Witch, Fireball and the Evil God of Steam
Chapter 108 - 107: The Call of Another Plane

Chapter 108: Chapter 107: The Call of Another Plane

Before dawn arrived, fear shrouded Gear City, and the Kingdom Army officer issued a decree that all incoming people would be subject to the strictest inspection immediately.

This was the first case in nearly a century of the Empire where an Evil God creation intruded into human territory. Although this twisted creature was quickly shot down by rifles and crossbow arrows, the stationed officers of the Kingdom Army in Gear City realized the seriousness of the problem—especially this delicate timeline, where signs of Evil God creation activity appeared in Gear City one day after Knight Commander’s death at the Empire’s border.

He looked at the internal report, the manner of Knight Commander’s death was truly... unbearable. Even as a seasoned warrior, he shuddered. The knights who narrowly escaped back to the Neseriel Sanctuary sent a report claiming they encountered Blood and Flesh Giants as tall as mountains that night. These giants could move rapidly underground, causing surface damage wherever they went, but they couldn’t obtain any additional information.

Even worse, gunners and mercenaries fleeing from Haywood Mine gradually brought bad news.

A contamination zone had appeared inside the mine, suspected to be caused by someone performing a sacrificial ritual to the Evil God using rioting miners, turning it into hell on earth.

They had seen a type of red ice that, upon freezing, would melt bodies into viscous liquid and then twist them into hideous monsters.

During their retreat, Chairman Talon had already been infected, with over twenty people witnessing Talon’s transformation process.

This reminded the officer of the eerie scene he saw before dawn.

The Evil God creation that attacked Gear City did not launch an assault; it raised its writhing limbs, shouting incomprehensible language.

Its voice was clearly transmitted into everyone’s ears despite the distance.

"Go and inform the Reception Bureau that this creature is very likely Chairman Talon."

The officer instructed the deputy with a somber expression.

He had a vague premonition that Knight Commander’s death was just the beginning, signaling chaos in this era.

Meanwhile, the consortium and Imperial Military Industry were caught off guard by this sudden bad news.

Initially, everyone thought this was merely a miner riot, with Talon’s manpower more than sufficient. The chamber of commerce even planned an elaborate celebration banquet, preparing invitations, intending to invite all the influential figures of Gear City in the name of Chairman’s triumphant return, with the most important guest being Aisoke’s young master.

Many people were eager to establish good relations with this future ruler of Imperial Military Industry.

Before the invitations could be sent out, such bad news arrived.

Originally jealous of Talon, celebrities eager to help quell the rebellion lost their enthusiasm, retreating into their mansions, desperate to avoid involvement.

Those with more insight had already heard from returning mercenaries about Haywood Mine’s tragic state, even the pollution zone had appeared, indicating the place was beyond saving.

Jokingly, with even a Knight Commander dead, who could possibly suppress an Evil God?

...

As the people of Gear City were anxious and fearful, Lindong (in human form) stood curiously before an exotic object hatched from red ice, reaching out her finger to gently poke its head.

Cold and hard, like the touch of some metal.

This was a consequence of spending too much time as a cat; Ethan noticed that when encountering unfamiliar things, Lindong would probe them like a cat using "claws."

This was far removed from Lindong’s imagined hatchling; she initially thought Ethan would hatch a bizarre creation full of Bazatous’s personal style. However, the appearance of this metallic little man was not eccentric at all, seeming even cute after prolonged viewing.

The little man’s left hand was a miner’s pickaxe, while the right hand had been modified into a large basket, with a serious expression, making no resistance to being poked.

"This is Collector Butler Type I."

Ethan introduced, "It doesn’t possess autonomous thought; once activated, it can only search for nearby energy crystals, like this."

He infused some magic power, and the metallic little man started moving. Clumsily, it approached a vein, striking it with its left hand in the pickaxe form. After obtaining the raw stone, it casually placed it in the large basket on its right hand.

"As long as we regularly supply it with magic power, it automatically collects and accumulates energy crystals."

Now, the matter of pollution zones appearing in Haywood Mine should have been relayed back to Gear City. Before the Reception Bureau thoroughly purifies this area, no one will be dispatched there again. "We just need Rowena to establish a simple magical teleportation array between the warehouse and the mine, and come periodically to retrieve the raw stones."

Teacher Cat’s reaction was within Ethan’s expectations. Despite Teacher’s extensive knowledge, the concept of robots was still somewhat ahead of this era.

Energy crystals happen to solve the most troublesome energy problem; he just needs to find a way to replace electricity with magic power to reproduce many modern technologies.

Lindong’s eyes widened further as she watched Ethan take a giant raw energy crystal and infuse magic power into it, then place the raw stone into the recess at the back of the metallic little man, causing the little man’s movements to speed up slightly.

The consortium would surely be willing to pay a fortune for it.

This time, Lindong stopped poking the metallic little man and instead reached out her "claws" toward Ethan’s forehead, poking it a few times. "Where do you get all these errant ideas? Are you secretly hoarding forbidden books behind my back?"

"Ave bought a craftsman manual from Fireplace Bay; there were similar concepts in it."

Ethan responded fluidly. As early as the founding of the Empire, scholars proposed a set of "puppet utilization theories," believing that with the development of magical technology, puppets could shine in many fields.

Teacher Cat knows nothing about robots; the most challenging point lies in "how to make the metallic little man automatically search for raw energy crystals." This world lacks programs, artificial intelligence. When ice elements undergo transformation, it suddenly struck him to utilize resources inside the mine.

In reality, Collector Butler Type I is transformed by energy crystals, completing an upgrade of ice elements that endowed it with some biological instincts—seeking its kind and gathering them together.

Lindong didn’t stop gently poking Ethan’s forehead; she still had many questions inside.

"What about your ice elemental magic? When did it complete its upgrade?"

"Just a while ago."

"A while ago?"

Ethan nodded.

When he had the thought of "Holy Light cannot save the Empire," he felt another kind of restless energy, hearing what seemed to be a call from another world, likely related to Bazatous’s glimpse.

Compared to Fireball Skill’s upgrade attempt, this time was much smoother, no need to drink awakening potions, everything fell into place easily.

The panel for Frost Arrow changed, even supplementing the remaining last points of proficiency.

『Frost Arrow (Demon), Proficiency: ∞, whispers from another plane call to you』

And Bazatous’s glimpse vanished after the ice element completed its upgrade, seemingly merging the two skills on the panel.

"Related to Bazatous?"

Lindong pondered slightly before asking.

This was knowledge she hadn’t touched upon, unable to provide any useful advice to Ethan.

However, she knew that besides Collector Butler Type I, Ethan had distorted another thing.

"Hmm."

Ethan didn’t intend to conceal anything, candidly admitted. In his view, Bazatous’s ability to distort and reconstruct objects held infinite possibilities, yet He chose to use it for abstract art.

Distorting human bodies wasn’t difficult, but that was the least important part.

"I merely turned Talon into his true form."

Ethan felt that this world’s faction division seemed problematic; the executioner of exploiters shouldn’t be categorized into the bright faction, as a servant of the Evil God fits his identity more aptly.

"That’s dangerous."

Lindong stopped poking Ethan’s forehead, using her hands to hold Ethan’s face. As a fellow Elemental Shaper, she wasn’t planning to stop Ethan or comment on the upgraded ice element, but as a teacher and girlfriend, there were things she had to remind him of, "Bazatous’s aesthetic is problematic; you can study His power but absolutely don’t be assimilated by His aesthetic."

"What?"

Ethan froze, watching Teacher Cat get closer and closer until their noses almost touched.

She looked serious, staring straight at him without blinking.

"Even I find it hard to accept looks like octopus faces and meatballs..."

Then, she took a deep breath, as if mustering great courage, "If, and I mean if, one day you walk that path, you must tell me in advance; I need some time for psychological preparation."

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