Witch, Fireball and Steam Evil God

Chapter 327 Ancient People Visit

A few days later, in the capital.

"A plane centered around the Divine Tree, a summoner civilization under the Argos belief system?"

Inside the new cabinet meeting room, Ivy held a quill pen, her blond hair swaying rhythmically. After not seeing her for a long time, Ethan felt that this blond hair had the potential to be a West Coast rapper, and even his greetings to him had an exaggerated performance style.

The moment the group returned to the capital, Bi'an and Rowena were forcibly taken away by a group of angry subordinates. However, upon closer reflection, this was understandable, as one of them was a knight commander of the Imperial Army, and the other was the leader of the Astrologers' Guild and the head of the "Root" organization.

The department's top leader disappeared without a word for more than a month. Who can stand that?

Even Ethan's mailbox was overflowing, mostly with letters from the academy. He and Winter received about the same number of letters. In the blink of an eye, the Kung Fu Academy students' enjoyable holiday was coming to an end. Professor Wapol was full of ambition and hoped to open a course on "Demon Kings and Guilds" before the new semester began. Sue, a B-rank (promoted) investigator, was willing to serve as the teaching assistant for this course. Professor Wapol hoped to hire the experienced Ethan to be the professor of the course.

But Ethan has disappeared.

Winter also disappeared along with them.

During his time away from home, Old Man Barton sent his trusted lieutenant, Nightmare, to visit Ethan multiple times, inviting him to discuss avant-garde film art, but he could not find him.

When Ivy sent the invitation on behalf of the new cabinet, Ethan immediately slipped away, naturally handing over the stacks of letters from the academy to Winter for processing. Winter, an experienced man, saw through his little scheme at a glance, glared at him several times, and reprimanded Ethan for being tainted by bureaucracy.

The human form's hissing appearance had more charm than the cat form, and its fierce eyes seemed to be warning him that he would be in for a beating when he returned.

Even so, Winter still spread the letters from her mailbox out on the table.

However, Ivy was very interested in the story Ethan told, about rushing to the aid of a world on the verge of destruction and introducing detailed concepts such as anomaly coefficients. Such an example would be very suitable to be written into "Imperial Truth".

Ivy suddenly remembered something and said, "Oh, right, there's something else you might be interested in."

"Ok?"

Two days ago, a group of refugees arrived in Riverwood.

Riverwood, where dreams begin.

But Ethan didn’t understand why he should be interested in a group of refugees. In fact, since the Empire’s rise to prominence, there had been countless refugees. By the time he left the capital for the Crown, the new cabinet had already begun discussing new policies for managing refugees.

Not everyone on this continent has escaped religious and exploitative practices. Many kingdoms are still under Julius's brainwashing rule. Even after Julius's death, an organization called the Papal States issued a statement denouncing Ethan's blasphemous behavior. The Papal States posthumously named Julius a martyr and declared that God's wrath would sooner or later fall upon the empire.

Ethan had expected a grand crusade to unfold, but after carefully assessing the strength of both sides, the leaders of the Papal States made a very "tough" demand that the Empire pay "atonement money" to the Papal States to cleanse their sins. After the demand was rejected by the new cabinet, the leaders of the Papal States angrily announced that they would forever cease trade and religious exchanges with the Empire.

Even after the founder's death, the imperial military industry did not remain idle.

Rattlesnake left some of its industries in the Empire, while another group of Sincaro's followers transferred the industries from the Empire to several surrounding small countries, intensifying their sweatshop operations.

Thanks to the combined efforts of the Papal States and the Imperial Military Industry, the Empire became a utopia in the hearts of countless people, with a continuous influx of refugees. The arrival of the Golden King temporarily alleviated the refugee problem, but after his death, the refugee problem was once again put on the agenda of the new cabinet.

This is a complex political event, and cabinet members are divided on it.

Among the refugees, they saw hardworking laborers full of hope for starting a new life in the empire, as well as many dangerous individuals who sought to gain wealth without working and turned to crime after several unsuccessful job searches. Since the refugee problem arose, the security situation on the border has deteriorated significantly.

After the Empire provided the border cities with a batch of electromagnetic crossbows produced by the Old Forest Magic Technology Shop, the security situation improved to some extent.

Seeing Ethan's troubled expression, Ivy said, "Don't worry, I didn't invite you here to discuss political issues."

She knew Ethan disliked politics, and although the new cabinet had extended invitations to him several times, he had refused each time. She said, "It's just that those refugees have a special status; they claim to have brought ancient technology with them."

"Ancient people?"

Ethan immediately became alert. These three words were almost synonymous with "transmigrator" and "player". Before returning to the capital, he inquired about the guild headquarters' movements from the 003 transfer station. He learned that the guild's managers had not expressed any opinion on the death of the Crimson Queen.

In Ethan's report, the Crimson Queen died from a personal feud with the Old God Argos. Of course, he couldn't claim that he killed a guild leader during his first mission as an investigator; that would sound far too much like an evil god.

"Where are they now?"

Ethan is not yet sure if these people who claim to have brought ancient technology are new "players". He is still completely unaware of the situation in the other world, and all his memories are still from the night he returned home after finishing the project and having a few drinks.

The fragments of Crimson's memories don't directly indicate whether he came to this world willingly or was forced into it by some unforeseen event. It's also unclear whether the company's technology has advanced significantly in the two years since his "transmigration," to the point where more "players" can enter this virtual world. But regardless, "players" are always dangerous.

Their behavior is unpredictable, and they might even suddenly go on a killing spree on a whim, because for them, the worst outcome is nothing more than experiencing a death and resurrection process.

"We have brought them to the capital through the Astrologers' Guild's teleportation array, and Lord Palantine, a Knight of the Round Table, is secretly monitoring their actions."

Ivy said, "The masters of the Craftsmen's Association had already contacted them once before, and they were full of praise for the ideas and knowledge provided by these refugees, and strongly requested that they be included in the Craftsmen's Association."

Ivy was particularly careful when dealing with people from ancient times. "There were two of them, like a couple. I arranged for them to stay in the mansion in the West District... Here, this is Palantin's address. You can talk to him about the details."

Palantine's surveillance location was right across from the couple's residence.

When Ethan entered, the room was filled with the smells of goat milk, cheese fondue, fruit platter, and barbecue. Hearing the noise behind him, Palandin stared at Ethan for a long time before subconsciously handing him the half turkey leg he was holding.

"This was bought from a tavern in the south of the city, where the roast turkey has been certified by the other side."

Palantine harbored unusual feelings for the young and promising knight Bi'an, especially during the days when he was feigning illness and confined to a wheelchair. Bi'an would push him out almost every day, introducing him to the changes in the empire. It felt like... a granddaughter he hadn't seen for many years.

Although, from a time perspective, his granddaughter died hundreds of years ago.

The environment inside the mansion was far from what Ethan had imagined a surveillance location to be. He even thought that Mr. Palantine had gained weight because of the overly rich diet.

Palantine explained, "We can't just do nothing, can we?"

Since arriving in the capital, these two ancient people have hardly left their homes except for three meals a day. In order to better complete their work, Palantin even bought the latest surveillance equipment from Old Forest Magic Technology Store at his own expense. The equipment was developed by the intelligence master Rowena. With just a small magical prop, all of the other party's secrets can be exposed in front of you.

Intelligence expert Rowena recommends placing this small magic prop in the bedroom of the person being monitored, so that you can know immediately if the other party does anything "out of line".

"Here, this is it."

Palantine showed Ethan an object that looked like a chestnut, along with an echo shell and a piece of parchment. After reciting a spell, the scene inside the mansion on the ground appeared in the parchment, and the conversation between the two could be heard clearly.

"The younger generation is truly formidable. I never imagined that Rowena could develop such convenient magic props!"

Palantir sighed.

Normally, Ethan would definitely have praised Rowena a few times.

But now, his face was stiff, and his eyelids were twitching violently.

Because this little item looks really familiar.

Why is Ms. Rowena always able to appear at the scene the moment he and Winter are about to get intimate?
Why does she always give people the illusion that she's everywhere when she plays the role of a third wheel?

Why did he see Winter crush a chestnut one morning and then chase Rowena for several blocks?

This incident was even featured in The Daily Gryphon.

Ethan used to sympathize with Rowena for always being bullied by the cat's hissing, but now it seems that being beaten up was too lenient.

"It's been like this ever since they moved in."

Palantin shrugged.

He knew he'd been eating a bit too much lately, and his weight had probably gone up several kilograms, but these two ancient people? Their behavior had nothing to do with danger, and they had amazing stamina, sitting at the table for hours every day, scribbling on parchment things he couldn't understand.

In this situation, Palantine has no idea how to pass the time without eating something.

"You mean they've been drawing blueprints all along?"

"Yes, besides eating and sleeping, all I do is draw blueprints."

Palantine said, "I swear by the Knights of the Round Table and the roast turkey, they did nothing."

(End of this chapter)