Witch, Fireball and Steam Evil God

Chapter 500 I'm Very Idle

As Ethan left the pharmacy with the medicine bottle in his hand, Bazalian remained seated under the jewelry shop window, her arms wrapped around her knees, staring intently at the wooden door that Ethan had pushed open.

However, the streets of Oasis City have changed.

As night fell, not a single pedestrian could be seen on the street, and the jewelry stores were closed, with signs reading "Temporarily Closed" hanging on their doors.

Time has shifted.

His conversation with Super Winter lasted no more than two hours at most, but the world outside seemed to have skipped a day.

Where did you go?

As Ethan approached, Bazalian preemptively asked, also reminding him, "Your girlfriend and that black cat both came looking for you here and even kicked out the original owner of this house."

Bazalian thought Ethan was a really interesting man who always brought her a lot of unexpected fun.

She sat under the window of the jewelry store across the street for so long, but still couldn't figure out why Ethan had suddenly disappeared after he went in.

When the later visitors entered, it was just an ordinary house with extremely simple furniture. More importantly, there was no sign of Ethan, nor was there any trace of him having been inside.

“A luxury apartment on the 173rd floor of Pioneer Technology.”

Ethan replied.

He had been staying in the bedroom with Super Winter the whole time and hadn't had a chance to visit his girlfriend's mansion in the Holy City.

He then asked, "How long have I been walking?"

The lower city of Oasis was unusually quiet. Not only were the streets deserted, but the houses were also dark, as if the entire city had fallen asleep with the arrival of night.

"It's almost been three days."

Bazalian looked up at him. "If you set off now, you might still make it to the trial. They've all gone to the upper city."

Ethan has disappeared, but Mary's work must continue. The entire city of Oasis awaits the final trial of Mayor Hafiz by the Holy Maiden of the Vatican.

"Wait a minute, Anzi."

Ethan had just taken a step forward when he suddenly remembered something and abruptly stopped. "You haven't been sitting here for three days, have you?"

"I have plenty of free time."

Bazalian said that her friends weren't here anyway.

The impending trial brought the Eternal Theatre's plays to a standstill—after the city hall officials were arrested and imprisoned, the troupe suddenly lost its important audience and financial backers, leaving her with nowhere to go.

The Eternal Theater was a favorite place for "another her" during the final years of her life, when she moved to Oasis City and spent her later years peacefully surrounded by believers.

Therefore, this became the first place she thought of after her "resurrection," sitting in the audience of the theater, appreciating the art that "the other her" loved most in her previous life, and the twisted sense of plunder excited her.

However, such excitement is ultimately fleeting, just like the hypocritical and obsequious performances on stage that become merely attempts to please the officials of Oasis City.

The people, the art, and even the city itself in this city have lost their soul.

"Tonight is Judgment Day."

Ethan reminded Bazalian, "You said before that Larry and his cronies would launch an attack during the trial."

After tonight, this massive, week-long mayoral election may come to an end.

After meeting Super Winter, Ethan developed a different perspective on the mayoral election.

Its significance goes far beyond simply vying for a new leader for the Church of Life or elevating Mary to a divine status; it is a rehearsal for the arrival of "Doomsday."

It allows Ethan to glimpse the diverse faces of humanity when "Doomsday" truly arrives.

"so what?"

Bazalian raised an eyebrow.

"This is a decision for you... You don't care anymore."

Ethan was taken aback and blurted out.

Bazalian's change of heart surprised Ethan. A week earlier, she would have been convinced of her victory and would have been eager to rush to the trial to mock Mary and their defeat.

Spreading chaos throughout the world seems to have become Bazalian's goal after her awakening.

“I have to remind you,” Ethan said, “that if we lose this election, it won’t just be Oasis City we lose; the entire Church of Life might change its allegiance.”

He believed that Bazalian must have known the consequences, because she understood human nature and the hatred of the lower-town residents, represented by Laris. She easily exploited this and practiced her bloody art in the upper town.

That's why she could naturally see the essence of all of Mary's efforts.

From a human being, he transformed into a god.

A new God, no longer existing in the scriptures but truly existing, came to them to personally judge sin.

Rather than vague legends, people yearn for a new god who can be seen and may appear beside them at any time—the birth of the Messiah is the best proof of this.

The leaders of the family all knew that He was born from data, yet He still became the ruler of the Holy City.

The key question is, what can this new god bring them?
"This papacy was not created by me."

Bazalian responded nonchalantly.

"Since you're so free, it wouldn't hurt to go to the Upper City together, would it?"

"you go first."

Bazalian remained in the same posture. "I'll be there in a bit."

"Ah."

After taking two steps, Ethan stopped again and turned back. He looked down at Bazalian, his intense gaze making Bazalian feel uneasy.

"what?"

To mask her inner turmoil, Bazalian asked aggressively, like a stray cat with its fur standing on end.

"Anzi, are you hiding something from me?"

"No."

"There's no one else here, so just tell the truth."

"say what?"

She shifted her gaze to the other side, and Ethan's experience proved that there was no difference between the goddess's and a human's reaction when feeling guilty.

"Is your butt frozen again?"

This was a serious problem that even Ethan dared not think about—the worst-case scenario was that Anzi would be frozen here for three days, but because she lacked friends in Oasis City and used a spell to deceive them, no one came to help her. Her strong sense of pride also prevented her from asking Winter and Dark for help.

Because his buttocks were frozen by ice, Ethan had to sit under the jewelry store window for three days. He felt that once this got out, Bazalian's followers might switch sides to Mary's.

"No."

"Then get up and let me see you."

……

They stared at each other, a deathly silence spreading through the street.

"It's not ice."

The standoff lasted for nearly twenty seconds before Bazalian gave in.

"That's...?" "They grew together."

Ethan was plunged into darkness. He had never seen anything like it before. He could hardly imagine what Anzi had done to grow like a plant on the steps of the jewelry store in the lower city. This challenge was far more difficult than the Ice Crystal Giant Tree. Back then, he had the Ice Elemental Spirit give him face and "release" the detained Bazarian.

But what about this time?

Ethan didn't know how to pull someone who was practically attached to the steps down. If he used brute force, he might tear open a wound...

He felt a chill run down his spine just from thinking about it in that direction.

"A brief explanation might be helpful."

"I have plenty of free time."

"I don't see any direct connection between this and your situation at the moment."

"Shortly after you went inside that day, I encountered a strange blonde girl on the street. Her entire body below the neck was embedded in the ground, making her look like a small yellow potato... Now you understand, right?"

"To be honest, I don't quite understand."

"I told you, I'm very free."

Ethan, still confused, could only continue to probe indirectly, "Did that little yellow potato attack you?"

He was quite certain that he had not given such an order to Little Yellow Potato, and the Little Yellow Potato he knew, although she was mischievous and always on her way to find treasure, was different from the Wind Element Girl; she was not a warmonger and would even avoid conflicts with others most of the time.

With his cowardly lizard-like nature, Ethan simply couldn't believe that the little yellow potato would attack Bazalian on its own initiative.

"No."

Bazalian shook her head.

The incident was getting more and more bizarre, even more perplexing than the nearly thirty-year-old unsolved cases he had searched through the Imperial Library. Ethan could only wish that cameras hadn't been invented yet.

"She is an earth elemental spirit."

"I know, Moriko, answer one question for me first."

Bazarian hesitated several times before finally taking a deep breath, looking like she was ready to go all out, and said, "Seeing how freely she moves around, don't you want to try it yourself?"

Once again, a suffocating silence enveloped the two of them.

Bazalian broke the silence, "You don't? Am I the only one who thinks this...?"

"But you don't know earth elemental magic."

Ethan finally understood the essence of the problem. At this moment, he intuitively grasped the weight of the words "I'm very free." In his understanding, Bazalian was by no means someone who would give up easily. Her lack of proficiency in elemental magic could not stop her. In addition, her vision and her purest control over magic allowed her to touch upon the essence of magic...

"Anzi, we should look on the bright side."

He noticed Bazalian's empty eyes and tried to make amends, saying, "Only the most powerful magician in the world can make his butt and the steps grow together. If you look beyond the surface, you've actually succeeded—you've used your power to deconstruct earth elemental magic and achieved almost the same effect."

The only problem is that Bazalian can't burrow and sneak like the little yellow potato.

"You completed a study in just three days that even a professor at the academy could not achieve in his entire life!"

Of course, these are all statements made by people with high emotional intelligence.

Those low-EQ trolls will conclude that Bazalian dug a hole and then got herself stuck.

"Moriko, thank you."

Although Bazalian could tell that Ethan was talking nonsense, it still brought her a little comfort.

This guy is really good at comforting people. He says things like, "You're a good person."

"Don't worry, I'll go and get the experts for you."

Ethan cleared his throat and shouted into the darkness, "Where's Little Yellow Potato?"

..............................

Meanwhile, in the underground tavern.

Larry walked at the front of the group, followed closely by several people dressed in strange costumes.

Almost all the residents of the Lower City were invited to the Upper City. This trial will completely change the future of Oasis City. Perhaps justice will really come to the people, but that is ultimately just an empty illusion.

They are the truly clear-headed people who have seen the essence of things.

Opening the secret passage, they descended along the hidden passage behind the tavern's fireplace. The musty smell mixed with the stench of blood refreshed them. The torches illuminated the path ahead and also the fleshy mounds covering the walls. Each tumor swelled and contracted like a heart, exuding a sweet, bloody odor.

“Laris, Mary set up a department specifically to deal with us, but their recruitment efforts haven’t been very successful.”

At the end of the line, a tall, thin man with pale skin and a sickly appearance said in a mocking tone, "There are only three of them, one of whom is Grave, who has one foot in the grave. It's such a pity we couldn't kill him that day."

They all come from the same place.

The lower city of Oasis City has been homeless in the dirtiest corners since I can remember, surviving on leftover bread that has gone bad and rotten in the trash cans.

Orphans are common in this city, since every now and then someone gets imprisoned for offending officials and nobles.

They grew up together, forming cliques, which allowed them to grab more food and avoid being bullied by drunkards.

Now, although they have the same goal, their motivations are subtly different.

"It's a real shame that Marshall won't be able to see all of this."

The sickly man was very talkative and didn't stop talking the whole way. "Give me that warden, and I'll personally take him to see Marshall."

"as you wish."

Larry, who had been silent all along, suddenly stopped and, under the sickly man's questioning gaze, tossed the fruit in his hand, which resembled a beating heart, to him.

He gestured for everyone to be quiet, and when the noise stopped, they heard light footsteps coming from the path they had come from.

A sickly smile suddenly appeared on the man's face. He clenched the beating "heart" in his hand tightly and said bloodthirstyly, "You guys go ahead, I'll catch up in a bit."

Larry nodded and continued deeper into the secret passage.

He needed to make final preparations before heading to the trial venue.

In fact, their operation did not go smoothly in the past three days. Grave's resurrection shook many people. Even if a small number of people later accepted the fruits they were given, they only regarded it as some kind of last resort. Larry could see that those people still harbored a trace of unrealistic fantasy in their hearts.

Therefore, what he needs is no longer limited to just one fruit.

Ideally, it would be poison gas, spreading in the City Hall Square in the Upper Town, affecting everyone.

"What you want is behind this door."

Walking alongside him was a masked man in a worn-out doctor's uniform, the pristine white fabric stained with mottled blood.

He wasn't a doctor, and the bloodstains were left when he dismembered that greedy, heartless doctor in the upper town.

It was also his idea to turn the fruit into poison gas.

Everyone waited for Larry to continue, and the moment the door opened, they all held their breath.

However, the exciting scene that had been envisioned did not appear.

The room was empty except for a small flag left in the most conspicuous place, as if announcing their arrival.

—Your treasure trove has been discovered!

—Left by the Earth Element of the Treasure Hunter.

(End of this chapter)