Chapter 248: Inheritance

Inside a two-story duplex villa.

Inside the living room, Hong Du took out a piece of high-quality wood and gently placed it on the violin workshop's board.

In the fairly spacious violin workshop, Hong Du earnestly sanded the wood, his hands steady without a tremor.

At a certain moment, he slowly stopped, delightedly looking at the completed violin faceplate.

"Finished!"

Kivat poked its head out of its little nest, looking at the excited Hong Du, not understanding, but seeing the violin nearing completion, it said:

"Du, are you making a violin?"

As soon as it finished speaking, it saw Hong Du, face full of excitement, say to it: "This time I will definitely make a violin surpassing the Blood Red Rose."

"Indeed not bad." A slightly aged voice came from nearby, but it was praise.

"Father, how did you come over?"

Yabianfu San Shi twisted its body, lifted its head to look at the window beside, glanced dubiously at Yabianfu Er Shi, and seemed to be carrying something.

Normally at this time, shouldn't you be by Xiao Hui's side?

After returning to the future, Hong Du found the sealed Yabianfu Er Shi behind his house and used Kiva's power to break the seal.

Yabianfu Er Shi likewise kept the promise, silently guarding Ma Sheng Hui these days.

"I discovered this, and it's related to Kiva."

Yabianfu Er Shi flew into the air, opened its claws, and the round object bounced a few times on the workbench before stopping.

"Looks like a watch?" Hong Du picked it up and examined it carefully.

"Hmm, and it has a Kiva pattern on it. When I woke up this morning, this thing appeared beside me; it seems to be Jiang Xia's thing." Yabianfu Er Shi said.

I don't know why, it's just a feeling.

"Has Mr. Jiang Xia returned to this era?" Hong Du's eyes lit up as he urgently asked Yabianfu Er Shi.

The landed Yabianfu Er Shi thought for a moment and said: "Probably not; I can't sense his aura."

"Let's go to Delan Castle now; through the Time Gate we should still be able to return." Hong Du said, picking up the watch dial.

If Mr. Jiang Xia returns to the modern era and appears before him, it would mean he no longer needs to stay in Delan Castle to suppress his inner power.

"No need, I've come back, Hong Du." Jiang Xia said.

"Mr. Jiang Xia?" Hong Du rubbed his eyes.

"What's wrong, you don't recognize me?"

Seeing Hong Du's astonished expression, Jiang Xia chuckled and said:

"I guess I haven't been away for long either."

While speaking, Jiang Xia also saw the Kiva watch dial held in Hong Du's hand; indeed, as he had guessed, the reason the dial hadn't appeared was because Hong Du had not yet been born in the past.

One condition for the watch dial to appear should be recognition; when he figured out that condition, he already knew where the dial was.

Anyone might not acknowledge him, but Hong Du is different—he would risk his life to awaken him; if even that fails to meet the condition for the Knight's watch dial to appear, then the condition itself is flawed.

"Right, Mr. Jiang Xia, here's the watch dial back." Hong Du handed the Kiva watch dial in his hand to Jiang Xia.

Jiang Xia received the Kiva watch dial; the feeling of carrying history surfaced again, but this time it was easy, and the Kival with two different sets of Kiva armor were also sucked into the Kiva watch dial.

At the same time the Kiva watch dial was being absorbed, his inner power seemed to suddenly unify, no longer having any discordant feeling, and a new power was born.

According to legend, the Divine Beast and the Tooth Blood Vampire were unified through the power of the Devil's Memory; Jiang Xia himself still remembers what it was like back then.

Even the Alien Insect Queen's half energy core had been digested for a long time, but now there is no longer that feeling of indigestion.

His inner power now seems able to bear everything. If he could have obtained the Kiva watch dial earlier, then perhaps the power of the Tooth Blood Vampire and that of the legendary Divine Beast would never conflict, for they are both part of the long history of Kiva.

"This really solves one of my big troubles." Jiang Xia sighed.

"By the way, besides needing the watch dial this time I came back, I also left something for you."

Jiang Xia raised his hand, a dragon's roar sounded, and the Delan Castle of this era appeared beside the window; he now no longer needs Kiva to summon the Delan Dragon.

"Come with me, Hong Du."

Although Hong Du's current combat ability is not bad, if Jiang Xia needs assistance, the combat power of Mo Huang Kiva would be a bit insufficient, and moreover Mo Huang Kiva is only a basic form.

Jiang Xia pushed aside the painting, revealing the repaired wall; a light press caused the hilt of the Magic Emperor Sword to appear in the recess.

This is the Magic Emperor Sword from twenty-two years later; it's clearly the one Jiang Xia just placed here a moment ago, and even if drawn, the Delan Castle would be unaffected, for Tai Ya has already inherited the royal seal.

Hong Du looked at the hilt embedded in the wall, somewhat puzzled, "Isn't this Jiang Xia's side sword?"

"The Magic Emperor Sword is the weapon of the King of Fang Vampires," Jiang Xia smiled, "now it belongs to you."

"It represents responsibility and the heart to protect others; draw it, and you will gain sufficient power to protect this world." Jiang Xia said.

Hong Du nodded upon hearing Jiang Xia's words, then stepped closer to the Magic Emperor Sword.

Having experienced so much, he understands the importance of power better than anyone; if he had had this sword back then, perhaps everything would have changed.

"Can the Magic Emperor Sword truly be wielded by Hong Du's bloodline?" Yabianfu Er Shi, looking at the protruding hilt, asked Jiang Xia.

"I believe in Hong Du; although he only has half the Tooth Blood Vampire bloodline, there is no doubt he has this ability."

At the instant Hong Du gripped the hilt, the crimson Magic Emperor power surged along his arm into his body in an instant.

The pattern representing the Tooth Blood Vampire spread rapidly from his arm, and faintly one could still see the veins on Hong Du's arm.

Hong Du's face showed a look of terror, as if he had seen something horrible—slaughter, war, blood spraying.

Countless lives have perished beneath this sword, from the very first Tooth Blood Vampire King to the world-ending slash Jiang Xia dealt.

The Magic Emperor Sword remembers every slaughter, and also remembers every wielder of it.

However, after sensing Jiang Xia's battle, Hong Du felt as if a bucket of cold water had been poured over him, and his consciousness quickly cleared.

Only then did he understand how formidable the enemies were that Jiang Xia faced after his departure.

With a swish, Hong Du's arm veins bulged as if exerting all his strength, and he violently pulled the Magic Emperor Sword embedded in the wall out.

At the same moment, the pattern of the Tooth Blood Vampire flooded Hong Du's entire body, his eyes turned scarlet, and his face was covered in markings.

With a sudden sound, Hong Du knelt down hard on the ground, the Magic Emperor Sword in his hand stabbed firmly into the floor, and large beads of sweat dripped down one by one.

The Ya Xue Gui Pattern on his body also began to fade rapidly, and at the same time, the immense power flowed along the sword in his hand to Hong Du's whole body.

"Mr. Jiang Xia, I succeeded, I pulled it out." Hong Du said with a smile.

"Pretty good." Jiang Xia praised.

Power flowed in his hand, and a Gold Bat burst forth instantly from Jiang Xia's hand, shooting toward the Magic Emperor Sword and gathering on the hilt; a creature resembling a Gold Bat lightly bit the blade.

This was not cutting off the power of the Magic Emperor Sword, but rather sealing the instinct of the Vampire Blood Demon Sword within it.

If this is not sealed, each time Hong Du kills a Tooth Blood Vampire, that vampire's life energy will follow the sword and be absorbed by Hong Du's body.

When the number grows large enough, Hong Du will gradually shift from a half-human, half-Tooth Blood Vampire into a true pure-blood Tooth Blood Vampire, which is not what Jiang Xia wants to see.

Of course, Jiang Xia, who possesses the Kiva Watch Dial, can summon the Magic Emperor Sword anytime, anywhere, so whether this sword is in Hong Du's hand or embedded in the wall makes no difference.

(End of chapter)