NOVEL NEXT Chapter 187: Lore Drop
The more people talked about his bloodline, the more curious Veer became. It was common knowledge that Elves hated demons to the core and vice versa.
Both sides would prefer going extinct instead of taking each other's help, so conceiving a child together was an impossible task.
So, how did his father, the Emperor himself, get involved in an affair with a demon? And why?
As far as he knew, his father had many wives because of his position and status. Most, if not all, were because of political marriages so it wasn't hard to guess that he might have fallen in love with someone.
But a demon...now, that was unexpected.
Veer sighed and asked, "Can you atleast tell me what kind of Demon Bloodline I carry? I've never really met with my mother so I'll be really grateful if you help me with that."
"It's the Abyssal Royalty Bloodline. They were pretty powerful back in my times, but they had a horrible reproductive rate so I'm surprised they are still alive," Sikander said. "But they compensated that by being the most horrifying demons in the world."
His eyes locked onto his, as he said, "You have a great future if you don't die early, actually. Ainsworth and Abyssal Royalty, heh, talk about the combination."
Veer frowned, trying to remember if there was any Demon Bloodline named Abyssal Royalty but he couldn't find anything in his memories.
'Maybe they are very few in numbers and hidden from the world. It's possible.'
"Your situation makes me curious about the outer world. How's the things there?" Sikander asked.
"Peaceful, if I have to say," Veer chuckled and said. "There are minor wars, racism, slavery and whatnot. But overall, it's pretty chill. No race is going extinct, no child is being forced to fight in a war they don't even know the reason it's being fought for."
"That does sound pretty good," Sikander smiled wistfully. "I think we didn't fail then. Every child back then dreamed of the world you're living in."
"You too?"
"Not really, I'm from a war hungry generation who only knew how to destroy and that's what we did," Sikander said, looking at the sky. "But I did have a dream once. A dream to just sit on a chair and enjoy the fresh air."
A wry smiled formed on his lips as he continued, "Guess what? My dream came true and I've been sitting here for a century already."
"Are you sure you can talk about the Dark Era?" Veer asked, as he sat on the ground while his cohort listened to their conversation from a distance.
"Hahaha! What's going to happen to me if I do talk about it?" Sikander laughed, arrogance dripping in his tone. "I told you I'm from a war hungry generation. One thing that war is proficient in is making it's Survivor ridiculously strong and I'm one of them."
He looked down at Veer and said, "You think i got corrupted and had to sit here? Heh, I wasn't forced to do this, but It was my own decision."
"Huh? Why would someone knowingly get Corrupted and then even sit on single place for over a thousand years?" Veer was speechless hearing that and asked.
"I just wanted to try it," Sikander smiled. "The forbidden knowledge, I mean. It's good and I thought I might be able to handle it, but it corrupted me. It was then I heard of the Martial Saint's plans and decided to swap with someone."
"But why?" Veer was finding it difficult to understand why would anyone go to such lengths.
"Because you Ainsworth helped my family," Sikander sighed. "They didn't have to do that, but they still did it, even at the cost of many Saint Stage powerhouses. I am not a ungrateful bastard, you know."
"Wait! Wait! How in seven fucking hell my clan came into this?" Veer asked, getting more and more confused.
"Hmm, I would have told you but there's no fun in it," Sikander shrugged his shoulders, making Veer even more annoyed. "Anyway, those things aside, what are you Outlanders doing here?"
"Huh? You don't know?" Veer was surprised at that. After all, the man before him was ridiculously strong so he should have detected the Corrupted Dragon seeping that sealed being's powers.
"You see this mist? There is a barrier below it which basically blocks everything to me," Sikander said. "Even now I'm talking to all of you using my powers directly in your mind."
'Weird, but okay,' Veer sighed and told everything about the Corrupted Dragon to the man.
He was cautious, but he also wanted Sikander's help so there was no reason to withhold such information.
"I see. Those lizards will never understand their true place, huh. Even back then the God Almighty had almost stomped on their whole race and yet they never lose their arrogance," Sikander clicked his tongue and said.
"So? What do you think about the situation?" Veer asked.
"What's there to think? It's clear that Martial Saint won't be able to hold on to the seal if this goes on and if they octupus gets unsealed, you might as well say goodbye to everything," Sikander's voice was as nonchalant as ever.
Veer understood the reason for that, as he knew sikander's personality a little after talking to him. He didn't have any reason to fear the world's end, after all.
Turning to his right, Sikander spoke, "That octupus was a headache even when Gods roamed the world. But now it's basically a world ending calamity since all of those gods are dead, well, to some extent."
Veer couldn't help but sigh once again. He knew that, but he was also hoping there was some hidden powerhouses who could handle this threat if Veer and his cohort was unsuccessful.
"Can you give us some information that might be helpful?" Veer pleaded. "We need everything we can manage to defeat that dragon before it releases that... octupus."
"For that, I will need to tell you some things about the Dark Era," Sikander said. "Do you want to hear about that? Just to let you know, it can contain some forbidden knowledge so you'll get Corrupted if you hear that."
"Huh? I don't understand this forbidden knowledge part," Veer said. "You clearly know about the forbidden knowledge so why can't you just not tell me those parts?"
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"It's more complicated, brat," Sikander shook his head. "The forbidden knowledge is kinda of different for me and for you. To begin with, the origin of both is different so the biggest difference is that."
"Once again, you're confusing me too much," Veer said. "Just consider this as a favour to a junior and help me out. Please explain those things in details."
"Haha, I'm only willing to entertain you because your special," Sikander laughed. "More than you can imagine. The bloodline within you plays little part to make you special."
Veer didn't understand what he meant by his words, but he had more important things to know, so he just continued to look at him.
"Fine! I'll tell you about the forbidden knowledge part," Sikander explained. "For me, there is only a single type of corruption. It's the corruption of forbidden knowledge that comes from the blasphemy slate."
He glanced at Veer and gestured to him to remain silent.
"I would have told you what the Blasphemy Slate was, but you'll just get Corrupted so there's no point. All you need to know is that the Blasphemy Slate existed since the Primordial times and contains the forbidden knowledge of this world. Nobody is supposed to know that so once someone reads it, they get Corrupted."
Looking at the sky, he continued.
"The Blasphemy Slate is very rare to find, but some people managed to find it and Became the first Defilers. They were the first one who started the destruction of this world and began to know as the First Men."
"Nobody discovered the Blasphemy Slate..." Veer groaned, as he felt his consciousness blinking the moment he spoke about the Blasphemy Slate.
"Easy boy! It isn't something you weaklings can speak about. The only reason you can even hear and remember is because of your weird constitution. I'm guessing it's the Martial Saint who did this, but don't push your luck."
Sikander shook his head and said.
"As for your question, there's a reason people didn't discover it. You see, the Primevals guarded the Blasphemy Slate, so nobody even knew about it. Sadly, nothing lasts forever and things happened which brought their downfall."
For some reason, Veer felt a strange heaviness in his chest when he heard about the Primevals. It was strange, as he also felt sadness hearing about their demise.
'Dont tell me I also have a bloodline of them? The hell? Am I some kind of experimental lab product? I'm not ichigo!'
Veer shook his head and focused back on Sikander's words. Even if there was some connections between him and Primevals, it wouldn't change anything now.