Ancient Memories: A Forgotten Past, Like Smoke

The resonance of ancient memories was a strange phenomenon.

It only occurred when an ancient being's memories were awakened, and the conditions were rather strict. Murphy's bloodline came from Salokdar, so he could only glimpse those few scraps of information if Salokdar appeared in the ancient being's memories.

But ancient beings kept their memories hidden in their bloodlines, and even an idiot could see they couldn't hide too much. So each time, Murphy could only see fragments that had been extremely important to the person in question.

Like this time.

A conversation between the navigator Salokdar and the young Lord Paine, who was then a member of the Eden Management Committee, had directly revealed the secret of the "Land of Sacred Blood" to Murphy.

"Ugh."

The vampire lord let out a weak groan.

His head throbbed like it would split, and Triss had to support him from behind. The Blood Vulture Grand Duchess was curious about what Murphy had seen. Sitting on the steps behind her and rubbing his temples, Murphy told Triss everything he had witnessed without holding anything back.

When she heard that the "Land of Sacred Blood" not only concealed the progenitor's source blood and sealed away the Madblood Clan, but had also served as a site where Lord Paine collected certain relics of the Creator, even the Scarlet Witch was stunned.

"You mean Lord Paine was already a prominent figure among vampires—and among the powers of the continent—in the previous era? No wonder he maintained such good personal relationships with the leaders of the various factions in this era.

"But was he already preparing for your birth back then?"

Triss looked at Lord Paine, still sleeping inside the biopod, and exclaimed:

"I've always known he was powerful, but he was already this powerful? Was he some