Harvest

"Are you saying our target is the child of someone with the title of National Scholar?" Froman asked, his head throbbing.

He finally understood the gravity of the consequences; had he known the target had such a background, he never would have launched the attack.

They knew that given their modus operandi, they would usually silence witnesses to avoid being put on a wanted list. But once David was killed, they would effectively be at war with the entire Interstellar Federation. The War Star returnees alone could hunt them to their deaths.

He even suspected that if David were killed, actual space warships might be deployed to hunt them down.

"Cut off all contact with the outside world. We're moving to the second safe house; we'll hide for a while!" Froman finally decided.

He no longer cared about retrieving the T3 Sniper Auxiliary Device. He would just treat that money as compensation for the loss suffered by the National Scholar's child.

Crock nodded heavily, fully supporting this decision.

He was also a retired Armored Warrior who had returned from the War Star, and the National Scholar was a hero in his heart. He couldn't help but feel a sense of relief that the mission had failed.

Ed and Fisher naturally supported the move as well. With people searching for them everywhere, hiding for a while was the best course of action.

Not long after the four members of the Sirius Mercenary Group left, eight Armored Warriors surrounded the building.

The news about the Sirius Mercenary Group was currently of immense value, and the intelligence brokers wouldn't miss such an opportunity to make a fortune.

In fact, the situation was even more serious than Froman had imagined. Since they had used legal, formal procedures to enter Panshi Planet, it didn't take long for them to be tracked down.

Abbott's previous collision with nearly a hundred people was interpreted as an act of attacking David, the child of a National Scholar. No one cared how Abbott could have possibly used a personal Flying Shuttle with no offensive capabilities to attack a high school senior he didn't even know.

Regardless, the Sirius Mercenary Group had been branded with this label. Every member of the group had been exposed, and each one had the fortune of becoming a wanted criminal—specifically, a high-priority one.

David placed his hand on the Shadow Servant's shoulder. A familiar energy flowed from the Shadow Servant into his body, causing him to moan involuntarily; it was a sensation of pure, soulful bliss.

Perhaps because the energy wasn't as vast as the last time, he didn't fall into a deep sleep but instead clearly felt the sensations brought by the energy.

Once the blissful feeling subsided, he felt as if his brain had been washed with water, leaving him feeling refreshed and clear-headed.

"Display my attribute panel!" he commanded the Shadow Servant.

Soon, his current attribute panel appeared before him:

Name: David Kerr Strength: 2.52 (1) Agility: 1.7 (1) Constitution: 2.1 (1) Spirit: 3.0 (1) Literature (3% Proficiency), Mathematics (5% Proficiency), General Knowledge (51% Entry), Body Technique (99% Entry), Long Sword Mastery (5% Entry)

His Spirit had increased by 0.2. He could now be one hundred percent certain that the Shadow Servant had absorbed the souls of Amos and the female mercenary, feeding a portion of that soul energy back to him and thereby raising his Spirit.

He didn't know what the Spirit attribute was used for, but he did know the benefit it brought him: his learning speed had increased.

"Let's see how many Knowledge Light Orbs Amos and the female mercenary brought me," David thought, his curiosity piqued as he muttered to himself.

He had previously wanted to conduct experiments to verify some theories, but the Shadow Servant required the absorption of souls to obtain Knowledge Light Orbs, and he had no idea where to find freshly deceased corpses.

Although today had been dangerous, it had delivered two decent souls.

At the very least, he could be certain that Amos was an Armored Warrior, and the female mercenary, having become an interstellar mercenary, was certainly not someone without ability.

He sensed an orange Knowledge Light Orb and a yellow Knowledge Light Orb within the Shadow Servant's body, and his spirits lifted.

There was a Knowledge Light Orb higher than orange; if orange represented proficiency, what lay beyond that?

War Hammer Mastery (82% Proficiency), Electronic Warfare (98% Mastery).

David's eyes widened. An Electronic Warfare Knowledge Light Orb at 98% Mastery was beyond his imagination.

Even the Armored Warrior Amos's War Hammer Mastery was only at 82% proficiency, but the female mercenary's Electronic Warfare had reached an incredible 98% mastery. If she had been given more time, she might have even broken through mastery to reach an even higher level.

"What a pity! If only..." David started, but he couldn't help but laugh at his own greed. He was gaining things that others spent a lifetime achieving with almost no effort; why ask for more?

He hadn't absorbed or fused any Knowledge Light Orbs today, and it had been well over a day since he last fused the Body Technique Knowledge Light Orb. His gaze remained fixed on the Electronic Warfare (98% Mastery) Knowledge Light Orb. This was pure knowledge and would not trigger any physical reactions.

He had originally wanted to fuse the Heavy Axe Mastery (33% Entry) Knowledge Light Orb, but he didn't even own a heavy axe; even if he learned the mastery, he would have no way to practice it for the time being.

Naturally, the same applied to the War Hammer Mastery (82% Proficiency) Knowledge Light Orb. He decided to absorb and fuse the Electronic Warfare (98% Mastery) Knowledge Light Orb.

David relaxed his entire body and guided the Electronic Warfare (98% Mastery) Knowledge Light Orb into his system. He watched as the Electronic Warfare ability appeared on his attribute panel and began to rapidly increase in level.

Suddenly, his vision blurred, and he found himself in front of a light computer, his hands tapping away rapidly.

Large blocks of code were typed out at high speed, and he simultaneously understood the meaning behind every line.

The coding process lasted for a long time; he used various coding languages and applied all sorts of techniques.

Just as he stopped typing, he thought the illusion was about to end, but he was simply shifted to a new scene, appearing in front of an operation console.

Instruments appeared on the console one by one. As each one appeared, it automatically disassembled before him, and the structure of the instrument along with all relevant knowledge flooded into his brain.

This included both military and civilian equipment. Later, he even appeared inside a spaceship, though he was positioned at the light computer in the main control room, and another massive wave of knowledge surged into his brain.

It wasn't until the final wave of knowledge entered his mind that David emerged from the illusion, his head lolling to the side as he collapsed onto the floor and fell asleep.

As for the idea of being able to absorb two Knowledge Light Orbs every day, it was shattered in the face of a Knowledge Light Orb with 98% proficiency.

In fact, if David's spirit hadn't reached 3.0, the sheer influx of knowledge this time alone would have been enough to leave an ordinary person in a coma for days, or even make it impossible for them to absorb and integrate all of that 98% proficiency knowledge.

The electronic warfare knowledge possessed by the electronic warfare specialist Edna was by no means simple; an electronic warfare specialist who could be obtained by Captain Froman of the Sirius Mercenary Group through every possible means was a top-tier existence among her peers.

Edna was a genius in the field of electronic warfare, and it was only with the full support of the Sirius Mercenary Group that she could reach such a level.

For this massive amount of knowledge to be received and integrated by David in such a short time, perhaps only the gods of the legendary God's Great World would have such means.

The abilities of David's Shadow Servant had long since exceeded the concept of a Shadow Servant, becoming another kind of mysterious existence.

David, who was in the thick of it, did not know this. Although he also knew the Shadow Servant was special, that was only according to the Sacrificial Manual that had caused his predecessor's death, and its credibility was not something he trusted.

The next morning, when David woke up and found himself sleeping on the floor just like that, he couldn't help but recall yesterday's events. He was startled and hurriedly summoned the Shadow Servant to activate his attribute panel.

When he saw the Electronic Warfare (98% proficiency) that had truly appeared on his attribute panel, he finally felt relieved. If he had wasted this yellow-quality Knowledge Light Orb, he didn't know how much he would have regretted it.

At the same time, he also knew what the item he had put away was; it was the electronic warfare specialist's weapon, the 'K2 Military Electronic Countermeasure Device'. Like the 'T3 Sniper Auxiliary Device', it was military materiel that could not be purchased on the market.

Only mercenaries with no scruples could obtain such equipment through various channels. However, unlike the 'T3 Sniper Auxiliary Device', the 'K2 Military Electronic Countermeasure Device' was a complete piece of equipment for an electronic warfare specialist.

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