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Chapter 711 The Guide Was Eaten

What was the forbidden fire that led to this series of tragedies?
Who knows.

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Milo needs the Crybaby to regain his senses.

The problem is that the Cold Plains is a peaceful place in the deception created by the temple. If the Crying Clown is completely consumed by the forbidden fire, all this peace and beauty will be destroyed. The Scarlet Witch, based on the deception, tells the Crying Clown that the Lord of Fear has the ability to suppress the forbidden fire. As long as He arrives, the Crying Clown can give up control and end this endless torment.

So breaking the seal should be the first step.

The good news is that the deity served at the Hooked Finger Temple must have fallen into the abyss from the Tombstone Dream along with the "main force," which is why the seal has loosened and the increasingly terrifying nighttime roars have occurred.

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Milo wants to regain his strength, and this is an opportunity.

Of course, there's also a high chance of losing your life.

The truth is, the Scarlet Witch had already made all the preparations for him long ago.

During her visit to the Cold Plains, she used her broken, sharp nails to cut away a part of the Weeping Demon's fear, then tore it into pieces and scattered them among the mountains of the Cold Plains, forming a guide to the Weeping Demon's sealed location.

The Scarlet Witch never told Milo these things, or perhaps she never had the chance to. But she had done everything a guide could do, and the day Milo sets foot on the Cold Plains, he only needs to close his eyes to see the guiding signposts commanded by the fragments of fear.

Perhaps for Milo during the Shadow or even CCD era, the power of those fragments of fear scattered throughout the path was dispensable; their significance as road signs was greater.

But for him now, it's a life-saving tonic.

……

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"A rare person?"

"Am I seeing things? This race hasn't gone extinct yet?"

"Is that a human next to us? Why would a human be with a Greek?"

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A commotion emanated from the shadows beyond the ruins.

Surprisingly, the first group to arrive at the priestly ruins were not the Knights of the Hook Temple or other temple apostles, but ordinary spirit seers.

They do not serve any gods or the old order; they belong to the scavenging and wandering faction.

To be precise, they are actually a group of spirit seers who are not accepted by the major temples due to defects in character or talent, and are forced to wander.

They are capable of assassinating their own kind for a pittance.

They could also form a temporary alliance for greater benefits.

That's how Meow City Usa was overturned back then.

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"Stand behind me."

Freya removed the longbow from her back and gently pushed Milo behind her.

The latter touched his nose and muttered meaningfully:

"Is it just my imagination...? It feels like every woman in my life has said this."

The next second, gray floating skeletons lit up outside the priest's ruins. The several skulls rose into the air like smoke and then crashed down towards the location where Milo and Freya were.

The visionaries in the dream world are indeed more adept at playing tricks than those in the conscious world.

With his current physical body, Milo is clearly no match for these fancy tricks.

"Hmm—okay, okay, you do it."

Now that Freya has volunteered, Milo can finally get down to business.

Milo turned his head to look in the direction of the broken tower at the highest point of the ruins.

That was the location of the first piece of fear he could find within his field of vision.

So he quickly darted through the ruins, running towards the broken tower on the higher ground.

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At this time, more and more wandering spirit seers gathered outside the ruins.

These people actually reached a consensus; they planned to capture the Greeks alive.

Don't misunderstand, the wandering spirit seer naturally has no so-called faith or obsession, and will not try to "purify" Freya upon meeting her like the knight of the Hook Temple.

The clairvoyants made this plan simply because a living Greek could fetch a good price at the temple.

……

Besides, Freya and the Visionaries' goal on this trip is the "Star Beast" epic poem. They are inherently opposing competitors, so their fight doesn't really need much of a reason.

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And so this place, which had been silent for countless years, suddenly became lively.

Open and covert attacks, spells and magic, and even firearms that are extremely incompatible with the local civilization have appeared. Moreover, regardless of whether they are cold or hot weapons, they are all imbued with all sorts of strange special powers by the psychics.

It seems that the use of magic in the dream world is much richer than in the waking world.

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The Greeks became the target of public criticism, which was somewhat unexpected for Milo.

Perhaps the clairvoyants also knew that the Greeks' "dry rations" were a panacea.

After the battle began, flames shot into the sky from the priest's ruins.

Although Freya is not a Spirit Visionist, her racial talent is top-notch. Her speed and strength make her adept at dealing with the siege of a group of Spirit Visionists.

No one could harm her in the slightest in a short period of time.

Conversely, some psychics who underestimated her eyesight, hiding in what they thought was safe shadows to cast spells, were pierced through by arrows that came hurtling towards them the next second. Some of the more vulnerable ones were even blasted halfway through their bodies.

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Freya fought the group of Spirit Visors to a standstill purely on her physical strength, and even gained a slight advantage.

This explains why they are wandering spirit seers rather than apostles of any temple; the temple looks down on this rabble…

You should know that Freya and Milo were chased by the knights of the Hook Temple before, and they almost couldn't escape.

The only unsettling thing is that the wandering psychics truly live up to their reputation as a despised group. These guys don't have a single decent trick up their sleeve; they're all sneaky, underhanded schemes and dirty tricks. If you're not careful, you can easily fall into their trap.

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A fierce battle is raging at the edge of the priest's ruins.

The ruins there looked like they couldn't have withstood such a fierce battle; some collapsed, others crumbled.

Milo remained focused, his gaze fixed on the terrifying fragments beneath the broken tower ahead.

In less than ten breaths, they rushed to the shadow of the broken tower.

Here, he reached out and touched the fragments of fear hidden in the shadows.

The Scarlet Witch probably never imagined that the little trinket she left behind as a guide for Milo would be eaten by him as a tonic...

"Actually, I'm not quite sure if it's okay to just swallow it directly."

When he touched the fragment of fear, Milo could clearly feel the life force that devoured fear sending a hunger signal to his brain, while a familiar form of power surged in the surrounding air.

The two deaths, one in the waking world and the other in the tombstone dream, were like slashes to Milo's soul and body, blocking and shielding all his senses and primal instincts, returning him to his most primitive state, or even worse.

But he no longer needs to accumulate power step by step by observing the dead as before; he only needs to reactivate his devouring instinct…

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Some obscure substances, invisible to ordinary people, even those with clairvoyance, like living shadows, surged forth with "ecstatic joy" when they touched Milo's fingertips...

A devouring act, which might be considered evil and heretical in the eyes of the gods, is quietly taking place beneath the broken tower of the priest's ruins.

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At this moment, the commotion caused by the wandering spirit seer Freya quickly attracted the attention of the apostles of the nearby temple.

The first to appear were still the Hooked Finger Temple Knights, all of whom wore blue gems and close-fitting light armor.

The Hook Knights were also surprised to see Freya jumping around on the ruins.

Wasn't he seriously injured, almost fatally? How come he looks perfectly fine now?

Did I recognize the wrong person?

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The knights of the Hooked Finger Temple disdained to associate with those wandering spirit seers, and simply sat on the eastern hillside waiting for the battle on the ruins to be decided.

Many sealing totems are scattered across the Cold Plains, and one of them is located in the ruins of the ancient ruins. Their purpose for this trip, in addition to the "Star Beast," also includes consolidating these seals.

Of course, the temple apostles who set foot on the Cold Plains were not limited to the Hooked Finger Temple. It is said that all the temples that could make it sent people, all wanting to savor the rhythm of that poem. And the banner they raised was, of course, to assist the Hooked Finger Temple in sealing the Weeping Demon.

I don't know why we've already reached the halfway point of the mountain range and haven't encountered anyone from other temples yet...

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After the people from the Temple of Hooked Finger appeared, the wandering spirit seers present began to have second thoughts; after all, they were competitors who had come for the Psalms…

But Freya had no intention of easily getting past these opportunistic scoundrels.

Thus, the original siege turned into a one-on-one chase.

At this moment, most people's attention was drawn to the chaotic battle in the ruins.

Only the green-robed saintess, who was in the very center of the temple procession, shifted her gaze to the broken tower further up.

This person was truly something else; everyone was staring at Freya, but she was the only one who wouldn't let Milo off the hook. But that was normal, since she was the only one who noticed the subtle connection between Milo and the crybaby.

When her gaze fell upon Milo's figure, a hint of surprise flashed in the green-robed saintess's eyes, followed by a frown.

Within her field of vision, Milo was clearly different from the weak and powerless mortal he had been before...

She had a feeling, like she had accidentally noticed some inconspicuous shadow rummaging around in a corner with some terrifying object. It was a psychedelic feeling, but also a chilling one.

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She didn't know what Milo was doing under that shadow, but before she could order the knights to stop him, a shrill scream came from the western direction of the priest's ruins:
"Help...Help!!!"

"Knights of the Temple of Hooked Finger...please save us!!!"

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The person who emerged from the gaps in the jagged boulders piled up on that side was wearing a blood-red robe.

Oh no, their robes were stained with blood; their original color should have been white…

They likely belonged to a temple more skilled in magic, somewhat similar to the priestesses of the Emerald Temple, the type whose strength was insufficient even to carry light armor.

These guys tumbled and crawled all the way, as if some extremely terrifying thing was chasing them.

Only three warlocks were visible to the crowd, two of whom had their arms severed, leaving a trail of blood.

When they saw the knights of the Hooked Finger Temple, they felt like they had found a lifeline.

She screamed at the top of her lungs:
"A hunter...it's a hunter!!"

"He killed everyone..."

“Save me!!!”

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(End of this chapter)