The king couldn't believe it, he was shaking from shock and nervousness, how a little human kid could have Delp's ultimate treasure, he exclaimed. "You are lying, you can't have it, even if Kartelion didn't know the real value of this book they wouldn't have let out anyone alive."
"If I can't have then what is this ?" Zach said while taking out only the top of it, the King could read its title {The book of Hidden Bloodlines}. Arkantos was a middle aged elf, tall, with beautiful golden hair despite some of them being white which fell on his shoulders and his eyes of the same color as the sea.
This same elf that had a great presence and power fell on his knees, tears were rolling down his cheeks, this book went back up to the origin of his country.
All the emotions he kept for decades went out in an instant, he looked at Zach and stammered. "How .... How did ... you got it ?" Arkantos slowly approached Zach and streteched out his arms towards the book.
Zach totally took it out and handed it to the king. When the King got it in his hand he started shaking even more, he opened it and read a few pages, tears continued to roll down his cheeks.
At the moment Zach handed the book to the King a notification resonated in his head.
[Ding ! Quest completed : Help the people from Delp by accepting Pedro, Kyle and Oscar's request and safely deliver {The book of Hidden Bloodlines} to Delp's royal family.
Rewards : Skill : |Soul Mastery| ; 35 Charisma ; A skill level up ticket]
Zach checked the all the rewards he just got, he still didn't know the exact use of charisma but it couldn't be bad to have a lot of them, a free level up for a skill, quite the good thing and last but not least a new skill, he checked the description of this new skill.
[Soul mastery : Host, being the one who will incarnate death, is able to manipulate the souls however he likes, little by little host will gain a total understanding of them and finally becoming the master of all souls.]
He looked at the skill's cost and he was pleasantly surprised when he saw that it didn't had one, it was the same type of skill than |Death from the shadows|.
The King still shaking from retrieving this ancient and priceless treasure felt the changes in Zach, suddenly he felt a greater presence coming from the same young boy who just a moment ago gave him a priceless book.
The king was now wondering about this boy and asked in a serious voice, he regained his calm. "How did you get it ? What do you want ?"
When Zach heard this he smiled and started to explain how he got out of the ambush. "All of us knew that an ambush was not far, so Oscar, Pedro and Kyle chose to entrust me the book to me as I joined them at the last instant and no one would think that a weak little boy would be carrying what they had stolen."
The king was troubled by this explanation, he too would never have imagined that a boy like him would carry the stolen treasure, Zach still didn't answer his other question so he asked again. "You still don't have tell me what do you want."
Zach chuckled and replied in a plain tone. "I don't want anything, I just did it for Pedro, Oscar and Kyle, they trusted me and so I repaid them by doing this." He obviously didn't mention the quest from the system which helped him in taking his decision.
"What are you envisaging for the future ? You know by giving us this book back, a war will start sooner or later against Kartelion." The king asked a crucial question, he knew that the boy in front of him could not be let out in the wild.
Never he would make him suffer but if the boy didn't want to help them in the war he would make it so they have an eye on him at all time.
However when the King heard Zach reply he didn't have to worry anymore for their benefactor. "I will fight against Kartelion, I have something to do against them in any case."
The king smiled and offered Zach a position. "You are young and already very powerful, I will put you with the squad of genius, they are given the best training and are the future of our great country, most should be older than you but as powerful as you."
Zach nodded, smiled and asked in a curious tone. "Where will I sleep ?" When the King heard this he almost fell down for being asked such a bold question, he thought about it for a few seconds, sighed and said. "I will house you in the palace, Arastros will show you and explain you what your job in the genius squad consist."
The king went back on his throne and made everyone come back in the throne room. Everyone was still confused about what happened, they saw that the young boy was still in the center of the room and he even had a smile on his face.
Curious about what happened Arastros asked the king about it. "What should we do with this kid my King ?" The king looked at him and gave his order. "Find him a room to stay in the palace and add him to the squad of genius."
When they heard the king's order everyone hissed in shock, a boy that nobody knew saw the king and after 10 minutes he was treated like one of their kids could be.
Each and everyone there was a someone of great importance so their kids would have a great treatment when coming to the palace but they felt that this boy got an even better treatment which angered some and intrigued the others.
Arastros a bit taken aback by this decision took a little time to move and lead Zach towards his room in the palace. Once in his room Zach went to his bed to rest, after all getting knocked out couldn't be considered resting and he didn't sleep since they departed from Yosa.
In the throne room the King gave another order which once again shocked everyone who was there. "Gather the great council, national secrets will be discussed, I don't want to be bothered if the country isn't threatened of destruction."
They were shocked both by the fact that the king was gathering the great council and that he didn't want to be bothered if not for the kingdom falling. Everyone apart from the king left the room once again, even if each of them had a great position they weren't aware of the contry's greatest secrets.
An hour later, in the throne room, 10 people were gathered, there was obviously the King himself, Viggo, Samos, a very old elf who looked almost like Arkantos, two others dwarf and beastmen while the others were elves.
Viggo was more or less aware of why the King gathered this council, the King placed his hands on the table and started the meeting. "I gathered all of you because we retrieved {The book of Hidden Bloodlines}." The King stated.
This statement made everyone of the council, apart from Viggo, utterly shocked and couldn't believe it. "Are you sure that it's the real one, Arkantos ?" The old elf asked the King. The king nodded and took the book out of his spatial ring and gave it to the same old elf who had spoke.
When the old elf had the book in his hands, his eyes were shining, he opened it and read quite a few pages, it was the first time he read this legendary book, he opened his mouth, excitation could be heard, and said.
"Now we need to use it correctly to awaken our bloodlines, after awakening them we would have a great chance of winning the war against Kartelion."
Everyone nodded, all of them were excited about awakening their bloodlines, they all heard the legend of what could the awakening of their bloodline could do. No one for about 5 thousands years had awakened their bloodlines so the knowledge of what it would do was hazy.
"We need to search how to awaken our bloodline and we need time to awaken the bloodline of our greatest warriors before the war, as such I think the all out war shouldn't be before at least 5 or 6 years, what do you think about it ?" The king announced the plan he had.
When they heard this everyone pondered about this decision and everyone finally accepted this decision. "In those years we will lead a secret war, won't we my King ?" Viggo said, even if the all out war would not start before at least 5 years, it didn't mean that they would not fight against Kartelion.
The king slowly nodded his head before saying. "You are right, we should try to weaken them as much as possible while making our people stronger. In addition to the book we have 2 other precious treasures which will help us in this goal, a cube that concentrate the ambient mana and a great cultivation method."
"The council has ended, prepare yourselves and everyone, war is near." The King finally said before getting up and leaving everyone with a grave expression in the room, excitment eventually faded and only the reality lasted.