Ke-style law enforcement officers

Chapter 126 Cause and Effect

"In other words, you think you're doing the right thing, but you're not actually following your teacher's teachings and prophecies. His doctrines are considered arrogant, so does that mean you're not arrogant?"

Milo very slowly raised his head and looked directly at the raven.

His vision was very dim and chaotic, but Milo was still very eager to see some clues from Raven's face. He wanted to imprint some of the man's distinctive features in his mind.

Because his subconscious tells him that one day he will meet the other person in the real world, instead of just spying from the perspective of a ghost.

Faced with such a dangerous character, Milo must ensure that he can recognize the other person at first glance in the real world.

Raven narrowed his eyes slightly, carefully examining the dying Milo.

He seemed to realize something was amiss, staring at Milo's only remaining eye for a long time before finally speaking:

“Your mind seems very clear; this is not the reaction of a dying person.”

Milo was amazed by the raven's keen insight.

Regardless, from the raven's perspective, what he saw was indeed a dying Karl, but even so, he maintained a sense of suspicion and remained skeptical of everything.

Even from just a few words of conversation, they could tell that there was something wrong with the dying Karl in front of them.

In the basement, the dim lighting created an extremely somber atmosphere.

Raven remained in a half-crouching position, its gaze fixed on the half-dead Karl before it.

This silence lasted for a long time.

Because both sides want to find any possible clues about their opponent.

But for both of them, this was incredibly difficult.

Milo's vision was already very blurry, and even the light source was beginning to distort. He could no longer discern the subtle changes in Raven's brows. Similarly, Raven, facing a dying man whose body was 90% decayed, could hardly make out anything.

"Perhaps I should leave you in that altar, so that you can at least catch a glimpse of that decaying divine body before you die, and maybe you can hear the call that only worshippers can hear."

The raven sighed.

There was a hint of regret in his eyes.

It's clear that he held a certain degree of hope for Karl. Whatever the reason, at least at a certain point in the past, he believed that Karl had a chance of becoming his companion on this path. That's why Raven showed that expression when he realized that Karl was beyond saving.

But his emotions were different from those of ordinary people. He did not feel grief over the death itself, but rather regret that he had misjudged the person.

“There may be people who want to hear the whispers of the Old Gods, but that certainly doesn’t include me… I’m a person, and I’m not interested in the seduction of the Old Gods,” Milo scoffed.

"If the teacher hears you say that, he'll make you wish you were dead." Raven raised an eyebrow.

The "teacher" he spoke of pursued throughout his life the spiritual vision in order to hear and understand the knowledge belonging to the Old Gods, which was something infinitely close to the truth. Although from a religious perspective this was an incredibly arrogant desire, from a scholar's perspective, such aspiration was perfectly justifiable.

Just like Freya, who was shot dead by Milo in the underground cave, they were people trapped by knowledge. They had already touched certain barriers and felt pain that ordinary people could not understand, which is why they developed such a twisted desire to embrace the old gods.

"Then please pass on the message." Milo wasn't particularly interested in so-called religious deities, so why would he care about the attitude of a church scholar whose name he didn't even know?

In this respect, Rebecca's assessment of him was the most accurate—he was a man without reverence.

……

But after saying those words, the raven began to realize something.

He suddenly stood up, paced around the dimly lit room a few times, frowned, and muttered to himself.

His emotions began to become somewhat anxious and restless, as if he had encountered something he couldn't understand and was urgently trying to find the right way out.

Swish!
He suddenly turned around, pulled a decorative ceremonial sword from the wall, and plunged it straight into Milo's chest.

The blade of the salute pierced through Milo's back and penetrated more than two inches into the wall.

Raven, still gripping his sword with both hands, stared ferociously at the man covered in festering sores before him, his eyes almost oozing blood, and asked, word by word:

"Who are you?! You're not Karl!!"

……

Even with Milo's strong mental fortitude, he was stunned by Raven's terrifying insight.

This was the first time he had maintained self-awareness in a vision from the perspective of the dead. He was in Karl's memories, but he had not forgotten that he was Milo, and every word he had spoken before was spoken under the guidance of Milo's thoughts.

Milo wasn't sure what kind of state he was in. He didn't know if everything happening now was just his imagination, or if this conversation that shouldn't have happened actually did occur three years ago. But this one time he remained lucid, Raven saw through his delusion.

He was able to recognize that the person he was talking to was not Karl!

why?
Based on his understanding of Karl?
Based on those few words Milo said?

This person is terrifying.

……

Click! !
The salute sword was bent slightly by the raven, emitting a faint, twisted groan.

His current state is very complicated. He shows signs of panic, but also some fear, though he is mostly confused and bewildered.

From Raven's perspective, when he discovered that a strange soul had suddenly appeared inside a half-dead body, and that he had spoken with the other person for so long, his heart was also filled with turmoil, no less than Milo's shock at that moment.

The piercing of the salute sword made Milo feel an unprecedented chill. Now, pain was no longer a concern. He felt that this dialogue that transcended the barrier of time would soon come to an end, because Karl's body could not hold on much longer.

A chilling, sinister smile suddenly appeared on his face. He stared intently at the raven and squeezed out these words through clenched teeth.

"Then... guess who I am."

The ravens were so frightened that they retreated repeatedly.

Until his lower back was blocked by the table behind him.

He turned around abruptly, opened his notebook, and quickly took out his pen to jot down notes.

Raven seemed to be on the verge of emotional collapse; he began to tremble, tears welled in his eyes, and he muttered intermittently:

"Spiritual vision...it's spiritual vision!! What the teacher said was true...spiritual vision really exists!!! Someone, someone is spying on me through Karl's soul! The spy the teacher spoke of, it's real, it was all true!!! Ah!—"

……

From Karl's perspective.

Milo saw the distorted handwriting in Raven's notebook, and in the dimly lit room, Raven was gesturing wildly like a mad child, his tall figure casting an extremely long and distorted shadow under the kerosene lamp.

In Milo's memory, there were originally two completely different handwritings in Raven's notebook.

But at this moment, every stroke of the raven's trembling pen was consistent.

It seems that deep within his soul, two conflicting thoughts that had persisted for a long time finally came to a consensus at this moment.

Just like what he was yelling:
"So this is what the prophecy meant: the town of Icam held my opportunity, the chance to glimpse the truth... Teacher, you didn't lie to me... Humans are not entirely ignorant beings. There's no need for the Old Gods to descend, no need to recreate them. Humans can discern the truth on their own..."

……

Milo's vision began to dim.

He suddenly woke up.

This bizarre conversation is real.

Three years ago, in this underground distillery, a non-existent person used Karl's body to say those words.

That person is the current Milo.

……

It was from that moment that Raven completely overturned his long-held pursuit of godhood, because the existence of visions had been confirmed, and he had a conversation with someone who did not exist.

The raven began to seek ways to improve its vision.

He began searching for the totems and writings of the ancient gods...

Try all sorts of inhumane methods to gain spiritual vision, to find that strange soul that once communicated with you across time, and to understand the truth of the Old Gods.

……

That's why the series of eye-gouging murders that occurred in Nanwei City took place.

As the raven once said—some things are predetermined.

(End of this chapter)