Ke-style law enforcement officers

Chapter 751 Underground Hissing
Even a shadow who has abandoned his personality and is hard-hearted would probably not be able to withstand being looked at with expectant eyes by hundreds of cats at the same time.

This scene is a death knell for cat lovers.

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Although Ussa is not in the south of this area, Milo eventually relented and decided to turn west to take a look.

There was one thing he hadn't forgotten: the true purpose of the black cat Marshall crossing the world barrier to return to the conscious world. It was to go back and get reinforcements, but due to a series of unforeseen events, it completely missed the Battle of Ussa, which spanned nearly two hundred years.

But after going through all this trouble, it was Milo who managed to bring back the vital force that had recaptured Ussa.

Perhaps in some respects, Marshall's plan to call for reinforcements was actually a success.

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“If you had said so earlier, you could have brought an army. If you had said so earlier, we wouldn’t have had to run back.” Milo glanced at Morgan.

The latter, unperturbed, slowly wagged its tail and replied, "Didn't I already say we could go back and fight our way back?"

This left Milo speechless.

"Okay, but I need to bury these two guys first before I go."

Characters of the level of the Old Gods' Sons and the Blade of Law cannot be easily killed completely, but servants are a different story.

These two snake-men are quite powerful, and Milo needs to brush up on his knowledge of the snake-men race.

So he went back to his old profession.

This time, we won't give away the spoils to the wandering scavengers.

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They dug two holes on the battlefield, set up some cool, somewhat decent-looking stone slabs, and threw the bodies of the poisonous snakes and pythons into them to bury them.

Speaking of which, Dirasha, the funeral director who used to work with Milo, is now nowhere to be found. But a big orange cat with glasses popped out from the cat group, jumped in front of the tombstone, and made a series of "meows" to give the two snake people a cat funeral. After it was over, it turned to look at Milo, as if to ask, "Is this alright?"

"No problem, no problem."

Milo was very satisfied.

He took a small piece of cheese out of Freya's bag, popped it into his mouth, smacked his lips, and reached out to touch the tombstone.

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The dead are watching; it's been so long since they last did this.

Milo himself couldn't remember when the last time was.

Could it be the incident in Sheffield?
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For Milo, however, the memories in the minds of these two fairly powerful servants were more important than his spiritual vision; that was what he needed.

As it turned out, this step of spying was absolutely necessary; this spying allowed Milo to uncover almost all the secrets of the Serpent People, both inside and out.

The python-man is alright; beneath his enormous size lies a not-so-developed brain, making him the most stereotypical figure in terms of body size.

But the snake man has many secrets...

Through the perspective of these two servants, Milo learns of the existence of Hughes Ig's half-brother, who is none other than Prince Woti Ig, who was ordered to leave the serpent's lair and come to the surface to settle scores with Milo.

The footage, from the perspective of the undead, includes a bizarre resurrection ritual performed on Hughes Iger's body after it is transported back to the underworld called "The Wraith" by the snake people. In that ancient, dark world, Hughes Iger's body, which had been cut in half at the waist by Milo, is soaked again by snake-man priests in some strange, slimy container high on the altar, and then wrapped in the shed skin of giant snakes. During this process, countless snake-man figures sway around the altar, chanting chilling songs in unison...

In the corners where light and shadow alternate, you can see giant snake-man statues in various poses…

This is the "rebirth" of the Serpent People, a unique regenerative ability rooted in their bloodline, unlike the blessings bestowed by other gods.

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And this is only a small part of the story.

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In addition, there is information about the journey of the eldest prince, Woti Ig.

This includes their trip to the Golden Kingdom under the Golden Tree, the journey of the three snake-people, master and servants; Woti Ig's scheme to plunder the faith of the people of the Golden Kingdom; and information about the gods' loss of power, which caused their blessings to fail and the blade of law to be unable to be resurrected.

Back then, on the Cold Plains, Milo only used the rising Hughes Iger to intimidate Joan Byrne, squeezing out the last bit of fear from her heart.

Now it seems she might really become the snake man's plaything.

After all, the Golden Law Temple's attitude towards Vorti Ig was undeniably ambiguous.

Yes, it really was...

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As for why it's said that the vengeful spirit's memories hold even more secrets...

This brings us to the great father of serpents.

Igor.

This is the oldest and most terrifying serpent.

The idea that snakes are inherently lustful probably originated from Him.

He has countless descendants, and there is even a saying that all the snake people in the Ghostly Realm today are more or less tainted with His blood and can be considered as His descendants.

To put it bluntly, they were all born of Him.

And their birth mothers were not the same person...

The serpent-people descendants active in the Ghosts today were mostly born after the end of the War of the Stars, except for the most important princes, including the eldest, Vorti Ig, and the youngest, Hughes Ig, who were born before the War of the Stars.

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The entire Serpent People are descendants of Ig, but only two are recognized as having the legitimate bloodline of the Serpent People: Princes Woti and Hughes.

Because these two were born of Ig and a god, respectively.

Their birth mother was not an unknown person; in fact, the bloodline from her was more noble than that from their father, Igor.

The eldest prince, Woti Ig, was born to the earth goddess Koyatricoue, one of the gods and the gods of dreams.

Prince Hughes Iger was born to him and the external deity Idhra.

Whether this is considered a secret by other races is unknown, but Milo has never heard of it before.

It's worth mentioning that these two brothers were probably born before the War of the Stars. Their mothers were the Dream God and the Outer God, respectively, who were the opposing sides in the War of the Gods. So what role did Igor play in that war? That's quite intriguing.

But in the eyes of his servants, the snakes and pythons, the one most favored by Ig was the little prince born of him and the Outer God.

But after the War of the Stars, wasn't the Dreamlands the domain of the Old Gods?
Perhaps Igor loved that Outer God more deeply? Perhaps his heart was always with the Outer God?
In short, this favoritism towards the Little Prince has long been a source of resentment for Vauti Iger.

Even so, he still volunteered to take on the task of settling accounts for the Little Prince's death, and what he was thinking was something that the venomous snake and the boa constrictor, as servants, could not easily fathom.

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Pay attention, here comes the important part!

Does anyone feel a little familiar when they hear the name of Hughes Iger's Outer God mother?

Um?What?
You're saying that it's because you lost sanity by directly calling out the names of Outer Gods?

No, think about it again.

Idhaila, Idhaila...

A long, long time ago—well, not really that long ago, around the time Milo was first targeted by the Tindaros Hounds.

The Scarlet Witch, who was acting as the guide at the time, offered a very creative idea—to die.

Believe it or not, theoretically speaking, when comparing resurrection and escaping the hounds, resurrection is actually easier.

If I remember correctly, the Scarlet Witch showed Milo some fragments of the battle between the gods.

In that dazzling yet fragmented starry sky, Milo successfully caught a glimpse of the outline of an external deity. It was only a fleeting glimpse, but Milo could never forget it.

The fragrance of the dream witch, the graceful figure of a maiden atop a giant ancient tree…

What Milo saw from the perspective provided by the Scarlet Witch was Idhra, the Outer Goddess, and the mother of Hughes Iger, the young prince of the Serpent People…

The Scarlet Witch's original explanation was that this was a deity who had disappeared in an ancient war of the gods, and that Milo should do everything in his power to find traces of Him, whether by searching through old memories or exploring the ruins of the war of the gods. In short, as long as he could find clues related to this lost deity, he could obtain a way to get rid of the Hound of Tindaros from His consort.

However, Milo did indeed die and then come back to life, escaping the hounds' pursuit in the simplest and most brutal way.

Now, the truth has come out.

The divine consort that the Red Witch spoke of was none other than Igor, the father of all serpents.

The so-called method to escape the hunting dogs is actually "rebirth".

The logic is simple: when you transform from a human into a snake-person, I think even the most discerning hound's nose won't be able to find you in the river of time, because the original human you has essentially disappeared.

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Of course, at that time, Milo didn't know that the Scarlet Witch's idea was to turn herself into a snake-man to get rid of the hounds; he simply found the old witch's riddle-man behavior of only saying half of what she meant to be annoying.

Looking back at all the decisions the Scarlet Witch had made in the past, Milo realized that he couldn't fully define her; she was simply too complicated.

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It seems we've gone off on a tangent again.

Now let's return to the undead perspective of the Serpent Man.

Does this guy have any other secrets?

Yes, the biggest secret is that he is not simply a prince's attendant or servant.

Strictly speaking, he is also Igor's biological son.

However, unlike the Twin Princes, the Serpent's mother was not a god-like being, not even an Old One, not even a superior being, and not even a visionary.

His birth mother was a Greek woman who was offered to Ig.

After being subjected to inhuman torture, it did not even qualify for "rebirth" and became food for the snake people on the day it was born as a venomous snake, becoming a skeleton in the depths of the dark.

And this is how the Father of the Serpents "created" the Dragon Warriors.

The hybrid offspring born from intercourse with a Hien who possesses the blood of an ancient dragon are the snake-man dragon warriors that Milo saw in the conscious world.

Perhaps due to the scarcity of the ancient dragon bloodline, or for some other reason, the Serpent Man was born with a deformity. His wings stopped developing a few months after birth, thus disqualifying him from becoming a member of the Ig Guard. Like all the other children of lowly bloodlines, he became a servant of the Twin Princes.

This is the fate of the non-divine offspring.

That's why the viper harbored such a manic and twisted fascination with the ancient dragon, and that's why he was so enraged when Milo called him a bastard.

Because theoretically speaking, they are indeed no different from mixed-race individuals.

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Compared to the information above, the knowledge and spiritual vision in the minds of the two snake people seem less important.

The distorted growth process of the Serpent Man alone is enough to drive most spiritualists with fragile souls into madness and chaos during the spying process.

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A flood of information rushed into Milo's mind, and his spying process was very brief, taking almost only a few minutes.

"Okay, let's go."

Milo stood up, rubbed his hands together, and said.

He suddenly realized that since the cat army had appeared but Marshall was nowhere to be seen, it meant that what the princess of the Ross dynasty said was probably true: the people of the waking world had encountered an accident while entering the dream realm, otherwise Marshall would not still be here.

Just as Milo was lost in thought, a loud noise came from the far south.

There seemed to be some terrible force brewing and suppressing there.

The loud noise was followed by a very puzzling roar:

"Black truffle and pork dumplings!!!"

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If I remember correctly, in Milo's memory, only that guy would shout such strange slogans that had nothing to do with the battle during the fight.

This behavior, which severely disrupts the battlefield atmosphere, can all be attributed to what Milo mentioned at the beginning—

"It's really cool to shout out the names of your moves during a fight."

(End of this chapter)