Starting with Blood Healing to become an Ancient God

"The gatekeeper?" The moment he heard those three words, Los knew that the ancient god had mistaken him for someone else.

Los Arkham should not have anything special about his bloodline, and he didn't have any other problems before he transmigrated.

The only reason I am in my current state is because of Yog-Sothoth's indoctrination of knowledge, which gave me the silver key that can open all doors.

"So that means the former gatekeeper also possessed the Silver Key?" Los thought of this possibility.

After a brief moment of thought, Los replied, "I don't guard any gates, and I have no recollection of that title."

The serpent encircling the abyss said, "He did indeed target you after all."

“He? Who is that?” Los asked.

"Outsiders, invaders, oppressors, plunderers," the serpent encircling the abyss uttered four names in succession.

Los hesitated for a moment, then asked, "An alien who doesn't belong to this world?"

The serpent encircling the abyss replied, "I don't know. All of us who were imprisoned had everything erased from our connection with Him. We only know that after He came, He imprisoned all the ancient gods and put you in charge of guarding all the gates."

"Let me? Watch over you!?" Los was quite surprised to hear this.

The serpent encircling the abyss continued, "Later, for some unknown reason, you were also imprisoned, and I don't know what happened after that."

Los was somewhat bewildered upon hearing this. After a brief silence, he asked, "How many ancient gods were imprisoned in total? Where were they imprisoned?"

"There were four ancient gods imprisoned with me. Their locations are unknown. After being imprisoned, we were essentially in a mirror world, or an inner world. Our powers were confined to this labyrinth, and we were unable to perceive or influence the normal world."

Upon hearing this, Los asked, "The murals outside show that you were sealed away by an Old One called Cthulhu."

"On the contrary, it was I who sealed him away," the serpent encircling the abyss replied.

Chapter 0168 The Mermaid

Upon hearing the reply from the serpent encircling the abyss, Loston was momentarily confused about their relationship.

"The Great Old Ones are outsiders. They came to this world and were sealed away by the native ancient gods. So what is the origin of the beings who sealed these native ancient gods?"

"Were the later arrivals Outer Gods? Or were they other Great Old Ones, or even Ancient Gods from other planets?"

This series of events made Los even more curious about what had happened in the past.

Just as Los was lost in thought, the scene around him suddenly shifted, and he found himself back in reality.

"What's going on?" Los was a little confused.

The connection between the two seemed to be abruptly severed, as if the other party had suddenly hung up without any warning during a video call.

"Is it because His power is currently limited? Or has that guy discovered the connection between us and forcibly severed the signal?"

Thinking of this, Loston immediately became cautious. If his enemy was the group of ancient gods, it would be alright, but if it was the descendant who suppressed all the ancient gods, then it would be hard to say.

That guy has lived in this world for millions of years, and the power he can wield is definitely not small. If he discovers it, then the future of the entire Arkham may be in great danger.

At this moment, Charles tentatively asked, "Master, have you formed a link with...that one?"

Losen said, "Let's go. Once we get out, we'll seal this place off completely. It's not time to make contact with these ancient gods yet."

He didn't want to get involved with these ancient gods yet. Although this ancient god, known as the Serpent Encircling the Abyss, had some "goodwill" towards him, Los was well aware that, and in his current form, he was not capable of receiving that kind of "goodwill."

The three of them left the underground palace. Just as they stepped out of the altar, Captain Oyok, pale-faced, rushed over and said, "Mayor Arkham! Something terrible has happened!"

"What's wrong?" Los asked.

Oyok said anxiously, "Strange noises suddenly came from the coast. The soldiers who were close by lost their minds after hearing them and rushed towards the coast like madmen. We managed to restrain some of them, but many others have already rushed into the sea."

"Moreover... I vaguely saw something in the seawater."

Los was curious after hearing this, and quickly stepped forward, saying, "Let's go take a look."

As they moved forward, Danny asked, "Captain, you heard that song too, how come you didn't lose your mind?"

Upon hearing this, Oyok said with a proud expression, "As an Imperial officer, one's will must be as firm as steel!"

"When I heard that sound, I felt a little dizzy, and then I returned to normal."

Charles, standing to the side, slightly turned his head and gave Los a look.

Los understood that look immediately: "This guy is lying, you'd better be careful."

Danny also noticed Oyok's problem, and slowly clenched his fist behind his back, ready to twist the guy's head off at any moment.

At this moment, Los raised his hand slightly and said with a smile, "I know that Captain Oyok's loyalty to Her Majesty the Queen is evident to all!"

Oyok's expression stiffened slightly, and he said seriously, "Of course!"

He was, of course, too embarrassed to admit that the reason he wasn't drawn to the song was because, in his dazed state, he saw the most sacred area deep within his heart, where a goddess who belonged to him stood.

That was His Majesty the Queen, whom he was utterly infatuated with!

Seeing this, Charles and Danny slowly calmed down and returned to normal.

Although it was a series of steps, the group climbed up just as quickly as they went down.

Then Captain Oyok, who had climbed up, was so exhausted that his face turned pale and then red, he was panting heavily, saw stars, and almost vomited.

Los ignored him and headed straight to the beach.

As I passed by, I saw fifteen or sixteen soldiers bound hand and foot and pressed to the ground. The soldiers looked fanatical, as if they had seen something.

Los glanced around and, after confirming that the blood on the soldiers was all flowing towards their genitals, he could roughly guess what they had seen.

As the three people traversed the ruins and approached the coast, a series of beautiful and ethereal songs suddenly drifted over.

Upon hearing the voice, Charles and Danny were momentarily stunned, then Charles exclaimed in shock, "A mermaid!?"

Looking out, Los could see more than twenty soldiers floating on the shore, holding guns and staring blankly at the sea.

Behind them, shadows could be faintly seen churning in the sea.

At the beach, Kos's feet were on the sand, and the waves crashing against him were just up to his knees.

His hollow eyes, sunken in their sockets, seemed lost in thought as he gazed at the vast ocean before him.

Los asked, "These mermaids must have been driven to this place by someone, right?"

Kos snapped out of his daze and looked at Los with some surprise: "How did you know?"

Los looked toward the coast and said, "The soldiers weren't eaten; instead, they formed a fan shape facing the ocean, clearly on guard against any threats from the sea."

Koss paused for a moment, then said, "They are being hunted, and I'm going to rescue them."

"You can save someone temporarily, but not forever," Los said calmly.

Koss naturally understood the reasoning behind this. He paused for a moment and said, "Then kill all those who are hunting them, and we can save the world."

Los was taken aback upon hearing this, then gave a thumbs up and said, "That's a great idea!"

Charlton, standing to the side, was completely dumbfounded. What kind of good idea was this? It was as if he hadn't said anything at all!

As they were talking, a shadow came to the shore with the waves, and then a monster with a human upper body, a fish lower body, gills on its back, and its whole body covered in scales appeared in the sea.

The monster was about two meters long and had a very alluring female face, but when she opened her mouth, you could see the dense array of sharp teeth inside.

"Great eldest son of the dragon, what should we do?" A melodious voice came from the mermaid's mouth.

At this moment, even while still on the sea, the silhouettes of four enormous whaling ships could already be seen.

Kos turned to look at Los.

Los smiled slightly and said, "No rush. Let me talk to them first and see what's going on. If the talks break down, then let them become part of the sea forever!"

“Okay!” Kos readily agreed.

Charles, who was standing to the side, looked at it for a while and then suddenly said, "Master, that's a ship belonging to the Ryuk family."

“The Ryuk family?” Los was taken aback.

Danny cautioned, “The maritime family that is known as the ‘pioneers of the seas.’”

Chapter 0169 Mona Lisa Ryuk

Upon hearing the name "Ocean Pioneer," a flood of information rushed through Los's mind.

Three hundred years ago, as human navigation technology gradually matured, people shifted their focus from land to the mysterious and vast ocean.

At that time, the Ryuk family was one of many ocean explorers.

In the beginning, the entire Ryuk family was just an unknown small-time speculator, making a living by trading goods at sea.

What changed everything was the third decade after the Age of Exploration began.

The Ryuk family produced an unparalleled genius named Mona Lisa Ryuk.

This remarkable man was born into the Ryuk family in the year the Age of Exploration began, and from a young age he possessed an exceptional talent for modern sciences such as mechanics.

In her thirtieth year, she successfully improved the clockwork, greatly enhancing its accuracy and adding a calendar function to large ship clocks.

This technology is revolutionary. You see, those ocean-going vessels often don't see land for six months or even a year, and they have no idea how time passes. This can easily lead the crew into a state of delirium and madness.

This technology can at least give the crew hope every day, and it allows the captain to keep track of time and make relevant plans.

If the first technology was icing on the cake, then the second one could be said to have changed the course of the entire empire's seafaring.

That was an improvement on the compass.

The original compass was very outdated and inaccurate. With continuous navigation, it was often affected by the magnetic fields of different regions, causing it to malfunction or point in the wrong direction.

Mona Lisa's improved compass not only significantly improved accuracy but also possessed a very strong anti-interference capability. Furthermore, for the first time, a more refined scale was added to the compass, dividing the original cardinal directions into sixty intervals.

In the decades that followed, the Ryuk family dominated the entire Age of Exploration with these two technologies. Later, the Empire even stipulated that all ships that wanted to go to sea must be equipped with these two devices, otherwise they would be prohibited from going to sea.

With the support of the empire, the Ryuk family turned to opening a shipyard. Mona Lisa Ryuk then showed her amazing talent. The ancient wooden sailboats were constantly improved under her ingenious design, and a huge evolution could be completed almost every two years.

Ten years later, the first steel warship of the Rosas Empire was launched.

Unfortunately, perhaps it was a case of the heavens being jealous of talent, Mona Lisleuk died of overwork at the age of forty-two. From then on, the entire empire's maritime technology degenerated from high-speed rail speeds to slow-moving train speeds.

From that time on, Mona Lisa Riquel was not only prominently featured in school history textbooks, but her influence could be seen in all aspects of life. Her good habits in her youth became a role model for young people, while her bad habits became a precept for all children.

Los learned about Mona Lisa's greatness from textbooks when he was in elementary school, and the name stayed with him until he graduated from college.

In this era, Mona Lisa's popularity is equivalent to that of a combination of Newton, Galileo, Dahl, and many other great figures.

Los put those memories aside for the time being and said with a smile, "They really are a group of important people."

Charles said seriously, "Master, the Ryuk family still controls the largest maritime transport, hunting and many other businesses in the entire empire. Legend has it that they also have close ties with the Imperial Navy. If you want to make a move, be sure not to leave any loopholes."

Los smiled as he watched the approaching ships and said, "I understand. Arkham will also be developing its shipbuilding industry in the future. If we fall out with them, this plan will be ruined."