Hero? Are You Worthy?
Chapter 201 - 138 Antia and Antasia (1)

Chapter 201: Chapter 138 Antia and Antasia (1)

Antia’s reaction stunned Qin Chu.

Since Antia had followed him, besides acting according to his commands, she mostly just appeared spontaneously in potentially dangerous situations to serve as a guard.

She was completely indifferent to everything in this world.

Initially, she would sit at the windowsill, gazing out at the city, but she soon lost interest. In this world, no one but Qin Chu mattered to Antia.

This was the first time she had asked Qin Chu to save someone... Although with Antia’s strength, she could have done it herself. However, Antia didn’t take action, instinctively following Qin Chu’s commands, doing nothing until Qin Chu ordered her to save someone.

Yet, in those deep blue eyes, Qin Chu could feel a plea.

Qin Chu stared at Antia and, after a few seconds, refocused on the battlefield.

Antasia Messfield!

Fiancée to Prince Lance.

This woman was so beautiful that Qin Chu felt even Prince Lance did not deserve her!

She was graceful and dignified, chosen by Wozworth from birth to be his son’s princess, simply waiting to reach adulthood to complete the wedding ceremony. Therefore, her education was different from that of ordinary noble girls, as she learned the etiquette of a princess, with loyalty and love for her husband ingrained in her heart.

Though she had never met him, she deeply loved the man who was destined to become her husband.

However, her deep feelings did not earn a reciprocal response; the very night she arrived at the Oville Royal City, during the welcoming banquet, she was publicly humiliated by Prince Lance, who even slapped her.

After gracefully apologizing, Antasia left the banquet scene and consumed Night Sleep Flowers to commit suicide late at night.

The woman destined to be an incomparable princess thus tragically perished.

As Qin Chu watched, he suddenly felt a peculiar sensation. Antasia’s face seemed strangely familiar to Antia’s.

Recalling what Antia had just said, Qin Chu’s pupils abruptly contracted: "Violet..."

"What is Antia’s full name?"

The National Guardian Valkyrie Antia, a legend propagated by the Empire, seemed deliberate. In these legends, only the name Antia appeared, never her full name.

Violet slightly narrowed her eyes, giving Qin Chu an answer, "Antia Messfield!"

Hisss!

Such malicious methods.

In an instant, Qin Chu’s body broke out in goosebumps.

He instantly understood, how diabolically and cruelly the Emperor of the Oville Empire from a thousand years ago had dealt with Antia.

This cruelty had persisted for a thousand years.

Antia was too powerful, so powerful that she instilled fear in the Emperor at the time. They crafted insidious methods, planting dreadful poison within Antia, then bound her with chains and burnt her in a ferocious fire. Lastly, they sealed Antia’s remains within a statue, inscribing a malicious seal to bind her soul.

And this was just a part of the Emperor’s schemes.

In name, he appointed the then head of the Meisfield family as a Grand Duke, the most prestigious noble next to the Emperor himself, yet he banished the Meisfield family to the far north where snow covered the skies.

The Emperor feared but also envied Antia’s power.

He hoped the Abshen Family would also possess such powerful warriors. He arranged his son to marry a woman from the Meisfield family, hoping to tap into the Meisfield family’s superior genetic legacy.

Backing his intentions with imperial authority and substantial military power, he forced unions between the Meisfield and Abshen families generation after generation. Before each imperial succession, the Meisfield family had to offer their finest girls.

This process lasted a thousand years.

Perhaps, the Meisfield family’s blood truly could pass on excellent traits. Throughout these thousand years, every Emperor of the Oville Empire, whether shrewd or incompetent, always stood at the pinnacle of Imperial power.

Even Wozworth was no exception.

And now, Antasia Messfield, a descendant of Antia, was to be sacrificed to Prince Lance like an offering.

Antia had saved this nation but brought a millennium of catastrophe upon her own family.

The thoughts of these great figures were indeed chillingly twisted.

Antia had long lost her memory and was almost entirely unresponsive to almost everything in this world. She became interested in Qin Chu because he embodied the strength of life.

Her reaction to Antasia was perhaps purely based on the power within their shared bloodline.

Qin Chu’s eyelids dropped as he stepped forward: "Antia, go ahead and do it."

Instantly, for the first time, a flicker of joy appeared on Antia’s usually eerily calm face; her eyes brightened remarkably.

At that very moment, amidst the battlefield, the Assassin’s leader still wore a mocking smile, watching the guard whose movements were growing slower and who was accumulating more injuries, continuously eroding their will to fight with his words: "Surrender, and at least die a swift death."

"No one is coming to save you; your deaths are already sealed."

"If you surrender obediently, perhaps we’ll let Her Highness die a little more dignified. Otherwise, with over fifty of our brothers here, I can’t guarantee what state Her Highness will end up in... heh heh heh..."