Subscriber of the Gods Chapter 434 - To the City of Gods

The door swung wide open before Ethan and Roditon.

“I can’t believe this exists. Do you think the bird-folk know about it?”

“They probably don’t. They’ll never know in their lifetime. Did you see it earlier? This transparent foothold, it only appears when you step on it.”

However, the bird-folk fly. They would never have a reason to step on the foothold in their lifetime.

“Was it intentionally made this way?”

“It’s a sacred place. They must have made it so no one could enter. Someone who knows the bird-folk well must have created it.”

“It must be one of the bird-folk’s ancestors.”

Roditon stood at the entrance, taking out various artifacts.

He then used the artifacts one by one at the entrance to check if it was safe.

After about 5 minutes, Roditon put all the artifacts away.

“Number 15. The check is complete. Let’s go in, Teacher Ethan.”

Ethan looked at the entrance leading to the city of gods.

‘Roditon checks first, and I do a final check. This way, even if we wanted to step into a trap, we couldn’t.’

Shaaak-

Ethan and Roditon stepped into the city of gods.

Guuwoong-

As soon as they entered, a forest unfolded before them.

The moment he took a step, Ethan felt his senses twisting.

“!”

“This space is strange. Really strange.”

Roditon and Mary seemed to feel it too. Especially Roditon, who seemed to be dizzy, placing his hand on his temple and staggering slightly.

“Something’s off, but let’s find the Saintess first.”

Roditon rummaged through his belongings and pulled out a crystal ball.

“The Great Sage’s crystal ball. I got it from the Demon Emperor.”

And next, he took out a small bead fragment.

“I got this from the Demon Emperor too. He said it was a fragment that fell from the Saintess’s necklace. With this, we can track her.”

“If there’s a trace, I can track it too.”

“Oh! Then let’s search together. I think Teacher Ethan would be quite good at tracking too. When this is over, let’s go on an adventure together.”

“It’ll be fun! Roditon is good at finding interesting places. You like those places too, right, Teacher?”

“Finding treasure is always enjoyable.”

“Of course! The end of an adventure is always treasure, right? Kahahahah.”

Mary laughed joyfully.

Ethan touched the bead fragment Roditon handed him and immediately used his skill.

-Using Moonlight Tracking.

Shaaaaaak-

A blue light began to appear in Ethan’s eyes.

The light immediately rose into the sky, then bent, starting to point to where the Saintess might be.

With two highly skilled individuals tracking simultaneously, the cross-check greatly increased the probability of finding the Saintess.

“Did you find her?”

“Yes, I can see the direction.”

“Then let’s go, Teacher.”

Roditon took the lead, and Ethan followed.

Roditon’s crystal ball was quite effective.

‘It seems to have a tracking ability similar to Moonlight Tracking.’

“You know, my main job is an adventurer, but Teacher Ethan’s tracking skills are quite impressive. Finding that invisible foothold earlier, too.”

The more Roditon learned about Ethan, the more impressive he found him. He had various abilities, and each one was at a master level.

It didn’t seem like he had mastered various skills simply because he was a teacher, but rather he became a teacher who could teach anything because he had mastered various skills.

“You’re even more than the rumors say?”

“This is a first! Usually, rumors are mostly exaggerated, but to have someone with underestimated rumors like this!”

“I agree. If I hadn’t met Teacher Ethan in person, I would have believed the underestimated rumors.”

“But even those underestimated rumors are impressive!”

“You’re too kind.”

As they continued moving through the forest, a massive valley came into view.

“It’s majestic.”

Ethan’s Moonlight Tracking and Roditon’s crystal ball were pointing to the same place, and at the end, there was purple smoke.

“What’s that?”

As they approached, its true nature became clear.

This purple smoke was a kind of portal.

As Roditon was about to put his hand into the portal without hesitation, Ethan quickly grabbed his wrist.

“Sir Roditon.”

“Hm? Teacher Ethan? What’s this all of a sudden.”

Instead of answering, Ethan picked up a branch lying on the ground and put it into the portal.

Kwasasak-!

The branch inside the portal was completely shattered with a splitting sound.

“You almost became the legendary one-armed adventurer Roditon. Though that might have been a bit cooler.”

“Phew… That was close. Thank you, Teacher Ethan. If it weren’t for you, I’d be practicing using my left hand from tomorrow.”

Ethan frowned deeply as he watched Roditon jest.

‘He might have been under the influence of magic from the moment we stepped in.’

“You were enchanted.”

Roditon asked with a puzzled expression at Ethan’s words.

“…Enchanted?”

“What do you mean?”

Mary also chimed in with Roditon’s question.

“That action just now. It’s something you would never do normally, isn’t it, Mr. Roditon?”

Before entering this place, Roditon had cautiously entered, using numerous artifacts from the entrance.

For such a Roditon to try to put his hand into the portal so rashly?

‘It’s impossible. At least for Roditon.’

Ethan examined the surroundings with the Eye of Horus.

The space itself was a massive magic.

‘It was too big to notice.’

This wasn’t human-level magic.

‘Is this main scenario level? Was there such a scenario?’

Ethan frowned. Then he took out a decoction he had prepared and handed it to Roditon.

“Uh, uhhh…”

Roditon pressed his temples. His pupils were shaking violently.

‘Roditon is armed with all sorts of artifacts. He must have been quite prepared for mental attacks. Yet he fell for it completely.’

“You’d better drink this, Sir Roditon.”

Roditon took Ethan’s decoction and drank it without hesitation. Even though Ethan was an ally, it wasn’t like Roditon to readily accept and drink such things.

‘His judgment has greatly deteriorated.’

-Immortal Hero’s Breathing is activated!

-You become immune to mental attacks due to Chiron’s teachings.

-Immunity is lifted.

-Moonforce’s power protects your mind.

-Moonforce’s blessing rejects the power of the gods!

For a moment, a powerful mental attack came at Ethan as well.

‘This is it. Rejecting the power of the gods. The magic spread out here is magic cast by the gods in this place.’

Ethan frowned deeply.

‘This place is more dangerous than I thought.’

Gulp gulp-

Roditon, who had finished drinking the decoction, groaned, “Ughhhh.”

Ethan then poured the decoction on the blade part of Mary’s sword as well.

“Gyagyagak.”

It would take some time for the two to recover.

‘This is an unknown world.’

In an unknown world, there are unknown beings.

The danger level is at its highest.

Nevertheless, Ethan couldn’t help but smile.

‘It’s boiling up.’

Ethan has accumulated many things to prepare for the unknown.

‘I’ll use everything without leaving anything behind to face them.’

There’s nothing as enjoyable as achieving what you want.

And if it’s connected to survival, there’s even more need to throw everything in.

‘I’ve been gathering strength until now for this moment.’

“Phew, what on earth is going on here.”

Roditon clicked his tongue.

Only after drinking the decoction Ethan had given him could he come to his senses and quickly grasp the situation.

“It’s as Teacher Ethan said.”

Roditon frowned and looked around. The magic was so enormous that he couldn’t properly detect it.

“This space itself is a massive magic. A space made of massive magic, literally the city of gods.”

“I’m ashamed, Roditon.”

“I didn’t notice it at first either. It’s truly a remarkably complete space.”

“You must have had strong defenses against mental attacks. Teacher Ethan, I owe you my life.”

Roditon sighed.

“I’ve received the love of various gods until now, but I think I’m seeing their true face only now.”

His voice sounded disgusted.

“The gods are all mad. You can’t judge them by human standards. Especially the gods of this continent, except for a very few, they treat everything as amusement. The fact that I became a talking sword is enough to say it’s all their amusement, right?”

“They seduce and bewilder to make you lose your way. That’s exactly what’s happening now.”

Mary’s words were followed by Roditon.

Grrrr-!

Roditon seemed quite hurt in his pride to have been so helplessly caught.

“I never thought I’d fall for it so easily. If I had come alone to find the Saintess, I might have died.”

“The adventurers aiming for your title would have been happy, huh?”

“It’s not time to hand it over yet. At least not now, for sure.”

Roditon’s expression sank.

“Teacher Ethan, I’m sorry. I keep receiving help from you. I’ve never been like this… really.”

‘Even the legendary adventurer Roditon is this flustered.’

Ethan raised his sense of tension. Ethan’s already sensitive senses became even more acute. Maintaining a constant state of tension can cause tremendous mental fatigue, but it allows you to respond nimbly to any threat.

“No, thanks to Sir Roditon’s help, we were able to find this place quickly.”

Ethan examined the portal again.

“My crystal ball is pointing inside this. Is Teacher Ethan’s ability the same?”

“Yes, we need to go inside eventually.”

“It grinds everything… Is it saying only our souls should enter?”

“We’ve already entered the city of gods, and now we have to enter again!?”

‘It’s certain that we need to go through this portal. The problem is, as Roditon said, this portal grinds everything. I thought it was magic, but this portal isn’t magic.’

It might be magic, but at least to Ethan’s eyes, there was no way to break it.

‘Then.’

If something is hidden, we just need to reveal it.

Ethan immediately took out a flame.

The Prophet’s Flame, which illuminates the truth, lit up the portal.

“Huh…?”

The purple smoke portal disappeared, and behind it, an even more intensely glowing green portal appeared.

“This is the real portal, and the one from earlier was fake. They were created almost overlapping.”

“Huh… What’s that thing again?”

“You have better items than Roditon?”

“Just take my title, Teacher.”

“Is that okay?”

“…”

Ethan grinned.

“Shall we go in?”

“…Should I go first?”

“I can go first if you’d like. And you can give me the title.”

“It was a joke, Teacher!”

‘It’s not getting ground up.’

Ethan followed behind.