The Heir of the God of Death
Chapter 81's

Finally I can see the story of the journey from Aran to Heredis.

"Where is this?"

"This is where the secret treasure is."

I saw young Aran walking towards a door that was very worn out and covered in moss and various vines. The location of this secret treasure turned out to be very far from the palace and more surprising, he said, it turns out to be right underground or under a small house that Aran has been spending his time with Master Arum.

The young Aran opened the door with a key that his father had handed to him. Aran said, that there have been many generations of these key holders already coming here and none of them found and got anything in it.

"I only realized it after I was fifty years old. At that time Dad told me, when we were alone, he said he found nothing in there and there was only a blank paper roll that did not contain any writing. But, all this time it was planned by the Master, exactly 200 years ago. It was then that Master met my Ancestor and offered him a favor and extensive knowledge, so that he could become a great ruler and that was agreed upon by my Ancestor."

"So what did Arum get out of the deal?"

"Master only wanted one of his descendants. But it was not that easy that Master chose among my Ancestral descendants, the Master told the Ancestor a place where his chosen descendants would come to that place by giving a key as a condition, as a condition, that he had been chosen to go to that place. Just then the Ancestor immediately agreed to it and did not ask in the slightest about the purpose of the Master choosing his descendants, he thought it would be very presumptuous of the one who bestowed the greatest blessings on him and his descendants."

Hearing that made me a little curious about the method of selecting this heir. Is it only Master Arum who does the method of inheriting his power like this? I guess not. Because there are many heirs who inherit this power in different ways.

We are now focused on where this young Aran managed to open the door and enter it. Upon entering, the place was completely empty and there was only a single piece of paper scroll that contained nothing.

When young Aran opened the scroll and noticed the contents of the scroll, not a single drop of ink scratched it. But, this young Aran took a knife and sliced his hand to bleed, and the blood soaked the scroll and suddenly something was written as a result of blood dripping on it.

[Terms have been met, are you willing to accept this legacy?]

"Hm?"

"The exact same thing you experienced, right," said Aran.

"Yes. But, I didn't expect, that this way of inheriting death power was like this, whereas I who inherited it had to face death just got it."

"There are many ways of inheriting this power to his successors. There are directly who inherit this power to their successors, namely when dealing directly, there are also those who go through an intermediary like Master Arum does now, and there was also this power directly passed down to his successor through 'He' itself or in other words, returning this power to its original owner 'He' and let him choose the next heir."

Hearing the information made me even more curious about this power and researched even deeper, but remembering Aran's previous words that curiosity could hurt me even deeper, if I dug deeper.

"So, how did you inherit this power to your successor?"

"I did not inherit this power, because I was too busy developing the power of mankind. If among the heirs do not find a successor, it will automatically be handed over to 'He' who will choose the next heir."

"so yeah. But. I feel that among the three methods of inheriting this power that you mentioned just now, I feel that none of them were included when I inherited it. I feel like the way I received this inheritance is much different from what you mentioned just now. Is it just my feelings?"

Aran was just silent to hear that, he seemed to know about this, I felt this information was very secret to me and I did not know the reason my predecessor always hid many things from me.

"You'll find out for yourself."

"Yes, I understand."

Bing!

The young Aran agreed and accepted what was written on the scroll. Suddenly the scroll glowed and disappeared just like that. But on the other hand, I sensed the Mana that I was very fond of this young Aran and it seems that he was already a Heredist of the "Death".

The plaques...!

We move around from time to time, I see all the journey of Aran's life as a Heredist. As Aran said, he was only focused on developing his Chi and utilizing the legacy he received from his predecessor as a driver, all the knowledge possessed by all the predecessors before Aran, he said, it's in Aran's head now. He used all that knowledge to develop and understand the meaning of man himself.

"Wait a minute!"

"What's up?"

"You get all the knowledge that the predecessors had after you became Heredis. Then I what? I didn't get all that knowledge and just looked at their past. And it would be great if I had all that knowledge, and it made me get stronger quickly with all that knowledge as well."

Aran just put on a flat expression and thought all my words were just a joke. Aran said that there was a reason for all that and one more thing, if I received all their memories, then it would cause a really great headache.

"Well, it's gonna happen anyway. Considering the pain was unbearable, to the point that I did something I didn't realize, as if I was possessed by something."

When saying that, Aran's expression was very shocked and panicked to see me, and said :

"You're saying, sometimes you're unconscious when you're doing something?!"

"Yes," I replied in confusion seeing that he was in a panic.

"Damn! It's too fast for him!"

Aran muttered again and faintly the voice sounded very upset, it seemed that something very serious had happened something without me noticing. Then I asked her about her looking so panicked, but she answered me not to worry and said this was just a matter that the predecessors should have taken care of for their successors.

The plaques...!

We moved again, I just saw Aran spend his time training alone and a beautiful woman appeared from behind carrying something.

"Already expected, you must be here at leisure," said the beautiful woman.

"The woman's name is Mei Ming, and she's my wife."

"So she's your wife. I can't believe you're so good at attracting beautiful women."

"That's it, hehe," Aran replied with a smile.

Aran said he was thirty-two and his wife was pregnant with her first child.

The plaques...!

After some time, Aran was already fifty years old and he had one son and one daughter.

"My wife left me with our two children quickly. She died when I was thirty-nine, I was so saddened by her passing and the reason she quickly died because of me too."

I was very surprised to hear that and asked him why he was the cause of his wife's death.

"At that time I was overwhelmed by this happy life and did not realize that I was a Heredist. When I got close to him and got in touch, I unconsciously absorbed his life energy slowly and I thought that time he was just a regular pain, and made him a potion every day. But it was all in vain, before the same thing happened to my Son and Daughter, I asked them to seek their own lives after the age of fifteen. It sounds cruel, but this is how I saved them, but my two sons understood I was asking them to stay away from me. But I am very proud of their efforts, because they have found a way to use Chi efficiently without having to lose too much life energy, and that method has been applied until now by your generation."

"It must be hard to stay away from your family. Means that I should leave my family as well, because I am also a Heredist," I said with sadness because this cruel fate had made me have to stay away from my sisters.

Aran who saw me glumly so, immediately he patted my head and said that do not worry when I approach the people closest to me, and because the things that Aran experienced will never happen to me.

"What do you mean something like this won't happen to me?"

"As I said before, let these predecessors of yours take care of everything and you, as his successor, just do what has been instructed to you. Because everything that your predecessors have experienced, has been prevented one by one problems that will befall his successors later."

Hearing that made me a little excited and happy. But on the other hand, I am very concerned about what happened to these predecessors, to what extent they had to sacrifice for their future successors, and all the lives they protected from the foreign gods.

The plaques...!

Instantly this place changed and we returned to the previous place again, which was on the mountain where Aran was training.

"Well, I guess up to here I can show you everything."

"Eh, is it done? I think something's been missed."

"I know that. I don't want to show myself losing miserably against 'They'. I feel like I'm the worst Heredist of all time, because I can't put the slightest resistance on 'They'."

"I don't think you're that person. In fact, I think you're really great and I've never seen anyone like you."

"Thank you" Aran replied with a smile. "Now we're back to the main problem, which is how you use Chi which is very risky. If you're not a Heredist, maybe in less than five years you'll die because of the way you used that Chi."

Aran asked me to give him my fist and I followed what he said. I pointed my fist at him and he also pointed his fist at me, so that our fists were each facing each other and touching.

Bussh...!

"Eh? What's...?"

Suddenly I saw Aran's Aura come out of his body and this Aura was really very strong. Instantly his Aura crept towards my fist that came into contact with him and over time, his Aura had enveloped me completely.

"Now how do you feel?" Ask Aran.

I checked my situation and it felt like my body was getting stronger, as if I was getting a really great Buff.

"That's the rest of my Aura for as long as I live and it only lasts a while, use all that Aura to recover yourself and defeat that big green monster. And one more thing..."

Not yet there, Aran put his index finger on my forehead and suddenly all the information and various methods using Aura correctly, appeared and embedded in my memory.

"That's all the personal knowledge I have. How to use the right Chi and the various martial arts I've been using and developing all this time, because I don't have time to teach you one by one," aran said as he sighed that felt very heavy, as if the burden he was carrying had now been lifted. "With this I will not have to worry anymore, who will befall you now."

I was so moved by this gift that I received and unexpectedly, spending time with people who are your own fate was so much fun.

"Thank you for all the gifts, Ancestor," I said respectfully as I bowed to him.

"Yes together. If you don't mind, can I ask you something?"

Hearing that I just say yes and Aran smiles hearing that. He raised his hand to the sky, and suddenly something radiant appeared. After the light dimmed, there appeared an egg the size of an adult cat right above his hand.

"Please accept him" said Aran, giving me the egg and I accepted it with pleasure. "She's the only one of my followers who's still alive, please take good care of her. I'm pretty sure he'll help you."

"You don't worry, I definitely take good care of him and make himself as strong as possible."

Brak!

Aran was happy to hear that and on the other hand, this dimensional space had shown cracks in other words our time had run out.

"Once again, thank you for everything."

"Yes, take good care of yourself out there. Remember this one thing, you must not get carried away by the current made by 'Death', it will take away you completely."

"I'll remember that message well."

Brak!

Bing!

Instantly the blinding light closed my eyes and everything that had happened and the time that I had been experiencing, had already walked back.