My Computer Leads to Chapter 288 209: Curse

As Fang Zhen listened, it felt partly like hearing Royal Family gossip, and partly a huge relief.

He had thought Anlon Lie Feng was just an alias for Xiao Yi.

Now, it didn't seem like that was the case.

Anlon Lie Feng was in his thirties when he died. Furthermore, he was a reincarnated soul, and his past self must have been at least in his twenties. The two lifetis combined ant he was a figure from at least fifty or sixty years ago. This didn't match Xiao Yi's age, so he couldn't be Fang Zhen's friend.

Fang Zhen felt relieved on his friend's behalf.

Anlon Lie Feng's death had been too tragic, and Fang Zhen definitely didn't want Xiao Yi to et a similar end.

Avera continued her story of what happened back then.

"After Anlon Lie Feng overthrew the old dynasty, he spared Delena. He actually wanted to make her his Queen, but nearly all of his subordinates were against it."

"Delena was the princess of the old dynasty. Her father was one of those sent to the guillotine by the Thirteen Families and Anlon Lie Feng. The Crystal Bone Masters harbored imnse hatred for the old dynasty and couldn't possibly accept this."

"Anlon Lie Feng faced too much opposition on this matter to officially make her Queen. However, he took no other woman, loving only Delena."

"And just before the Black Banquet, Delena was already pregnant. Anlon Lie Feng intended to na her child as his royal heir."

"At the Black Banquet, mbers of the Lei Ming Family kidnapped Delena beforehand. During the feast, they used her as leverage to threaten Anlon Lie Feng. Combined with poisoned wine and assassins, this led to Anlon Lie Feng's death without him putting up much of a fight."

"As for Delena, she was secretly executed as well."

"Delena's death served the interests and desires of all the Crystal Bone Masters in power, so no one questioned it. The matter was simply swept under the rug."

Fang Zhen shook his head slightly.

'What a tragic end for Anlon Lie Feng. He died, and he couldn't even protect his lover and their child.'

'Then again, Delena was the princess of the forr dynasty, an incredibly sensitive position. The only reason she had survived was because of Anlon Lie Feng's staunch protection.'

'Delena's pregnancy was likely the direct catalyst for the assassination. The Thirteen Families would never tolerate her child becoming the royal heir. There was no telling if that heir, once grown, would be influenced by their mother to take revenge on the Thirteen Families and restore the old dynasty.'

'This was yet another reason for the Thirteen Families to kill Anlon Lie Feng.'

Fang Zhen sympathized with Anlon Lie Feng and largely agreed with the Legendary King's ideals. However, the assassination at the Black Banquet actually had warning signs and a clear trail leading up to it. Perhaps Anlon had grown complacent after becoming king, or perhaps he had been too trusting of the Thirteen Families' loyalty. That must be why he t such an end.

'I'll just have to treat it as a lesson learned.'

At this point, Fang Zhen knew he had basically completed the main objectives of the mission.

Anlon Lie Feng's origins were that of a soul transmigrator, but he likely hadn't co from Blue Star, and he wasn't Fang Zhen's friend.

mbers of the Lei Ming and Sea Tide Families had participated in the murder and kidnapped Delena, but they didn't know Anlon Lie Feng's true origin—that he was a soul from the Otherworld.

What remained was the part he was personally quite curious about.

"Avera, you must know that the so-called King's Sword is actually Anlon Lie Feng's spine, right?" Fang Zhen asked. "The ancestors of the Thirteen Families killed Anlon Lie Feng, so why did they then rip out his spine and forge it into the King's Sword?"

"Was it for the Legendary King's power?"

"And since the ancestors of the Thirteen Families went to such extres, why didn't the King's Sword remain in their possession? How did it end up in the Forbidden Realm Netherworld?"

Avera was speechless for a mont after hearing Fang Zhen's questions. Finally, she let out a bitter laugh.

"Heh... I knew your origins weren't so simple. To think you even know the true nature of the King's Sword," said Avera.

"Since I've already said this much, I might as well tell you more." Avera seed to have decided to throw caution to the wind.

"That's right. The King's Sword is Anlon Lie Feng's spine. And you guessed correctly—the reason they ripped out his spine to forge the sword was to obtain the Legendary King's power."

"Batuma wasn't wrong earlier. The Legendary King Anlon possessed a unique power: the closer a Crystal Bone Master was to him, the more their own power would be amplified—by several tis, or even tenfold."

"The Thirteen Families—or rather, all Crystal Bone Masters—coveted this power. A certain expert speculated that this power was hidden within Legendary King Anlon's crystal bone—that is, his spine."

"And what I said before about Anlon Lie Feng being able to control the Bone Beast Legion... that was also true."

"To obtain this power, after Anlon Lie Feng died at the Black Banquet, soone ripped the spine from his corpse and forged it into the King's Sword. The ones who did it were the ancestors of the Lei Ming and Sea Tide Families."

"However, sothing unexpected happened... I told you before that when soone very powerful dies, they can beco a wraith with a strong Power of Curse."

"Perhaps because Anlon Lie Feng's death was so tragic, his resentnt latched onto the newly forged King's Sword. And the ancestors of the Thirteen Families, who had drunk to the Legendary King Anlon's death, were all cursed to varying degrees—a curse that has been passed down to their descendants."

Fang Zhen nodded. He recalled Avera saying sothing to this effect before they entered the Path of the Dead.

'So that's what she was hinting at back then.'

Avera continued, "The Thirteen Families wanted to obtain the Legendary King's power, but they didn't want to be hard by the curse. In the end, they found a solution: send the King's Sword to the Forbidden Realm Netherworld in the Land of Peace."

"Legend has it that the Netherworld is the traveling palace of the Nether God. But the Nether God has been slumbering for ten thousand years and is not expected to awaken. The Netherworld itself, however, has the power to dispel any wraith's curse, given enough ti."