Gospel of Blood-Chapter 576 : Seal of Memory Restriction

Kraken looked at Charlotte with a hint of nervousness in his respectful voice, which also seemed to carry a trace of expectation and excitement.

Charlotte’s heart stirred slightly.

At the moment Kraken spoke, she noticed a subtle change in the residual ocean divine power within him, as if a pre-set divine spell had been activated.

Moreover, when the ocean divine power was activated, Charlotte sensed a familiar presence from its depths.

It was the aura of the origin power.

Just as Charlotte anticipated, the moment she sensed that faint change, an ancient text appeared in her vision.

『Gospel of Blood detected an ongoing divine ritual—』

『Ritual Name: Judgment of Truth』

『Caster: Ocean God Oceanus』

『Target: God Nyx – Charlotte de Castell』

『Effect: An origin divine spell co-created by the Ocean God Oceanus and □□□, it can discern all truths in the world. No lie can be hidden under this judgment spell. The current judgment content is the true identity of the target.』

『Interception Probability Judgment: Error…』

『Origin divine spell, cannot be intercepted…』

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Charlotte was slightly stunned.

An origin… divine spell?

Cannot be intercepted?

This was the first time her Divine Ritual Counter had encountered an uninterruptible spell, seemingly related to the origin power.

Additionally, the Gospel of Blood’s description of her had changed from Bloodborne Progenitor to God Nyx.

Charlotte understood the reason for this.

The Gospel of Blood was deeply connected to her faith network. With the increasing number of followers in the Nightshade Cult and Charlotte’s deliberate promotion, the title of God Nyx currently overshadowed Bloodborne Progenitor.

In this context, it was natural for the Gospel of Blood to prioritize the title of God Nyx.

What intrigued Charlotte more was the unnamed entity that couldn’t be displayed.

This was the second time she encountered an unnamed entity in the text materialized by the Gospel of Blood. The first time… was when it couldn’t display the name of Lilith, who had become Charlotte’s direct descendant.

A name the Gospel of Blood couldn’t show, possibly related to Oceanus, and co-creator of an origin power-based spell…

Could it be… Lilith as well?

But why would there be a specific spell left in Kraken to identify her identity activated when Kraken asked about “True Ancestor of Blood”?

It was clearly directed at her, or anyone claiming to be True Ancestor of Blood.

Could there be someone impersonating True Ancestor of Blood?

Charlotte was puzzled, but… this judgment couldn’t stump her.

Although she wasn’t the Bloodborne Progenitor of the original timeline, the history had “updated” now. In the current timeline, she… was the Bloodborne Progenitor!

Of course, considering she hadn’t completely merged with Lilith’s identity when crossing over, Charlotte decided to respond in the most prudent manner.

She nodded slightly and answered.

“If you mean the one who granted the first embrace to mortals in current history, founded the bloodbornes, and was in alliance with the Sea King Oceanus…”

“There should be no other existence besides me.”

A subtle divine fluctuation flashed in Kraken’s pupils.

His tense expression gradually relaxed, with nervousness replaced by excitement and joy.

To Charlotte’s surprise, Kraken suddenly prostrated himself, bowing as a servant would, his voice trembling with excitement.

“Great Eternal Night Monarch, Lord of Darkness, Progenitor of all Bloodbornes… The Servant of the Sea, Kraken, has finally awaited your return!”

Charlotte’s heart moved.

“Oh? You say you’ve been waiting for me? Is this Oceanus’ command?”

Kraken was momentarily taken aback, a hint of confusion crossing his eyes.

“My Lord’s… command?”

“My Lord… my Lord… Yes, this should be my Lord’s command…”

“No… no, this isn’t my Lord’s command?”

“My Lord… my Lord seems to have never given me such an order…”

“Wait… why… why did I say I’ve been waiting for you?”

Kraken muttered to himself, his gaze becoming lost.

Charlotte sensed a severe mental disturbance within him, as if he were plunging into some confusion.

Crimson divine power flickered slightly, Charlotte’s pupils gleaming with a touch of red-gold.

Divine power gently enveloped Kraken, calming his chaotic thoughts with a soothing mental spell.

“Don’t rush, think slowly.”

Kraken’s breathing was rapid.

His aura fluctuated wildly, his mental power in complete disarray, but… under the soothing influence of the blood divine power, he eventually calmed down.

“I apologize, great True Ancestor of Blood, for my earlier offense. The question you asked… I fear I cannot answer. I can’t recall if my Lord ever commanded me to wait for you, nor do I know if I was truly waiting for you. I just… I just…”

Kraken stammered, so nervous that his tentacles curled and trembled.

Looking at its confused and nervous expression, Charlotte’s heart stirred slightly.

“You just… naturally said those words based on some subconscious instinct, right?”

Kraken was taken aback, showing an expression as if asking how she knew, and eventually nodded its huge octopus head.

“It seems… it seems to be as you said. I’ve forgotten many things, and I… I’m not sure if I really received the order from my Lord to wait for you.”

“You’ve forgotten many things?”

Charlotte’s interest was piqued.

Kraken nodded honestly.

“Yes, I’ve forgotten many things. I only remember being my Lord’s servant, that my Lord’s conch can summon me. It seems I’ve been asleep for a long time, then was captured by someone, just as you said. I only escaped recently…”

Kraken seemed to fall into a reverie.

Charlotte sensed that the subtle fluctuations of the ocean divine power appeared again as Kraken recalled.

“Do you remember who captured you and what they did to you?”

Charlotte thought for a moment and asked again.

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Kraken fell into a reverie once more.

This time, its expression quickly turned pained, and its aura fluctuated.

“I… can’t remember. I just remember suddenly waking up, and by the time I came to my senses, I had already escaped.”

“Other than that… I can’t remember anything, not even where my Lord is or why my Lord’s temple turned out this way.”

As Kraken answered, Charlotte once again sensed the faint fluctuations of divine power.

However, the Divine Ritual Counter of the Gospel of Blood did not activate.

The fact that the counter didn’t react indicated it wasn’t a ritual spell.

Yet, there was still a divine power fluctuation…With that, there was only one possibility left.

Taking a deep breath, she sighed.

“Kraken, do you… trust me?”

Kraken was taken aback, then replied honestly.

“You are my Lord’s old friend, a sovereign standing at the pinnacle of the world. Compared to you, I am just an insignificant little octopus. You saved me and treated me so kindly. I… am willing to trust you.”

Charlotte nodded and then extended her right hand.

“If you trust me, then relax and let me examine your body and soul.”

“Examine my body and soul?”

Kraken hesitated for a moment before nodding and respectfully prostrating itself.

Charlotte channeled her divine power, enveloping Kraken’s body, while also merging her mental power, which had transformed into divine soul power.

As the divine soul power spread into Kraken’s vast body and probed its soul, Charlotte saw a glowing blue-gold trident emblem spinning continuously within Kraken’s soul.

This was… Oceanus’ mark!

Charlotte’s heart stirred slightly.

She wanted to observe further, but saw the emblem glow, releasing intricate divine power runes that formed a mythic restriction, wrapping around Kraken’s soul.

Indeed, it was a mythic restriction!

Charlotte instantly understood.

Unlike spells, mythic restrictions operate using mythic runes embedded with divine laws, which cannot be directly interfered with by external forces, and thus cannot be modified by Divine Ritual Counter.

However, during her three and a half years traversing history, Charlotte had learned much about mythic knowledge from Oceanus, including mythic runes.

She had the ability to decipher them.

This restriction was likely left by Oceanus, and it also seemed to involve the God who co-created the Judgment of Truth with Oceanus, as Charlotte also sensed the origin power.

The purpose of this restriction was likely to seal Kraken’s memories.

Of course, it could also be seen as protection.

Charlotte could guess why this restriction had remained until now, probably related to the origin power within it.

To break a restriction involving origin power, one would need to use origin power.

Although “Helios” also wielded origin power, not all origin powers are the same.

The origin power in this restriction was highly compatible with Charlotte’s, possibly even originating from the same source.

Charlotte could break it, but if “Helios” tried, it might trigger the restriction’s self-destruction.

“So… is that why Helios tried to control Kraken’s mind? The real goal should be to penetrate this restriction and access its memories, right? Is there something in Kraken’s memories that Helios needs?”

The divine spell to identify the True Ancestor of Blood.

A mythic restriction that for Charlotte was akin to an open-book test.

Charlotte couldn’t help but believe that Oceanus was trying to convey some crucial information to her from another timeline in a unique way.

And the information… was likely in Kraken’s memories.

However, Kraken’s soul was too weak, and Charlotte noticed many cracks, likely from forced attempts to break the restriction.

After a brief calculation, she realized that even if she wanted to break the restriction, she would have to wait until Kraken’s injuries were fully healed.

She withdrew and said,

“Kraken, I found a mythic restriction on you, likely left by Oceanus, sealing part of your memories.”

“Your body is too weak. To break the restriction, you need to heal first. Would you be willing to come with me and let me break the restriction once you’re healed?”

Kraken was momentarily stunned, thought for a while, then respectfully bowed again.

“Great True Ancestor of Blood…”

“In the field of mythic restrictions, few can compare to my Lord. Since you have a way to break the restriction, it is likely part of my Lord’s plan.”

“I… am willing to follow you back.”

…

After confirming the state of the Sea King Temple, Charlotte didn’t stay in the North Sea any longer.

She took Kraken into the alternate space of the Dark Night Castle and returned to the Starfall Kingdom.

Due to Kraken’s unique status and enormous size, finding a suitable place to heal would require some thought, and Charlotte intended to leave this to the Nez Clan.

Kraken’s soul injuries were severe, and souls are the hardest to heal. Even with Charlotte’s help, she estimated it would take at least half a year for complete recovery.

However, upon returning to Starfall City, Nice, who had exchanged identities with Charlotte, brought another piece of news.

“Lady Charlotte, Albrecht has come to see you again. He… seems to be in a hurry.”