The Legacy System

His choice was clearly NO but the Legacy System clearly didn't accept it, as it only started spawning the same question again, and again.

!!! Warning! The Legacy System has detected that the Host has met all the requirements for evolving to Realm 2!

In order for the Host to evolve to Realm 2, the Host needs to deepen the connection with the Legacy System!

Would the Host agree to the deeper merge and evolvement!? YES/NO

The more Eric selected NO in the system's interface, the more spam it appeared in front of him, making him feel even more certain of the fact that the Legacy System didn't have good intentions.

Understanding that Eric couldn't help but feel a weird cold chill run on his back, as he felt extremely lucky to not have succumbed to the Legacy System previously.

But now the situation was extremely complicated, as he felt like he had no other option but to face the Legacy System in front of him, even though he didn't feel that his winning chances were high.

After all, he was going to fight against a mysterious, and powerful divine artifact, that the Immortals and Divines would kill and destroy in order to place their hands upon it.

It wasn't something simple, no matter how one looked at it, so it was more than expectant of Eric to feel frightened and a bit worried as this happened.

As if that wasn't enough, there was also a time window in front of him the next moment, that read.

! IF the Host doesn't select an answer in 5 minutes, then the choice would be taken as YES!

He didn't feel like the system had the strength to do something like that, because if it did, then he wouldn't have asked in the first place.

Which meant that the timing thing was just a way to make him feel more desperate and try to take advantage of the situation.

But still, he couldn't take his chances in this situation, so he could only as Ren Jia with a weak voice,

"Take me out of her and send me to the entrance of the tunnel! Quick I can't explain it to you now!"

Ren Jia was extremely startled and surprised by her Master's weird request, but hearing the urgency of his voice, she didn't dare tarry any longer and immediately did as she was told.

She swiftly but carefully took him out of the bathtub, without caring about the smell coming from his body, and the fact that he was completely naked, and she brought him to the entrance of the tunnel.

She had no idea why Eric was asking or doing something like this, but there was no other option for her as she could only do as she said.

Eric didn't have any time to explain to her what was going on, as he felt that his time was ticking, and the opportunities of him escaping this crazy undertaking alive were extremely slim.

He had no time to lose, he had already alarmed his Separation Soul Puppet to appear at the entrance of the tunnel, and the moment he passed the entrance it appeared in front of him.

It didn't stay outside for more than an instance as it directly shot towards Eric's head and entered his conscience sea.

Normally something like this wouldn't be that easy, but this piece of soul or clone was basically a separation or a clone of Eric.

So, the origin and roots of this clone were coming from his original soul avatar, so it was in a way his identical twin, and the defenses of his conscience sea wouldn't work against him.

It was the same as passing through the security of two people with the same identical fingerprints, eye retinas, etc.

Inside his conscience sea at this moment Roy's Soul Avatar seemed to be in quite the precarious situation, as he seemed to be under some big oval rock.

But not only that but there were also two thick chains coming out of the big oval rock-like structure, with one of them tied to Roy's soul avatar while the second was trying to be tried.

Still, there seemed to be some kind of energy, or strength that was trying its best to stop that chain from tying around Roy's soul avatar.

His whole conscience sea seemed to be in a state of alertness as if there would be the creation of a storm at any moment, but there was no intent against that big oval rock.

The Soul Separation or the Soul Clone didn't understand much what was going on at first, but he shared the same memories and thoughts as Roy's soul avatar, so it realized everything quickly.

Not only that, but he also was able to understand some code that only he and the original could understand, making the soul clone quite agitated.

Without losing time, the soul clone quickly understood the message and also what he had to do, as it directly started taking control of Roy's conscience sea.

Normally a Soul Clone would always be under the influence of the original, as the original was the source, and once it cut his charging root, then the soul clone would dissipate.

The only way possible that a Soul Separation of Soul Clone had to surpass the original and take control of its body, was to take control of the conscience sea and replace the original Soul Avatar.

Previously Eric had been thinking of creating a new body for his Soul Clone and then using all his resources to groom that Clone of his before trying to get rid of the original body.

But now that plan had gone to waste, as the connection between him and the system would become deeper, and he could feel that it wasn't a connection of equals.

It was like his soul avatar shuddered in the thought of being tied by more of those chains, that seemed to be draining him of his Spirit Energy.

He couldn't allow something like that to happen, so he had been forced to think of his backup plan.

Since his Soul Clone was basically him, and it wasn't connected to the Legacy System, then he could use it to take control of his conscience sea, and refine his soul coupled with his Legacy System.

Like this not only would he be able to retake control of himself, but also keep the system under his control.

The moment that the soul clone started to take control of Eric's conscience sea though, he heard a troubled, and angry woman voice pierce through his conscience,

"What the hell are you trying to do!?"

Eric already knew that this divine artifact didn't belong to him yet and that most probably was hiding some mysterious and powerful being inside, but he didn't expect it to be a woman.

And even more so to be a childish one, as by the voice he could tell that she was extremely young, if he wasn't mistaken, she should be around 15 or 16 years old.

He had expected her to be some old thing with bushy white eyebrows, or wrinkles all over its face, and an ancient deep voice, but now he couldn't help but feel shocked at what he had heard.

But thinking about this deeper, he thought that most probably this was the Legacy System's tactic to make him befuddled and then catch him in surprise, so he didn't stop but proceeded even further.

His Soul Clone or Soul Separation was just born, so no matter what it would try it would be impossible for it to fight against the original inside the conscience sea.

But the problem was that while the Soul Clone was doing something like that, Eric was trying his best to bear the pain, and let his conscience sea taken away.

After all, no matter how strong a fighter is, if he decided to let himself in the hands of his opponent without taking any action of protecting himself, at the end of the day he would end up dead.

The pain and suffering would be certainly great, but the end result shouldn't be different from what was expected.

The owner of the voice coming from his Legacy System seemed to have understood this, as it started screaming at him once again,

"Stop this immediately you madman! You lunatic! Are you trying to destroy both of us!?"

In fact, Eric didn't think that was he was doing would destroy both of them, as he felt that as long as he managed to achieve his plan, then his Soul Clone would take charge of this place.

Since this Soul Clone was from the same origin and root as him, then he should be the same person that he was, and he wouldn't cease to exist.

So, he didn't seem to be afraid as he answered to that voice, full of anger, and rage,

"So, what if I am? It should be much better than becoming your slave after all!? Since you leave me no other choice then we can only disappear both."

"You idiot! Do you think that things would be as easy as you think? Your Soul Clone certainly has the same roots as you, but the direction is different.

No matter how identical twins are, they always represent different entities! You are doomed to disappear with me for real!"

It was at that point that Roy understood that since his system and his Soul Avatar shared a connection then they could pry into each other's thoughts and memories.

So, it was weird for the Legacy System to understand his thoughts and intentions, but at the same time, his Legacy System had reminded him of something dangerous…