Sealed Divine Throne II: Twin Sons of Dragon
Chapter 855 - 428 Audrey and Hep Benn’s Story_2

Chapter 855: Chapter 428 Audrey and Hep Benn’s Story_2

The Empire had a princess named Ina.

Ina was not the child of Higuain and Tang Ling. As a powerful Space God, Tang Ling’s age was actually much older than Higuain’s. Moreover, with her elementalization, she was long incapable of bearing children. It was under Tang Ling’s special permission that Higuain had Ina with a maid. But after giving birth, the maid was killed by Tang Ling. Ina later, because of her outstanding magic, was reluctantly taken in as a disciple and stayed by her side. For the benefit of the country, she even went so far as to sow the seeds of affection. And Higuain had no right to stop any of this.

The reason for allowing Higuain to have Ina was for the future, so there could be someone to inherit the throne and continue to be the puppet of the Tower of Gods.

And the youth that Austin slew by mistake was, in fact, Higuain’s illegitimate child from outside the royal marriage, and moreover, he was the one Higuain envisioned one day inheriting the throne. As Higuain was also a Magic Demigod and younger than Tang Ling, he was waiting for Tang Ling’s death. He then planned to make his own son inherit the throne so that in the future, with his support, his own descendants could genuinely control the Empire’s power.

But all these aspirations vanished with the death of the illegitimate child. That’s why he hated my son so much."

"My Little Austin was more powerful than Higuain could have imagined—back then, he had even mastered magic of six attributes. To save us, he was even prepared to slay a god, but during the two months we were captured, Oisin and I endured inhuman torture and were already hanging by a thread. When Little Austin finally rescued us, the spectral magic that Higuain left in our bodies was triggered, sapping away our last life force. The remnants of Oisin’s corpse were directly used by him in an explosion to attack Little Austin, and my own body was controlled to pierce Hep Benn’s chest, dying in front of Little Austin. My final memory at that time only lingered on being controlled by Higuain, biting down on Little Austin’s neck. Yes, biting my son’s neck, my only scrap of will was to not hurt him. Do you know? At that moment, in the last moments before my soul was extinguished, my mind was not filled with hatred. Instead, it was as if it had returned to the time when Little Austin was a child, when I held him and kissed him. How I wished I could return to that time! I wished with all my heart that my Little Austin would never grow up."

As she spoke, Ling Xue was already in tears, and Hep Benn standing beside her—how could he not be?

Hep Benn stepped slowly to Ling Xue’s side, supporting her arm and said gently, "Let me tell the rest."

Hep Benn looked at Long Kongkong and said softly, "The deaths of Oisin and Audrey had a huge impact on Austin. Yet, Emperor Higuain’s face wore only cruelty. He said to Austin, ’Do you feel it? The pain of losing your loved ones? Yes, this is what I wanted to bring you. Now, it’s your turn. I will make you a zombie, so you will forever suffer, without the chance of reincarnation.’"

"At that time, Austin was nearly mad. He revealed a secret only he and I knew. Yes, he was reincarnated into that world, and he was not originally human. He belonged to a most noble bloodline. He was a true deity. He transformed into a six-headed chimera, launching an insane assault on Higuain. To save himself, Higuain risked revealing the secret of his collaboration with the Necromancer, calling upon the Necromancer to attack Austin. And when Austin repelled Higuain and the others, the barrier Higuain had been maintaining to conceal them broke down. Ultimately, it drew the attention of Space God Tang Ling and Austin’s three Mage teachers."

"Higuain misrepresented the truth, claiming that Austin was an unprecedentedly powerful creature whose continued existence would destroy the entire world. Thus, he laid a scheme to lure Austin to the Storm Silver Mountain and capture him. But unexpectedly, being merely 8th Rank, he was already capable of unleashing a Forbidden Spell, a multi-attribute Forbidden Spell at that. As for spectral magic, it was also summoned by Austin."

"Tang Ling didn’t wait for Austin’s three mentors to voice their suspicions before she suddenly unleashed a spatial Forbidden Spell, binding everyone. It turned out she had long known about the relationship between Higuain and the Necromancer. Tang Ling killed Austin’s three mentors and took me, Austin, and the corpse of Audrey back to her lair and locked us up in the dungeon."

"In front of Austin, Higuain tortured me, slicing my tongue into pieces bit by bit, and likewise cut Austin’s tendons in his hands and feet, removing his tongue as well. He tormented us every day, humiliating us. I couldn’t understand how someone could be so despicable to his own kind. Tang Ling was no less cruel; realizing the strangeness within Austin, she started experimenting with his body and blood, hoping to gain even greater power."

"By then we had both lost the ability to speak, but during our time locked in the dungeon, we gradually learned to communicate through lip reading. Austin was ready to compromise, to let me live, he was prepared to capitulate to Tang Ling and agree to sign a master-servant pact to become like her mount. Using lip reading, Austin told me he loved me, and even though there were twelve years between us, I too loved him deeply. So how could I let my beloved become a servant to the person he most detested?"

"To get Austin to agree to the pact, Tang Ling captured Higuain and, in front of us, revealed to him that the son he’d kept secret all this while wasn’t actually his. What he thought was a closely guarded secret was already known to Tang Ling, and his real son had been strangled by Tang Ling at birth; the son he knew was nothing but a replacement. Tang Ling then told Austin, if he wanted to personally take revenge on Higuain for his parents, he needed to sign the pact. Austin agreed."

"How could I allow the person I love the most to become someone else’s servant? At that moment, I suddenly remembered something that had been integrated into my being, a one-time godly vessel called the Embers Love Stone. When activated, it would burn up everything, including my life and soul, and then transfer the amplified effect to my lover. So, I ignited it. With my last effort, I would help my loved one escape the cage. I remember I seemed to once again make my voice heard by Austin, with my final endeavor, because I needed him to hear me say, I love you. I saw his agonized roar, but I couldn’t stop. For my Austin, I was willing to do this."

In Long Dangdang’s eyes, there was now a look of shock and disbelief, while Long Kongkong’s eyes had already turned a blood red.

In this moment, Long Kongkong felt as if something within his brain was awakening, and he could almost hear a voice echoing in his ears. Everything described by Audrey and Hep Benn seemed to be transforming into vivid scenes flashing through his mind. And within Long Kongkong’s heart, a torrent of indescribable rage was rising wildly.

Long Dangdang also sensed something amiss with his younger brother and hurriedly reached out to grab his shoulder. Sharing the same bloodline, in this moment, his rage was ignited just as violently, with a terrifying aura looming over his heart, nearly bursting forth in madness.

Audrey, Hep Benn, Oisin Griffen—the Austin in this story was undoubtedly their past life selves. But was all of this real? And everything seemed to be telling them indeed it was!