Grand Ancestral Bloodlines
chapter-1955

The aura of a God descended from above, sweeping through Ryu as though interested in seeing through his entire being.

Ryu looked up, his eyes narrowing. This was probably the most dangerous part of his journey.

The situation here was practically entirely under the control of the Fiends, so they were more lax with how things worked usually… but there was no escaping the fact that their False Shrine was here. No matter how lax they were, there would be a limit.

This was why Ryu had acted the way he had just now. Not to mention the fact that the Lord Dark Fiend didn't have any killing intent, it wasn't a matter worth considering too much. He was only using the Lord Dark Fiend to make himself seem like a genius, but not strong enough to actually cause any real trouble.

Someone arrogant enough to say that he would force Aria beneath his crotch, yet would also let go of such a slight, was obviously more bark than bite.

If he couldn't deal with this one Lord, there was no chance of dealing with Aria. So technically speaking, whether they let Ryu in or not wouldn't change the overall situation.

However, even under those circumstances, a False Shrine couldn't be messed around with, especially after they had already lost one. If they lost any more, it could mess with their plans.

"Which Line do you hail from?"

A voice that pervaded all things echoed.

Ryu's gaze flickered. However, if he wasn't prepared for at least this much, he would have wasted his time.

There was a reason he knew that Aria would be here despite it being undisclosed information. He had deduced it by reading the Lines of Fate.

That said, information about the Lines of the Fiends was a different matter entirely. That information he had gathered through more… normal means.

"The Dreadlord."

A hushed silence fell when Ryu spoke these words.

The Fiends didn't have families in the normal sense, they had Ancestors which they separated into Lines. These sounded like the same thing, but not quite. That was because the first Fiends weren't born the same way other Races were, nurtured through evolution until this current point, before they were proliferated by the Heavens.

The Heavens, under normal circumstances, did not like the Fiends. Only in cases like this world where they were already a mainstay could the Heavens begin to show them some favoritism.

This was to say that the Fiends did not manifest through natural means.

The only exception to this were their Ancestors. They were the start of their Race, the only naturally occurring Fiends, and lofty existences born in the depths of Chaos.

It was said that they were born with the start of Existence itself, but didn't gain consciousness until generations later. Upon gaining consciousness, they birthed the first of the Fiends.

The Soul Reaver… The Blight… the Emberlord… the Stormcaller… the Abyss… the Skyfire…

Some of these lines were more shocking than others. However, there were 36 Ancestor Fiends divided into 12 elements: Fire, Wind, Water, Earth, Lightning, Ice, Shadow, Light, Dark, Metal, Wood, and Void…

Some of these elements seemed to overlap like Shadow and Dark, or Earth and Metal, but the Fiends were very particular about keeping these separate.

On this world, however, there were only a portion of them. There were no Metal, Wood, Shadow, or Void Fiends…

Until now, apparently.

The Dreadlord… he was the most powerful Ancestor of the Void Line.

His Line shouldn't have appeared here at all, and Ryu was very clearly a Dark Fiend. So how was it possible for him to be of the Void Fiend line?

A Fiend Childe.

That was the only explanation they could come up with… but it wasn't just any Fiend Childe, but rather a spontaneous Fiend Childe.

Ryu's parents should be Dark Fiends, but the Dreadlord should have awakened some time during his conception and chosen to bestow upon him a blessing.

If this was true, then Ryu could have been born of a very normal Dark Fiend Line, only to awaken to his powers recently. This would explain why none of them had ever heard of him.

Ryu didn't even need to say much. They had filled in all the details for him. But he also knew that taking this approach came at a great risk. That was because his identity now went from a nobody to a shocking chess piece.

The appearance of the first Void Line was a truly shocking matter.

It wasn't just this, but Ryu had very clearly displayed the characteristics of the Void just now. That would explain why much of the Lord Dark Fiend's attack had just been swallowed up.

"I mean your Dark Fiend Line." The Dao God finally replied coldly.

"The Shade."

The answer was expected. The weakest Line of the Dark Fiends. They hardly produced any Dao Sovereigns, let alone Dao Gods.

Of course, this was all relative. The Shade Line still had their Dao Gods. It was just that the number wasn't substantial by any stretch of the imagination.

A silence fell once again, and it became shockingly oppressive. Ryu didn't move, but he was frowning inwardly. This person still wasn't letting him go.

There was one hole in his story, and he knew it well. But in most cases, others wouldn't think of it. Had he underestimated how cautious these people were?