Ke-style law enforcement officers

Chapter 527 The Eternal Imbalance

After a series of incredibly abstract rituals of worship and prayer, King Kurans, dressed in a morning robe, finally had a normal conversation with the messenger from the Temple of the Golden Law.

The conversation took place in a pavilion in the very center of the Brilliant Emerald Open-Air Courtyard.

The surrounding soil was planted with plants completely unfamiliar to Milo and Derasha. These plants emitted a radiant energy, like flowing light, that completely enveloped the small pavilion in the center, impenetrable to sight and sound.

Before the two parties entered the pavilion, the messenger from the Temple of the Golden Law said, "Please forgive me for going to such lengths."

Then he gently raised his staff, and a light screen carrying golden totems attached itself to the sky above the garden, which was like adding a layer of coating to block sight and sound.

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In the distance, Milo and De La Chaux, isolated outside the inner garden, exchanged a smile:
"That's definitely unnecessary."

If the messengers of the Temple of Law hadn't pulled this stunt, it would indeed have been difficult to eavesdrop on the conversation inside the pavilion. Even Milo, using this priest's body, would have had a hard time seeing through the obstructing light emitted by the flowers. But Milo was all too familiar with the rules of the Golden Law, and even more so with Dirasha, who possessed the absolutely orthodox blessing of the Golden Tree.

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Having come from the world of the sane, King Kurans got straight to the point as soon as he was settled, without any of the usual pleasantries: "So, dear Duke Marston, or priest, I'm sure you won't be coming empty-handed this time either?"

As previously speculated, this old man known as Marston is both a member of the royal family of the Shattered Floating City and a clergyman of the Temple of Law.

“This time there is certainly no reason to disappoint you again, Your Majesty,” Marston, the white-haired man in the golden robe, replied very respectfully.

It seems the two are old acquaintances.

Therefore, King Kurans was quite familiar with Marston's conversational habits.

He anticipated what Marston would say next.

"but?"

Marston: "But the temple hopes that Os-Nargai can open the legendary passage again, preferably by sending local soldiers into the forbidden area, which would save us a lot of unnecessary trouble..."

"So you knew this would be troublesome?" King Kurans questioned calmly. "Didn't you just wreak havoc in the forbidden zone? Am I mistaken? Oh, right, there's something I must remind you of. The various religious orders and temples have never been in arrears with the offerings for sealing the forbidden zone, nor have they ever barged into it without a word like you. According to ancient law, I shouldn't open the legendary passage for you for the next hundred years, understand?"

"But?" Marston clearly understood King Kurans's rhetoric and knew that after his tirade, he would definitely add a "but."

King Kurans's smile was forced and insincere.
"But considering our years of cooperation, if the Golden Law can help me solve some of my urgent problems, I think it wouldn't be a big problem to open the legendary passage again and let you into the forbidden area. As long as the gods have no objections, Osnargay will naturally not say a word. After all, I'm just someone who does the dirty work for the gods."

"So what is the most pressing issue?" Marston waited for the rest of the story.

"The main problem is that the number of immigrants pouring into Os-Nargai in recent years has been increasing, and the Death Crystals stored at the bottom of the city of Selphis are no longer enough."

“Indeed, I can’t even remember what Selphine looked like when it was first built. Now it’s filled with so many unfamiliar faces,” Marston remarked, then added:
"Maintaining so many beings in an eternal state is indeed a troublesome matter. The supreme gods originally intended to turn this place into a fortress, but Your Majesty has single-handedly built it into a blissful eternal kingdom. This contradicts the gods' original intention, and the complaints from various religious orders have been increasing over the years... But rest assured, the Golden Will will always be a friend of Os-Nargai, and we have brought it with us this time..."

Marston held up three fingers and whispered:
"So many death crystals."

“Good, good!” King Kurans said “good” several times in a row. “As soon as the crystal is in storage, I will order someone to reopen the legendary passage as soon as possible. You can enter the depths of the forbidden area at any time. The only advice is to try not to alert the other members of the Holy See.”

It's clear that King Kurans is very excited.

It's easy to imagine that the king who rules this seemingly prosperous and harmonious country is not without worries and anxieties. It's not hard to tell from his words that the original purpose of the country of Os-Nargai was to seal the forbidden zone, and now maintaining the eternal time characteristic here requires the consumption of some kind of "sacrifice", which is what they call "death crystal".

It seems that, for some reason, the balance between Os-Nargue's "eternity" and the "deathly silence" of the penalty area has been broken.

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"Did I sense any seal when I left the restricted area?" Milo asked Dirac in a low voice.

The latter shook his head blankly, indicating that he felt nothing.

The fact is, they came out of the restricted area, crossed the fortress and entered Osnargai. Their journey was unimpeded. There was no seal or even any soldiers or army to stop these two unfamiliar visitors.

In short, it gives people the illusion that Os-Narguey can come and go as he pleases.

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All Milo and Diracho knew was that the crystals were now stored on the Golden Temple ship in some corner of the port of Selphis.

As for what exactly the Death Crystal is, you certainly won't get a clear answer just by eavesdropping.

"Goods delivered personally by the temple elder and the royal family of the floating city can't be some kind of junk, right?"

"That's the right way of thinking."

“But their purpose in entering the forbidden zone was to find us, right? Why go through all this trouble? The seal doesn’t even exist. Don’t the temple and the survivors in the forbidden zone know that?” Dirashau was very puzzled by this.

"Perhaps the seal does exist, but it's ineffective against summoned beings like us," Milo could only offer this explanation.

But in reality, let alone the seal, those towering border fortresses alone were already insurmountable barriers for the weak remnants.

As for the various religious sects and temples...

The checks and balances among the gods may be the true seal.

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Dusk had not yet departed.

Meanwhile, Marston from the floating city had already boarded King Kurans's carriage and headed to the location where the Death Crystal's transport ship was docked.

Not far behind the carriage, two shadowy figures, now cloaked again, were stealthily following behind.

(End of this chapter)