With the others' help, Odys soon found the Beyonder creature Alger, the Hanged Man, needed: a golden jellyfish.
The jellyfish clearly hadn't expected the humans to find it so quickly. It tried to hide deeper in the cave.
The head of the Gus Staff flashed in Odys's hand. The seawater inside the cave suddenly solidified into spikes that drove the Golden Echo Jellyfish out.
A mouthlike opening appeared atop the jellyfish. It had barely sounded a beautiful note that struck at their spirits when Klein found its Spirit Body Threads and swiftly gained preliminary control.
The huge jellyfish's movements turned sluggish. It could no longer utter a note that struck directly at the soul.
Alger immediately summoned Wind Blades and sliced the Golden Echo Jellyfish into several pieces.
Just like that, the Sequence 5 Beyonder creature was dead.
Alger looked at the other three. "I can take a smaller share of the other spoils."
After the others agreed, Alger put the jellyfish away.
Odys said, "I have another main ingredient for the Ocean Songster potion. How about I sell it to you at a discount?"
Alger froze, then hurriedly asked, "How much?"
"Three thousand six hundred pounds," Odys said.
That's cheap! Alger thought.
A Sequence 5 main ingredient generally sold for at least four thousand pounds.
At sea, Beyonder ingredients from the Sailor Pathway could fetch at least six thousand.
Before Alger could agree, though, Odys added, "I have one condition."
"Go ahead," Alger said quickly.
"Once you've taken the main ingredient you need from that jellyfish, give me the remaining Spiritual Materials," Odys said. "You might need another Spiritual Material from it, though. When you get the formula, I'll give you whatever you need for free."
Generally, two of the supplementary ingredients in a Sequence 5 potion formula came