Chapter 168 - 163. The Blood of Heroes
In the history book, there were sixteen well-known names during the age of the apocalypse. Names like [Caishen], which belonged to the Federation’s President, or [Mallarc]. Names that surfaced with the merit of preserving the civilization during the era of chaos. Names of Heroes.
But inside the old book that old Houses like the Mallarc had, where more detailed information about the era was archived, the names that came up were more than that. But those names vanished along with time; they were either lost in history as the persons did not leave a legacy behind, or getting crushed under the changes of the era. There were also those who were getting purged by others, those that lost their way, and those that lose power because of internal struggle.
House Ishtera was one of them.
Radia, who had been listening to the whole conversation happening in Mimera, had immediately gone through his family’s old archive. As someone blessed with perfect memorization, he remembered the name he read once when he flipped through old books in the main mansion’s library.
But it had been so long, decades, probably more than a century since the name of Ishtera had significance. They were prominent during the early new age, as the House protector of honorary Saintess for the Temple of Freyja, which was located near where the headquarter of the Sentinel Association now stood.
And then something happened internally, which the writer mentioned to be [...A split of principal ideology between the main clan and the vassals]. The main clan, the House of Ishtera, was exiled from their own estate, and drowned into obscurity.
It was clear now that the Templar of Arms Master was referring to this clan. It was an organization formed by Arlan Ishtera and the members of his group during the age of apocalypse. With the House of Ishtera as the pillar and five other subsidiary families, they continued the movement faithfully until the split happened. A betrayal from four subsidiary families, where they poisoned the main clan and almost erased the House of Ishtera from the continent.
"Well, obviously they did not succeed," Radia commented as he scanned the old book’s page into his digital archive.
While the Ishtera was indeed severely weakened, they managed to build their force again, and launched enough attack to smuggle out the honorary ’Saintess’, although it ended up with her disappearance. And just after they recovered the descendant of the missing Saintess, they were purged once more. And yet...