Hector wasn't professional at the skinning but with the knowledge he got from the sequence 9 criminal he was able to use a dagger proficiently so he did not make any major mistake. Only problem was when he got to the fingers but with few maneuvers, he was able to get it without any cuts to the skin.
While he was skinning the body he thought about the knowledge that got stuck in his mind. He realized that he gain not only knowledge about the Mother Tree of Desire but also about chained pathway.
Sequence 9 Prisoner
Sequence 8 Lunatic
Sequence 7 Werewolf
He already knew their names but he was able to gain corresponding potions formula.
"It was unpleasant but I gained something precious so it is not so bad anymore." He chuckled
"Now I only need to find the Apprentice potion formula. It will be available when Fors will join Tarot Club, but that will take some time and I wanted to make Simar beyonder animal sooner so as to develop his intelligence and gain someone who can pass through solid walls and later be able to use divination.
"And Gorm must wait at least a few months until he became an adult. While Prisoner doesn't get any curse, but he also has no beyonder powers. So I will first train him to the best of my abilities and only then will I give him the potion."
He also thought about possible candidates for his devil family but he realized that he doesn't know anyone who could fit what he is looking for. Maybe Conor but he is too young and Hector didn't speak to him properly, but he thought about the possibility of grooming him to be one. But that is to be seen later, right now he needs to get to know him better.
When he had finished skinning the body he safely stored it in his suitcase. Then he cut the body into six pieces and threw them into the window of the Street Rats gang safe-house.
After he threw them he started to run away, while running he could hear could hear glass shattering behind him. When he was a safe distance away he slowed down with his steps and casually walked home.
Since he walked all the way from the East borough his return took much longer than if he used the carriage. While he could use one he didn't want them to see him entering and leaving East borough so often, if someone would investigate him they could find out about his less savoring activities.
From what he saw this night would be less foggy than usual. Usually because of Buckland factories weather was mostly foggy with a lot of rain. Clouds and fogs were great companions for serial killers and thieves in Hector's opinion, as they would hide approaching people until they were close enough to their target, and even escape was easier, thanks to low visibility. Knowing that he would be able to use it to his advantage at sequence 7 filled his heart with joy, as he could play Jack the Reaper in real life.
Yells of victims begging for mercy only to be denied until the very end, and there they would see the light of hope as he would let them run away. Only to be extinguished as he would start to run at them. Under such conditions, he should be able to digest the potion in a relatively quick time.
But that is in the future, now he needs to digest sequence 8 and then advance, and for that, he will need to acquire a potion formula.
From what he remembers Hanged Man will be sequence 7 in the next gathering. While he would be stuck in that sequence for some time Hector still felt as if he was behind. His pride was becoming stronger as time passed.
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"Well, it would be best if I started to look for formula already. But it is quite unfortunate that I can't get it in the gathering run by Klein, as none of them have channels with which they would appear. Justice will only start her channels with Fors and Xio. Hanged Man is part of the church of storms, he is also a participant in pirate gatherings but doubts he would find any.
"His use would be more about finding ingredients for now. And Klein will have no interaction with anything devil related in Tingen. Only in Buckland when he kills Jason... Maybe I should kill him when he tries to escape from the church of Evernight. Well, we will see what sequence I will be in at the time.
"Gathering led by Eye of Wisdom is also a go, as he would then look for me with help of the church of steam. Which is ironic as he is a secret worshiper of the God of Knowledge.
"Jason's gathering is the best bet, as he is beyonder of sequence 5 he should know the formula. But I should be careful with my spending, while there is still a lot of money but they are not endless...
"F*ck, I'm STUPID! How could I forget that Albert is also from devil pathway? I can just ask him about the potion formula. Sometimes I'm questioning my own intelligence.
"When I will get home I shall ask him, so I can start to look for ingredients. But still, I will need to completely digest my current potion."
When he got to the villa it was already deep into the night. But still, he went to Albert's room. When he stood before the door he knocked at them and waited for some kind of response.
Hector saw the door opening and Albert who stood behind them, "Good night master how can I help you at this time of day?" Hector realized that Albert started to call him master and no longer sir after he told him about the family secret. He didn't complain as he kind of liked how it sounded.
"So here is skin that you could make into a human skin suit." Hector opened his suitcase and took out the skin that he acquired not so long ago. It was getting colder but its surface was still warm to the touch.
Albert looked at the skin, looking for any blemish or cut, but when he found none he smiled and said, "I will start as soon as possible, but it will take some time as the process is not easiest and I will need to gather some materials. Is that all master?"
"One more thing, do you know the potion formula for sequence 7? While I still haven't digested sequence 8 I would like to gather ingredients in advance." Hector said to Albert and expected a positive reply.
"Of course master." He spoke as he bowed slightly, joy could be clearly seen in his eyes. He then entered the room and went to the drawer from which he took out a piece of parchment. He also took pen and ink, then he started to write.
After finishing he blew a few times at the paper as to dry out the ink and then walked towards Hector. Then he gave him the paper and spoke, "It is with great joy I must say to see your progress so fast. You should already know about the acting method, I thought about talking about it but when you became sequence 8 so fast I thought that you already know about it."
Hector only nodded and then looked at the paper.
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Sequence 7 Serial Killer
main ingredient:
-the middle eye of the hornless three-eyed goat
-a tongue of spirit viper
supplementary ingredient:
65 milliliters of purified water
8 drops of vanilla essential oil
3 drops of rooster blood
5 scales of night viper
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When he saw the content he was relieved as supplementary ingredients were still easy to find. And he could start to ask about the main ingredients at various gatherings.
"So the middle eye of the hornless three-eyed goat and tongue of spirit viper. How common are they?" He asked as he didn't know about them from the novel.
"As beyonder ingredients go They are not rare, but still neither lives around Buckland or any city so finding them on your own would be very hard. The best bet would be to try beyonder gatherings. There should be some in gathering led by Patrick Jason or more precisely Jason Beria." Albert casually spoke about Jason which surprised Hector but as Albert was also from the devil family it wasn't that strange.
"So you know about him. I did join his gathering recently, there I was able to acquire the Unwinged Angel potion formula." Hector admitted.
"I know, I was surprised myself when you went there. As I did not know where you got the information. But it doesn't matter how but that you did master." Albert spoke and Hector could see his eyes sparkle with fanatical light.
Hector decided it was enough for the day and went to his room.
As he was leaving he turned around and asked Albert a question, "I wonder, what sequence are you, Albert?" Hector was curious.
"Me? I'm sequence 5 Desire Apostle master." Albert said with a smile.