Dorothy’s Forbidden Grimoire

Amid the steam of the industrial revolution, mysteries surge beneath the surface. Cults and secret societies seek the extraordinary in the shadows, while hidden gods gaze upon humanity from the hea...

Chapter 546 Bloodline (2/2)

"So... Your Majesty Rahman, can you tell me in detail what exactly this royal trial is like?"

Listening to Dorothy's question, Rahman paused slightly, then sighed and spoke.

"Well, now, this is not something that needs to be protected...

"The so-called Royal Trial is a ritual system I set up to ensure the basic qualities of the King of Adus after me and to pass on my power."

"Inheriting the power... So the royal family trial has this effect?" Dorothy asked curiously after listening to Rahman's words. At first, she thought that this trial was just to test one's quality.

"Of course, or rather, the primary purpose is to pass on power. After all, in this world, a king must have the power of a king. The foundation of a country must be some kind of extraordinary power that can be stable and effective for a long time, or continuously passed on. This is true for other countries, and it is also true for Adus..."

Rahman said this, and as he spoke, he stretched out Nef's hand and stared at it.

"Adus is not a tiny country, but one of the important countries in Northern Ukraine. It is a leading country in terms of population and territory. To stabilize a country of this size, an extraordinary inheritance of the Red Soul level is essential. However, it is very difficult to create a strong man of the Red Soul level. Not only does it require a lot of resources, but it also requires opportunities and the qualifications of the person being created.

"To become a Red-level Beyonder, resources, opportunities, and qualifications are indispensable... Often, even a king of a country can hardly guarantee that his heir will be promoted to Red-level. Therefore, for the royal families of various countries, it is not a first choice to let each generation of heirs be promoted to Red-level according to the usual promotion method. We are more inclined to establish a stable Beyonder inheritance system that is independent of the normal promotion system."

Rahman said this. When Dorothy heard Rahman talking about the extraordinary inheritance system that was independent of the normal promotion system, she first thought of the Black Dream Hunting Group's pseudo-moth breeding method. This method of relying on symbiosis with extraordinary creatures to obtain extraordinary power was not within the normal promotion system. According to Rahman, this non-mainstream extraordinary system might not be uncommon.

"So...what method did you use to stabilize the power of the Red Order inherited by the Royal Family of Adus?"

Dorothy continued to ask Rahman, and Rahman put his hands behind his back and answered calmly.

"When I was alive... I was an extraordinary person who used the cup as the main supporter of silence..."

"The main cup and auxiliary silence... the path of disease?"

"Hehe... the main branch is indeed called that, but I am a little different. My extraordinary rank is a sub-category under the Path of Plague, and I used a special ceremony to promote the sub-rank. The name of my Red Rank is Soul Blood Knight. And the main rank of the Red Rank of the Plague Branch is Plague Knight..."

"Subspecies rank..."

Listening to Rahman's words, Dorothy recalled the information about subspecies ranks. This was one of the extraordinary basic lessons that Odchi had told her a long time ago.

The so-called sub-species ranks are special branches on an extraordinary branch road that are different from the main system. If an extraordinary branch road is a tree, then the trunk of the tree is the main system ranks. For example, the path of suffering starts from the black soil monk who receives the precepts all the way to the golden palm-level suffering master. Each step has a corresponding promotion ceremony, which is called the main system rank. Outside the main system, there are sub-species ranks as branches of the tree.

Sub-ranks are offshoots of the main system, and can appear at any rank from Apprentice to Gold. They are promoted through special envoy ceremonies that are different from the main system ranks, just like the Cup Taster that Dorothy had seen before.

Generally speaking, subspecies classes have many abilities in common with the corresponding main classes. In addition to the common abilities, subspecies classes will have fewer abilities of the main classes and more special abilities of their own. Subspecies classes are another way of presenting the main classes and are variants of the main classes.

Because the subspecies ranks are essentially branches of the main system, they do not have their own promotion branch. For example, Sorahman's Soulblood Knight was promoted from the main system of the Plague branch, the Chalcedon rank, but if it wants to be promoted to the Gold rank, it cannot be promoted to the Soulblood Knight Gold rank upper position, because this rank does not exist. If the subspecies ranks want to be promoted, they can only return to the original main system and be promoted to the Plague Knight Gold rank upper position, and they can rarely continue to move forward independently, because branches are branches after all, and they exist dependent on the main trunk.

Dorothy was recalling the information about the subspecies and ranks in her mind, while Rahman continued to speak.

"As a Soulblood Knight... compared to the main class of the Path of Plague, my ability to create diseases is much weaker, but in contrast, another ability has been greatly strengthened, that is the ability to use blood. In simple terms... I can use flesh and blood as a medium to establish a connection with others on a soul level. I can read the long-standing memory fragments in my own or other life bloodlines, and gain strength from these fragments, reproducing the power and even some of the postures of ancient creatures that have long been extinct in the distant past."

Rahman introduced his abilities like this. Dorothy couldn't help but raise her eyebrows when she heard about Rahman's abilities. She thought to herself, could this guy's ability be to read the genetic information in organisms and use this information to reproduce the power of ancestral species in the biological evolution chain? If there are dinosaurs in this world, can he make them appear?

Dorothy was speculating about Rahman's abilities, while Rahman continued to speak.

"So, my ability is closely connected to the blood of living things, which is why I was able to pass on messages to all the people of Adus just now. Seven hundred years ago, when Adus was still in a period of war, in order to conduct wars and governance more conveniently, I once asked all the people who joined me to donate a drop of blood and hold a ceremony to establish a contractual relationship with me, and the medium of the contract was my sword. Therefore, after I unified Adus, all the people of Adus were connected to my soul through blood. This connection will be passed down with the continuation of blood. Now, I can still pass on messages to all the people of Adus through this connection. After all, they are the descendants of my former subjects."

Rahman explained this. Listening to his words, Dorothy now understood why she could not hear anything when Rahman declared the denial of Diadin, because she was not an Adusi.

"My power comes from my blood, so as long as I want, I can pass my power directly to my descendants through the closest blood connection, even after I die, as long as my soul is still in the world. This is the truth of the power of the red soul that Adus has inherited for hundreds of years.

"I am the only one in the entire Baruk royal family who has truly reached the Red Soul Stage. The other Baruk kings are essentially extraordinary people at the Chalcedon Stage. It's just that I used the characteristics of the Soul Blood Knights and gave them power through blood as a bond. After a Baruk king accepts my inheritance, he can obtain the strength of the Red Soul Stage and stabilize the Adusi government.

"After all, the Chishi who became Chishi in this way are not real Chishi. Although their strength is not compromised, their life span is still the standard of ordinary people. Therefore, if the Baruch Dynasty wants to continue, such inheritance must be continuous. In order to allow my descendants to use my power forever to protect Adus, I decided to refuse to return to the netherworld after death, and let my soul rest in the mausoleum instead, providing power for generations and recovering power. I originally thought that Adus would be able to maintain long-term peace and stability because of this, but I didn't expect that I made a big mistake..."