878 Four Pillars: Full Circle (7)

Hearing those words come out of Vaughn's mouth, Valyr looked at the man with a hint of disbelief as a couple thoughts surfaced in his mind.

"Wait, but aren't the ones usually called Heralds nowadays come from…?"

"The Zeihardt clan, yes." Looking back at Valyr, Vaughn nodded in response.

"As you can see, my blood has given those humans made through Operation Hope a greater level of strength. For the Heralds, the reason why they have greater strength is because they have a greater amount of my blood in their system."

"With that, as the founder of the Zeihardt clan, more of my blood flows through the descendants, which leads to every member of the Zeihardt clan boasting a greater level of strength than the common populace."

"Every once in a while, a member of the Zeihardt clan would inherit a far greater portion of my blood, far more than the Heralds that I've made."