Ke-style law enforcement officers

Chapter 748 What a coincidence

Bettina, the centaur and earthbreaker.

"You mean during the War of the Stars, an Old One rode his own warhorse... eww..." Freya seemed to be thinking.

Milo casually added another possibility:
"Or perhaps someone from the past was killed by their own warhorse..."

"Eww!"

This really disgusted Freya.

……

"Alright, alright, you two move aside a bit first."

Milo pointed to a mountain range to the side, indicating that Freya should take Morgan there to avoid trouble.

"I can help!" Freya subconsciously reached behind her back, but grabbed nothing. She then remembered that she had lost her bow, arrows, dagger, and other weapons when she was attacked by the Hawk-Eyed Giant on the shore of Losk.

"Don't make things worse. Let those in positions of power fight it out themselves."

Instead, Morgan the cat hooked Freya's boots with its paws and struggled to pull her toward their hiding place.

...

……

As soon as the dragon and the cat stepped onto the back of the mountain range, a violent and terrifying sound came from the ruins of the mixed forest that had been burned by the fire of sin.

That's when Milo and Bettina the Earthshaker made their move.

The violent aftershocks spread out, overturning boulders on the mountaintop and causing Freya and Morgan to fall into the ravine as if they had been flipped in a ladle.

Fortunately, the two patients were almost fully recovered from their injuries and easily avoided the boulders that fell from the hillside.

As soon as she got a firm footing, Freya began to climb up the mountain.

"What are you doing?" Morgan had already chosen a comfortable rock to sit on and was puzzled by Freya's anxious appearance.

"Let's climb up and take a look." Freya was also puzzled by Morgan's calmness.

Morgan sighed and asked Freya, "Hey, have you only been hanging out with him for a few days?"

"No, we've been together for quite a while, several dozen days." Freya thought for a moment, then said, "What are you trying to say?"

“You should really see the footage of him destroying half of Selefis the day he did it.” Morgan licked his white glove.

"What's so good about that?"

Freya had no interest in Morgan's pretentious showing off, and with a few quick steps, she darted up to the top of the mountain.

It turned out that the battle was already over after Morgan had only delayed them for a short while.

Freya only saw the bloody final scene.

The centaur named Bettena was now only half human; her horse body had disappeared.

Her armor was shattered, revealing skin rougher than rock and a face so ugly it was almost unrecognizable.

The lower half of his body was broken, dragging along a shattered spine and scattered internal organs...

Bettina braced herself against the ground and slowly moved away from Milo in a direction that seemed to be the direction of the city-state of Karkson.

There was no hatred in her eyes, but rather sadness and longing.

This battle was completely different from what Freya had imagined, both in terms of the outcome and the atmosphere.

Bettina and Milo have no enmity between them.

Rather than saying she came to intercept and kill Milo, it would be more accurate to say she came to her death.

And there's probably no time to tell about all the unknown reasons behind this.

...

Some pitch-black substance seeped out like wisps of smoke from Bettina's festering limbs, drifted toward Milo, and was locked in his palm.

Through these materialized fears, he could sense some hidden emotions suppressed deep within the soul of this old heir.

“The one who gave birth to her has fallen.”

"The War of the Stars has ended..."

"Carcson became a place where she commemorated her ancestors..."

"Oh, it was the Snake-Man Prince who used the people of Kalksson as leverage to force her to stop us."

"As expected, without the protection of a true god, even the old sages can only be reduced to tools."

“Strange, that doesn’t seem to be the snake-man prince I killed in the Cold Plains.”

...

The remnants of fear in those memories are fleeting.

The Earthshaker's entire life was permeated with tragedy. The former glory had nothing to do with her because she was a lowly bastard. And after everything returned to dust, she was left alone to uphold the legacy of her ancestors.

Through her emotions, Milo once again glimpsed a corner of the ancient war, but the valuable information was scarce, even less than what the lewd Glagi had seen.

No matter how tragic Bettina's fate was, it didn't stop Milo from killing her.

He has no capacity for empathy with mixed-race individuals.

...

The purpose of the Serpent People sending Bettina to intercept Milo was actually quite simple.

She was the vessel of faith for the thousands of mixed beasts and creatures of Kalksson. After her death, the faith order of Kalksson collapsed, leaving the snake people to plunder it. As the one who killed the worshipped, Milo was not entitled to this; he would bear the hatred of this mixed group.

This seems to be some kind of predetermined rule, just like the curse Imnar uttered on Milo before falling into the abyss. However, Imnar shouted it out so bluntly that it became somewhat less prestigious.

In the enlightened world, this is how the so-called "sin marks" mentioned by the church came about.

Those who blaspheme or even kill those in positions of authority who embody faith will inevitably suffer hatred and retaliation from the believers.

Milo knows this all too well.

Even after Grasso's death, he couldn't suppress that impulse.

...

"what happened to you?"

Milo was still fiddling with the terrifying substances, lost in thought, when Freya's upside-down face slowly descended from above in his field of vision.

She was standing behind Milo, peeking her head down.

The height difference between the two certainly allowed her to make this move.

“I’m thinking of something happy,” Milo replied without hesitation.

“You don’t look very happy.” Freya narrowed her eyes suspiciously.

"Perhaps the Ross dynasty absorbed too much humanity." Milo didn't know what was going on with this sudden affectation.

"Want some sweet and delicious dry rations to heal yourself?" Freya raised an eyebrow. "Hmm...you're making me look like Azu." Milo shook his head to indicate that he wasn't hungry.

To be precise, it's not that they aren't hungry, but rather that even if they were, they wouldn't have time to eat, because the final step in plundering the faith of the people of Karkson hadn't been completed, for the snake people.

Just as Freya was curiously asking what "Azu" was, the mastermind behind this blockade, or rather, the mastermind snake, finally arrived.

...

Once Milo, the sinner who killed the Earthshaker, is executed, the faith of the people of the city-state of Karkson will belong to him.

This is the cunning scheme of the snake people.

Of course, this last step is probably quite difficult.

……

"A rare person with the bloodline of the Ancient Dragon, I've actually seen one alive! Not bad, not bad, looks very young."

The snake-man had appeared on the scorched ruins of the mixed-breed forest at some point. His snake eyes did not see Milo, but were fixed on Freya from beginning to end, and the speed at which his forked tongue flicked in and out of his mouth had inexplicably increased.

"Hey no... I'm looking after your mom."

Milo pulled Freya behind him.

The snake-man's eyes were so filthy.

Even Milo found it disgusting, so you can imagine what kind of look he gave her.

That guy practically laid bare all the filthy fantasies in his head.

Freya, on the other hand, didn't feel anything.

Standing behind Milo, she leaned closer and whispered in Milo's ear, "You're too short to completely block me out..."

"Shut up."

"okay."

"Go find Morgan, and stay far away from him."

"immediately."

...

……

The royal castle of the city-state of Salub.

Taking advantage of the rare few hours of quiet time he had each day, Woti Ig took a break to go to the high platform at the main gate of the castle to breathe in some fresh air and admire the beautiful sunrise in the distance, as if he were on vacation.

Although Salub was just a small city-state, it greatly satisfied his desires for killing, lust, and so on, which was much more comfortable than staying in the dogmatic and resource-scarce snake den.

As for hunting Milo, he had no worries whatsoever.

According to Woti, humans are no match for the noble serpent in terms of the order of life, not even the people under the golden tree or the sharp blade of the temple's laws.

To outsiders, his admiration and covetousness for the blade are blatant, but no one can see into the deep pride in Woti Iger's racial lineage—that is, in fact, his true nature…

Therefore, the sinners Lu Kui spoke of, those lowly humans, were not worth his personal attention.

Why would a tiny worm, which can be killed with a simple trick, need...?

"Hello there!"

"Hello there! You, the one standing there daydreaming on the city wall."

"Yes, I'm talking to you."

"The one on the city wall, with a bandage wrapped around his head! That's you."

"Can you hear me?!"

"Damn, is he deaf...?"

...

The rare moment of peace and quiet was disturbed by a series of abrupt and noisy shouts from the city gate.

Woti Iger frowned and slowly swept his cold gaze toward the area below the city wall.

...

Because of his "negligence," the people below the city could only wave their hands and shout at him at an even louder volume:

"Um, I was just passing by."

I need to ask someone for directions!

"But all the birdmen around here are dead."

"Do you know which direction the Seres Sea is in? I'm a little lost."

"Oh no, the Serrian Sea, the one known as the North Sea."

"Why isn't it responding...?"

"Oh no, could this person really be deaf, or even an idiot?" (muttering to himself)
"Huh? What a coincidence, you also posted a morning update." (Scratches crotch)

...

……

Standing beneath the city gate was a young human boy.

His enthusiastic, sincere, and impolite string of nonsense successfully annoyed Woti Iger.

Without further ado, Voti waved his hand, signaling his snake-man subordinates to go out and tear that damned human boy to shreds.

...

crunch.

The heavy city gates slowly opened.

The boy initially thought the city lord had opened the door for him and given him directions, and politely thanked him, saying, "You really are a good person, thank you and your whole family."

But emerging from the city gate were snake-man guards with menacing eyes.

...

Woti couldn't be bothered to watch what happened next. His early morning mood had been ruined by those damned humans. He turned around and went back into the house, intending to vent his anger on the little prince of Salub.

But they had only taken a few steps back when a sudden rumble sounded from behind, causing the entire city to shake violently twice.

Then, Woti heard that familiar boy's voice call out:
"Strawberry chocolate!"

Then, the main gate of the Salub royal castle was smashed.

...

(End of this chapter)