Becoming a "Bribor"
Christine continued, "Three branches of the Tudor Family's bloodline still survive. We are one of them. Before the War of the Four Emperors, our branch had always consumed potions from the Arbiter pathway.
"Thus, after hiding our tracks for a time and reappearing before the public, no one suspected that we had any Connection to the Blood Emperor."
Christine and Rex being together struck Hobart as somewhat strange. "I heard that the Trensoost Family and the Tudor Family did not get along very well."
During the period of joint rule, Tudor and Trensoost, two Sequence 1s of the Black Emperor pathway, both faced the pressure of Solomon's resurrection. Trensoost gained the support of the Six Gods and advanced into the True God of an Adjacent Pathway, Judgement.
This immediately caused the joint government to collapse. With no way out, Tudor had no choice but to advance into the non-adjacent Red Priest pathway.
Theoretically, the two should have been rivals.
"That was all a long time ago." Christine smiled helplessly. "Both emperors have now fallen for over a thousand years, and our foremost goal is survival. Before survival, old grudges can be completely cast aside.
"Just like back then, for the sake of survival and their families' interests, two Sequence 1s from the same pathway could actually establish a joint rule."
Hobart did not pursue the subject. "The problem I face now is finding the source of the family Curse and a way to resolve it. The method Mr. Rex found may not necessarily work."
Christine nodded. "That's right."
After some thought, Hobart asked, "Then what about the Extraordinary Characteristics Mr. Rex left behind?"
From what Christine had said, Rex had been a Sequence 3 in life. If Hobart obtained the Extraordinary Characteristics he left behind, it would