Hyperdimensional Player

Chapter 378 Bloodline Descendants? Kill Them All the Same!

Paris, Arc de Triomphe.

Upon seeing the magnificent archway before him, Duncan seemed slightly dazed, his thoughts seemingly drifting back to the turbulent years of his conquests across the European continent.

But thinking about it now, it was eight hundred years ago.

"His Majesty."

Theresa's figure floated down lightly, and a pair of black wings appeared on her back. After landing, they turned into feathers and disappeared. This magic is called Feathering Spell, which belongs to the Transmutation type. It was developed by a wizard in Scotland and is considered one of the commonly used flight spells.

However, its practicality is limited. It's fine for short-distance flights, but for long-distance flights, it's best to transform into a bird.

Duncan stroked the Arc de Triomphe in front of him, glanced back at the witch behind him, and said calmly, "Find a way to deliver the few relics sent by Italy to the Jacobins."

White terror.

The guillotine of revolution.

Their strength is a bit weak, which is not what Duncan expected.

Hearing his words, Theresa looked surprised. She hesitated for a moment, as if she wanted to say something but then stopped herself, before finally bowing respectfully and saying, "Yes, Your Majesty."

The witch left quickly.

These people are a branch that evolved from the witches' gathering back then. Theresa is one of the leaders. Her strength is close to that of a four-star silver-gray Servant, which is stronger than many lower-ranking Servants. If it is a small-scale Holy Grail ritual, the Servants summoned will only be at the four-star level. The Holy Grail that is finally replicated can at most achieve the effect of 'limited wish grant' (approximately equivalent to a 7th-level spell).

Behind Duncan, Ekaterina's expression was inscrutable. She seemed incredulous and hesitant, pondering for a long time before cautiously saying, "Your Majesty."

She wasn't used to calling others "Your Majesty," but in front of this man, she seemed to have lost all the arrogance that belonged to a king.

"Hmm?" Duncan slowly turned his head.

Catherine was a spirit summoned by the royalists, who were most hostile to the Jacobins because they were the ones who sent King Louis to the guillotine, and many nobles in Paris, including the king and queen, were sentenced to death.

She was a monarchist, and was inherently hostile to the Jacobins.

"His Majesty."

Catherine hesitated for a moment before saying, "The vast majority of the French royal family and nobility have a trace of your blood."

"After the Jacobins launched the revolution, they killed many royal nobles through a reign of terror."

"These people are all your bloodline descendants."

Why do you want to support them?

"Moreover, if the revolutionaries grow stronger, your royal bloodline in other parts of Europe will also suffer a severe blow."

Bloodline? Descendants?

This doesn't really mean much to Duncan.

His gaze was calm as he stared at the distant guillotine, and he said softly, "I know."

His descendants have enjoyed wealth and luxury from the Middle Ages to the present day.

The times are changing.

I still can't accept it. Those who cling to power so desperately, let them die.

Looking at Catherine, who seemed hesitant to speak, Duncan calmly said, "The vast majority of royalty and nobility throughout Europe have a bloodline that originates from me."

"Whether it's France, Britain, Germany, or Russia."

"for me."

Whether they are my bloodline or not doesn't really matter.

He is immortal.

Aside from his first few children, he had absolutely no feelings for his later bloodlines.

Even his women—from his first human form to the present day, Duncan has had countless women.

But apart from the very first few, how many others could truly enter his inner world? They were merely given temporary accommodations, and if they remembered him one day, they would summon him to serve them. Occasionally, his will would descend to take care of them. Those who could be brought into the Kingdom of God were all brought into the Kingdom of God.

Emperor.

King of kings.

There aren't that many ordinary people's feelings.

Even on the battlefield, Duncan's initial passion gradually faded.

Because there is a threshold. As his strength increases, the requirements for providing pleasure become higher and higher, and ordinary things no longer excite him.

Even the wars of ordinary people no longer stirred any emotion in him; on the contrary, they were rather boring.

For Duncan, ordinary pretty women sometimes don't even count as entertainment.

In the previous world, he discovered that only historically famous beauties could arouse his interest as if he had a collecting obsession.

This is the decline of desire, even sexual desire.

Including Ekaterina in front of him, what could pique Duncan's interest was not her beauty, nor her figure, but more importantly, her identity.

This transformation is the indifference and languor that comes after the fulfillment of many desires, because Duncan has lived a long life.

Even when he tried to perform miracles in front of others, he seemed somewhat uninterested.

He is gradually losing something, and this indifference will grow stronger until he has fully experienced all the joys, pleasures, loves, hates, and passions of the world, and finally sees through everything in the world, turning from the human side to the divine side of himself.

This is inevitable.

Because of the authority, status, and power that Duncan possesses, he is destined to gradually grow weary of everything in the world until he switches to a true creator's mentality.

As the saying goes, God doesn't care.

One hundred years, two hundred years, five hundred years, one thousand years, ten thousand years.

If it were 10,000 years from now, would Duncan still find anything new and interesting about mortals?

What kind of stunning beauty could ignite his initial passion?

Will he still insist on showing off his divine abilities in front of others?

Duncan established the Second Roman Empire in 454 AD, a vast empire spanning three continents: Europe, Asia, and Africa. This empire collapsed in 832 AD, lasting 379 years. After its collapse, his bloodline evolved into three royal branches.

The current timeline is Brumaire 1299 AD, which is about 500 years earlier than the original historical timeline, marking the beginning of the Industrial Revolution.

Since 850 AD, the history of the Root World has been being corrected by the force of suppression.

The Second Empire, established by Duncan, almost replaced the Carolingian Empire. Then, the fragmented empire replaced the Holy Roman Empire and the Byzantine Empire. Under the correction of the world's restraining forces, many historical trajectories showed signs of repeating themselves over these four hundred years, and even the Third Roman Empire and the Holy Roman Empire emerged later.

Heir?

Bloodline?
Descendants?

Eight hundred years.

Unless someone is particularly valued by Duncan and piques his interest, he is no different from any other passerby. Over the course of eight hundred years, countless people throughout Europe have been associated with him.

Duncan understood what Ekaterina meant.

If he secretly supports the Jacobins, they will inevitably launch another purge of the privileged class, many of whom are descendants of Duncan hundreds of years later.

Duncan's bloodline may have spread to the common people, but it is certain that more of it has been preserved in the royal family and nobility.

"You're pretty ruthless."

The voices of the three corpses rang out at some point, seemingly with a hint of schadenfreude.

now.

Your bloodline and descendants have become an obstacle in the course of human history.

So what will you do?
kill!

Duncan remained completely unfazed; he simply decided to kill.

Are blood relatives forbidden from being killed?
Eight hundred years have passed, and it's still uncertain whether he will acknowledge it or not.

Catherine was deeply shocked and bowed her head. She knew she couldn't do that. Even if she were a bloodline descendant hundreds of years later, she would most likely become like the sect's patriarch. Her position determined her thoughts, and in the end, she would stand on the side of the royalists because power would always be in the hands of her descendants.

But for Duncan, sacrifice is acceptable.

How many privileged nobles could the Jacobins kill?

How many of Duncan's bloodline descendants are there?
They can't kill them all, they simply can't kill them all!
He not only had to help the revolutionaries, but also provide some support to the royalists, and even mobilize the forces of Great Britain to thoroughly cleanse the country.

Many of these people who killed each other for power had some of Duncan's blood in them.

Even Napoleon privately referred to himself as Napoleon Bonaparte Duncan, because Duncan was rumored to have slept with many witches, and folklore says that the Corsican bloodline is the offspring of Duncan and a witch.

Of course, this is false.

The one who truly brought life to Corsica was Duncan IV, the dissolute and rebellious son who even tried to secretly replace Duncan's statue with his own. He had the most lovers and dozens of children, and did nothing of substance. He was revered as a saint because he converted to monotheism.

He spread Duncan's bloodline everywhere.

If, according to Ekaterina, all factions in this Holy Grail War are considered his bloodline, should he kill them or not?

kill!

Duncan genuinely doesn't care at all. He's just finishing up the work now. He's poured the most energy into the Root world, and he has to see it through to the end, successfully launching the first 'Industrial and Magical' revolution and paving the way for humanity's future to the highest potential.

Then, no matter how things evolve, even if the First or Second World War breaks out, resulting in the deaths of tens or hundreds of millions of people.

Unless the laws of the world summon immortal spirits, Duncan will no longer concern himself with anything.

This is something he didn't finish before, and he wants to see it through to the end.

As time went on, Duncan's connection with the mortal world became weaker and weaker. When everything conventional could no longer meet his training requirements, Duncan could only enter those extremely dangerous worlds, such as planes where saints were as common as dogs and liches were everywhere, or ancient mythological planes, in order to achieve a certain breakthrough.

"Actually, there is another way."

The voice of the Three Corpses rang out, somewhat gloating, "Reincarnation through tribulation."

"You have sealed off your true spirit."

"You can reincarnate as an avatar without carrying your current memories. Only in this way can you regain the experience of playing in the mortal world when you take back your avatar."

"Or else."

"Even if you keep starting over, you will still carry the supreme authority of your dimensional space and the unparalleled status of the King of Kings."

"You also cannot truly break through your state of mind."

At this point, the Three Corpses said calmly, "Actually, your power level is already sufficient."

"If it is not the status of a powerful god."

"I will never appear."

Duncan glanced at the three corpses in his sea of ​​consciousness with considerable surprise and said calmly, "It seems you've grown a lot during this time, that you even know these things."

The three corpses said rather smugly, "That's for sure."

"No matter how many human forms you have, your true self is always trapped in dimensional space."

"Either you enjoy it as an endless, exhilarating game until one day you get tired of it all."

"Either you find a way to jump out of this dimensional box."

“Leave me here.”

"Clearly, it is about transcending, that is, the sage of the East and the creator of the West."

"even."

“I also know why you don’t want to use the power of the killing god’s office. It’s because you’re afraid of becoming like Cyric. When your mind can’t control the power, the stronger the god’s office, the easier it is for you to be affected by the laws.”

Duncan was genuinely surprised this time.

He gazed at the three corpses within his consciousness with great interest and slowly asked, "What else do you know?"

The Three Corpses shrugged and said, "The Cosmic Serpent split into many divine forms."

"The Three Pure Ones of the One Qi in Eastern mythology."

"There are too many examples like this."

"You want to combine the power of many human beings to break through the limitations of dimensional space, but you are also afraid that you will have a split personality and become different versions of yourself."

"That's why you didn't want to kill me, but to merge with me."

The three corpses counted on their fingers: "King of Kings - Duncan".

"Quinn, the god of war and slaughter."

"Eastern Heavenly Emperor - Shao Hao".

"Tsk, tsk."

"I can't even imagine how many different personalities these human beings would split into if you wanted to transcend dimensional levels."

"If you can refine me, you can refine all human forms."

Amidst countless changes, what is not me?
Duncan is able to control so many human beings simultaneously only when he is above the dimensional level. If he were no longer on the dimensional level, and so many human beings could not be "unified", the final result would be similar to the cosmic serpent splitting into many divine faces.

Either you're forever trapped in the box by this external cheat of dimensional space, or you're prepared to leave the cheat and jump out of the box.

This is the essence of dimensional space.

The stronger Duncan's external abilities, the more securely the box that confines him.

If even beings at the level of Odin cannot harm his true form, then the difficulty for Duncan to transcend the level of a single entity is even far greater than killing a god-king at the level of Odin.

The Three Corpses suddenly said, "How about we make a bet?"

Duncan asked with great interest, "What kind of bet?"

The Three Corpses said calmly, "My dissatisfaction with you is actually just envy, jealousy, and hatred."

"It's better than this."

"Once you find the next world, you will no longer control the human host, but will let it take complete control."

"With the support of dimensional space, wouldn't anyone be able to accomplish something great?"

They want to reverse the cause and effect.

Duncan smiled without saying a word. He could almost guess the outcome. Even with complete trust, relying on the powerful cheat of killing to seize abilities, the human host would most likely grow into a powerful figure.

The Three Corpses are trying to dig a pit for him.

Duncan nodded in agreement and slowly said, "Okay."

The three corpses immediately became excited, and hesitated before asking, "If I win, will you set me free?"

Duncan shook his head and said, "Don't even think about it."

"I'm just playing around with you."

The three corpses weren't angry when they heard this; they just pursed their lips, seemingly unsurprised.

After this appearance, the Three Corpses' personalities seem to have changed.

Duncan calmly asked, "Are you a good corpse, a evil corpse, or a corpse of your own ego?"

The three corpses blinked and asked in return, "Guess?"

I won't guess.

As soon as Duncan raised his hand at the dimensional level, the three corpses immediately cried out, "No! Let me stay outside for a while. I'm so bored being sealed in my sea of ​​consciousness!" But before they could finish speaking, Duncan used his dimensional power to suppress them back into their sea of ​​consciousness.

The three corpses grew up very quickly and even learned how to dig pits for him.

When the Three Corpses first appeared, it was like Duncan's inner demons, appearing entirely as a collection of negative emotions.

But this time it's different.

It's unclear whether it's the appearance of a benevolent corpse or the appearance of a self-destructive corpse.

Consciousness returns to reality.

Duncan calmly leaped down from the Arc de Triomphe and said to Ekaterina behind him, "Let's go."

"Let's go see the royalists."

His ultimate goal was world upgrading, and to achieve that, even Napoleon Bonaparte was willing to die!
Only after the world is upgraded.

Only when the appearance of the King of Kings, Duncan, breaks through the limit and even reaches the level of a powerful god, can he be prepared to enter a mythological plane and face the creator god of a certain mythological system.

In the previous world, he was locked into the position of the Great Freedom Demon Lord by the laws of Heaven, but in the next world, Duncan will not let any being know his status.

With the human forms he has accumulated so far, even if he enters the world of Journey to the West, he should be able to exchange a few blows with the Buddha.

As long as causality doesn't apply to him, Duncan's growth rate will be incredibly rapid.

The Three Corpses made one mistake.

Duncan did indeed intend to 'return to oneness' and transcend dimensional levels, but since it is about all things, these few human faces are certainly not enough.

Even the Creator has varying degrees of strength.

Only by merging the appearances of many powerful deities into one can one transcend dimensional levels.

At the dimensional level.

With a slight thought, Duncan's human form appeared in his palm. Then, this human form gradually melted away and was refined into a part of himself. Without any inscription, the human form of the Steel Warrior - Duncan completely disappeared, and a portion of his abilities were transferred to his true self, which was almost no different from inscription.

This is the essence of the law of slaughter!

One's own human form can also kill, sacrifice, and devour.

The Three Corpses thought he couldn't, but in fact Duncan was already able to refine some weak human bodies.

He has even gradually detached himself from the need for legends.

Until one day, he will no longer need the system page of the dimensional space.

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(End of this chapter)