The Legacy System

But even then, he couldn't help but show a tough front, as he said,

"So, what!? I was bound to disappear anyway, now I am going to take you down with me! Since you want to make me disappear, you can only come with me!"

The truth was that Eric was doomed, either way, the only difference between the two was that one option made him die in the future, and the second option sent him towards his death now.

Hearing that claim, even the Legacy System was unable to come up with some convincing motive, or reason to convince him otherwise.

Since this was only one of the 9 parts that completed the Divine Artifact, it contained only 1/9 of its normal conscience and spirit power.

That was also the reason why its apparent age and its voice belonged to a young kid, and not the usual voice it should have.

Normally the Legacy System would slowly suck the aura, and soul power of the user and the people he killed, or the object he passed to the system by his own will.

Of course, the Legacy System could force its Host to hand over a treasure and suck its aura, but the level of interference was too high, and the Universal Laws or the Heavens wouldn't allow it.

If it still decided to proceed forward then it should be ready to face the wrath of Heavens and go through the worst luck possible, as the Heavens would try to remove it, like some sort of cancer.

It was exactly for that reason that the Legacy System was unable to take that Dragon Egg from Eric's hands and consume its aura.

So even though it was a Divine Artifact it still had its own limitations. Not to mention that Eric had partial ownership of the Divine Artifact as well.

Furthermore, at the same time the soul inhabiting inside the Divine Artifact, or the voice of the Legacy System normally should have the power to reverse the scales on Eric.

But the time travel it had performed with Eric on tow, had consumed much more energy than it had thought.

Even after the trip to Africa where Eric managed to collect quite a bit of aura and spirit power for her was only enough to delay this damn stupid decision that Eric had just taken.

Even though the Legacy System, or to be more exact the true owner of the Legacy System was the Master in their relationship, and it could suck Eric whenever it wanted, his conscience sea was his.

In simpler words, Eric had embraced his Master that could not leave him and activated the bomb attached to his body. Like this, they were both destined to die without any remains.

The highest pressure at this time, fell upon the true owner of his Legacy System though, as the strength, age, and importance of both lives were truly different.

One was a candle that was about to die, while the other was a candle that had stormed all different kinds of weather, and it most probably had a mission in its life.

This didn't mean that Eric's desire and mission were lacking in any form compared to that lady, in fact, it was precisely due to that that Eric had to do this.

In the situation he was, even if he reached the peak of the food chain, he was bound to be nothing more than a slave, or a servant, and he didn't like that.

What kind of shitty peak was that he was just a snake thinking he was a dragon. So, he had to change this damned situation, even if it meant risking his life.

It wasn't like this was going to be the first time he risked his life anyway, so he was extremely determined, and resolved about his choice.

The best part about this was that he didn't have to express all these thoughts out loud for the owner of the Legacy System to hear about, as she clearly had access to everything.

Just as he expected, the owner of the Legacy System seemed to become even more enraged as it read his thoughts, and feelings at the moment, as it started screaming,

"You lunatic! Madman! Stupid! Bastard! Piece of Shit! How dare you!? Damn bastard…!"

She continued like that for some time, but soon realized that the more this continued, the more endangered it felt, and the more troublesome it became.

After the Soul Clone took over, she could easily destroy Eric's remaining Soul Avatar and enter a relationship with the Soul Clone, but she didn't know what kind of personality it would have.

Not that it mattered much to her, but with the thoughts and memories left by Eric it might try to attack, and destroy her, or overpower and it would have to destroy her gathered the strength to fight.

Then it would have to wait for God knows how much time to find another soul it could profit upon. There was Ren Jia, but she was bound to Eric through a soul slave contract.

She was going to die the moment that Eric died, which meant that it would have to wait for quite some time, furthermore, the story had changed now, and she didn't know how it would proceed.

Even though she had seen Eric's memories, and had a vague idea, it was still impossible to judge the situation at the moment.

So, it had no other option, but to try and relax, as it asked Eric with a frightening voice,

"What do you want to make this stop!? Do you want to stop the evolvement? I can promise you that, just stop this madness!"

If this were before all this happened, Eric might have accepted that condition, but now everything was different.

Not only had he been forced to use his plan in advance, but he had also learned the existence of that powerful Soul inside the Legacy System.

There was no way in hell that was enough, as that was just giving himself more time to grow fatter, only to be devoured by her later.

With her smarts and wits, it was impossible for her to fall again for the same trick, and suffer like this, so he was ready with his new request,

"I want an Equals-Contract!

I want us to share the same fate, either we die, or we rule the food chain! I want you to be my Empress and share weal and woe with me!"

His words were arrogant and too far for him to even think about, but there was some strange feeling of confidence in them. He truly believed what he said!

As for that last part it came out as a true surprise not only for the owner of the Legacy System but even for himself.

He didn't understand why he said something like that, but thinking in a wider perspective wasn't the owner of one of the Divine Artifacts the best choice for him as an Empress?

Furthermore, they would even have an Equals Contract binding them to each other, which made things look even more probable.

Not to mention that her strength, level, knowledge, and abilities were so high above him. It was crazy, truly insane, but he had faith in himself to achieve something like that.

His words left the owner of his Legacy System shocked, confused, and startled for a moment, as she started laughing out loud the next,

"Hhaahhaha~! Don't overstep your boundaries worm! What makes you think that you are worthy of that contract and me?

Let me tell you this, you might think that you are progressing quickly with the help of the Divine Artifact, but in the Origin World, this is considered as pathetic!

Stop dreaming!"

Eric had expected those words, but still, it didn't mean that her words didn't pierce his heart. The truth was that even he was unable to understand why.

Yet, since he had decided on his path, then he would walk his path until the end, and even if his path was blocked, he would just destroy the blocks, and walk further ahead.

Even though he knew that the lady owner could read his thoughts and his memories, he still decided to state them out loud as he said,

"Hahahaha~! I don't give a shit about that! The Origin World is the Origin World, and I am I!

So, what if I am pathetic now!? So, what if my strength is just the start!? So, what if I can be killed at any moment!?

As long as I have my will and determination, I will always find a way to fix my shortcomings, and one day reach the peak.

I want to look at the whole Universe with disdain, even if I have to die thousands, or millions of times to achieve that.

I will just become an unkillable roach, that will never give up on his will and determination!

I decide my own fate!"

Even though Eric's words looked like the mnemonics of a madman or a lunatic, they carried a strange feeling of determination, confidence, and strong resolve.

The owner lady of the Legacy System couldn't help but be surprised at those words, and at that feeling, as she thought that perhaps he was truly the one to help her.

But she wouldn't accept him that easily either, so she asked with a sneer,

"What if I am the ugliest woman in the whole Universe, what if I have to fight the whole Origin World and the whole Universe!?"

The result of her questions though seemed to be a maniac out-loud laughter from Eric even though the pain in his conscience sea was growing endlessly…