Mystery: Death Singer

On Monday morning, Edric attempted several more spirit summoning rituals.

But whether it was because he had used up all his good luck yesterday, or for some other reason, he couldn't summon a suitable spirit for the entire morning, whether he was pointing to the spirit world or the underworld.

The spirits attracted by the ritual were either too weak to provide any effective help to Edric, or they couldn't even learn the "madman's" fighting style of acting as a meat shield.

They are either too cruel, not content with just essential oils and perfumes, but demanding that Edric provide flesh or soul after the "spiritual" session.

Edric certainly wouldn't do that; he's on the "corpse collector" path, which does involve death, but he's not on the "murderer" path.

Although his collaboration with these spirits ultimately failed, Edric noted down their characteristics one by one, intending to discuss them later.

Edric learned about some of the abilities of the "Necromancer" from Marich in advance, among which the "Words of the Dead," which can forcibly drive and even enslave various spirits, is particularly coveted.

However, Sequence 6 is far too far away for Edric at present. Not to mention that his "Spiritualist" potion has not yet shown any obvious signs of being digested, the price of a single Sequence 6 potion is enough to make most people give up.

Through what he saw and heard at the "Stargazing Lady" gathering, Edric knew that any single Sequence 6 potion ingredient could sell for at least 1,500 pounds.

As everyone knows, a complete potion consists of two main ingredients and several auxiliary ingredients. Even without calculating the cost of the auxiliary ingredients, just the two main ingredients alone would cost Edric at least three thousand pounds!

This was the best option Marich was willing to offer as payment the "Necromancer" potion recipe. Without Marich, who was practically an angel investor, Edric would have had to spend an extra two thousand to two thousand five hundred pounds to buy the potion recipe.

Unfortunately, after purchasing the "Ghost Cat's forepaws and blood," as well as the ingredients used to make essential oils and perfumes, Edric's savings had dwindled to just over 1,600 pounds, barely enough to buy a single Rank 6 potion's main ingredient.

That's why Edric wanted Marich to be ready as soon as possible so that the mission could begin quickly.

Whether it's the "Necromancer" potion recipe that was given as payment, the extraordinary characteristics of the "werewolf" Tyr himself, or the magical items and gold coins that may be on him, these are the resources that Edric needs most right now.

Without the potion recipe, he had no idea what materials to collect next, and might even miss out on crucial materials due to a lack of information.

At the "Stargazing Lady's" gathering, everyone could only see names and their prices, which meant that Edric had no way to judge what extraordinary materials he needed based on his own desires.

Edric didn't know if the "Stargazing Lady's" gathering pattern was an isolated case or if this was how extraordinary gatherings at the middle sequence level were conducted, but he had to prepare for the worst: that other extraordinary gatherings at the same level followed the same procedure.

After cleaning up the traces left by the ritual, Edric glanced at the time and found that it was still early until 3 p.m. So he washed up and lay down on the bed, intending to use sleep to restore his energy so that he could be in the best condition for the upcoming tarot session that afternoon.

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At three o'clock in the afternoon, the crimson light arrived as promised, lifting Edric's consciousness and sending it to infinite heights, returning it once again to the palace that resembled the dwelling of giants.

Beside the ancient and weathered bronze table, Edric opened his eyes and saw Klein, who was also shrouded in thick fog, and saw the "Hanged Man," "Justice," and "The Sun."

Just then, "Justice" Audrey greeted everyone cheerfully:

"Good afternoon, Mr. Fool! Good afternoon, Mr. Hanged Man! Good afternoon, Mr. Sun! Good afternoon, Mr. Death!"

During this process, Klein discovered that Edric the Grim Reaper's astral body had undergone significant changes, just like the previous "Hanged Man." He immediately realized that his former neighbor had also successfully advanced and become a mid-sequence Beyonder.

While secretly delighted that the Tarot Club had made further progress, Klein also became curious about large cities like Backlund. Was it really as legendary as people thought, the "land of hope"?

Unfortunately, I am a night watchman, and it is difficult to get permission to leave Tingen without a proper reason, unless I keep getting promoted like Ms. Daly and improve my status within the church... Klein glanced at Miss "Justice" out of the corner of his eye, indicating that she had something to say, so he nodded slightly to indicate his agreement.

"My esteemed Fool, have your servants received the three hundred gold pounds as compensation?"

Listening to Miss Justice's innocent and caring voice, Edric had to resort to some of his own corpse traits to barely keep a smile going.

Although Klein sensed through the astral spirit that Edric was in high spirits, he assumed it was a normal reaction to Edric's successful advancement and never imagined that this joy was coming from him. He chuckled softly.

"I haven't been paying attention to this matter, but since my followers haven't made any further requests for help, they must have received it."

Before he could finish speaking, Klein noticed that Edric's astral body had changed again, with the color of joy completely covering all other colors.

"Promotion to Sequence Seven is really great. Even among the Night Watchers, Edric would be qualified to be the captain of a squad..." Klein added in his heart, full of envy.

Klein hadn't received any of Roselle's diaries that week, so after "Justice" and "The Hanged Man" finished discussing the matter of Zillingus, they immediately moved on to the transaction.

Audrey, who had been eagerly anticipating this for a long time, took the lead and said:

"I need the complete pituitary gland of the Rainbow Lizard Dragon."

Worried that "Death," who was also in Backlund, would steal his business, "The Hanged Man" Alger followed suit, saying:

"I think I can get it, but only if I find Zilingus and wipe the slate clean of all that previous intelligence."

"You may not know this, but these dragons are nearly extinct. Currently, they can only be found on some primitive islands in the Misty Sea, the Raging Sea, and the Sunia Sea. The coordinates of these islands are known to only a very few people, such as—me."