As soon as the Human Emperor Banner came out, I became the Lord of the Old Ones

Chapter 2: Age of Heroic Spirits
The next half second seemed as long as half a minute.

Xu Yan saw Snake Queen raised her plump red lips, with a subtle surprise and mockery in her eyes.

She even hummed softly.

It seemed like praising Xu Yan's courage.

"call out!"

The scalpel blade cut a nearly perfect silver arc.

It was only half an inch away from Snake Princess's carotid artery.

Snake Princess's right leg, which was tightly wrapped in black high stockings, disappeared from its original position, but arrived first and stood upright above Xu Yan's head.

Before moving her legs, she even took off her high heels leisurely.

"Snapped!"

Xu Yan felt that Snake Queen drove the car towards his face.

From the face to the chest to the lower abdomen, he was crushed, entangled and strangled by a giant black python!

"puff!"

He flew backwards, blood spurting out, and collapsed to the ground.

"Dr. Hyde, are you looking down on me?"

Snake Princess spoke, her deep, hoarse voice filled with a magical power that could draw people to a flame. "What makes you think a mere 'D-rank Erosion Spirit' can harm me?"

Her questioning sent chills down everyone's spine.

"Please forgive my recklessness."

Dr. Hyde hurriedly wheeled forward, manipulating the mechanical spider to clamp down on Xu Yan's calf. "I'll slice E-41 and study it, and figure out the secret of 'Echo Land No. 232' as soon as possible."

"Don't be in a hurry, take your time."

Snake Princess put her high heels back on. "Cut it more carefully... huh?"

She raised her eyebrows and looked at Xu Yan in surprise.

Xu Yan collapsed on the ground, and heard a strange "cracking" sound from his body again.

Under everyone's astonished gaze, he struggled to get up.

His calves were locked by the mechanical spider's bladed limbs, and every struggle resulted in several more wounds, spurting out a large amount of blood.

But he seemed to have lost his sense of pain and would not hesitate even if it meant breaking his calf.

"and many more--"

Snake Princess's deep eyes were filled with subtle ripples.

She waved her hand to stop Dr. Hyde's action, "Let me see, what exactly does this little guy want to do?"

Xu Yan's eyes were blank and his face was confused.

He seems to have lost consciousness and is driven entirely by instinct.

His chest rose and fell rapidly, and there was a hoarse sound deep in his throat.

He stretched out his hands very stiffly, as if groping in the void, a mission more important than life.

"Even if..."

Xu Yan spoke, his voice hoarse and resonant as iron, "Even if this world is doomed, we will fight until the last day of destruction!"

Snake Princess, Dr. Hyde, and the surrounding Black Dream members all changed their expressions at the same time.

"Black Dream Oath!"

Dr. Hyde was incredulous. "Even though he's been corrupted by the Old Ones, he still remembers the organization's creed?"

"interesting."

Snake Queen's gaze was like two venomous snakes, crawling over Xu Yan. "He doesn't even have a guardian spirit, but with his flesh and blood body, he was able to break through the defenses of three battle spirit masters. This little guy has a strong desire to fight, and he also has such a firm belief..."

"Lord Snake Princess!"

Dr. Hyde and the mechanical spider rubbed their hands together excitedly. "His research is very valuable. Give me three hours, and I will find the source of his strength and faith!"

"Long live Black Dream!"

Xu Yan's eyes were bloodshot, and he roared like a wild beast, "No matter how terrible the price, the Black Dream Organization will definitely save this world!"

"No hurries?"

His unspeakable loyalty made Snake Princess change her mind. "Let him live for now. We'll still have a chance to uncover the secret of Echoes of the Past No. 232. If that doesn't work, we can slice him up and study him after we evacuate. He has a self-destruct chip implanted in him anyway, so he can't escape our grasp."

"...Yes." Dr. Hyde lowered his head, hiding the desire in his eyes.

Xu Yan's legs went limp and he fell at Snake Queen's feet, seemingly fainting.

……

Inside the enclosed medical cabin surrounded by steam pipes.

Xu Yan immersed himself in the churning medical potion, quietly pondering his situation.

The scattered fragments of memory told him that this was a magical world.

Civilization originally developed peacefully, just like the Earth.

Until a sailor who was stranded on a desert island after a storm picked up a ring engraved with ancient runes.

He summoned from the ring an old man with white hair and beard, wearing a star wizard robe.

The old man came from an ancient time even more distant than the ancient times when people ate raw meat and drank blood.

The ancient civilization was once brilliant and powerful enough to touch the sun, moon and stars.

But it cannot resist the erosion of time.

Towers, palaces, thrones, swords, dragons and beliefs have all turned into the dust of history and disappeared into nothingness over the long years.

Only the old man's residual soul remains to protect the flame of civilization and escape the pursuit of endless years.

The sailor signed a contract with the old man and created the first guardian spirit of this world.

Ten years later, he became the king of the world.

In the following hundred years, more residual souls, more old grandfathers in the rings, and more ancient civilizations that had been lost for thousands of years appeared like a blowout.

Rings, oil lamps, swords, armor, ruins, mechanical wreckage, and even the unfathomable crevices created by mountains, rivers, and earthquakes, all gushed out a mysterious glow.

More and more people have awakened their spirituality, signed contracts with the remaining souls of the past, and become extraordinary professionals - spirit masters.

At the beginning, humans were at a disadvantage.

All he could do was wait for the remnant of his past to appear and utter those familiar words: "Young man, I see you have a remarkable skeleton..."

Then, he bowed down at the feet of the remnant soul and followed its instructions in every move.

To some extent, humans have become puppets of the residual souls.

The remaining souls of the past have become the creators of new history.

However, mankind's vision of the future cannot be forever bound by the past.

Humans, unwilling to be under the control of others for a long time, start a game with the remaining souls of the past, striving to sign a more equal contract.

The two sides have been fighting for hundreds of years.

As the spirit master gained a deeper understanding of the nature of the old souls.

Humans have learned to take the initiative.

Scan, capture, seal, strengthen, transform, and manipulate.

He completely became the master of the remaining souls of the past, a true "Master".

The tide of the times rolls forward, and the art of sealing and controlling spirits continues to develop.

Rings, oil lamps, swords used to store residual souls thousands of years ago, as well as the "Demon Sealing Array" which occupies a huge area and is extremely complex to operate.

It has gradually evolved into a unified standard, easy to operate, compact and portable, plug-and-play "seal card", which has entered thousands of households.

No matter the old grandfather in the ring or the old gods and demons who destroyed the world, they are all contained in the seal card, serving mankind obediently and contributing to the development and construction of the new era.

This is the "Age of Heroes", a magical world where everyone has a guardian spirit.

Unfortunately, the original body did something stupid.

The world is so wonderful, and there are thousands of ways to get rich.

The original body was young, but he joined the old non-mainstream force "Black Dream Organization", and went further and further on the road of self-destruction due to his many evil deeds.

Even more unfortunate is that the original body wasn't even an official member of the organization.

The so-called "E-level members" are trainees, cannon fodder, and guinea pigs for experiments.

There are three ways out:
Died during a dangerous experiment or investigation mission.

He knew too many secrets and was killed by the organization to silence him.

He turned danger into safety, rose step by step, became a full member or even a high-ranking member of the organization, gloriously appeared on the wanted list, and became... the enemy of the world.

(End of this chapter)