Ke-style law enforcement officers

Chapter 728 Sea Hunt
"I feel like I've seen this scene in some movie before."

The enormous ship was transformed by the sea monster into something resembling the unpacking of a chocolate box.

Even high in the air, Milo could hear the wails and cries coming from the decks and cabins, and of course, the prayers made to the gods.

Giant sea monsters typically live in ancient seas where there are prey commensurate with their size. Coastal waters are full of small fish and shrimp; if you get lost there, you'll starve.

So, when this cargo ship encountered sea monsters in the nearshore waters, it shouldn't have prayed to their gods anymore. This not-so-pleasant coincidence might very well have been orchestrated by the gods.

...

Milo could clearly feel the intense fear emanating from the precarious ship.

At that moment, he suddenly noticed that the giant dragon beneath his feet had become restless.

"Hey, wait a minute, don't do anything reckless..."

Before Milo could finish speaking, Freya let out a dragon roar from above the clouds towards the sea!
"Roar!!!!!"

The deep, ancient roar of the waves almost lowered the entire sea surface.

The surrounding thick fog and clouds also dissipated in all directions.

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The terrifying suppression stemming from bloodline, order, and the food chain caused the sea monsters opening blind boxes below to instantly cower like a penis doused with cold water. They darted into the seabed at top speed, rapidly tumbling and spinning their tentacles, stirring up the seabed sand to completely conceal their forms...

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The people on the boat were still in shock.

When they figure out the source of the roar, they will surely fall into a new wave of panic.

Meanwhile, in the air, Milo was already clutching his forehead in excruciating pain.

He patted Freya's dragon horns, signaling her to leave quickly.

……

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When the crew members who had escaped death looked up and saw the enormous dragon wings and tail gliding past the edge of the mist in the streaks of light, they all thought they had actually perished in the belly of the sea monster and were now witnessing the afterlife...

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Milo sat on the back of the dragon's neck, earnestly blaring words of advice:

"Hey, don't be in such a hurry. You're the one who's most worried about being discovered, and you're also the most impulsive. Do you think I'm just going to stand by and watch that ship full of kids get swallowed whole by sea monsters?"

Of course, he himself couldn't give a definite answer to the question in the second half of his sentence.

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The ship that was attacked by the sea monster just now is the one Freya mentioned earlier that carried many children.

Milo did indeed hear the cries of children in the cabin and their prayers to the gods.

But the ship could display the family crests of several temples and their vassal races, and the children Freya rescued might one day become members of the temple apostles tasked with hunting and purifying the Hiyans.

That was what Milo originally wanted to say.

But he held back.

...

Looking back, if Freya didn't have this kind of personality, she wouldn't have been saved by Leng Yuanshang those times, and she might have died long ago.

Therefore, Milo is not qualified to preach.

Freya in her dragon form is unable to speak human language, but Milo could sense her frustration and guessed that even in her human form she would remain silent and sulk.

Seeing this, Milo stopped trying to say anything more.

But in fact, he had carefully considered a question: what would he do if Freya hadn't chosen to take action...?

This reminded Milo of the scene in his dream about the tombstone where he was chatting under the burning building.

Milo had already died once by then; his soul and humanity were no longer whole, which is why he appeared so cold-blooded and ruthless. This was Milo's explanation for that incident.

Now, old Theon has retrieved the part of his soul that he lost from the Lake of the Dead and returned it to Milo.

So that reason can no longer be used...

...

In fact, if Milo had just been hanging in the air watching the ship get crushed and swallowed by the sea monster, he could have gleaned quite a bit of fear from it...

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"Let's go, let's go that way. Didn't you want to see what the civilized world looks like?"

Milo patted Freya's massive, rough dragon horns, which resembled stone pillars, and pointed towards the upstream direction of the river.

"Actually, there's not much to see..."

But as he got closer to land, Milo found himself having to take back the second half of his statement.

The buildings on both sides of the massive river flowing into the sea may not look impressive from a distance, but their actual size and scale are many times larger than Milo had imagined, and their grandeur far surpasses any city Milo has ever seen.

This is a coastline facing north, and it was not built into a commercial port like Serefis. Instead, it has an architectural style that combines military defense and religious worship. The watchtowers built of huge stones protrude from the steel-like city walls, facing the Serrian Sea to the north.

The sheer height of the walls and the structure of the interior buildings evokes a profound sense of solemnity, reverence, and devotion among the civilizations of this land as they face the far north.

But at the same time, it adopts a defensive posture that keeps people at a distance.

Those protruding, enormous platforms served as observation posts for priests during their pilgrimages, and, when necessary, could also be used to deploy archers and throwing weapons…

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To the north, on the other side of the Serrian Sea, aren't those Inganok and the Cold Plains?

The priestly kingdoms there have vanished, and their faith has died out. What is there left for the western civilizations to worship and fear?
Perhaps there are even more mysterious places north of Lengyuan...

……

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“It’s not hard to see that the two kingdoms on either side of the river have slightly different attitudes toward the north.” Milo looked with great interest at the many structural details on the two high walls.

The west bank of the river carries a greater sense of awe, while the east bank embodies a stronger sense of defense.

"It looks like there's only a small, heavily controlled port here; we'll have to go upstream to see the city's inhabitants..."

"Wait a minute……"

"Get out of the way!!"

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Boom! ! ! !
Milo only noticed a black dot rapidly magnifying at the edge of his field of vision!
That was... an arrow?
Yet they are comparable to the stone pillars within the high walls of a kingdom on the shore!
The sound of air being torn apart was stretched to its limit, and the entire fog in front of him was ripped open. What Milo felt was not the shock of a giant object crashing down, but the terrifying suffocation and oppression of the entire space being pushed aside.

This was more than ten times larger than the giant arrows he had seen before Inganok.

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Freya maintained her forward flight, but her speed was less than one-tenth of that of the giant arrow, and her enormous size made it difficult for her to dodge in such a short time.

So she chose to take the hit head-on.

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High in the sky, a giant arrow hurtles down.

The clouds in the sky were cut open, revealing the terrifying shape of the dragon. At this moment, the light in the sky was strong enough that only the black outline of the dragon could be seen from the sea.

And just moments before that horrific impact was about to occur.

Flames burst forth from the dragon's head.

It was a terrifying black spiral of flame, wreathed in dark debris and floating matter, raging above the clouds.

Whether it was an illusion or not, the sky seemed to dim slightly where the black flames appeared.

...

The giant dragon, wreathed in black flames, withstood the massive arrow thanks to its stone scales and bones.

The black flames were the first to meet the giant arrow, but they couldn't stop its domineering momentum. The flames only had time to burn away the sharp arrowhead in an instant.

But the remaining half of the arrow still collided head-on with the dragon!
boom! ! !
The massive silhouette of the dragon could be seen staggering in mid-air after being struck, slid halfway across the field of vision, and let out a painful howl, but it showed no sign of falling.

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The fog and clouds in the air were shattered, and all ships along the coast of Serrian could see this shocking and terrifying scene.

The sky was scorched, and a four-winged dragon roared and raged.

On the vast expanse of the sea, everything seemed to freeze for a few seconds, the oppressive feeling emanating from the colossal object making it hard to breathe.

But the next instant, the half of the giant arrow that had been knocked away finally fell into the sea, creating huge waves, which served as a reminder to the ships in the nearby waters that they should scatter and flee for their lives instead of standing there in a daze.

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The black flames dissipated.

The dragon stumbled and regained its balance.

It roared in the direction from which the giant arrow had been shot from deep within the land.

Driven by the sense of honor in its ancient bloodline, it flapped its dragon wings and charged fiercely in that direction!

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The result was that three giant arrows were fired simultaneously to intercept them, and they were even faster than before, accompanied by eerie red smoke, and almost simultaneously possessed multiple superimposed elements such as fire and lightning.

Worst of all, this time the dragon didn't stay put to meet the attack, but charged forward to meet it.

Even when the roaring, spiraling black flames sensed something was wrong, they charged forward from the dragon's back at an even faster speed, meeting the three giant arrows ahead of time.

However, the giant arrow, carrying multiple strange attributes, was clearly more resistant to burning than before. After colliding with the black flames, it was not burned much, but instead sent the fire master flying far away.

The dragon whipped up a whirlwind to meet the arrows.

...

……

For the ships sailing off the coast of Serellian, all of this breathtaking scenery was like a fleeting dream.

Those are elements that only appear in ancient legends.

A giant arrow shot down a flying dragon from the sea.

A dreamlike story.

...

The terrifying, ferocious dragon, soaring through the air, was pierced by an arrow, howling and crashing into the icy sea, creating a massive wave.

At sea and on land, those who witnessed this scene did not cheer or exclaim in admiration, nor did they even have time to pray to the gods.

They felt as if something was stuck in their throats and chests, preventing them from speaking.

That should have driven an ordinary person to the brink of insanity, but before madness could take over their minds, those chaotic elements quietly disappeared.

And so this scene of silence unfolded.

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The sea took a long time to calm down.

Some people realized what was happening and began to flee towards land.

Others, however, mustered their courage and quietly approached the spot where the dragon had fallen into the sea…

Hot dragon blood was burning on the sea surface.

But no one saw that terrifying behemoth...

(End of this chapter)