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Chapter 540 The Dust Walker

"Did we make it back safely?"

"seems like it."

"Check if anything is missing from your person... even your pocket watch wasn't stolen."

"Steal? Who has time to steal your things? Just look at how much time has passed since we were summoned."

"Uh... less than two minutes?"

"The only effective time we spent in the Dreamland was the short period in the forbidden zone and the time after leaving Selphis. The few days we spent in Selphis are not counted at all."

"It's so bizarre, it's like a dream."

"Strictly speaking, that world was indeed constructed from a dream."

"So... did our plan succeed?"

"That depends on whether Daisy comes back or not. If not..."

What if we don't have it?

“If not, we’ll have to repeat what we just did. First, we’ll find an Ancient in the Realm of Awake, cut some flesh off it, and give it to my half of the Guiding Witch to eat so she can temporarily regain her senses. Then we’ll lure the believers in the Dream Realm to summon me there, and then we’ll find the Temple of the Golden Law and try to bring Daisy back.”

"Hearing you say that makes me feel much less stressed."

"Yes."

...

……

Milo and Dirac woke up in the abandoned monastery in the north of the city.

They were summoned there by the remnants of the forbidden zone at that very place.

The time interval between the two events was only a little over a minute.

The Scarlet Witch, with only half her body remaining, had once again fallen into a confused slumber.

They went downstairs and immediately headed towards the church.

Finally, they met Daisy at the Star Clock Tower, where she was feeding Marshall and Wendigo dried fish, and the two of them were finally relieved.

"Overall, everything went smoothly, right?"

Dillah Shaw wiped the sweat from his forehead.

"Yes, it only took two minutes to smoothly turn the eastern restricted area of ​​the Dreamland upside down." Milo nodded.

The two small animals beside them looked rather listless.

Marshall traveled through time by tearing open the barrier between worlds. This is an innate skill of their race, but it is by no means something that can be done casually. Every time it is used, it consumes a great deal of energy. The first time it did this, it took it a whole year to recover.

However, Marshall has clearly grown a lot. After traversing the World Barrier with Daisy and Wendigo, he only looked a little listless, but he still showed off Daisy's dried fish despite his tired body.

On the contrary, Wendigo, who usually wanted to bite into the door panel, was completely exhausted this time. The furball looked like it had deflated, leaning listlessly against Daisy's feet, with half a tongue hanging from the corner of its mouth. Its expression was full of "exhaustion", "weakness", "nausea" and "wanting to vomit", just like a boudoir who had overindulged in sex.

"What, did you eat the Golden Law Temple or something?" Milo nudged Wendigo, who was lying on the ground, with his boot.

Daisy then crouched down, gently took Wendigo's arm, and picked it up, explaining:
"Xiao Wen went through a lot of trouble to spit out the Abyss Rift, he must be feeling very uncomfortable now."

Daisy had witnessed Wendigo slicing his throat in the temple dungeon.

……

"So you found what you were looking for?" Milo turned his head to look at Daisy, not noticing any difference in her slightly pale face compared to before. However, no change was a good thing, since it was already quite remarkable that she could return from the temple with all her limbs intact.

If I remember correctly, Daisy did mention that one of the purposes of her trip was "something she had to get," which was related to her thinking eye.

But Milo still doesn't know what it is.

And it seems Daisy has no intention of telling Milo right now.

She simply and naturally changed the subject:
“I also brought back half of my brother’s guiding witch, but… she doesn’t seem to be in very good condition.”

"How is it bad..."

When Milo asked, Marshall, who had been lying on the ground showing off his dried fish, raised his paw and pointed to a corner of the Star Clock Tower hall.

On the ground there lay a body, or rather, half a mutilated body. Together with the Scarlet Witch in the abandoned monastery in the north of the city, they could make a complete witch. However, the half in front of them looked as if it had been soaked in some kind of corrosive liquid. The skin on the surface of the body was almost dissolved, and the cross-sections of the internal organs exposed to the air were covered with pus.

In short, what was already like an old monster has now become even more terrifying.

It's hard to imagine why Marshall could still eat dried fish after witnessing this scene.

……

“This is…?” Milo looked at the half-dead witch who was barely alive.

He could sense that the other person's life force was extremely weak, and they were on the verge of death.

“The temple must have tried many ways to eliminate her, but none of them succeeded,” Daisy calmly analyzed.

"Can I understand that even the temple doesn't have the means to completely kill the witch?" Milo asked.

Daisy thought for a moment, then answered Milo's question in a more rigorous way: "The temple may not have it, but the Golden Tree certainly does, after all, the power of the gods is far greater than that of the past."

“The witch hasn’t reached the level of the old days yet,” Milo shrugged.

Daisy added, "But the power that keeps her 'immortal' comes from the old days. Didn't your brother read that book? The one that forcibly increased Finn's height by more than ten centimeters, the Canamagos Testament."

"It seems your insightful thinking has indeed improved considerably since then," Milo muttered.

The Canamagos Testament was something he obtained from the University of Michigan's library through Investigator C's connections; it was one of many electives labeled as "evil."

In short, this ancient text, written during the time of Hyberril, is a record of an Old One named "Quach Utaus," who played the role of the Grim Reaper in many ancient civilizations and also had the elegant title of "Dust Walker."

The person who summons "Quach Utaus" will sign a pact with him that can be described as immortality in some respects.

The signatory's spine would be twisted as proof.

Furthermore, this immortality spot is unique, and the former will remain immortal until the next signatory appears.

These signatories are known as those pardoned by Death.

When that sole spot is taken, the pardoned will turn into ordinary dust. When Quache Utaus leaves, he will leave small footprints on the dust left by the weathered remains of the victim, which is the origin of his beautiful title - "Dust Walker".

...

Of course, previous searches and investigations into this information were based solely on Milo's speculation.

But since the Eye of Thinking has now mentioned this moment, it is tantamount to confirming the truth of Milo's conjecture.

The origin of the immortal Scarlet Witch who can freely travel between the waking world and the dream world, and whose existence even the Golden Law Temple cannot completely kill.

Her twisted spine said it all.

(End of this chapter)