Witch, Fireball and Steam Evil God
Chapter 169 The Butterfly Effect
Chapter 169 The Butterfly Effect
After the dinner, Ethan and Winter returned to the cave in the North. During the trip, she fiercely drove away the overly curious Rowena, and asked Bi’an to show his knightly style and capture the magician who might peek at any time for interrogation. Only after Rowena was dragged away with an unwilling shout did Winter’s heart settle down.
Although she considered Ivy and the others as friends and didn’t mind talking about what happened in the abnormal space, the content that followed was somewhat embarrassing. Even though she was well-informed, she couldn’t discuss such things in public.
“Teacher, you…”
As soon as Ethan opened his mouth, he was shocked by a small package that Winter appeared from nowhere.
Winter was kneeling on the ground, shaking out the items inside onto the ground, and taking out a maid uniform and spreading it next to her.
For a moment, there were thunder and lightning in the sky over the northern border, and the proficiency of the lightning element rose steadily. With the end of the battle in the imperial capital, the third element he mastered also reached the pinnacle of proficiency. The lightning element was very satisfied with his behavior of robbing the execution ground.
Winter lowered his head and said nothing.
She secretly thanked her lucky star for her long hair that could hide her expression. Just looking at the objects on the ground made her feel so embarrassed that she wanted to close her eyes.
“Teacher, when you say research on you, do you mean this?”
This was something Ethan had not expected, but on the other hand, he was indeed a scholar studying witches, and as a modern man, he could fully understand and accept Winter’s hobbies.
He has always been an open-minded person.
“While you were talking to Rowena, I went to a place that was related to… the person I mentioned last time who looked exactly like me.”
This was a bit complicated to explain. Winter racked her brains but couldn’t think of how to explain why her body had stayed in the compartment of the tavern and never left, but her consciousness had traveled around the imperial capital and the northern border, and was also drawn into that empty space through a ruby.
As Ethan’s teacher, it was difficult for her to explain the reason to him theoretically this time.
So, she just tried it with practical action.
“It’s okay, we have plenty of time, you can tell me in detail.”
Ethan was already prepared. No matter how outrageous what Lin Dong said was, he would accept it with pleasure.
Winter calmed herself down and told Ethan all her previous experiences, including the process of the world being shattered, and another suggestion she had made – she emphasized that these small items were the other party’s idea, and she was far from reaching the stage of a super master.
However, if this is necessary to find the truth, she can try.
There doesn’t even seem to be much resistance in my heart.
“I understand, teacher.”
Ethan’s expression turned serious. This was an unexpected gain, and it answered many puzzled details, such as why the mysterious witch seemed to be doing things in the name of Lao Ba all the time, but did not really do anything to the evil god’s followers in Ximu Town.
“Perhaps we have always misunderstood her behavior. The stolen Doomsday forbidden book and the Scarlet Plague may be her hints to us.”
These events directly led to the riots in Wolf’s Head Castle. As a result, the past of the bloody priestess Mary was rewritten. She mastered the means to cure the plague and became the chosen one of the goddess of life. In the trance ceremony, she became important evidence that the goddess of life was dead.
Even the most devout priests of the Church could not refute the facts presented by the Chosen One himself.
“She did this to reveal the fact that the right gods and middle gods have fallen one after another, and that the day of destruction is approaching.”
Doomsday played an indispensable role in the fact that the top leaders of the empire and the four supernatural forces were able to quickly reach an agreement after the coup. For wise people, in the face of a major crisis, infighting will only accelerate the destruction of everyone.
Ethan said, “These…little objects she brought up actually seem to me to be hints.”
“What hint?”
“The shackles represent confinement, which can also be understood as restrictions, referring to the current state of the Heretic God.”
Whether it is Kane or Lao Ba, their bodies are not in the real plane, but somewhere in the abnormal space, isolated from the real plane by the restrictions set by the positive gods and the middle gods. “Blindfold means that the closer you are to the evil god, the more distorted your vision will be. If we want to explore the nature of the evil god, we may need to rely on some method beyond the line of sight.
“As for the gag, the original words were ‘If you want, you can bite the gag.’ This is the action that comes after the other two. It is probably a hint that we should try our best to avoid communicating with the evil god while in the perception state.”
Lin Dong was stunned as he listened to the side – how did Ethan decipher so much information?
And she only thought of…
Damn!
Winter was getting more and more annoyed with the Riddler, even herself, “Why didn’t she just say it clearly?”
“Teacher, have you heard of the butterfly effect?”
Lin Dong knelt on the ground, shaking his head blankly and obediently.
She seemed to understand Ivy’s feelings a little.
In name, Ivy is Ethan’s leader, but in actual work, the identities of the two are often reversed, and now, the relationship between teacher and student has also reversed. Ethan is teaching her some knowledge that she has never heard of or imagined.
“This is an important theory about the fluctuations of time. Changing even a tiny detail in the past can have a dramatic effect on the future.”
“You mean, she’s trying to change the past?”
“Perhaps ‘future you’ would be a more accurate description.”
Ethan had read many books about time abilities in his previous life. It was undoubtedly one of the most powerful and mysterious abilities. Today, Winter can stop time for a long time and over a large area. It is reasonable for her to comprehend the way to reverse time in the future after her magic power has been further improved.
He continued, “However, the more changes she makes to the past, the greater the impact on the future will be, even completely beyond her control. Telling you all the answers directly and clearly may not promote the future she wants.”
Change some details to keep the trajectory of history within a controllable range.
If Ethan has similar abilities, this will also become his means. “Assuming that we understand the abnormal space with time distortion as Lao Ba’s ‘contaminated area’, it means that you in the future are likely to reach the same level as Lao Ba.”
Winter lowered his head and said nothing.
Ethan’s theory was still so reasonable that she couldn’t refute it, not to mention that she had witnessed the change in the course of history with her own eyes.
Ethan simply turned Mary’s stool into a spreading red tapeworm and turned the bloody priest into the chosen one of the goddess of life. Apart from them who were in the contaminated area at the time, only the “victim” Lao Ba knew about the changed history. For people outside the contaminated area, Mary has been the most devout believer from the beginning, and this has never changed.
With Mary as the anchor of time and space, the endings of countless people around her also changed.
For example, her sister, who depended on her for everything, did not die from the plague and lived a safe and ordinary life in the city-state of survivors.
But… Lin Dong was a little annoyed.
She doesn’t like anything that can’t be understood.
Ethan concluded, “But these are just my guesses, and they may not be correct.”
“I do not like this feeling.”
Winter asked in a muffled voice.
“Then, your future self must not like this feeling either, but you still did it.”
Ethan smiled and said, “This means that something worse than this may happen in the future, forcing you to do this. This is actually a good thing.”
“What’s so good about this?”
“It means you’re not someone who would change the past for fun, otherwise the world would be in chaos.”
“You can actually laugh!”
Why does this student look so heartless! “Also, why do you know more about my Upgrade Magic than I do? Are you also from the future?”
“No, I don’t have such powerful abilities as you.”
Ethan changed the subject, “But if you really become an evil god in the future, it would be a good idea to study you directly.”
“How do you plan to study?”
Lin Dong froze and subconsciously glanced at the small object on the ground.
“Not ready yet.”
Ethan shrugged. He never liked wasting time on uncertain things and getting into meaningless internal friction. He had a lot of plans next. First, he had to confirm where the missing Kane had gone. Then, perhaps according to the teacher’s suggestion, he would find a suitable opportunity to have a face-to-face chat with Lao Ba.
They are still at the pen pal stage.
“Since your future self has been circling around us, it seems that it is not easy to change the past. It is very likely that one of us will need to help her achieve it.” At the same time, another person who crossed the plane and was paying close attention to the cave was stunned at first, and then a trace of anger ignited.
You are the one who knows so much, it’s remarkable!
She simply couldn’t understand how Ethan’s brain was structured, and how he could learn so much information about the future with just a few words; correspondingly, she couldn’t understand Ethan’s thoughts at all.
She crossed her arms and trembled with anger. The meat is right in front of your mouth, and you are still analyzing it!
If it weren’t for the dimension between them, she would have wanted to kick Ethan. He liked this anyway.
Hey, why not try an eye mask?
Then, the images between the stars disappeared, and the empty space returned to its original state, leaving only a seemingly endless loneliness.
All voices were shut out of this world.
Surrounded by stars, the figure fell into deep thought.
It seems that I have to think of a way to take the initiative next time we meet.
…………………………
A few days later, Deep Sea Council.
Yuge woke up from a nightmare. He stood up, his whole body already soaked with sweat.
“Master, you’re having a nightmare again.”
The head maid Lily’s eyes were full of concern as she handed over a tray with iced tomato juice on it. This was the 26th day of Master Yuge’s house arrest. Since being grounded, the master would be awakened by the same nightmare every day.
Lily consulted many doctors, and the diagnoses were mixed.
She adopted more than a dozen treatment plans, but all ended in failure. What worried her even more was that the young master’s symptoms were getting worse. At first he was just awakened, but now he had symptoms such as sweating and confusion. She waited patiently by the bed for five minutes before Yuge came back to his senses. He forced a smile on his pale face, took the tomato juice and poured it into his stomach, and did not forget to praise, “Lily, you still win my heart. It’s great to drink a glass of tomato juice before going to bed!”
“Master, you were in a trance for five minutes this time, which is 20 seconds longer than yesterday.”
Lily was at a loss. Apart from recording Yuge’s trance time and his state during nightmares, she had no other choice. These details only made her realize that the young master’s condition was becoming more and more serious.
“Don’t worry about me. I was just thinking about something… Is there any news from the Empire?”
Lily bit her lip and hesitated.
Yug grabbed her wrist and pleaded, “This is important.”
“The fleet of the Lofik Consortium arrived at the capital port today. I heard that the leader of the consortium is also here.”
Lily whispered that she didn’t know if this would help the young master’s condition, but the master had told everyone not to tell Yuge the news.
Because… Master Yuge’s performance some time ago was disappointing, and he openly contradicted several other members of parliament in the council chamber. This naturally created a huge obstacle to recommending Yuge to join the parliament.
As punishment, the young master was put under house arrest, the project of building the teleportation magic circle was also abolished, and all the great magicians he invited from the Astrology Guild were sent away from the country. Until the young master made a deep reflection and understood the mistakes he had made, he would be locked up at home.
“Thank you, Lily.”
The hand holding her wrist slid down and finally touched her palm. The two interlocked their fingers. Yuge suddenly said, “Lily, let’s have a grilled fish feast this afternoon. Go ask someone to help me prepare it!”
“I understand. I’ll get ready right away. You can have a good rest.”
After the maid left, Yug’s smile disappeared. He lay flat on the bed, looking up at the ceiling.
He had a nightmare again. He dreamed that he was sinking into the deep sea. Some force was dragging his body and he could not stop sinking. The falling process became longer and longer, and the diving depth became deeper and deeper, but the ending of each nightmare was similar.
He saw an eye in the deep sea, and a tentacle that was wriggling like a mountain.
There is some creature hidden in the depths of the ocean that he cannot understand, and Yug can feel that as the frequency of his nightmares increases, the signs of the creature awakening are becoming more and more obvious.
These dreams…seem to be awakening that huge monster.
Yug had never been able to see the complete appearance of the creature. Just one of its eyes was enough to fill his entire vision. It was hard for him to imagine what a terrible disaster would be brought once the creature was awakened.
However, his warnings were ignored, and the people in the parliament thought he was crazy and were even unwilling to send out an exploratory ship.
Yug was stopped before he could set sail privately, and his ship, the Glorious Sailor, was taken over by the Parliament. During the 26 days of confinement, there was no news about them at all.
Lily said they went out to sea and never came back.
Yug didn’t believe it was just a dream. It must be a sign of something, but the problem was, how could he make others believe it? What made him even more uneasy was that since returning from the voyage, he felt that the atmosphere in the parliament had become a little strange, and even his father was no exception.
And now, the fleet of the Lofik Group has arrived in the capital again. Something big must be happening.
A week ago, he entrusted Lily to send a letter to Heisenberg, but after his Glorious Mariner was seized by the Parliament, it became difficult to contact the outside world. Although Lily made sure that the letter was sent to an outbound merchant ship, it was not easy to deliver it to Heisenberg. He was not even sure whether the previous news about the death of Henry VI had been successfully delivered to Old Sen’s magic scroll shop.
It is still cloudy outside the window, and this kind of weather has lasted for several days.
Finally, a flash of lightning streaked across the sky, and the capital welcomed its first rain.
In the letter, he mentioned that he hoped to buy thousands of Frost Arrow Scrolls from Heisenberg, which was enough to arm an army. If the army armed with Frost Arrow Scrolls launched a powerful attack on the creature that was about to awaken at the same time, perhaps they could freeze it forever on the bottom of the sea.
but……
Isn’t it too late to release a few thousand orders now?
Is there still time?
And even if Heisenberg completed the order, how would it be delivered here?
The great magicians he had invited with great difficulty were driven away. The only way to transport the scrolls to the capital was by sea. However, such a large number of magic scrolls would be discovered by the parliament as soon as they entered the port.
Yuge clenched his fists in annoyance. Just as he was struggling with his inner struggle, Lily, who had just left, suddenly came back. She was holding a strange object in her hand and her face was full of fear.
It looked like some kind of palm-sized shell creature, and when Lily held it in her hand, it kept making a “dululululu” sound.
After suppressing her fear and bringing the noisy “shell” into the house, Lily finally let out a scream and threw the shell onto Yuge’s bed.
The sound of the shell was getting louder and louder, and she was always worried that this strange thing would suddenly open its mouth and bite her.
Lily quickly reminded, “Master, you should get up quickly too, be careful not to get bitten!”
“What is this?”
Yug was not panicked at all. He took the strange creature in his hand and studied it with great interest. He remembered that magical conch shells that could store sounds were sold in the markets of coastal cities. It was usually one of the favorite toys of children.
“This… this is the ‘Lao Sen Magic Technology Phone 2.0 Beta Version’.”
Lily gave the name of the shell. This was what was written on the list next to the shell. If the words “Lao Sen” had not been mentioned on it, she would never have brought such a suspicious thing into the young master’s room.
She had no idea what “telephone” meant, so she could only take the name as its meaning and warn the young master, “Master Yug, be careful, don’t talk to it, or you’ll get an electric shock!”
“say?”
Lily’s warning actually reminded Yuge, and he finally found the part that opened the shell. After opening it, he said to the other end, “Hello, hello, can you hear me?”
Master Yuge has gone crazy again and is actually talking to a shell!
But a strange thing happened. A reply came from the other side of the shell.
“Hello, hello, hello, I can hear you.”
It was a girl’s voice.
Yuge and Lily looked at each other and asked tentatively, “Who are you?”
“I’m Rowena, a customer service representative at the Lao Sen Magic Technology Store! Please let me know your name to complete the registration.”
“Yuger.”
“Okay, Yug, VIP customer, it seems that the goods have been successfully delivered to you. This is our store’s feedback to VIP customers. For instructions, please see the back of the list. I wish you a pleasant day… Hey! Bi’an, don’t steal my guava juice!”
Amid the noise, the communication was cut off, leaving the two people staring at each other in bewilderment.
(End of this chapter)