fantasy novels Chapter 121 The Conqueror
Chapter 121 The Conqueror
Chapter 121 The Conqueror
The clouds dispersed and the rain and mist cleared, the great battle ended, and Evan lay in bed embracing the panting Helen, his heart surging with boundless pride as Helen begged for mercy after he had "punished" her.
No man could be less proud of successfully conquering a witch, and if there's anything more satisfying, it's conquering two.
Taking the "Instigator" and "Troll" potions did indeed boost his physical strength. After conquering the witch, Evan wouldn't have to worry about back pain the next morning.
After a while, Helen finally snapped out of her reverie amidst the fireworks. She playfully patted Evan's chest and then snuggled tightly into his arms.
"I went to your safe house in the East District a few days ago and found the 'instigator' you mentioned who escaped from Tingen. I discovered that he is indeed highly regarded by the Witch Cult. Natasha monitors him almost day and night, which is definitely not a privilege reserved for peripheral members."
Natasha is a seasoned "pleasure" witch. I was afraid of being discovered by her, so I didn't dare to get close to monitor her. But three days ago, the instigator named "Tris" suddenly disappeared. My mother personally used the magic mirror but couldn't find any trace of him.
Based on information from various sources, we believe that Triss is likely very important, and therefore he has probably been possessed by the "angel." We speculate that he may be related to the witch cult's conspiracy in Backlund, so we must do everything we can to find his whereabouts.
I'm here today to convey your mother's message.
Evan chuckled. Just as he expected, the Gnostic had sensed Triss's importance and were starting to get anxious without his presence.
"Haven't you considered the possibility of Triss becoming a 'witch'? You two are also on the path to becoming witches."
I just saw Triss yesterday; she should be called "Triss" now.
Helen's expression was blank. The witches of the Gnostic Society were all female, and they often overlooked the fact that men could change their sex after taking potions. This was not a lack of common sense; in Evan's previous life, it was called "insight obstruction."
"Where did you meet Triss? Does the Witch Cult trust you so much now that they allowed Triss to meet with you directly?"
Helen ignored Evan's teasing tone and quickly asked, "Yesterday, the Southern Continent Officers' Club opened. The Conservative Party bigwig, Duke Negan, and my brother attended, and I went too."
The third prince, Edsak Augustus, suddenly appeared and stirred up trouble.
Natasha and Triss appeared at this time as a courtesan and a dancer, causing a minor disturbance in the process.
Helen frowned slightly upon hearing this, and then asked:
"What do you think they were doing there? Did they know you were there? Did they try to avoid you?"
"Natasha knew I was there and made no attempt to hide it. I felt she might be planning to use me to get things done."
Evan was well aware of Natasha and Triss's goals.
"What are they trying to do? Do you know?"
Helen sensed that Evan might know a lot, so she quickly pressed him for details. "I suspect their target is the Third Prince, Edsac Augustus, because a small incident at the time had already caught the prince's attention. I felt that Edsac Augustus's eyes were shining when he saw Triss."
Triss may have been chosen by the Witch Cult according to Edsac Augustus's aesthetic standards; their target might have been the Royal Family of Rune or something in the hands of the Royal Family.
Evan knew that Triss was the vessel chosen by the Witch Cult to be the primordial witch, but he couldn't tell Helen directly, so he could only hint at it to her indirectly.
"What does the Loen royal family have?" Helen muttered to herself. Evan hadn't expected that after listening to his analysis, Helen seemed to have realized something and attained enlightenment. This made Evan realize that the Loen royal family might really have something that the Witch Cult needed, and that the Gnostic would know what it was. This greatly piqued Evan's interest.
In this world, there are very few of the rare and precious materials found in Evan's previous novels. The most valuable things all originate from the extraordinary characteristics of the Creator.
This makes it easy to analyze a lot of things from the perspective of interests once an event occurs.
In the case of this collaboration between the Rune Royal Family and the Witch Cult, Evan only needed to know that the Rune Royal Family possessed items desired by the Witch Cult's higher-ups to easily connect it to the Hunter Path's high-sequence extraordinary traits, and not just any ordinary high-sequence extraordinary traits.
It must be an extraordinary characteristic of the Hunter's Path Sequence 1. Only something so important could keep the Witch Cult willingly serving as the pawns of the Rune Royal Family.
Yes! They are pawns! This can be seen from the Great Smog of Backlund.
Evan put himself into the body of an angel in the Witch Cult. With the existence of the Primordial Witch, they had already reached the limit of advancement, because once a path has Sequence 0, it is impossible for Sequence 1 to exist, since Sequence 1 is the main material for advancement to a Sequence, and neither can be missing.
In that case, it would be perfectly normal for the angels of the Witch Cult to turn their attention to Sequence 1 of the Hunter Path.
Moreover, once the promotion is successful, the cross-path promotion will allow the witches to regain their male form, something that all the witches in the witch cult yearn for.
Those who become high-sequence witches in the Witch Cult are men who deeply identify with their male identity. The higher the sequence, the greater the desire to revert to male form—a desire even the primordial witches are powerless to suppress, for it is also their desire.
It may also be their only hope.
If this analysis is true, it would be even better news for Evan. As a transmigrator who has read so many online novels, he naturally, like Huang Tao, considers himself a protagonist, just like Klein, and thus naturally focuses his attention on Sequence 0 rather than lowering it.
People in this era have always lived in the shadow of gods, and are born with awe of gods. But Evan is different. He is the successor of the new era and a member of the Great Food Empire. He is born with the gene of "being able to take his place". In addition, he lacks awe of gods and only has fear of power. So it is only natural that he sets his sights on becoming a god.
Therefore, anything related to the Hunter Path naturally attracted Evan's attention, not to mention extraordinary traits of Sequence 2 and above.
Evan once privately analyzed where the three Sequence 1 Extraordinary Traits should be. There is no doubt that the Fursac Empire's royal family possesses a Hunter Path Sequence 1 Extraordinary Trait; otherwise, how could they bear the name of "Empire"?
There was another one that should have been in the hands of the former royal family of the Kingdom of Intis, the Soren family. However, since they had internal problems and were overthrown by Rosell, and were brutally suppressed by Rosell for so many years, they now only occupy a small political territory in the Republic of Intis, which means that they have lost their own Sequence 1 power.
Evan sometimes even doubted whether there were still angels within the current Soren family, otherwise their power in the Republic of Intis would be too small and would not be in line with the power and prestige that 'angels' should have.
If the Royal Family of Loen truly possesses a Hunter Path Sequence 1 Extraordinary Ability or Sealed Item, Evan speculates that it is very likely derived from the former Kingdom of Intis, the Soren family.
If that's the case, then how this extraordinary quality ended up in the hands of the Loen royal family is quite intriguing.
Although half of "Lord of Mysteries" in Evan's mind was sealed, based on the existing content and the Roselle Diary presented within, combined with Evan's knowledge of that turbulent period of history, we can deduce...
When the Kingdom of Intis was serving as an artillery colonel in Roselle, he stirred up wars everywhere, but failed to achieve a complete victory. Instead, the Intis government was burdened with huge debts, and the economy was on the verge of collapse.
At the time, all levels of the Intis Kingdom were dissatisfied with this phenomenon, which was eventually used by Roselle to overthrow the Solon royal family.
Historians attribute the irrational behavior of the Solonian royal family to the incompetence and ambition of the last king of the Kingdom of Intis.
But Evan saw things differently; he believed the last king might have been forced into it.
Evan guessed that there might have been a problem with the Soren family's Sequence 1 Angel at that time. In order to regain a Sequence 1 Angel as soon as possible, the Soren family started wars everywhere. After all, the "Hunter" path is the war path, so the corresponding ascension ceremony should also be related to war.
Since the Kingdom of Intis ended at the hands of Roselle, is it possible that this Sequence 1 Extraordinary trait fell into Roselle's hands and was taken to Rune by his eldest son after his assassination? Although Roselle was not a high-sequence powerhouse at the time.
Of course, there is another possibility: the extraordinary characteristic in the hands of the Kingdom of Rune is the extraordinary characteristic of the third Hunter Sequence 1.
Therefore, the extraordinary property in the hands of the Sauron royal family might be the one held by the Ironblood Cross, because Tony Don, the "War Bishop" who was hunting down Inszangwill, aspired to become the "Conqueror".
Evan believes that the Hunter's Path Sequence 1 is very likely to be "Conqueror".
Verifying whether the Hunter Path Sequence 1 Extraordinary Ability that the Loen royal family might possess is the same as the one belonging to the Sauron royal family is simple: just ask Bernadette. She is a demigod who might know the whereabouts of this Extraordinary Ability, and Evan happens to know a lot of information that he can trade with her.
Helen, lying next to Evan, was unaware that her unusual behavior had triggered a series of speculations in Evan's mind.
However, she knew more information from her mother, including that the Royal Family of Rune possessed a unique "Conqueror" attribute, which had always been a focus of the Gnostic Society's attention.
The Gnostic witches may not need this extraordinary trait, but they certainly wouldn't want the witch cult to obtain it.
Helen had a pretty good grasp of the Witch Cult's clandestine activities in Backlund, and she felt there was no time to lose; she had to report it immediately.