The Cursed Bloodline
The Red And White Book of Nue

Sememtara Mirai is busy with his secret mission, infiltrating the middle of the government of Sora Village, some Tengu members have got a new mission from the Leader.

Selian searches for the 3rd Pillar stone, Xio and all Tengu members are scattered to find information about the whereabouts of Tanuki Red Cops, who had infiltrated the Castle some time ago

On a large tree branch, the silhouette of the black-haired man, as well as the look of his cold eyes were observing a large house of Kuu, which was charred by fire some time ago

Xio, just hooked his hand on the chest, leaning against the branch of a large tree right in front of Kuu castle. Kuu was one of the senior ministers of Sora who had won the Xio duel in the death ring and ended up losing with a pretty fantastic bet

Xio's dark black eyes, watching over every detail of the area. The magnificent house is built right on the edge of the forest, with a large road that separates it. Even the crossbreeders below were unaware of the mysterious man's existence

Sress.....

Xio suddenly disappeared from there, for a moment he appeared with a different appearance from behind the lush shrub under the tree. Similar to his previous infiltration and information gathering mission, he stripped off his Teng oversized robe, and only used a simple black kimono

He walked quietly, towards the big road in front of him. Xio then met two women who happened to pass by

"Excuse me madam, may I ask you something" said Xio politely, who stopped the two women's steps

"Sure, can I help you, young man? " said the middle-aged woman, while a girl who looked like her daughter, just stood beside her mother occasionally saw Xio bashfully

" What happened to the big house in front? Did an accident happen? " ask Xio

" Hm..... I don't know..... The mansion up ahead was the private house of Mr. Kuu, one of the Supreme Ministers of Sora.

I don't know for sure what happened, but some time ago the mansion was scorched by fire, and everyone inside was killed, including Mr. Kuu" the old woman said

Xio stared at the majestic House in front of him, he still considered what happened so awkward. Why is a house that big, with a strict guard system can be destroyed just because of a fire? Isn't Kuu surrounded by military magic users? If it was an ordinary fire, it was very easy to overcome with magic

"Ep... Excuse um..... To my knowledge, there were rumors spreading that lord Kuu deliberately ended his life and burned his own castle. That's how I heard" said the old lady's daughter, she looked so nervous talking to Xio.

Despite putting on a flat face and seeming cold, but the charm of Xio can sedate anyone who talks to him

"A suicide? " murm Xio quietly

" Thank you for the information, then... Excuse me" Xio said with a slight bow and left

While the two women were just looking at where Xio was going, with a slight whisper

"Who is that young man? Despite wearing a simple suit, I'm not sure she's just a passerby" the old woman said

"Come mother... But just looking at his eyes made me freeze.... He's very handsome....... Could he be a relative of master Kuu? From his face alone, he was seen from among the nobility" said his daughter while continuing to look at Xio who went away, of course with a hue on his face

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Xio entered the yard of the house that had been burned, he occasionally saw the situation around him. Some strange marks he found on the ground, marks like an attack or an explosion

"Obviously, this is no ordinary fire" he muttered flatly

He took out a bracelet from his pocket, a bracelet with roman numerals engraved on one side. He gets the bracelet while fighting against Kuu's men in the death ring

"For a person who is very high in his self-esteem, and considers all can be bought with money. Kuu couldn't have ended his life that easily" Xio said

He also found something strange on the arm of one of Kuu's men at that time. A Tattoo of the 'God of Death' on the arm of one of his attendants

"Are these all Red Cops, Sora? " xio said as he stared flat at the angus house in front of him

" Do you suspect anything? " a hissing sound is heard from behind Xio's arm, a small white snake appears, it is Oro-ryu

" Red Cops, isn't that Cops under the tutelage of Tanuki from Sora? " said Oro-ryu

" Hn.... One of the Cops who dared to harass me a few months ago, Red Cops deliberately infiltrated the castle and was about to investigate my whereabouts"

Xio remembered some masked warriors of the god of death had once barged into his castle. He also assumed that Tanuki knew about him considering that Xio was also from the village of Sora

"They are one of the dark sides that Sora has. Tanuki is the co-chairman of Zen, as well as a friend of my father and mother. He probably knows where the other book is

Other than that person (Tanuki) and Chairman Zen, no one knows our Clan closely, let alone information about the Red Book so little, unlike the existence of the White Book" Xio said

"Are you still curious about the Red Book of Nue? The book I told you about the other day? " ask Oro-ryu

Xio did not answer Oro-ryu's question, he just walked around the ruins of the house. I wish there was a little hint

" Unlike the White Book of Nue which is in your hands. The Red Book of Nue was a book that contained all the darkness Nue had. If the white Book contains about how to seal or suppress the power of Nue. The Red Book contains the opposite" Oro-ryu said,

"You mean how to resurrect Nue? " say Xio

" Yes Sir. It is said that the snow goddess herself wrote the contents of the two books, in the hope that if the darkness of Nue resurrected one day, her descendants were able to seal it back" said Oro-ryu

"But? Why did he write the Red Book? Isn't that a dangerous book? " ask Xio

" Regardless of good or bad, the world is always overwhelmed by light and darkness. These are the two things that make our world balanced.

As far as I know, the Red Book contains not only a way to skyrocket Nue but also a way to control its great power

But I still don't know, the reason why the Snow Goddess created the Red Book. Did he want someone to be able to control that terrifying power? " said Oro-ryu

Nue is the symbol of the greatest magic power as well as the source of all magic in the world. That great power, it is certainly difficult to seal.

Therefore, the descendants of the Third Pillar play a very important role to keep the seal safe from generation to generation, now all the descendants of the pillar on the verge of extinction

The seal that was hidden in a secret place, the place was named Nue Temple. The place where Nue fell asleep with the Snow Goddess' powerful seal.

Since no one was guarding the seal, especially the Snow Clan as the caretaker, perhaps now the seal was getting weaker day by day. So it does not rule out the possibility of Nue can rise again.

It could be said that the present condition was much worse than when Nue was sealed 10,000 years ago. There will be a seal-affirming ritual performed every 20 years, on which day the red moon appears, and darkness is believed to be at the highest peak of the day. But for more than 18 years, the seal was never renewed again

The increasingly weakened seal, if there is an evil hand that utilizes. Nue's awakening was bound to happen, the world would be engulfed in darkness again

"For that, I want to investigate. Moreover, Red Cops and the man named Tanuki were very suspicious. I want to investigate the man even further, what exactly is his purpose? " say Xio

" Then if you try desperately to protect Nue's seal by collecting the 4 Pillar Stones of guards as Tengu's goal. Why did the accusations of Clan slaughter actually lead to you Lord Yora?

Is it true that you did everything, including killing your own father? " ask Oro-ryu

However, Xio did not answer Oro-ryu's question, either,

" It's all just the past" said Xio flatly

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Meanwhile, Xio was trying to investigate what made him curious.

Yuri, the pretty glasses girl with bright red hair just stared blankly at the building in front of her.

Eyes as beautiful as his ruby as if not believe, that he stood in the most place he scotted, in addition to the damp Cave Oro-ryu in the land of Mizu

"Why are we here, Zou? " said Yuri while looking at the red-haired man beside her

" I told you, you don't have to follow us Yuri" Zou said as he walked away from Yuri

Now only he and the creepy-faced man Nee are left behind

"So Nee.... Why do we go to a place like this? " said Yuri, she wished the tall man beside her to answer her question, at least a little

However Nee does not answer Yuri's question, he just goes to follow where Zou went without a word

" hey.... You two are weird partners! " said Yuri not accept

" Hey!!! Wait-wait..... The Oro-ryu.... How could he prefer to go with that ice creature (meaning Xio) "Gerutu Yuri while walking towards the Zuryu gambling hall

Yuri had no choice, rather than just staying silent at the dark headquarters of Tengu, he chose to follow where the Tengu duo went

He did not expect to return to the Zuryu Nest, but this was not a dilapidated place like Yuri's last visit with Xio

This new place, located in the hills, with a small town below, a magnificent building with glamorous decorations and luxury accents.

Yuri could even guess, this place was not a place for people to fight or a nest for criminals like Zuryu gambling house yesterday. The place Yuri visited yesterday looks like a luxurious casino complete with a variety of exclusive gambling games

"I can't believe Tengu also has this kind of crazy thing. It used to be a death ring, now what? The casino? Cih" murmured Yuri in disbelief, it's worth that Tengu's wealth can buy a country

Yuri had not had time to step into the building, the scene that made her shocked and frozen was seen by her ruby eyes

"What the fuck? " he said with round eyes