Having a powerful lord as a father figure, what's wrong with just wanting to draw cards?

"Kneel down before me! You who come after me."

"I am the King of the Urumqi Dynasty. Offer your humility and ambition, open your mind, and I will impart to you all the knowledge and secrets of the dynasty, including the supreme 'Bronze,' hoping that you will continue to pass it down..."

Chapter 110, Page 109: The Bronze Disc, the Root of Deformity and Calamity

Open your heart and mind to receive your blessings.

That old geezer is kidding me; this is clearly a possession scene.

Domi sneered. This outdated tactic had been overused by the demons of his previous life.

He said to the system, "If someone tries to forcibly erase my will and take over my body, will you do it?"

[The system is bound to a host. If the host loses their physical body, the system will be unable to use its full functions... Therefore, this system will not allow others to alter the host's will, but the interception capabilities are limited. Please be prepared.]

"Your words are enough. That old bastard's remnant soul has been wandering for who knows how many years. He should be thanking his lucky stars if he still has one-tenth of his strength. I believe you can do it!"

So Domi closed his eyes, opened his arms, and looked ready to embrace a bright tomorrow:

"Come, my king, impart all that you have to me!"

"Shit! Domi, what are you doing!?"

"Don't be silly, he won't be that honest!"

Domi's companions thought he had some trick up his sleeve, but no one expected him to raise the white flag right away.

"Heh," he sneered, tearing the slimes off Argyle and Edward's waists, which transformed into countless intersecting threads, blocking the entrance to the room: "The treasure here belongs to me alone!"

The last king was secretly grinning from ear to ear at Domi's selfishness and stupidity. So he decided to give him a little treat first, and then take advantage of the moment when Domi's mind was distracted by the reward to sneak into his body!

A powerful and incredibly young body—the very vessel he had longed for!

With this body, he will surely be able to use the power of bronze to make the dynasty rise again and rule the world once more!

"Lucky child, accept it, for this is the dynasty's most precious knowledge..."

As he spoke, he flicked his hand, packaging this knowledge and sending it into Domi's mind.

The knowledge packages that directly enter the brain will be automatically translated by the system. Just like the "tomb raiding" knowledge package, he couldn't understand a lot of the classical Chinese texts, but the system would automatically translate them into vernacular Chinese. The same applies to the Urumqi Kingdom language.

At the same time, his ability to read ten lines at a glance and his photographic memory were also effective; he stored all the knowledge in his memory palace with just one look.

What surprised Domi the most was that the data package actually included content related to the 'Book of Emblems'!

We have everything from level one to level nine!

I searched high and low without finding it, only to have it come to me effortlessly. It turns out that the Urumqi Dynasty is the birthplace of the Book of Heraldry!

It should be noted that the fragments of the Book of Emblems at the auction only recorded the first two levels of emblems. The second level already possessed the magical capacity of a high-level spell, so he dared not imagine what the ninth level would be like.

Can it hold the equivalent of ten or so forbidden spells?

I must study this carefully when I get back!

In addition, there is the entire history, culture, spirit, and scientific research achievements of the dynasty's development... Although much of it is outdated, there are still many valuable aspects to learn from it.

The last king really gave him a nice gift.

Seeing that the time was right, the Last King seized the opportunity when Domi pretended to be distracted, and his floating phantom rushed directly into Domi's body. Shia and the others, who had been stopped, immediately panicked. If Domi was possessed, would he still be the same Domi? Or would even his soul be reduced to ashes...?

"no, do not want!"

"Shit! Edward, burn these damn slimes right now!"

"Keep burning! Keep burning!"

"Brother Domi! Don't get tempted!"

But it was too late. After the last king entered Domi's body, Domi's upper body drooped limply as if it had gone into hibernation, its eyes tightly closed...

It looks serious, but there's actually nothing wrong with it.

The moment the last king entered his mental space, the system identified and locked onto him. After assessing the threat, it directly gave him an assessment level of "no threat".

"How...how could this happen?!"

Silver chains bound him tightly, rendering him unable to move. When he looked up, he could even see a massive Dyson sphere of data, from which countless streams of data flowed every second, as if it were the center of the entire universe.

The little guy he wanted to possess was now hovering in front of him like a god.

No words could describe the shock and despair he felt at that moment. Even his proud bronze artifact paled in comparison to such a miracle.

His face was ashen.

"Tsk tsk, I thought that as the last king, you would have some hidden skills. So this is all you have? I acted so convincingly."

"Since you have no other skills, then die. You should have perished with your dynasty long ago. The fact that you have survived until now is my pity for you."

After saying that, Domi raised his hand, clenched his open hand into a fist, and the chains binding the last king tightened rapidly until they shredded him into countless fragments of a hero on the ground.

A monarch and a prosperous dynasty perished completely.

"Logically speaking, I've already destroyed a dynasty, so I should be able to complete a hidden achievement, right? At the very least, I should get some villain points, right? Are you really that stingy?"

【…】

The system did not respond.

"Looks like we still have to get rid of it."

Leaving the mental space and returning to the real world, the people behind him had broken free from the slime's restraints and surrounded him, filled with worry and fear.

Seeing that Domi had started moving again, they all took a step back.

Edward, clutching a small fireball in his hand, stammered, "Who...who are you?!"

Domi spread his hands and laughed, "Of course I'm still me. I was just putting on an act for the last king. This guy's remnant soul is extremely weak. Even I can easily crush him. As for possession, don't even think about it."

Edward, being so thick-skinned, naturally believed it, but the others were more intelligent.

“That’s what everyone who’s been possessed says,” Shia said cautiously. “I have to ask you a question that only Domi knows the answer to!”

Domi appreciated Shia's caution; it could sometimes be a lifesaver, and it was also a necessary step in confirming her identity. So she readily agreed.

"Yes, ask me anything."

"What did I do to you when you broke into my room and climbed into my bed five nights ago?"

!!!

Shea herself wasn't embarrassed, but others couldn't help but make assumptions, and their faces flushed red.

"Ah... I admit I barged into your room, but I didn't get into your bed. After that, I just crouched in a corner with my head in my hands!"

Edward patted Domi on the shoulder and gave him a thumbs up:

"So, my brother, you are the real hero!"

Rosa covered her face with her hands, heartbroken, and said, "Brother Domi... you've changed, you've become so unfamiliar..."

"Aren't you ashamed!" Aiwei said, hands on her hips. "That's not a proper question! What if the last king could even read Domi's memories?"

Shea looked at her defiantly: "Heh~ then you ask one."

"If I and Shia both fell into the river and were drowning, and neither of us can swim, and you could only save one of us, who would you save?"

"Hey, that's enough, you two..."

After questioning and verification, everyone finally confirmed that Domi had indeed defeated the remnant soul of the last king and prevented him from possessing another body.

"So...we've arrived here, but where do we go next? There's no road ahead."

After the little incident, the meticulous Argyle was the first to notice the problem.

"After the last king possessed someone else's body, he would naturally leave himself a way out. After crushing his remnant soul, his remaining memories also belonged to me. Look here."

Domi went to the wooden chair where the last king's skeleton sat, roughly threw his bones aside, and then turned the chair upside down. On the back of the chair, a teleportation magic circle was clearly engraved.

"By simply inputting a trace of magic into it, the last king can be teleported to wherever he wants to go."

After saying that, Domi had everyone hold hands, and then he channeled magic power into the magic circle.

The small magic circle, though seemingly fragile, expanded instantly, emitting light and then engulfing the six people holding hands.

When they opened their eyes again, they found themselves in a completely different place.

It resembles a river valley, flanked by towering peaks, with a slit in the middle as if cleaved by a sword, and the rushing river flowing beneath an ancient stone bridge suspended in mid-air.

They are now standing on this magic stone bridge.

However, not far ahead, a huge bronze disc was embedded in the cliff face, directly facing them.

The disc seemed to have existed since the beginning of time, and no one could fathom what kind of civilization could have created such a magnificent masterpiece.

They followed Domi toward the bronze disc, beneath which lay a vast plaza where countless ancient corpses, now mummified, knelt in worship.

Domi took a closer look and saw that the group of well-dressed people had a fanatical worship on their faces until the very end.

If the country's nobility were so fanatically devoted to worship, one can only imagine the common people. In such an environment, it would be either a religiously powerful nation with a strong faith or one that relied on religious debate. Clearly, the Urumqi Dynasty had both before and after it.

Domi slowly walked towards the bronze disc: "If the last king obtains a new body, he can be teleported here directly and use the power of the contract to reactivate 'Bronze' to quickly restore his original power."

"This is the ancient capital of the Urumqi Dynasty, the most central place."

“If you follow this road back, you will reach the ancient capital of the dynasty directly.”

"If that's the case, why did we come here in the first place?" Aiwei was now only thinking about leaving this place: "Wouldn't it be better to just go straight to the ancient capital?"

"Because I'm going to destroy it."

"After receiving the memories of the last king, I can be 100% certain that this bronze disc was not made by humans. It can give people inexhaustible magic power and almost infinite lifespan, but it also subtly transforms the most essential aspects of a person."

Of course, the concept of DNA doesn't exist in this world, but Domi knows that this bronze disc is modifying people's genetic sequences.

"Like the hotel owner's tentacles and the pig-headed man, they all have physical mutations to varying degrees, and these mutations are caused by it."

"As people continue to mate and reproduce, the altered essence continues to accumulate, and the children born will only become more and more deformed and stronger, eventually losing their minds completely and becoming utter vassals and soldiers of the bronze disc."

"The most important point is that it has its own independent consciousness, and now it is constantly trying to bewitch me with its thoughts."

what? !

Everyone felt a chill run down their spines. Was it possible that the terrible outcome the innkeeper had described wasn't being torn apart on the spot by the tentacles, but rather being knocked unconscious and then sent here to be transformed into a monster?