Witch, Fireball and Steam Evil God

Chapter 276 One Code, One Code

Dear residents of the Golden Kingdom, due to the recent malicious actions of criminals using the Golden Mask to incite conflict and spread historical rumors, causing extremely negative social repercussions, the Council of Six has decided to temporarily suspend the link. We apologize for any inconvenience caused.

Whether they were residents of the Golden Kingdom, believers in the Old Gods, or Princess Vivian who was traveling with Ethan, they all witnessed Ethan's terrifying power. In just one night, he destroyed the Golden Kingdom's proud spiritual link and almost single-handedly severed the Golden Kingdom's communications.

The consequence was that after the announcement was made, wanted posters were plastered all over Sivarantin.

They gave Ethan a catchy name on the wanted poster.

Ethan, the Great Movers, has a bounty of 3.978 billion watts.

This bounty is far higher than that of the leaders among the followers of evil gods such as Rattlesnake, making him the undisputed king of the era.

Of course, they didn't expect the residents of the Golden Country to bring this rotten, rotten fellow to justice. Charman and Crowley both failed; they were seriously wounded in their battle with Ethan, and although they weren't killed, they would be unable to join the fight for a while.

This is what Charman and Crowley said in their letters, but some residents of Oakwood, the Golden Country, also witnessed the two men walking and running the next morning, showing no signs of serious injury.

The masks bestowed upon them by the Golden King shattered in the battle, and "Golden Law" and "Mage Slayer" became Ethan's spoils of war. They also mentioned in their letters that after that, Ethan and his party went without stopping to the capital of Westwarden, which was once the golden land of the Garlog dynasty.

Princess Vivian, whom they were searching for, was with Ethan.

In their letters, Charman and Crowley emphasized that they hadn't let Ethan off easy either. Just before Ethan was about to leave, they attacked him with all their might, specifically by throwing rotten eggs at him, to make this heinous criminal understand the consequences of his wanton actions.

"What do you mean by throwing rotten eggs!?"

In the royal palace of Sivarandin, a woman wearing a mask of worry slammed her hand on the table.

As the right-hand men of the King of Gold, the weapons they threw at Ethan should obviously be soul-tearing darts. What good are two rotten eggs?

As the liaison officer for the Golden Kingdom, she had just had to make a difficult decision: to temporarily sever the connection with the Golden Kingdom before King Brush returned. However, the ensuing silence made her uneasy. The result of severing the connection was that the council lost control of the residents of the Golden Kingdom in this plane in an instant.

Even communication between members of parliament requires them to travel to each other's locations and pay a visit.

The whole world became quiet.

Before severing the link, her last order was for everyone to stay at their posts and continue producing the war machine, but the letters between Charman and Crowley left her feeling confused.

Can the "Jacks" really be effective against Ethan, the King of the Move?
Even if they use these weapons of war to make the Empire and the remnants of Ophira wear golden masks, so what?

As long as King Ban Shi exists, who would dare to use the mental link?
Unfortunately, the Golden King, who created the mental link, disappeared without a trace from the very first day he arrived in this plane. He went to the Golden Land alone and is now most likely no longer on this timeline.

In 407, this was the only message left by the King of Gold.

If Ethan wins this war, this number will be his reward.

Perhaps everything happening at this moment was within the king's expectations.

The palace was eerily quiet. Since the mental link was severed, the oppressive silence had become an inescapable shadow, making even the slightest footsteps sound exceptionally clear. The owner of the footsteps seemed to have no intention of concealing their presence.

The woman wearing a mask of worry turned around at the sound and saw a familiar figure.

That was Cynthia, who should have died in the battle with Ethan. Now, she no longer wore the smiling mask, and her eyes were as sharp as a hawk's.

The bow and arrows bestowed upon her by the King of Gold have disappeared, replaced by a silver longbow.

"I'm not here to fight."

Cynthia took the initiative to state her purpose, "I'd like to talk to you, is that alright?"

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Meanwhile, on the other side.

Outside the bathroom, Ethan, wearing only a bathrobe, held his arm up and sniffed for a long time.

Earlier, he had been betrayed.

Before his departure, Charman sent him an invitation to visit the city hall, as he had some things he wanted to discuss with Ethan.

Ethan had always welcomed such open conversations, but he never expected it to be a trap.

Crowley was also present.

The first half of the banquet proceeded as usual. After the masks shattered, they acted according to their own identities and wills for the first time in a long time. It was a small banquet with no "outsiders" involved. The crimson moon rising from the clouds made Charman make up his mind.

He saw hope in Ethan and decided to place his bet on him, as did Crowley.

Because the King of Gold is not invincible.

Their king enjoys seeing others submit, and his favorite "script" is to give people a glimmer of hope and then ruthlessly crush their despair. But only a very few people know that the Golden King is more cautious than anyone else when facing those who might pose a real threat to him, sometimes even to the point of being timid.

The King of Gold revels in the feeling of having everything under his control and dominating everything; he detests battles with uncertainty.

As the crimson moon rose, Crowley suddenly changed his mind.

Perhaps this wasn't a new game designed by the king, but rather the Golden King genuinely feeling threatened by Ethan.

As one of the earliest subjects to follow the Golden King, Crowley had witnessed the same sight.

Merlin was once so feared by the Golden King that he trembled and dared not meet Merlin in person.

Although the guild won the battle, it was almost entirely due to sheer numbers. At that time, the goddess had not yet left them, and the guild was at its peak. The Golden King summoned the goddess in the final battle, and in Crowley's opinion, the victory felt somewhat like a case of borrowing someone else's power.

At least in his view, Merlin lost to the goddess, not the King of Gold.

Ethan could tell that Crowley, as a hero, looked down on the King of Gold from the bottom of his heart, believing the latter to be a weak-willed person.

He couldn't explain the source of the Golden King's power, nor did he know why the goddess would bestow her power upon him. He possessed immense power but lacked the will and courage to match it. In Crowley's view, this was the Golden King's weakness.

He was used to overwhelming victories and lacked experience in fighting equally matched opponents.

This means that once the situation develops in a stalemate and out of control, the King of Gold loses his composure and makes wrong judgments.

Crowley's description of Merlin confirmed Ethan's judgment.

Before becoming a traitor, Merlin was one of the guild's high-ranking members, on par with the Golden King. Merlin had a major disagreement with the guild on a certain issue, and in a fit of anger, he left the guild, taking with him several important artifacts.

He also subtly revealed that within the guild, there are several figures who are on par with the Golden King. This is an unimaginably vast entity.

There are as many as 17 planes ruled by the Golden King, and they have all been completely dominated. Not only humans, but all living beings are shackled by the Golden King. In the guild, these ruled planes are equivalent to "territory".

The King of Gold was never the strongest, nor did he have the most territory.

Crowley mentioned that among the guild's higher-ups, there are even more ruthless characters than the Golden King, with no weaknesses whatsoever. Among them are true war maniacs who like to personally participate in every battle.

This is also a warning.

Even if Ethan manages to defeat the Golden King in a way that surprises everyone, the guild will never let it go.

It was a pleasant conversation—if everything that followed hadn't happened.

Ethan, caught up in the atmosphere of the conversation, shared several glasses of fine wine from the city hall with Charman and Crowley. He wasn't known for his drinking capacity, and after a few drinks, he became somewhat tipsy.

Charman and Crowley noticed the change in his expression. As the banquet was about to end, Charman suddenly made his move. He pretended to open the door for him, but suddenly grabbed his arm from behind and embraced him with a look of grim determination. The master assassin Crowley did not miss the opportunity. With a flick of his right hand, two rotten eggs hit his body like hidden weapons.

Ethan was injured by a hidden weapon and his whole body was covered in a "rotten egg smell" debuff.

But it was clear that Charman and Crowley were not the only ones plotting against him. Amidst the chaos, he also discovered a small yellow potato with a wide, grinning mouth.

Afterwards, Little Potato stubbornly insisted that everything happened too fast, and she couldn't react at all. She also felt that people who recklessly spread rumors should be hit with a few rotten eggs.

Charman, who "died with him," said that each case should be considered separately.

Although he and Crowley had staked everything on Ethan, it didn't mean they would tolerate the movers, regardless of whether they were residents of the Golden Country.

They decided to punish Ethan, the king of smuggling, based on their own identities and free will.

He couldn't find a place to shower along the way, so he had to endure it all the way to the capital of Sivarandin.

This is the residence of Duke Stan, a classically beautiful manor that follows the architectural aesthetics of the ancient Garlog dynasty. However, when they arrived, the manor was deserted.

Last night, the "Hunter" who received intelligence from Oak City through a mental link broke into the manor and captured Duke Stan, who was hiding in the capital. Judging from the wanted posters posted in the city, Rattlesnake and her men escaped. Furthermore, due to Ethan's interference, wanted posters for "Diapolo" and "Dio" also appeared.

This clearly demonstrates that they couldn't distinguish the identity of the whistleblower at all.

After losing their mental link, the remaining six council members were forced to revert to tradition and adopt methods they considered outdated.

"Senior, do I still smell like rotten eggs?"

Thinking of this, Ethan asked the figure outside the mist.

After this was over, he felt he really should learn some water elemental magic.

"Gone."

"That's good."

Ethan, wearing a bathrobe, walked to the mirror and fixed his hair.

This is the capital of Sivarandin, and he doesn't want to face the King of Gold with the smell of rotten eggs on him.

His face was reflected in the mirror, as well as the Ice Elemental, who was getting closer and closer to him through the mist. The face that was exactly the same as Winter's maintained a cold expression. If you put aside the time when she was "sick", the Ice Elemental could be considered a pretty good senior. After a conversation with Crowley, Ethan suddenly understood why the Ice Elemental had asked him to train specially a few months ago.

Do I look a lot like Merlin?

Ethan carefully examined himself in the mirror.

Merlin was one of the leaders of the guild, with a status comparable to the Gold King. He was also one of the greatest elemental energizers in history, and Ethan speculated that he must have also formed a deep bond with the elemental spirits of this world.

But he ultimately failed in the war.

History books have recorded Merlin's fate.

He was pierced through the heart by a Time Traveler with a specially made spear, which took away his immortality. Afterwards, the Time Travelers attacked him en masse. After Merlin died, his head was cut off and hung on the walls of the Golden City. The Garg dynasty, which had been under his protection, also declined from then on.

After that, the Garlog dynasty was beset by internal and external troubles. Without the protection of the heroes, this land was eventually divided into two countries.

West Valandin, which follows the glory of Galog, and East Valandin, which was conquered by foreign enemies and ceded.

For the elemental spirits of this world, that must have been an unpleasant memory.

The elemental spirits did not want him to repeat the same mistake.

"No, you have nothing in common."

The ice elemental came to his side, scrutinizing the reflection in the mirror with equal care. "You don't need to imitate him; you're much better than him."

The strange noises outside the manor were getting closer and closer; they were the sounds coming from the "Hunters".

Ethan did not deliberately conceal his whereabouts along the way, and even without the mental link, the Council of Six should have known that he had arrived in the Land of Gold.

The massive "Jackal" came to a stop outside the window, its searchlight-like "eyes" locking onto him.

He heard the sound of someone breaking down the door downstairs; something other than the "Hunter" had entered the manor.

The hunter's sharp tentacles ripped open the window, causing the whole room to shake.

Its forward-stretching claws tore through the water curtain, heading straight for Ethan.

The area outside the manor is becoming increasingly lively.

The inhabitants of the Golden Kingdom are flocking here in droves, and regardless of their fighting skills, they have all taken up arms.

The next moment, the "Junter's" sharp claws were blocked on the other side by the solidified red ice.

The corners of the ice element's mouth turned up slightly.

"And you will win."

(End of this chapter)