No matter how hard it is for Kaster to accept, the fact is, the Earth Mother Goddess seems to have really awakened.

Or, one might say, the Earth Mother Goddess truly exists.

But this is not good news for him at all, because it makes all his previous efforts seem like a joke.

And, his conclusion that there was no Earth Mother Goddess also seems like a joke.

He went completely mad, twisting his broken body in the bottle, producing strange noises.

Originally, in his plan, he should have controlled Ethan by now.

In this altar room, he set up an ancient earth curse. As long as someone outside the door opened it the way he said, it would be considered part of the ritual, then, by entering this room, he could rely on the residual power within the idol to launch the curse and complete a reversal.

This was his last safety net, for few people could resist the temptation of True Name treasures and that so-called secret.

Unfortunately, he never calculated for one thing, which is that the Earth Mother Goddess really exists and has awakened.

Many years ago, when he first acquired this idol, he believed it was the remnant of the Earth Mother Goddess but later stopped believing, and as a result, fate played a huge joke on him.

The Goddess of Destiny is such a ****!

"Be quiet."

Ethan suppressed Kaster again, making him unable to make a sound.

"Is it better now, Meness?"

He looked again at the idol.

Perhaps it was an illusion, but as Meness's consciousness cleared, the whole idol seemed to become clearer.

"Thank you, Ashura, I feel much better."

"How did you end up here, Meness?"

Ethan knew very little information, so he was trying to ask as many questions as possible, after all, he was not the real King of the Beihai.

"I can't remember, I only remember that we failed. Fortunately, you're still alive."

Meness said something that made Ethan even more confused.

Failed?

What failed?

Ethan could only say, "You don't remember either? I thought you would remember more."

"What time is it now?"

"It is the year 1886 of the New Calendar."

"New Calendar? Has it been over a thousand years?"

Actually, Ethan didn't know how many years had passed; he could only provide some general information.

"What's the situation outside now?"

Ethan explained the situation of the new and old continents.

However, Meness said in an extremely puzzled tone, "New Continent? Old Continent? Wasn't there just one continent?"

What does this mean?

Ethan didn't understand.

Could the new and old continents have once been connected?

At this moment, Meness suddenly became painful, and her voice was intermittent: "I... I can't hold on, Ashura, I'm going back into slumber, can you help me? We can join forces, like before, I... first... let... please..."

Her final words were broken and eventually, Meness's voice disappeared again.

But, in the next moment, that earth-colored wind blew into the bottle, piercing through Kaster's broken body, and then enveloped Ethan.

Then, Ethan felt like he could completely control Kaster in the bottle.

Ethan understood a bit, that gust of wind was likely a transfer of rights, transferring Meness's original control over Kaster to him.

Ethan tentatively gave Kaster a command to speak.

The Kaster, who was on his last legs in the bottle, actually responded instinctively: "Yes..."

At this point, he realized something, abruptly stopping, asking in an extremely fearful voice: "What... what did you do to me?"

"You should ask what your goddess did to you."

Ethan said as he poured him out of the bottle. Once he hit the ground, Kaster was like a dying man finding an oasis, diving down and starting to gulp madly.

His body directly connected to the ground, and in the blink of an eye, it expanded from a small patch, seeming to be about to grow into a small tree again.

Ethan issued another command: Stop.

Kaster, who was happily absorbing the earth's essence, actually stopped abruptly.

But he seemed unwilling to submit to such fate, still wanting to rebel and continue absorbing.

Ethan could only use the penitent's staff.

The moment the penitent's staff shone, he really calmed down.

It now seemed that to a certain extent, Ethan indeed had control over this creature's life and death, but since their True Names were different, the creature could still slightly resist.

"Listen, your goddess has handed you over to me. From now on, behave, and I can let you be human again. Otherwise, you'll continue to stay in the bottle."

Ethan said, waving the penitent's staff at him.

"You... yes."

Kaster said with extreme frustration.

He couldn't understand how the goddess could awaken, and how she could value someone who wasn't even of the Earth's True Name.

Or was it the person behind him that was valued?

Kaster naturally could not know that Ethan himself was the person behind him.

"Alright, now tell me, where are the things?"

"Over there."

Kaster seemed resigned and obediently explained.

Ethan circled around the idol and reached a place that looked like a workbench.

Under Kaster's guidance, Ethan found a hidden compartment, containing Kaster's entire collection.

Besides three alchemical items, there was also a True Name relic, a diary that looked ancient, and some land deeds and checks.

Unexpectedly, this guy was quite wealthy; the checks alone amounted to about two to three million Golden Rye.

The three alchemical items were a dagger, a ring, and a necklace.

None were particularly great, each having only two features, unusable by Ethan.

However, that True Name relic was quite nice, actually being a silver thrusting sword formed from the War God's True Name legacy.

According to Kaster, he acquired this many years ago after devouring a fallen noble on the old continent. This item was likely that fallen noble's family heirloom.

But Kaster usually didn't use weapons, so this item was just collecting dust here.

Ethan, however, was in need of a suitable melee weapon, as with his 'True God's Name' enhancement, his melee skills were undoubtedly stronger than his ranged abilities now.

Sandro's saber from before had been quite good, unfortunately, it broke with Sandro's death.

Now, Ethan could use this thrusting sword as his melee weapon.

Moreover, since this item likely emanated from the War God's True Name, Ethan could control it well.

Gripping the thrusting sword and giving it a swing, Ethan turned his attention to the diary.

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