Ayana and the others drew in a breath of cold air, unable to believe what they just heard.
Ayana was the first one to break the silence as she asked with a dry chuckle, "M-Master...that can't be possible right? I mean, General Raoul lived more than 2000 years ago, and he...claimed himself that he is more than 1000 years old and not 2000 years, right, Viktor?"
Ayana trailed off with a nervous look as she looked at Viktor, who was maintaining his gaze with Nyissa as he smiled.
Ayana gulped, seeing that there was no response from him, and even her friends had a wary expression since they all grew up hearing the infamous story of General Raoul and the terrifying evil acts he committed. So considering what their Fujo Clan stood for, they couldn't help but think of their sacred duty of purging all evil.
"Well, well...Finally, someone did recognize me," Viktor said with a slight shake of his head while Ayana and the others subconsciously backed away since they already knew from their ancestor's records that General Raoul was not a normal human being but a terrifying devil-like vampire.
In fact, when they were small, the adults always told about the Blood Demon's frightening deeds to scare them from behaving mischievously and to discipline them.
In fact, there was not a single soul, not only in the Fujo Clan but the whole island, who didn't know about the infamous legend of General Raoul.
Hearing some of his stories, there were kids who couldn't help but wet themselves out of fright.
Since the Fujo Clan was personally guarding the Wailing Hills, making sure the evil spirits wouldn't go out of control, how could they not know about the one who caused such a problem to arise in the first place?
Only Nyissa stood straight before Viktor without showing any signs of nervousness other than a slight frown on her face.
"Do you know how our Fujo Clan came into existence? It was mainly because of you...." Nyissa said in a serious tone as she continued, "...and our purpose was to hunt you down to get rid of the evil spirits plaguing our lands. All those years ago, my ancestor suffered a lot under your rule, and at that time, they made the solemn vow of getting rid of you by learning certain mystical arts passed onto them by the powerful shamans of that time who didn't want to interfere personally, but at the same time they frowned upon your acts."
Viktor didn't like where this was going by hearing her words, and even Ayana and her friends had a difficult expression on their faces as they looked at Viktor with wary expressions.
"But right before my ancestor could fight back, the news of your death spread around though he knew you were not the kind of person to die from a mere assassination, especially not a vampire like you. Still, he didn't let this drop everything they had learned and worked hard for and decided to form a new clan with the mission to annihilate any kind of evil thing, spirit or not, that walks on our lands. So they created our home here, in this place, hoping for your return so that they could take revenge while also keeping the evil spirits at bay to not let their resentment and hatred affect the world."
"What was your ancestor's name?" Viktor asked with a narrowed gaze.
"His name was Oben Mou. I am sure his last name might ring a bell for you."
"Mou…" Viktor mumbled as an unpleasant memory resurfaced, making him clench his fists, "Sae Mou...that treacherous woman...don't tell me your ancestor is her—"
"Her brother...her younger brother to be exact, and no, that woman might have been a treacherous one for you since she tried to take your life, but who could blame her. After all, you were the reason for her clan's annihilation leaving only her and her brother alive by heaven's luck. So, for us she was a hero."
"What? No...that's not true...she was a foreigner...and she told me her family was living in some other country and she came here after hearing about me...to marry me…" Viktor said in a confused tone as his eyes wandered around, trying to remember more.
"It was true that she was indeed of not this land originally, but her clan had to migrate here because of certain problems in their home country. Still, her clan knew no one here, and it was King Borin, who, like the kind king he was, gave them land and resources to set up their clan here.
He was our ancestor's benefactor. But then you showed up, filled with a thirst for power and blood, and took down King Borin while torturing his men to death, including his sons, and stealing away all his women and daughters for your own vile pleasures."
Ayana gulped and couldn't imagine such a devilishly handsome man with a charming personality to be capable of such things, especially when she had interacted with him for all this while.
"Actually, they offered themselves to me, and secondly, you are calling that fat bastard toad Borin a kind king? Well, I don't blame you since you are not the only one who got fooled by the written history or what Borin wanted people to see. You have no idea what kind of man he truly was. If you knew, you wouldn't be talking about him highly in the first place," Viktor said in a calm tone.
If it was two thousand years ago, he might have killed Nyissa on the spot for talking about King Borin like this, but now he didn't want to give much value to his past since not only was it long gone, but he didn't want to remember those things unnecessarily.
He had already put the past behind him so as to not affect him mentally too much.
Still, he was surprised to hear details about his ex-wife Sae Mou whom he once loved, only to get backstabbed by her. And even now, when he remembered that venomous beauty, he could still feel his nerves writhing from anger even if he thought he had let go of all those memories.
But he thought that she was after his power and wealth and not because she wanted to take revenge for her clan, which he didn't even know lived in these lands.
Nyissa's expression didn't change as she said with a displeased tone, "Are you saying our ancestors built our clan, legacy, and everything based on a lie? Even if I was born 900 years ago only, I have lived enough—"
"You are a 900-year-old virgin?" Viktor asked with a baffled expression, not expecting this entrancing young-looking beauty to be so old though he could say the same thing for himself.
Nyissa's veins on her temple twitched, seeing Viktor casually saying it as if he wasn't even bothered about the fact that he was saying it to her face.
Viktor knew women were most sensitive about their age no matter how they seemed to be not bothered by such things unless they had no emotions. Still, he couldn't help saying it aloud since he never met a woman as old as her, a stunning beauty at that.
Ayana's expression twisted in anger seeing him insult her Master, but inwardly she couldn't help but suppress her awkwardness because of the way in which Viktor said it, making her Master sound quite old and lonely at the same time.
Still, she knew that it was normal for her Master to remain single for all these years since she was the most powerful genius in their clan and had devoted all her time to master the art of annihilating all evil no matter what form.
Even Ayana herself barely gets to see her Master since most of the time, she would be in closed doors training and only show her face whenever there was an emergency.
And since her Master was so powerful and excellent at anything she did, there was no other man in their clan who could possibly match her brilliance. And that's why the patriarch even forgot about the matter of her marriage since it seemed impossible and also mainly because Nyissa wasn't interested.
But this was also why Ayana was honored to be her disciple since she was learning from the best personally, and because of that, her own status was elevated in the clan as well, especially among her friends.
Nyissa, however, had no idea how to respond to his brash statement and said while trying her best to remain calm, "The point being, I have been trained for all these years to make this world free of all evil filth as much as I could. And that includes you, as well. Even if the things you told were true, the fact that you massacred our ancestor's clan is a truth set in stone.. It's high time you paid for your sins, General Raoul," Nyissa said in a deadly serious tone as she slowly took out her spear, making Ayana and the others raise their brows in shock.