Fantasy Library.

Chapter 401 The Subtly Changing Past

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This is a dream.

A dream that doesn't belong to Aize, yet feels as if it were being experienced firsthand and truly accepted by him.

In the dream, Azer became Aurora Florestina, experiencing her short but wonderful life.

The Fourth True Ancestor, Flamelight Night Lord, was a god-slaying weapon created jointly by the three True Ancestors and the Celestial Clan. Due to its rebellion against the Celestial Clan, it was divided into twelve bases, each containing one of twelve familiar beasts, which were scattered and hidden throughout the world.

The entities are simply seals, containers for the Fourth Progenitor's familiars, and also artificial vampires created by the Celestials, just like the Fourth Progenitor.

Aurora Florestina is the vessel for the twelfth familiar of the Fourth Progenitor, and the foundation of the twelfth familiar.

She originally had no name and had been sleeping underground on Gozo Island ever since she was created.

Gozo Island is part of the Republic of Malta in Europe. It is an island famous for its tourism and exists as part of the North Sea Empire Federation. It is the world's oldest demon special zone and was once a fierce battleground with a long history.

In this ancient demonic special zone, in an underground tomb, lies the twelfth matrix of the Fourth Ancestor.

Her slumber lasted until four years ago.

Four years ago, a group of people excavated the underground tomb where the Twelfth Foundation lay dormant, trespassing into her sleeping place.

Among this group were impoverished nobles from the Night Empire, led by the First True Ancestor Forgotten War King, experienced archaeologists, and even a young brother and sister.

That's right, it's the Akatsuki siblings, Akatsuki Kojou and Akatsuki Nagisa.

The reason they were there was because the archaeologist in charge of the excavation was their father, Xiaoyacheng.

Because Akatsuki encountered difficulties during the excavation, he summoned Akatsuki Nagisa, a hybrid ability user. With the help of her powerful medium abilities, Nagisa received the residual consciousness of the creator of the underground tomb, which allowed them to successfully open the tomb and enter the stone chamber where the twelfth matrix was located.

Thus, the Akatsuki siblings met the twelfth base for the first time. Akatsuki Kojou even unconsciously murmured something when he saw the other party sleeping in the ice coffin.

"She looks just like Sleeping Beauty..."

Thus, the twelfth matrix acquired its name.

Aurora Florestina is named after Aurora, the daughter of King Florestan and known as the "Sleeping Beauty."

At this time, Aurora was still asleep and had not yet woken up.

Until... another group of people broke into the underground tomb.

The Black Death Emperors are radical terrorists who subjugate orcs. Their goal is to completely destroy the Sanctuary Treaty and seize control of the Night Empire's War King Domain from the First Progenitor, the Forgotten War King. They are a group of genuine warmongers.

Four years ago, during the Gozo Island Ruins incident, this terrorist group broke into the underground tomb. The leader killed a fallen nobleman from the War King's Domain who was present at the time, and seriously injured Akatsuki Yajo. Finally, when he tried to kill Akatsuki Kojo and Akatsuki Nagisa, he was killed by Akatsuki Nagisa, who forcibly broke Aurora's seal and drew out her power. All the terrorists present were also wiped out, and none of them survived.

From then on, Akatsuki Nagisa's fragile body couldn't withstand the torment and she fell ill. She also moved to Itogami Island with the sleeping Aurora, where Itogami Island took over her supervision.

"That's about the same as my treatment."

Aize thought to himself as he watched this unfold.

He also appeared about four years ago and was taken in by the Lion King Organization, placed under their supervision, and transferred to the High God's Gate for further study.

"Could it be that it was around that time that my connection with Aurora came into play?"

Aize couldn't help but have this thought.

What happened next confirmed his idea.

Before this, everything Aurora experienced was pretty much the same as what happened in the original story.

But here, things took a significant turn.

Aize witnessed firsthand the first and only interaction between the two when the sleeping Aurora was sent to Itogami Island.

As the plane carrying Aurora flew toward Itogami Island and passed the Dragon Vein, Leviathan, who had been sleeping there, awoke.

At that time, Aurora's seal had already been broken once, and the magic power on her body, which was similar in nature to that of Azer, overflowed, causing Azer, who was sleeping inside Leviathan, to show signs of awakening.

Leviathan was thus awakened and appeared on Itogami Island, following Aurora's magic.

Aurora was awakened by Leviathan's magic and also awoke.

Thus, Aurora escaped the ice coffin and the transport plane, disappearing on Itogami Island. Leviathan, awakened by Aze, entered his body, marking the first public appearance of Aze as both Leviathan's vessel and sacrifice. Aze drifted to the shores of Itogami Island and was eventually discovered by the Lion King Organization. Both were vessels: one sealed within the body of the world's strongest vampire's familiar, the other within the body of the world's strongest demonic beast.

Both of them were sacrifices, human pillars, artificially created life forms.

Therefore, their magic resonated with each other, and they awakened at the same time, embarking on different life paths.

Aize was taken in by the Lion King Organization, while Aurora wandered aimlessly on Itogami Island before finally finding Akatsuki Nagisa, who was receiving treatment there.

The encounter between Aurora and Akatsuki Nagisa was inevitable.

Because Aurora has something on Akatsuki Nagisa that she must retrieve.

At the time, no one knew that the reason why Akatsuki Nagisa fell ill was not only because she forcibly drew out Aurora's power, but also because a foreign object appeared in her body.

As an artificial vampire, the fourth progenitor, a god-slaying weapon jointly created by the three progenitors and the Celestial Clan, actually had several safety devices installed on him to prevent him from harming the creator.

Among them are the Logic Bomb, a mode used to maintain secrecy; the Freeze, a mode that completely strips away its self to be used as a source of magic power; and the Primal, a virtual personality mode that governs the Fourth Progenitor's aspect as a weapon.

These safety devices were inherited as the foundation of the Fourth Progenitor's vessel, especially the virtual personality, the Primal, which was sealed within Aurora as a cursed soul.

Aurora, the twelfth entity, serves as both the vessel for the twelfth familiar of the Fourth Progenitor and the watcher of the Fourth Progenitor, as well as the vessel for the cursed soul, the Primordial One.

In the underground tomb on Gozo Island, when Akatsuki Nagisa forcibly broke the seal and drew out Aurora's power, the Primal being sealed within Aurora also awoke, escaped from the seal, and possessed Akatsuki Nagisa, causing her to fall ill.

After waking up, Aurora gradually realized her mission, so she took the initiative to find Akatsuki Nagisa, wanting to reseal the original soul into her body.

Unfortunately, Akatsuki Gisa did not agree.

"This is a completely unexpected development."

Aize never expected things to turn out this way.

Akatsuki Nagisa was originally an extremely talented shrine maiden with powerful spiritual vision and a strong spiritual medium quality, thus she could perform complete divine possession and was an excellent spiritual vessel.

She actually knew what had happened to her, because while she was possessed by the Primal, she also gained many memories from the Primal due to the possession by a deity.

Therefore, she knew of the existence of the Primordial One, that it was a cursed soul, a highly aggressive and extremely dangerous virtual personality, in charge of the Fourth True Ancestor's aspect as a weapon, and that its manifestation would lead to widespread suffering.

At the same time, she also learned of Aurora's mission, that she was a vessel, a sacrifice, and that if the Primal were sealed away by her, Aurora would surely die.

After all, the seal of the Heavenly Realm has been broken, and it will be very difficult for Aurora to fall into slumber again. Only by dying together with the original cursed soul can the trouble be eliminated forever.

How could a kind-hearted girl like Akina Gisa agree to this?

You should know that Aurora had been asleep ever since she was created, and she has only just woken up now.

In other words, Aurora's life, which consists of only this extremely short period of time after waking up, is no different from that of a newborn baby.

In Akina's view, making Aurora fulfill her mission was no different from letting a baby die.

In light of this, Akinagi rejected Aurora firmly, and a three-and-a-half-year-long entanglement ensued between them.

The two had been enemies, and they had dragged those around them into the conflict.

The two had once turned enemies into friends. Even though Akina was seriously ill at the time, Aurora was as innocent and carefree as a child. They had been to many places together, eaten many things together, and even encountered dangers together. They helped and benefited each other and could be described as being inseparable.

In this process, the two naturally developed an extremely deep bond.

Until six months ago, when the Feast of Flames began and all eleven of the original bodies, except for Aurora, arrived at Itogami Island, this peaceful period was shattered.

During the Feast of Flames, the Primordial One, centered around Akatsuki Nagisa, successfully revived after collecting eleven familiars excluding the twelfth one.

In order to save Akatsuki Nagisa, Aurora, with the help of Akatsuki Kojou and others, fought against the Primal and finally succeeded in separating the Primal's soul and the power of the Fourth Progenitor from Akatsuki Nagisa and sealing them into her own body.

In the original story, in order to end the Primordial One, Aurora used the irresistible Blood Curse to manipulate Kojou Akatsuki's body, causing Kojou Akatsuki to shoot the Holy Lance of Destruction, which was created to destroy the Progenitors, into his own heart, dying along with the Primordial One's soul, and making Kojou Akatsuki the new Fourth Progenitor.

However, due to his on-again, off-again relationship with Akatsuki Nagisa, which created more entanglements, Akatsuki Kojo did not become Aurora's Blood Servant, thus preventing Aurora from forcibly controlling others to kill her.

Aurora could only die alone, carrying the identity and power of the Fourth Progenitor and wielding the Holy Lance of Destruction.

Akatsuki Nagisa then used all her strength to absorb the entire soul of Aurora, who would become the complete Fourth Progenitor, into her body, thus saving Aurora's life...

(End of this chapter)