ebookland Chapter 274 Offering All the Entrustment, Only Half the Journey
Chapter 274 Offering All the Entrustment, Only Half the Journey
Ether Gate.
Refers to the special metal structure on the cliff of the Eldenite Mine near the Ooze City.
Because the function of Eldenite is similar to the ether jumping ability of Phantom Step.
Therefore, the door-shaped thing was called the Ether Gate by Abes and his friends.
At that time, Abes asked Hiiragi to tentatively use the Phantom Step towards the space where the mark was.
But what followed was a deafening roar.
If you use the Phantom Step to cross in that direction, you will be bounced out.
At the time, Abes also speculated that since he could hear the roar but did not see the collapse and explosion in the real material plane, then the incident must have happened in the corresponding etheric plane.
Based on this premise, Abes further speculated that the exploration team of the Sludge City discovered the Eldenite mine after hearing the sound. In fact, it was because someone wanted to move to that place through the etheric plane at that time.
These points alone are already confusing.
Even more bizarre things are yet to come. After witnessing the Ether Gate, Bing Nagi, after returning to the royal capital, immediately went to the teleportation tablet that was discovered by the bugbear Kurgei and was actively using.
After transferring to that mysterious teleportation space through the teleportation stele, Bing Nagi finally confirmed that some modeling components similar to the ether gate also existed in that mysterious space.
At that time, it was some things in this space that inspired Kronos to solve some of the difficulties in the original rune group design.
And now, the structure of the etheric gate next to the Eldenite mine far away in the Ooze City can actually find similar parts in this space, which cannot but attract people's attention.
After all, the function of Eldenite is similar to teleportation within visual range, similar to Phantom Step.
As for magic or monsters related to the Ethereal Plane, they all have the same thing in that they can walk freely or travel between the coasts of the Material Plane and the Ethereal Plane.
Aren’t these characteristics and features transmission?
And now, similar components can be seen in the strange teleportation space transferred by the teleportation stele, which makes people start to wonder what secrets are contained in that space and where it came from.
The fact that the bear goblin Kurgei accidentally discovered the strange teleportation space was due to the arrangement of the God.
This made Abes wonder whether the ether gate, teleportation stele and the strange space he encountered were all arranged by the gods?
Should it continue to be open to civilian use? And after he took over the royal capital, would the situation really be safe? And so on.
These issues have always been a concern for Abbes.
This worried mood did not improve until Abes successfully defeated the terrifying attack launched by the Supreme God on his cause of unifying the royal capital and obtained the blessing of a new path.
Strength is a parameter that can greatly influence one’s mentality.
But even so, the only answer they could give to the questions raised at the beginning was that they didn't know.
At that time, both Hiiragi and Kronos were burdened with more serious tasks, and they really couldn't find any way to further study these things in a short time, so the matter of the Ether Gate and the strange teleportation space was put on hold.
It was at that time that Anivia learned about this strange thing through some documents passed among their leaders.
And when she saw similar components on the wall in the witch's lair at this moment, the shock was not something she could digest in a short time.
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After spending half a day to a day sorting out the gains from the witch's lair, Abes could only announce with regret that only half of the issues in Carterburg were resolved.
First, the matter of insect vomiting.
This massive, plague-like curse was able to be suppressed only with the technical support provided remotely by Matthew, Hirayama, and Kronos.
Now, with the death of Aunt Vanna, the trouble with worm vomiting has come to a temporary end.
however……
"From these letters we know that there is a ghost gathering behind Aunt Vanna."
Ghost gathering!
After hearing this, the few people who knew something about it instantly showed a bad look.
To a hag, the thought of sharing her home with other creatures, even other hags, is deeply abominable.
A hag dislikes or despises anyone other than herself, and prefers to be alone (people, animals, and servants under her control are not considered people).
This is the usual situation.
However, when a group of hags share a common goal, or they seek greater power to fight a greater threat, they suppress their true natures and band together to work together.
This is how the Ghost Coven was formed.
The crew is usually three people.
Three, a perfect number that combines both magic and science.
In this way, when there is a disagreement between the two, they can rely on a third person to make the final decision.
The Hag Gathering combines the strange magic of the three hags, allowing them to obtain more strange magic items, spells, rituals, casting abilities and various methods.
"According to the content of the letter, this curse ritual of worm vomiting is actually a product of the research of the witch gathering that Aunt Wanna belongs to. The other witches in the gathering may easily turn everyone who has been cured back into the disease again..."
"So, that's why I say the problem is only half solved."
"Of course I can just walk away. I can even guess that Aunt Vanna might have had a big conflict with her own gathering based on the decrease in frequency and increase in insults in the letters. The possibility that other witches in the gathering would come to help as I expected might not happen at all."
"But I, Qian Chong Zhan, am not that kind of person."
If you consider the most likely outcome for everything, then there will be no hope or possibility in life.
"And based on what I know about this monster, the trouble is yet to come."
Based on his experience in games after coming to this world, and the monster knowledge he had supplemented and consolidated from the rich collection of books in the royal capital, Abes mentioned some more troublesome situations.
"If a member of a hag coven is killed, and the surviving members intend to prevent the group from disbanding, they will immediately attempt to recruit a new member."
"And in order to leave a deep impression on the new members, they often inflict the most brutal attacks, the most severe curses, and other disasters on the enemy or location that killed the assembly members within a short period of time."
"Ivan Carter Root, I think you know very well that I am not exaggerating to raise my reputation. I am just telling you the possible troubles."
After saying this, Abes also looked at the bald leader in front of him.
And after Alvin exchanged glances with his non-blood-related nephew and confirmed that what the Thousand-fold Slasher said about the ghost woman's knowledge of monsters was correct, he also sighed.
"The more times like this come, the more I feel the powerlessness of ordinary people..." Touching his bald head, Ivan said some self-destructive words.
This veteran, who looks rough but is actually kind and thoughtful, once again felt how difficult it is to maintain the peace and stability of Fort Carter under the current chaos.
"Then, Master Qian Zhongzhan, I implore you to continue to take charge..."
Before he could finish his words, Abes interrupted Ivan's proposal. "I wanted to take the initiative before, just to make a quick decision and not stay at home. I think you should know that I am an adventurer on the road, not a family man."
"Besides, in order to fight against the disaster of insect vomiting, you knelt down and pledged your allegiance to me."
"And now, it is possible to fight against an entire gathering of witches. To what level are you going to increase the stakes?"
Abes's words were like thunder.
Of course, Abes knew very well that Ivan was a good man.
If he was not a good person, he would not have shaved his head and beard to pretend to be young and strong in such a chaotic world when he was almost retiring.
If he was not a good person, he would not have worked so hard to maintain Carterburg's trade services in such a chaotic world, and would not have patrolled with a sword in hand every day.
However, being a good person does not mean that he can get unlimited benefits from Abes.
Wasn’t the previous allegiance drama a form of moral kidnapping of Abes?
Because the other party knew that Abes was just an adventurer passing by and would not really sit down and take over his power, so it was just a verbal allegiance.
Isn't this just freeloading? He was respectful verbally, and when the matter was resolved, Qian Zhongzhan would naturally leave, so he, Ivan, would still be the leader of Carterburg.
Because Abes was eager to make a name for himself and knew that the other party was indeed a good person who cared about the people, he agreed to the other party's innocuous proposal.
However, it’s okay to get something for free once, but doing it a second time?
"Evan Carter Root, I want to tell you that if you hire me to deal with the witch gathering, you must be prepared to pay a high fee. It's not like before, you can just kneel down and swear an oath of allegiance. You and I both know that it's just empty words."
Seeing that his thoughts were exposed, Ivan, who had a rough face like a wild beast, also showed some embarrassment.
"So, how much will you be satisfied with?"
"Heh heh...everything!"
? !
Suddenly, unlike Qian Zhongzhan's gentle tone before, the figure in front of him, wrapped in full body armor, actually spoke in a very serious tone.
"What?" Alvin asked back, as if he didn't hear clearly.
And Abes also gave a further explanation, "Everything - give me everything you have. In other words, I want you to be truly loyal! Like a monarch and his subjects, like a master and his servant!"
Ivan, Soran, and the other 100 enemies present all widened their eyes in surprise.
And Ivan, who was directly questioned by Abes, was sweating profusely and his body was shaking violently.
A short, extremely surprised sound came from his throat, like a rooster with its throat strangled.
"You... who are you?"
"Watch your Carterburg. When the time comes, you will know who I am."
"O Ivan Carter Root, who entrusted me with everything, I command you to wait until the moment of [Sky Burning]."
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Solving the problem of insect vomiting with Aunt Wanna is only half the problem.
In Abes's opinion, the real way to eradicate the problem is to eradicate the gathering of witches behind it as well.
However, due to the lack of letters.
Neither Abes nor anyone else knew that Aunt Vanna had been kicked out of the witch gathering she belonged to long ago due to her failed transformation.
It seems that their worries are basically not going to happen.
Besides the problem of insect vomiting, which was only half solved, the problem of missing persons was also only half solved.
At first, Abes was convinced that the diary and parchment were just a trap set by Aunt Vanna to deceive Soran, a hunter who wanted to be a hero.
So ignore the interfering information, and you will eventually be able to find all the missing people in the witch's lair.
But the result was that the missing persons were indeed found, but only part of them.
"The missing people of Carterburg, that is, ordinary travelers, merchants, refugees, and soldiers of Carterburg, can all be found in Aunt Vanna's lair."
"They were all bewitched by the witch's illusion. Aunt Wanna has been blown to death by you and me. She should be able to wake up after a few days of rest."
"But the question is... where did those adventurers go?"
The adventurers that Abes asked about were naturally the team of adventurers that Alvin hired before hiring Abes.
They never returned from their search for the missing person.
Although not all adventurers have reached the level of extraordinary people, not all extraordinary people have to be adventurers who run around everywhere.
But ordinary people are still alive, while those who resemble extraordinary people are all gone, which makes people wonder whether there is some conspiracy.
Naturally, Abes, who didn't know that Aunt Vanna had been kicked out of the Ghost Gathering, interpreted the disappearance of the extraordinary people as the Ghost Gathering's mischief.
"And besides the worm-vomiting and the missing, there's also you, the enemy of a hundred people."
"Some things related to your past can be obtained from some of the witch's writings and drawings, but unfortunately, only part of it can be obtained."
"This letter is from a sister, and it should be written to another witch. It says, "I have designed a righteous hero with white hair, wolf eyes and two swords. He must awaken among thousands of people and bring me a treasure bag of souls."
These characteristics undoubtedly refer to Bai Renren's enemy.
White hair, wolf eyes, twin swords, the memory first began in a pit of corpses.
He was also carrying a soul bag, which, like the heart stone in Soran's hand, was one of the two magical props necessary for the successful transformation of the Night Hag.
"But I don't know what happened after that. From the letter, it seems that the first half of your life was designed by other witches."
While Abes was expressing his own judgment based on the materials, he was also observing the expressions of Bai Renchou in front of him.
All the missions he had completed in Carterburg were only half completed.
This is indeed disappointing enough.
Even if the man in front of him who lacked memory cried and hit him directly, Abes could accept it.
However, he just nodded slowly, "Is that so? This means that I am already halfway to finding my past?"