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Chapter 485 A Broken Soul

Falling in space is, in fact, rising for Itakua in the reflected world.

Milo finally realized—this was the Abyss, where everything was illogical and without rules.

If Emma can become a sweet and charming wife, then why can't Itakua on the lake be more real than the one in the clouds?
Reality and illusion are relative and subjective.

Or rather, in the world of the abyss, the concepts of objectivity and rationality simply do not exist.

The same words were already made clear by Tutis Klaue when they last met in the abyss.

……

then.

A figure with flames suddenly appeared at the top of the high bridge.

The man raised his hand to press down on the hat on his head, and then jumped off the top.

Flames, chilling winds, blades, and shadowy figures.

They seemed to merge into one in an instant, transforming into a burning arrowhead that pierced downwards with an acceleration several times greater than gravity.

And at the very moment he touched the cold lake surface.

The entire world underwent a dramatic change.

Distorted, upside down.

All the rules were overturned. Those rules that had no real basis in the first place appeared utterly vulnerable and fragile in the face of the shadow.

Milo “fell” into the lake.

It eventually appeared directly above the clouds.

The scorching scythe that should have been chiseling into the ice instead descended from above, nailing itself into the left half of Itakua's purplish-red eye.

……

For Milo.

Itakua is indeed a formidable creature.

If Glagi is an ancient being whose body was shattered in the ancient war of gods, then Itakua should be considered a crazed version of the ancient being who still possesses peak combat power but has lost himself in the chaos of the abyss and lost his self-awareness.

Its power is immense, and it possesses tremendous vitality.

In the fierce wind, the scythe completely disappeared into Itakua's eyes.

When he was actually very close to Itacua, Milo realized that even a single eyeball was wider than the church's prayer square.

He was standing right in the center of that enormous eye.

The object beneath your feet is the other person's pupil.

He could even clearly see the abyss-like pupil beneath the surface of the ruby-colored eye, and in that darkness, Milo saw bewilderment, helplessness, and profound fear.

In contrast, the anger and hostility directed at Milo at this moment, stemming from his blasphemous act against the Supreme Mother Goddess, was actually merely Itaquya's instinctive reaction.

This "Windwalker," "who cannot be seen by the totem god," had its mind long since been devoured and corrupted in the endless cycle of the abyss. Its eyes had long been covered by endless chaos, and it could not even see Milo in front of it, nor could it see the source of its hatred.

Itakya in the abyss was not a product of Milo's imagination.

Like Tutis Claude, who once appeared at the church gates, it is an independent individual will existing in the abyss.

But the real Itakua may have already died.

Milo knelt down and reached out to touch the "surface" that should have been radiating boundless power. At that moment, it was colder than any other place in the icy world.

...

……

The scorching scythe pierced Itakya's eyes.

But this did not cause it any pain.

The power of the flames, in a way, seemed to offer a moment of solace to its body lost in the abyss.

Its eyes should have been burning, but the abyss imprisoned it and took away its flame.

Milo's "falling attack" did not completely enrage the "Windrunner," but it did cause the storm in the world to begin to subside.

Milo looked into the distance, where the thick clouds that had enveloped the entire city were slowly dissipating.

And in the depths of Itakua's soul, he finally touched that last shred of reason.

No, it wasn't the reason within its soul; its soul had long been crushed. What remained was the last glimmer of light, "recording" the origin, power, and rules of this ancient being—everything about itself that it was unwilling to forget.

It was this vestige that allowed it to remember its birth mother as the Black Goat Forest, and it caused it to become hostile towards Milo and launch a fierce attack after realizing the "sin" he carried. But apart from that, its divine essence was empty.

...

Just like Milo when he first fell into the abyss.

If he doesn't wake up in time, he will eventually forget the Nanwei City in his mind, mistake the abyss for his own real world, and become lost in it, unable to save himself.

This shows just how powerful the chaos of the abyss is.

Even the level of the Old Ones could not resist its erosion.

It should be noted that Itakua, like Milo, is also a Shadow-level being. It was originally a higher life form that had broken free from the lower-level order, but now it has become a puppet of the Abyss.

……

"Calm down?"

Milo noticed that the burning heat from the part of the scythe that had entered the other's pupil was being guided into the depths of Itakua's pupil.

In that extreme darkness, this energy was compressed into an extremely thin vertical line, so weak that it could be completely ignored.

...

But Ithaca did indeed calm down.

High in the sky, the howling wind stopped. Its enormous body, formed from nebula matter, suddenly seemed like a useless piece of trash that had lost its purpose. It looked up, its arms hanging down, its shoulders slumped, hanging motionless on the horizon...

Suddenly, the entire landscape seemed to transform into the peaceful and tranquil snowscape that Milo had initially witnessed.

……

However, when that faint glimmer of light successfully touched the remnants of Itakua's soul, Milo suddenly shivered.

For a moment, he seemed dazed.

Because in the cold remnants of Itakyuana's soul, he touched a dying will surrounded by fear—no, not just one, but shattered fragments.

The feeling was like being in a completely dark room, where a baby had been chopped into dozens of pieces and evenly spread across the entire floor, and Milo was standing right in the middle of it.

And each piece of the corpse was making faint cries and sobs towards him; some were asking for his help, some were begging Milo to end their suffering, and some were just repeating meaningless babbling.

...

In those fragmented memories, Milo probably saw every world of consciousness that Itakua destroyed under the drive of the abyss, including the "apocalypse" he had witnessed.

This seems to be a punishment for those lower-ranking races, but conversely, isn't this endless destruction also a torment for Itakyu?

Milo didn't understand why the Abyss kept destroying these imaginary worlds.

He couldn't quite figure out the purpose of doing this.

But Ithaca has undoubtedly become the executioner of the abyss.

Its power remains at its peak, but its will and soul have long been exhausted, leaving only a tiny ember.

...

Not long ago, when Milo was standing on the ground, he could only sense the extreme malice coming from Itakua.

But what he was touching now was the wailing of frail fragments of souls.

It was pleading with Milo to save or end its life, even though, strictly speaking, Itakua was no longer a complete living being.

...

"The end is easy, the problem is..."

Milo fell into a brief moment of contemplation.

He didn't know what fate awaited him after ending Ithaca.

This place is still an abyss; he has to leave...

...

In a daze, he caught another glimpse of advice.

This time, the scarlet claw mark landed on the surface of Itakua's pupil, on the "ground" not far in front of Milo.

He read the admonitions etched in the claw marks—

"Next, the blessing will be very useful."

(End of this chapter)