Chapter 151: Thank You, Unknown Calamity Priest
"Black Death" – Captain's Cabin—
A faint, peculiar scent permeated the luxurious room.
Tracy lay on her soft, large bed, tightly clutching the ill-fitting men's coat.
Ever since her Mother left, she had locked herself in this room, with only one thought in her mind: to find Brando.
She buried her face deep into the coat, greedily inhaling his scent, which was growing fainter. This scent made her feel at ease, yet also made her more anxious.
Mother already knew of Brando's existence. Although that woman outwardly agreed to her, Tracy knew better than anyone that a Demoness's promise… Hmph!
She had to find him before anyone else, to "protect" him completely and forever.
Tracy sat up and spread the coat flat on the bed. Then, she took out an exquisite dressing mirror from a drawer.
She was going to use the mirror divination that a Demoness was most skilled at. She closed her eyes, her slender fingers touching the mirror's surface.
"Monchi Brandu's current location."
"Monchi Brandu's current location."
"Monchi Brandu's current location."
However, only a few chaotic streaks of light flashed across the mirror's surface, then, with a soft tremor, all reactions vanished.
"How could this be?"
Tracy, not believing it, concentrated again and tried once more.
The result was still failure—
"Why—why is this happening!" She irritably threw the mirror aside.
"Does Brando have anti-divination abilities?"
"Or is it…"
She picked up the coat, brought it to her nose, and sniffed hard. On it, besides Luo En's faint lingering scent, there was more of her own scent, mixed with sweat and body fragrance.
Could it be that—she had worn this coat for too long, causing her own scent to completely cover Brando's original scent?
Is that why the divination failed? It shouldn't be, right? "Damn it! Damn it! Damn it!"
After a brief moment of confusion, anger followed.
Tracy furiously swept all the pillows and blankets from the bed onto the floor, her chest heaving violently. An unprecedented urgency and panic enveloped her.
She wasn't sure who took Luo En that day, or what their purpose was.
Or perhaps it was just a simple accident, or perhaps he had already been found by that damned Edwina Edwards.
As soon as this possibility came to mind, a twisted thought swept over her again.
"I am your Captain."
"The only Captain!"
After calming down, Tracy performed another divination. This time, she barely succeeded. She roughly determined that Luo En should not be in mortal danger, but his exact location remained unknown.
The informants placed in various ports and shipping companies had no news, which meant Brando was most likely still in Bayam.
She had to find him before he left!
A few more days passed.
The tense atmosphere in Bayam City seemed to have eased somewhat, but the specific situation remained unclear.
At noon that day, after a dull lunch, Danitz put on his hat, disguised himself, and went out again to gather information.
Only Luo En was left in the room. After drinking the last sip of the potion Danitz bought back, Luo En felt that his mental and physical strength had almost fully recovered.
He walked to the door, confirmed that Danitz had gone far, then turned to the Orange Cat lying on the bed and said, "Lachi, help me keep watch at the door."
"Meow~" The Orange Cat let out a lazy meow, but still obediently jumped off the bed, walked over, and sat down by the door.
Luo En locked the door, took a deep breath, mobilized his spirituality, and built a spiritual wall in the room, completely sealing off the entire room.
After confirming that the room had become a "secret chamber," he carefully took out the 3 of Diamonds playing card from his pocket.
He injected his spirituality into it, and with a thought, a pile of miscellaneous items appeared on the floor of the room.
Most of them were Beyonder materials he "picked up" on that primitive island, but among them, several items were emitting a unique, condensed special substance—these were several ready-made Beyonder characteristics.
"Strange?" Luo En felt a little surprised. These Beyonder characteristics had been in the "3 of Diamonds" space for so long, yet they remained unchanged. Their state was just like when they had just precipitated from the corpses of those Beyonder creatures.
Logically speaking, Beyonder characteristics cannot be stored for a long time without problems unless specially treated. But the characteristics taken out of the personal space seemed to have no abnormalities.
"I didn't expect this card to also have a 'preservation' function…" Luo En was pleasantly surprised.
Previously, he only treated it as an ordinary storage space, but he didn't expect it to have such a hidden function.
He suppressed his excitement and seized the time to try and figure out the specific information of these characteristics and materials.
He first rummaged through his satchel and found a monocle he hadn't used for a long time.
This was an item he had explored early on in the Tingen ruins along with the playing cards, and it had a good "appraisal" effect.
He picked up the monocle, habitually intending to put it on his right eye.
However, just as the monocle was about to touch his eye socket, his hand suddenly froze.
A blurry, distorted image flashed uncontrollably in his mind.
It was a figure wearing a monocle, whose face was unclear.
This reminded him of someone in his dream, but—Luo En rubbed his head, he couldn't recall any of the details.
Just as he closed his eyes, trying to remember carefully, an inexplicable, bone-deep sense of fear suddenly enveloped him!
Luo En, as if scalded, violently threw the monocle onto the table, his heart pounding, and a cold sweat seeping from his forehead.
"What's going on?" He looked at the monocle on the ground, his eyes full of confusion. Why would he suddenly feel such fear towards it?
"It was fine when I used it before."
After a moment of contemplation, he put away the unsettling monocle, deciding to use a safer divination method to obtain information.
He carefully picked up a Beyonder characteristic, placed it on the table, and began his divination.
To be honest, the saying "divination is not omnipotent" is correct. Using divination to replace appraisal is not a good idea. It's not only slow but also unusually cumbersome, and the probability of success is not high. The information obtained through divination might also be incomplete.
However, perhaps due to the activation of his "Lucky One" ability, the first characteristic he divined gave him an unexpected surprise.
"This is—the Beyonder characteristic of a 'Calamity Priest.'"
Moreover, he also divined a crucial piece of information from this characteristic: "Calamity Priest" is Sequence 6 of the "Monster" Pathway.
Luo En's breathing suddenly quickened, and an uncontrollable joy appeared on his face.
He had always thought he would need to spend a lot of money and time to find the main ingredients for the potion, but he didn't expect it to fall into his hands so easily!
Is this the ability of a "Lucky One"? Unintentionally bringing the most needed item right before him?
He quickly remembered that this characteristic came from the body of a victim he encountered while drifting at sea.
At that time, a characteristic happened to precipitate from that body, and he casually collected it, not expecting such a great gift hidden within.
"Wait a minute—"
Luo En suddenly remembered something and began to commune with the characteristic. After all, having only the main ingredient wouldn't allow him to directly make the potion. If successful, he might be able to obtain the complete formula for "Calamity Priest."
However, regrettably, the communion failed.
Although the characteristic was fine, the victim's spirit body had long since dissipated.
"Cannot 'preserve' spirit bodies, huh." Luo En murmured to himself.
Although a little disappointed, Luo En still sincerely thanked the unknown victim.
Even though he, who suffered misfortune, was not a qualified "Lucky One," he indeed brought him luck.
Brother, thank you. Rest in peace, and I pray you can be a true "Lucky One" in your next life.
And I will make good use of your "legacy" and not let it go to waste.
"It seems I still need to find Roy King, but this time I only need to know the formula for the auxiliary materials…"
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