Ke-style law enforcement officers

Chapter 727 Crisis
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The next day.

Milo and his team timed it perfectly.

Before dawn breaks, they prepare to spread their wings and fly into the clouds under the cover of night.

In this way, even if there are ships on the nearby sea surface, they will only feel a gust of wind.

...

Unfortunately, no sooner had Milo extinguished the campfire than a cargo ship sailed past the island.

At that moment, Freya had just reached the other side of the deserted island and was preparing to take off her leather armor and outer garment.

Hearing the sound of waves being churned by oars on the sea, Freya quietly hid herself.

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Soon, the outline of a cargo ship slowly emerged in the night.

A male voice with a heavy foreign accent came from the deck:
"Need any help, friend?"

You can vaguely see someone holding onto the railing, looking at where Milo is.

The ship showed no intention of docking and continued to sail slowly outside the area of ​​the islands and reefs.

...

Milo ignored him.

The guy on the ship was quite patient and asked again:
"I didn't see any boats on the nearby shore. Did you encounter a storm? Or were you an exile?"

"Whoever you are, are you interested in coming aboard? We've lost a few brothers on the way, and we might need your help once we get to port."

"It's just a suggestion. Think about it, my friend. You'll die of dehydration if you stay on this barren island for a day or two."

"Hey, you don't need to pay for the travel expenses. If you do a good job, you might even earn half a silver coin. It's a glorious and great mission. What do you say?"

...

The crew member on deck, whose face was obscured, was rather amiable, showing no signs of mockery or sarcasm. Perhaps he genuinely lacked manpower. Unfortunately, he was unaware that he was wasting Milo's time; after speaking politely for so long, all Milo received in return was a single sentence:
"Get lost."

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Immediately, crew members on deck began to greet Milo's immediate family, and some even made threatening remarks such as saying they would shoot Milo with an arrow.

The man leaning against the deck railing, however, remained unperturbed despite being scolded. He waved his hand dismissively, signaling the crew to turn the helm and leave.

"Aha, okay, okay."

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As the ship slowly sailed away, Milo noticed that there were many chess pieces of slightly dark color standing on the mast and the rear railing, but the totems on them were still clearly visible. Some of them directly used the temple totems, such as the "Hook Temple" that he had just encountered not long ago, as well as the familiar "Emerald Temple", and the family crests of some of the lower-ranking vassal races or clans of the gods.

It's quite rare to see so many random totems on a ship at the same time, and it's even rarer to have so many totem flags as protective symbols while no one on board is blessed by the temple.

Milo, in any case, couldn't be bothered to associate with these irrelevant people.

He turned his head and glanced at the distant horizon, where streaks of light had begun to slowly appear, and soon the sky would be completely bright.

So he cursed the meddlesome guy a few more times in his mind.

...

Freya's voice came from behind the rocks on the deserted island:

Have they gone far?

Milo turned his head and glanced again. The sea was a hazy gray, with seven or eight tenths of the night shrouded in the thick fog of the early morning. There were no cargo ships to be seen.

"It's quite far. If you're worried, I can set the boat on fire."

Freya's voice suddenly rose several decibels:
"No! There are many children in the cabins of that ship!"

"A kid?" Milo narrowed his eyes and shrugged. "It doesn't matter. If you don't take off soon, it'll be dawn. Then all the ships in the nearby waters will be able to see your four big chicken wings. Hurry up."

"You're the one with the big chicken wing!" Freya's leather armor and undergarments were thrown out from behind the reef and landed in Milo's arms.

...

Soon, the four wings of an ancient dragon unfolded above the deserted island...

The fog is actually a good thing.

Even a dragon with a wingspan of hundreds of meters can be well concealed, silently approaching that vast land surface.

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After the light completely illuminated the sky, the first thing that could be seen was a huge river flowing into the sea that cut the continent in front of it into two parts. On both sides of the river were magnificent city buildings, and the architectural styles of the two were quite different. They could not be seen clearly through the clouds and mist for the time being, but it was not difficult to tell from the two thick city walls that the territories on the left and right sides of the river did not belong to the same king.

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Milo and his companions didn't have a map; they relied on a general understanding and Freya's innate senses to determine their location.

So all they knew was that the land in front of them was the Western Continent, but they were completely clueless about the specifics of the kingdoms or the rivers.

Freya had never even set foot on this continent; it was Milo who had come here once before, when he escorted Marshall back to his hometown…

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Milo squinted at the distant land. Based on his understanding of the social structure of the Dreamland, city-states or royal capitals would also have temples to worship the deity they believed in, similar to Horsus worshipped by Os-Nargai.

As expected, there are two kingdoms directly in front of us, so the worst-case scenario is that there will be two temple forces with different origins, so we have to be careful.

But there's really no need to be so careful. At least so far, Milo hasn't felt any potential hostile threat, and his heart rate has remained normal.

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But Freya's heart rate kept soaring.

"Calm down, calm down. You're a dragon, okay? Don't act like you've never seen anything like this before."

Milo reached out and patted Freya's enormous, pillar-like dragon horns.

...

Freya flew extremely fast; what should have been a journey that took almost a full day could probably be completed in half a day.

But just as she got close enough to land, she suddenly sensed something, changed direction above the clouds, and sprinted back the way she came at an even faster speed.

Milo, sitting on the back of the dragon's neck, was thrown off balance by the oncoming gust of wind.

Just as they were wondering what was wrong with this silly girl, they soon noticed some noisy commotion in the sea behind them.

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Through the clouds, Milo also noticed an area on the azure sea where white waves were constantly being stirred up.

It was the cargo ship that had passed by the deserted island earlier.

It appears to have been attacked by some enormous creature.

That enormous object came from beneath the sea.

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"wait……"

Milo patted the dragon's horns, signaling Freya not to act rashly.

But Freya did not slow down and went straight to the airspace directly above the ocean-going ship.

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Now we can finally see the situation below clearly.

A giant octopus-like sea monster's countless tentacles firmly bound the ship's hull from beneath the surface, constantly exerting force, squeezing and crushing the ship's structure, leaving the vessel in grave danger.

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(End of this chapter)