Soul of Negary
chapter-476-30041322

Evil Spirits are the product of the incomplete rules of the Flame world during the Age of Flame.

As the era changed, so did the rules of the world, and these beings also gradually faded out of existence.

In this current Age of Metal, the only remaining supernatural power was that of Pugilists. For the sake of his own continuation and status, while Eldridge calls himself a 'God', he had actually become a Pugilist in nature.

The ability he obtained from the Last God that allowed him to reinforce himself through faith has been altered by Eldridge into a Pugilist school of techniques, called the School of God.

Manifest a fake Seed of Pugilist through his followers' faith, then bestow them to the pastors and knights under him, thus creating a positive feedback loop.

The Age of Metal is also the age of Pugilists, and this was only the beginning of the era.

The various schools of [Respiratory Arts] had slowly been exposed during the Age of Turbulence and slowly changed into [Bone Forge Arts]. By the time that the chaotic war times had settled down and gradually formed the independent countries of today, many aristocratic schools of Pugilist techniques had also come into existence.

As far as Negary's eyes can discern, the system of power called 'Pugilists' had only just been developed. A so-called first-rate Pugilists was only equivalent to an entity at the peak of the second stage of release.

However, what this system of power managed to display so far had truly drawn Negary's interest.

Because of that, Negary added some new 'content' for the Age of Metal.

He truly had no intentions of taking over this world, but there was no issue with him using it as a joint laboratory. As the world's misfortune characteristic has removed 'luck' from the equation, a lot of subjective facts would produce very different results, which are also more accurate.

Bastin Faye was also the same, being the clone of a certain entity. The reason why he descended into this world and did not introduce any new powers to it, merely utilizing the world's own power system, was to naturally utilize the world's environment to conduct their own experiment.

But Negary had done a lot more than that. He was now changing the Akashic Records of the past, using his own version of 'history' to cover actual history.

Among the worlds Negary had seen so far, the majority of them were in motion, meaning that the world's physical matter was continuously changing and being modified. This way, the past was truly in the past, information had already been recorded, and the only thing that the past left behind was information.

The [Heroic Spirit Trial] that Negary had created before was based on the power of this past information, which could also be called Contribution.

When a heroic spirit that had formed a complete connection with their Contributions, as long as this connection remained, would remain literally undying, as past information recorded in the Akashic Records are very difficult to change.

Of course, it was only difficult to change. As the time of the world changes, when this Contribution has been forgotten by the world, especially if the world itself discarded it, it will gradually lose its colors and disappear.

This was why the Akashic Record kept mostly the most renowned Contributions in its history, gradually snipping off excess information and even erasing it from existence.

Negary's means had essentially changed what was recorded inside the Akashic Records. After all, considering that he was part of that history, it was easier for him to alter it compared to others.

And so, as the world seemed to become blurred for a short moment, several people in different locations suddenly looked up.

A piece of knowledge regarding a King of Evil Spirit suddenly appeared in their minds.

These entities that used to be a product of the incomplete rules of the Age of Flame now had a different description.

An old legend from the Age of Flame, lingering spirits from a distant past that were returning through an opened loophole.

Even though the only thing left of them was information, information also contained power, and that power was to affect the present.

According to this new setting, Evil Spirits are the ashes of unwilling saviors from the previous era who vanished following the end of the Age of Flame. However, the King of Evil Spirits did not disappear, he had simply fallen into slumber, and once the world underwent another upheaval he would return, bringing about the new birth of Evil Spirits following his wake.

As this new content was finished being added, history was swiftly overwritten, causing this information to greatly affect the present. Although it wasn't to the point of the SCR world where a small change in the past would result in the entire timeline being changed, the Flame world had still been affected.

Those with close relations to this information were affected the most, their muscle memories and even part of their personalities would be affected by this sudden change in the world's past, resulting in corresponding changes.

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A certain adventure whose face was full of scars became solemn; this new presence had stimulated the ancient memories that were passed down to him.

Some terrible visions appeared in his memory. According to the vision, his ancestor, the legendary adventurer Chris, had been killed by this King of Evil Spirits, then became corrupted into an Evil Spirit himself.

The School of Firewood that Chris practiced began to be passed down and spread from Chris' son through his descendants. They had continued to pass down the glory as well as memories of their ancestors one generation at a time, each of them continuing the fight for the sake of justice.

So now that the King of Evil Spirit had awoken, for the sake of the world's peace as well as the peace in his heart, he would naturally attempt to stop him.

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At another location, a man whose body was covered in black patterns heaved a heavy sigh and began to gather his belongings. The cursed inheritance passed down from the King of Evil Spirits had plagued Gary's clan for generations, it is time that it must be severed.

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There was also a man whose entire body was full of golden scales. His gaze was full of madness as he looked down at the scales on his hand. Plunging his hand into another person's chest to pull out their still-beating heart, he declared with frenzy in his voice: 「 No one will lord over me, not even the King of Evil Spirits!! 」

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In a certain estate, a large number of people had gathered. They raised the torches in their hands while standing around a campfire, gazing at the sword-wielding young girl's statue with nothing but admiration in their eyes.

"The King of Evil Spirits has returned! As her highness' servants, we must surpass all obstacles to spread her glory. The cathedral of the useless fake emperor should not be allowed to stand upon this earth, this is the chance for us to stand up!!!"

"For the glory of the flame!"

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Only Eldridge who was lying in a certain location within the New Royas Kingdom slightly opened his eyes, apparently noticing something inappropriate, but he swiftly fell back to slumber.

The change of the era had caused him a lot of damage, the change of his ability into a Pugilist school of technique was still a bit lacking, and he needed even more religious faith in order to awaken from this state.

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With the flow of information, the term 'Negary' had turned into a noun. He seemed to have completely disappeared from this world's history; everyone could only remember the King of Evil Spirits, but not Negary.

"Why did you erase your brand upon this world, Lord Negary?" Lan Shan asked while standing next to Negary.

Yayu also called squawked: 「 Milord, why did you have them forget your glorious name? Rather than Eldridge, these people should be worshipping your greatness instead 」

〖 None of this is truly important, don't you think? 〗Negary seemed to be gazing at something else they couldn't see.

Fame or infamy can certainly provide one with power, but once an entity has reached his level of existence, unless they were an entity that followed that corresponding Pathway, fame was essentially meaningless to them.

Of course, his actions this time could also be considered a relatively crucial experiment. If it could succeed, then Negary would have found a new path to grow in a rapid and stable manner.