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703 Obtaining The Bloodline, Breakthrough 2

Daneel took the effort to explain all of this very clearly, and it was also a great opportunity to remind himself of the true history behind Bloodlines.

The rest that he had said came directly from the memories of the Emperor, and it had been quite interesting to find out that the war in which the Emperor had made the plan regarding the Bloodlines was also the one which gave him the most fame, allowing him to take on a lot of people under him who were instrumental in the establishment of the Empire.

As for the part regarding the Awakening, Daneel had already gotten a doubt regarding this even before this entire operation, and he had asked the system for clarification.

After all, Awakenings were different from Baptisms, but both seemed to serve the same purpose. If so, the main question had been whether the Baptism was still necessary after an Awakening.

During Faxul's baptism, Daneel had found out that each and every one was accompanied by a message from the original G.o.dbeast whose Bloodline had been pa.s.sed down. This was clearly not present in the Awakening, as he had seen in Ca.s.sandra's case, which had given him a clue that there might still be something down the road.

Also, another clue had been that the Champion realm was the actual one where the powers of the G.o.dbeast could be used fully, mainly because of the fact that the human body needed to reach that level in order to channel the great powers of these magnificent beings.

The answer that Daneel had gotten from the system had been exactly what he had told Lan: an Awakening was actually a partial Baptism, and its purpose was to bring forth the Hidden Bloodline. In the process, access would be given to a few of the powers, but until one reached the stage where they would have to cross the chasm between the Warrior and the Champion realm, they would not come into their full potential. At that point, the Baptism would occur.

When he had found this out, he had also recognized the brilliant plan of the Emperor, as he saw the main reason behind him choosing to hide the Bloodlines.

Right when he had found out about the Bloodlines initially, Daneel had also found that during the age of the Empire, those who were lucky enough to be born with a Bloodline would still die during Baptisms as they either weren't strong enough, or weren't the type of person who could endure the Baptism of that certain G.o.dbeast.

Different G.o.d beasts used different methods of Baptism, and where the Ancient Black Raven's method had been to use the weaknesses of the individual against them, because it was one of the famous fighting styles of that species, others would have different methods where they would test whether their powers resonated with the individual. The basic test was the same, but the means would change, so there wasn't even any method to prepare beforehand.

The Awakening had similar conditions: anyone would be able to fulfill the conditions only if they had enough of a resonance with the powers, and this would definitely carry over to the Baptism, too, allowing them to pa.s.s it without too much trouble.

That was just brilliant! By doing this, it basically a.s.sured that each and every one who underwent the Awakening would also finish the Baptism and become a powerful Champion.

This was definitely much simpler and more effective than randomly letting people try and see whether they could survive, and now, Daneel could also see the reason behind a group being present to make each possessor of a Hidden Bloodline go through the kind of life that would be required for their Awakening to occur.

However… Would he choose to have all these individuals go through such traumatic situations just to have a few more people to defend the continent?

Both Ca.s.sandra and Lan had had to go through so much, and it had actually affected Daneel quite a lot when he had found out the truth behind the former's past. Their lives would forever be affected by that childhood of theirs, and no one could change that.

To obtain a Champion with a bloodline, would he be heartless enough to subject children to such a thing?

The answer was clear.

Over this journey, Daneel had changed, but even though he was not as softhearted as that newly ascended King who hadn't known when to be ruthless and when to show mercy, there was no way that he could ever be able to live with himself if he did something like this.

True, he had forcefully put people through difficult situations to help them gain power, such as in the case of his Sovereigns. Yet, he knew them well, so he was sure that they would want to go through anything that was needed so that they could grow stronger to serve, and if they weren't okay with it, he would definitely have gone ahead to wipe out those memories and erase any damage they might have caused.

That was different with innocent children, for whom the choice would be made without that knowledge.

Even in times of war… Daneel couldn't condone something like this, and with this thought, he once again reaffirmed his decision to go along with Ca.s.sandra and find that organization, or group, or whoever it was that was doing these things to these children.

Putting that aside, he laid his gaze on Lan to see that the man seemed to have finally come to grips with the situation, even though he still looked like he was seriously doubting his sanity.

The words he said, though, made Daneel chuckle.

"All of that is well and fine… But what was that part about taking my blood? And…what now?"

Daneel had already prepared the answer for this.

"What now? It's simple. I did all that because I need to take your Bloodline. Oh, by the way, you should know this. If you had chosen to take the money and flee, I would have forcefully taken your blood and then killed you, because I abhor such people. You found your true self, and I found that I quite like your character. You have the option to become my follower, in which case, I guarantee that you will come to no harm during the process of me taking your blood. After that, you will be given all the resources you wish, both to train and to spend in the Alliance for the welfare of the people, however you like. Either way, I have to take your blood, and I understand that I'm being quite a forceful. However, I have no choice. One consolation for you, though, is that you do not need to swear any oath to me, and even if you wish to leave my service, I'll only require an oath that you will never let anyone know about these powers, as it will bring harm to me. What do you say?"

Lan had always been capable of recognizing the best option in tough situations, and here, it was quite clear that it was either death, or agreeing to be under the King.

He didn't know exactly how the latter would be, but at least he would be alive, so there would be a chance to find out.

Hence, he made the choice.

…

An hour later, Daneel checked on the medical solution and the formation he had placed around Lan's emaciated body which looked like it had been completely drained by some sort of bloodsucking beast.

That was almost the truth, and in his quarters which he had converted into a laboratory of sorts, there was a large bowl which was half the size of a man that held all the blood that he had taken from Lan.

The process after this was simple: the system had already created all the steps, so all he needed to do was to wait for the Bloodline to be extracted, before it was injected into his own body.

That last part hurt, though, as according to the system, he would have to ensure that a chain reaction would occur to change every particle in his body, so that he would become a descendant of Lan. If the Awakening was a nightclub on Earth that Daneel wanted to get into, but couldn't because he didn't have the pa.s.s, then this was him disguising himself as someone who did have the pa.s.s. He was basically fooling the Bloodline into Awakening in his body by using the process he had seen before after making it believe that it was naturally present within him, and although he got the momentary doubt regarding why others hadn't tried it during the Empire, the obvious answer had been that as the personal corps of the Emperor, all of those who could be exploited must be kept safely under his watch. Besides, he had the system which could replicate everything and control each and every part of his body perfectly to change it into someone who had the Bloodline, which was definitely something that even a Hero would be hard-pressed to do.

All of this went just as smoothly as expected, and finally, Daneel closed his eyes and said, "Begin the baptism."

For him, it would be a full baptism, as he was basically making his breakthrough from being a Warrior to a Champion.

As soon as he said this, he felt something pulling him away, but just as he was about to let himself drift away into the arms of unconsciousness, a voice thundered in his ears.

"You think it is so easy to obtain my Bloodline without being allowed to do so? Changing destiny is not something that is so simple, kiddo."