Jacob put Decker's ID card to the side carefully. He knew this could be quite useful, but he also knew it could be quite disastrous since Decker had stolen a treasure chest from a rarer race, so he would not use it if not absolutely necessary.
The last thing Jacob found was a small black pouch. Upon grabbing it, he felt it was quite heavy and heard a light, sharp ringing sound as if glass or metal were clashing together.
"Coins?"
Jacob opened the small pouch with some anticipation. This was his first time seeing the currency of this world.
He upside-down the pouch on the table, and small coins landed on the table, making sharp sounds.
He saw there were round coins three inches in size. There wasn't any engraving or any imprint or brand on these coins. They were all spotless. There were twenty golden, fifty-eight silver, and twenty-one bronze-colored coins.
Jacob did not know the distribution of currency in this world, but seeing the three colors, he could already guess the gist of it.
'I don't know if this guy was rich or poor, but since he was an alchemist, he won't be poor, at least.'
Jacob mused before he placed the coins into the small pouch again and stored them inside his infinity pendant and the other things, and only left those two books and the contents of the extra bag on the table.
He was interested in those two books since they were worn out. It was clear Decker read them quite often, and this was the reason enough for Jacob to read them as well.
Jacob easily read their titles. One was called the 'Advance Herbology of Rare and Rarer Plants & Plant Lore.' The second was the 'Rare and Rarer Beast Encyclopedia.'
Jacob's eyes shone. It was quite clear what these books were about, and Jacob needed this kind of information since he wanted to complete the first stage of the cursed heart emergence.
However, just as Jacob was about to read those books, his expression changed because that extreme hunger was back!
'Just what is going on? Not even two minutes passed, and I was hungry again. Did those two shit jerkies won't enough? But I clearly felt full after eating them.' Jacob became very confused.
But he had no choice since this hunger was like it could kill him if he didn't ease it. He again took out the jerky packet he had just stored inside his infinity pendant and ate three jerky sticks, despite wanting to puke.
He again felt quite full again, but this time he didn't let his guard down and observed if that hunger had come back again or if it was just his imagination.
This time five minutes passed, and when Jacob thought it was just him being paranoid, the hunger returned stronger than ever!
"There is something wrong!"
Even an idiot would find this situation strange and amiss.
"Cursed Immortality!" Jacob tried to summon the book to learn about his situation, but it never appeared.
'Shit, I can only summon it after a day, mean twenty-four hours, and I don't know how long I've been asleep, but it wasn't twenty-four hours. So I have to wait!' Jacob cursed inwardly before he started swallowing the jerky again.
This time he swallowed five of them before the hunger went away.
'Every time this hunger came, I needed to intake more food. Could it be some kind of effect after I live inside that liquid?
'Or it's related to my extremely strong heart? It's not rocket science. Everyone knows if you put a train engine inside a car, it will explode, and my heart is mutated, according to that damn book. My body is too weak, and if my heart is really like a train engine right now, then I'm really screwed!'
Jacob's mind reached an astonishing conclusion that he didn't want to acknowledge.
If he knew those jerkies he was eating like normal snacks right were enough to keep Decker alive for an entire month, he would become even more assured about his latter theory, while the former hypothesis was quite close to the truth.
Jacob wasn't in the mood to read anymore. He clearly knew just how much danger he was in if his guesses were correct.
However, he can't just finish his limited ratio until he has a clear view of the situation, and only cursed immortality can shine some light on it.
"Pig Head, come out."
In the end, Jacob decided to soak inside the liquid until he could summon cursed immortality again, it was far better than aimlessly wasting his rations!
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Inside a thick forest with towering lush trees with high humidity,
The sky was dark with rain clouds as if the rain would fall at any time.
Three figures were currently moving in this thick forest at this moment.
Two of them were abnormally tall, while one of them was only 1.4 meters in height, and it barely reached the two tall person's kneecaps.
All three of them wore dark cloaks.
One of them spoke at this moment in a husky voice, "Are you sure you saw that thievish goblin in Cloud City?"
The voice came from the short person, "Yes, how could I dare to lie to esteemed lords? Although he was in a cloak. But his sharp pointy nose still somewhat revealed his identity, and after I followed him around for a while, I confirmed it was an Imp-Goblin, and he came in this way! If I wasn't afraid to follow him in this forest and contact my lords first, I might've found his hideout!"
"You did well not to follow him, or you've died. That thievish goblin is too cunning, and if he even got wind of you following him, he'll definitely escape! But now that we are here let's see where he runs too!" Again, the same voice sounded with a hint of hatred and killing intent!