A Core Ship From The Start Chapter 989

Chapter 989: Chapter 682 Ancestors_2 Chapter 989: Chapter 682 Ancestors_2 “……So, you really are……my ancestor?”

Clutching her chest, feeling the faint pulsation of the mark, Olaya couldn't help but believe it now; this emblem was one every descendant who inherited the Hero's bloodline possessed, and one could sense the others' presence with focus. The man in the black robe had always been by the King's side, so Olaya had always assumed it was merely her father's resonance, but now……
“Indeed, I am that idiot who transformed Luminas from a mere small nation into what it is today.”

The man uttered a cold snort without care and then looked towards Olaya.

“To be honest, I thought my descendants were long extinct by now. Why do you strive so hard?”

“……I, I don't understand……”
Olaya was also baffled at this moment, the shock too great, leaving her somewhat unable to recover.

“If you are indeed my ancestor, why would you do such a thing? Was it not you who turned this nation into such a powerful one? Moreover, why would you deal with the Demon King?”

“Why?”

Upon hearing Olaya's questions, the man suddenly flew into a rage.

“What do you know!”

“Ah?”

“Being the Princess and a descendant of the Hero, pampered since birth, do you think your forefathers were like you, protected, watched over, and accompanied in everything they did?”

At this point, the man stretched out his hand, pointing at himself.

“Back then, I was just a damned destitute mercenary. Had I not pulled out the Holy Sword, I would have been just another one of those little soldiers who died in the Demon King's Army! And do you think, once the Holy Sword came into your possession, you would be safe? Wrong! Why do you think I made a deal with the Demon King? That was because the Royal Family wanted me dead!”

“Wanted… you dead?”

“Exactly, before the expedition against the Demon King, the damned King had found me, assuredly telling me that once I returned, he would grant me the throne, and the Princess also found me, saying that once I defeated the Demon King, she would marry me!”

“Um……wasn't it like that?”

Seeing the furious man, Olaya was at a loss for words for a moment, as the stories and historical records she had grown up with all stated that after the Hero defeated the Demon King, he married the Princess and then built Luminas into a powerful nation. But seeing her ancestor's demeanor now, it seemed not to be the case?

“Of course not! Think about it, what princess would want to marry a mercenary? What's more, after defeating the Demon King, what value did I have left? I didn't have money or any noble backing, but, thankfully, I was wary. Later, by eavesdropping on their conversation, I learned that they had already decided to have those pretending to be my comrades kill me after I defeated and sealed the Demon King. They would then tell the outside world 'the Hero and the Demon King perished together, and with his last strength, he sealed the Demon King'… how about that? Isn't it a touching story?”

“Quite cliche.”

Duanmu Huai quietly commented, while Olaya…… could not utter a single word at this moment.

The man, at this point, was growing increasingly delirious.

“It was then I realized that in their eyes, I held no status, no value; my only use was to have pulled out the Holy Sword! Those so-called comrades despised me, the nobility despised me, the Princess despised me, even the King despised me! And then these bastards still wanted to dispose of me after using me? If so, then why should I risk my life for them?”

The man's eyes were now fiercely red as he stared coldly at Olaya, as if looking at his arch-enemy.

“Therefore, I chose to betray. I don't give a damn about the fate of humans; if you want to kill me, then I can just as well kill you! I knew the Demon King could not be killed, so I made a pact with him and gained the Demon King's power of immortality, so now no one can kill me!”

Speaking of which, the man grew even more excited and exhilarated, as if he were returning to that very day.

“I still remember that day, when I came back, the expressions on that immortal old bastard's face and that bitch were absolutely priceless! They even held a banquet for me, got me drunk, and then poisoned me, hoping I would just silently die–unfortunately for them, I had already acquired the Demon King's immortal power; knives, swords, poison, magic, nothing could affect me!”

The man clenched his fists, his face distorted with ferocity.

“I killed everyone who dared oppose me, and then, right in front of that immortal old man, I raped that bitch over and over until she breathed her last! Then I chopped off that old man's head, to show them what the price was, the price they dared pay for deceiving me!!”

At this moment, Olaya seemed no different from a puppet, while Duanmu Huai politely clapped on the side, offering some response.

The man seemed to have opened up completely and started talking non-stop.

“Of course, the nobles initially resisted me too, but I killed most of them, and the rest just obediently followed orders when they realized they couldn't kill me. Then I became the King of Luminas, of course, that wasn't the end–determined to rule the entire continent, I started waging wars, attacking other countries… And thus, Luminas achieved its glory today.”

“Isn't that good then? So how come you abandoned the throne and ran away again?”

By now, Olaya was completely dumbfounded so Duanmu Huai posed the question on her behalf. If what the man said was true, surely he could have reigned forever.

“Betrayal!”

It might have been better for Duanmu Huai not to ask, as with the question, the man exploded in rage once again.

“Those damned fools, they secretly hid my bloodline and betrayed me!!”

In the man's angry denouncement, Duanmu Huai and Olaya came to understand the situation; previously it was mentioned that when the Hero and the Demon King made their pact, the latter had declared that he would enslave his descendants five hundred years later.

The Hero, of course, wasn't willing, so he decided to default.

How to default? Simple, just ensure no descendants remained.

After all, what would he need descendants for if he was immortal?

Hence, the women pregnant with his children were mercilessly executed by the Hero.

Naturally, where there's oppression, there's resistance. Finally, to avoid execution, some chose to flee. Over the years, the Hero's tyrannical deeds also provoked considerable resistance. The two factions united to help women carrying the Hero's children escape the Royal Palace.

Later, one of the women gave birth to a child, and this child was raised and nurtured by the resistance as a beacon of hope against the Hero.

The reason behind this was quite straightforward, as it was unclear why the Hero was immortal and seemed indestructible, so it was assumed that it must be due to the power of the Holy Sword he possessed; therefore, only a descendant sharing his bloodline could kill him…
Well, the imaginative power of the people proved to be quite strong; in reality, it had nothing to do with any Holy Sword.

What followed is a classic legend; the Hero's offspring led the resistance to overthrow the Hero's regime and, capturing the Holy Sword, stabbed it into the Hero's heart.

Well, of course he didn't die, otherwise who would this person be?

Even though he didn't die, the Hero was gravely injured due to inheriting the Demon King's power, and was believed to be dead, so he was promptly buried. The Hero's descendants then took the throne and finally put the chaos-ridden country back on the right track.

As for this dark chapter in history… it was of course sealed away.

However, it was this brush with death that made the Hero realize that he had originally fallen into a trap set by the Demon King!

Chapter end

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