36 New Task

Alexander didn't have a change in his expression however, and acted as if nothing happened.

Ralph saw that the black mist had integrated into his body and clapped his hands.

"Well done, the contract has been successfully reinforced."

"Now, you can complete your promotion to a Barbarian.", he said and received the black key back, while taking the Barbarian ingredients out of his bag and handing them to Alexander.

"Do you want me to help you configure the potion or are you already familiar with the process?"

"It's okay, I configured the Lawyer potion by myself.", Alexander replied.

"There is a bucket there, after you clean it up you can use it to configure your potion." Ralph said and pointed to a corner of the room.

"Let me help you.", Natalie volunteered to wash the bucket and left the room.

Some minutes later, she returned with the bucket in her hands and a smile on her face.

"Here you go.", she placed the bucket in front of him.

Seeing that they were about to talk about something important, she didn't stay, but left the apartment, leaving Alexander and Ralph alone.

Ralph didn't seem to care about what Alexander did, but sat down on a chair and started reading his report regarding the Beyonder gatherings in Backlund.

Taking this opportunity, Alexander didn't hesitate to configure the potion.

After throwing the ingredients inside the bucket and mixing them, the familiar liquid appeared in front of him.

Alexander wasn't too surprised, as he had already seen it once when he had been promoted to a Barbarian.

Looking at the liquid inside the bucket, he breathed a sigh of relief.

In fact, Alexander was previously nervous about drinking a second Sequence 8 Barbarian potion.

From his memories, if, for example, a Sequence 8 Sheriff drank the Sheriff potion again, it would slightly strengthen their abilities, but make it harder to digest the potion.

However, he didn't know what would happen if he drank a potion of a lower than his current Sequence .

Would it cause him to go out of control, or just some pointless side effects?

Luckily, he confirmed that he could trade the potion for FP.

Lifting the bucket, he pretended to gulp down its contents, but secretly traded it to the Fate Simulator.

At the same time, he acted as if he was affected by the potion and used the Distortion token to distort his spirituality, making it appear unstable.

Ralph felt the change in Alexander's spirituality and turned his attention to him, leaving the papers aside.

Two minutes later, Alexander completed his performance and took a deep breath as if he had done something noteworthy.

Ralph saw that Alexander's state was fine and nodded in appreciation.

"It seems that you are really talented to get promoted so easily.", he praised.

Alexander put up a proud expression on his face, like an immature young adult would, and accepted his praise.

"Sit down.", Ralph motioned Alexander.

"Now that you have completed your promotion, I'll fill you in on some confidential information that you'll need to know for your next task."

"You must be puzzled as to why we allow Beyonder gatherings to be held semi-openly even if we already know about them."

"Let me tell you something, our goal is not to stop these Beyonders, but to limit their actions."

"That's also why we allow them to hold those meetings."

"It might seem counterproductive, but we would rather have them attend these gatherings and monitor them, than have them possibly join dangerous secret organizations."

"This is also where your task comes in."

"I saw that you've written in your report about a gathering held by the mysterious Beyonder named 'Mr. A'."

"He is also connected to your mission.", Ralph explained and passed a book to Alexander.

Alexander wasn't shocked that the MI9 was monitoring the wild Beyonders.

He was pretty certain that both the MI9 and the churches had knowledge of every single large scale Beyonder gathering that took place in Backlund.

Taking the book in his hands and opening it, Alexander found that it was a collection of reports regarding the events that took place in Mr. A's gathering.

The start of each page started with a date, before going on to explain what happened in the gathering that day.

What surprised Alexander was how accurate the report was.

Quickly flipping through it, he found that even his own purchases and a description of his disguise had been written down.

He couldn't help but feel a chill down his spine.

"This is going to be your job from now on."

"You have to attend Mr. A's gathering and continue writing reports like those in this book.", Ralph's voice brought him back to reality.

Leaving the building, Alexander finally had some time to check the situation of the Duke of Entropy characteristic.

Opening the Fate Simulator, information appeared in front of him.

[Fate Simulator]

[Sequence: Briber(7) / Duke of Entropy(2){Sealed}]

[FatePoints/FP: 100]

[Cost: 200 FP/Month]

[Simulate]

Turning his attention to the Sequence column, he noticed that the Duke of Entropy characteristic was still showing as sealed.

Closing the silver window and feeling the changes in his body, Alexander couldn't find any difference in himself.

In other worlds this would make him feel safe, but in the world of the Lord of the Mysteries, such a case was alarming instead.