The Cursed Bloodline
Arc Xio: Meeting

Fragrant ocha scented fragrant, poured into a small pottery glass white, complete with a light dish in the form of a dango cake with 3 different colors.

"Good to enjoy, Mister. "the occasional teahouse waiter glanced at the face of the man in front of him. Complete with a red tinge in adorning his cheeks

Xio just lowered his head slowly, as a thank you. The waiter left his desk. Xio was now in a region called Mizu Country. The land that is still the territory of the Great Sora.

"Isn't it time now, to send slaves to Hebi's cave? How can our Queen defeat her people? " say one of the shop customers

" Huss! You don't just talk, there are many ears here, you could be the one who became the offering! " say his friend

Xio just took a sip of Ocha, while hearing the words of the people beside his table. Scoring information in a quiet way like this very often he did. Although only limited to rumors, Xio could even know a secret incident occurred due to rumors in the middle of the community

"Don't his people, he could even offer his own daughter right! " the man began to whisper

"At least, our country is free of enemies or plague, even when we don't have magic military warriors! "

Xio began to be interested in the conversation of the people, he began to stand up to the two villagers. Seeing the young man approaching him, the two citizens who were busy gossiping only looked at Xio in surprise

"W-Who is K-You? "

" Can you tell me more about Hebi Hill? " said Xio with his cash flat tone

" I'm sorry sir, we're not leaking our country's secrets to strangers! "

Brakkk......

Xio threw two golden bars at the table.

"Is not enough? I can add it again! " said. Meliaht two precious gold bars, the eyes of the two citizens suddenly sparkled

Xio could have imparted his illusions to the two men. It was very easy for him to pry someone's information, but he preferred to use the usual way. Quickly, the two men put a gold bar into each other's pockets

They let Xio sit in front of them and start telling them what they know

"I don't know, rich people like you are willing to spend money on stories like this..

Well, I'm going to start with the story of the legend of a giant white snake that inhabited this land hundreds of years ago. He was the owner of Hebi Hill

According to the story, he inherited a great power, the goddess of life (snow) and was born when Nue's mustard was in the seal.

Decades ago, our country was hit by a strange plague. Our country is not a residence of magic military people like the three great countries.

Our Queen also asked for help to a big country, but there is no one from the 3 big countries that can help us, even though our Queen has a close relationship with them, as one of the Neutral Countries

An outbreak caused by the negative energy of war that broke out, making the people of Mizu country one by one die for no apparent reason! " said one of the men

"Our queen, as the leader of Mizu Country, ventured into the forbidden territory of Goa snake on Hebi hill. He asked the White Snake to heal his people

However, the Snake gives one condition, he is willing to help the Queen, but must not use that power other than to heal people.

The snake also gives half of its power to the queen, in the form of a Gyoku seal and makes the queen have magic power even greater than Military people

The queen accepted the condition, and the people of Mizu's country survived. But our Queen made the mistake of keeping her magic power to herself.

Exactly 28 years ago, the Snake destroyed the palace and the Mizu Country City Center. Because of the great power that the Queen possessed, she could repel that mustard.

This is the beginning of the disaster, the Queen gave birth to a Princess with all the power of the snake inherited to her daughter. The queen, who was weak because her power was gone, began to fear seeing her daughter inherit the Great Power of the White Snake" continued the other

"Then where is the princess? " ask Xio

" After the age of 5, the Queen made a pact to the Snake, returning the snake's power in the form of her own daughter's body. And break the curse between the White snake and the Mizu Country! "

"And you know what is most exciting? " the man's face was getting closer. Slowly, it creates something.

" Even though the princess ran away several times, and returned to the palace. The queen herself dragged her daughter back to the cave of snakes

Even we as the people of Mizu Country, consider the princess horrified. Just look at his eyes we're scared, if he comes back. That's a big curse for us"

"Curse? " say Xio

"Perhaps because he had a grudge with us, the Princess asked for human sacrifices, so that he would not come back here and continue to dwell in the cave and become the container of the Snake. Today is the time. Over 200 slaves were sent there! "

"There is news that the princess ate a human.... Hhhhh.... Just thinking about it scares me! " say those two men. Xio began to be interested to hear the story about the fate of the princess. At least he had to come alone to ascertain the truth of the story.

Xio added 2 bars of gold along with 5 bars of silver that looked expensive.

"Can you guys take me there? "

The two people shook their heads, they compactly rejected Xio's wishes

" While gold is very expensive, we still love life. Why would a young man like you give your life there?

There's even a rumor, the snake princess likes a handsome guy like you, to eat tau! " say the man is a horror

"If you still want to go there, you just have to go into the forest on the hill of Hebi, where there is a valley of death. You'll find a cave with a giant gate. That's where the demon lives"

"All right! "

Xio stood up and started walking away from the two people, they still looked at Xio strangely

"Maybe he wants to go there! "

"Maybe he was curious about the face of the princess, who was famous as beautiful as the queen! "

......................

Xio walked towards Hebi hill, aware that he had been trailed by someone. However, he just let it go and pretended not to know

In the middle of the road, the bandits started to head Xio off. The person who had been following him had also joined the bandit group

"He has gold, chief! " whispered his men. Xio just looked at them, he was not even surprised when they started attacking

~2 minutes later~

Xio did not even move from his place, but the bandits were already sprawled, battered. Xio pulled the bandit leader with his magic power, and asked where the Snake Demon cave was located

The leader pointed out his location, until they entered a valley of Death with a pointed black stone surrounding him

"T-Mr.... Just get here..... T-Please don't take me inside. " said the bandit boss while pleading for Xio's mercy.

Xio also took off his magic grip, then placed a bag filled with money

" Go!"

Xio walked into the barren valley, he felt an enormous energy in the area. While perceiving the surrounding environment, now he understood why the place was nicknamed the valley of death. No animals or plants grow there. Only black rocks with tapered tapered like a natural shield

" The Second Stone. It seems I feel its existence" he murmured

He also found a giant cave door, with statues of demons in both sides. The door with a magnificent gate like a gate of hell greeted him gallantly. Calmly, Xio opened the big door

Kreeeeeeeeeeeeett..........

The sound of the door whirring echoed, jau in the darkness of the two irises of the big snake eyes without Xio realizingly staring angrily at him

"How dare........ Man enters my house! " say that creepy voice

Xio looked around him, yet he only saw a dark cave with pointy rocks on each side. He entered the cave even deeper.

Xio also found a large monster with fiery red eyes

~Stone two, protect the great power, the power surrounded by the symbol of cunning and meaningless poison, no one dares to look at him, but has a soft soul like a white lily~

The clues from the Book of Nue did indeed depict the look of a muster before Xio. A large pitih snake with red eyes was sleeping coiled inside the cave

"The humans have promised, they won't bother me anymore, why did you come here instead? "

Sssttt.......

The sound of a snake hissing sounded, the monster stared at Xio with its snake tongue scrolling out

" It may sound impolite, but I will take the three-pillar stone from inside you! "

Xio saw a shining stone on the head of the snake, cyanar which revealed a bright green toska. Could it be the stone that Xio had been looking for all this time?

"Suppose you! "