Ke-style law enforcement officers

Chapter 737
"A superb embryo!"

"well!"

"it is good!"

"Those good-for-nothings have finally found a promising talent."

"OK……"

...

Deep within the dark prayer hall.

The priest uttered strange syllables intermittently, using a language originating from some ancient civilization that was extremely obscure.

...

The bad news was that by the time Milo's boots stepped into the dark hall, Aegon had already been infused with the so-called essence refined by the Greeks.

The good news is that she didn't become a broken creation or shatter on the spot like other children.

The "superior divine embryo" mentioned by the priest refers to Aegon, who has just completed his transformation.

……

Without the protection of the Purification Legion and the Hooked Finger Apostles, the Temple of Blessing was left with only a few priests who had no fighting power. Now, these priests have quietly turned into ashes and dust, lying in various corners.

The so-called priest, a grotesque, rotting ball of flesh, with countless sharp limbs extending from its torso, hung in the center of this dark space. It noticed Milo's visit, but calmly and softly coaxed Aegon, whose eyes gleamed red, into stepping into the crystal at the deepest part of the hall.

Milo, who had just entered from outside the temple, grabbed two of the priest's long limbs with both hands. In an instant, black flames engulfed the grotesque creature, spreading from the limbs to the torso, and then from the torso to countless other limbs.

The priest did not retaliate at all throughout the entire process. He did not even glance at his own rapidly burning and melting limbs, but quietly watched Aegon's figure gradually disappear into the depths of the temple.

"Let her come back."

"Did you hear me? I told you to let her come back."

hum! ! !
The flames of sin engulfed the entire interior of the temple, and spiraling black flames completely devoured and chewed up the priests.

Only at the very last moment did it slowly turn around, glance at Milo with the six eyes on its mutilated half-head, and say, "The mission is complete."

However, Milo ignored it and went straight to the crystal deep inside the hall.

Aegon's figure had completely disappeared.

She left without looking back.

Milo didn't even know if the child who had disappeared from his sight was still Aegon...

He reached out to touch the crystal, but the next second cracks appeared on the crystal. The cracks spread rapidly, covering the surface of the crystal in an instant, and then shattered into countless tiny fragments with a bang.

...

"madness…"

"I am the true form of the crystal..."

"Your mother knew this day would come, and she had been on guard against you for a long time."

"Ignorant people."

"..."

...

Behind them came the priest's last words before he was burned to ashes.

After saying "ignorant person," it turned to ashes completely, and even the ashes were burned away.

Milo didn't glance in the direction of the priest again, and casually remarked:
"Who would have thought that the most heat-resistant part of your body is your vocal cords?"

As he spoke, his gaze shifted and landed on the pots piled up in the corner.

Apart from a few gulps that had already been drained, the rest were still filled with substances that cannot be described in words.

The flames of sin followed Milo's gaze.

And so those pots were burned in an instant.

...

Miloben had intended to search the prayer hall for any valuables, but after searching for a while, he discovered that the most hidden things inside were the priests and those pots that emitted a strange fragrance…

A sculpture of a hooked finger is placed high up in the front hall.

Milo didn't recall any of the gods who entered the Tombstone Dream that day having such a peculiar appearance; it probably looked something like...

Um--

It resembles a gesture of stroking a Happy Bean.

That's what Milo thinks, anyway.

Apart from that, there's nothing else noteworthy in the Hall of Prayer.

Such places may exist in every kingdom or city-state of the Dreamland.

Milo had no idea where that strange crystal had teleported Aegon.

But he had already done what he was supposed to do, and he didn't have the energy to put on any dramatic performance of beating his chest and stamping his feet.

...

Wait, have we really done everything we were supposed to do?

Milo suddenly remembered something.

He pulled the blood-stained map from his pocket and opened it.

Besides the location of Creation Village and the two routes leading to Mount Hidok, there is another specially marked location, also within the Kingdom of Losk, but somewhat remote, which is the location of the Hawkeye family.

...

...The Hawkeye family is quite interesting.

Firstly, they inherited some of the Titan bloodline, but they were clearly not the dim-witted Kug Titans of the Underworld. Instead, they were living descendants of Titans, possessing a physique dozens of times larger than humans, and being exceptionally intelligent.

Every individual of this race is a born dragon hunter.

Furthermore, their dragon-hunting history predates the Purification Legion's hunting of the Higanbana. Their tradition of dragon hunting dates back to the ancestors of the Hawkeyes. The Higanbana, on the other hand, are merely descendants of ancient dragons, whose ancestors were already hunting them millions of years ago.

...

In addition, the Hawkeye family are the original inhabitants of the Zulu River basin.

Perhaps it was because of their "fine tradition" of dragon hunting that the Temple of Hooked Finger took notice of them, or perhaps for some other reason, that they eventually became Hooked Finger's kin.

Examples like Hawkeye, who have converted to the temple's service, are not uncommon in the Dreamlands; in fact, they are the norm.

This was the norm, at least until the gods fell into the abyss.

...

In short, this branch family of giants has lived in this basin for generations, and before the appearance of Hookshot, Hawkeye was the mainstream faith here.

This brings us to the route planning of Milo and Freya.

Even if they had deviated slightly from this path and landed at another port, it would have been much better. Instead, they chose the Dragon Hunter Clan's stronghold.

Therefore, it is best to think twice before making decisions that go against the wishes of one's ancestors.

……

On the other hand, is Milo a vengeful person?

The main reason is that if the potential threat of the Hawkeye family is not eliminated, even if Freya's injuries are fully healed, she will not be able to transform into a dragon and fly away from here. This is because the Hawkeye family is able to hunt dragons not only because of their terrifying brute strength from their giant bloodline, but also because they possess powerful eyesight.

Don't forget that Freya was shot down by a giant arrow over the near sea that day, but according to the map, the Hawkeye family's castle is located in the far upstream of the Zulu River. The two locations are almost the entire Kingdom of Losk. What kind of divine eyesight would it take to spot the dragon's figure in the sea clouds?

Therefore, if this girl wants to leave the Western Continent safely, the Hawkeye family is a major problem that must be solved...

Anyway, I just hold grudges.

Do not explain.

grass……

...

So after the Temple of Ula Hiru and the Temple of Hooked Finger suffered, Eagle Eye Castle also met with bad luck.

Perhaps the giants who hunted ancient dragons in ancient times possessed terrifying power capable of destroying the world, but now, both the ancient dragons and the giants have declined in their bloodline. The ancient dragons have fallen to the status of the "sinful" Ravens, while the giants have become the servants of the temples.

……

In short, the Kingdom of Losk was destined to be anything but peaceful on this day.

Although the royal city is relatively far from the sites of these events, the secular dynasties are not capable of interfering in crises of this magnitude. The royal family, too, exists in dependence on the temple, and their status is far inferior to that of a clan like Hawkeye's. In the entire history of the Dream Realm, the only dynasties that dared to challenge the gods were the conquerors of the Eastern Continent, and their fate is well-documented...

During those few hours when the entire Kingdom of Losk was gripped by fear, terrifying roars and howls repeatedly echoed from the direction of the Hawkeye family.

People mistakenly believed that an evil god had descended, which caused the war, or that a member of a clan had committed a serious crime, leading to the god's descent to punish them.

Anyway, mortals don't have a wide enough field of vision, and they can only imagine what they can't see. Even the neighboring Kingdom of Hylanris was frightened by this series of sudden commotions, wondering what the Losk people on the other side of the river were up to.

However, what they could never have imagined was that the one who knocked on the gates of the Hawkeye family castle, the half-burnt castle, and repeatedly slammed the Hawkeye lord's face against the sharpest mountain peak was a human.

(Milo can be considered human now, right?)

At most, he could be considered a human psychic.

...

Despite their lowly status and limited lifespan, they embody the ways of the shadows.

All the giant arrows made of ancient wood in Eagle Eye City were burned to ashes.

Also burned were the dragon oil stored in the cellars inside the city.

And all the Hawkeyes who took action to resist.

……

A family is ultimately just a family.

Having become the Lord of Sinful Fire, Milo had already chopped off the serpent people's offspring and the blade of law; how could he possibly lose to a mere kin?

The arrows fired near the sea were purely a sneak attack. Another reason was that the distance was simply too far; the location from which the giant arrows were fired was separated from the near sea by the border of a kingdom.

But if Milo comes to your doorstep, that's a different story.

Within this distance, the immense destructive power of the Sinful Flame can instill fear in the hearts of all the Hawkeyes in the city, and this fear will be quickly consumed by Milo, thus further evolving into the Sinful Flame, erupting into even more powerful black flames.

Similar to the spiral trajectory of black flames, the combined effect of fire and fear creates an inescapable vortex, where those who fall in face only annihilation.

That's how Joan Byrne, the Lawbreaker, lost.

...

No matter how enormous or terrifying the Hawkeyes may be, as long as they are beings under the divine order, they will inevitably feel fear. And as long as this shackle exists, they have no chance of winning against Milo.

……

Cries, wails, and questions echoed through the valley.

Unfortunately, this time it finally touched on Milo's blind spot. He couldn't understand the language spoken by the Hawkeyes, but he could sense the resentment and hatred in their hearts.

All Milo could do was make the black flames of sin burn even brighter.

The fire engulfed the entire city of Eagle Eye.

(End of this chapter)