Ke-style law enforcement officers

Chapter 778 Not Revenge
Usually at this point, someone needs to step in and explain the whole story.

But no, it's clear that these old-timers don't usually exchange words to build up their power before a war.

Milo was alright; he could guess a little about the origins of the Nightweavers. But Yan and the others were completely clueless, only knowing that the Nightweavers had immediately challenged Igor, the Father of the Serpents.

And Igor did respond.

...

From some unknown time, heavy footsteps began to echo from the depths of the eerie silence.

At the same time, all the snake people around them prostrated themselves on the ground, burying their heads deep.

A terrible airflow constantly washed over the gray ground, bringing with it a heavy, ancient, and deathly smell.

Igor.

The ancient deity, who had already entered the ranks of the superior beings since time immemorial, made his appearance in an almost simple manner.

Unlike the other dream gods that Milo had seen, He was like a leisurely old man strolling in front of his own house. Time had left many marks on Him, but it had not left any trace of turbidity in His eyes. Those snake eyes were deeper than the frozen Serrian Sea.

Igor's physique is similar to that of an ordinary snake-man, and he even appears somewhat thin.

No, compared to the newly born snake people, Igor's physical structure even seemed somewhat... outdated? Simple?
This is not an illusion, because He is the first snake-man, born upstream on the path of evolution, and His physiological structure is far more primitive than it is today.

He resembles the snake god depicted in primitive murals more than any other snake-man, embodying the most primitive style.

...

The moment Igor's silhouette emerged from the shadows, Milo felt a surge of fear emanating from Yan, Freya, and Xiao Yan.

If they did not do so, they would not be able to remain sober in the face of the "blasphemy" of looking directly at the gods.

...

"Is that the two-headed snake-man's biological father?" Yan leaned close to Milo and asked in a low voice.

"Yes, that should be it." Milo nodded.

Yan took a deep breath, glanced back at Woti Iger lying in a pool of blood, his life hanging in the balance, and asked Milo, "Is it too late to apologize now?"

“I guess it’s too late,” Milo shook his head.

"What if you run?" Yan then asked.

“It’s probably too late.” Milo continued to shake his head.

"That's it." Yan pulled a metal spoon from his pocket, then stuffed it into his crotch, seemingly doing something with a pained expression on his face.

"What are you doing?" Milo was a little confused.

"Of course, we should cut off one of the testicles and hide it, so that there's still a chance for it to be resurrected later, right?" Yan said very seriously.

As he spoke, he took out two more spoons and gave them to Freya and Xiaoyan.

The latter two looked completely bewildered.

"This is?"

Yan slapped his forehead: "Oh right, you guys don't have that."

After saying that, he took the spoons back from their hands.

. . .

"No, where did you get so many spoons?" Milo looked at Yan's clattering pockets.

Yan Ze stated that this was also a way for him to exchange power for the path of blood feuds:
"Stolen from Usa. I discovered that each of Usa's kittens has a precious spoon, so..."

...

……

In any case, this group of bastards from the sober world have truly embodied the meaning of "blasphemy."

The oldest father of all serpents was right before them, yet they huddled together whispering amongst themselves.

This enraged the other snake people who had heard the strange noise, but Igor ignored the four of them; it seemed that only the Night Weaver was in his deep eyes.

"Vovadas's lover..."

"Um……"

"You've finally found Yousi... I've been waiting for you for so long..."

Do you really think... you're qualified to avenge Him?

"Really, have we found the right person?"

...

Igor's voice was like two rusty blades endlessly rubbing together, broken and raw, and it was difficult to catch the syllables and pauses in his words.

...

His words essentially acknowledged many obscure stories buried beneath the river of time.

The truth is actually not complicated.

Just as Milo had predicted, regardless of where the Nightweaver came from or what race she was born into, she must have been the lover, or at least an admirer, of the deceased Watcher, Volvados. Volvados's belief system was destroyed by Igor, and the sinking of the continent of Mu had nothing to do with the legendary Satogua. Igor's crimes on this continent were not simply because the Serpent People betrayed him and converted to Satogua; his purpose, from beginning to end, was to crush the Watcher's belief system. If nothing unexpected happens, those Serpent People who were killed were only a part of it; all the other races that worshipped Volvados were also buried in the sea.

It's even possible that those snake people were just a decoy, discarded there by Igor's casually crushed descendants to cover up the lie.

He is capable of doing such a thing; after all, judging from various signs, Igor is deliberately concealing the truth about Vovados.

...

Therefore, the Nightweavers are just as Milo predicted.

She came for revenge.

Although Milo has yet to see any power in her that that of the Father of the Serpents would possess for revenge...

...

……

"Whether it's revenge or plunder, you should know better than I do... Heh..."

Throughout his speech, Igor showed no obvious emotional fluctuations.

Milo couldn't figure it out either.

But he was all too familiar with the word "plunder".

The plunder mentioned between deities is only related to faith.

...

He suddenly remembered a mysterious object that the Night Weaver had taken from the depths of the altar after entering the Shadows.

To verify his hypothesis, Milo once again turned to the chronicles of the Iss.

Now, the last line clearly reads:

"The lost power of faith has survived to this day, and its followers retrieved it from the Ghostly Cry."

"However, even the power that is immortal and indestructible cannot escape the fate of corruption; that thing has already deteriorated."

……

The power left behind after the collapse of the Vovados belief system? Ig has kept it within the Ghostly Altar all this time?

No, that can't even be considered preservation; He just casually tossed it there, treating it like some worthless object.

Why is this...?

...

“They’ll definitely start fighting soon. We’ll take the opportunity to escape when they start fighting,” Milo whispered.

"Where to?"

"Casual!"

...

A battle of gods, above the ancient times, above CCD level, was unfolding in the underground.

The snake-men remained steadfastly in place, their knees seemingly embedded in the earth. Even knowing that a mere ripple could shatter them to pieces, they knelt without complaint, chanting the great Ig song, awaiting their death.

The distorted and deformed underground beliefs are thus vividly displayed.

Across the entire gloomy land, only Milo and his men were frantically fleeing.

To Milo's surprise, after obtaining the power of faith that originally belonged to Vovados, the Night Weaver actually unleashed a terrifying and devastating power. The night she wove completely enveloped the dark red light above the Ghostly Cry, plunging this underground world into utter darkness.

No one knows what kind of terrifying battle erupted between her and Igor in that darkest of centers.

...

However, the ending seemed inevitable.

Rather than calling the Night Weavers' purpose revenge, it would be more accurate to call it martyrdom.

That intense sense of destiny was something Milo had sensed as soon as he first met her.

The only thing that sustained the Nightweavers' conscience and guided Milo and his companions to their escape was the fragmented memory from Vovados that Milo had recently "found".

...

For Yousi, this was a catastrophe.

For Milo, this was a terrifying adventure.

But for Igor and the Nightweaver, this was more like something that was destined to happen millions of years ago, something neither of them could avoid, so they simply stopped trying to avoid it.

Igor knew that the Nightweavers would find this place no matter what, so he simply left Vovados's "legacy" there like trash.

As for the Nightweaver, she must have understood that no matter how much she struggled, Vovados would never return.

Therefore, this is not revenge, but martyrdom.

(End of this chapter)