Chapter 84
"Cthulhu, my clothes." Miel said this in a dissatisfied tone.
When he said this, he had already been carried horizontally by Cthulhu to the dreamland, with his upper body completely uncovered, and the yellow mark on his shoulder was clearly visible.
"Sorry, I was a little anxious." Cthulhu apologized and made a piece of clothing exactly the same as Miel's coat appear in front of Miel and covered him.
Miel picked up the clothes with both hands and blinked. The dissatisfaction in his eyes was replaced by curiosity: "You can take things through dreams and reality?"
"No, this isn't the dress you took off, but my compensation," Cthulhu responded. "Miel, I forgot to tell you. The Dreamland, while somewhat different from the dreams you know, is still a dream. Anyone allowed to enter it can create something to a certain extent. This dress is something I just created."
"I understand." Miel put on his clothes, then raised his hands in Cthulhu's arms and tried to create a Cthulhu.
A moment later, with a "bang", a furry octopus doll appeared in his arms, with gray-black skin, big watery eyes, two pink blushes on its cheeks, and a pair of small pink wings on its back.
"Easier than I thought," Miel commented calmly.
Cthulhu was silent for a moment before speaking: "You seem to be having a lot of fun, but I hope you haven't forgotten why we came here."
"Find Hastur and give him a good beating—that's your goal," Miel replied, hugging the octopus. "And I just want to know why Hastur is targeting me, and how to make him give up."
Cthulhu: "The two things do not conflict."
Miel: “The difference is huge.”
Cthulhu: "Hmm."
Cthulhu held Miel horizontally and flew up, heading straight to the huge cave where Atlachnakia was.
From a distance, Miel saw Dindel and a female drow, who seemed to be talking about something.
Miel quickly said to Cthulhu: "Wait, maybe we should wait until they finish talking before going over."
Cthulhu ignored him and not only did not stop, he even increased his flying speed.
Obviously, Cthulhu, who had merged with Hyrum, didn't care about his opinion as much as Lola and Anna did.
It's nothing.
Cthulhu doesn't need to care about his opinion.
Anyway, no matter which Cthulhu it is, he cares about his existence itself.
As the distance got closer, Miel heard Dindel's voice.
Dingdel asked the female drow in front of him in an almost pleading tone: "Please give me some time, please, please tell me, when can I find rest in your arms?"
Zhuo Er raised a hand, covered his soft silver-gray hair, and replied gently: "As long as you want, you can do it anytime. I allow you to sleep in my arms until you are willing to wake up. But you must know that you are special to me, and I will never take your soul."
As she said this, her eyes swept over Cthulhu approaching her and Miel in his arms.
She looked away as if nothing had happened and continued to say to Dindel, "Dindel, I will never have a more beautiful and perfect agent than you. Are you willing to believe in me, accompany me, obey and carry out my will until the end of the dream?"
Tyndall was silent for a moment, then finally sighed and bowed his head. "Of course. Praise you, my Lord, and may all things in the world be as you desire."
After Dingdel finished speaking, he turned around and saw Miel. He was slightly stunned and then nodded at him.
Miel nodded.
Ding Deer's gaze lingered on the octopus doll in Miel's arms for a moment, and then he spoke again, still with that cold voice that lacked much emotion: "Miel Akunila, I'm going back to Snow City. The church needs me, and the lost lambs need my guidance."
"Okay, then, we'll see you in Snow City." Miel responded, "Before I return to inherit the throne of Snow City Lord, I'll leave Snow City in your care."
Tyndall: "Have you decided yet?"
Miel: “Yes.”
Dindel: "Then please rest assured that I will never let you down, Lord Miel Akunila."
Dindel saluted Miel, then opened the passage to reality and left the dreamland.
He went directly through this passage, crossing the vast Underdark and the Plains of Hope of Isyana, and went to Snow City.
After he left, Cthulhu put Miel back on the ground, then looked at the female drow and asked directly: "Atlachnakya, tell me, where is Hastur?"
The female drow, the incarnation of Atlachnakia, stared at him speechlessly for a moment, then turned her gaze to Miel: "Miel, you helped me save my agent, but I failed to fulfill my oath. I owe you an answer. Tell me, what do you want to know?"
Miel carefully organized his words in his mind before asking, "I want to know everything about Hastur—who is He, why is He targeting me, why me, how can I get rid of Him, and where He is now."
Miel finally decided to help Cthulhu find out the location of Hastur.
However, he did not want Cthulhu and Hastur to fight each other. A war between the Old Ones would inevitably affect the world.
"Okay, I understand." Atlach responded, "It's time to tell you about the seal of the old gods."
Miel blinked, a little unable to react.
Didn't Hastur target him in order to complete his divine descent? What is the Seal of the Old Gods? Why did Atlach mention the Seal of the Old Gods first?
Miel thought that Atrak would first introduce Hastur to him, or directly tell him how to get rid of Him, but as soon as he opened his mouth, all his predictions were overturned.
Atlach ignored Miel's confusion and continued talking about the "Seal of the Old Gods".
"We are called the Great Old Ones because hundreds of millions of years ago, we truly ruled the world."
"Back then, we lived on the surface, not in dreams. Our terror could be seen, remembered."
"Until humans appeared and a group of gods centered around humans were born."
"From then on, all living creatures were no longer equal. Humans were favored. To protect humans from our domination, the gods, centered around humans, waged a war against us. Ultimately, they emerged victorious."
"Later humans called these gods who fought for them the 'Old Gods' and us the 'Old Ones'."
"Although the Old Gods were victorious, we, the Old Ones, are immortal. They cannot kill us, but can only seal us away—through an oath."
"They made numerous vows with us, causing us to sleep underground, at the bottom of the sea, on desolate planets, in dreams, and in other dimensions."
"You should have seen the Old Seal, the twisted five-pointed star above your mother's door. It's also part of the oath. It's the oath we, as a whole, have made with Nassi Campor. It states that all the Old Ones and their derivatives are forbidden to enter the room engraved with the Old Seal, and are forbidden to harm those who hold it."
"However, not all of the Old Ones and their descendants know this oath, accept it, and abide by it. For example, Naa has violated it many times."
Miel: “…”
This is very Naija.
Atrak paused before continuing, "Miel, you've read a lot of books about us. I wonder if you've ever seen a sentence like this."
"—When the stars return to their proper positions, Cthulhu, who sleeps in R'lyeh, will awaken."
"This sentence sounds like a pledge, but it is not."
"It came not from the mouths of the old gods, but from us, our response to the oath that made us sleep."
"That oath does indeed give us an opportunity to awaken, but its true meaning is this: only when a holy soul offers love can the Old Ones sleeping in the corners of the world awaken."
Miel was stunned, and immediately looked at Cthulhu beside him, only to see that his face was full of deep thought, as if he knew about the existence of this oath for the first time.
Atrak hadn't finished her words yet. She ignored their reactions and continued on her own:
"The old gods knew that we would eventually awaken, while they would eventually fall asleep, so they set a condition for our awakening. This condition was to fall in love with a specific human."
"However, to us, humans are merely creatures that are more intelligent than other creatures. Aside from Shub-Niggurath, the Mother Goddess who created all life, no Old One has any reason to fall in love with humans."
"We need a demonstration, someone successfully awakens in this way to prove that this pledge is feasible."
"And the one most likely to do this is Cthulhu."
"Because Cthulhu understands humanity best among all the Old Ones," Atlach explained. "His mental power is so powerful that even if he doesn't intentionally read a person's mind, their thoughts will enter his and influence him."
"He unconsciously learns the human mindset and absorbs human emotions and feelings."
"He has the potential to fall in love with humans and be loved by humans."
"so--"
"We created that prophecy."
At this point, Atrak stopped.
Miel knew what the prophecy she was talking about was: "When the stars return to their proper positions, Cthulhu, who sleeps in R'lyeh, will awaken."
Miel also knew what this meant. It meant that his love with Cthulhu was indeed deliberately arranged. It was not only arranged for him, but also for Cthulhu.
In addition, Miel also knew the reason why Hastur targeted him.
"I am the one who can awaken Cthulhu." Miel said in a calm tone, "At the same time, if I want, I can also awaken Hastur."
"Yes," Atlach confirmed his words. "You are a soul recognized by the Old Gods. Your love can awaken the Old Ones. Hastur's true form is sealed on a desolate planet in the universe. His incarnation wishes to awaken the original form, and thus invades your dreams. If you want to get rid of Him and make Him take back the Yellow Seal, it's simple—give all your love to Cthulhu and awaken Cthulhu completely."
"I see." Miel responded. After thinking for a moment, he suddenly thought of something and asked tentatively, "So, is this also the reason why you targeted me, Rocas, and Dindel?"
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