“Attention-Seeker…”
Roger’s mouth twitched.
Did he get the King of Angels’s approval?
I just wanted to survive…
Amon also felt a bit conflicted, for as he gazed at Roger, a spiritual premonition clearly rippled within him.
A Sequence 9 little shrimp, causing an King of Angels to feel a premonition?
This was very unusual!
He pondered for a moment and decided not to kill the young man for now.
He then said:
“However, I do need an Abraham Family Apprentice alive.”
Hearing this, Roger breathed a sigh of relief.
At the same time, he used Yog-Sothoth’s power of time and space to gradually reset himself back to the Beyonder state of an “Apprentice.”
Since he had already digested this Beyonder characteristic once, there was no need for the process of auxiliary material preparation and meditation for assimilation.
Amon, as a high-level existence of the Sneaking pathway, naturally sensed his change, nodded with satisfaction, and then said:
“I have a task for you.”
“Big Brother, please feel free to command,” Roger nodded, his attitude respectful.
“…Go to Tingen City to find a place to stay, and also find the local Aurora Order branch to monitor them.”
“Okay, Big Brother, no problem, Big Brother.”
Roger nodded repeatedly on the surface, but inwardly, he cursed continuously.
These guys who worshipped the True Creator were arguably crazier than the last.
Even when Adam later integrated the The Hanged Man pathway’s authority and reshuffled the Aurora Order, those divine envoys still seemed utterly mad.
At this critical juncture, the Aurora Order was still a genuine evil organization, a factor of social instability, and had even caused others to become pregnant with the True Creator’s divine child through the scoundrel Lanevus, almost destroying the entire Tingen.
That incident also directly led to the deaths of Nighthawks members, including Captain Dunn Smith and Klein.
Sending himself, a Sequence 9, to deal with these lunatics, whether he could survive was debatable.
Although he didn’t know if Amon was doing it on purpose, Roger didn’t mind going to Tingen.
As an old fan of Lord of the Mysteries, he also very much wanted to get in touch with Klein Moretti.
At this time, Klein should have just gotten involved in the Antigonus family notebook incident not long ago and had not yet become a Beyonder.
Roger was very much looking forward to seeing how the other party would react if he intentionally or unintentionally revealed his identity as a Transmigrator.
“By the way, why don’t you leave me a family heirloom Worm of Time?
That way, I can contact you if there’s any new situation.”
He spoke fawningly, and Amon was slightly stunned again, then shook his head.
This guy was already like this, and now he was even asking for a Worm of Time?
Did he really think an King of Angels’s item was like biscuits, melon seeds, and mineral water, given just because one wanted it?
Did he have any shame?
“There’s no need.
You can contact me at this address when the time comes.”
Amon left a Tingen City address, then, seemingly not wanting to talk to him anymore, turned and disappeared.
Roger breathed a sigh of relief.
Although he didn’t think Amon needed to leave a Worm of Time for himself, who couldn’t be assimilated, he was afraid the other party might have a sudden whim and leave an eye on him.
Although he could dispose of the worm three days later, that would undoubtedly attract Amon’s attention.
So, it was better to proactively suggest it; according to Amon’s personality, it would instead be “contrary to expectations.”
Just as the three minutes were up, Roger’s “Apprentice” Beyonder characteristic quickly faded and fell to the ground, simultaneously wiggling towards the other members of the Abraham Family.
Roger’s heart stirred.
He took a container and collected the Beyonder characteristics that had separated from himself and the others.
Regarding why the Abraham Family had become like this, Roger also had his own inferences.
Most likely, when Judgment Star Geheros’s fragmented Beyonder characteristics arrived on Earth, their inherent noisy characteristics more or less affected the Mother Goddess of Depravity’s state in the starry sky, thereby intensifying Mr.
Door’s mad ravings and causing a large number of his descendants to die.
Although he had inherited the original owner’s memories, he truly didn’t have the same deep feelings for the members of the Abraham Family as the original owner did.
But as a rare family of loyal martyrs among the great Beyonder families, Roger still held them in great respect.
So, he would keep these Beyonder characteristics to see if there was any proper use for them in the future.
…Of course, if he ran out of money, he wouldn’t mind selling some of these Beyonder characteristics.
Loyalty and righteousness are precious, but survival is more valuable.
As long as the green hills remain, there will be no shortage of firewood.
Only by eating one’s fill first can one talk about dreams.
However, there was still an urgent matter at hand.
That was, to concoct the Sequence 9 “Attention-Seeker” potion and consume it to become a Beyonder!
He quickly walked to the family’s potion preparation room, picked up a beaker, then took pure water, daffodil essence, deep-veined walnuts, and other auxiliary materials, adding them one by one, and began to heat it.
Finally, Roger grabbed and released his hand in mid-air, and a reddish, translucent object was dropped into the beaker.
The originally clear liquid in the beaker immediately began to bubble like glowing red rust, emitting an indescribably lonely aura.
Not a single mistake!
Roger knew this was a sign that the potion was complete, so he turned off the heat, poured the viscous liquid into an opaque cup, and drank it all.
The potion, carrying a rusty scent and a slight burning sensation, quickly slid into his stomach.
Roger was immediately enveloped by a sense of dimness, chaos, and dark loneliness.
He quickly closed his eyes and began to stabilize his mind through meditation.
After about ten minutes, he felt his mind begin to stabilize, so he opened his eyes.
Roger’s expression was a mix of surprise and tension.
The surprise was because he had previously received the King of Angels’s certification as a “Attention-Seeker”; the potion had been mostly digested the moment it entered his stomach.
This also made Roger realize that what appeared before him earlier should have been one of Amon’s avatars, not exceeding Mid-Sequence, rather than his true body.
Otherwise, the “Attention-Seeker” potion should have been completely digested immediately, rather than still having a small portion remaining.
He also summarized a core acting principle for “Attention-Seeker” from this:
[True conspicuousness comes from the contrast between one’s own code of conduct and others’ expectations, rather than deliberately trying to attract attention.]
Roger’s tension was because, he wasn’t sure if it was an illusion, but the moment he consumed the potion, he seemed to feel a large amount of malice coming from the starry sky…
Thinking of this, Roger quickly shook his head and dispelled this unrealistic thought.
After all, he was just a Sequence 9 little shrimp and wouldn’t attract the attention of any astral big shots.
Besides, what did their previous issues with Judgment Star Geheros have to do with the current Roger Abraham?
He nodded and began to sense his abilities.
The “Attention-Seeker” ability primarily had three points.
First, it enhanced spirituality and mental resistance, granting him certain divination and astrology abilities, and the ability to learn ritual magic.
The side effect was a very high probability of not receiving a response from the object of ritual prayer.
Second was the “Agitator” ability.
Roger could not only passively attract others’ attention but also actively disturb the emotions of no more than 10 ordinary people or 3 Beyonders of the same Sequence, making them irritable or temporarily lose their ability for rational thought, and unable to sleep for a period of time.
The third point was opposite to the second: Roger gained a natural anti-divination characteristic.
As long as a Beyonder no higher than Sequence 8 attempted to divine him, there was a very high probability of receiving confused or invalid information.
“As expected, a Attention-Seeker no one loves.”
Roger sighed softly.
Since things had come to this, he could only go all the way.
After testing his various abilities and scouring the family residence for anything valuable, Roger set off that very night to catch the train to Tingen.
To avoid being specially noticed by thieves and train police, he even bought a first-class ticket, so he could have a private space and get a good night’s sleep.
The family’s residence was not far from Awwa County.
Roger arrived at Tingen City station early the next morning.
Relying on his memories of the original work, as well as inquiries and asking for directions, he soon stood before his destination.
“Blackthorn Security Company.”