Chapter 51: Professional

Chapter 51: Professional

Botis’s two eyeballs had already turned deep black. Within them was frozen an indescribable terror. Merely looking at them made Klein’s heart palpitate for no reason, as though he could feel the violent emotional changes Botis had experienced just before death.

After a round of inspection, combined with divination, Klein confirmed that these two eyeballs did not contain Beyonder characteristics. However, they hid intense corruption and power from an unknown source. They could serve as media for curses, and could also directly influence a target. They were spiritual materials with an extremely long “valid period,” and they were also quite dangerous.

“They cannot be carried for long periods of time. Otherwise, one’s mind may weaken, nightmares may come every day, and the body may deform…” Klein casually summoned a square iron box and placed Botis’s two eyeballs inside.

He did not attempt purification. If he shattered the items and expelled the corruption, nothing would remain. That would be far too wasteful.

Since the Star Worms had no major problem, and were also materials Klein understood comparatively well, he soon turned his attention to the black pouch.

The divination result gave him a pleasant surprise, because this was what was known as a “spatial-type” item.

From the outside, the pouch looked large enough for only one adult man’s hand to enter. In reality, its interior was about the size of the two-bedroom apartment the Moretti family had first rented in Tingen City, allowing it to hold quite a few things.

This was something Botis had made using Secrets Sorcerer abilities. In essence, the pouch was not an item, but an entrance.

“…First, he relied on Spatial Concealment to twist and isolate a region inside the spirit world. Then, using the overlapping and chaotic nature of the spirit world and reality—where, as long as one has the correct coordinates, one can directly arrive at the destination—he opened that hidden region’s ‘Door’ inside this pouch…

“This is very similar to the sealing method for the Box of the Great Old Ones. The only difference is that one ‘Door’ is in the spirit world, while the other is in reality. This means the negative effects of sealed artifacts and mystical items placed inside the ‘spatial pouch’ can still influence the holder…

“Seen this way, it isn’t very useful. It can’t eliminate negative effects… And since I am in the Forsaken Land of the Gods and cannot connect to the spirit world, this pouch is useless to me…

“Also, the power of Spatial Concealment must be reinforced every so often, or it will gradually fail… It is only suitable for demigods of the Apprentice pathway, or organizations that have Apprentice-pathway demigods or sealed artifacts providing support…

“The name ‘spatial pouch’ is too plain. I wonder what Botis originally called this item… Let’s call it the Traveler’s Bag…”

After confirming the level of danger, Klein manifested a false hand and had it reach into the black pouch.

With a clattering rush, as that false hand withdrew, a pile of all kinds of gemstones poured out, falling across the mottled long table. The crystalline fiery reds, vivid blues, emerald greens, pale whites, deep blacks, and transparencies instantly filled Klein’s vision.

“…I should have thought of this earlier… The materials corresponding to the Apprentice pathway are gemstones. All gemstones…” Klein’s expression immediately became vivid. Smiling, he sighed a couple of times, then stretched out another hand, picked up several gems, and felt their weight and material.

Aside from these, the Traveler’s Bag also contained quite a few spiritual materials. Some were common types, while others were relatively rare.

“The Box of the Great Old Ones, the Secrets Sorcerer Beyonder characteristic, nine Star Worms, Botis’s eyeballs, the Traveler’s Bag, and a large quantity of gemstones and materials… This operation can absolutely be considered a bumper harvest. It’s enough for…