Although somewhat reluctant, Don looked at his large bed and tearfully chose the latter between 'opposing the rules and lying flat to accept punishment' and 'chatting it out, enduring for now, and not strangling the blind fool.'
After all, his mystical items were also somewhat malicious in nature.
System: [Humans are just naturally cheap~]
Don: "..."
Don was left speechless and secretly swore that he would eventually strangle this system thing too.
No, he should hang it from the ceiling as his secret puppet.
[Hehe~]
Don opened the door with an expressionless face. Outside, Owen was wearing a linen shirt, looking like he was also dressed for rest.
At this moment, he was holding a wooden box with a solemn expression, but in Don's eyes, he still looked mysteriously annoying and deserving of a beating.
Don glanced at the personal maid beside him. The maid curtsied to him and then closed the door.
"What's wrong? What did father tell you?"
Owen didn't speak, first handing the box in his hands to Don.
Don took it and opened the wooden box, seeing inside a black heart that was still beating.
That black heart seemed to still be alive, continuously contracting and expanding.
And when the wooden box was opened, the spirituality around them seemed to be rapidly dissipating, with feelings of death and withering continuously entering the real world through the heart as a bridge. Don opened his Spirit Vision and examined the object before him.
System: [Appraisal in progress, automatically consumed one Appraisal attempt, remaining Appraisal attempts: (139/140).]
[Host, this item belongs to the 'Corpse Collector' pathway Sequence 4, Undying's Beyonder characteristic.]
[Would you like to reverse-analyze the 'Undying' potion formula? This method requires consuming an indeterminate number of Appraisal attempts. Note: Analyzing potions through this method requires a relatively high number of Appraisal attempts, please choose carefully.]
'No.'
Don closed the lid, raising his eyebrows slightly.
"Father gave this to you?"
"Yes." Owen sat down boldly in the wooden chair. "Along with the advancement ritual and the Sequence 5 potion formula."
As a high-sequence Angel, after Baron Lamud recalled many things and gradually recovered his strength, obtaining a Sequence 4 Beyonder characteristic from somewhere and giving it to his child as the main ingredient for a potion wasn't strange at all.
After all, for a high-sequence Angel, a child of the God of Death, although Sequence 4 potions were rare, he would always know where to find the corresponding potion main ingredients, corresponding mystical creatures, or directly corresponding Sequence 4 Beyonders.
"But you're only Sequence 6. You haven't even fully digested your current potion. Jumping straight to Sequence 4 would turn you into a monster."
Was giving Owen the Sequence 4 potion this early because father was already preparing for another memory loss? Don secretly speculated about his father's thoughts, and he also had some ideas of his own.
"That's why I want you to craft this 'Undying' characteristic into a mystical item," Owen said. "You know an exceptional artisan, don't you?"
The mystical items on Don himself were all made using the system's 'Artisan Module,' so it wasn't strange that Owen knew he had connections.
Don placed the box on the table, nodding and saying: "Sure, this isn't a big problem, but it will take some time."
After all, the system's artisan processing also needed some time to complete.
"That's no problem." Owen nodded, then continued: "As for what kind of form it can be made into... I just hope the negative effects won't be too severe."
"Demigod-level mystical items generally have quite significant negative effects... I'll do my best." Don said.
He had never used the system to make demigod-level items, so he didn't know what would come out, and therefore couldn't make any guarantees.
"Also, I plan to join the military."
Don was puzzled, "Join the military? Why?"
"If it's to digest the potion, you're not on the Hunter pathway, you don't need to go to the army for acting. You should be going to the Spirit World or Underworld, seeking undead creatures for acting instead."
If he joined the military, it would be very easy to be discovered by the military and people from the Augustus family, thus discovering something suspicious.
"Father is leaving." Owen said, "I plan to go to the kingdom's army and earn some military merit."
Owen had always wanted to become a knight since childhood, to earn a noble title through his own efforts. Now this could be considered fulfilling his childhood dream.
He clenched his fist with a determined expression: "Little brother, you and mother wait, your big brother will earn you a Tingen."
Don's mouth twitched: "...In the middle of the night, what daydreams are you having."
"Rather than this, you should pray to the Evernight Goddess and ask Her to give you a good dream, that would be more realistic."
Do you know how big the entire Tingen is?
Owen's expression collapsed, and before he could say anything more, Don sent him away, kicking him out of the bedroom with one foot.
"Hiss—"
Don clapped his hands: "Alright, early to bed and early to rise for good health. As for the mystical item, it'll take about ten days or so. I'll bring it to you when it's finished... If there's anything else, let's talk about it tomorrow. Take care, I won't see you out, I need to sleep."
With a snap, the door closed.
Owen: "..."
Tsk, so cold-blooded.
After quietly lying on the bed and wriggling around for a bit, Don sat up and looked at the wooden box Owen had left behind.
He got up, took the wooden box, and stuffed it along with the Beyonder characteristic inside into the system inventory.
[Recovered one 'Undying' corresponding Beyonder characteristic, corresponding sealing method has been established.]
"System, open 'Artisan'."
Don sighed, picked up the small silver knife from the corner of the table, and set up a spiritual wall to isolate the inside from the outside.
['Artisan' has been opened.]
As the system's mechanical voice sounded, the atmosphere around seemed to change.
With Don as the center, the entire room seemed to radiate strange ripple-like fluctuations. Rays of light seemingly composed of countless fundamental particles appeared in the room, with light and shadow interweaving, hazy and illusory.
Don sat on the bed, ignoring the various mystical symbols continuously appearing around him, looking at the suddenly transformed system interface. He mentally clicked on the Sequence 4 Beyonder characteristic in the system storage and submitted it to the 'Artisan Module.'
[Sequence 4: Undying.]
[The Undying possess nearly infinite lifespans. Successfully advanced Undying have more powerful control abilities over undead creatures.]
[They are masters of death, having initially grasped the concept of 'Death,' able to use 'Doors' to freely enter the Spirit World and Underworld.]
[They initially possess the form of mythical creatures, and living beings who gaze upon them without divine protection will gradually become slaves to death.]
(End of Chapter)