Death… and me

2725  Interesting Bloodline

Samuel had his mouth wide open. “The Lightning Realm… that has been the grave of so many elders and even patriarchs of the Blanvie Clan in the past… Gone, just like that…”

Rean heard that, feeling bad. “I didn’t expect it was that important for you all. Kentucky, put it back.”

“NOOOOOOOO!” All the elders asked at the same time, and so did Samuel.

“A-Ahem!” Samuel quickly recovered. “We thank you from the bottom of our hearts for this crystal. Our clan will gain a lot, and we shall treasure it for many generations to come.”

“Is that so?” Rean smiled in response. “Well, it is yours then.” It was indeed quite a good material, but Rean had better ones in the Soul Gem Dimensional Realm. Kentucky found it so fast because of his Minokawa ability to perceive rare materials, usually metals, that could help his bloodline improve. However, this ability wasn’t restricted to metals only. This crystal just barely entered Kentucky’s perception, so he found it quite easily. “Sigh… but it felt so tasty…”

Rean patted his shoulder. “It’s fine, it’s fine. I’ll let you eat a few of mine later, okay?”

Kentucky’s eyes immediately lit up. “You said it! Don’t go back on your word!”

Rean nodded and thought about all the information he got from the elders of the Blancie Clan. “Hum… we have the Eversun Desert and the Mirror Sea to check. Which one would be best first, I wonder.”

“Which one is closer?” Kentucky asked, curious.

Rean looked at Samuel, who was holding the Black Crystal like it was his own son. Of course, he didn’t forget Rean and Kentucky were there. “O-Oh! You already know where is the Eversun Desert, so it only leaves the Mirror Sea. The Mirror Sea is definitely a lot closer than the Eversun Desert, though. It is located inside our Blanvie Clan Territory. If you want, I can prepare a guide for you. Although there aren’t dangers, there are many places that might be of interest to you two.”

Samuel continued. “It might be that we simply weren’t able to understand what we were seeing, or maybe we weren’t strong enough to perceive it. The Lightning Realm’s Black Crystal was just the case with your Demon Bird friend, after all.”

Rean pondered a bit and accepted the idea. “Sounds like a plan.”

The guide would make things easier. Even if anything happened, Rean could just throw the guy into the Soul Gem Dimensional Realm and bring him out once they return. There weren’t any demerits.

Samuel was happy Rean, and Kentucky accepted. Immediately, he spread his Divine Sense, passing through all the formations that blocked it around the clan. As the Patriarch, all the restrictions obviously accepted his Divine Sense. Soon, he found who he was looking for.

A minute later, a woman entered the room, followed by a young man with distinct features on his face.

‘The woman is a Demon Beast, as for the guy… humanoid race? Yea, humanoid race. I haven’t seen his bloodline before, though,’ Rean thought to himself. The woman and the young man quickly kneeled. “Patriarch, we are here.”

Samuel nodded with a smile. “Sonzei, your tribe lived by the Mirror Sea pretty much their entire history, right?” Sonzei was obviously the young man. “Yes, Patriarch. I was fortunate enough to be born with a thicker bloodline and catch the eye of one of the Blanvie Clan’s elders. I’ve been training in the Clan ever since. However, before that, I spent many years in the Mirror Sea. I know that place like the back of my hand.”

Samuel was satisfied. One of his elders just brought Sonzei back on a whim, and he was quite diligent, so he wasn’t that bad. His clan often recruited outsiders as long as they showed enough talent and even married some of them into the family. Still, Samuel didn’t think Sonzei would come to be this useful in the end. He was just perfect to please these two incredible experts from the Center of the Realm of Gods.

“That’s exactly what I need,” Samuel then introduced Rean. “This is our friend, Rean. He is an expert from the Center of the Realm of Gods, someone countless times stronger than me. Your task this time is to show the Mirror Sea to him and his Demon Beast friend.”

Sonzie was taken aback. The Patriarch was known to be one of the five top experts of the continent. Yet, this young man with white hair was countless times stronger? Just how ridiculous was that. “Y-Yes, patriarch! I’ll do my absolute best!” This was an opportunity, so Sonzei wouldn’t lose it.

Rean suddenly appeared by the young man’s side and patted his head before pulling him up. “Hahaha! It’s fine, it’s fine. No need for all these formalities.” He then whispered in his ear. ‘Quite an interesting bloodline there.’

Sonzei looked at Rean in surprise. However, Rean had already left back to talk to Samuel. “Patriarch, thank you for the help. We are leaving now. Oh! Right! I told you I was going to talk about the Continental Barrier.”

Rean found the situation funny, so he decided to tell everything… including the fact that the Realm of Gods was one single gigantic creature, and they all lived on its back. The expressions in everyone’s eyes were simply priceless.

“W-What kind of monster… could be this big?” Samuel and the other elders couldn’t help but wonder. They even thought perhaps he was messing with them.

“Well, it is up to you to believe or not. If one day any of you make it to the center of the Realm of Gods and grow strong enough, you will naturally find out about it,” said Rean. “By the way,” Rean looked at the woman on Sonzei’s side. “She is?”

The female demon beast finally introduced herself. “I’m Flast-kufei, sir. I’m Sonzei’s Aerial Demon Beast.”

Only then did Rean and Kentucky remember people here couldn’t open Spatial Gates like them, so the use of Flying Demon Beasts was quite common. They truly got used to Spatial Gates after all these years.

Flast-Kufei was in the Transition Realm, two realms above Sonzei himself. She obviously had sentience due to her realm as well. It was just a little weird that she considered herself Sonzei’s Demon Beast while being much stronger. Not that it was Rean or Kentucky’s problem, anyway.

“Flast-Kufei… too complicated. I’ll just call you Fafa,” Kentucky spoke without much care, though.

Flast-Kufei was taken aback. However, before she could say anything, Rean opened a Spatial Gate and pulled everyone inside. Just like that, they were gone from the Blanvie Clan.

And as always, any Golden Tickets and Stones are welcome. 😉