After a few moments of thinking, Hector decided that he would kill him and take his beyonder characteristics.

His target was nearly done with his victim and so Hector needed to decide how to kill him quickly.

He has the advantage of surprise and as he should be in sequence 8 only then his revolver would be still effective. Thankfully sequence 9 of the Abyss pathway gives a person the ability to use weapons regardless of type equally well.

So his decision wasn't if he could or could not kill him quickly, but if he should. Killing him will bring unknown consequences and he doesn't know what will change in the East borough after. Would they retaliate in full force?

Hector didn't think that they would dare, or they would bring the eye of the churches on them.

Masquerade it as gang wars? If that was what would happen then all be better. Then I could pick at them without them noticing.

He smiled at such a thought and took out a revolver in one hand and hammer in another. Then he aimed at the man's head and took a few short breaths.

When he was confident that he would not miss he pulled the trigger.

BANG!

After pulling the trigger he saw as the bullet left the revolver and flew at the man. While the man was able to hear the sound of a shooting revolver he was not able to dodge the bullet itself.

Hector saw the man try to dodge but it was too late as the bullet entered his cheek and was pushed to the left by the force of the bullet.

Through the cheek? He was able to slightly dodge!? Hector was surprised at the man's ability to react so fast.

Now it's not time to be surprised! Hector thought as he started to shoot at the man. He didn't have time to aim at the head and so he decided to shoot at the body.

Bang!

Bang!

Bang!

But when bullets had hit the target he heard the bullets had hit the metal.

They should have passed through the armor, but I don't think they did much damage.

With the shots, Hector was able to keep the man from standing up and attacking. And so to keep advantage Hector jumped at the man and swung with his hammer at the head.

When the hammer had hit the head of the man Hector heard a cracking sound and hurriedly raised the hammer for a second swing.

But then he felt pain in his left leg as the man had hit him with the mace, spikes tearing into his flesh.

"Ah..." He yelled painfully as he felt blood-curling, gut-wrenching pain in his knee.

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If his body wasn't strengthened by the potion he wasn't sure he would fall to the ground in pain.

While the pain was great, in the next moment all of his pain started to change into anger that drove him into a murderous frenzy.

His vision turned red as he repeatedly struck the man's head. When he felt the mace falling from his knee to the ground he let go of his hammer and took out a dagger. Then he started to stab the man in the neck.

Hector didn't stop until the man's head detached from his body. Only then did he let himself calm down.

He felt a strong desire to just lay down and rest for a minute but he knows that he need to leave as the shot from the revolver had not gone unnoticed.

After gathering his belongings he dragged the body and head of the man with him. He hurriedly enters the alley through which he plans to go to the shore.

And then he hears someone yelling from behind him. Hector doesn't even turn around and just starts to run forward.

What a sight to behold. A blood-covered person holding a decapitated head and dragging a headless corpse. Hector laughed at the thought as he needed to get rid of the corpse without being found anytime soon.

Only at sequence 7 can the devil effectively interfere with divination and spirit channeling.

After running a few more blocks he decided that he will throw the body into a trash bin and jumped in after it.

There he waited for 15 minutes and looked out. When he thought that no one followed him he climbed out and took out the body of the man and started to move.

When he get to the shore he looked at the body expecting beyonder characteristics being already formed. He saw them at the base of the neck.

In comparison to previous ones, these were grey and when he looked at them he felt a much greater amount of spirituality.

If he would compare the first one to a dagger this would be a sword.

The difference between sequences isn't that great between sequence 9 and sequence 8, but only when compared to later sequences. If sequences 8 and 9 would fight each other sequence 8 would win any time. But with help of weapons and especially guns, they could turn the tide and win.

After storing beyonder characteristics in an iron cigarette box he stripped the body of its clothes. Then he started to cut the body into the pieces. Then he threw them into the water in hopes fishes would start to feed on the body.

Then he looked through the man's belongings and put them before himself there he saw 20 pounds in cash, morningstar, and a suit of armor that was damaged from being shot by a revolver.

I have no use for armor, and taking it with me would be pointless and could be hard to explain. But the morningstar is special. When I hold it my strength is enhanced and hits from this weapon would be much stronger. Not exactly my type and I can't hold it without others noticing. But I could sell it at the next beyonder gathering.

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After returning home Hector buried his clothes as they were covered in blood and getting new ones would be easier than cleaning them.

Then he went to his room and decided to sleep for a few hours that he has left.

The next day Hilbert visited for the breakfast and wanted to visit Hector's bank so he could get to know it some more.

Hector's days continued in repetition as in the day he would go with his godfather to the bank and in the night he would explore East borough and would mark Street Rats' safehouses and offices.

He was overjoyed when he heard that many of their infrastructures were hit by other 'gangs'.

While his days were mainly filled with repeating mind-nubling work he still participated in a few beyonder gatherings. He even sold the morningstar in a gathering led by Eye of Wisdom for 500 pounds. But unfortunately, he had no luck with the demon worm's blood. But he was able to show them his goodwill and he was informed how to find out when the next gatherings would be by reading a newspaper. He was even able to buy warrior potion formula from other gathering.

He even found about a dog fighting arena that was run by Street Rats. Hector thought if he should get a dog and trained it. Later he could make it into a beyonder animal.

Maybe the arena has some strong breeds. He could take a puppy from there before burning it down. Hector even have sequence 9 and 8 of warrior characteristics. But he wasn't sure if it was the best idea or if he should look for a different pathway.

Hector's carefree days came to the end when one day he felt heat coming from the rusty key. He always kept it on him as he didn't know when it will come into use.

When he saw a flash of red light come from the key he realized its use.