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Chapter 782 The Lost Southern Territory

Yan couldn't wait to board the boat and see just how much more expensive the snake people were than the humans.

Milo, on the other hand, noticed a strange, almost imperceptible shadow on the distant horizon.

That's something that's very easy to overlook.

Like a fleeting moment of light and shadow reflected from the water's surface into the mist in the air, or like a wisp of gauze floating in the air, its outline indistinct and its specific presence imperceptible.

"Did you summon that thing too?"

As Milo journeyed along, his spiritual vision was growing rapidly, and he couldn't possibly miss the sinister gaze watching him from afar.

The person being questioned, Wotti Iger, was clearly not used to his status as a follower. At first, he didn't realize that Milo was asking him a question. It wasn't until a few seconds later that he felt a chill for no reason and then found that the other person's gaze was staring straight at him.

“Those are monitors from Oriba Island. Ignore them. We’ll see more as we venture deeper into the Southern Territory.”

“Oriba Island?” Milo thought for a moment, then quickly remembered the meaning of the name: “One of the legendary settlements of the descendants of the gods?”

A popular belief among believers is that if you wish to have the chance to see the true face of a deity in your short life, the most realistic way is to go to the Southern Lands and find the sacred site of Auriba hidden among the islands, because there you will have the opportunity to find the offspring of a deity and a human.

Although these descendants are not purely divine, half divine blood is enough for them to inherit a portion of the divine appearance.

“So Oriba Island really exists, huh?” Milo said thoughtfully.

"Even the gods have their own pleasure quarters, is that correct?" Yan asked.

“That’s right,” Milo agreed.

...

The descendants and offspring of gods are not necessarily powerful beings.

In the Southern Territory, one can witness a strange phenomenon completely different from other lands: those in high positions are not necessarily powerful.

In the western, eastern, and northern cold plains, the true rulers of order and those who control lightning are temples, or similar belief systems, each centered around its own deity and comprised of various priests, followers, and worshippers. Among them are many high-ranking beings such as the Old Ones and the Shadow Old Ones.

This series of events all refers to the temple order established after the War of the Stars.

However, the situation is different in the South.

The Southern Reach has a more complete name: "The Lost Southern Reach".

This means that on the evolutionary ladder, the Southern Territory is the one that has been forgotten and fallen behind.

The vast majority of the belief systems here still retain the flavor of ancient times. By ancient times, we mean back to before the War of the Stars, or even to the time when all things were not yet intelligent and the universe and civilization were in the early stages of chaos.

The belief system of that time had a very obvious and distinctive feature, which can be found in many ancient beliefs that have been lost or decayed: "a fanatical belief in bloodlines".

The order that followed the Age of Stars was built upon the ruins of war. Both the gods and their followers drew the same values ​​from that bloody battle: the irreplaceable importance of power.

In the lost southern realm, however, bloodline reigns supreme.

The civilization here firmly believes that in the early stages of chaos, the boundaries and classes between humans and gods were already defined, differences that were established at the very beginning of their existence.

In layman's terms, outside the Southern Realm, one almost always sees the weak serving the strong. But within the Southern Realm, you're more likely to see the strong bowing down to the weak—provided, of course, that the weak possess divine blood. When bloodline is considered the most important basis for hierarchy, even a weak, deformed child born of a god and an ordinary race can possess a status surpassing ordinary Old Ones, or even Shadow Old Ones. This is the ancient custom preserved within the Southern Realm, and perhaps the true reason for its "loss."

...

The above are all Woti Iger's one-sided assessments of the Southern Reach.

The truth of the matter still needs to be verified during the second half of the journey.

According to Woti Ig, he was unaware of any newly emerged gloomy towns within the Southern Territory. The complexity of the seas here far surpassed any other place in the Dreamlands, making it difficult to find a city. However, if one was determined to find that city, the most direct and effective way was to first locate Oriba Island, as the Watchers there controlled the actions of all races throughout the Southern Territory. Through them, it would be much easier to find Milo's destination.

Among lower-ranking races, the precise location of a sacred place like Oriba Island might only exist in vague legends. However, Woti Ig is, after all, the eldest prince of the Serpent People, and the exact location of Oriba Island is no secret to him.

Thus, the first goal for the second half of the voyage was set.

Head straight to Oriba Island.

...

Don't ask Milo why he suddenly trusts Woti Ig so much; the source of the eldest prince's inner fears is now firmly in Milo's hands.

……

Before heading straight for the gods' pleasure house, what first made Milo and his companions' scalps tingle was Voughty's pleasure house.

After boarding the ship, he and Yan couldn't help but sigh, "Snakes are inherently lustful."

All sorts of bizarre creatures, from different species, and some of them are not even intelligent beings, but just pitiful little animals used as disposable items.

This is quite different from the pleasure house Yan had in mind.

There were hardly any humanoid creatures on the snake ship, or rather, very few that were even close to humanoid. Most of the others were winged, furry, or even had exoskeletons, which made me feel a phantom pain just looking at them.

...

So, apart from the crew who operated the ship, all the other service personnel were dismissed by Milo.

Including Wotti Ig, who was unable to transform into human form for a short time, the ship was too large to support his two-headed serpent form, so he could only hide in the surrounding seawater and accompany the ship.

...

On the deck, Xiao Yan lay in Yan's arms, while Milo rested his head on Freya's lap, enjoying a brief moment of peace after the catastrophe.

In contrast to the peaceful life on the deck, things were in an uproar in the Golden Kingdom.

Elder Lu Kui's avatar was crushed to death.

Its roar echoed almost every level of the temple's long staircase, and even the people at the bottom of the Golden Kingdom heard that desperate roar.

...

Even Elder Hastings of the Edgeguard faction was greatly shocked upon receiving the news.

Not long ago, the temple lost an Old One, and now, so little time has passed, and Luque's avatar has also been slain?!
How exactly do sinners from the conscious world manage to do that?
(End of this chapter)