Chapter 169: The Emperor's Descendants
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The atmosphere at home was also lively, after all, they had all attended Hobert's defense today and knew that Hobert had achieved a great victory!
Donna said that several of her female classmates had expressed their admiration for Hobert and encouraged her mother to propose marriage.
Tyron also hoped to be admitted to the law department so that he could defend justice in the future.
[T/N: What was his name again?]
After the lively dinner, under Hobert's signal, Christian took him to the study.
Sitting on either side of the desk, Hobert said, "Father, I have completely digested the 'Barbarian' potion before, and today's victory made me feel the high compatibility between the potion and my spirit.
"I think I can take the 'Briber' potion now."
Christian was stunned: "Can handling cases also speed up the digestion of the 'Barbarian' potion?"
"Yes." Hobert corrected: "Handling social cases does have this effect."
This time Christian didn't do the certification like last time, he believed Hobert's feeling: "Maybe you are the hope of your family."
He looked at Hobert with relief for a few seconds before saying: "After you digested the 'Barbarian' potion, your father left you two options.
"One option is to stay at Sequence 8. I will give you a Sealed Artifact. After taking this Sealed Artifact, you can transfer the crazy whispers in your ears to others.
"But each time it can only be transferred for 12 hours. After each transfer, you need to rest for 14 hours before you can use it again.
"Although you will still hear crazy whispers, because you have enough rest time, your spirit will not be under too much pressure. As long as the 'Barbarian' potion is completely digested, there will be basically no signs of losing control.
"That Sealed Artifact took Rex a lot of effort to find. It is only applicable to Sequence 8. Once you take the 'Briber' potion, there is no turning back."
Hearing this, Hobert suddenly asked: "Father, Mr. Rex, uh, I mean my biological father, why does he always provide me with such negative options?"
"Child, you are too young to understand a father's worries." Christian said: "Gaining power comes at a price, and the greater the power gained, the greater the price to be paid!
"You will have such worries when you have children."
Hobert nodded, he really hadn't experienced the feeling of having children: "What about the other option?"
"I will tell you all the known information about the Heller family curse, and you will continue to look for answers based on this information." Christian said:
"In addition, you have passed your father's test. According to your father's last words, if you can't find the 'Briber' potion formula before you completely digest the 'Barbarian' potion, then you only have the previous option.
"If you pass the test, I will do everything I can to help you advance to a higher sequence."
Hobert suddenly realized that Rex's test was equivalent to a screening mechanism. He had previously thought it was a trap for his son.
After a brief consideration, he made a decision: "I still insist on my previous choice, advance to 'Briber', and investigate the family's curse."
Christian took a deep breath: "Okay, again, I respect your choice."
He paused before saying: "Let me tell you about your family's history first."
Hobert sat upright in his chair, listening carefully to Christian's words.
Christian looked at Hobert: "Your surname is not Heller, but Trunsoest."
Hobert was stunned. This surname sounded so familiar. After thinking about it carefully, he suddenly realized: "Trunsoest the Night Emperor?"
Christian nodded.
Hobert took a second or two to digest this information, and then he realized that the family's curse might be because of this surname.
"Rex spent his whole life failing to find the source of your family's curse." Christian said: "According to your ancestors' records, this curse appeared suddenly.
"The time of its appearance was around the time of the Night Emperor's fall.
"Because your ancestors only knew the general time of the Night Emperor's fall, they didn't know whether the curse appeared before or after the Night Emperor's fall."
Christian got up and poured a glass of wine for himself and Hobert, then sat down and continued: "The fall of the Night Emperor is still a huge mystery. Logically speaking, he was the victor in the early stages of the 'War of the Four Emperors'.
"The Black Emperor Solomon was an enemy of the gods, and his re-fall was expected. The Blood Emperor Tudor was in a half-crazy state, which made it difficult for him to achieve final victory.
"But the Night Emperor clearly had the support of the gods and had gained a huge advantage in the early battles, so why did he suddenly fall?
"Moreover, the orthodox churches' investigation of the Trunsoest family was particularly fierce. The Solomon family and the Tudor family were only hunted down by the orthodox churches for a period of time.
"Later, these two families hid, and the orthodox churches did not actively look for their traces.
"But the Trunsoest family is different. The orthodox churches have been actively searching for the remaining forces of this family.
"This forced most of your family members to hide in the Southern Continent, where the orthodox churches' power was weak, and change their names."
Hobert was stunned, could it be the Balk family?
He asked: "Are there other members of my family?"
"That's right." Christian said: "After they went to the Southern Continent, they changed their surname to Barque. Rex also visited them and, after obtaining the permission of the patriarch, took away a Sequence 4 characteristic.
"More than twenty years have passed, I wonder how they are now?"
Hobert thought: They are doing pretty well now, their family even has mines.
Christian continued: "Your father guessed that your family's curse should be related to the fall of the Night Emperor, so after he returned to Backlund, he began to look for ancient relics everywhere, but unfortunately he only got some clues and did not find any evidence to prove his guess."
He sighed: "You need to find the source of the family curse yourself, and you also need to find a way to solve the curse.
"Your father once had a last word that becoming an angel of the 'Lawyer' pathway, that is, Sequence 2, could lift the family curse, but unfortunately he failed when he became an angel."
Speaking of this, Christian shook his head: "I don't know why he failed, he could have succeeded!"
He sighed again, as if he had fallen into distant memories.
Hobert suddenly asked: "Father, what about you? Is your surname really Jeffrey?"
"No." Christian said: "My surname is Tudor, yes, Tudor the Blood Emperor."
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