CHAPTER 537: CHAPTER 264: "A LITTLE SURPRISE

Compared to the golden arrow piercing the air, what surprised Ethan more was the slightly grave expression of the senior in electrical elements.

When he intercepted the arrow and searched for the attacker’s traces, the other party had already disappeared without a trace. This was obviously not something ordinary hooligans could accomplish. The range of the "electric grid" was enough to envelop the entire academy, which meant no sound here could escape the insight of the electric element.

Although the electrical element is not as belligerent as the wind and ice elements, his ability in reconnaissance is undoubtedly the sharpest among the many natural elements. Yet now even he could not detect when the attacker appeared and where they had gone?

This must at least be a hooligan on the level of Lao.

Moreover, the construction of this arrow is extremely special. It appears to be cast in gold, yet it contains energy that defies common sense.

This material shouldn’t exist in this world.

The senior made such an evaluation.

Now Ethan was threatened, and the attacker’s warning was clear - cease all research on the magic net.

The electrical element looked down at the pile of study materials that filled an entire table. These were what he and Ethan had spent considerable effort borrowing from the university library.

Then comes the problem.

If the attacker doesn’t want you to research the magic net, will you still research it?

Ethan quickly answered this question with action. He calmly pushed the broken arrow into two sections aside after hanging up the phone, utterly indifferent to the possibility that the attacker might not have left and was still observing him from some dark corner, then confidently opened one of the records on the magic net.

He must research it even if it kills him.

Although these books only contain macro-level descriptions, Ethan believes that the secrets may be hidden in the details.

If he were a self-serving dean, he wouldn’t have the heart to destroy all related materials completely, cutting off the elemental shapers’ future.

Meanwhile, outside the study, footsteps were heard.

They were pressing and headed straight outside the door. The sound of the door slamming loudly as they left showed that the owner of these footsteps was not in a good mood at the moment.

"Lindong left, aren’t you going to check it out?"

"Morning anger."

Ethan said without looking up, finding it normal. If someone smashed your window with a brick while you were having a sweet dream, your mood would probably be the same as Lindong’s. Moreover, cats are generally more prone to huffing than people, and she has already gone out to find the trace of the person who threw the brick.

The electric element stared at Ethan for a long time, finally confirming that his composure was not feigned — it wasn’t the kind seen in people ready to wet their pants out of fear yet forcefully maintaining poise — such people are common in the Empire, especially among the nobility.

Majestic demeanor.

Such a word instinctively popped into his mind.

"Honestly, junior, you’re not quite normal."

Actually, the electric element had long wanted to say this, whether it’s Ethan’s attitude toward the Old Gods or his emotions in the face of danger, they don’t resemble the reactions a normal human would have. Meeting Ethan’s questioning gaze, the electric element explained, "A normal person should be thinking of ways to investigate the attacker’s whereabouts right now."

"Even you, senior, couldn’t find them, it would be pointless for me to waste the effort."

Running around the academy now looking for someone would only wake all students and professors, spreading unnecessary panic, without gaining any progress. "Perhaps their plan is to make me search the world for them, thus missing the research on the magic net."

"That makes sense, but..."

"Besides, I already have a plan."

"You already have a plan, this fast?"

"Mr. Black Wolf just divined the revival of the Hunting Goddess, and then someone shot me with an arrow. Could such a coincidence exist in this world?"

Only the former "Divine Spirit" can evade the gaze of the electric element. Coincidentally, the Hunting Goddess is among many heroes, the one most adept at concealing herself and conducting assassination actions. She can fade into the shadows, infiltrate the enemy’s core, then shoot an arrow through their foreheads. During wartime, for the followers of the Old Gods, Cynthia is definitely one of the names that make them shudder.

Maybe without you noticing, the Hunting Goddess’s arrow has already aimed at your skull.

This phrase was widespread during the war, and there is a record of it in Father of War Kaisaros’s memory.

Although Ethan encountered Cynthia in the festival’s trial and had a good chemical reaction with her, after all, that was in a fantasy woven by Kaisaros’s memory. They never had any interaction in the real world.

And it’s the same for the first generation dean McCarthy Delin.

As Mrs. Judith said, the dean waited for someone until his death, and that person could only be Cynthia.

The experiences at the festival were not for naught either, the day in the forest camp let Ethan understand the genuine emotions between McCarthy Delin and Cynthia.

"Suppose you’re right, what do you plan to do?"

The expression on the face of the electrical element senior grew increasingly grave.

He felt that Ethan might be right, but what they were facing was no longer the Hunting Goddess he remembered, this mysteriously composed golden arrow was also more deadly.

"Senior, I want to ask you for one thing."

.........

Four in the morning.

Cynthia walked among the shadows, everything reflected in her sight seemed to be covered with a layer of black veil.

She was more familiar with this place than anyone else, witnessing one by one the halls representing human wisdom and knowledge rise from the ground, and seeing this place transform from a rarely visited island to the center of human civilization.