Chapter 1039: Blood Bound

Chapter 1039: Blood Bound



Rowan no longer fought with any bit of fairness anymore, now understanding that his softheartedness came from the kinship he had felt with this old man that emerged from a diluted part of his blood flowing in his veins. This was so unexpected that his bloodline could escape his control and in such a prevalent manner that Rowan shook with anger.n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

When Rowan died the first time inside this world, his consciousness had been placed in a coma and he was unaware of the battle that took place between the serpents and the Ascendants, only awakening at the end to futilely fight against the World Will where he lost, and although he should have regained all his missing memories the instant he had awakened, he was killed once again, his consciousness likely scattered all over Doom Star and so at this moment was not complete, leaving a large chunk of the previous battles a mystery.

The presence of this old man and the bloodline he contained meant that in that battle Rowan's bloodline must have spread through the world. It was unlikely he would get the full picture from the memories of the man, but it would be a first step.

He feared that pieces of his body were spread all over Doom Star and its influence was already spreading throughout this world, but this spread was chaotic, or at least he hoped it was, his reawakening was strange, it still felt that he had not awakened from death naturally, but was summoned.

Roael, not knowing the great changes happening inside Rowan's head, cracked his neck, screamed his defiance, and charged toward Rowan, "I am an Explorer, and today you shall fall!"

Rowan stretched forth his hand and the old man's body stiffened in mid-charge and rose into the air, carried by an invisible hand that rendered all his actions futile, he could more easily move the world than move even a single finger. Rowan's eyes closed a bit as he focused, the large shadows of the Shiik emerged behind him as the Calamity had finished healing its wounds and came to rest behind Rowan looking at the old man with fury in its dead white eyes.

"I once thought that you were something special, but it was not you, it was what inside your blood that calls to me, a shame, and I was expecting more from you, I wonder why that is? Have I truly fallen to such an extent?"

However, his primary focus was not on his realm advancement, it was the memories he was still riffling through and the dot of gold on his fingertip.

According to the limited knowledge inside Roael, his kind, those with the fragments of Rowan's blood inside them were called the Blood Bound, and the period when they first began to sight them was primarily unknown, but it was generally placed between five hundred thousand years ago and a time period more enshrouded in dust.

Knowledge of those periods was left in the dark, especially for those beneath the Ascendant ranks whose lifespan could only be counted in decades and centuries, it was nearly impossible to know what happened in the depths of history for those of their ranks.

This realization that he had slept for half a million years and perhaps even more was not as shocking to Rowan, he could detect the flow of time to a limited degree even with his broken consciousness and he was aware that a long time had passed since he slumbered, and it had indeed taken this long for this minor fragment of himself to wake up.

Yet this confirmation that he had slept this long filled him with great fear, but the reason he was afraid was unknown, his memories were still too shattered, but Rowan knew that the only thing he truly feared were matters involving Primordials, and if that was the case, whatever was missing in his memories was crucial, and time was a fundamental aspect to it.

His mind immediately focused on the word 'time.' He knew that what was troubling him deeply was linked to time, but he could not remember, he frowned but pushed these worries aside as he perused the last of the memories.

Blood Bound were Explorers whose blood had become tainted, their potential was halted at the Deific Rank, unable to cross to Ascendancy, because the corrupted blood inside their bodies was so dominant in its control over the flesh, it held the Explorers bound to their fleshy body.

An Ascendant was supposed to leave the fleshy body behind and take the form of Aura, only in this manner would they become truly immortal and no longer bound to the frailties of the flesh, but the Blood Bound was unable to take this step.