The Heir of the God of Death
Chapter 78's

The story begins with a kingdom ruled by the Han royal family. Dynasties that have been established for centuries and have existed since 221 BC, the collapse of the dynasty began in 202 BC due to a rebellion and by 206 BC the entire royal family and its descendants had been completely exterminated from the dynasty.

This kingdom is one of the largest and most powerful empires in China since that time and the glory of this kingdom met its end since one of the imperial children staged a coup through incitement and various other pressures against his little people, so the people revolted and followed what the son of the emperor said through one of his loyal followers who had helped him carry out his plan.

But his plan was inversely proportional and became a master's weapon for him, because there was a hidden plan that had been planned from the beginning by the rebels. These rebels were imperial servants who had been sneaking around and serving the royal family ever since, their rebels were common folk who were in the peasant class.

The rebel leader of the peasant class was named Liu Bang. He brought down the kingdom and has ruled and been emperor ever since.

After Liu Bang took over the empire and ascended the throne, he obtained the title of Emperor Gaozu and established a capital in Chang'an. This was the beginning of the Han dynasty.

In addition, Emperor Gaozu also replaced the history of the kings of ancient China with members of the Liu Dynasty. This was done to prevent a possible rebellion, as no one knew that among the descendants of the Han royal family, there were still people alive after the massacre.

Before the uprising, the Han emperor had seven concubines and among the concubines had children who had their own talents, among the emperor's sons was Aran Han, the youngest of his brothers.

"Young master! Wait...!"

"Haha! Go after me if you can!"

It was seen the little boy running cheerfully and being chased by several servant women behind him. And it seems that the youngest son of the emperor did not care about the affairs of the palace, unlike the other brothers who were educated to take care of the kingdom.

Brak!

"Oh..!"

"Young master! You all right?"

Instantly this young man bumped into something and it seemed that these servants were very worried if their emperor's son was doing anything.

"I'm fine" said the young man, rising from the fall. "Eh! Da Ge...!"

It turned out that the man he had hit one of his oldest brothers and the servants immediately got up and bowed their bodies.

His eldest brother just shook his head while holding his head, and said:

"Xiao Didi, did you skip your lesson again?"

He looked a little angry at his little brother.

"That's.., I'm sorry! Please don't punish me!" Pinta the young man bowed.

The older brother who saw it just sighed and smiled, he asked the servants to leave them and the servant left them both.

"This time I'll let you go free now, if you know you're skipping again then I can't help you then."

"Yes, yes! Thank you Da Ge!"

Looks young man is very happy his brother let him free this time, looks their relationship is very close and not his relationship with the other brothers.

"It looks like your relationship is very close."

"Yes, our relationship is close, he is the only brother who cares about me the most" Aran said with a smile.

I saw Aran's face that looked a little sad while looking at these memories. Sometimes the people we love the most, they leave us first quickly.

Aran took me again to the place where he spent his childhood and I saw all of it, it is truly a golden age for children aged ten and under who only think about playing and having fun.

"This is where my family's destruction began..."

This time I was shown where all the children of the emperor were gathered in a special room in this palace, on the left and right side were each concubines sitting in their seats in other words they were her real mother.

"I am the youngest among my brothers, in other words I am the last child and my mother is the seventh concubine of the emperor."

"It must be hard to get affectionate attention from your own parents."

"Yes, Dad was always focused on his kingdom and we his children were just a political tool for him, while Mom was only always in charge of satisfying Dad's desires."

"Why were none of her concubines made empresses? It would be good to ease the emperor's duty."

"It is not easy to raise a woman and even a concubine became a royal consort, it is because Dad is very wary of royal affairs and does not want to give up this duty carelessly as well."

"That's right anyway. The empress was like the position of the legitimate wife of the king himself, while the concubine could be said that in my present time only as a hired woman and entertainment...." Suddenly I felt a bit of anger from him and unconsciously I was even flabbergasted, which I offended his parents. "I'm sorry, I said a no-no."

"You don't have to apologize, it's like that. The concubines are indeed no different from the night women, since they also receive no small fee and the fee is not small, you must already know what payment I mean."

I understood what the payment for concubines meant against the emperor, of course a comfortable and luxurious life. They would not lack and tribulation any longer during their lives, and the pay would be doubled if they gave birth to the descendants of the extremely genius emperor.

Aran asked me to pay attention to what was discussed in this room and said this is why Aran had to leave his family in a helpless state.

I saw the quarrel between the concubines, it seemed that the mothers of the sons of this emperor strongly disagreed over something.

"Your Majesty, why should Iao Yao who received the main inheritance, Iao Da should have received it right he is the biggest here?"

The sons of the emperor only saw their mothers protest and on the other hand many did not support Aran the main heir of the family, and who supported Aran was none other than his own mother.

The concubines continued to give up their protest as well as reciting each of their children's merits, for their descendants to obtain inheritance rights as well.

"I don't think, behind the coldness of it turns out that your father loves you so much that he even gave you the ultimate inheritance, which I don't even know what kind of inheritance it is."

"He was not that dear to me, but this was planned by him with Da ge. Then the main legacy I received was a secret key, in which the key was an ancestral treasure which could only be passed down to one of their descendants, and this continues through the generations of the Father."

"What do you want to get out of that key? What kind of secret treasure is that?"

"That's right, it's some kind of secret treasure. I'll show you later, this has something to do with me after becoming Heredic."

I'm still wondering what's hidden behind those secret keys. On the other hand, the emperor asked his concubines to be quiet and forbade all opening their mouths before being allowed, this was adhered to calmly by them and the atmosphere returned cold and tense.

Aran said that the reason he received the main inheritance from the emperor was due to the request of his first brother. This is done to keep an eye on his other brothers, because Aran said that his first brother has a sharp hunch and great intuition. All this time he was the one who helped the emperor from behind as his dark advisor.

"After the family meeting, it turns out all these things have been heard by the spy" Aran said as he glanced at the wrong door.

Aran walked towards the door and I just followed him, we both went through the door like a ghost and it turns out that there were two bodyguards who had been guarding this door.

"Where are the spies, what are these two guards?"

"Not them, but up there."

I looked up and how surprised I was to see this, there was someone up there and camouflaged with the darkness perfectly.

"I don't think professional killers are in this age."

"It's commonplace, politics and power, there must be people who want to take them behind the darkness."

Aran says that this professional assassin is one of the servants who has been sneaking into the kingdom for a long time. After that, this servant began his plan through incitement to the second brother of Aran, he said he was the one who hated Aran's existence the most and Aran did not know the reason. But one thing is certain that makes his second brother even more resentful of him, Aran has been appointed as the heir to the throne.

"That means your position here has been guaranteed from the beginning, dong."

"Yes, the one who has received the ultimate inheritance or ancestral treasure, he will be the next emperor. To be honest, I strongly disagree that I was appointed heir to the throne because he said it was only a danger to me, because it was too early for him to be given to me."

"His worries are natural. Where a mother sees her child bearing such a great burden, when she herself does not yet know how cruel her life is."

Aran just silently heard that, after a while he sighed and said :

"I thought I was the cause of my family being fucked up. But... Da Ge was trying to convince me and Mother that he would support me completely and help me become emperor. From then on Da Ge taught me and trained me every day to prepare for the future. But at that time the enemy had managed to make his final move, because Da Ge was too busy guarding me and the surveillance he monitored daily in the palace was now rarely done again."

The plaques...!

Bing...!

I was immediately shown a terrible scene, where the palace was experiencing a mass rebellion by its own people and many victims fell from the kingdom and opponents.

This would never have happened if Aran's eldest brother had always been watching over this palace, because the full attention he gave to Aran and it made his brother feel careless and unaware of this happening.

I saw little Aran being carried by his mother and saw them being chased by some rebel hordes. The mother ran and headed to one of the rooms that she thought would keep her son safe.

Brak's..!

Krak..!

His mother slammed the door and locked it from the inside.

Brak's..! Brak's..!

The door kept getting knocked down and looked like it would break at any moment.

"Second mother!"

"Lao Da! How are you here?"

"I went straight here because I had a feeling that I was saying this is a safe place. So, how's Xiao Didi doing?"

"Don't worry she's okay" replied the mother as she lowered little Aran. "Darling, please wait a minute here."

Little Aran just nodded and the mother asked the eldest brother for help to move all these piles of items. When he got rid of all the items, the eldest brother was surprised to see it, because there was a secret door leading to the outside of the palace.

"I just found out there's a door here" said the elder brother.

"Mom only found out about this door two years ago. Hurry you guys in!"

The mother in a bit of panic immediately carried little Aran and handed it to her brother.

"Why did you just shut up and not come down?"

Hearing that innocent question made the mother's heart a little tight and heavy.

"Mom should see your father first. So, please follow your Da Ge always."

"Xiao Didi, listen Da Ge yes, they chased after Mother just to sell their weapons to Mother. You know yourself I have a lot of money," said Brother.

"Oh that's right, so Mom just wants to buy their stuff as well as donate too. Like you did before."

Hearing that innocent reply made the mother and sister a little claustrophobic and did not know to respond to this innocent attitude of hers.

Brak's..! Brak's...!

I heard that the door was starting to break and the mother immediately closed the door and told her little son.

"Darling, listen to me. Mom used to say that if you make a loud noise, people will stay away from you, right?" Hearing that little Aran just nodded. "So from now on you have to be quiet and do not speak out loud while with your Da Ge. You can make a sound but you have to be small and follow all your Da Ge commands. Understood?"

"Good Mom."

"Smart son," replied the mother as she kissed her son's forehead and hinted to her brother to take good care of themselves, and to go as far away from this kingdom as possible.

After the door closed, little Aran and his brother immediately ran down this dark passageway, and was only one lane away from this secret passageway.

While on the other hand, the mother managed to close the door and re-pile all the items.

Brak!!!

Instantly the door was broken and many men with rogue faces entered while carrying their weapons.

"Well, well, we're really lucky. As per the rumors, the imperial concubines are all very steady."

The gazes of the starving men were fixed on one graceful, helpless goose. The mother just silently wept lamenting this, but in her heart she always prayed for the safety of her son.

"No...!!! Release...!!"

"Where do you want to run to be beautiful!"

A terrifying and extremely vile scene where his body was wildly tainted.

The plaques..!

A loud flick sounded beside me.

"Just skip this part!"

"Yes." Yeah."

I felt anger mixed with deep sadness from him and so did I feel for a moment seeing this.

Bing...!

This time I was shown the brother running through the forest while carrying his sister.

"Hm?" Little Aran saw some people dressed in all black running towards them. "Da Ge. There are a lot of people behind" Aran said in a whisper.

The brother knew it was getting his teeth together and was very upset in his heart.

"Damn! I've had a hunch a few times about this and I just ignored it" the older brother thought with annoyance. "But, if I take care of them first then Xiao Didi will be in danger and it will threaten his life if I am not always by his side."

After running for quite a while, they finally stopped and lowered little Aran from his sling.

"Xiao Didi, listen Da Ge huh. From now on Xiao Didi should hide there and not make any sound until Da Ge comes to pick you up. Understood?"

Little Aran just nodded and the brother stroked his sister's head gently while showing his smile, after which he immediately left his sister.

"This is one of the worst things I can't forget."

After a few minutes after the departure of her brother, little Aran looked saturated and came out of hiding.

"Where are Mom and Da Ge? I'm hungry."

This innocent little boy walked without direction and just walked straight ahead. Until he saw the shadow of his brother from a distance.

Seeing that made little Aran excited and ran towards there. But baby, he saw the worst thing in his life.

"Da Ge's..."

A horrifying sight, where he saw a body that had no head and there were several people dressed all in black standing around him.

"Finally it's done too." Throwing something to the side.

Klotak..! Klotak..!

Something has been thrown towards the exact direction of little Aran standing behind the bushes due to his small body.

Nah!

"By... Ge..."

The deg! The deg! The deg!

It turned out that the one who was thrown was a head that had been detached from his body. Little Aran saw the familiar figure of the head, at once his breathing became increasingly crowded and the look on his face began to be difficult to control.

"Aaaahhh...!!!"

He involuntarily shouted and invited the attention of the assassins.

"There is one, obviously. Catch her!"

The little Aran who felt himself threatened immediately ran as hard as he could. With an instinct of wanting to survive his life made his body move on its own without his mind.

"Catch that boy!"

The assassins are still after him and on the other hand Aran still can't believe what he saw just now.

"By... Ge...!"

Her tears were flowing and she had to run to survive even though her legs were starting to hurt.

Without realizing it, he had been at the end of the cliff of a mountain and it made him forced to stop.

"Huh.huh...!"

With a breath of breath and trying to find another way. But, the one who hunted himself had arrived here.

"Where else are you running to, little boy!"

"No...!"

Clamps..!

Little Aran retreated slowly and unknowingly his foot had touched the edge of the cliff, and it made him come to his senses and turn around.

"Have played the chase, son. It's time for you to die!" He said as he raised his hand up.

Shut! Phew!

Cracks!

"Aakh..!!"

Suddenly a small and poisonous arrow has threatened to his left chest and makes little Aran involuntarily retreat and fall from the high cliff.

"Let's go back. The child will not survive such a condition."

The assassins left the location and went as far away from here as possible.

"So, how did you survive such a condition?"

"I can survive thanks to my Master."

"Master?"

"Yes." Yeah."

Aran raised his hand again and flicked his finger. A moment the atmosphere changed again and I saw little Aran had been taken care of in a small house in the forest.

"So where's your Master?"

"So soon he will come" replied Aran as he glanced at the door of this small house.

A moment an adult woman came in and brought some herbal medicine. But, I was very surprised to see something surrounding the woman.

"A..what a very gripping energy this is!"

"I thought you'd be surprised to see it."

"Of course I was surprised! I've never seen anyone with this kind of energy and it's so different from the predecessors I've seen all along."

"Of course the energy is getting gripping, because he has killed more than ten people from 'They' by the time he lives."

"So you mean what he is, too..."

"Yes, he was the one who inherited the power of death to me and taught me how to use Chi. The Heredis of Death, Master Arum."

Hearing that made me very surprised and I did not expect, there was a person this strong among my predecessors.