Subscriber of the Gods Chapter 304 - To Set Things Right

Chancellor Tschernkastel was pretending to be unconscious intentionally.

‘Eyes that seem to have given up on everything.’

It appeared his strength had greatly diminished.

‘Not just illness, but his mental strength seems completely drained.’

It felt like a candle melted down to just the wick.

Chancellor Tschernkastel looked at Ethan and sighed.

“Chancellor, you must already know about me. I’m Ethan Whiskers.”

“I know. Even before I was bedridden, I had heard your name. Above all, I heard a lot from Nadia. She said you helped her since the recruitment exam, right? And that you were such a model teacher that she liked to follow your example.”

“It seems Teacher Nadia talked about me a lot.”

Ethan said.

“It’s intentional, isn’t it? You lying there as if you’ve lost consciousness.”

“…That’s right.”

“I’d like to know the reason. I think I need to know the exact reason to be able to treat your illness, Chancellor.”

Chancellor shook his head at Ethan’s words. Then he began to say things he would never say in his normal state.

“I… don’t want treatment. I… dipped my hands in dirty water. Thanks to that, Tschernkastel was able to grow unlike before. That’s the reason Tschernkastel, which was once at the very end of the Twelve Families, has grown so large now.”

Soon, Chancellor Tschernkastel began to cough violently.

Black blood stuck thickly to the hand covering his mouth.

The Chancellor closed his eyes again as he looked at it.

“Leave me be. If I die bearing all the sins, there will be no more sins left in Tschernkastel. I alone can bear everything and go. That’s how it should be.”

To his tone that seemed to have given up on everything, Ethan spoke forcefully.

“If you pass away like this, everyone will die. The Tschernkastel family may prosper, but all the family members you love will die.”

“…What?”

Chancellor Tschernkastel opened his eyes again at Ethan’s harsh words.

“Starting with Nadia whom you cherish, your daughters and sons, they will all die.”

“Who will kill them?”

“Brendon Tschernkastel. Your eldest son, Chancellor.”

“…”

The Chancellor sighed.

He already knows. That Brendon has a strong desire for power and great ambition.

He also knew that there would be a succession war if he became bedridden.

“You wouldn’t say you didn’t know, would you?”

“…I knew. I just didn’t think he would kill everyone.”

“While you’ve been ill, there have already been assassination attempts on Nadia Tschernkastel. The same goes for your youngest daughter.”

Chancellor Tschernkastel sighed even more deeply.

“I wasn’t paying enough attention… I didn’t know anything. I was only thinking about how to minimize the damage to the family from this tainted body and the sins I carry.”

‘Indeed, Chancellor Tschernkastel seems to be a decent person.’

He’s saying it himself.

That the Tschernkastel family was built by dipping hands in dirty water.

If so, it would be fine to push aside those who were just watching haughtily and firmly establish himself to reign over Tschernkastel.

However, he wishes that this filth on his hands doesn’t tarnish the Tschernkastel family.

‘How could a person be just one-dimensional?’

Ethan knows what that dirty water he’s talking about is.

‘He must have received an offer he couldn’t refuse. Though I don’t know the exact details.’

“This is the situation, but the decision lies entirely with you, Chancellor. What will you do?”

It was a confusing situation. If left like this, all children except Brendon Tschernkastel would die or face equivalent dangers.

But he felt too ashamed to live longer himself.

“…Can you help me?”

“I won’t just help you for nothing.”

“That’s more comfortable. Only someone like the Pope of the Holylight Order would move solely on goodwill.”

Chancellor Tschernkastel slowly raised his body.

“But to cure my illness… I’ll have to dip my hands in that dirty water again. I’ll have no choice but to be swayed again. Even as the head of one of the Twelve Families, I was just struggling because I wanted to live longer. Can you really save me?”

Ethan took Chancellor Tschernkastel’s hand.

At that moment, Chancellor Tschernkastel’s eyes trembled.

It was because an immense yin energy was emanating from Ethan’s body.

Thanks to his survival probability reaching its limit, Extinction’s power had also greatly increased.

‘Perhaps Bihyeongrang’s power has added strength to Extinction.’

It was creating a synergistic effect. Of course, his lifespan was being greatly reduced in exchange for gaining such strong power.

“This, this is…”

“It’s the disease inside me. I’ve mastered numerous medical arts to cure this disease. You must have heard. That Princess Evangeline recovered from an incurable disease. Neither Master Regia nor numerous healers could cure it.”

“I know the story that you treated a disease that even Royal Gwyn, the imperial treatment center, had given up on… I heard it in passing.”

“Yes, that’s what I accomplished.”

At that time, the Chancellor didn’t believe this story when he heard it. Originally, he was too preoccupied with his own chronic illness and various matters to pay attention to it.

“I’ve diagnosed Chancellor’s condition and identified the nature of the chronic illness. How you’ve been treating this chronic illness so far, and.”

Ethan said the most important thing.

“Who put this chronic illness in you, Chancellor.”

“…What, what did you say?”

The Chancellor’s expression was one of shock.

“Are you saying my chronic illness was… created by someone?”

“Yes.”

Ethan said.

“So tell me. What deal did you make with the followers of the Moon?”

“…”

At Ethan’s words, the Chancellor let out a short sigh. He could no longer hide it.

“I’ll, I’ll tell you everything. So… please.”

A bit of life returned to the Chancellor’s clouded eyes.

“Let me set right the things I did wrong.”

Ethan took out Dongui Bogam on the spot.

As Dongui Bogam floated in the air, his eyes shone.

“Shall we make the promise clear first? What I want is Tschernkastel family’s unique magic fortress creation method. Then, if Chancellor returns to your original state and forms a good relationship with our Whiskers family.”

Ethan said.

“I’ll try to arrange an opportunity for you to set right all the things you did wrong.”

The magic fortress creation method is, as Ethan said, Tschernkastel family’s secret.

Asking to hand over that secret intact was tantamount to forming a deep trust relationship with the Whiskers family and further entrusting part of Tschernkastel to them.

“Let’s do that.”

But the Chancellor had already made up his mind. He saw a glimmer of hope. The hope that he could set right what was wrong, even if belatedly.

That hope covered the despair that everything was over.

No matter how big the despair, one small hope was enough.

“Then.”

Ethan put strength in his eyes.

“I’ll begin.”

***

‘It’s certain. The Rosicrucian Order’s Extinction has been greatly improved and passed on to the followers of the Moon side as well.’

The Chancellor’s chronic illness was somewhat different from Princess Evangeline’s incurable disease.

It might be a bit easier to treat than that disease, but if the fundamental cause couldn’t be found, it would be difficult to even grasp, let alone treat, like those healers earlier.

‘They said it was close to a curse.’

Just like Ethan’s Extinction.

‘But this isn’t Extinction. It’s a real curse made by gathering the factors that caused Extinction to fail.’

An improved version of Extinction.

But this isn’t for creating a vessel for gods. It was a curse magic created by enhancing the effects when Extinction failed.

‘The mechanism is exactly the same.’

Ethan sensed the yin energy spread throughout the Chancellor’s body.

At the same time, he could find traces of the magic power possessed by the followers of the Moon.

Deep inside that body. A place that ordinary healers could never see.

-Using Hua Tuo’s Abdominal Surgery.

Using Hua Tuo’s Abdominal Surgery to check deep inside, Ethan found a very small magic circle.

‘No wonder they couldn’t find it when it was hidden so deep. Moreover, it was being suppressed by taking medicine periodically.’

Ethan tried to dismantle the magic circle right there.

‘If I put my hand on it, the Extinction inside me will surely resonate.’

Shaaaak-.

As soon as he put his hand on it, as expected, the Extinction inside his body began to writhe.

Ethan drew up Ghost Power.

-Your survival probability decreases!

As soon as he used Extinction, his survival probability dropped. But Ethan didn’t mind. This was a threat from Extinction now.

‘I can just raise it again.’

Now, it doesn’t matter how many percent the survival probability drops or rises.

‘As long as I don’t die, it’s fine. I need to use Extinction as much as possible at that level. That’s how I can become stronger. Rather, I can survive longer.’

It was quite paradoxical, but Ethan wasn’t scared.

Shaaaak-!

As the improved Extinction, drawn out by the power of Extinction, revealed its power, Ethan immediately used Ghost Power to subdue Extinction.

Then he began to extract the Chancellor’s improved Extinction with the power of Ghost Power.

Shaaaak-!

“Urrrrrgh-!”

The Chancellor groaned long and low, seemingly in considerable pain.

Ethan drew up Ghost Power once more.

Swaeak-!

At the same time, the power of the improved Extinction was extracted as it was. It was quite a powerful yin energy. Ethan absorbed that yin energy as it was.

For a moment, Extinction writhed once and then soon quieted down.

‘I’m once again realizing how amazing Bihyeongrang’s power is.’

Ghost Power is the power that exists at the very top of all yin energy.

All negative energies related to yin energy were placed under the control of Ghost Power.

“Huff. Huff.”

The Chancellor, who was breathing roughly, examined various parts of his body.

“Good, goodness.”

Ethan knew well how the Chancellor was feeling right now.

“There must have been something making Chancellor’s body endlessly heavy for many years.”

Ethan said.

“I removed that. You’re completely cured, Chancellor.”

At his relaxed tone as if it had been a very simple treatment, the Chancellor’s expression was one of disbelief.

His body felt too light.

As Ethan said, he couldn’t feel that heavy feeling he had felt all his life since contracting the chronic illness.

Complete recovery.

As Ethan said, the long-standing illness had been perfectly cured. It was truly an unbelievable result.

“So now, shall we hear it? The things Chancellor has been hiding all this time. Please tell me in detail about the deal with the followers of the Moon.”