Witch, Fireball and the Evil God of Steam
Chapter 87 - 86: The one being attacked is you

Chapter 87: Chapter 86: The one being attacked is you

The surgery was a success.

When Ethan’s gaze returned to the study, Ave was drenched in cold sweat. The fearless Imperial Knight Commander, for once, showed an expression of terror. She gasped for a long while before exclaiming, "You—you actually attacked the Knight Lord!"

Ave could never have imagined that the "surgery" Ethan mentioned would be such a disrespectful act.

She breached her oath, thus faced judgment and was expelled from the Holy Hall.

The procedures of these judgments are recorded in the knight manual, and everyone learns about oath-breaking on the first day of their knightly path.

The giant hand would take away her power, which was the might of the Knight Lord.

Attacking a proper god is tantamount to declaring war on the Neseriel Sanctuary and even the entire Empire!

"He attacked first."

Ethan argued, "This is self-defense."

"That’s nonsense, there’s no justification at all. The knight’s power is the lord’s grace, and He has the right to take it back!"

Ave was deeply afraid. If Ethan’s actions angered the Knight Lord, she couldn’t imagine what kind of wrath their god would unleash; it wouldn’t just be about reclaiming power at that point.

The divine punishment would indiscriminately affect everyone, and maybe even the entire Ximu Town would be destroyed!

"You have a point, but didn’t you hear what He just said?"

Ethan took on the role of a bystander to help Ave analyze. He had always been a reasonable person. "If you were still a knight of the Holy Hall, as your attending physician I naturally have no standing to meddle in your internal affairs. But when He announced you were expelled from the Holy Hall, the nature of it changed—you became a free person. So as the attending physician of a free person, it’s quite normal to help a patient reclaim what was taken."

He had his own theory, "When I acted, you were no longer a member of the Holy Hall, so this matter is entirely a personal dispute."

This is akin to acts of heroism and kindness, akin to drawing one’s sword to help when seeing injustice on the road, one of the knight’s virtues. The great Knight Lord should be praising his actions.

"Aren’t you afraid of divine punishment?"

Ave thought Ethan was more mad than any evil god cultist she had ever seen. Those fanatics only engaged in live sacrifices and anti-Empire activities, whereas Ethan directly attacked a proper god!

"Not anymore."

In the past two years, Ethan had been very cautious, precisely because of many tales related to divine punishment among the people. He was afraid of being targeted by the divine spirits.

However, a series of recent encounters changed his thinking, and he asked, "If there really was divine punishment, would the Empire have fallen to this state?"

Knights and the church both worship proper gods. What they preach is all about positive values, so if there was any divine punishment, Ethan thought the first to be struck by lightning would be the current Pope and those high nobles blinded by power.

If there was divine punishment, the adherents of the evil god performing live sacrifices should have been struck by lightning from the first moment. Then he wouldn’t have had to delve into the third tier of the contaminated area, bringing upon himself so many troubles. He personally witnessed a group of evil god cultists in the second tier chanting "the proper god is dead", turning Riverside Town into a living hell, yet they were not punished by divine justice.

Ethan hoped to live in a world with divine punishment, where everyone was a good person full of positive energy, allowing him to peacefully find a clerical job in the imperial capital as originally planned, saving money for retirement.

This led him to wonder, "Could it be that these proper gods are only good at internal disputes, setting rules for their followers, striking hard internally, but turning a blind eye to the followers of evil gods and those who blaspheme against Them?"

If that were the case, Ethan felt, to put it bluntly, his attack was justified.

After all, he was an atheist before crossing over, and elemental magic is one of the few extraordinary paths that doesn’t require belief in any divine spirit.

His relationship with the elemental elves was more like that of brotherhood, where support comes from all sides when one is in trouble.

"Ethan, Ethan! That’s a statement fit for an evil god cultist..."

Ave whispered a reminder, her golden hair already hidden in fear of being struck along with him if divine punishment descended.

No, she thought even calling him an evil god cultist might not fully capture Ethan’s earlier statement. Even when those heinous evil god cultists were sent to the execution platform, they only had grievances against the Empire’s decay and the injustices they faced in the past, never directly questioning the proper gods.

This was like the evil god Himself had arrived! If the people from the church heard this, they would definitely tie Ethan to the stake and burn him for ten days and nights!

"That’s a misunderstanding; I’m always fair."

Ethan shook his hand, "Before attacking the Knight Lord, I had already attacked Bazatous."

This fully proved that he was a fair and objective person, who would not turn a blind eye to the anti-human sacrifices of evil god cultists due to witnessing the decay of the Empire, sliding unilaterally into becoming a follower of the evil god.

He equally despised the followers of the evil god, feeling deeply that neither side was good.

The bystanders were astounded; this guy actually called one of the evil gods by name!

Ethan not only wasn’t afraid of divine punishment, but he also didn’t fear the curse of the evil gods; he seemingly attacked every deity equally and neutrally!

Ave couldn’t help but ask, "How did you attack the evil god? Did you curse Him or kill His followers?"

"I dazzled Him with the Fireball Skill."

Ave and Ethan exchanged glances, inwardly marveling at what a lawless lunatic this guy was!

Ethan said, "But now isn’t the time to discuss me, Knight Commander, how do you feel now? Was the surgery successful?"

"Let me try."

Ave felt complicated emotions; she could no longer sense the presence of the Knight Lord, the judgment of the oath-breaking had descended, and she was expelled from the Neseriel Sanctuary.

However, when she attempted to gather energy, the silver-white radiance appeared once more.

The holy light condensed into a sphere in her palm. Even without the Knight Lord’s protection, it still brought peace to her heart.

Yet, within that pure silver-white radiance, there seemed to be something unusual mixed in.

She distinctly saw a blazing golden flame burning at the center of the light sphere.

The sudden anomaly brought her no discomfort; instead, the agitation within her heart left her in a daze.

Unspeakable emotions surged in Ave’s heart, both sacred and intimate.

As if facing the Knight Lord Himself directly.

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