Mystery: A Spark

"Money, of course!" Klein manipulated the "world," saying.

£100 in cash.

"Barron was in Backlund when he was seen meeting with an MI9 agent who was loyal to the royal family. I don't know who it was because the person was wearing a mask."

The royal family? Audrey's heart skipped a beat; she suddenly remembered something she had recently heard.

Without hesitation, she immediately spoke:

“Mr. World, I’ve heard a rumor that the kingdom’s third prince, Edsack, committed suicide a couple of days ago.”

Edsack is dead!? Or did he commit suicide? Klein was taken aback.

He still remembered the day he was invited to Red Rose Manor and was received by Prince Edsak and Talim. He also remarked that the prince was a good person who gave him the opportunity to learn to ride a horse.

Hearing the news of the other person's sudden death inevitably made him feel sad.

Suicide? Ha, more like a forced suicide, perhaps? It seems the royal family is involved in this smog incident; otherwise, Edsack wouldn't have been made a scapegoat, and Talim would surely be heartbroken… Klein sighed inwardly and said:

"I don't know the specifics either. It might be an infighting between factions within the royal family. Anyway, I don't believe that a prince would commit suicide."

“I don’t believe it either.” Audrey nodded in agreement.

……

The tarot session ended, and Arthur woke up in a recliner in his living room.

As soon as he opened his eyes, he saw Arthas lying on the low table next to him, curiously looking at him.

"What are you looking at?" Arthur poked Arthas on the forehead with his finger.

"What are you looking at?" Arthas immediately replied.

Arthur paused in his motion to rise from the recliner, then swiftly reached out and grabbed Arthas, who was trying to escape when he sensed something was wrong.

"You, you haven't finished your lines yet! You're not following the rules!" Arthas said defiantly after being captured.

Arthur chuckled, then rubbed the puppy in his arms, making the little thing beg for mercy.

"Help! I'm sorry! Wait, I have something to give you."

"Leonard entrusted it to you?" Arthur stopped moving.

"Mmm." Arthas nodded obediently.

"Spit it out." Arthur released the puppy from his arms.

Arthas jumped back onto the low table and spat out the two items.

A gun, and a small bottle containing red liquid.

The gun was Abe no Che, and Arthur immediately put it back into his emblem.

Then, he picked up the small bottle and examined it closely.

The bottle contained blood, Ince Zangwell's blood.

Arthur asked Leonard to collect this because it was required for the Reaper's ritual.

The ritual he saw on the Red Priest's tablet was to find a key figure in a conspiracy, then set up another conspiracy to take his life, and smear his blood on his eyes to make him take a potion.

The higher the level of conspiracy involving the key figure, the better the effect of the ritual.

Of course, the more complex and sophisticated the conspiracy, the more likely there will be more than one key figure, and they will all be extremely difficult to deal with.

For example, in the Great Smog Incident, George III, Desperate Nightingale, Mr. A, and Ince Zangwell were all key figures.

However, since Ince Zangwell possesses the sealed artifact 0-08, he is Arthur's first target to eliminate.

Therefore, Arthur went to great lengths to devise such a conspiracy to hunt down Ince Zangwill.

Meanwhile, he himself set out to intercept and kill the Nightingale of Despair, but unfortunately, the "Mother of Heaven" stole his head.

But that's alright, Ince Zangwell's blood is enough for him to advance.

“Let’s go, Arthas, to the Church of Harvest.” Arthur stood up from the recliner and changed into some clothes for going out.

"Hey, I'm coming," Arthas responded, then jumped onto Arthur's shoulder and burrowed into his clothes.

Now that the weather is cold, it doesn't want to be outside in the cold wind.

Arthur went out and, with practiced ease, took a carriage to the Harvest Church.

It was already evening.

After greeting Bishop Utravsky, Arthur went to the secret chamber where he had been promoted to schemer.

The stone door closed, the seal was broken, and the secret chamber was completely isolated from the outside world.

Arthas crawled out from under Arthur's clothes, jumped onto the stone table, and watched Arthur begin mixing potions.

The potion was quickly prepared, and seeing that Arthur was about to take it, Arthas simply lay down on the stone table with his legs in the air.

When Arthur was promoted last time, it was suddenly overcome by drowsiness and fell asleep.

To prevent this from happening again, Arthas simply lay down voluntarily.

Upon seeing this, Arthur abruptly stopped drinking the potion, then took a handkerchief from his emblem and covered the puppy's belly.

Just as Arthas was moved by his master's thoughtfulness, he heard Arthur say:

"I hate it when people point guns at me."

Gun? What gun? Arthas didn't react at first.

But after looking at its own belly, it suddenly realized what was going on.

"Pah! You filthy scoundrel!"

The puppy shifted its body so that the "gun" was no longer pointed at Arthur. Just as it was about to make a complaint, it saw Arthur drink the potion in one gulp.

Then, it felt a familiar drowsiness creeping over it.

Chapter 230 I'm determined to exploit this weakness! Even Jesus couldn't hold onto it, I'm telling you!

After smearing the blood on his eyelids, Arthur drank the potion in one gulp.

The potion sank into Arthur's body as soon as it entered his mouth, flowing throughout his body.

In an instant, Arthur felt his entire body become incredibly sensitive and vulnerable, as if his outer skin had been peeled off, leaving him in direct contact with the outside world through his dermis.

Even the slightest touch can cause intense pain and injury.

Moreover, this feeling of sensitivity and vulnerability is gradually intensifying.

Instinctively, Arthur activated his ghost vision, wanting to see what had happened to him.

Two eerie green symbols appeared in his eyes, and then Arthur saw the structural lines on his body, as well as countless tiny points of light.

The body was covered in light spots, and their number seemed to be increasing, while their brightness was also increasing.

The points of light in the ghost's vision represent weaknesses, which means that Arthur is vulnerable all over at this moment.

The increase in quantity and brightness signifies an increase in the number and severity of his weaknesses.

If someone were to attack him at this moment, Arthur could suffer terrible harm.

Furthermore, as time goes on, he will develop more and more weaknesses, and the damage caused to him when these weaknesses are hit will become more and more severe.

Fortunately, Arthur was in a secluded chamber isolated from the outside world. The only other living being besides him was Arthas, who had already lost consciousness.

Just as Arthur was starting to panic because of the changes that had happened to him, he suddenly felt a burning sensation in his eyes.

Immediately, he found that the scene before his eyes had changed once again.

The original structural lines and densely packed light spots remained unchanged, but a blood-red light cluster appeared outside of these two elements.

The ball of light was the size of a fist and was located on Arthur's left abdomen.

Instinctively, he stretched out his finger and touched the very center of the blood-red orb of light.

The next moment, most of the dense dots of light in Arthur's ghostly vision disappeared, leaving only the inherent weaknesses of the human body.

At the same time, he felt a tearing pain in his body, as if he were undergoing some kind of transformation.

When the pain subsided, Arthur realized that he had successfully been promoted to Reaper.

"Phew~" Arthur breathed a sigh of relief and rubbed his slightly sore eyes.

He took a bottle of water from the emblem, then took the handkerchief that had been covering Arthas's stomach, and began to wash the blood from his eyes.

At the same time, he began to recall the situation during his promotion and felt the power that the Reaper's Potion had given him.

Arthur speculated that the vulnerability he experienced was something that would happen to every hunter when they were promoted to Reaper.

If not addressed promptly, as weaknesses accumulate and strengthen, the extraordinary individual in the process of advancement may ultimately become a porcelain doll.

At that time, even a speck of dust falling on an extraordinary person could lead to their death.

The purpose of ritual is to find the key point of change, enabling the extraordinary to stop this change in time.

In occultism, the blood extracted from the body of a key figure in a conspiracy after their murder is known as the "key point."

Such blood can provide guidance to the extraordinary during rituals.

The higher the level of the conspiracy, the stronger and more obvious the guidance provided by the blood.

The guidance Arthur saw was a fist-sized ball of light, while for most people it would only be a single point.

In addition, he has ghost vision to see changes in himself, which allows him to precisely target that crucial point.

Those hunters who lack ghost vision can only rely on their senses.

After being promoted to Reaper, Arthur gained some new extraordinary abilities.

The most typical and iconic of these is, of course, the ability related to weaknesses.

The Reaper's Potion grants Arthur the ability to see the weaknesses of his prey from a mystical perspective, and also allows him to accurately strike those weaknesses, inflicting extremely terrible damage on his prey.

Of course, since he can see the enemy's weaknesses from a mystical perspective, the enemy can also use extraordinary abilities to conceal their own weaknesses.

So once the weaknesses are covered up, are the Reapers left completely helpless?

No.

Even if the enemy hides their weaknesses, the Reaper still has a way, which is another very simple and brutal ability: