Inside the Captain's Cabin, brilliant starlight formed mysterious and gigantic symbols, covering Lex's surroundings. Hymns, coming from an unknown source, echoed in the space, imbuing the place with a sacred aura.
Wounds constantly appeared on Lex's body, deep enough to expose bone. But each time a wound appeared, countless shimmering starlight would converge and surge into it, mending the wound in an instant.
This process repeated endlessly.
Lex outlined the Mysterious Book in his mind, using 'meditation' combined with the hymns constantly entering his ears to calm the pain appearing both inside and outside his body.
After an unknown amount of time, Lex could no longer hear the hymns, and the pain in his body also ceased. He knew then that the promotion process had ended.
He was now a Sequence 5, a Reaper!
Saturday noon.
The Explorer was sailing on the Sea. In about an hour, it would reach Oravi.
On the deck, Lex was toying with a card. At that moment, a large trout leaped from the Sea. Lex flicked his wrist, and the card transformed into a white light, flashing past the trout.
Immediately, the trout shattered into pieces of various sizes and fell into the Sea.
Lex smiled faintly.
Through his own exploration and the knowledge gained from the potion, Lex had basically mastered the specialties and specific abilities of a Reaper.
A Reaper excels at finding a prey's weaknesses, capable of identifying a target's weak points from a mystical perspective, which means areas of weak defense. Furthermore, a Reaper can accurately hit a prey's weaknesses, thereby causing terrifying damage beyond normal levels.
All living beings have various weaknesses. Of course, they will conceal and protect them.
A Reaper can discover these weaknesses and launch effective, precise attacks, thus killing the opponent faster and more efficiently.
Additionally, a Reaper possesses a rather unreasonable ability: Fatal Blow.
Once this ability is used, no matter where on the target it hits, it is equivalent to striking the opponent's weakness. And if it truly hits a genuine weakness, then for enemies with not-so-strong defenses, it can achieve a one-hit kill.
For targets skilled in defense, it is believed that a few more hits can also resolve the situation, provided the intervals between attacks are not too long.
'Fatal Blow' can be stacked with other abilities. That is to say, Lex can stack 'Fatal Blow' on top of his many abilities, significantly increasing his attack power.
Furthermore, a Reaper has another ability: Potential Burst!
When using this ability, a Reaper's body surface will emit a layer of extremely hot, brilliant white fire. In this state, all of a Reaper's abilities will be greatly enhanced.
His speed, attack power, and reaction speed will become exaggerated, but 'Potential Burst' has a time limit. Currently, Lex can only maintain it for about 3 to 5 seconds.
Beyond that, the abilities of previous Sequences have all received corresponding enhancements. 'Provocation' has even undergone a qualitative change, allowing Lex to perform 'Provocation' in a mystical sense.
In addition to making the target lose their sanity more easily, it also has a chance to make the target's abilities lose control. As for other abilities, including the power of fire, they are all enhanced by half, or even more.
In summary, a Reaper's two major abilities, 'Fatal Blow' and 'Potential Burst,' allow a Beyonder of this Sequence to inflict massive damage in a short period.
Even against some less-defensive demigods, combined with certain methods, a Reaper can achieve a kill.
"In short, the Hunter pathway is a profession that sacrifices mystery and strangeness but maxes out attack and critical strike," Lex summarized simply, then muttered to himself with a headache, "What will the acting principle of a Reaper be? It won't be a serial killer, will it?"
More than an hour later, Oravi arrived.
This Sea Island is located northeast of the Rorsted Archipelago. The linear distance is not far, but the safe navigation channel is winding, unnecessarily lengthening the voyage.
Of course, since the Explorer itself is a magical item, the time it takes is much shorter compared to a normal passenger ship.
As far as Lex knew, Oravi was originally a Primitive Island with many Beyonder creatures and no human inhabitants, until the Loen Kingdom used it as a place of exile for certain criminals, which gradually led to the development of villages and towns on Oravi.
When the islands further east were discovered and colonized one by one, due to the convenience of the shipping lanes and its abundant natural resources, it attracted a large number of immigrants, thus evolving into the relatively prosperous port city it is today.
Instead of taking the Explorer directly into Oravi's port, Lex took Levto, O'Neal, Kaven, and Nafi, and several others, to the dock in two small boats.
Glancing at the lighthouse that guided passenger ships in the evening or at night, Lex smiled, "Gentlemen, our mission is to quickly find the pirate Churchill, who is hiding on this island. This fellow once served the King of Immortality Agalito. He might know the secret of the Fountain of Youth."
"Only by finding him can we begin our investigation into the Fountain of Youth."
First Officer O'Neal looked at the increasingly close and bustling port, saying with some concern, "But the population of Oravi is not small. It might not be easy to find a hidden pirate here."
Lex nodded, "You're right. That's why I need to bring you all this time. My plan is this..."
The port city of Oravi is mainly composed of new Loen immigrants, and the food style is not much different from the eastern coast of the Kingdom, so Loen people who come to this city can generally adapt.
Moreover, there are various kinds of fruits and seafood that Loen does not have, which can be said to be very rich in natural resources.
Coupled with its location at a key point on the safe navigation channel, the people here live very well. For the same reason, there are also many Adventurers on Oravi.
'Sweet Lemon' Bar is one of Oravi's most famous Adventurer gathering places. Adventurers or bounty hunters from the Sea, and even pirates, frequent this place to exchange information or trade various materials for potions.
Although it was not yet deep night, the bar was already quite lively at this time.
Two boxers were fiercely sparring in the boxing ring, while many patrons below held their glasses, either cheering or cursing.
Around the tables, individuals who appeared to be Adventurers quietly exchanged various rumors or gossip that had recently appeared on the Sea.
Just then, the bar's main door was pushed open with a loud bang, the immense sound attracting people's attention. They saw two figures enter through the bar's doorway.
One of them was like a giant, over two meters tall and very imposing, wearing an iron mask and dressed casually.
The other was of medium build, with purple lips and brown eyes that revealed murderous intent and malice, looking around without restraint, at each patron, as if searching for something.