Witch, Fireball and the Evil God of Steam
Chapter 76 - 75: Saint

Chapter 76: Chapter 75: Saint

As more beams descended, the blood-red sky became riddled with holes, and the presence hidden behind the thick fog finally revealed a glimpse of itself. Though it was fleeting, Ethan still noticed the eyes fading until they disappeared completely.

The sky is the eyes of the Evil God, He has always been watching everything that happens here.

This is likely the reason Yakwell mentioned that those who intrude into the third level gradually lose touch with the power of faith. Ethan realized at the same time that there might be deeper levels within the corruption zone.

With each step forward, one moves further away from reality and closer to the Evil God.

The sense of exhaustion grew increasingly intense.

Sustaining a round of sun high in the sky was the most magic-power-consuming magic Ethan had ever cast, but it was a necessary means to implement his idea, and its outcome developed as he envisioned.

The Evil God’s gaze dissipated, and the curse lingering in this level retreated at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The sky above returned to normal, and the thorns piercing his chest turned to ash under the sunlight.

Yakwell’s features of immortality and healing were also taken away.

Ethan saw this former Holy Hall Knight face the sky, closing his eyes as if listening to some melody he couldn’t hear.

Then he walked to the white flowers, watching the petals wither.

A familiar figure was floating before him.

"Thank you."

Isean raised her hands, casting a spell with light blue resembling butterflies swirling around Ethan, "This is the Lighting Technique, a very interesting little magic indeed."

The pale face lifted into a vibrant smile, "I wanted to perform this magic in the tavern, been practicing it in private for a long time."

Ethan said, "It’ll surely be popular."

"That’s great!"

Isean’s smile grew brighter, "...Could I possibly ask you one last favor?"

"Hmm?"

"I live in Ximu Town, my dad is a very famous comedian there, you can easily find him, could you... take this back home and give it to him?"

"Of course."

Ethan opened the empty cap of the wakefulness potion, and the glow happily flew inside.

"Thank you so much, thanks for the trouble!"

Isean repeated the thanks again and again, her voice growing fainter until it was completely inaudible, that subtle silhouette finally merged with the golden brilliance, seemingly drifting to a higher place.

The intense exhaustion made Ethan unable to move his feet, so he simply took off his backpack and lay on the ground facing skyward.

White petals fell onto his face.

The combat plan had completely failed, now is the time to hold a reflection session.

According to the original plan, he was supposed to find a way to lure Yakwell out of the third level, force him back to reality, and make him fall into the ambush set by the Knight Commander, so he could perfectly complete his task as an investigator.

But now, Yakwell had also disappeared, leaving no enemies here, only a golden sun.

What’s worse, Ethan noticed the cracks in the sky.

After Bazatous’ gaze dissipated, this anomalous space born from His curse naturally began to collapse. It wouldn’t be long before Ave and the Knight Commander found him lying on the ground, and this time it might not be so easy to get away with it.

Should he confess directly to them, or leave without a word after recovering and escape to another city?

The effects of the magic potion were fading, and more and more stray thoughts surged, along with an unspeakable exhaustion. Ethan stopped supplying magic power, dissolving the field constructed by the ascended elements. If he thought about it positively, at least he had made unprecedented progress in the practice of ascended elements.

The fire element named Sun seemed to carry some sort of purification and judgment effect, but the specific changes required further study.

Ethan’s mind was flooded with chaotic thoughts, he saw the sky already like glass riddled with cracks, yet he had no desire to get up from the ground.

He simply shifted his gaze to the glass bottle, inspecting the glow inside.

Unbeknownst to him, he heard footsteps, coming closer from afar.

He reflexively turned his face, first seeing a pair of crystal high heels in his sights, then following the seemingly excessively fair skin upward, ultimately meeting a pair of ruby-like shimmering eyes, with smooth white long hair cascading down to her waist. This feeling was oddly familiar, only this time, his client was not wearing that strange spiral mask.

A distant, aloof high mountain flower.

Ethan suddenly remembered a description he had read in literature before.

"Do you want them to know?"

The witch asked him.

Ethan reflexively answered, "Haven’t decided yet."

This feeling was very subtle; technically, this was their second meeting, yet it felt naturally as if they had interacted for a long time.

The witch seemed thoughtful, and then Ethan detected the fluctuation of elements.

He immediately broke out in goosebumps; it was an unfamiliar Ice Elemental Elf, converging incessantly, constructing what might be a barrier larger than Riverside Town, a semi-circular barrier encompassing all he could see.

This intensified the collapse of the corruption zone, the sharp, teeth-gritting sound echoed for a long time, and finally the cracks permeating the air reached their breaking point.

Ethan saw the scene on the other side of the rupture.

The ready-to-strike Beyond had already sensed the spatial disturbance, drawing thin swords and firearms, prepared for battle, beside her were Ave and Hagrid.

They evidently saw Ethan lying on the ground too, full of concern and anxiety.

A slyness passed over Miss Witch’s face, instantly transforming into a malicious and slightly manic smile, as if reverting back to the world’s greatest sinner wanted by the Empire.

Her red eyes swept across everyone present, even the Empire’s finest knights were frozen in place, their hands holding swords quivering, and legs trembling involuntarily.

"Beyond."

The witch’s voice was soft, yet clearly transmitted to everyone’s ears with the fluctuation of magic power, "After not seeing you for several years, I didn’t expect you to be weak enough to let others take risks for you."

This sentence snapped Beyond out of her daze, her pupils shrank, her figure turned into a blur, her sword pointing directly at the witch, yet the command issued was completely contrary to her actions, "Retreat, everyone retreat!"

The first to receive the order was Miss Keroy, who was hiding behind the wall.

She quickly ran over to the two, used her head to prop up Ethan, carrying him on her back, then sprinted away, not forgetting to grab the backpack on the ground in the process, while Ethan squeezed the glass bottle containing the glow in his hand.

The Empire’s knights immediately formed a formation, standing with swords, creating a human wall, shouting, "Form up, cover the retreat of the Reception Bureau brothers!"

Search the lightnovelworld.cc website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.