Ancient Imperial Calendar Year 1813
The seven-day, seven-night celebrations had ended
The Dynasty Lord IV Orsman had summoned his son Ricardo
Ricardo arrived at the Dynasty Lord's study, accompanied by his father's personal guards
There were two guards waiting by the door, they knelt and bowed their heads when they saw Ricardo
"We Greet the Dynasty Heir"
"Raise your heads and inform the Dynasty Lord that I have arrived"
The guards stood up and the guard standing to the left of the door knocked three times
"The Lord of the House, the Heir of the House requests permission to enter"
Orsman answered in a deep and deep voice
"Enter"
The two guards waiting on the right and left of the door opened the door and the doors closed when Ricardo entered the room
Ricardo knelt on one knee and bowed his head in a respectful voice
"Greetings to the Lord of the House"
Orsman answered with a deep voice
"Raise your head Ricardo"
Ricardo felt strange when he heard his own name, it was the first time someone other than his mother addressed him by his name, everyone else addressed him as Young Lord, Dynasty Heir, Ricardo had gotten used to it over time, he felt strange when he was addressed by his own name
"May I know why you called me Dynasty Lord?" Ricardo asked
"Of course you will, come and sit across from me"
Ricardo sat down right across from his father
"Since you are now the heir to the throne, you have the right to learn some things about our Dynasty
First let's start in Kerbel forest what do you know about this forest"
Ricardo thought for a while and started to tell what came to his mind
"What most people know is that it is a cursed land where monsters live and you have to go on an expedition with your soldiers once a month because their numbers are increasing very fast"
"This is just general information but do you know how these lands are cursed"
"No I don't know or rather I haven't heard anyone know"
"It's normal that you don't Ricardo only the Lord and the Heir of the Dynasty know this information now I will tell you the unknown story of Kerbel Forest"
Ancient Imperial Calendar Year 985
22nd Year of the Reign of Lord II Arlous of the 13th Dynasty
Since the day Arlous II ascended to the throne, the borders had grown exponentially
The Western Dynasties formed an alliance under the banner of the powerful Dynasty of Pleyciys in response to this advance
II Arlous ordered the mobilization of all the Dynasties under his rule in response to this alliance
He formed an army of 130,000 men in total, using all his resources
The Dynasties gathered under the Pleyciys Dynasty formed an army of 230,000 men in total
The two armies met thirty kilometers from Kerbel Forest
The battle lasted 17 hours. Despite all his efforts, Arlous II was about to lose the battle and at that moment he made a difficult decision
He decided to use the Curses and Spells that had been passed down through the Kislavein Dynasty for generations
We don't know what kind of curse and spell he used but you already know the results
The entire enemy army was destroyed and the Kislavein warriors who were trying to hold the enemy in the center also received their share of curses and spells
That day 330,000 people died or rather turned into monsters Kerbel forest turned into cursed lands
Ricardo was in amazement, he listened to his father without taking a breath, he had tons of question marks in his mind
Ricardo asked curiously
"So how come only we know this story, it is impossible that none of the surviving soldiers there told these events"
Orsman answered
"Yes, under normal circumstances this incident would have spread to the whole world, but in such a case, the Kislavein Dynasty would be seen as a dangerous Dynasty with curses and spells that could destroy all armies in the world, and we would have gained the enmity of the whole world.
II Arlous also erased the memory of the whole army by casting a different curse and spell than he thought"
"How did Dynasty Lord II Arlous know these curses and spells, who taught him them"
"Here is another secret that most people don't know Ricardo, I have a question for you, who is the oldest known Kislavein?"
Even if Ricardo knew the answer to this question, he thought it would be more logical to ignore it
"Of course I Karlmen Kislavein"
Orsman shook his head as if to say no
"That is common knowledge but our roots go back to the 40th Emperor of the Ancient Empire, our real ancestor was Rodrigo, not Karlmen"
Rodrigo Kislavein was an ordinary person but he was very intelligent, he started from scratch and rose to the position of chief advisor to the Emperor, he also brought his sister into the palace as his assistant and that's how it all started
Rodrigo's sister Cassandra caught the attention of IV Quizzah, the 40th Emperor of the Ancient Empire, with her intelligence, beauty and intellectual background
Emperor Quizzah IV eventually fell in love with Cassandra and took her into his harem as his concubine
Emperor Quizzah later gave Rodrigo a small village to rule
Emperor Quizzah and Cassandra had a son named Temiztokrisses and two daughters from their union
Rodrigo and Cassandra managed to bring Temiztokrisses to the throne through years of intrigue and assassination, and thus their lives as commoners culminated in them taking control of the Ancient Empire that ruled the world
The 41st Emperor of the Ancient Empire,
II Temiztokrisses, with the influence of his mother, gave his uncle Rodrigo the title of Duke and the city of Kisvein
Rodrigo derived the name from the name of the city and named his Dynasty Kislavein and thus the Kislavein Dynasty was founded
In short, the foundation of our Dynasty was not in 795 but in 713
"So why do you hide these facts from people?" asked Ricardo
"If it has any advantages for you, it is better to hide some truths. Right now, the whole world knows the Kislavein Dynasty as a Dynasty that rose from the ashes of a collapsed Dynasty. Which do you think is more interesting? A Dynasty that rose from the ashes or a Dynasty that rose from the people and started from scratch. Although it sounds like the latter, people find chaos and war more interesting, even if they deny it. If there is no other problem, I will continue, Ricardo"
"No, Dynasty Leader, continue"
Ricardo already knew the rest of this story, but of course he could not say it. Orsman continued the story from where he left off
II Temiztokrisses had become the puppet of his mother and uncle, the Kislavein Dynasty
Rodrigo was ruling the Empire while also investing in developing Kisvein City
One of Rodrigo's strangest traits was his obsession with curses and spells
We don't know the main reason for this obsession, maybe it was an obsession or a historical event that has not survived to the present day
Rodrigo invented very dangerous techniques as a result of his long years of work on the cursed and enchanted energy found in the Bloodstones and passed these techniques on to his son
Years passed, when the Puppet Emperor
II Temiztocrisses died, his son, the 42nd Emperor II Arjinisses, ascended to the throne, executed his grandmother Cassandra and Rodrigo in order to break the Kislavein Dynasty's influence over the Empire, raided the city of Kisvein with his army and disgraced the Kislavein Dynasty.
Rodrigo's son Orlando never forgot that day but he did not have the strength to take revenge
Years passed, the hostility between the Imperial Family and the Kislavein Dynasty ended when Harlena, the daughter of the 44th Emperor VIII Harloumen, married Armando, the son and heir of Ricardo, the 5th Leader of the Kislavein Dynasty, and from this marriage, Karlmen, who people thought was the founder of the Kislavein Dynasty, or Kernando with his real name, was born
Ricardo was surprised"what do you mean by real name" he thought and asked
"Dynasty Lord, I wonder what you mean by real name"
"I meant this, normally in the Kislavein Dynasty, male children were given names ending with "do" but Karlmen was the only surviving grandson of the last Ancient Emperor, so he rightfully considered himself the Heir of the Ancient Empire, so he took the name of Karlmen, one of the founding heroes of the Ancient Empire
He was giving people this message, I will be the second founder of the Ancient Empire, of course dreams and reality were very different
Karlmen was killed, his son took revenge and they gave up the dream of re-establishing the Ancient Empire because the dynasties that gained their independence in the world did not want to lose it, so they went after the heirs
2nd Lord Harlmen also realized this danger and announced to the world that they officially renounced their claim to the throne and thus they were saved from the threat of extinction in the early establishment stages
Harlmen, whose real name was Harlando, took the name of a hero like his father and made it a tradition and every Dynasty Lord who ascended to the throne changed his name to the name of a hero
Some House Lords took the names of the old leaders to show that they will follow their ancestors' footsteps, you can see me as an example"
"I understand" said Ricardo and asked the question he was most curious about
"House Lord, without exception, every Kislavein descendant has dark blood red hair and eyes, almost every member is extremely powerful, what is the reason for this, it cannot be just the dominance of blood, it must be different in a few people, but no one has a different hair or eye color, what is the reason for this?"
"The reason is our ancestor I Karlmen"
Karlmen had to be strong enough to take revenge on his enemies, especially against Frank II, King of Fresfurt, for his grandfather Harloumen's death, and he didn't have much time, so he took the shortcut
He went to the grave of his ancestor, the First Ancient Emperor I Harloumen, and despite the centuries that passed from the aea, his heart and brain had not rotted. Karlmen ate his ancestor's heart and brain and took his power, but after eight centuries, only 20% of I Harloumen's original power remained
Karlmen found a way to pass this power on to his descendants Bloodstones
He cursed himself and his descendants using the Bloodstones, as a side effect of this curse, his descendants had blood red hair and eyes, on the other hand, his own power was inherited by his descendants, in short, this is the secret of the superhuman power that the Kislaveins possess.
Ricardo, no one knows what I told you except for the two of us
"Well, if you died before telling me, wouldn't this information be lost?" Ricardo asked
"It wouldn't have happened, if it had, I wouldn't have known it," Orsman replied
"What do you mean?" Ricardo asked
"You know that I ascended to the throne by killing my father"
"Yes" Ricardo replied
"I killed my father the day I graduated from the Blood Academy and was called to the throne room, before he died he held my hand and cast a spell, it was not a spell that would cause my death, neither I nor anyone else knew what it was
A while after ascending to the throne, when I entered the bedroom of the House Lord, the spell in my hand was activated and I discovered the secret vault
When I examined the vault, I found two things there"
Orsman stood up
"Follow me Ricardo" said Orsman
The father and son went to the bedroom of the Lord of the Dynasty, the room was large and magnificent enough to fit 200 people inside
Orsman closed the doors of the room and opened the secret passage by performing a spell Orsman and Ricardo walked deeper into the cellar as they approached the end of the cellar Ricardo felt an Ancient and Mystical power
Ricardo saw an Ancient Sarcophagus in the middle of the cellar, the Ancient Letters on it and the Mystical power it emitted terrified and amazed Ricardo
"What is this?" asked Ricardo
"I don't know what it is either, for a thousand years, all 65 Dynasty Lords, including me, have tried to solve the mystery of this sarcophagus, but all we know about it is that it causes a tattoo to appear on the hand of the first person to touch it, and increases their power twentyfold"
"So is the legend of Dynasty Lords suddenly becoming stronger after ascending to the throne true?"
"Yes, it's true Ricardo, but this sarcophagus only strengthens the first person to touch it, and it doesn't strengthen anyone else until that person dies"
Ricardo was horrified, he hadn't even known about the existence of these sarcophagi in his previous life
"After I die, touch this Sarcophagus and strengthen your power, my son
Ricardo could not answer, he just hid his head, these sarcophagi were older than the founding of the Ancient Empire, so why didn't he know this
"Who discovered these sarcophagi, Dynasty Leader"
"Our ancestor Arlous II discovered them in the ruins of the Ancient Empire after the war in the Kerbel forest, then he built the city of Kislathor in those ruins and declared it his capital"
Ricardo was no longer surprised by the fact that Arlous II appeared under almost every stone
The two left the cellars and went back to the study, they sat across from each other and continued their conversation
"So what is your real name, Dynasty Lord, why did you choose this name in particular?" Ricardo asked
"My real name is Orlando, people think I chose this name because I was inspired by the three lords of the house named Orsman before me, but in reality I chose it to honor my older brother who was poisoned and killed when he was very young"
"Wait a minute, didn't you say that only those who ascended to the throne inherited the names of heroes?"
"This tradition was forgotten or ignored during the reign of Xanros II, the 60th Dynasty Leader, and mothers gave their sons the names of heroes as soon as they were born
Until I ascended to the throne, people who were given the name of a hero at birth ascended to the throne with me, this tradition started again and will continue with you, on the other hand, what surprised me the most was that your mother remained loyal to this tradition and gave you an ordinary name instead of giving you a hero name, so I always valued your mother more than the others"
Ricardo was very surprised when he heard the word value from his father
"I didn't expect to hear you value one of you"
"Huh, to be honest, I don't know who killed my mother either, but I killed all my stepmothers and siblings without caring who the killer was
More than twenty of my children were killed but I never shed a tear for any of them and I only care about your mother for keeping the tradition alive"
"House Lord, do you remember the day we were attacked by 30 assassins?"
"Yes," replied Orsman
"You named the Trade Barons as the culprits but I don't think they would do such a thing"
"What makes you think that, son?"
"Merchants do not enter into a business that they do not have an interest in, on the other hand, they would not assassinate the son of the Dynasty Lord, which would destroy them, no one would do such a thing, no matter what the reason is"
"Maybe their stepmothers made them an offer they could not refuse"
"I do not think the Dynasty Lord, whoever made the offer, has no guarantee that their own children will win, and they would not risk the trade barons as soon as their work is done"
"Well done, my son, to be honest, it was not the trade barons who did the assassination, we just used this situation as an excuse to eliminate them
Your mother was killed by Seliarnevre, Zelfhaya's brother Dex was also the head of the assassin organization in the palace, he wanted to avenge his sister, you learned about your master Richard's killers, what will you do now"
Ricardo was seething with anger, "Didn't my father punish the criminals even though he knew this" he thought
"Why WHY DID YOU NOT PUNISH THEM"
Ricardo's killing intent was felt throughout the palace, the guards who entered the room were thrown to one end of the corridor by Ricardo with a wind spell
Orsman suppressed Ricardo with his own Aura, he was impressed when he saw his guards fainting
"You have become very strong Ricardo, but not enough to pressure me yet, I did not punish them because the roots of the organization go back a long way and they have served the Dynasty a lot, if you want to punish them and fulfill your oath of revenge, you must become strong enough to kill me"
Orsman stood up, a scary smile on his face
"Go to Kerbel Forest Ricardo, the first task I gave you is to go with those who completed the raid on the same day as you this month, you will both become stronger and gain experience there, but if the number of casualties exceeds a hundred, be sure that you will be punished with the harshest punishment"
Orsman left the room, Ricardo was alone with his anger and thoughts
"How did he kill his father when he was my age, despite the power of the Sarcophagus, how could I kill him"
Ricardo's new goal was clear, to be stronger than his father, to become the head of the Dynasty and to avenge his master