Chapter 833 – Mythology Academy
In order to survive the pressure of surrounding families, the most important thing was to win their favor, so the head of the family began exploring relics from an ignorant era that she would normally have ignored. If there are any useful relics left, they are to be secured in order to gain favor with the surrounding families.
“… And then I discovered it.”
The inside of the ruins was surprisingly desolate. Gaju is very disappointed to see the interior without any relics. That was when he entered the final area of the ruins, sighing and wondering what kind of offering he should prepare. He sees something huge and beautiful that he has never seen before.
“They said it was like a huge… Gem or crystal object…”
A green crystal that protrudes sharply from a huge rock that exudes bizarre power. It is said that the crystal, which exudes ominousness and sacredness at the same time, made those who saw it fall into reverence.
However, that was the time when the head of the family and his blood relatives approached the crystal with interest. They are stunned by the intense shock as intense waves emanate from the crystal.
“Most… Dead…”
“Take some of this.”
Perhaps because Walter Ludian’s panting and speaking were quite annoying, Seong-il handed him a recovery and anesthetic potion. After drinking it, Walter continues his explanation with a more relaxed expression.
“At that time… It is said that an accident occurred in which a significant number of blood relatives who went on an expedition died.”
Realizing that the crystal is a cursed object, the ancestors and their relatives quickly move away from the crystal and frantically run away from the ruins.
However, not long after the tragedy, they learn a shocking truth. That their superpowers are several times more advanced than before. Some people even realize that they have succeeded in awakening supernatural powers even though they were not psychic.
In this way, the ancestors of the Ludian family and their blood relatives realize that the crystal is a powerful ‘something’ that grants the awakening of supernatural powers to those who come into contact with it.
In the meantime, a powerful nearby family appears, and they commit the atrocity of trying to pressure the ancestral family and extort tribute from them ahead of schedule.
Normally, he would have given in to the pressure and paid tribute somehow, but during the expedition, a significant number of major blood relatives died. Therefore, while trying to find tribute from the family, a tragic accident occurred and many blood relatives died as a result, so King Seonjo earnestly asks for an end.
“But they say that was a sign of the beginning of the war.”
Rather than showing them mercy, the influential families around them who heard of their miserable accident decided to take advantage of the heavy blow to their ancestral family and forcefully merge them.
They declared a territorial war under the pretext of not paying tribute on time, and led many of the family’s powerful psychics to attack the ancestor’s family.
The ancestral family should have been exterminated and become slaves of that family. However, even though they had lost a significant number of the superpowers that were in charge of the family, they were able to stop the enemy. Succeeds in overwhelmingly annihilating the main force.
“… Is it because of that modification?”
“That’s right, demigod.”
The power of the crystal transformed the ancestor from an ordinary superpower into a powerful superpower, and he used that power to completely defeat the family that had been harassing his family for decades.
Was it because he was intoxicated by the power that the crystal gave him? King Seonjo, along with his family’s blood relatives, took bold action to attack the enemy family’s base and even achieved a great victory, wiping out the enemy family.
An ancestor who succeeded in wiping out the enemy family in one fell swoop and robbing them of their rich land. Angered by their actions, another family attacked Seonjo’s family to steal their profits, but Seonjo and Gasol achieved victory over other families one after another based on the power given by the crystal.
“… So you became a great family all at once?”
“No, it wasn’t like that. Although Seonjo was intoxicated with power, he didn’t turn into foolishness…”
Although it became quite powerful, the main force of the family was still extremely low, so King Seonjo was very aware of his family’s limitations.
Therefore, rather than unreasonably expanding the family, he decides to increase the family’s power based on the rich territory he has now acquired.
“And… From then on, our ancestors began to be obsessed with ‘lineage.'”
The crystal was powerful, but the problem was that if the secret of the crystal was revealed and the political enemies found out about the secret, other families would have desperately tried to obtain the crystal, so the ancestors reorganized the family around blood relatives who could be ‘trusted’. I decide to go.
“Originally, it would be foolish. There is a limit to the talent that can be obtained that way.”
Most continental families showed an open attitude to hiring external talent to increase the power of the family. That’s because superpowers do not appear easily, and they cannot be created by birth, so most families used to adopt a strategy of supplying and receiving from external superpowers who were weaker through intermarriage.
“… There was no need for that because of the modifications?”
“That’s right. It might be different for other families. This is because the Ancestral Family, which could artificially ‘produce’ superpowers through crystals, had no need to do so. In this way, the Ancestral Family began to change into an extremely closed family.”
In this way, the ancestors were indiscriminately related to the blood relatives of the family. In particular, he began to become obsessed with increasing his immediate blood relatives.
In addition, the head of the family is said to have secretly attempted to experiment with the power of crystals on new blood relatives with the help of trusted family brothers.
“The matriarch experimented with incompetent relatives who could not become super-powered, as well as those captured from exterminated families, as lab rats, and eventually discovered the most optimal pattern.”
Through experiments, Gaju realizes that the power of crystals is more effective the younger the test subject. However, they also realize that if they are too young and their bodies are immature, there is a serious side effect of their bodies being eaten by the power of supernatural powers.
“… So the head of the family realizes that in our world, children around the age of twelve, which marks the end of childhood, have the best ‘yield’.”
‘You disgusting bastard.’
Seong-il immediately realizes why Walter used the word ‘yield’ and is deeply disgusted. Perhaps the matriarch had already been crazy about the power of the crystal from that time and viewed her flesh and blood as nothing more than tools.
“Even though we knew how to use it optimally… Many of the family’s younger relatives died. This caused a backlash within the family.”
“… So what happened?”
The dean asks with a slightly nervous expression at Walter’s words, which are somewhat reminiscent of blood. Walter smiles bitterly and answers his question.
“It seems like the Dean already felt it. That’s right. From then on, Seonjo started planning to eliminate the brothers in order to run the family ‘neatly.’ And that’s when the problem started.”
Part of me wanted to kill all those who opposed me, but they were clearly the blood relatives and enemies of the family, those in power. Therefore, the ancestors pretended to accept their opinions on the outside and searched for a solution on the inside.
“Then one day, he… Whispered.”
The beginning of tragedy. As always, King Seonjo looked at his treasure, the Great Crystal, from afar and wondered how he could use this power without backlash. Meanwhile, unusually, on that day, the ancestors felt a strange ‘whispering’ coming from the crystal.
“The crystal whispered. Let him make a contract with himself.”
“… Could it be? Did you sacrifice your soul at that time?”
“… Unfortunately or fortunately, our ancestors were not that stupid.”
The ancestors, who were still sane, showed vehement rejection to the whispers of the unknown crystal.
As if comforting him, Sujeong says that she only wants to give ‘blessings’ to many people. I whisper that I don’t want anything else.
In addition, Sujeong whispers that it is a ‘contract’ because she likes words, but that she just wants to give Seonjo more power.
“… The crystal wanted a sacrifice.”
Sujeong whispers that the relatives who have awakened their supernatural powers are ‘superior’ beings, so the ancestors just need to lead them well. However, when the ‘inferior’ beings who could not withstand his blessing die, he simply buries them nearby, or beheads his enemies and sprinkles the blood nearby as a sacrifice.
“… It was Seonjo who initially rejected it, but coincidentally, political forces began to rise within the family. It is true that Seonjo primarily revived the family, but it was because he was too ruthless and ruled for a long time.”
Seonjo, who was beginning to be attacked by strong pressure from internal political opponents, could not hold out any longer and approached Sujeong to ask about the ‘blessing’ that would be given if he accepted the offer.
“… Crystal wanted to tear the souls of his victims and share them with his ancestors. He said that he could become stronger through that power.”
“You’re crazy.”
“Yes. It was crazy.”
