"So you were not conscious at the time."
"Yes, but it's too old for me to remember clearly... My endurance is limited. After all, I'm not that kind of person..."
"That makes sense. I want to know what made you choose Imaar?"
“……” The old man did not answer for a moment.
"Tell me, Gu." The man asked it again, "You know the current situation. If you really know something, I don't think you need to hide it from me."
"Answer me why. You could have found a blood-bone tree community and proclaimed yourself king, or simply attached yourself to the survivors, or the real owner of Oujin City. But in the end you chose us. It started from my grandfather's generation."
“Earlier, actually.”
"Ok?"
"The Imaar family means 'sworn defenders' in ancient language." Gu answered, "And if the information I received is correct... I mean, whether it is the information I obtained from the wreckage of Qia-Rodhuis or the information I saw and heard later... If all of these are correct, then the Imaar family is not a naturally born species."
"……What did you say?"
"The Imael family was created by the Blood King before his death. The Blood King once told me personally that what I saw was not the real her, but just a drop of her blood that she left on the Elsa continent."
With a look of fear in his eyes, Gu continued to reveal the secret in a dry voice: "The myth of the blood of salvation is about this drop of blood... The queen worshipped by the ancient Latadia Dynasty is just the incarnation of this drop of blood. Her power is limited. She cannot break the barrier of time and space like the Lord of the Sun. So when facing that crisis, she can only choose to awaken the blood source and become the king of the blood source herself."
"..."
"The Blood King soon realized that the power of both sides was unequal. In order to buy time for this cursed land, she simply spread the drop of blood and all the blood power she controlled. One part was given to the nine Blood Knights, and the other part turned into blood rain, covering the entire Elsa continent."
"You know some of the secrets in this regard yourself, and you can go to the bereaved families you are friendly with. They also have incomplete records of the others. But here is a secret that I swear only I know, which is that the power of the blood source is not two, and the whereabouts of the third power is unknown."
"You..." The man's tone was full of emotion, "Could this be..."
"At that time, the nine knights had already devoured and sealed a god. Their wills were about to die, but their bodies maintained vitality due to the interference of the blood source and the evil god's flesh and blood."
Gu did not give him a chance to express his feelings, and told him the last secret in one breath: "The King of Blood Source believes that this seal is unreliable. As time goes by, there will be a day when the evil god regains his freedom. Although the power of blood source may spread throughout Aisha on that day, at least every living being in Aisha Continent has the most basic resistance to evil, but that weak resistance is still too small in front of the gods."
"So she took out the third blood source separately, used herself as a reference, and combined the blood secrets of the nine knights to create a new human race, hoping that this human race could swear to defend this land until the light of salvation finds this place one day."
"This is the origin story of House Imaar, the House of the 'Defenders.'"
Silence again.
Xia Yibing was even more stunned.
"Damn..." She heard the man groan.
"Such an important thing...why didn't I know about it?"
"No, not only I don't know, my father and even grandfather's generation don't know either! Can you tell me why this is happening? Gu? Why can the so-called Oath Guardian family forget even the oath they swore to establish themselves?"
"It's another insurance policy, Master."
Xia Yibing felt that this body was slightly bowing forward.
"The greatness of the Blood King is not something that mortals can imagine. She foresaw the future and determined that once the corpses of the Nine Knights mutated, the Oath Keeper family in the open would be wiped out by the enemies in the dark, so she did not force you to remember this oath - sometimes, forgetting is for better progress."
"What's the point of the oath then?"
"There is me—"
Gu interrupted him.
"There's mine, Master."
"you……"
"I am the 'Oath'. I have received the gift and also assumed the responsibility. I once promised the Blood King that I would protect the Oathkeeper family, preserve her bloodline when the crisis comes, and choose an appropriate time to reveal all the secrets contained in the oath."
"So now is the 'right time'?" The man said in a self-deprecating tone, "You chose Eric...it can only be her..."
"The young master has talents that you haven't discovered yet. I believe she can uphold her oath."
"What if she dies too?" the man roared, "What if we all die! We encounter a disaster, disappear, die! The carrier you promised no longer exists, what will you choose next?"
"Then I shall die, Master."
Gu still had that calm tone.
"My life is tied to the survival of Imaar. This was destined when I made the promise to the Blood King at the beginning of the oath."
"If I can't sense the existence of any Imaar on the Elsa Continent, then I think I will degenerate into a blood bone tree, and then I may advance to become the so-called blood bone tree king, with my human consciousness erased, and continue to 'live' in a daze."
"Isn't that the same as death?"
"Yes."
"You're going to die?"
"Yes."
"You're going to die?"
"Everyone will die, Master... Even God cannot be immortal."
After being stunned for a while, the man finally had nothing to say.
"So you already knew what was going on with the Kle family's unusual movements...is that right?"
Gu did not answer.
"If you had told me this earlier..."
Gu still didn't answer.
"never mind."
The man came over and patted Gu on the shoulder, whispering, "Take care of Eric."
"If it doesn't work, just find her a good woman according to her preferences."
……
"Boom!"
Xia Yibing held on until she was sure that she had "read all the important information", and then she could no longer hold on and fell to the ground with her head tilted.
This scared Madeline again - well, she was no longer surprised. She first made sure that her director was still alive, then dragged him to the bed with great effort, put pillows in place and covered him with a quilt. Madeline supported her chin and began to ponder.
She was thinking, what else is her use besides doing these chores.
A few hours passed and it was dark.
Xia Yibing was still sleeping. The two waves of memory inheritance had overdrawn her physical and mental strength, which was not easy to recover. So even if she woke up in the middle, she still forced herself to fall asleep again.
Anyway, the secret is known, Posu Mansion is no longer so scary, and she can live here with peace of mind.
Madeline didn't dare leave the room. She remembered what Hitzfeld had told her before he left - the ointment used to block hounds' detection must be applied every six hours, so she took out the ointment and applied it on Xia Yibing's left hand, then took out a few fishy-smelling wheat cakes from her bag and began to chew them while suppressing her nausea.
"Bakinsa, Bakinsa..."
"You were once the king of the four seas, the master of the waves, and your great adventures were sung by countless people! But today you can only stay here to watch over others and eat this cheap food that you never even bothered to look at in the past."
She sighed and felt that her life was hopeless.
Maybe I'm not suitable for this job.
If I can go back, should I find someone to marry and have children? This can also be regarded as reproducing offspring for our ancestors...
But speaking of descendants——
She vaguely remembered that there seemed to be a case before the Pierre set sail, which also involved a man named Baginsa.
What's her name?
Weiss?
Vespa Jinsa?
seems like it.
I don't know what's going on with this guy...
……
Hitzfeld was awakened by a knock on the door.
She quickly got up, hid at the door and asked who it was, but got no response.
?
A question mark popped up on my forehead, and I tentatively opened the door. As expected, I saw a thick condensed tentacle - hanging directly from the ceiling.
Oh, it turns out the dog is just lonely and wants to act cute with her...
"Go ahead and be stupid!"
She angrily told the tentacles to go away, slammed the door, and yawned loudly.
Should I continue sleeping?
I still seem a little sleepy.
But my physical energy has almost been fully restored. This level of fatigue... can be called energetic!
what time is it now?
His eyebrows jumped, he took out his pocket watch and looked at it, then Hitzfeld immediately opened the door and rushed to the end of the corridor.
Behind her was a bunch of tentacles hanging from the ceiling. These things didn't dare to approach her, but only followed her footsteps, intertwining with each other, and even grinding the air with a faint fragrance she left behind.
It’s really dark!
Seeing that it was pitch black outside the window at the end, Hitzfeld confirmed his inner thoughts.
Once it gets dark, it won’t be possible for it to get light again within a day and a night.
The eternal night has come to Elsa Continent. She is in good condition. It should be a good time to fall asleep, but she does not have a precise goal now, and does not know what to investigate in the dream world.
There were quite a few people around, but she had no interest in their dreams.
Do I have to delve into the Governor’s dream?
After some hesitation, she went back to the lab and slammed all the tentacles outside.
Hitzfeld prepared the incense according to the instructions to help him fall asleep, then he lay back on the iron board and tried to relax his mind.
and many more.
She felt something slightly strange.
It seems like there is something.
Something related to her was sending her a faint "signal" from somewhere extremely far away.
This feeling is...
Black Owl! ?
Eyes wide open.
She knew what to do next.
Chapter 143 Contact, Hope
Black Owl... Black Owl...
The pet that has a contractual relationship with himself and Xia can be directly called a "magic pet" in the magic system. Just like the black magic spiders of witches, they can share certain sensory information.
Oh... by the way, that was in the Namiia world. At that time, I didn’t dare to dominate the mystery, but I could do this. Now I am in control of the mysterious network, and I can even speak with the help of its flesh and blood.
Damn it, why did it take me so long to just remember this?
Feelings of regret surged up in his heart, but after careful consideration, Hitzfeld felt that the blame was not his.
She did not ignore the stupid bird at first. After being rescued by Captain Shude and his crew, she actually tried to use the Black Owl to find out what was going on with the Pierre, but the result was the same as she expected - no "feeling" was transmitted back.
If the mystery is described as a spider web, then she is probably the mother spider lying at the source. In her hand, she holds the silk thread formed by the mysterious factor, which holds the body of the black owl. She can even use it to control the black owl to die.
But... the prerequisite is that she and Black Owl are on the same spider web.
They had passed through the space barrier formed by the gray fog and arrived at the lost ancient continent, which was equivalent to jumping from the original spider web to another web. The thread was directly cut off, and of course she could not feel the existence of the Black Owl.
After a series of accidents, she forgot about Black Owl. It was only when the eternal night came that the mysterious factor was particularly active. She felt its existence just as she was falling asleep. It must be said that this was an unexpected surprise.
The lack of contact before meant that the two sides were not in the same world. Now that they can contact each other, we can infer that the Pierre has also arrived here.
After the surprise came worry - she immediately thought that it was a submarine, which needed to sail underwater most of the time, and the ocean environment around Elsa Continent...
