Heroes' Prison

Chapter 391 - 381: The Continent is Renamed

"Instakill, take care, we’ll be waiting for your return," Overlord patted Huang Yi on the shoulder, his murky eyes looking at Huang Yi as if an old man was encouraging a young one.

Huang Yi nodded, "Let’s go. Leave some people to guard the entrance of this treasure spot. When we get back, have Little Riddler arrange for some Array Masters to come over and construct a Teleportation Circle, creating a direct connection to Dragon City."

Next, the group started retracing their steps back the way they came, emerging from the treasure spot. After leaving a few to stand guard, they all headed towards a nearby city named "Red River City."

Upon reaching the city, Huang Yi separated from the group, not using the teleportation to return to Dragon City.

At that moment, the bright moonlight shone down, carrying with it faint, colored starlight, breathtakingly beautiful. Red River City was about the same size as Dragon City, with a population of around one million—a fairly large city with bustling streets. Huang Yi walked calmly among the crowd, heading towards the auction house of Red River City.

"Sir, may I help you with anything?" Upon arriving at the auction house, a messenger immediately approached Huang Yi.

"Fetch your best Enlightener; I have a treasure that needs his appraisal," Huang Yi said, producing a purple card.

This was the most distinguished Purple Diamond Card from the auction houses across the continent, given to him by Qian Zhe, the person in charge of the Tiantai City auction house, allowing him to receive the most heartfelt service in any auction house of any city.

"Ah! Please, esteemed guest," The attendant, upon seeing the Purple Diamond Card, immediately became extremely respectful, instinctively bowing his head and leading Huang Yi forward.

"Sir, please wait a moment, I will call our best Enlightener right away," the attendant said after taking Huang Yi to the VIP hall, then promptly left the room.

Huang Yi found a seat, took out the "Continent Guardian’s Order" he had just obtained from the treasure spot, and gently felt it in his hands.

A sense of profound historical weight emanated from it, as if it were bridging the vast expanses of history and time.

Merely by its name, this token was extraordinary, and even the White Dragon King had said that Thunder King Leizes was the guardian of this continent ten thousand years ago.

Huang Yi had heard of "Guardians" before; the Egyptian leader player—the Pharaoh—was the world’s first player Guardian, having encountered a stroke of fortune to become the Guardian of the Egyptian continent, triggering a system announcement.

Guardians receive certain Attribute Bonuses on their continent, and a Guardian possesses a very special ability—they can rename the continent.

So far, only the Pharaoh has obtained the status of a Guardian, and he renamed the exclusive Egyptian continent to the Pharaoh Continent. This has been recognized by the system, and official system announcements refer to it as the Pharaoh Continent, conferring upon the Pharaoh unprecedented and soaring honor. To have a country’s exclusive continent named after a single individual—such honor is truly supreme.

Huang Yi did not know whether this Continent Guardian’s Order and the type of Guardian possessed by the Pharaoh were the same concept; he would only be able to find out after the Enlightener had done the Auspicious Light.

"Squeak!" Just then, the door of the VIP hall opened, and an old man with crystal glasses came in, around fifty years old, full of energy, his eyes bright and piercing.

Seeing Huang Yi, the old man immediately said respectfully, "Esteemed guest, I am Rayte, the chief Enlightenment Appraiser of the Red Water City auction house. May I be of service to you?"

"Please Auspicious Light this token for me!" Huang Yi spoke, lifting the token in his hand towards Rayte.

Rayte stepped forward and took the token from Huang Yi’s hand. Upon seeing the words "Continent Guardian’s Order" inscribed on it, his pupils shrank, and he gasped in astonishment, "It’s actually a Continent Guardian’s Order! We haven’t seen such a thing on this continent for ten thousand years!"

"Yes! It’s the Continent Guardian’s Spirit, please perform the Auspicious Light," Huang Yi nodded and responded.

Rayte carefully felt the token, experiencing its unique aura, and slowly closed his eyes, as if savoring the sensation.

"This will be the top-level item I’ve ever enlightened," After a while, excited, Rayte exclaimed and swiped at the token, a beam of light immediately entered into it.

Suddenly, the token burst forth with brilliant light! The light was golden yellow, filled with a sense of nobility, it illuminated the entire VIP room and seemed to lend it an air of brilliance.

When the light faded, the once unremarkable token had transformed significantly; it had become a token shining with golden light, looking as if it had been cast from pure gold, resembling something from the Royal Family. The bold characters on it were exquisitely done, clearly crafted with great care.

Huang Yi reached out to take the newly transformed token and examined it with anticipation—

[Continent Guardian’s Order] (Special Item)

Upon use, may take the place of Thunder King Leizes as the new Guardian of this continent.

This token could indeed, like the Pharaoh, make one the revered Guardian of a country!

Guardians possess some supremely privileged rights, even the power to rename an entire continent!

For a continent, being a Guardian is the highest honor. Other titles, such as city lord or king, are regional and lose their significance once one leaves that region. However, the identity of a Continent Guardian is universally recognized across the entire continent, allowing them to possess special privileges everywhere.

"It seems our continent is about to welcome a new Guardian," Rayte said, looking at Huang Yi with a gaze full of disbelief, never expecting to witness such a historic moment.

As Huang Yi caressed the Continent Guardian’s Order in his hand, he pondered his next step. Once he used this token, he would become a Guardian player like the Pharaoh, responsible for protecting this land and possessing some privileges.

Recently, marked by the Sun Guild’s construction of a deep-sea battleship, the world had entered the era of intercontinental travel. Surely many foreign players would come to this continent in the future, and conflicts between continents would slowly arise. His timing as a Guardian couldn’t be more perfect.

"Respected guest, please use the Continent Guardian’s Order immediately!" Rayte urged, watching Huang Yi with anticipation.

"Hmm, but before that, I need to leave the Guild," Huang Yi said as he immediately opened the highest Guild permissions, handed over the position of Guild President to Qin Shiyu, and chose to quit the Hero Guild.

He had created this Guild himself, and most of its high-ranking members had been promoted directly by him. Dragon City, the port, Earth Dragon Valley, Wind Capital, the Energy Factory—all these industries were there because of him. To the Hero Guild, he had given his all, but due to the Half-Beast Race’s order to kill him, he had to leave the Hero Guild in a sorry state to prevent over ten million Guild members from being implicated.

At that moment, a voice resounded between heaven and earth—

[Continent Announcement]: [God of Slaughter] has resigned from the role of Guild President and has left the Hero Guild.

This was a continent-wide announcement. The Hero Guild was one of the top ten Guilds on the continent, and Huang Yi was a renowned figure. His action of stepping down as Guild President was a major Guild event, so the system released a continent-wide announcement, informing all Chinese players.

It was night time, the peak hour for players to be online, and more than a billion Chinese players heard this announcement.

At that moment, everyone was slightly taken aback!

This was the first time in The Second World that a founder had left their own Guild!

Previously, even when Dao Feng retired, he had not chosen to leave the Xuanyuan Guild. He simply handed over the position of Guild President to Yun Sihai and remained a member of the Xuanyuan Guild; he simply no longer participated in any affairs.

Now, Huang Yi had made an even bolder move by completely leaving the Hero Guild.

"Haha! Instakill is finally scared. He probably fears that the Celestial Realm Experts will come after him and involve the Hero Guild, so he left it," someone speculated.

"I’ve always said it, opposing our Half-Beast Race leads to no good end! Even if you are the God of Slaughter, you still have to bow your head in front of our Celestial Realm Experts!"

"That being said, Instakill still has some integrity, choosing to bear it alone rather than letting the Guild suffer losses."

"It’s not necessarily true. It could be that everyone in the Hero Guild despised him, fearing he would drag down the Guild, so they ostracized and kicked him out!"

For a time, the entire continent was abuzz with various speculations about Huang Yi’s departure from the Hero Guild.

But there was one thing everyone guessed correctly—that this matter was directly related to the pursuit of the Celestial Realm Experts!

In some sense, Huang Yi appeared rather embarrassed and weak this time, as if he had been forced out of his home, his former unstoppable momentum experiencing its first setback.

"What? Are you God of Slaughter?" At that moment, Rayte stared at Huang Yi, startled!

He only knew before that Huang Yi was a Purple Diamond Card guest, but the specifics of his identity were unknown to him. Now, hearing this announcement, he realized Huang Yi was the God of Slaughter, the man recently hunted by the Half-Beast Holy Land!

"You obtaining this Continent Guardian’s Order really couldn’t be better timed," Rayte remarked to Huang Yi, expressing his thoughts, "The identity of a Continent Guardian comes with some privileges, which will be of great help to you in this chase."

"Is that so? Let’s try it and find out," said Huang Yi, and he immediately chose to use the [Continent Guardian’s Order].

In an instant, the golden token burst into brilliant light and turned into a dazzling golden ray that entered Huang Yi’s body.

At once, Huang Yi felt a surge of strength within him, seemingly connecting him to the land beneath his feet. As his feet touched the ground, he could feel the earth’s vast solidity and sense of belonging.

[System Prompt]: You have become the Guardian of this continent and have earned the title of Continent Guardian.

[System Prompt]: You have acquired the skill [Eye of Supervision].

[System Prompt]: You have one opportunity to rename this continent. (To be continued. If you like this work please support us with your votes for recommendation tickets and monthly tickets on Starting Point (qidian.com). Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please visit m.qidian.com to continue reading.)