On the training grounds, Morey Pavilion’s hands moved like phantoms, fluidly assembling firearms and firing shots.
After a gunshot, Rachel nodded in approval.
A month had passed, and the members of the Scavenger Team were gradually replenishing their ranks.
Among them, Morey Pavilion stood out like a needle in a haystack, naturally distinguishing himself.
After all, having endured four years of post-apocalyptic training, coupled with the memories of a Superior Demon Hunter, he couldn’t be compared with ordinary recruits.
Whether it was hand-to-hand combat, using three-dimensional maneuver gear, or even shooting, his results were top-notch!
"Very good, Morey Pavilion, you’ll definitely become a fine warrior."
Zola looked on with great satisfaction at this scene.
"Captain... I would like to apply to become a ’Demon Hunter’!"
Morey Pavilion felt the groundwork was sufficient and thus made his request.
"Demon Hunter?" Zola frowned. "What made you come up with that idea?"
To the residents of Sky City, Demon Hunters were considered monsters, or unstable bombs, and were looked down upon.
Even the Demon Hunters she trained herself were viewed this way, which is why she was reluctant to reveal her own identity.
Fortunately, although her identity was exposed last time, most of the team members were dead, and the remaining Rachel and Li Wei were willing to help keep it a secret.
"I want stronger power, a stronger spirit; Demon Hunters can meet my requirements rapidly."
Morey Pavilion answered earnestly while inwardly sighing, ’Captain, you really don’t understand the horrors of the future... Facing God Calamity, even the spirit of a Superior Demon Hunter might succumb to corruption and lose control...’
’And I... must master power as soon as possible!’
"Actually, our team already has a Demon Hunter, even a Mid-tier one, which is sufficient for dealing with daily contaminants."
Zola continued to persuade, explaining that a single Demon Hunter for monitoring was enough for an ordinary Scavenger Team, and their squad’s setup was already insanely formidable.
Adding another would be overkill; they might as well rename themselves the ’Demon Hunter Squad.’
"This is my wish," Morey Pavilion said, his voice low.
"What a peculiar person... Fine then..."
Zola rubbed her forehead. "I’ll try to apply for you, but it might not get approved..."
"If possible, I would like to add that I prefer to receive the lower-tier servant organ from an ’Eye Demon,’ because it can provide enhanced vision and a wider field of view..."
Morey Pavilion added.
The Eye Demon was a rather common lower-tier servant monster, resembling eyes with tendrils that could spew some acidic fluid, but without particularly lethal abilities.
His choice of the Eye Demon wasn’t because he valued the enhancement of dynamic vision, but because he wanted to follow this pathway and continue to advance.
’Beginning with a lower-tier servant Eye Demon, to a mid-tier multiple-eyed creature, to a Superior servant’s Gazing Ancient Tree, to a lower-tier Divine Eye Demon, to a mid-tier Divine Blind Dragon, to a superior-tier Evil Eye, it’s a complete path...’
This was knowledge from the "Original Tome" Morey Pavilion had acquired after falling from Sky City from another faction.
’Strictly following this path and ascending, then consuming and accommodating ’Gorosa’s Eye,’ will increase the success rate of attaining divinity, at least to thirty percent!’
"And if it were any other upper-ranked Demon Hunters, the success rate might not even reach ten percent."
"Fortunately, Sky City is unaware of this secret; this is my opportunity!" Morey Pavilion clenched his fist in secrecy, "I must advance to at least become a close kin Demon Hunter within a year to stand a chance of saving Sky City from its downfall..."
"Mhm, I’ll add that to the report," Zola responded nonchalantly.
During the break, Zhong Shenxiu approached Morey Pavilion, handed him a bottle of water, and smiled, "You seem quite eager in your pursuit of power?"
"In this era, only by possessing power can one protect everything they wish to protect." Morey Pavilion sighed and thought of the fall of Sky City again.
It originated from a tragedy! A ritual!
He might not understand why the apocalypse appeared, only knowing it signified the birth of the King of Nightmares by Divine Blood devouring Divine Blood.
But he remembered the fall of Sky City vividly!
"Larry Bruce, a member of the Council of Seven and an upper-ranked Demon Hunter, appeared normal on the surface but had become somewhat paranoid. He was determined to contain the legacy of another God-level Monster and ascend to become a ’Divine Demon Hunter’!"
"No one knew that he had secretly kept part of the ’original scriptures’ that detailed the ritual to house the ’Pale Remains’. It required causing a disaster and bringing about sufficient death... Utilizing the intense emotional shock and branding in the process of obtaining divinity to maintain one’s personality — even a warped, evil, and insane one was better than a self only comprised of divinity!"
"He succeeded, but with the fall of Sky City, the seal of the God Calamity Level Items broke, their aura spilled out, attracting a host of monsters and several God Calamities... All this contributed to the catastrophic destruction of Sky City!"
"Once I acquire enough strength, I will... assassinate Larry Bruce!"
"This might even prevent, no, delay the coming of the apocalypse!"
Morey Pavilion’s gaze suddenly deepened.
Zhong Shenxiu watched all this with a smile, knowing that this guidance had planted a mark in the young man’s heart, and he would most likely dream about related content that night.
Then, simply meddling a bit more would yield detailed intelligence.
"I always feel that my behavior is rather perverse... If I visited the dreams of cute girls every night, that would be one thing... but what does it mean to wander in a man’s dreams?"
Zhong Shenxiu grumbled as he withdrew from Morey Pavilion’s dream.
From the other’s dream of assassinating Larry, he had gained a lot of important information.
"It turns out that Sky City possesses two God Calamity relics; one is ’Gorosa’s Eye’, which can continuously produce Divine Blood — once diluted and deactivated, it’s the raw material for blood potions. The other is the ’Pale Remains’, which cannot be effectively utilized..."
"The higher-ups of Sky City had always been attempting to find the original scriptures related to these two, but Larry, driven by selfish desires, had hidden them."
"During this process, he might have been influenced by his greed or possibly corrupted secretly to start the ritual from the original scriptures to house the ’Pale Remains’?"
"This would ultimately lead to the fall of Sky City?"
"Maybe, this is also my opportunity."
For Zhong Shenxiu, housing another close kin-level Monster was of little use.
His goal was to possess ’divinity’!
"Daring to devour God Calamity relics is overwhelming, even for me, but if I follow the ritual from the original scriptures step by step to contain and digest, I have more than a fifty percent chance..."