Witch, Fireball and Steam Evil God

Chapter 85 Bounty Hunter
Rowena's face turned pale and blue, and the fire element played a cheerful birthday song for her.

Today is not her birthday, and she can't be happy at all.

According to the person in charge, this fireball scroll was a masterpiece, and it could help her survive if she encountered an extreme situation.

What the hell is this! When she thought about what would happen if she really encountered danger and cast this spell, Rowena's face became even uglier.

"Now you understand, don't you? If your assassination attempt fails, they will make sure you die here and will never let you give them away during interrogation."

In the empire, the most serious accusation is to have dealings with followers of evil gods. If the defeated Rowena was taken to the imperial capital and could produce solid evidence during the trial, the Holy See would have sufficient reasons to attack the Lophik Group.

Although in the current environment, having dealings with evil fanatic organizations is nothing new, but the bottom line is not to be caught by others. As for some rumors circulating among the people, who can tell the difference?

Rowena felt sympathetic, "How did you know?"

"Because I made the scroll."

"You? Great, it's you! Don't you feel guilty for making this scroll to cheat people?"

Rowena had a rich imagination, and she could already imagine herself tragically killed by the scroll of fire element in another world line.

"Of course not, because I just want to trick people."

Ethan's frank admission shocked Rowena. She pointed at Ethan for a long time without saying a word.

This is why he specifically warned the user not to activate the scroll unless it is absolutely necessary. He commissioned the fire element to play a birthday song for the unknown warrior so that he could get on with his journey. In case the operation failed afterwards, he had also thought of an excuse - the killer you sent was not strong enough and was killed before he could unleash the true power of the scroll.

But he didn't expect that the outsourcing of the Lofik Group would eventually find Rowena.

"But I don't cheat people easily. I emphasized to them that we need to find someone who is ready to die and who is determined to carry out this mission."

Rowena obviously had nothing to do with these descriptions.

He felt that this girl was more like a bounty hunter than a follower of the evil god.

"Okay, I admit defeat!"

Rowena sat down on the floor in despair, and finally tried to save herself with pale and powerless words, "Although you may not believe it, I haven't made up my mind to do it. I was just hesitating when you broke in... Don't rush to do it. Let me sort it out first. I have to be a clear-headed ghost even if I die."

She calmed down and thought about it carefully, and found that this matter was a bit too complicated. Initially, the Elders' Council ordered that no one should be left alive, which meant that in addition to the other side, all the knights who came to Ximu Town with her would be killed. She conveyed the message to her partner, and the reply she got was to keep her head down.

A day later, a messenger from the Lofik Group sent her a letter privately, which included the three magic scrolls. The target was the Knight Commander's head, but there was no special mention of the lives of the knights.

They have worked together many times before.

When Rowena received the letter, she was secretly delighted, thinking that this was free money and she didn't have to do anything. After Winter killed everyone, she would only need to reply to the letters and count the money happily.

She suddenly slapped the floor with her hand. "So many people want to kill her, but she's still alive and kicking. This is outrageous!"

Rowena, who had sorted out her thoughts, pointed the finger at the cat curled up in the bed, "I see, the problem lies with you. If you had just killed her, there wouldn't have been so many things that happened later. So that's how it is. I figured it out. You killed me. Ah! The old saying is true. Betrayal by a companion is the hardest to guard against!"

"I warned you."

Maomao responded coldly. She didn't intend to take the blame for Rowena. Rowena ignored Maomao's response, lying on the ground with a "big" shape, with a look of relief, and said her last words to her former companion, "But don't forget, I invited you to dinner 71 times, and you only invited me back 67 times. You still owe me 1 Golden Lion and 37 Silver Antelopes."

"I didn't say I was going to kill you."

Ethan shook his head helplessly. This girl was really obsessed with money.

After hearing Rowena's mumblings, he also understood that it was the Vatican who commissioned the Council of Elders to leave no one alive. Then the Lofik Consortium found Rowena, and in the end it was the same group of people. It was indeed a bit outrageous.

Hearing this, hope rekindled in Rowena's eyes, "Really? If you spare my life, I can treat you to a meal, but the price should not exceed 1 gold lion."

"Not only will I not kill you, I will also find a way for you to collect the bounty, as long as you cooperate with our plan."

"Is it true?"

Rowena excitedly got up from the floor and rushed towards Ethan excitedly, but was stopped by Maomao's cold eyes.

"I, Old Sen, always keep my word."

"Great, I'll treat you to breakfast, toast and fried eggs, okay?"

Rowena's arrival was an unexpected gain. All that was left was to find a way to cut off the seal on the other side, and everything would be over.

This should be a result that satisfies everyone.

Bi'an's subordinates survived, and she "died" at the border of the empire. After that, the wheel of history will begin to turn, and they will be able to concentrate on the research of magical technology.

"Don't be too happy yet. I don't know much about magic. Is there any magic that can make a living person look like he was killed in public?"

"Illusion. But if you want to make it more realistic, you need to use a transfiguration potion."

Rowena immediately understood Ethan's intention. "I can use magic and potions to make the scarecrow look exactly like the Knight Commander, and then use cutting magic to cut the scarecrow into pieces in front of her subordinates. People will think she is dead!"

Of course, by then, her supporting performance would have to be added to achieve the complete "performance effect".

Ethan finally did not accept the invitation to go to the town tavern with Rowena to eat toast and fried eggs. When he left, he clarified the misunderstanding to the knights, saying that after their verification, Rowena was just a fortune teller passing through Creekwood Town.

The story of him breaking into the contaminated area alone has spread among the knights, and the fact that he survived the Winter Witch has made him even more legendary. Now the knights are polite when speaking to him. If the town was not surrounded by dangers, they might invite Ethan to the tavern for a drink - this is the knights' way of socializing.

Although Captain Hagrid failed to become an official knight, he learned social etiquette.

After dealing with Rowena's issue, Ethan no longer had to worry about other killers appearing in the town.

He walked into Bi'an's room again, and with Ivy's witness, he drove out the ice element that had invaded her body. Bi'an's tightly closed eyelids moved a few times, and she woke up almost immediately.

She stared blankly at the ceiling for a moment, then noticed Ivy standing by the bed.

"I want bread and grilled sausages."

These were the first words she uttered after waking up.

(End of this chapter)