Witch, Fireball and the Evil God of Steam-Chapter 807 - 144: What a Beautiful Moonlight_2

The one who screamed was the lackey who had just fallen to the ground and hadn't had a chance to get up. Those "pets" broke free of their leashes while the nobles were distracted. They ferociously pounced on their prey, knocking it to the ground, tearing open his throat with their teeth. As they bit off a piece of flesh, blood splattered everywhere, merging with the red ice layer upon hitting the ground.

"Who... who are you?"

Fabius saw Ethan rise, leaning on a cane, and his retreat was comical and laughable.

"A consorter with witches."

Ethan answered. This was the crime several nobles had just set up against him. In the Silver Radiance Empire, such a charge was enough for a death sentence.

He stretched out his hands toward Fabius, placing them in front of himself, "As you can see, I brought a witch into the Simpler Clan's territory. So what, are you going to arrest me?"

...............

On the other side, the Mage Association.

It was already late at night, and the lights in the association were still on. After the banquet ended, Ilya went straight to the association. Thanks to Duke Ash getting dead drunk at the banquet and being carried to his room by the servants unconscious, she managed to summon the witness from Gear City to stand before her, ahead of the Simpler Clan.

When the crew member entered the association and followed her into the room, Ilya finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Now, all the mysteries that occurred in Gear City were about to be solved.

Haitia's death, the disappearance of the entire family of Baron Fulin, and that young man who opened a Magic Technology Store...

Only by unraveling all the riddles can the empire get back on track!

"Be careful, please be careful of that man named Ethan!"

When she asked about Ethan, the crew member's face suddenly changed.

Most of them had joined the refugees and fled the empire overnight. The destination of this journey was Lance's hometown.

A peaceful and isolated small town in the Land of Swordsmen.

Once they arrive there, they can start new lives.

He escaped while the main group was leaving, unlike those refugees. He saw an unprecedented opportunity. He believed that the Imperial Army would definitely be interested in the Rebel Army's escape destination. More importantly, he had information about Lance, the hero, and Ethan.

"I saw it. I happened to be in the forest at that time, I saw it all!"

The crew member said, "It was Ethan, he killed the members of the Simpler Clan!"

Pouring out the words stifled in his heart, the crew member finally exhaled a long breath. It was undoubtedly the most terrifying scene he had ever seen in his life. He saw the darkness swallow the woman, and when that black cat spat her out, she had already been compressed into a ball of metal.

"And his cats, those two cats are also problematic!"

"His cats?"

"That white cat can turn into a human. I later went to inquire at the Gear City inn and found out he had once checked in with a white-haired woman, and later the woman disappeared, and instead, he had a white cat by his side!"

"You mean... that white cat is disguised as a human?"

Ilya felt a shock in her heart, the excitement of seeing through the fog dissipating more than half. This was definitely not the truth she hoped to discover. Things were progressing beyond her control, and the truth spoken by the crew member was like a runaway horse dragging everyone into the abyss.

If the crew member wasn't lying, and he really saw Ethan killing the Simpler Clan members, and also bringing a woman who can turn into a cat into the Simpler Clan's mansion, and he even likely plotted all this with Lance, what does this imply?

"I... I might know why the white-haired woman was disguised as a cat!"

"Go on."

"The innkeeper said... they said..."

The crew member's breathing became more and more rapid, holding his chest.

After leaving the group, he returned to Gear City and found out the truth as he wished. But everything he knew made him regret it immensely. The opportunity did indeed present itself to him, but its other end seemed bound with something more terrifying, so much so that when he pieced all the truths together, he felt it hard to breathe.

"Said what?"

"The innkeeper said... Baron Fulin went there before he died, and his Firearms Team took him and that white-haired woman away."

It happened on that very day, the captain of Baron Fulin's Firearms Team burst into Gear City's Security Office, claiming that he killed Baron Fulin's family. Due to the white-haired woman's striking features, many people overlooked the fact that Ethan was also taken away by Baron Fulin.

In other words...

Ethan and that white-haired woman, after killing Baron Fulin's family, boarded the airship nonchalantly and attended the banquet hosted by the nobles onboard, conversing happily with many and leaving quite a good impression on them.

The nobles of Gear City are still in the dark. They have no idea what Ethan did before boarding the airship.

The crew member couldn't fathom Ethan's actions, recalling the spell Ethan used to devour that woman, which reminded him of an existence that had already been declared eliminated.

Demon King.

The source of all chaos and ominousness.

With the crew member's account, Ilya also fell into a long silence.

Her mind spun rapidly, her hand resting on the table trembling slightly. She understood the crew member's feelings because upon learning that Ethan was very likely the culprit behind Baron Fulin's murder, that hair-raising feeling surged through her instantly.

She had also conversed with Ethan at the banquet and had a good impression of him. She couldn't imagine that the seemingly kind young man was actually a cold-blooded killer.

And what's even more frightening is that the Simpler Clan had no inkling of this, treating him as a guest in their own manor.

Ilya suddenly realized that Ethan probably never intended to escape from the beginning. On the day Baron Fulin was murdered, he boarded the airship to the Imperial Capital. Maybe, for him, being shot down from the skies by Lance's Rebel Army was the real unexpected event.

She immediately stood up.

She must inform Duke Ash of this news as soon as possible. His entire family is now in danger!

Perhaps even...

The truth might already be too late.

After the banquet ended, the guests joyfully returned. It was at this moment that everyone was the weariest.

It was also the perfect moment to strike.

Ilya ordered the crew member to stay at the association and not leave, then hastened her steps, jogging down the association's stairs. However, when she ran out of the association's gate and bathed under the moonlight, she stopped in her tracks.

Crimson moonlight.

A pair of red eyes was overlooking the Imperial Capital under the night sky.

This meant that her worst fear had come true. Whatever Ethan came for, he had already begun his actions.

...

At the same time, the Simpler Clan mansion.

The god of screams had been silent for a long time now, and the agitated "pets" had quieted down. They tore apart the collars that bound their necks, and after enduring countless humiliating tortures, they finally stood up like humans.

And those nobles who enslaved them had long since fallen in a pool of blood.

"What a pity."

Ethan looked down at Fabius. The eldest son of the Simpler Clan barely clung to life, his eyes wide open, seemingly unable to believe what was happening.

This was the Simpler Clan's mansion, his territory. How could someone dare assault Simpler Clan members on his land?

Fabius was full of bewilderment.

He wanted to say something, but couldn't utter a sound.

His throat had been bitten open.

He had no idea why these "pets" broke free from the control of the drugs and contracts, why the electrical collars suddenly lost their effect on them.

The only thing he could think of was that Ethan and that witch brought about all of this.

"It seems you don't have the energy to arrest me now."

Ethan withdrew his outstretched hands. He had a good attitude acknowledging his wrongdoing, but unfortunately, before the nobles could implement the arrest, they were beset by the attacks of the "pets" they kept, while he just happened to witness this tragedy on the spot.

"Not as you imagined?"

Ethan waited for the light in Fabius' eyes to fade away. "But this is the consequence of having a witch appear in your home."

He merely fulfilled the desires of Fabius and these young nobles. They seemed to know nothing about witches, naively believing that witches would tamely accept their interrogation like the common folk.

"Don't let witches into your home so easily next time."