Ke-style law enforcement officers

Chapter 730 Where Are They?
A rootless bloodline left behind by a colossal beast from beyond the stars…

That's just the literal meaning of "Star Beast".

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Aunt Shana scraped a whole bucket of festering flesh from Freya's body.

Milo was wiping away the blood that had spilled onto the floor with a rag; the scene inside the cabin was horrifying.

Freya was already quite large, so her surface area was naturally large as well. Including the flesh and blood that had been burned by the dragon's grease, Milo had already come out of the cabin and dumped two buckets of rotten meat into the seawater.

According to Aunt Shana, if the grease isn't scraped off in time, it will slowly seep into Freya's muscles, internal organs, and even bone marrow, at which point there will be no hope. Right now, all she can do is discard the parts that have been contaminated by the grease...

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So wouldn't it have been better if you had just saved that initial prayer time?

Milo ultimately managed to suppress the urge to curse.

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At that moment, the captain's loud conversation with someone could be heard coming from the second deck outside the cabin.

First came the aggressive, demanding voice of a stranger from afar.

"This is the harbor patrol fleet of the Kingdom of Hylanris. We need to search your ship."

The captain's voice, however, was much calmer.

He said this:

"I'm sorry, we were attacked by sea monsters in the near sea and the mast was broken, otherwise you wouldn't have missed the flag... Go and bring the flag over for this knight of the naval fleet to see."

Then came the sound of footsteps running along the deck.

Not long after, the naval knight fleet of the Kingdom of Hylanris left without saying a word.

Inside the ship's cabin, through the gaps left by the sea monster's attack, one could see a huge warship carrying cannons passing by.

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Milo had actually prepared for the worst.

But the captain resolved the crisis so easily. Speaking of which, the family crests of the temple and its vassal races are really useful. I guess that's why he just brought Milo and Freya aboard.

And as the ships drew closer to land, the same scene was repeated shortly afterward.

This time, the group blocking the road also claimed to be a harbor patrol fleet, but it did not belong to the "Kingdom of Hylandris" but to the "Kingdom of Losk".

The result was similar; the captain blocked them back with the flag of the Hook Temple.

It turns out that in the Dreamland, the temple's status far surpasses that of these so-called royal families.

As Milo had previously predicted, there were two kingdoms sharing the coastline that bordered the Serrian Sea, with the huge river flowing into the sea serving as the dividing line between them: one was "Hylanris" and the other was "Losk".

Los Angeles' naval fleet slunk away.

Milo once again watched through the gaps in the ship's planks as those dark cannon muzzles slid past him.

According to his judgment, Hyranis and Losk should be similar to the Eternal Kingdom in the East, both being medieval-level civilizations, or perhaps even more backward than the Eternal Kingdom.

After all, the cannons mounted on both sides of their warships were the old-fashioned kind shaped like copper pots. Each time a shot was fired, the entire cannon had to be pulled back into the cabin to reload the ammunition before it could be extended to fire again. It was roughly like an enlarged version of a flintlock musket. Moreover, each time it was fired, there was a high probability that it would deliver a bloody surprise to the soldiers in the cabin.

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"Alright, now it's up to her. That's all I can do."

Shana washed her hands, which were covered in blood and bits of flesh, in a wooden basin, and then tied up her sweat-soaked, gray hair that had been hanging down to her face.

At this moment, Freya was tightly bound with bandages into a human-shaped dumpling, with only her mouth and nose left open for ventilation.

Hmm... there's actually one more spot that wasn't completely wrapped up, but it's hard to describe.

Milo had tried his best not to think about it that way, but Aunt Shana was just too fierce.

She pointed to Freya's chest and said to Milo:

"I see you're badly injured, kid. You've broken several ribs, haven't you? Here, I've left you an opening. If you don't mind drinking a couple of sips of blood, we can get started now. There's no need to suffer for nothing."

This old woman seemed to know everything, and was unfazed by anything.

Take two sips of the bloody...

I bet you can figure it out.

Milo sighed inwardly: The West is indeed wilder than the East.

"You are so thoughtful."

In any case, it was a blessing from heaven to meet such an aunt when he was at his wit's end; otherwise, Milo would have been able to watch Freya slowly die from being eroded by those strange oils.

"She's still a kind-hearted child." Aunt Shana said, then suddenly fell ill again, pressing the bloodstained knife against Milo's chest, and said seriously, "I'm talking about a real child. Considering the long lifespan of the Hiranids, she's equivalent to a three-year-old human child. I don't care what methods you used, whether you deceived her or were sincere, since you've gained her trust, don't betray it, understand, boy?" Milo wasn't angry at having the knife pressed against him.

The small blade posed no threat to him.

On the contrary, it was Shana's series of erratic and eccentric behaviors that piqued Milo's curiosity. He narrowed his eyes slightly and asked:
"You seem to know a great deal about the Hiyan people."

When Shana heard this, her eyes glazed over for a moment, and there was even a hint of panic in them. She didn't say a word, and left Milo behind to go outside the cabin.

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……

Milo carefully sat down beside Freya's bed.

Then he raised his hand and lit a gentle fire in front of her.

This is the only thing he can do right now.

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The ship slowly entered the port, which was controlled by the royal families of two kingdoms. To be precise, it should be called a bay, where river water from the land merges with the sea, creating a very wide bay on land. The current of the sea here is not very fast.

On both sides are jagged cliffs tens of meters high, seemingly enveloping the bay. The cliffs slope upwards towards the water, rather than perpendicular to it. From some hidden angles, one can see huge stone slabs chiseled horizontally into the cliff face, one every ten meters or so. Each slab appears to be much larger than a warship in the bay. It's hard to imagine what kind of creature could have accomplished such a feat...

Above the cliffs, which are tens of meters high on either side, lie the city walls belonging to Hylanris and Loske, respectively. However, ships floating on the bay can only glimpse a corner of these walls.

There is not a trace of the atmosphere of a commercial port here. Instead, it is filled with the feel of ancient military fortifications, solemn, strict, and unapproachable, just like the high walls on both sides.

Imagine if a foreign invasion were to occur. The coastline would be blocked by towering walls, and the only way to penetrate into this land would be like a natural steel cage, from which there would be no way to leave alive.

Milo could even smell a trace of Lake Hali, the Aldebaran star cluster, in this bay, indicating that enough undead were buried in the seawater and that a war had once taken place here.

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Looking back, agreeing to take Freya on a trip to the mainland was a mistake from the start. Why did we have to pick such a terrible place? We almost lost our lives on that trip.

Now they can't leave even if they want to, so they have no choice but to bring Freya onto land. At least until she recovers enough to fly again, Milo has to keep her by his side.

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"Zulu River".

On deck, the captain, who hadn't said much throughout, saw Milo staring blankly at the river and pointed south, explaining:

“Follow this river southwards, and deep upstream lies the Hizhuk Mountains, where vast primeval forests lie. Once you reach there, you will be completely safe.”

"To the west of the river is the Kingdom of Hylanris, and to the east is Losk. If you must enter the high walls, my suggestion is to go through the Hylanris side. Their people are relatively friendlier, but they are not much better than the people of Losk."

"The part near the upper reaches of the Zulu River is called Upper Sea Lanris and Upper Losk, while the part near the lower reaches, which is where we are now, is the border between Lower Sea Lanris and Lower Losk... It's quite strange, isn't it? The terms 'upper' and 'lower' are reversed on the map because the river flows north."

“My mission will be complete once my ship reaches the end of Lower Losk and delivers these children to the temple priests.”

"So you can only proceed on land from now on, but I can give you this map. I have marked the two safe routes between Losk and Hylandris on it. You can decide for yourself."

“I cannot take the Hiyans to meet the temple priests, so you may have to disembark halfway…”

"However, there is a small village after passing the city of Urashiru in Nizhny Lossk. That is my territory, and it is relatively secluded. You can go there to recuperate first. It is clearly marked on the map."

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Taking the map from the captain, Milo didn't say much, only nodded and replied, "Okay."

He did not ask the captain's name, nor did the captain.

Both sides remained calm and tacitly understood.

The captain did everything he could.

He knew very well that if it weren't for the dragon's roar on the sea, he would have been devoured by sea monsters, and perhaps without that roar, the dragon would never have been discovered by the people on land.

He knows better than anyone.

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"Those who shoot arrows..."

Milo was silent for a moment, then unfolded the map in his hand and asked the captain the question he most wanted to know:
"Where are those Hawkeyes that Aunt Shana mentioned, the ones who shot the giant arrows?"

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The captain stared intently at the calm-faced young man before him, and for some reason, a sudden feeling of unease crept over him.

He wasn't asking "Who are the Hawkeyes?" or "How powerful are the Hawkeyes?" but rather...

Where are they?

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Judging from the way this kid unfolded the map, he clearly wanted the captain to mark the exact location of the Hawkeye Clan on it...

(End of this chapter)