BXBX NOVEL Chapter 45: 44: The Second Seal
In the last era, humans suddenly attempted to consume the flesh and blood of mysterious creatures during a certain period, leading to a reduced lifespan and elimination for many, but a few survivors gave birth to descendants who gradually possessed a minuscule amount of extraordinary power.
Nowadays, humans no longer use the high-risk method of indiscriminately consuming the flesh and blood of mysterious creatures.
Instead, only a select few with an inherent extraordinary bloodline create specific magic potions using the flesh and blood of related mysterious creatures to activate their latent bloodline potential, naming the method of mastering this power the “Knight Bequest.”
Compared to the more random talent of Spellcasters, the inheritance of bloodline power is much more stable. Over ninety percent of noble families are knight clans, while pure Spellcaster families have always been few and far between.
The power obtained by their ancestors acts as a bond through the bloodline, awakening through eons, resurging within their descendants after thousands of years.
After the second seal was undone, Karl’s restored memories contained not only more about the God Pantheon Consecution but also new and extensive mysterious knowledge, specifically about the theory of bloodlines.
He had gained a body of knowledge on how to purify recessive bloodlines into dominant ones, how to increase bloodline talent grades, and even how to completely elevate the power of Bloodline.
However, the methods mentioned in this mysterious knowledge were complex, intricate, and demanding, especially the ritual for fully elevating bloodline power. The conditions were exceedingly difficult to meet.
“It’s nearly impossible for the Fischer family to achieve the last feat, given their current state,” he mused.
In addition to acquiring new mysterious knowledge, he also transformed the newly obtained Mysterious rare artifact into the rune “weapon.” Its extraordinary effect remained the same: transforming the touched item into an ordinary weapon, although there was no recipient for the blessing yet.
In theory, he could bestow it upon Darren, but he chose not to.
Giving extraordinary power to a child too young often does not bode well, as uncontrolled extraordinary power can even lead to disastrous accidents.
After finishing his contemplation, Karl bestowed the newly acquired mysterious knowledge of bloodline power upon Irene.
Kneeling and praying slowly, Irene’s eyes suddenly brightened.
She felt a surge of mysterious knowledge suddenly appearing in her mind, followed by a familiar dizziness, and she closed her eyes instinctively.
She swayed from side to side as if on a ship, her body teetering, nearly falling to the ground as if about to lose gravity.
Byrne and Chris watched Irene with concern but did not interrupt, both acutely aware that the situation was not an accident but another instance of the great Lord of the Lost bestowing important mysterious knowledge.
Irene had mentioned her experiences of receiving mysterious knowledge several times before.
In fact, to make Dawn more formal, Irene had meticulously recorded everything that happened during each sacrifice, even the initial encounters with the Lord of the Lost, attempting to reconstruct them as best as possible.
The booklet that documented all these events was secretly stored in the basement, corresponding to the visible family history compiled by Byrne, which contained all the information accessible to outsiders.
Finally, the girl gradually recovered, her eyes filled with excitement and adoration, her voice tinged with an incredulous tone.
“I have witnessed yet another new possibility shown by our Lord. All of humanity will tremble before it!”
“It is the glory of Dawn, and also a gift to the Fischer family!”
The girl, no longer the naive child in the Extraordinary Realm, understood the significance of the mysterious knowledge about bloodline power.
On the Ouden Continent, only the rarest and most precious Knight Bequests included methods to increase bloodline talent grades, and as for the possibility of purifying recessive bloodlines and sublimating them, such things were unheard of!
Irene closed her eyes in thought for a long while, slowly stood up and looked toward the two men nearby, saying:
“Byrne, I have received some mysterious knowledge about bloodline power that might allow your son to master the Knight Bequest.”
Byrne was taken aback for a moment, shook his head, and said, “Although the Hoffman family has the power of bloodline, my son did not inherit that part of the power, as you know.”
Irene was well aware of this, but the situation was now completely different.
The potential of bloodline powers is not something that every noble descendant can possess; often, only a part of them have potential worth developing, while for another group the level of potential can be considered non-existent, which is what they call “recessive.”
The Hoffman family possesses bloodline powers of the “Blazing Fire Lizard Spirit” and the “Crystal Jellyfish,” with about half the family members inheriting the bloodline powers—a quite favorable proportion.
Most of them inherit the former, possessing the ability to control fire, and so far, only two or three people in the family history are recorded as having inherited the latter.
However, the bloodline power of the undersea magic beast, the Crystal Jellyfish, belongs to a higher tier, a level above that of the Blazing Fire Lizard Spirit, and is only second to those of the ancient magic beasts in terms of strength.
Apart from their intrinsic tier, another important facet is the quality of the aptitude. The higher the aptitude level, the easier it is to ascend to higher echelons.
On the Ouden Continent, the rule in most noble families is that the person with the highest combined level of bloodline and aptitude has the right to become the next family head.
What Darren possessed was a recessive bloodline, and the well-prepared Hoffman family had sent someone to test this a few days after the child was born, paying great attention to any manifest bloodline.
Unfortunately, Darren was just an ordinary person, with insufficient purity of bloodline. Everyone except his parents showed a look of disappointment at that time.
Irene smiled and said, “The power of Darren’s bloodline will reveal itself because the great Lord of the Lost has already given him a chance to change his fate.”
Byrne was stunned for a while, then his body could not help but get excited.
He never doubted Irene’s words. If so, Darren might very well become the first person in the entire Fischer family to master both the Power of Consecution and the power of Bloodline!
His own son could have greater achievements than anyone else in the family!
Byrne, of course, felt incredibly happy and fortunate about this and couldn’t help wanting to tell his wife the good news. But then he remembered Margaret was not yet a member of Dawn, so he forcibly held back.
He quickly asked, “What do we need to do to activate Darren’s bloodline power?”
Irene spoke calmly, “It’s impossible to do that in the material world; we must take him to the Spirit Realm to perform a ceremony.”
“The Spirit Realm?”
Byrne immediately fell into deep thought; the Spirit Realm was a very dangerous place.
In fact, the Fischer family had mastered the method of traveling to the Spirit Realm through dreams from the very beginning, and Irene received the related mysterious knowledge the first time she was granted mystical insights.
However, with its multitude of mysterious entities and unpredictable supernatural phenomena, the cautious members of the Fischer family dared not set foot there lightly.
Byrne had occasionally heard the word “Spirit Realm” from some people, who had started to interact with the Spirit Realm in their own ways years ago.
Some lesser noble individuals had been too curious in their dreams, unable to stop the heart of pursuit and were lured to the Spirit Realm through the woodlands via their astral forms.
As a result, they encountered dangers and died there, remaining in a coma in the real world for over a month before awakening, gradually succumbing to fear and madness, unable to extricate themselves completely after repeated incidents.
The Spirit Realm was filled with opportunities but also peril, with the most severe scenario being the loss of the soul, leaving the physical body in the real world a complete empty shell.
Byrne was willing to risk going to the Spirit Realm for his child but had no desire to bring Darren, still an infant, to such a frightfully unpredictable place.
He shook his head, repressed the desire within his heart to make his family stronger, and continued, “The Fischer family principle is to acquire power prudently; let’s wait until he grows a bit older, until we also become stronger.”