Chapter 200 - What He Saw

"Like I said, what the predecessor had wanted the ability to see into the future for was so that he would be able to manipulate things to work out for him so either he could escape being under constant watch or somehow be able to cause the prodigy which had brought the fall off the original kingdom the most gruesome death. Either of those options would have been fine for the predecessor to accept. He would have been okay with dying after that. However due to his increased power and ability to increase his magical powers at an extreme rate, the predecessor to the old man which gave Julius the pill that made prince much stronger than he was originally intended to be had made quite the realization. Not only could he look into the near future but also many years ahead as well. At first it was only small glimpse of the far future in which he saw destruction and an unbeatable army. At first he thought it was memories of the Great War, however as the days are passed and the visions continued to increase in detail, the predecessor realized that the destruction in his visions were much worse than the one he was to go through the Great War. Just to put that into perspective, he had just gone though the war which was recorded to be the worst one in all of history. For him to claim that there would be a war even worse than that which he just experienced was completely outrageous. No one would believe him, not even for a second. The predecessor knew this for a fact which was why he decided on an alternative solution. Instead of actually telling the people of his time about what he found, he decided to come up with a way to transport the message about ten upcoming war over 200 years into the future," Duke-Drake continued to enlighten Julius with the story of how his life was planned.

"Of course there was no actual way for the predecessor to somehow pass down the knowledge of what he learned to multiple people as it continued through that group for many years to come. In all truth, not many people from the original kingdom survived the Great War. Most of them had died in the war and those who were lucky to survive took their own life as they rather die than live under the rule of the same person that brought on their doom. The reason why the predecessor had stayed was because he still wanted to get revenge for his kingdom. However seeing as there was a much bigger threat coming up, he completely forgot about his plan to exact his revenge and put all of his focus on coming up with a plan to stop all that destruction. Nevertheless, he would have to do it alone since there was no one who he could trust," Duke-Drake continued to speak.

"Although he might have been alone, there was one loophole for the predecessor to actually get some assistance with his plan and actually make his job a lot easier. That being to have children of his own. Of course it would be difficult for him to actually have children since he was labeled a demon due to him being from the original kingdom which was the enemy of all the 9 kingdoms. As such, not only would he have to find a spouse but also manage to have a child so that he could pass on his information off to them and they could do the same to their children. As such, creating a path until the job could be passed on to the final member of their family and the 200 year quest would come to an end with everything being set to stop the destruction," Duke-Drake continued.

"Although he thought that the hardest part of his journey would be to find a spouse but that was far from the truth as it took him only a couple months to accomplish that goal while also considering that he was under constant watch by the guards of the kingdom. Next was having a child. For his goal, all he needed was a single child to which he did manage to bring upon the world. He along with his spouse managed to raise the child for about 2 years before they had brought a conclusion to their marriage as the predecessor only used his wife for the child and was never emotionally available to her. The most devastating part about this for the predecessor was that he wouldn't be able to pass on his information onto his son. However he wouldn't give up that easily as he already had invested too much into his plan," Duke-Drake continued to speak.

"After waiting 10 years after he and his wife had gotten divorced, the predecessor chased after her and killed her after he killed the guards which watched over him. On the few days he was getting hunted down by all 9 kingdoms, the predecessor spent all his time telling all the information he knew to his child. He didn't spare any details as it was essential that he passed on that information into his son. However after constant attempts at making his son memorize everything and still failing, the predecessor gave up and instead came up with another plan to achieve his goal. That being to write that information into a book and giving it to his son so that he could read it when he was ready. After the predecessor finished this, he went back to the kingdom he left and told the guards that he killed his son so that they wouldn't hunt him. In the end, the predecessor gave his life to save the future generations as he saw something that no one else did. That being the rebuilding of the 10th kingdom if everything worked out. If that was the reward for all his hard work, the predecessor was glad to do it as many times as possible. As for his child, he passed on the information to his child and his child did the same until the book reached the old man. However I might be boring you. Why don't you take a look at it for yourself," said Duke-Drake as he forced a dusty brown book to appear from nothing and tossed it to Julius at which the book opened to a page on its own.. After opening, Julius decided to give it a read.