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Chapter 16 – Ancient Monarch

“Haa...I’m sorry.” Without any evidence that Hira was born in Ilsiya, it is pretty obvious for the old man not to believe him. Especially with his talent and potential, it would be something unbelievable for any resident in this world.

“......No problem, it just a kid’s rant after all.” Clearly, the old man still holds some vexation toward Hira in his heart. But he still can’t help but to praise Hira for being able to be level-headed and not drove by his emotion. Instead he is quite disappointed by himself for not being able to control his emotion, even though he is much older than Hira.

“Then sir, could you please explain about this “Black Dragon army calamity”?” With a pleading tone, Hira asked the old man with pity. He disregarded the old man sarcasm tone as the opportunity is in front of him after all, he can’t let it go easily. The old man might be able to solve some puzzle in his head.

When the he saw how Hira’s act, he can only sigh with depression. A moment this kid just went rampaging all over, and in an instant he just suddenly became obedient.

“You said you’re a survivor from the Red Willow Fate Village? What proof do you have? There is no trace of survivor in the calamity site, and even if there is, the probability for a survivor to live is almost zero!” The old man looks at Hira with contempt. Even if you have awesome talent, did you think you can conn this old man easily? No evidence means, no truth. That is what I’m holding on.

“.....Then, if I tell you every name which had live in the village, can that be count as the evidence?” Hira replies to the old man with a solemn tone without any hesitation. It’s a straightforward and determined answer. Even if the old man wishes it, he can also describe every person appearance in the village. His mind had already been burned with the villager cries, despair and hope. He can still remember the carefree life he had and how it turned into a hell in just a day.

“You…..tell me your village head’s name and your family member’s name.” The old man is shocked with Hira statement. Hira’s tone contained a hint of sadness with an unsurmounted hatred. Even if he is trying to hide it, the old man can still sense the killing intent which leaking out from his body.

“Huu…..” With a deep breath, Hira closes his eyes and his mind is full with his home field, and then slowly it turned into the living room. He then saw his father, mother and sister whom sitting at the dining table. Then all of them turn their head towards Hira. Every one of them had different expression when they saw him.

His father runs toward him and praise him when he captured a huge wild tiger from the wilderness. His face is full of radiance and proudness when he looks at Hira. But suddenly his father is pushed aside and a motherly figure is standing in front of him.

His mother flicked his head with loving and angry looks for his reckless attempt. She can’t help but to be angered with him while spouting a lot of ranting in front of him. Hira can only sit silently while nudging his hand. Suddenly, she held her hand and caress Hira’s head gently and lovingly.

His sister ran toward him and punched his face with all her might. She then cried so hard while complaining and hugged him tightly. Hira then put his hand toward his sister’s head and pet her.

Then distinctly, two figures came into his mind, a skinny old man with a female teenager besides him.

When the old man looks at Hira, his mouth is curved upward, grinning mischievously while his left eye is blinking at him with a playful intent. Hira then replied toward him by giving a thumb up with the same grin.

The female teenager beside the skinny old man started to sigh with depressing tone and then turned her head toward Hira. Her face then shows a bright smile that can even cause a whole kingdom to fall. But suddenly, her hand move slightly and she gave Hira a thumbs down with a threatening expression. Hira face suddenly covered with a lot of cold sweat.

Hira is now completely immersed with his memories, he can’t help but to smile widely when he remember this scene. His smile radiates a sense of happiness that is swelling in his heart. Then his mind played every scene he can remember when he is still with his family until the day of the calamity. Slowly, his smile became distorted and an aura full of hatred starts to leaks out from his body. His eyes trembled, and a single drop of tear came out from his eyes. But it isn’t a tear made out of salt and sweat, but it is a single drop of blood tear!

The old man’s heart held no doubt anymore. The way Hira’s act has instinctively touches the old man’s soft part. This brat...his heart is pretty warped, if the kid is telling the truth then what is the report about the Black Dragon army? How could the investigation been wrong? Is there someone manipulating behind the scene….? While the old man is complementing, Hira’s mouth trembles and finally opens strained. With a stern voice, he replies toward the old man with a bright pair of eyes.

“Jumon Gorgon. The head of the Red Willow Fate Village and he is my step-grandfather. Even if we’re not blood-related, he had treated me as his own grandson so I also treat him as my grandfather in this life.”

“Hethara Blitzerg. The head of my family and he is my father. He is one the village’s pillar and the leader of hunting division. He is the person who I admired the most in this life.”

“Rinestra Blitzerg. The person who had brought me into this world with a lot of hardship and she is my...mother. She’s the one who had spoons me to eat, the one who has bathed me, the one who accept every imperfect part of me and she is the one who I loved more than anyone else in this life.”

“Crea Blitzerg. The little crybaby and she is my sister. Even though she is a crybaby, she always protected me from any danger and always worries about me as an elder sister. In this life she is the best sister I have ever had.”

“And finally, Meera Gorgon. The head’s granddaughter and she is also my step-sister. She had trained me from my childhood and builds my mental and physical foundation as an adult. The fact that I am still living here is because of her. She is my lifetime savior in this life.”

Hira had described everyone from his family including the head of the village carefully. His tone is dull and full of sorrow. His eyes are full with the sense of longing and yearning. The old man know, Hira’s heart is ache with every word he said.

“And I, Hira Blitzerg had vow for two years that the culprit of this calamity will fall before my own hands. I’ll annihilate all of the roots who are related with this calamity without leaving anyone intact.” Hira voice is so cold that even the old man can’t help but to be astonished and feared Hira. The hatred from Hira heart had turned into a yin essence and it started to leak out from Hira’s eyes. His iris had suddenly become menacing red with a black crystal-edge pupil inside of it. The white cornex had turn into half black as the Yin essence seems to be invading Hira’s eyes!

“Brat. Calm yourself, this isn’t the time or place to be consumed by your hatred.” Suddenly a hoarse voice appears inside of Hira’s heart. This is the guardian of the legacy realm, Night!

[font='ＭＳ 明朝', serif]“[/font]......I know.” Repeating the same act, Hira take a deep breath and cleared his mind. The yin essence on his eyes suddenly vanishes without any trace!

“Taboo Manifestation? It’s slightly different, but the fundamental is quite similar. Kid did you cultivate in a devil’s way?” When the old man notices the leak of yin essence on Hira’s eyes, he can only thought about devil’s cultivation method. His tone instantly became full of vigilance and cautious. A devil’s cultivator is usually a cold-hearted person or a blood-seeking man. It is very rare for a scholar-like devil’s cultivator to appear. Though not most of them are completely evil, most of them are wicked.

Different from the normal method of cultivating, devil’s cultivation method require for the practitioner to have a very high affinity in yin properties. In other word, a dark hearted nature from the moment they’re born. But there is also another option to cultivate in devil’s way, which is to accumulate a huge amount of yin emotion in a practitioner heart, such as, anger, hatred, despair, sadness and every other emotion which falls into yin category.

“Tch, what a trifling existence. For the yin essence to be in this brat body is reasonable, does he seriously think every yin essence practitioner would be cultivating in devil’s method? Yin and yang essence is a natural phenomenon in every human’s body. It all depends in how the human’s emotion. How the hell he doesn’t know this? What a joke.” Night can’t help to be disappointed by the old man in front of Hira, even though Ilsiya is quite weak in his time, it still not this weak! For a peak-Nirvana realm to be the pinnacle in this continent, just how low has this continent fall? He only left the world for a few hundreds of years and this had what it became? And he still didn’t know about the other continent’s state!

“Well the reality is in front of you Night old man, not like you can do anything about it.” Hira replied toward Night while chuckling. This old dog has been slumbering for quite a time. He then glance at the old man in front of him and leisurely answer the question.

“No, I’m not cultivating in devil’s method. That type of cultivation doesn’t suit me. And anyway for me to have yin essence isn’t necessarily means that I am cultivating towards the Satan’s path.” Hira open his palm and a trace of fiery golden start to form on it.

“P-pure yang essence!? How can you control both of the greater essences!?” The old man’s eyes almost pop out when he saw Hira controlling the pure yang essence like a child-play. It is completely exceptional for a cultivator to be able to control their yin or yang essence in this world. For a cultivator to be able to control one of the greater essences is already rare enough! Most of the cultivator whom able to controls the yin or yang essence usually has a great accomplishment in their future.

But for a cultivator who able to control both of the greater essences? They are qualified to dominate any one of the continent! There is a record in an ancient histories, a cultivator who has the gift to control both of the greater essence had actually united the whole continent in one country. He has enough might to cover the whole sky with his pure golden flame and to envelope the whole land with his purple-jade crystal!

He is called the Ancient Monarch!

The old man immediately saw Hira in a different light! If before he had shown his comprehension on law, it is a very awesome achievement. But to have the gift for controlling both of the greater essences is an awe-inspiring accomplishment!

Hira looks at the old man weirdly. This kind of ability is not even something very highly praise of in high realm. Even though it is still uncommon in middle realm, it is not a very rare ability in high realm. He can’t help but to be glad for encountering with Augustur’s legacy, or else, he would end up like the old man in front of him.

“Now you know what kind of benefit you had reaped off. But still, for that kid to appear in this era’s history, quite surprising. Ancient Monarch huh? Even though I usually slapped him on the face. Hahahaha!” Night can’t help but to chuckle happily when he reminisce.

“Night old man….peeking on a person’s mind is very a disgusting act you know? Sigh, and I also affected by it. So that’s why this gift is so extraordinary in lower realm. You know that Ancient Monarch?” Hira can’t help but to scold Night after his attempt of reading the old man’s mind. When Night used his skill, Hira is also affected by it because of their spiritual bond. The bond cannot be separated until the legacy is completely passed towards Hira, so he can only helplessly shake his head.

“Hahahaha! This Ancient Monarch he’s thinking about is only a snotty brat from a huge clan. He is not even worth mentioning. I had even kicked his butt for getting me an ugly white robe!” Not even reflecting on his action, Night continue to laugh happily.

“I wonder….what would happen if the old man heard this….” And again, Hira can only helplessly shake his head.

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