Chapter 524: System-Wide Message


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    "Ah, the influx of Aether must have stabilized this region ahead of time," Nosphaleen spoke as they watched the formation of the portal together.


    Ss'' eyes brightened. This was good timing indeed.


    This portal should directly lead to the Woond Territory, which meant that he would be able to use his Territory Key much earlier than expected.


    At that point, he would have three System Cities under his control and free reign over their Nexuses. This was precisely what he needed right now.


    When the portal wasrge enough, the two entered quite swiftly.


    In the far-off distance, a pair of eyes watched with a light of rage in them. He had lost everything.


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    The Woond Territory was probably ssified as a tropical dry forest by Earth''s geographical standards. These were regions with short but heavy rain seasons, followed by long dry seasons.


    Trees in these regions had deepworks of roots and had evolved to be capable of spending long periods of time without rainfall. Compared to the wastnd Ss expected to find, this was certainly leagues better.


    There were plentiful trees and cacti around, as well as many mountainous slopes that extended into the distance with heavy fog hanging over them.


    The portal had appeared pretty much in the middle of nowhere. Even after extending his visualization, or rather his Sixth Sense as Nosphaleen called it, he didn''t find anything but beasts that were likely to be rushing over here with quite some swiftness.


    ''It''s unfortunate. The underground city will probably be overrun by more beasts now. There''ll definitely be a sh between the native poisonous poption and this new one...''


    Ss shook his head. He felt that there was definitely more to gain from the city, especially with the underground Aether Stone mine.


    Aether Stone mines were incredibly rare. There were probably a handful in every territory, but the City Stele Abilities of the System Cities couldn''t peek very far underground. So finding them was a task that would require someone with a Geotechnical Engineering Profession of


    some sort.


    Ss knew that he definitely couldn''t leave that Aether Stone mine. After just a few weeks of using the Aether Stones he got from the Sylphs in the Dungeon with impunity, he was already close to running out.


    He was also certain that he had yet to find out the best uses for Aether Stones just yet. He had yet to look into it, but he bet that Nosphaleen would know a thing or two.


    Ss took out a shimmering key from the Madness Key. It was about the length of his forearm and was wrapped in a viney wood pattern and a grainy sand.


    The moment it appeared in the Woond Territory, it shook.


    For a moment, Ss hesitated.


    Right now, his name had been lopped off the Merit Leaderboard. Lucius would have every reason to believe that he was dead. If he conquered this Territory, it would almost certainly trigger a phenomenon that would be picked up by those here, and soon enough, if the Grimde''s informationwork was as robust as he thought it was, it would make it back to Lucius.


    In that case... should he even do this?


    ''No...''


    Ss held the key out, stabilizing its trembling.


    Whoever it was that ced the warrant out for his arrest would definitely know whether he was alive or not. And unless they died, every Grimde would know that he was still alive for the taking.


    In that case... he would let Lucius enjoy his sleepless nights until the day he came to get his head.


    And if anyone harmed his family in the meantime, there would be more than death waiting on the other end of his fist.


    He turned the key.


    A ripple of Aether spread across the Woond Territory as far as the eyes could see. Every human, beast, or living being in the region all felt it at once.


    [System-Wide Message]


    [The Royal Line System has been unlocked. As the first Royal of Earth, Ss Grimde will be awarded the Title <Woond Warlord> and has earned the right to establish a Bloodline]


    Even Ss'' gaze flickered. He hadn''t been expecting this at all, but before he could digest it, a fluttering scroll appeared before him.


    By now, his experience was great enough that he recognized it as a Temte. As for what the Temte was for, it should be either rted to his authority as the Woond Warlord or this so-called Bloodline.


    Quite quickly, he got his answer. It was thetter.


    The scroll fell into his hands and he felt a strong connection with it form before it disappeared into his body. After that, he subconsciously understood how it worked.


    ''I see... so this is how they did it...''


    After grasping Blood Essence, Ss felt that just upgrading your Genes wasn''t enough to pass on a Unique Gene like the Grimdes or the other hidden families did. Genes, even Unique Genes, were too fleeting.


    A child might keep a portion of it, but by the third generation, it would already be less than half effective; by the fourth, it might not exist at all.


    The only way to establish a family line was to root it in your Blood Essence. Only once a Unique Gene had established a connection with such a thing would it be possible. However, for most, this was impossible.


    It took over a million Free Experience points before Ss managed to gain control of Blood Essence, and that didn''t even mention the fact that he needed to unlock a Legendary Path


    Profession first.


    How many people could do that?


    As such, these people instead needed a Bloodline Temte. This Blood Temte, up to a certain standard, allowed any Gene that the Ancestor of a Bloodline formed to be rooted in their Blood Essence.


    In this case, it was up to a Silver Grade standard.n/?/vel/b//in dot c//om


    From now on, any improvements he made to himself within that limit would have a better


    than 90% chance of being passed down in whole to his children.


    And by the same token... his blood had suddenly be extremely valuable.