The Legacy System

At this moment Eric was inside the Long Family dungeon, which didn't seem to hold many people, but there weren't only a few either.

Still, surprisingly Eric had a private room in there. While the place was a bit cold and dark it wasn't that bad by any means.

For some reason, he could feel that this place was a bit special as there was a denser energy feeling to it. The deeper one went inside this dungeon the denser did the energy become.

This surprised him quite a bit and at the same time made him curious about what was at the bottom of this issue.

No matter what it was, it was certainly something helpful and useful for the current him so he had no intention of letting it go.

With these thoughts in mind, he didn't waste time, as he immediately created a Blood Clone of himself, leaving him behind in the cell, while he entered stealth mode and made his way deeper.

The deeper he entered the darker and scarier these places became, and fewer guards were there. It looked like the Long Family truly trusted their dungeon.

Or it could be that the deeper area was the most dangerous and they didn't want people to snoop around and make trouble for them.

Whatever it was, it just made Eric even more curious about what was at the end of the dungeon as he continued his path inside.

What surprised him quite a bit was the fact that even though this place seemed like heaven for cultivators, the Long Family was using it only as a dungeon.

This didn't really make sense! Why would they do something like this!? Even if it was dangerous they should still make use of this right!?

If they were scared so easily from something like this, then they wouldn't be the Long Family that they currently were, would they!?

Even if the Family Head was a coward, that he clearly wasn't, the Elders wouldn't give up on such an opportunity.

For that reason, Eric was even more interested and curious about what was at the end of this dungeon and couldn't help but have some kind of expectation.

The cells in this part of the dungeon were surprisingly bigger, and wider, giving more the feeling of a room rather than an isolation cell of a dungeon.

What was more, was that each and every one of these rooms was occupied by one person. The surprising part was that these rooms didn't seem close.

The doors were completely open, without any restriction on the people inside. They could get out of their rooms whenever they wished so, yet none of them was moving.

What's more, the closer he got to the end, the stranger did the energy he sensed felt. Surprisingly this energy could not only become part of him but also advance his death laws.

While the increase wasn't substantial, it couldn't be ignored either. The only problem was that the energy he received was imported by many other energies, like wrath, anger, and hate.

Things were getting stranger and stranger with each extra step, which in turn made Eric more curious and interested in this place.

Soon the place got fully dark without even a spark of light, if even before a common person would need a torchlight to proceed forward. Now it was probably impossible to move even if one had one of those.

If it weren't for Eric's advanced senses, and for his spiritual sense scurrying the area in front of him, he would never be able to take an extra step.

But that didn't matter at that moment as what he saw in front of his eyes, was something terrifying at best.

He finally found the reason why there was an increased density of energy in this place and the answer to all his previous questions.

This place was a torture hole, or to be more exact this was a sort of tomb for people between life and death.

A lot of people were actually standing on the brink of death, chained to the walls of this place, with a stone embedded in their bodies.

The stones seemed quite special as they were even able to suck the energy and vitality of their host's bodies, while their dripping blood was actually forming a pool below their feet.

There were more than 100 people chained to the walls, bleeding, and dying like that. But the amount of blood on their feet and the smell of this place clearly stated that there had been more.

At least a few thousand people should have suffered such a fate in this place, clearly disgusting Eric. Such people were inhuman, scourges that should be removed from the face of Earth.

Eric wasn't some kind of saint or hero to think of people's good and fight for them, but he wasn't some kind of inhuman and terrifying monster either.

If these people on the wall were actually criminals and bastards who deserved death, then he wouldn't have minded it much.

But there were even a few young children among the crowd. Just what kind of unforgivable crimes could they have done to deserve their fate.

This kind of pissed him off and made him want to teach a good lesson to whoever was behind this damned crime.

Unfortunately, the current him was too weak and unable to make a move against them. What's more, he was unable to save these people from their suffering and their torture.

At this moment one of the little girls close to him seemed to have sensed something, as she said in a dry and hoarse voice,

"Please, please kill me and put an end to my suffering!"

The rest of the people in there seemed to have been startled by the sudden words of the little girl but they were unable to sense or see anyone.

They couldn't help but repeat the same words in hope that there was truly someone out there. The only thing they had left was their hope to put an end to their suffering as soon as possible.

They didn't care anymore whether they were sane or crazy, they only cared and hoped for someone to come and put an end to their suffering.

Hearing their pleas for death, Eric couldn't help but feel a mass of unknown material and energy created in his chest, as he swore to have their revenge.

Still, the current him couldn't do what they asked, he could only hear them out, lower his head and leave. He could only look at them one last time before he actually turned around without activating any alarm.

Still, he swore inside that he would go to the bottom of this issue and make the person responsible suffer the same fate.

With these thoughts in mind, he slowly returned back, while having another look at the people inside the rooms on the way.

He made sure to register each and every one of these faces deeply in his memory so that he could deal with them properly when he met them outside.

These guys were clearly cultivating under the dense energy of this place, so they should know and understand from where their energy was coming.

So, they weren't innocent either, and they needed to pay for their crimes. He had to destroy that thing inside his chest no matter what.

At the same time, he had to think of a way to take these people out of their torture and suffering. He had to do something about them before he took their revenge.

As he was returning to his isolation cell with those thoughts, he finally sensed and found out something that brought him out of his stupor.

It seemed like trouble had come looking for him, as there were two more people inside his isolation cell, each of them drunk beyond limits, looking at his Blood Clone with malicious thoughts.

It was clear that they still held a grudge against him, and they wanted to release all their anger and rage upon him.

Upon witnessing this scene Eric felt that this would be a headache for him to bear but thinking about it once again this was a great opportunity for him as well.

Once he thought like that, a smile bloomed across his pale face. Clenching his teeth, and swearing once inside his heart, he quickly made his return to the isolation cell.

…

"Bastard we came here to ask you about the service and treatment fee!"

"That's right, that's right, you are enjoying the accommodation and food here for free! That can't be, can it!?"

"Wake up and give us those treasures you have to us as the fee, bastard! Come on, give it to us, and you are saved for tonight! Otherwise, we will make sure that you don't sleep tonight, and suffer hell!"

The two drunkards were clearly eyeing the treasures of the bet between the guard and Eric. Those things would certainly give them a small fortune, that they couldn't let go of.

It wasn't like they had any intention of letting Eric go, as soon as they received those things they would immediately start beating the shit out of him.

Awakening extremely disturbed and scared, Eric couldn't help but cry in surprise and fear,

"What the hell are you two doing here!? Wasn't enough taking over my credit and bringing me here!?

Go away now!"

"Hehehe~! Stop dreaming brat, this is just the start! Now tell us, do you want to do this the good way, or the bad way!?"

"Youu…"

Eric seemed extremely frightened and startled at this moment, as he finally took a deep breath and run towards the two bastards…

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