Old Gods, Rapid-Fire Guns, and Prohibition

Chapter 45 [The Fire Thief]

When Ethan arrived at Gustav's new laboratory, he was working at his desk.

It seemed that whenever you saw him, he was completely absorbed in his work.

Ethan didn't disturb him, but walked over quietly and stood behind him.

He was writing the following words on the manuscript paper:

"...Based on the available data, it can be proven that the Babur script evolved from the Kubric script. Therefore, it can be inferred that the Sun Cult was most likely founded by the Kubric people, and even the first Sun Cult pope was a Kubric. This is because many obscure doctrines in the oldest surviving Sun Cult texts are written in a variant of the Kubric script, and the verifiable religious decrees of the first generation of the Cult also contain this variant script."

Having written this, Gustav stopped writing, as if he had discovered Ethan. He turned around and saw Ethan. He was not surprised, but just said, "Are you scared?"

Ethan somewhat understood what he meant.

Because his previous life had a very good educational foundation, he had a complete grasp of many of the superficial and deep knowledge of this world.

The Guberians are a legendary race. They were called the Fire Thieves. According to legend, they stole fire from the sky, causing the world to lose the sun and plunge into absolute cold and famine. It was the Sun God who took back the fire and made the sun rise again. This is the origin of the Sun God.

Gustav's argument is equivalent to saying that the fire thief and the sun god are the same person, which is a heinous statement.

If he were in the Old World, he would definitely be burned at the stake.

It's no wonder that El, a devout believer of the Sun Cult, hates him.

But the Guberians are a legendary race and there is no written record of them. How could Gustav dare to make such an assertion?
Gustav seemed to have seen through Ethan's thoughts. When it came to academic research, he seemed to be incredibly sharp.

"Do you know what I originally studied?"

Gustav was originally a researcher of Babur civilization.

The Babur civilization was a brilliant civilization in the Old World three centuries ago. They once established a vast empire in the eastern part of the Old World. Now there are only endless yellow sands and collapsed wind-eroded ruins. It is a favorite of archaeologists, historians and tomb robbers.

While studying the Babur civilization, Gustav discovered a scroll from the Old World, which was obviously copied from an ancient stone slab.

The scroll contained a series of obscure and complex characters. Gustav initially thought it was Babur language, but after further study, he discovered that it was a language he had never seen before.

After arduous efforts, he successfully deciphered the text. The following was written on the scroll:

My dear king, please grant me the supreme power of war to defeat the Berai people from the west, and use the blood and heads of these traitors to praise your name in heaven.

This translation made Gustav ecstatic, because in long-term research, no clear written records of the Gubrai people could be found, and the Gubrai people have always been in a semi-fictional state in academia.

Gustav's discovery is enough to overturn the academic community's cognition.

Not only did it confirm the existence of the Guberians, but it also pushed the timeline back to the third century, and even showed that they fought against the Baburians.

But when Gustav reported this result, he was met with a cold reception.

The professors in the History Department of Royal University did not recognize this achievement, especially his mentor who promoted him.

Because his mentor was a devout Protestant of the Sun God religion.

What angered his mentor was that in the third century, the Sun God Cult was at its peak and had also led the war against Babur.

Gustav's research results are equivalent to saying that the Sun God Cult is evil.

So he was fired straight away.

"They're hiding something, but it doesn't matter. No matter what they're hiding, I'll find the truth in the end!"

As he said this, a fanatical light flashed in Gustav's usually calm eyes.

"Besides, I've found it!"

He finally said, "What did you find?"

Ethan is actually not interested in the truth of history, he is just exploring the depth of Gustav's research.

He could sense that Gustav still had reservations about him.

"What I'm going to show you next, you must keep it secret."

Gustav said in an extremely serious tone.

Ethan nodded.

Gustav looked around carefully, then slowly wrote a character on a piece of white paper.

"They thought that if I were driven away and suppressed, I would stop researching anything. They were wrong. They could never have imagined that I...had already touched the hand of God."

When the last stroke was made, Gustav's breathing seemed to stop.

He handed the paper to Ethan with trembling hands: "This is what I deduced, Guberevin. I can feel this word. It means the sun. Touch it and see if it's hot!"

Ethan looked at the words on the paper, his heart in turmoil, because he knew without even touching it that this word really meant the sun, and it was exactly the same as the ancient language in the sun's true name in the Truth Newspaper.

This guy is really a genius. He actually wrote the ancient language by working backwards.

Ethan looked at him, this mentally unstable, thin, sloppy man who trembled slightly when holding a piece of paper. He was not an academic madman. At this moment, he was the fire thief who brought the fire from the sky to the world.

"It's hot."

Ethan touched the word, and his heart was also burning.

Before this, he just invested in Gustav with the idea of ​​giving it a try, but Gustav brought him unimaginable returns.

"Professor, I also have something to show you. Similarly, you can't tell anyone else."

Ethan held the paper like a torch and stared at Gustav.

"What is it?"

Gustav seemed to sense something vaguely and couldn't help licking his dry lips.

Ethan took the paper and wrote down the sun's first true name from memory behind the word Gustav had written:
Sun worshipper.

Looking at the words slowly flowing out of Ethan's pen, which were of the same origin as his own, Gustav widened his eyes. He grabbed Ethan's hand, and his knuckles turned white with force.

"you……"

"Professor, I can tell you what these words mean."

After a long time, Gustav released his hand and said in a hoarse voice, "Tell me."

Ethan wrote the Common Language annotations after the Ancient Language.

"I only know the interpretation, not the meaning of every word. If the professor can tell me the meaning of these words next time I come, I will bring more."

Gustav said nothing, just looked at the paper.

Ethan nodded and left quietly with Anya.

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