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Chapter 399 Feeling Lost
Within this long-forgotten memory of the dead.

Milo saw many things.

He came into contact with the distant land called "Nas" as understood by James Sheffield—the land of three rising suns—and the history that took place in Nas, a history long since erased by the passage of time.

That is the Nas Sphere, an artwork known as the work of the Ancients.

A civilization that has been swallowed up and destroyed.

And that is the origin of the name of this book—The Nash Chronicle.

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In addition, Milo learned that James Sheffield was not simply a scholar focused on translation; he had devoted a long time to the study of music, because the chronicles recorded musical fragments that could bring otherworldly creatures to this dimension. He spent nearly ten years practicing to thoroughly understand these eerie melodies, but sadly, he never managed to play the pieces completely and correctly before his death…

In fact, James Sheffield's death in the conscious real world was due to his constant attempts to summon the so-called otherworldly beings by playing those pieces.

His attempts not only led to his first death, but also implicated his wife and daughters, and the entire town. However, the images that were obliterated were ultimately frozen in the moment before Sheffield's death, and Milo could not see any of it from the perspective of the dead.

……

Besides musical fragments, the Nass Chronicle also includes many magical verses by Egyptian magicians collectively known as "Hermes the Triple Great," as well as a series of mysterious alchemical texts.

It includes several unique languages ​​from extinct civilizations, and repeatedly mentions the title "Black Goat".

There are also the emblems of ancient races, also known as the Old Seals.

It also includes a recipe for golden mead that Sheffield never understood its purpose until his death.

……

What Milo was most concerned about was the record of Engel Kolas, the record of Imnar's master.

However, in the original Nath Chronicles, Imnal is not a servant of Engel Kolas; rather, it is described as Kolas's offspring, an Outer God born through fission of an Old One...

Engel Korlas had many names—

"God of the Void", "Ultimate Malice", "Dream of Death".

It was born at the beginning of the universe, a symbol of death and end, and views life as a malice in the universe.

Kolas also appeared in the ancient war of the gods that Glaqi once witnessed.

Like most Outer Gods, it was banished to the void as the defeated party.

……

Milo quickly grasped the most crucial information.

That is the Old God who defeated Kolas, as recorded in the chronicles.

Pagon, an ancient god from Andromeda.

...

As memories from the perspective of the undead flooded into Milo's mind, a slight upward curve appeared at the corner of his mouth as he closed his eyes amidst the graveyard at the edge of the battlefield.

This was a purposeful spying. Milo almost completely ignored all the fragments of Sheffield's memory that were meaningless to him—his upbringing, his academic career, his love, family, friendship, and so on. Milo ignored them all and focused only on all the memories related to the Nash Chronicle.

However, after fully grasping all the knowledge related to the Nash Chronicles, Milo couldn't resist taking a look at Sheffield's experience in the dream world, which was his second life.

After all, for Milo, the Dreamland was a completely unfamiliar world.

James Sheffield spent far less time in the dream world than in the waking world.

His appearance quickly alarmed the spirit observers of all races in the world, as well as the secondary races who came with various purposes.

Including humans, horned Cold Plains people, Nightmares (servants of the Outer Gods), toad-like Moon Beasts, giant Cold Spiders, and Shatak giant birds with horse heads, etc...

Standing opposite this group of raiders was Usa's cat army.

Yes, there is only the lonely city of Usa, and a group of cats in the city.

James Sheffield's relationship with the Ussat cats wasn't particularly deep; he had only once given a dying kitten some water during his travels, and that was it.

Perhaps the cats of Usa have a unique set of values, believing that the value of a handful of water provided to their people by a complete stranger at a critical moment is equal to the pressure brought by the plundering army of the Spirit Visors.

Thus, the proud and powerful cat race accepted the war.

This aligns perfectly with Milo's impression of cats: they are elegant, proud, and even arrogant. Compared to any other species, cats always possess a unique and aloof temperament.

This is true whether in the dream world, the waking world, or on Earth, which Milo once knew.

However, even the most powerful cats in the dream world paid a heavy price for it.

Because the psychics' methods of cruelty were unheard of to them.

……

From Sheffield's perspective, Milo sees this scholar, who is technically incapable of any combat, running around Uther, bandaging the wounded and moving stones from the broken city walls.

For a fleeting moment, Milo seemed to see Marshall's figure in Sheffield's memories, but it was only a fleeting glimpse. It stood alongside the vast army of cats, fighting against the Visionary army outside Utha City. ...

Milo could sense Sheffield's inner struggle and pain, especially at the moment when Ussa was declared to have fallen because of him alone.

Even the mighty cat race couldn't hold out until the end.

The war, which began as a struggle between the two sides for Sheffield, later took on a completely different nature.

Strictly speaking, the Visionaries cannot be considered a faction; they simply share the same goal. Before the caves in the Enchanted Forest were destroyed, they were actually fighting independently.

As the siege of Usa City continued into its later stages, the Visionaries were more focused on enjoying the hunt on the battlefield.

The targets of the hunt were not the cats of Usa, but other visionaries who had died at the hands of the cats.

As long as there is a continuous stream of Spirit Visors dying, the surviving Spirit Visors can continuously plunder the Spirit Visors of the deceased to make themselves stronger.

……

So when Sheffield could no longer bear to see those around him dying for him and chose to sacrifice himself, the visionaries at that point in time did not want the war to end.

A distorted, morbid understanding emerged in the minds of visionaries of different races.

They all tacitly wanted this "visionary meat grinder" to keep rolling, and each of them was absolutely certain that they would be among the last ones standing.

……

Ussa was completely destroyed under these circumstances.

Sheffield died, but his death did not end the war.

The desires, greed, and cruel, bloodthirsty nature buried deep within the psychics drive them to continuously instigate bloodshed.

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Pickman said that it had been a long time since a new Usa cat grave had been added to the Sin graveyard.

Because Usa has been turned into a barren land, and with the escape of the last batch of defeated cats, this once sacred place of the cats no longer exists.

All of this happened only the year after Marshall left the Dreamland.

However, due to the difference in the flow of time, 170 years have passed in the dream world. Marshall missed not only a battle to protect his homeland, but also nearly two centuries.

...

After stepping out of Sheffield's undead perspective, Milo could roughly understand why Marshall had reacted so strongly earlier.

A thought suddenly popped into his mind—what if there was a difference in the flow of time between the conscious world and the Earth he used to live on…

In some ways, he had a similar experience to Marshall.

They all traveled from one world to another.

The difference is that Milo's memories of Earth are blurred, and he seems to have subconsciously accepted this blurriness.

What made him somewhat uneasy was that a cat's emotional breakdown reminded him of the situation.

What if, what if, at this moment, hundreds of years have passed on Earth compared to the time he left?

Milo suddenly felt a sense of loss.

But what truly made him uncomfortable was that this sense of loss came so late...

Could it be that Marshall was right, that the improvement of clairvoyance really does make one more and more indifferent, even to former relatives and friends?
……

"This is inexplicable. He's being dramatic again. He must be influenced by Sheffield's mood."

Milo muttered to himself as he opened his eyes, rubbed his temples, and successfully exited the undead's perspective.

What truly brought him back to consciousness was the power of a sense of crisis.

At this moment, the endless battle between the demons and the giants on the battlefield continued, and what appeared next to the cemetery was a group of demons covered in blood.

Marshall's small figure stood at the edge of the cemetery, surrounded by swirling winds, with several mangled corpses of demons lying at his feet.

Directly in front of Marshall, in the very center of the area surrounded by numerous demons and ghosts, stood a demon and ghost that was distinctly different from the others.

It had two longer, thinner arms under its armpits than other demons, and its facial features were more clearly defined than those of other members of its tribe. It was directing its tribesmen around it with a cough-like sound.

……

"You take a rest, I'll take care of this."

Milo appeared behind Marshall.

He saw the blood-soaked black fur on Marshall's body and gestured for it to wait for him nearby.

Marshall glanced at Milo, then retracted his claws and nimbly jumped to the side.

(End of this chapter)