Alm and Bruno listened calmly. They were already aware of the skeleton that resembled the carcass of a giant insect. It was a new revelation to discover that the law called Holy Light Law came from this skeleton. However, similar to the world inside the giant runes, it was expected that something like this existed in the Yang seal within the forest.
The old man seemed to be in a state of extreme pain and fury as he continued. "Your mother... she loved me, and I would prefer her to be happy even if far from me. Even after marrying the demon emperor, she could still live and try to be happy. But she chose the most painful path. She refused to marry another; and knowing that the demon only wanted her bloodline, she offered only that to him."
The whale then saw a moist gleam in the eyes of the old man’s image. "The demon could slowly remove her bloodline and incorporate it into the demon emperor; with her giving permission, the bloodline could be assimilated slowly. But in return, her life would be lost gradually. It would take millennia for him to finish, but once he got everything, she would die."
"However, Quitera demanded a contract in return. She signed that she would marry a human and have a child. After her child was born, they could capture her. And then, her husband and his clan should be protected by the demon emperor forever."
Alm and Bruno were a bit surprised by this, but something seemed off. This body was only in its twenties.
"Obviously, your mother didn’t trust the demon emperor. So, as soon as you were born, to protect you, the only way for the emperor not to find you was to eliminate your strong bloodline. She removed practically 99.9% of your bloodline. This completely damaged her life, as when you were born, an important part of hers was taken away."
Alm and Bruno felt strange. So, this body that easily adapted to the bloodline they continuously amplified was not a coincidence. It was so natural that they thought the behemoth bloodline they received came from a distant behemoth, not a primordial one.
The old man continued. "Then, for you to recover, she sealed your entire body and told me to bury it in the earth, and you would naturally recover. You were more a beast of the earth than a human, even without your bloodline. At that time, you stayed inside a shining stone like an egg. I never got to see you; when you were born, you were immediately sealed to avoid being tracked. So, in honor of that divine stone, I changed the name of my small clan to Divinestone."
The man concluded heavily, looking into nothing. "Unfortunately, I died without seeing you fully recovered. So, I left a remnant of my soul in a distant place, with you recovering in an underground cave near the clan. I am recording this, with the last trace of power from my soul, right after someone receives my testament."
"When you recovered, five thousand years had passed. Your mother should still be alive, but I died four thousand years ago from the time you are hearing. When I felt that you were ready to be born, I found a talented young man who was bathed in the secret pool of the Divinestone clan."
"His name was Derek; I sent out a call that took him a hundred years to find me. Then I made a contract with his soul, and I gave him all my inheritance. With that, he could become a capable cultivator and easily reach the central sect."
"But in return, he had to take care of you as if you were his son when you woke up soon. Obviously, I didn’t tell him anything about your past, but he couldn’t reveal anything about where he found you for the rest of his life. Even if he becomes a slave to someone, if he tries to speak, his soul would be destroyed, and nothing would leak."
"So, I recorded all of this; and when you become an adult and stand out in the central sect, he could deliver my words."
"Sorry for not being able to be a father to you. But Derek should repay everything I gave him and take good care of you. Your mother... don’t burden yourself trying to see her or help her. You lost all your bloodline; that demon is something beyond mortals like us. The only thing she and I wish for is for you to live well and be happy. I built a structure for you to live in and a safe clan. Your bloodline is so thin that the demon will only think that someone from the Obsidian clan jumped the fence; something that happened frequently in my time."
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Alm and Bruno saw the image of the old man quickly become transparent, almost disappearing. "Anyway... my time is up; in about a year, you will come out of the ’divine stone’ and truly be born into the world. I hope you are happy, son... goodbye..."
Words filled with weight and sadness echoed in the final seconds of the image. Soon, everything faded, and the runic message evaporated forever.
Alm mentally scoffed. ’Looks like Derek just threw Denil into the clan, claiming he was his son. Then he disappeared to buy cigarettes; not even the Divinestone leader knew he became a central elder. Denil’s father gave him a lot, in return, Denil was abandoned and became a twisted sexual maniac. If we hadn’t taken over the body, things would have escalated for the worse... interesting fate.’
’When we stole the bloody rune from the clan and that divine Fey cultivator arrived, it must have been the main demon who expelled him from the sect. And after the Fey tried to unleash his fury on Divinestone, the demon emperor intervened because of the contract. But he couldn’t defeat him, so he sealed him in that place where we found him... using a terrifying behemoth bloodline power. Probably coming from our mother,’ Bruno added dryly.
’That explains why a mediocre clan like Divinestone has been alive for millennia and has never been touched. Even the bloody formation was left for Denil to balance the bloodline; it would be a method very similar to what Langrum uses. Instead of accumulating Yang, Denil would have to accumulate the Yin of death coming from the formation. Everything would have followed his father’s plans, but Derek just messed everything up and preferred to stay in the sect enjoying the benefits he received.’ Alm finished with a dry laugh.
The entire reading passed through the whale’s mind at an extreme speed. It was like quickly recalling a memory within their minds; it took less than thirty seconds, then Alm and Bruno reflected for another thirty seconds. At this moment, they were interrupted from their thoughts, feeling something strange.
Then, they looked ahead and saw Derek’s dry gaze on them. In his eyes, a subtle black line appeared.
Bruno immediately used his soul, and the whale’s eyebrows furrowed. They then realized belatedly that they didn’t follow the pre-established script of subtlety and discretion... not at all.
The demon emperor and the main demon should have noticed the meteoric rise of a youth with a behemoth bloodline. Quitera’s son never appeared in the world, and obviously, they came to the conclusion that she removed his bloodline and sealed him. Then comes Denil, who, coming from the Divinestone clan, was Derek’s son, the only member of this mediocre clan in history to come so far... all the clues were there...
So, the proof of everything was the easiest thing to find. In Derek’s soul existed a seal and contract. There was no method of extracting the truth from him... but they could know that he received a mission without any issues.
The mission was linked to the contract...
Amidst Alm and Bruno’s quick thoughts, they felt a slave rune sprouting in Derek’s soul.
’He couldn’t tell anything, but we made everything too obvious without knowing anything,’ Bruno remarked dryly; then the whale and all three factions felt a deadly pressure falling upon them.
Alm scoffed, saying, ’All he had to do was hide it within the seal with that strange law. Everything was in his mental sea, camouflaged behind the seal, we couldn’t feel it. So when his soul reacted to the fulfillment of the contract, it would confirm everything, and with the slave seal, he’d kill us instantly.’
Derek immediately activated his cultivation to the maximum, making everyone there break out in a cold sweat without understanding what was happening.
"Get ready to fight," the whale said tersely, taking a step forward.