Ke-style law enforcement officers

Chapter 890 The King's Intentions
"Now you have mastered the flame form of the embers."

King Kurans generously crushed the remaining small piece of ember in his hand, transforming it into a roaring bonfire on the ground, and said:

"This thing no longer means much to me. I'm no longer the one walking the abyss. I think my mission is complete."

After he finished speaking, he quietly looked at Milo, who was holding a flame in his hand.

This statement has a hidden meaning, and when compared with his earlier statement, "Perhaps it was something you left behind," it seems quite meaningful.

Milo glanced at the campfire on the ground, then raised his eyelids to look at King Kurans.

"You just handed over the stuff like that?"

"My sole purpose in traversing the abyss was to liberate the eternal kingdom, and now my people are free." King Kurans said with clear eyes, patting his round belly. "If you feel that's not convincing enough, I can also give you the last bit of power of the emerald I found."

“No need,” Milo shook his head. “That thing won’t be of much help to me.”

Horuss was the lowest-ranking, most gullible god of Mount Kadath. Even before the Blood Moon, Milo had the power to kill him. The power he left behind was not only of little help to Milo, but completely useless.

As for King Kurans, he attributed his actions to his so-called mission.

Milo was almost immune to such claims and had no intention of investigating them further.

Mission, destiny—how many people in this world can clearly recognize their own mission? And among those who believe they understand their own mission, how many can be sure they are not just pawns?

……

"In the end, we are the same kind of people."

King Kurans suddenly said this without any apparent reason.

Then, however, he shook his head to himself, refuting his own words:

"No, that's not quite right. Ultimately, it's not quite the same. Your fate has long been out of the gods' control, but the gods have their reasons for existing. After all, they have stopped the external gods from interfering with the order countless times. Now that you have overthrown them, can you withstand this pressure? It's difficult, isn't it? Even if the will of the Golden Tree is on your side, it's far from enough."

"The blade of the Golden Kingdom, Mabel of Ilan, these malnourished conquerors, and perhaps the Oriba Island gods you will soon settle accounts with—all of these are merely pawns in the eyes of the Ricardas pantheon during the Age of Gods. Even if all these forces were combined, it would be far from enough to fight against the impending calamity."

"Whether it's an Outer God above the stars or an Old God who might crawl out of the abyss at any moment."

King Kurans' words encompassed everything that Milo had done these past few days.

It's clear that he's very well-informed.

...

Milo, however, was not surprised.

He simply shrugged and said:
"Aren't you including yourself in this?"

"Me?" King Kurans chuckled as if he had heard a very funny joke. "Don't count on me. The Embers are the only help I can offer you. As for if you really fight the Old Gods, I can't help you at all. Also, if those alien gods who have fled to the stars ever return, I will definitely lead the entire nation of Os-Nargai to bow down in worship the moment they arrive."

"Okay, it seems you've considered the worst-case scenario."

Milo shrugged.

Unlike Ilan, Os-Nargai is a city-state built purely on hedonism, possessing almost no combat capabilities. If the sky were to fall, this would be the first kingdom to kneel down.

It is clearly unrealistic to expect them to confront Mount Qadas head-on like the Ilan people did.

“But actually, I don’t think much different from you. If external deities come, as long as they don’t touch my people, I should also lead the people of Nanwei City to bow down and worship.” Milo joked.

King Kurans pondered Milo's words for a moment and said, "That's still far from enough, far, far away."

Neither of them elaborated on the topic further.

Because they all knew that it was a little too early to discuss the potential dangers of the Outer Gods, and even the return of the Old Gods wasn't an urgent matter. The Dreamlands after the collapse of the order on Mount Kadas already had a whole host of messy problems.

Don't forget, those countless temples scattered throughout the entire Dreamland are still there.

Don't forget, there are three more of the Four Horsemen of the Favored, and the Four Horsemen are just one of the higher-ups in this vast group of Favored. The full name of the Favored is "Millions of Favored." One must take things one step at a time.

After the Blood Moon, Milo pondered the true intentions of the "Chaos" who had crossed time and space.

He really wanted to know what that guy was up to.

Only in this way can Milo find a way to break free from being controlled.

Otherwise, no matter what choices he makes that he believes are correct, he will have a strange feeling of being a pawn acting for others.

...

In fact, it wasn't just that crouching god of chaos.

Take King Kurans, for example. Isn't he also subtly manipulating Milo to do what he wants?

King Kurans certainly does not want the old gods to return, in whatever way.

However, unlike the three ladies of sorrow, he was not arrogant enough to believe that he had the ability to destroy the doll on Milo's waist. He had a clear understanding of Milo's strength.

It was precisely based on this understanding, and on his high regard for Milo's strength, that he "shared" the century-old secret of the Ember just now.

King Kurans made it sound like he was completely absolving himself of responsibility.

But in reality, he entrusted the ability to walk in the abyss to Milo under the guise of a mission, with only one purpose.

Let Milo defeat the lost gods one by one in the abyss.

Just like Milo killed Horus, the god of emeralds, before.

...

This is King Kurans' ultimate goal.

He didn't need to say it explicitly, nor did he need to beg.

He only needed to offer Milo this possibility, this option, and that would be enough.

Milo may have had other better options, but when things got out of control, this was the only way out he had to take.

If things didn't escalate to that point, it would mean that King Cullen and his people of Os-Nargai wouldn't need to confront the gods again.

Everyone was secretly calculating in their minds.

Of course, this cannot be considered as Kurans exploiting or instigating Milo.

Ultimately, he still stands with Milo, at least for now.

If necessary, he could even demolish the entire Emerald Temple and build a shrine to the Shadow in Serafis.

"Then why don't we just build it?"

Milo suddenly said.

...

"Huh?" King Kurans was taken aback by his seemingly random question.

“A shrine.” Milo gestured with his hands to his face a few times, then added, “But let’s skip the sculptures or portraits and just use the totem of the campfire instead.”

"Okay... okay."

King Kurans agreed.

He thought to himself, "You're a Shadow, using fire totems to spread your faith, isn't that putting the cart before the horse?"

(End of this chapter)