The witch thought I am a Demon God
Chapter 738 - 391: Ancient Civilization Inheritance Law_2

Chapter 738: Chapter 391: Ancient Civilization Inheritance Law_2

Ivita shook his head.

He didn’t know either.

The situation was strange, as if there was some power intentionally causing chaos in the Lombardy Duchy and deliberately fostering this disorder. Moreover, this power seemed to need this chaos to thrive.

It?

A jolt shot through Ivita’s heart.

Shaw, the conqueror of ancient civilization, believed that throughout history there had always been a hidden power influencing the world.

And he referred to this power as ’It’.

Could there be a connection?

God Shooter suddenly said to Ivita, "Sir, there are two Desert Worms attacking a caravan ahead. Should we intervene?"

Ivita regained his focus and looked in the direction pointed out by God Shooter. Indeed, two Desert Worms were attacking a caravan of five wagons and hundreds of soldiers.

However, those two Desert Worms were special magical creatures of the desert, possessing the power of Great Knights. The soldiers in the caravan were mostly ordinary people, with the professionals ranking only second level.

Therefore, in a very short time, more than half of the caravan had been killed or injured.

Knight Robinson said, "It’s Desert Crown Thorns Worms, a formidable type of magical creature in the desert. Protect sir Ivita first."

Ivita was hesitating whether to rescue the beleaguered caravan.

Two Great Knight level Desert Worms would naturally be disregarded by him.

But helping others for no reason at all could easily put him in danger.

For example, if he killed those two Desert Worms, who knew if it would attract their kin?

As Ivita was wavering, it seemed that the opposing caravan noticed them too. A young girl with silver-white hair, probably around eighteen, wearing a white dress, came running toward them, protected by two attendant knights.

The girl had blue eyes and looked very sunny.

She waved to Ivita and said, "Sir, I am also a candidate for the heir of the Iron Crown, I come from the Posztan Kingdom, please save me!"

"Please, once I return home, I will arrange a reward for you."

The next moment, her pupils dilated, her cheeks were stained with blood, and the two soldiers beside her had been reduced to pulp. The two Desert Worms killed her guards, and were now targeting her.

The girl closed her eyes in despair, believing she was doomed.

However, she waited for a long time, but did not feel any pain.

Opening her eyes, she found that the two Desert Worms, each around a hundred meters long, had now shrunk to the size of earthworms, slowly crawling on the sand dune.

Ivita stood beside her, looking down at the two earthworm-like Desert Worms, which seemed to realize something was wrong and were desperately trying to escape in opposite directions.

But their speed was now too slow. After crawling for several minutes, they were still moving on the sand dune in front of Ivita...

’You can just use Magic of Law to reduce their size.’ Ivita thought, ’I just wanted to try it, but it really worked. Now I don’t have to worry about the smell of blood attracting the attention of Desert Worms.’

"Um... Thank you." The silver-haired girl looked at Ivita, who was still staring at the shrinking worms and hadn’t glanced at her, and said awkwardly, "My name is Guli Xieti Cap. You can call me Guli Xieti. I am the youngest daughter of a small noble family called the Cap Family."

"I just thought I was surely going to die, after all, it would be perfectly normal if you didn’t save me. Thank you," said Ivita.

Guli Xieti Cap replied: "I am really grateful to you."

"What is your name?"

Ivita did not answer her question, instead asking, "How did you know that I am also a candidate for the Iron Crown’s inheritance?"

Cap replied: "Well, the only people who could go deeper into the Lombardy Duchy at this point are those of such status. A few days ago, I would still encounter refugees fleeing from the depths of the Duchy to the border, but I haven’t come across any in the past few days."

Ivita looked at her with a strange expression. "With your family’s power, do you still want to get involved with the Iron Crown? Luck only if you are, you would have been killed by two wild magical creatures just now. I suggest you leave here now while you still can."

At this point, Knight Robinson and the Hearthstone Witch and others also arrived.

Guli Xieti Cap smiled bitterly and made a praying gesture. "I am blessed by the God of All Things to have met you. My family can’t resist the temptation of the Iron Crown. My family is just an ordinary Viscount’s family, and I am someone without the right to inherit. So... faced with such great temptation, we can only risk it."

"Who knew...that we would end up in a situation like this. I have now abandoned my naive thoughts, but in order to repay your kindness, I’m willing to follow you. I believe you need me. I was born with a special ability, a particularly good sense of direction. In the desert, my ability is necessary."

Ivita looked at her strangely. "Can women also inherit?"

Cap continued praying as she faced the questioning of Knight Robinson and others, saying: "Yes, some can. The Lombardy Duchy uses the inheritance law of the ancient civilization. Though male inheritance takes precedence, female inheritance follows only after males, so it is not without the right to inherit. But if the Iron Crown of Lombardy were to adopt the inheritance law of the Holy Gold Rose Empire, it would be a different story. In the Empire’s law, women have no right to inherit and can’t hold property."

The Hearthstone Witch whispered to Ivita: "After entering the desert, finding the right direction can be quite tricky. It requires constant divination. If what this girl says is true, she may be able to help me. My Lord, you need not worry. She is a woman and her right to inheritance falls hundreds of places behind yours."

"You don’t need to worry about her causing you any trouble. If worse comes to worst, we can just kill her once she has outlived her usefulness."

"We can curse her in advance."

Ivita subtly nodded at the Hearthstone Witch, signaling her to preemptively put a curse on this strange noblewoman to prevent any tricks.

Ivita then said to her: "Alright. You can stay with us temporarily to see how things play out, but I warn you, I won’t give you much consideration. If you want to leave the Lombardy Duchy now, you can go."

Cap grimaced. "My family’s private army is already defeated. Where would I find the face to return home? We overestimated our capacity, involved ourselves in such a matter with such modest family assets. But the temptation... it’s like a mountain of gold falling from the sky, nearly impossible to resist."

The Hearthstone Witch walked over, looked at her kindly, and patted her shoulder. "Don’t be heartbroken. I will take care of you on this journey. Here, have some water. You must be thirsty in the desert, drink up."

Cap took it with a grateful face and took a few hefty swigs. "You are... kind."

The Hearthstone Witch said to her, "Of course. I was a doctor for decades, I love healing and saving people. Unless it is a terminal illness, all patients will survive under my care, I never fail."

Cap looked at the Hearthstone Witch with newfound respect.

Meanwhile, the others showed strange expressions.

Ivita said to them, "Let’s get moving, this place isn’t safe and we shouldn’t linger for too long."

The group continued to venture deeper into the desert. Half an hour later, they saw a line of daunting cavalry troops appearing from afar. These cavalrymen lacked any vitality, their entire bodies covered in black armor. Behind the eye spaces of their bucket-shaped iron helmets were eerie green eyes.

As these cavalrymen passed by Ivita and Cap, they turned their heads to glance at them, and then this army of the dead vanished into the distance at an incredible speed.

Ivita only heard the leading black knight say two sentences.

’So it is - a candidate for inheritance...’

’Off to annihilate the Sun Heresy...’