Omnipotent Lord System

Landen had not originally been called Landen. Or rather, the soul now residing in this body named Landen was not the original one.

This man, whose birth name was Zhao De and whose nickname was Zhao Degang, had been enjoying the supreme delicacy he had personally prepared—"Ten-Complete Dragon Broth"—in that world-famous game. He had only eaten half of it when he received a System Prompt: energy absorption had exceeded the body's tolerance. He exploded and died.

While cursing the uselessness of this body, he instinctively chose to revive. But when he opened his eyes, he discovered that he had not revived at his designated revival point. Instead, he had appeared on the shabby bed in the shabby bedroom below the Lord's Office. His name had also changed from Degang III to Philip? Isis? Landen.

Isis came from the original owner of this body's mother, Elisix? Barbara? Isis—the Matriarch of Solenode City in the underground world, and a powerful figure renowned throughout the region!

Solenode City was, of course, no match for Masoobray City, a great city famous across the entire continent. But in this underground world, Solenode City was certainly a city of standing. The fact that Isis could become its Matriarch was enough to demonstrate her strength.

On top of that, she had three daughters who each served as Matriarchs in three other cities not much smaller than Solenode City. A family like that could absolutely be called a regional giant in the underground world.

And Landen was the fourth son of this family, as well as the only male among Matriarch Isis's four children.

In a matriarchal world like the underground world, the status of males was self-evident. To be honest, the fact that Landen had been allowed out to become a lord had already gone far beyond his expectations.

Of course, as a male—and one who was not even a pure-blooded Dark Elf—there was no way Landen's territory could compare with those of his three sisters. Just look at it: the lord of the Blackwater River Youweimas Region. It sounded grand, didn't it? But in reality, aside from this fortress hollowed out inside the mountain, the rest of the place could only be described as wilderness. There were no decent populations of creatures, no worthwhile production, and utter desolation.

Therefore, after Comrade Degang awakened inside this body, he had once suspected that this was nothing more than a form of exile for the body's previous owner.

Thinking about it carefully, it did seem normal. This was an incomparably cruel underground world. In a place like this, let alone Matriarch Isis—any Dark Elf woman who gave birth to a child with nothing but slightly pointed ears to distinguish him from a human would surely have humanely exterminated him immediately.

Yes, Landen was such a person. His ears were slightly pointed, and although he was fairly handsome, he could not compare with the beauty of a Dark Elf. He did not have black skin either. Even more astonishingly, although he possessed a certain degree of infrared vision, he was not afraid of light at all. His eyes were not even the distinctive red of Dark Elves, but black with a hint of blue. All of these were traits found only in humans from the surface.

This left Landen somewhat puzzled. He had grown into this state, yet that mother of his who worshipped Spider Queen Ros had not humanely exterminated him. Not only had she raised him to adulthood, she had even given him a territory.

Could it have been because of his father?

Landen made this guess.

His father must have been human. He must have possessed even more overbearing genes than the Dark Elves, who had always been famed for their powerful genetics. Otherwise, he could never have made Matriarch Isis give birth to a child like Landen.

He must have had a handsome appearance, formidable strength, and every other quality capable of conquering a woman. Otherwise, he could never have successfully charmed a Dark Elf woman with such powerful racial views—especially one who was also a powerful Matriarch. It would have been even more impossible for him to make her bear his child, and, most importantly, willingly help him raise this child, regarded as a mutant in the underground world, without humanely exterminating him.

A man who could be called perfect—that was the father Landen imagined. As for his father's current circumstances, Landen naturally had no idea. But he should at least still be alive. A man with such strength could not possibly have died so easily.

All right, all of that was merely Landen's personal fantasy. In any case, after arriving here, he had been unable to do anything. Fantasizing like this was a perfect way to pass the long stretches of boredom.

Of course, all of that applied to the Landen of the past. Now that this body had a new owner, time had become much more important to the current Landen, because he possessed things the original Landen had not. For example...

"Observe Territory."

Landen silently recited the words in his mind. At once, a holographic map that only he could see appeared before him. It was a map of his territory.

At that moment, the map contained various markers, such as red crosses and red dots, with simple text beside them. Landen browsed the map, and his gaze finally stopped on an area filled with dense clusters of small dots. It was the Stalactite region in the upper reaches of the Blackwater River. With a thought from Landen, a red cross appeared there, and the words "Bear Hobgoblin" appeared beside it.

Next, Landen's gaze continued moving as he marked down all the information he had just received from the Minotaur Butler. Then, with another thought, the holographic map before him transformed into an information table.

[Lord: Philip? Isis? Landen]

[Territory: Underground World, Blackwater River, Youweimas Area, Level Territory]

[Territory Creatures: Mind Flayer, family *; Lizardfolk, group *; Greater Hobgoblin, group *; Rock Lizard, group *n;]

[Territory Production: Deep Fire Magma Rock, Glowcap Mushrooms, Stalactite Frozen Slurry, Necroflower]

[Partners: None]

[Followers: None]

[Soldiers: Humans, Loyalty - people; Loyalty - people, Loyalty - people]

[Subjects: None]

[Territory Popularity Value:]

[Lord Talent: None]

[Other: Not Yet Unlocked]

Yes, this was what the current Landen possessed that the previous one had not. Comrade Degang's soul had appeared inside Comrade Landen's body, while this System had appeared inside Comrade Degang's soul. Moreover, it had an incredibly impressive and pretentious name—the Omnipotent Lord System.

Landen stared at the information in silence for a while before finally sighing and saying, "So why become a lord for no reason? Not only do I have no freedom, I'm also in danger of losing my life at any moment. Loyalty from zero to twenty? Why didn't you just tell me their loyalty was zero?"

After falling silent for another moment, Landen rose from his chair and said, "Looks like I need to go see that fellow as soon as possible. If this matter isn't resolved, I'll probably end up like the other Landen soon enough. I wonder if a third person will take over the identity of Landen then."

With that, Landen pushed open the heavy stone door and walked out.