Chapter 855 - 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.’"