Reading the last line, Jacob snickered in exasperation, "I wonder if you'll choke one day while laughing like this. I'll do anything to watch it happening."
"Tsk, tsk, you're so malicious." Immortika wrote.
"I learn from the best." Jacob retorted while shrugging his shoulder before he said, "So, if you didn't have anything to add, then I would like to start looking for the materials required for this ritual array."
"Selfish! Nothing to add, I guess. Oh, except one thing."
Jacob squinted his eyes, "What is it?"
"Well, I forget… ahahahah…"
Jacob's expression fell as he closed the annoying book without a second thought. He was too familiar with these little word games of Immortika. He won't be getting anything out of it anymore.
After he closed cursed immortality, he looked at the book and the array design again with shining eyes. He stowed away the book after reading the final pages.
Although this book was not accurate, the information was still valuable, especially the sketches of those fantastic insects. He won't be able to guess it was the same Brain Hunter if he hadn't seen the sketch, so this book was still quite accurate.
He then looked at the array design and read the material requirements attentively.
'Blood Insect Enslavement Ritual Array Design and Materials Requirement!
'Materials Required for Ink Recipe:
'1. Blood Flower (1000 Years Old Minimum/ Advance Type-1)
'Quantity: 1
'2. White Assassin Parasite Bug's Blood (Extraordinary-Tier-6 Rank)
'Quantity: 100 Milliliter
'3. Rainbow Star Dust (Advance Type-1)
'Quantity: 10 Grams
'4. Night Salve's Poison Magic Core (9-Star)
'Quantity: 3 Magic Cores
'5. Nightmare Lilly (1000 Years Old / Advance Type-1)
'Quantity: 1
'Recipe Formula: …'
Jacob's expression darkened when he saw all those unfamiliar names of the materials that were required to make the ink to draw the ritual array.
'Blood Flower? Why is sounds familiar?' Jacob's focus drew on the very first material on the list.
Suddenly, he remembered why this name sounded so familiar as his eyes shimmered with disbelief, 'Salvage the Priest with Blood Flower? Don't tell me that blood flower I picked up after clearing that condition and this blood flower is the same?'
Jacob flipped his hand, and a crimson flower appeared in his hand as he looked at it with scrutiny. Previously, he had thought that this flower might come in handy somewhere in the dark ruins, but it doesn't.
So, it was left within his pendant, and he even wanted to sell it, but then decided against it when he acquired enough ZC, and he first wanted to see what other uses this flower had.
Now, the name Blood Flower appeared again, he remembered this flower again, but he was not sure if it was the same Blood Flower mentioned in the recipe. But the chances of them being the same are very high since he acquired them all from the same place.
'I should prioritize studying the Universal Magical Materials (Type-1) and Universal Beings [Living & Dead] (Type-1) first so I can figure out where to find these materials. At the same time, I should also try searching for them in the guild's private server market. There is no better place to look for these materials than the Organization, which is an expert in this field.' Jacob decided and put the Blood Flower and the array design away.
As for Brain Hunter in his pendant, he had no intention of nurturing it before he collected all the materials for this array and enslaved it fully. He knew he only had one shot at this and so he had to be fully prepared.
Lastly, he was still not sure if that poison thing was real or not and if he was really willing to get bitten by a terrifying insect just for a chance to control it while he could do the same with this ritual array.
Although he trusted Immortika's words, he was still not willing to follow them blindly. Paranoid or not, when it comes to his life, he will prefer being paranoid then getting careless and putting his life at risk.
So, he was going to test that poison immunity by buying poisons from rare rank to extraordinary rank peak as well as some slave items, and only then would he be sure and worry-free.
After making his plans, he opened the Universal Magical Materials Encyclopedia and started to study all kinds of materials in it. There were even pictures to boot, so he was quite satisfied with his spending on it, and soon, he was completely immersed.
However, two hours later, his focus was broken when his Star Watch suddenly vibrated. He thought it was a message related to his promotion to the Senior Grandmaster Gunsmith Rank, so he didn't pay attention to it and continued to read.
However, a minute later, his star watch vibrated again, and this time, an interface popped up right above his virtual book, which startled him. But when he saw the interface was actually the message interface and read the sender's name, his eyes narrowed, and a bad feeling wiled in his heart.
"Might-Of-Destruction send you a Mail!"
"Read!"
"(NOTE: Might-Of-Destruction has used Star Privilege to send an unignorable Mail Request. Might-Of-Destruction Star Privilege is higher than You (Faceless Ancient), Mail can't be ignored or minimized, Star ID can't be blocked!)"
'Why now of all the time? Is this prick planning something?' The more Jacob thought, the more he felt it was highly likely.
Because he didn't have a good impression of Gunnar since this guy was emitting arrogance with his every single word, and he knew this kind of person was akin to crackheads who could get offended by simple words and thought themselves superior to others.
Furthermore, he was still under the impression that Gunnar won't contact him until the time he gave Jacob to reach the official member status was over, and with his pride, Jacob was sure he would do exactly this.
But this message smells like trouble.
With a grim expression, he read it, and when he saw the single string of words, naked killing intent emitted from his eyes,
"Might-Of-Destruction: You are not qualified to be in Zodiac Warrior Alliance!"