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Chapter 543: When did it begin?
At this point, we can put the matters of the Dreamland and the Temple of the Golden Law aside for now.

The covenant of the Dream Gods still has a certain binding force on the major temples. After Daisy and the others returned to the world of lucidity, Milo and Diracho kept a close watch on them, especially the Unseen Lands.

But the expected horrific retaliation from the temple did not materialize.

This time, Milo truly outmaneuvered the Golden Law Temple. Not only did the Eye of Thought make a trip back, but he also took away half of the captured Scarlet Witch and likely stole something very important, though Milo didn't know what it was, and Daisy refused to say. This alone was enough to infuriate the temple's higher-ups, not even counting what Milo had done in the forbidden areas of the Eastern Continent.

A team of Black Blade Envoys, accompanied by a temple elder who is also a member of the royal family of the Shattered Floating City, and a cargo ship loaded with crystals.

Although all of these combined may not be worth as much as the blade of law of a newborn.

But the nature of the incident is different. This time, Milo stepped on someone else's turf and did something wrong, so the sense of humiliation is much, much stronger.

Even so, there was no sign of any retaliatory action from the temple.

What does this mean?
This indicates that the problem with the Abyss Rift is serious enough.

The situation was so dire that the elders on the high platform of the Golden Law Temple had no time to seek revenge.

……

Of course, how the temple ultimately resolves the crisis in the abyss, or rather, how the gods of dreams choose, is not something Milo needs to worry about. As long as he stays in the waking world, those "things" that could threaten him will not be able to condescend to come here.

Perhaps the people who will face some big trouble next are the survivors in the forbidden zone, or the cats who left the eternal kingdom.

If the gods were to become enraged, these two groups would most likely be the targets of that wrath.

As for Milo, he's done all he could for them, hasn't he?

...

"Isn't it a two-way choice? The cat of Uzzah, and the descendants of the conquerors, you never used words or other means to induce or deceive them. It was the environment and the times that drove them to come to you, and you just happened to do something that was simple but significant to them. Remember, believers are not your burden, nor should they become your burden."

The Scarlet Witch, upon awakening, bore a vertical scar that bisected her distorted, aged face. The wound on her lips had not yet fully healed, leaving her with four separate lips instead of the two she had before…

But even with her mouth split open like that, it didn't stop her from transmitting the ideas of faith plunder to Milo:

"The reason why words like 'manifestation,' 'blessing,' and 'grace' sound so distant and illusory is because they are rare, and may never have even happened in reality, existing only in the imaginations of believers. It must be remembered that the mercy and compassion of those in power for those in lower positions are fake. The rarer something is, the more precious it is, and the more worthwhile it is to give everything for it. This is the fate of believers who look up to those in power."

Milo already understood the道理 (principles/reasons) in the Scarlet Witch's words.

Regardless of whether this statement is right or wrong, at least for now, what she said is true.

Because after advancing to the Shadow Sequence, many complex emotions of lower-level beings are stripped away. Even if those at the Shadow Sequence and above wanted to, they could not empathize with those below them.

This is an ability that has been eliminated by their bodies and souls during the process of purification and evolution.

This is also the fundamental argument of some schools of thought that the divine does not have a dualistic view of good and evil; the gods do not distinguish between good and evil, but are indifferent.

Since those in power are neither good nor evil.

Does that mean there's no longer a distinction between gods and demons...?

...

Milo had thought about similar issues in depth many times before.

In the end, nothing came of it.

The reason is—

"Our horizons are not broad enough."

Therefore, the only option is—

"Fear of the blood of the ancient gods"

...

"The tone of your voice is starting to sound a bit like Imnal's."

Milo seemed to be deep in thought.

The illusion of Mei Gao had only just faded away.

Daylight broke. He didn't have time to ponder the Red Witch's messages. Of course, he did consider the fate of the cats unable to leave the Dreamland and the survivors of the Forbidden Zone, but the truth was, there was nothing more he could do.

The visions of Death Child Mego were like a sharp sword hanging over his head, a sword that could fall and kill him at any moment. The cries that occasionally grew louder in his ears, and the black baby carriage that could appear in any corner of his field of vision, were constant reminders to Milo that day was approaching.

……

The Scarlet Witch easily saw through Milo's inner worries.

So he asked:
When did the crying start?

“After I dreamt of the Archbishop of the Church, of course, I only later learned that the little girl wasn’t actually a little girl,” Milo shrugged.

"What about the illusion?"

“A baby stroller? The baby stroller first appeared... well, just before we set off into the Dreamland, which is…” Milo recalled the image of the baby stroller first appearing in the church courtyard, and said, “That was when the Abyss Rift appeared.”

"I see……"

Milo no longer needed the Scarlet Witch to give him further guidance; he could figure out the reason himself.

...

Based on the information previously provided by Daisy.

The Death Child was something the Sumerian civilization attempted to create to fight against the gods; let's call it a weapon. But before this weapon was completed, Sumeria faced the premature annihilation of its civilization. It's hard to say whether the Death Child was too late to be born or whether the Death Child itself caused the world's premature demise. In any case, Mego is the greatest secret left behind by the previous civilization of this land.

The era of Sumeru has passed.

The only traces left by Sumeru are the ruins remaining in the earth's crust and the fragments of texts recorded in some scattered writings.

The Grim Reaper, Meiko, may appear in the world.

For even the god of that era is dead, leaving only His tomb—the pit of worship.

If Mego is a weapon used to fight against the gods, then the gods must have eliminated the possibility of its appearance from every angle.

Milo had considered the possibility that the thing mentioned in the Covenant of the Gods, buried beneath the city of Nanwei in the world of lucidity, might refer to Mego.

But this conjecture was quickly refuted.

Because the "thing" that compelled the gods to establish a pact to protect was clearly much older than humanity and the Pumeric civilization, it is very likely that the Pumeric civilization was destroyed because they meddled with that "thing they shouldn't have touched" underground, which is why the gods buried that civilization.

...

But let's get back to the main topic.

Why do the hallucinations of the Grim Reaper, Meiko, keep appearing?

Hasn't God already eliminated the possibility of it appearing?
That's a god who controls order.

Unless, unless something can twist, destroy, or create a new order.

That thing is called Abyss Chaos.

……

"That's why Klaue dragged me into the abyss... He knew I would meet the Wendigo, he knew I couldn't completely annihilate the insect age in the abyss, which would cause the abyssal rift to spread to the conscious world."

"The purpose of bringing the abyss into the world of clarity is to allow Mego, who would have no chance of reappearing under the existing order, to reappear."

“Daisy is telling the truth. Meg is one of the ultimate goals of the Monsis School.”

"and many more…"

"If that's the case, then that night with the Black Goat, the summoning of the incarnation of the Supreme Mother Goddess, and even letting me regain my initial humanity, were all part of Crow's plan?"

"Because if I didn't have the original humanity, I wouldn't be able to turn the world-destroying Windrunner into the Wendigo we know today, and the Abyss wouldn't have been exposed."

...

For the first time, Milo truly felt the terror of the name Tutis Claude.

(End of this chapter)