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“I wouldn’t concern myself with such trivial matters.”

Haramura Makoto waved his hand dismissively, then turned his gaze to Nangong Nayue, who wore an displeased expression.

“Nayue, between this Mayor Aiba and that Yaze, which one is more to your liking?”

Beads of sweat instantly covered Aiba Takeki's forehead, densely packed.

This was another unexpected turn of events for him; he hadn't realized that Nangong Nayue's opinion held so much weight with this Fourth Progenitor.

At the same time, he was acutely aware that his actions today were essentially a betrayal of Nangong Nayue.

Normally, he would be quite confident in winning Nangong Nayue's favor over Yaze Akizuki.

But today, he really lacked that confidence.

Nangong Nayue also glanced at Haramura Makoto with some surprise.

Now that things had come to this, her keen intellect allowed her to see that Haramura Makoto himself had already taken an interest in this island.

Regardless of whether Aiba Takeki betrayed her or not, it was only a matter of time before this island fell under the control of this Progenitor.

However, the fact that this Progenitor was even asking for her opinion.

This matter was truly a bit beyond her expectations.

Thinking of this, the displeasure on Nangong Nayue's face finally eased slightly as she glanced at Aiba Takeki and curled her lip.

“Although the Aiba faction has many shortcomings, when it comes to the interests of the citizens, they are indeed stronger than the Yaze faction.”

“Hah—!”

In the quiet room, the sound of this breath was particularly clear.

Of course, there was no need to guess who it was.

Aside from Aiba Takeki, there was no other possibility.

Haramura Makoto also nodded in understanding.

For him, he didn't really care about how the world was.

Even the islanders of this island weren't very important to him; what he truly valued was Nangong Nayue.

Back on Gozo Island, Nangong Nayue was still a relatively threatening presence to him.

Why would he risk exposing himself as not being the Fourth Progenitor to follow Nangong Nayue?

All other reasons were superfluous.

The fundamental reason was that he had taken a liking to Nangong Nayue.

Nangong Nayue possessed the potential to transcend this world and become his strength.

Since, in his heart, Nangong Nayue already had the possibility of becoming his strength, then the wishes of his subordinate must be taken care of.

“Since Nayue has already said so, then everything on Itogami Island will be done as you say, understood.”

Withdrawing his gaze, Haramura Makoto looked at Aiba Takeki and slowly said these words.

In an instant.

Aiba Takeki was overjoyed.

To be honest, his mood today had experienced so many ups and downs that he felt like he was about to have a heart attack.

If this continued for a little longer, even if he wasn't beheaded by this Fourth Progenitor, he would soon be ascending to heaven.

“Don’t be so happy, I haven’t finished speaking yet.”

“If you want to surrender just like that and obtain such great freedom, your attitude is not enough.”

Looking at Aiba Takeki, whose face froze again, Haramura Makoto pursed his lips.

“Hand over the control of the Holy Grail, after the Feast of the Flame Haze.”

Chapter 217: Valid for Life

What he knew was far from a lot, and could even be considered little.

But coincidentally, the matter of the descendants of Kagutsuchi that Nangong Nayue had just told him was within his knowledge.

First of all, he was clear that Kagutsuchi Cain had absolutely not left behind any descendants in this world.

This was from the memories of the Fourth Progenitor.

The Fourth Progenitor was a witness to the events of that time, and it was absolutely impossible for him to be wrong.

Then, where did the so-called descendants of Kagutsuchi come from?

The answer was immediately clear.

Since they were not inheritors of blood, then they were probably humans who had inherited Cain's power.

The four families of Itogami, Aiba, Hinata, and Yaze had inherited a portion of Kagutsuchi's legacy and obtained his power.

In addition to the faint sense of incongruity he felt when he stepped onto this island.

The combination of these two things gave him the answer in an instant.

The existence of this island itself was an altar.

It was an altar created to revive Kagutsuchi Cain.

But in today's society, absolutely no one would want to truly revive Kagutsuchi Cain.

Even the four tribes that inherited his power.

Then, what was the purpose of these four tribes gathering on this island and building this island?

It was very obvious.

The power they sought was the strongest high-level forbidden spell that Kagutsuchi Cain used to cause a worldwide massacre, the Holy Grail.

In the story, Cain, originally one of the gods seated in the heavens, was exiled to another realm.

As a result, Cain obtained great power in the other realm and returned to this world.

And launched a rebellion against the gods of the heavens.

The superficial truth was like this.

But the reality was not so.

Demons in this world are not born, even Progenitors are not born.

But are created by humans.

This is where the real ancient secrets are involved.

In today's world, only the current three Progenitors and a few scattered members of the Celestial Tribe remaining in this world know about it.

First of all, it needs to be explained that the Celestial Tribe are not beings of this world; they are a higher race that came here from outside the Earth.

To be precise, even they are not very clear about when they descended on this land and began their rule over this land.

The Celestial Tribe came to this world while traveling through space.

And discovered a race that looked very similar to them, humans.

However, unlike the fragile and short-lived humans, the Celestial Tribe had extremely long lifespans, stronger bodies, superior athletic ability and physical strength, and possessed extraordinary powers known as divine power.

They even possessed regenerative abilities that were almost immortal.

They used their outstanding technology to create various low-level races.

Beastmen, with high combat power, suitable for guards or soldiers; giants, with extraordinary strength, suitable for construction or carrying luggage; fairies, suitable for love and housekeeping; fishmen, created for the purpose of labor in the water, and they also had countless subspecies.

The Celestial Tribe used their divine power and low-level races to drive away the ferocious magical beasts and built many magnificent cities on the earth. Civilization developed to a high degree, and even sailing to the stars gradually ceased to be a fool's dream.

However, the Celestial Tribe, as rulers, possessed a lofty status and were praised, but they also had their troubles. One of them was the sun. The moment they were exposed to the sun's rays, the Celestial Tribe's biological tissue would collapse and turn to ashes. What awaited them was inevitable destruction.

Although the Celestial Tribe possessed the vitality of a strong body and even obtained the technology to manipulate genes, they were still unable to overcome sunlight as they wished.

And the shackles that the Celestial Tribe bore was the existence of the human race. For the Celestial Tribe, humans were a valuable labor force, a protected people, and an important resource to maintain their divine power and prolong their lives.

If there was no human blood, the Celestial Tribe, a flawed race, would not be able to survive.

Gradually, among such races, there appeared a colleague who, in the eyes of the rest of the Celestial Tribe, was a heretic.

This was Cain.

In the long battle with humans, Cain gradually began to understand the problems of his own race, the Celestial Tribe.

He felt that the Celestial Tribe's own shackles were not the problem of blood food. A race that could not survive without absorbing human blood was doomed to destruction sooner or later.

He believed that the root of the problem should be on themselves, and what needed to be changed was their own filling.

All members of the Celestial Tribe should be able to survive without eating human blood, so that the Celestial Tribe would be a complete race.

This would create a perfect world.

However, it was obvious that the Celestial Tribe's own sense of superiority and superiority would not allow them to change themselves.

In their eyes, they could destroy humans at any time. The reason why humans could still survive was only because they had spared them.

Because they couldn't kill their blood food all at once.

Because of this, Cain's ideas were obviously heretical in the Celestial Tribe, so he was labeled a traitor by the Celestial Tribe and exiled to another realm.

So Cain, who returned from the other realm with anger and knowledge from the other realm that did not belong to this continent, returned to this world.

This time, he chose to support the human side.

In his eyes, humans needed to be saved, and the Celestial Tribe also needed to be saved.

However, the Celestial Tribe's high sense of superiority and the natural advantages of their own race made it absolutely impossible for them to live in peace with humans.

So Cain came to the answer.

If he wanted to realize his ideal, he had to pull these high-ranking Celestial Tribes down from the altar.

While giving them a certain degree of combat power, they would no longer be high above.

Therefore, the forbidden spell Holy Grail was born.

Holy Grail, originally named Holy Flash.

It is a high-level forbidden spell that can rewrite the world itself (physical laws), and its strength can completely eliminate the power of abilities, and even erase the entire world.

The altered substance will not automatically recover, but once the change is over, the object will be affected by normal physical laws.

Cain's plan succeeded.

More than half of the Celestial Tribe were directly corrupted into demons, which are now vampires.

At the same time, this was a plan that killed two birds with one stone.

The vampire race accommodated the familiars that were raging on the ground at that time because of the Celestial Tribe's mischief.

Speaking of which.

The current three Progenitors were still Cain's friends when he was in the Celestial Tribe.

The three Progenitors accepted Cain's ideals and were turned into monsters called Progenitors by Cain, accommodating the powerful familiars that were raging on the ground at that time, which ordinary vampires could not bear.

After doing all this, Cain also lost interest in life.

He voluntarily fell into the hands of the Fourth Progenitor created by the remnants of the Celestial Tribe, the so-called God-Slaying Killer.

This is the truth of that year.

This is the memory that remains in the original memory, when he and Cain were still friends before he was manipulated.

There is no doubt that Holy Grail is the strongest technique in this world.

Haramura Makoto also knew that not only did the four descendants of Kagutsuchi not want Cain to be resurrected, but in fact Cain himself did not want to be resurrected.

Therefore, what these four tribes possessed was only the technique of Holy Grail.

Before he came here, he simply learned about the power structure of Itogami Island from Nangong Nayue.

With Hinata and Itogami almost completely disappearing, only Aiba and Yaze are currently active on the surface.