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Chapter 85 Inheritance Hall
Chapter 85 Inheritance Hall
[The skill Earth Control has devoured both skills Earth Spike and Earth Pillar]
[Earth Control has reached level 3]
[You have reached the recommended threshold to peer into Humanity's inheritance]
As I read those last words, my soul shook, and my vision blurred before turning completely black. In the next instance, I found myself in front of hundreds upon hundreds of chains, each interlinking while sending energy that resembled mana between each other.
After regaining my cool, I looked around and realized I was no longer in front of chains but doors.
I seemed to be in what looked like a palace hall with walls lined with doors that had been locked by several chains and an enormous padlock that stood in the middle of each door while releasing a menacing aura that would have made any man drop to their knees before it while groveling for it to stop.
The power was impeccable, but even though I knew the natural reaction anyone would have in front of the padlock and chains, I did not feel a single part of me that desired to do such a thing.
Looking around for a little longer, my eyes scanned over the symbols above the doors before widening in shock.
'Those are not symbols!' I thought while taking a step back.
When looking at the 'symbols' above the doors, one wouldn't see much, but after coming a little closer, it could become evident what those things were even though no one other than me could be capable of understanding how it worked.
It felt like I was looking at a powerful object frozen in time and space before being shrunk down and stored above the wall for reasons that I could not fathom just yet. These objects all ranged from powerful weapons to simple materials. However, there was one thing that they had in common, and that was the feeling of immense danger they gave me.
I felt it become ingrained into my mind... It was as if I knew the power behind them; images of entire continents being wiped out with a single swipe of the weapons. Pictures of the materials being used to destroy entire planets flashed within my mind constantly every time I looked at one of them.
After having looked around for countless hours now, my eyes finally landed on something that sent out a familiar feeling while, at the same time, sent a sensation that pulled me closer to it.
Taking a few steps forward, I found myself in front of the door that shone with a dim brown light that enveloped what seemed to be the entire hall. Cracks could be seen on the chains while the padlock seemed to be on the verge of breaking.
As if it was my instinct, I stretched out my hand and grabbed onto the chain before yanking my hand back and shattering the chain and padlock in the process.
The pieces fell onto the floor with audible clanks, yet the sound they made was the least of my worries. Everything seemed to have turned an earthy yellow before an annoying ring entered my ears, forcing me to close them with my hands in hopes of stopping the sound from rattling my brain.
Eventually, however, I opened my eyes and found myself in a mysterious room with brown walls, but what really caught my attention and made me raise a brow was the runes engraved in front of me in such a way that I could not help but feel like they resembled drawing rather than runes.
"What is this place?" I asked aloud but did not get an answer back, not that I expected one in the first place.
Solitude really helps when it comes to situations like these where I am forced to be alone for extended amounts of time. I don't begin to panic or feel a sense of loneliness... I almost feel at peace.
After looking forward one more time, I could not help but think back to when I had entered the room and what object had been above the door.
My eyes suddenly widened before I quickly analyzed and concluded what had happened.
'Since the system said I had reached some kind of threshold for the earth element, I am guessing that this is the Humanity Inheritance. To think the humanity inheritance has so many paths, though... But at the same time, it makes sense. If I survive long enough, I had almost all of eternity to strengthen myself and become the strongest mortal to walk this universe.' A wry smile stretched from the corners of my smile at that thought, but I quickly repressed my happiness and solemnized down.
Looking forward once again, I narrowed my eyes and stepped forward and onto one of the runes on the ground.
[You have stepped onto the path of the earth]
[All knowledge of earth collected by humans for the past 300 million years had been compiled into these rooms. Each room had created the best possible path for you to take, and while they might take slightly longer than the average person who cultivates the element of earth, your power, in the end, will far exceed anyone who had wielded this element before you.]
Reading what the system had said, I furrowed my brows at certain words but still chose not to say anything before reading it all.
'The system isn't considering my time jump for some reason. It talks about humans that don't exist yet as if they are things of the past... It's as if the timeline for the system is the same and hasn't changed in the slightest... Maybe this is what people call fate? Maybe my fate had always been to be the last survivor and the endling of humanity...'
I quickly shook my head at those thoughts. I was way too early to think about such things, so there was no point in me doing so. Thinking about things like this would only cloud my mind and slow my increase in power.
[You shall receive your first insight]
Reading this, I wanted to raise a brow, but before I could do so, I found myself in an enormous canyon that spanned hundreds of miles.
'Where the hell am I?' I asked myself while looking around, but as if this world I was in could hear me, it answered my question with a loud explosion spread out from a distance.
A dozen miles away, I could see a black dot blast into the air and create an enormous dust cloud in the wake of its jump. In the following seconds, I watched as the black dot slowly but surely started to become more prominent, before finally, after watching for countless minutes, I felt panic overwhelm me.
"That thing is coming for me!"