t die, don’t die, don’t die, don’t die!”

Densely packed text filled the entire page.

Only this page became fragmented, and the sticky black blood flowed out from this page.

Lin Dong's face turned pale. He slammed the book shut and held the cover tightly until it became completely quiet.

A little scary.

She put the book back where it was and looked at Ethan with lingering fear.

Alarm bells rang in her heart almost immediately.

Xinkalo once trusted Kadra because she was his student and he needed his student to complete a research.

What about them?
Why did Xinkalo allow them to read these books?

(End of this chapter)