Chapter 321: 321

Ibro understood the logic of his system. For him, as long as any system holder was under his total control, then he wouldn't mind having a legion of them. Ibro looked towards the sword cultivator as he instructed:

"I will choose this Doom here. the others can return to their sects."

The sword cultivator was surprised by Ibro's choice, though he replied at once:

"We will return now, my king."

Ibro stopped him in a hurry:

"No, you wait, the others can return."

The sword cultivator felt weird at first, but he complied with Ibro's orders as well as the others. After a few minutes, the whole place had only Ibro, Doom, and that sword cultivator.

'I want you to start using your investigation function. I want you to use the silver tier of it.'

The system had already guessed part of Ibro's plan, so it replied at once:

'Do you want me to use it over this system holder here?'

'Not only him. I want you to use it on this sword cultivator too. I want you to copy his divine sense technique and flying technique. 

I also want you to copy this Doom technique. Then, I want you to patch all of them and make these three techniques far better.'

The system went silence for a second before it replied:

'That would cost you nearly a third of your current stock of SPR orbs. You have just amassed all these orbs. Are you sure you want to spend them now?'

'Absolutely sure. Don't worry; we will have a long way to prepare before I start my real plan. Get ready.'

Ibro then instructed the sword cultivator to use his divine sense and flying techniques. After he finished, Ibro then ordered him to retreat. After he became alone with Doom, Ibro asked:

"As we are now alone, can you tell me your real identity, mate?"

Doom looked towards Ibro with fear as he replied:

"I… I don't know what you are talking about."

Ibro sighed, he then asked:

"Tell me, how far can your memories serve you?"

Doom didn't dare to delay as he replied:

"I…I can only remember my childhood since age 6. Before that, all is blank."

Ibro looked deeply into Doom's eyes, he was trying to know if this boy knew the presence of the system in him or not. Ibro then said:

"Tell me what you can remember."

Doom was really panicked by the investigation Ibro was doing to him. He was treated badly throughout his life. 

He was branded as doom for his bad luck and misfortunes that kept happening around him all the time. He replied stutteringly in fear of Ibro's wrath:

"I…I can only… I can only remember being part of a place. That… That place had a huge war. 

I heard some vague words that I can't recall well and then I appeared in this world. That's… That's the oldest thing I can remember."

Ibro sighed again. He didn't mean any harm to this boy. He said trying to reassure him:

"First of all, you don't need to be afraid of me like this. Listen, I can really help you to be stronger and reveal your past. 

I already have a lot of info about your true identity, but I won't tell you any except when you are strong enough to know it. Do you agree on these terms?"

Doom looked in surprise towards Ibro. He felt Ibro was treating him differently than others. He recalled Maya's treatment, they were both similar… They were both kind to him.

"With heavenly dao as a witness, I swear to never betray you, my king, and if I did that, let my soul perish forever."

Suddenly, hidden ripples emerged from nowhere and surrounded Doom's body. After a few seconds, the pledge ended and the oath was effective. 

Ibro didn't know how deep this oath could hold a person, especially a non-cultivator person, but he welcomed this gesture. Another form of protection wouldn't hurt, right? Ibro then said to Doom:

"Now, I don't have time to make you stronger, but from now on you will be by my side. I want you to use your singularity technique and attack those demons out there."

Doom stood from his kneeling position as he replied with firm resolve:

"I won't disappoint your trust and kindness, my king."

Ibro watched this boy moving away in silence. He reminded him of his past self. He was also very weak until he acquired his system. This system was a turning point in his life. 

He was grateful for the system's presence as he was grateful for his good luck. He now had two system holders loyal to him, and he can kill them both at any time he wished.

'Get ready to copy and patch his technique.'

'…'

Ibro stood motionless watching Doom nearing the frontlines. He wasn't concerned for his safety, as he was surrounded by huge numbers of Ibro's skeletons. Ibro waited patiently until he started to use his technique. 

At first, he formed a tiny dot in the middle of the air. He then started to inject constant streams of energy from inside him. 

After nearly two minutes, he waved his hand to the front accompanied by the movement of this dot. 

Once it reached the packed lines of demons, this dot began to expand widely to form a big explosion. In a radius of 100 meters, nothing existed except ash and dust.

'Have you copied it?'

'Yes, and I have upgraded it to a whole new level.'

Ibro watched calmly Doom as he returned to stand by his side. Ibro patted on his shoulder encouraging him:

"You did a good job, now I want you to train your technique often."

"Thanks for your words of praise, my king."

Doom had left fear behind him and began to trust Ibro. Ibro sighed; the mindset of young was always easily manipulated. Ibro then started to focus on his biggest aim.

'Now, I want to do some experiments. I want you to analyze my actions and tell me where my mistakes are.'