Opportunity

Hector then dealt with the remaining tasks of the day. He oversaw the police taking the body, and informing Samuel, Mary, Martha, Hanry, and Frank. Samuel and Frank left right after the police while Hanry and Martha left together right after them. Mary left last and Hector could see he crying as she left.

'What a messed up situation. She cheated on her husband with his best friend and even had a child with him. But now he is dead and Hanry knows the truth.' Hector shook his head indifferently as he looked at the crimson moon.

Tomorrow at the noon is gathering by Eye of Wisdom, but at this point, Hector is starting to lose hope about finding the ingredients he is looking for.

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Hector entered Braveheart's bar and sat before the bartender. Then he ordered a beer while waiting for the gathering to begin. He came early so he decided to spend his time at the bar rather than waiting in the alley before they start to let people in.

When he got the beer he took a swing. "Gulp. So good bartender heard any rumors in East borough?" He said as he put some money for beer and any information he may know.

While Kaspars would be better informed He wasn't looking for any special information only some general happening there. He took a break from going there until he would become sequence 8 but he still was interested.

The bartender smiled as he saw the money and took them.

"As a matter of fact, there were some things. Street rats are in uproar as someone storms one of their safe-house. Fortunately for them, they lost only one man. There are some questions as to what exactly the message was as they cut the head of the man and left the head of a horse. There is a whisper of a new gang trying to take control of their territory.

"Street rats believe it as they took a closer look at their business. Someone was targeting their collectors, and as you surely know that means they are on edge and becoming paranoid. So much so that even tramps are not spared from the suspicion of helping them."

'Yeah, sorry about that. Did not think that my drunken night would develop a situation in the East borough to such an extent. But a new gang? I could use it later.' Hector thought as he thanked the bartender for the beer and walked out of the bar and around the corner. There he entered the gathering.

The entrance was the same as last time. After knocking a certain number of times wooden board had been moved to the side and a man was staring at him.

Hector already wore an iron mask, so the man would not know who it is. Then the door was opened by the man and he started to follow the man. When he entered the room where people were gathered he took a seat and waited for the rest to come.

After a few minutes, he could hear the Eye of Wisdom speak "It should be all that will come, so we can officially begin."

After he finished speaking Hector could hear one of the present speak. "I was able to find an entrance to a tomb and from preliminary examination, I'm sure it contains some beyonder treasure, and so I'm looking to hire help from some of you, of course, you will be generously rewarded and we will evenly split the loot."

After he spoke Hector could hear the Eye of Wisdom speak.

"I would advise against it, as any tomb that has any beyonder treasure must have been sealed until recently as no official beyonder organization found it yet. And any such places will be filled with danger that you can't even imagine."

Hector agreed and wanted to disregard the proposition but then he felt chains around his heart had shifted in anticipation.

'What? That never happened before. Is there any connection between the tomb and the chains around my heart?' Hector knew that the chains were not just a connection between him and the tenebrous world, because he could feel desires from them. They weren't sentient but more like his desires were taken and then blended with part of the Tenebrous world which in turn were connected back to him.

When he digested sequence 9 he could clearly feel the connection deepen as few of the links were absorbed by him. He hypothesized that he would fully absorb the chains at a certain sequence. He guessed that it should probably happen at sequence 0 when he would become a god but he wasn't sure.

He was filed with determination at the prospect and decided to join the man. After him, a few others had also confirmed their desire to join. Eye of Wisdom only shook his head and sighed.

He then gets a piece of paper from the attendant. On it was coordination and time to explore the tomb. Hector put a piece of paper in his pocket after reading it and redirected his attention back to the gathering.

After that others started to put in their request and offers, but he wasn't interested in any of them. He also was unsuccessful in obtaining an apprentice formula. He didn't ask for mutant pathway formula as he wasn't interested to come in contact with Maric and Sharron yet. Gorm still needs to grow and as a mutant will not give him that much knowledge compares to the apprentice he decided to wait.

He would still ask for the formula from other gatherings but he was in no hurry. Simar on the other hand would become beyonder animal much sooner. The abilities of the Door pathway will be invaluable to him and intelligence from sequence 9 will make training him much easier.

"Does anyone have 20ml of demon worm blood?" Hector asked hoping but not expecting the answer.

After a few seconds he sighted but then he heard someone speak.

"Yes, I do. But I'm selling 60ml of demon worms blood." Hector became overjoyed at the prospect of acquiring the blood, and getting 60ml in one go is not that bad. He will just keep it, and maybe even sell or use it on someone else.

Hector paid 400 pounds for the blood and then he waited for the end of the gathering so he could go home to make the potion. He tried to remain calm but his eyes were fidgeting around.

When he returned home he hurriedly entered the family safe where he had prepared all the ingredients for the potion. He had set up a table with a cauldron, test tube, pipets, and various other objects that he could need.

Hector then looked at the formula and started to read it again.

Main ingredient:

Twin feather of weeping hound,

20 ml of demon worm blood.

Supplementary ingredient:

7 drops of white wine

90 ml of distilled water

4 ml of honey

Hector then took a glass tube with distilled water and poured it out into the cauldron. He took a pipet and dropped 7 drops of white wine into the water. Then he took 4 ml of honey, he had some trouble putting it in because of its consistency, but he knew that he could put in a little bit less. It should have no consequences as there are only supplementary ingredients. After a few moments, the honey started to melt and was blending with other ingredients

After checking it over he took a twin feather of weeping hound and dropped it into the cauldron. When it touched the liquid inside color of it turned pitch black.

Then he took 20 ml of demon worm blood and poured it in. After that, he could see that liquid turned pure white and started to boil.