Chapter 760 Whispering
Yan and Xiaoyan still stayed at the bottom of the tower to express their deep love and concern for each other.
Milo couldn't bear to watch anyway. The broken limbs of the insect men were hung on the walls and ceilings on the floor. God knows how they succeeded in arousing sexual desire in this environment.
“The taste of the locals is really unreasonable.”
Someone didn’t want to think about who pressed Princess Rose on the table on the moon viewing platform. You must know that Freya was still lying on the table. He's sleeping next to me.
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The huge amount of fear harvested from the underground prison gave Milo enough confidence.
He pushed backwards all the way and rushed from the bottom to the top of the tower representing the blood of the Eucharist in one breath.
Throughout the whole process, he encountered a variety of Scarlet Familia creatures, including humans, bugs, and even pure bugs, including arthropods and those that have not yet fully formed, including insect chrysalises. A butterfly hanging from the top of the tower.
The closer you get to the top floor, the denser the scarlet substance visible in the building is.
What is certain is that this tower has been destroyed before, and the traces of cracks are still preserved. It was the scarlet substance that reunited it.
Milo originally thought that this would be the work of the Scarlet Witch again, a trace left by her sneaking into the Dreamland during the time she was missing, just like the Eastern Forbidden Zone, the Priest Dynasty of Leng Yuan and the city-state of Ross. .
However, the truth is that the scarlet ruins here have nothing to do with the Scarlet Witch, at least there is no trace of the Scarlet Witch.
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In fact, as long as you calculate the timeline a little carefully, one hour in the waking world and one week in the dreamland.
The difference in the flow rate of events is more than a hundred times, and the time when the original tower of Draslien City was destroyed in the dreamland was more than a hundred years ago, and before that, the Scarlet Witch was probably dead.
"Am I starting to miss that old witch? Impossible."
Milo muttered to himself.
He came to the top of the tower.
This place is much emptier than he imagined.
The insect pupae hanging under the ceiling, the various spores and vines filling the surrounding air... everything seemed to be in a deep sleep.
Quiet and peaceful, the atmosphere here is not disturbed at all by the bloody fights between the middle and lower classes.
However, these sleeping creatures are nothing more than companion organisms. What really gave rise to all of this is a tiny plant root rooted in the red gem at the top.
Milo subconsciously glanced at the blood mist surging on the back of his hand.
Being so close to the scarlet thing, he was almost unable to suppress the pulling force that drew blood.
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The strange thing is that when he pushed him all the way up from the lower level, all the Scarlet Familiars went crazy and rushed towards Milo. Even though they knew that they were hitting rocks with eggs, they did not hesitate at all. Even some of the powerful special beings caused a lot of trouble for Milo.
However, when all these resistances were cleared one by one and he reached the highest level, the scarlet will that represented this familiar yet unfamiliar touch did not show any hostility like the dependents.
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As he walked towards the ruby hanging on the altar, the whispers in Milo's ears became gradually clearer.
It wasn't the scarlet he remembered seeing, he was sure of that.
Declining civilization, unwilling will...
In the waking world, no, it broke into the tombstone dream earlier than the gods, trying to deceive Milo before he could find his real name and memory. He converted, perhaps to one of the powerful sects of the ancient Scarlet Faith, but they failed, both in the waking world and in Tombstone Dreams.
The Scarlet Witch is too complicated, and even Milo cannot see everything about her. Perhaps over the long years, her unshakable beliefs have already changed.
She is good at using countless means to achieve her own goals, no matter whether it is reasonable or not, it has nothing to do with good or evil, even for Milo.
For a long time, Milo was still unable to find the truth among the many riddle-like words she spoke.
Perhaps until the last moment, until she saw that her life could no longer continue, the last sentence of the statement that only Milo could hear -
"If fate lets you I encounter a scarlet seedling again. I hope you will not kill it. Letting it fend for itself is the greatest kindness..."
Only this sentence is true.
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What was placed in front of Milo now was a scarlet seedling rooted in the gap of the strange red gem.
It is like an ignorant child, lying quietly in the cradle, having never been exposed to any filth and sin.
Milo never thought that scarlet, which can give rise to countless ugly and ferocious creatures, also has such a pure and holy side. In other words, he is not qualified to judge the ugliness and beauty of those derived and accompanying creatures. Good and evil, or using such simple concepts in human civilization to define the more ancient scarlet is an act of extreme ignorance.
Whether it is the ruthlessness, vision, and final kindness of the Scarlet Witch, or the aggressive insect family in the tombstone dream, they cannot represent Scarlet, because the real Scarlet has died, and no one knows Scarlet What is the origin of the world? There are only beliefs and obsessions that have nowhere to place.
Even if the seedling in the gem now really grows up one day, it is not the ancient scarlet.
As for the whisper, it indeed originated from the scarlet seedling.
It recognized Milo, the soul that had been recognized by the scarlet guides.
Even though the order of the Holy Communion has long been stripped from Milo's body, the causal intertwining between him and Scarlet has continued, even after the death of the Scarlet Witch.
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“So if I pull it out, will the old witch crawl out of the graveyard and bite me…”
Milo had a very nasty idea in his mind.
But in the next second, some strange memory images flooded into his mind along with whispers. That's...
It's the city of Draslien.
But it is different from the current Draslien. It was the scene before it was destroyed and rebuilt.
As the rumors say, this ancient seaport city was once dominated and managed by the Lengyuan people. They traded onyx, ruby, slaves, etc., built this high tower, and enshrined a statue on it. A huge natural gemstone.
Until one day, an old guy of unknown origin appeared on the scene carrying an ancient clock.
He pressed a certain switch on the urn-like wooden box clock, releasing some terrifying power that destroyed ports, towns, and towers.
The real dimensionality reduction strike is just a matter of destroying the laser.
And that also disintegrated the rule of the Leng people.
Finally, it was the old guy carrying the wooden box who planted the scarlet seedlings among the rubies of the tower.
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The screen ends here.
This is exactly the same as the story Yan heard before.
But it was only in the memory fragments provided by Scarlet that Milo recognized who the legendary old guy was who destroyed the world.
He is also an old acquaintance and enemy, the mentor of the last hunter Munguia, Raven.
That guy also has the strange weapon in his hand that can destroy the world. Milo has seen it once before in the tombstone dream.
With that black clock, he just stopped the "Plague", one of the four knights favored by millions. Although a son and half a student died in that battle, Lao Du Crow undisputedly defeated the CCD-level "plague".
Ah, but in the end I still couldn’t save Daisy.
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"So where did that old bastard get this scarlet seedling?"
Milo squatted down and got closer, carefully observing the slender and weak scarlet seedling inside the transparent ruby.
The lines on its body are clearly visible. It is motionless, but it looks like a living thing.
Milo felt like he was looking at a sleeping baby, although he was sure that it was just a huge ruby in front of him.
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"Malicious..."
The broken whisper entered his mind again.
"Malicious? What malice?" Milo asked in confusion.
"Trees and snakes... fingers..."
The whisper was very slow.
It was like a murmur in a deep sleep, with no obvious gender or age characteristics, and only a heavy sense of exhaustion could be heard in the tone.
What surprised Milo slightly was that the scarlet seedlings were able to detect the malice outside the tower, and even knew that they were enemies from the Golden Tree, Snake Man and Hookfinger...
The whispers came again.
"One drop...one drop of blood...I...help you...escape..."
"One drop...is enough..."
Milo squinted his eyes, looked at the blood mist beating on his skin, and then looked at the scarlet seedlings lying quietly in the ruby.
After hesitating for a moment, he shook his head:
"No, that's a good idea."
"..."
Then the whisper fell silent.
Seems frustrated and disappointed.
But Milo did not change his decision. If it doesn’t work, it won’t work.
This is not to live up to the guidance of the Scarlet Witch. On the contrary, this is acting on the last will conveyed by the Scarlet Witch. What were her original words?
Allowing it to fend for itself is the greatest kindness...
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The blessing and curse brought by scarlet to Milo are as inseparable as the blasphemous twins. If Milo has learned anything during this growth process, one of them must be to always be wary of scarlet.
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At the same time.
Old Den sitting in the corner in a tavern in Draslien City:
"Fuck! Can't you cooperate just once? Even once?! Rebellion?"
(End of this chapter)