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Lesson 7 Main Part;

Jock was half lying on the bed, playing with the "magnifying glass" he had obtained as a trophy in Lobia Church.

'The functionality of this thing was quite useful to me before, but now that I have the 'Three Souls', its utility has become useless.'

'The combat ability is even more unstable. If something unexpected happens, it might directly kill you.'

So Jock plans to sell it.

He has become the "Soul Reaver". During the mission investigation, he increasingly realizes how important it is to have a sacred relic.

There are naturally holy relics for sale on the dark web 'Under the Iceberg'.

But any one piece is ridiculously expensive.

Because users cannot communicate with each other, Jock has no chance to bargain.

In fact, he couldn't afford it at all.

As the person in charge of the underground black market in Rhodes City, Duru, of course, Jock also asked about him.

Duru told him that in order to ensure the confidentiality and security of every transaction, the underground black market is open from time to time and uses the most primitive transaction methods.

Naturally, all participants will disguise themselves.

Jock hinted at Drew and told him that his section chief, Meg, had a weird hobby of collecting "secret organizational things" and that if relevant things appeared, he must tell him in advance.

Drew understood what Jock was doing.

Just to please your boss.

Looking at the bright night sky outside the window, Jock put the magnifying glass into the box.

'I have to find the formula after 'Shadow' as soon as possible. The Soul Reaper's joining ritual is to 'successfully cast Soul Reaper 15 times. This thing is not difficult. There are so many targets that cannot be distinguished. I should be able to complete it soon.'

Once the fitting ceremony is completed, it means that he can be promoted again.

Although he has never used Soul Seizing yet, Jock is not worried. In the lawless area with many gangs, there are too many targets for him to "practice" on.

Moreover, he has considered many possibilities for his current abilities and plans to try them one by one to verify them.

In order to cooperate with Ms. Irene's plan, Jock also made his own preparations. It is naturally impossible for him to be promoted to 'Demon' again, so he must think of countermeasures before the matter is exposed.

Even though Ms. Irene is very powerful, Jock is definitely not someone who just waits to be killed.

'I currently have three extraordinary person formulas and a holy relic in my hand, but they are of no use to me anymore.'

'Sell it.'

The recipes are Sequence 8 ‘Mourner’ of ‘Shadow’, Sequence 7 ‘Soul Reaver’, and Sequence 8 ‘Pure Flesh’.

After talking to Ms. Irene, Jock was able to deduce that 'pure flesh and blood' should be the common initial sequence of the three pathways of the 'God of the Breeding of the Earth'.

‘I don’t know what Sequence 7 and Sequence 6 of ‘life’ are called?’

'I remember that when we were in the church, Luona once mentioned that the Church of the Mother of Lava, which is Sequence 7 of the 'Earth', seems to be called the 'Stone Library'.'

'What a strange name.'

Immediately, he recalled Father Barron who had fallen into madness and nodded.

'But his abilities are quite good, especially the move 'Fire in the Stone'.'

The reason why Jock cares so much is because Malcolm is an extraordinary person in the 'life' path.

He guessed that the other party would definitely not be above Sequence 6, otherwise he would not live in the slums and become a mere gang boss.

If we can figure out the specific sequence and abilities of Malcolm, we will get twice the result with half the effort in dealing with him.

In the entire seventh lesson, now there is no one else but Jock.

Luona was too busy at church to leave, and Section Chief Meg didn't know where she was these days.

The city government finally issued an announcement yesterday. The mayor's position in Rhodes City will be temporarily vacant, and an election will be held after the mining conference. Before that, the mayor's relevant powers were jointly exercised by the deputy mayors.

‘It seems that a new mayor is going to be elected among the deputy mayors.’ This was the first thought that came to Jock’s mind when he saw the announcement.

The "Mayor Scandal" has also passed for a period of time, and the number of articles criticizing Foglier has gradually decreased, and some whitewashing news has even appeared.

"It seems that Mr. Foglier doesn't want to give up on the game of public opinion." Jock, who was already in the mood of a crowd, stopped paying attention to the mayor's gossip.

Because he has too many things to do.

It was already midnight, but Jock had no intention of taking a rest. He stood up suddenly, put on his clothes, and left the seventh lesson with the magnifying glass in the box.

Jock is going to the 'Pell Acquisition Station'.

As the contact with Pell deepened, he found that the other party was a very well-informed guy. In view of the current urgent situation, Jock planned to use all possibilities to find the formula for 'Shadow' Sequence 6.

Because he had killed two members who were most likely members of the 'Necromancer Cult', Jock had an inexplicable feeling that the Necromancer Cult must be operating in Rhode City.

As long as he can get Sequence 6 or even more formulas, Jock is willing to contact the other party. Even if he joins the "Necromancer Cult", he thinks it is acceptable.

‘‘Joining’ does not mean ‘loyalty’. I believe that such a great being as the gods will definitely not care about me, a little ant.’

The night is quiet, but some areas of Rhodes City are bustling with activity.

"Hi, Per, why do you always work so hard every time I see you?" Jock greeted him warmly as soon as he walked in.

"Coming to stay overnight again?" Pell was not surprised to see Jock at this time, but his tone was as cold as ever, which made Jock feel abandoned.

Jock naturally didn't take it seriously. He was used to Per's attitude.

"I'm not here to stay overnight, but I want to ask for your help."

"Help?" Pell then turned around, took off the goggles from his right eye socket, and looked at him: "You have to pay."

'I know this money addict!'

"Of course! How could I let you work in vain?" Jock smiled.

"Equal exchange is my survival principle, and it is the same for everyone."

The underlying meaning is that I am not targeting you, but everyone.

'Oh, you really want to be friends with me. This is starting to look a bit embarrassing, and you even explained it to me.'

Of course Jock won't mind this. He doesn't regard Pell as a friend at all now. At present, everyone is just using each other.

"Very good principles of life." Jock agreed, and then said the purpose of this trip: "Can you help me get other formulas for the 'Shadow' path?"

"Other formulas for 'Shadow'?"

Pell was stunned for a moment, then stared at him in surprise:
Chapter completed!