Isekai Adventure in the Dimensional Cube-Chapter 1184 - 868: The Curse in the Bloodline

Very soon, Yanifet brought Reiger to their destination.

It was on the other side of the ice village, another cave opposite the Stalactite Cave.

This cave was as large as the previous Stalactite Cave, if not faintly larger.

However, there were no stalactites scattered around inside this cave, only rows of... tombstones.

"... Is this a graveyard?"

Looking at the tombstones, Reiger slowly spoke.

"Yes." Yanifet nodded indifferently, as if the sight in front of her had nothing to do with her, and said: "The history of the Tistis tribe can be traced back to the extinction period of the ancient magic civilization eleven thousand years ago. As survivors, they embarked on a long journey, crossed the continent’s perilous terrain, and finally arrived here."

"Since then, the Tistis tribe has reproduced here generation after generation, and those who died were buried here, resting with the ice and snow."

"This graveyard you’re seeing now, in terms of years it has been through, is not far behind any ancient relic found across the continent."

Yanifet spoke while walking into the graveyard on her own.

"Isn’t this strange?"

Reiger followed Yanifet, looked at the rows of tombstones, and after a while suddenly furrowed his brows and said.

"There are many tombstones here, but the area of the village outside is actually not big, logically it shouldn’t house too many people."

"But after the Tistis family came to this land, it’s been at least ten thousand years, no matter how you look at it, they shouldn’t have only a small number of people living in such a tiny village."

"Doesn’t this defy common sense?"

Reiger had doubts in this regard.

You see, the Hidden Land also began its reproduction around the same period, the last remnants of the ancient magic civilization were sent there, and after eleven thousand years, it has now formed an astonishing population size.

Ivory and Leo had told Reiger some information about the Hidden Land.

There, although there are no forces like countries, there are twelve major cities, forty-eight affiliated cities, one hundred and eight towns, and over a thousand villages.

Among them, the population of twelve major cities is over a million each, while the forty-eight affiliated cities have an average population of several hundred thousand each, and with many towns and villages, the total population of the Hidden Land is at least tens of millions, nearly a hundred million.

This is even though historically many people had left the Hidden Land to reproduce and live on the Akasha continent.

In other words, the people on the Akasha continent actually trace their origins back to the Hidden Land.

And what is the population of the entire Akasha continent?

Just the Kingdom of Ginas alone has a population of over ten million.

This population size is already very astonishing, after all, this world is not like the modern one in Reiger’s previous life, comparatively peaceful; here, countries are constantly at war with each other, not to mention numerous countries have been annihilated in history, in battles, at least tens of thousands die, if a strategic-level magician appears on the battlefield, a strategic-level magic spell can burn hundreds of thousands to ashes in an instant, leaving them dead beyond dead.

Not to mention, in this world, people kill and fight each other, there are bandits rampaging in the wild, and slave traders capturing people randomly, the annual death rate is indeed very high.

Combined with differences in living conditions and cultural differences, the fertility rate isn’t high, except for nobles who can irresponsibly reproduce, others can only get by; in the Akasha continent, having a large country with tens of millions of people is already considered numerous.

And these populations were all reproduced over the eleven thousand years after the extinction of the ancient magic civilization.

Eleven thousand years is an exceedingly long period of time.

This period used for reproduction and living easily allows for a population explosion to astonishing levels.

So, even considering the world’s differences, high mortality rates due to wars and battles, and other factors, a tribe with a history tracing back to eleven thousand years ago like the Tistis family shouldn’t be reduced to such a small number of people.

It’s hard to judge now, this tribe has mostly integrated into the kingdom, possibly having a significant population already.

But several centuries before integrating into the kingdom, the Tistis tribe had gone through at least ten thousand years, how could there only be a village that can house about a thousand people?

It’s clearly unreasonable.

"..."

Hearing Reiger’s words, Yanifet stopped, turned around and looked at him.

Reiger immediately met Yanifet’s gaze, his eyes filled with doubt.

After several seconds, Yanifet shifted her gaze away.

"There’s no harm in telling you." Yanifet’s tone turned as cold and indifferent as it was at the beginning, saying: "The newborns of the Tistis family are not as many as you think."

"On the contrary, the offspring they can bear are few, usually only one, at most two, and only when a miracle happens will there be three."

"This is mainly due to two reasons."

Yanifet spoke in a low voice.

"The first reason is the bloodline."

Bloodline?

Reiger furrowed his brows even more.

"Since you know Reinnaier, you might also know that the bloodline of that heroic family is extremely extraordinary." Yanifet said indifferently: "This family is very much favored by the ’gods’, and every once in a while, someone will appear who, like their ancestors, can step on the stairs of light to gain great power."