Status: Soul poisoned, but the Dragon-Hunting Spider's special talent [Predator] has successfully activated. The soul poison is fusing with the soul, with a fairly high chance of forming a new talent. [Predator] passive-After devouring another creature, there is an extremely small chance of plundering an exceptional gene fragment from it and fusing it with one's own genes.
Seeing those two pieces of information, Logo wore a strange expression.
Good grief, has Gustavo become a garbage dump? Not only was [Luck Deprivation] dumped on him, but this poor unlucky bastard inherited the deadly soul poison from my previous life too?
Still, the two talents [Luck Deprivation] and [Predator] are a perfect match. Once enough luck has been stacked up, an extremely small chance can be treated as a high chance, or even a 100% chance!
Three hours later, Logo closed the information panel, rubbed the space between his brows, and opened his bedroom door to walk out.
He had already figured out the basics of the information space. The stars were actually information carriers, and he only needed to touch them with his consciousness to read the information inside.
Different stars represented different categories of information: magic, technology, gods, alchemy...
It had taken Logo a full three hours just to skim through the directory, and he was still a little dizzy after withdrawing his consciousness!
I really need to plan for the future!
The sky was growing dark, and it was already dinnertime.
"Young master, your aunt, Lady Catherine, has arrived. She's chatting with Young Master Xisi in the hall. What would you like to do...?" Lunbate asked softly, bending at the waist.
"What can I do? If she's here to freeload, can I stop her?" Logo rolled his eyes and headed straight for the hall, with Lunbate hurrying after him.
The Campbell Family's hall was not lavishly decorated, but its materials had been chosen with great care. With nearly a century of history behind it, it had acquired a certain rustic charm.
The dining table was long and rectangular, with a cashmere carpet beneath it and tableware already laid out neatly on its surface. Servants stood respectfully around it. They were all Gray-Eyed Blood Descendants; ordinary humans were not qualified to enter the Campbell Family's castle.
His aunt Catherine looked like a pretty young woman, with fair skin and a tall figure. In truth, she was already sixty-three.
When Logo entered the hall, Catherine and his younger cousin Xisi were already seated, chatting as they waited for him.
"Brother!" Xisi stood up and greeted Logo with a smile.
Logo looked at his nine-year-old cousin. Xisi was exceptionally tall, already taller than Logo at a full 1.9 meters. His bare arms were solid and powerful, their knotted muscles radiating a sense of explosive strength.
His face was square, his hair cropped short, and his eyes sparkled with vitality.
The two brothers were very close. They had lost their parents and loved ones on the same day, grown up together, and trained as knights together.
Even though Xisi was about to take the position of the family's first heir, Logo felt only disappointment and unwillingness to accept it, with no other thoughts.
Logo answered with a smile and gave his younger brother a brief hug.
"Xisi, congratulations! You're about to become a full-fledged knight!"
"Thank you, Brother!"
Xisi was a little surprised. He had thought his brother would be very depressed, and the worry weighing on his heart quietly lifted.
"Logo, your younger brother is nearly a transcendent being already. As his older brother, you can't keep slacking off," Aunt Catherine suddenly cut in, speaking in a mocking tone.
Logo glanced at her without saying a word, patted his brother on the shoulder, and sat down in his place.
Catherine's face stiffened and anger welled up in her. Just as she was about to say something, Xisi quickly pulled her into her seat, cutting her off before she could speak.
Dinner was especially lavish today, a special arrangement by the head maid.
Tender, juicy steaks, a large glass of fresh milk, a platter of more than a dozen kinds of fruit, vegetable salad... and a vial of Jade Potion!
The brothers had identical dinners, while Aunt Catherine's lacked the potion.
Logo first picked up the Jade Potion, pulled out the cork, and drained it in one gulp.
It was slightly bitter and cool in his mouth, slipping down his throat into his stomach and making Logo shiver.
Soon, Logo felt the potion's gentle medicinal power slowly spreading through his body, silently nourishing his internal organs and strengthening his life essence.
A bottle of Jade Potion like this, with its gentle, easily absorbed medicinal power, could sell for at least 50 Ta Pounds on the market, yet Logo and Xisi each drank a bottle every three days.
Although the Campbell Family had suffered heavy losses in the Battle of the Green, those were only losses of personnel. The family's assets had been far behind the front lines and remained completely unaffected.
Now that only the two brothers remained in the family's direct line, let alone a bottle of Jade Potion every three days, even if they drank it like water, it would be a mere drop in the bucket for the vast Campbell Family.
But a person's capacity for absorption was limited. Even as members of a transcendent race, one bottle of Jade Potion every three days was already optimal for them.
Members of the Gendaya Tribe were forbidden from using powerful potions before becoming transcendent. Rushing their growth would only damage their potential.
The Royal Court was extremely cautious about potion use. Even mild, nourishing potions were given to its descendants only after tens of thousands of experiments.
The Jade Potion was a prime example.
It was a potion unique to the Gendaya Tribe, developed by the Royal Court's potion makers specifically for the constitutions of young Gendaya. It was the best supplement for the knight apprentice stage.
Logo put the empty bottle back in its place, picked up his utensils, and began to eat.
The head maid was an excellent cook. She had perfectly preserved the distinctive flavor of the striped giant-horned antelope meat and complemented it with a special sauce. Every bite filled his mouth with lingering flavor, sending his happiness through the roof.
Logo had always suspected that, besides spending time with Xisi, the head maid's superb cooking was another important reason Catherine came to freeload so often.
The delicious food successfully kept all three of them quiet. Time passed in this peaceful atmosphere until a fat cat appeared.
It was a feline creature with cloud-white fur and indigo stripes.
He waddled into the dining room at his leisure, his plump body and plainly visible primordial pouch swaying as he walked. No one stopped him.
Crassus!
Logo's knight partner belonged to the magical beast lineage. His species was the Cloud Thunder Tiger, and his bloodline was rare and noble. When they matured naturally, almost all of them could reach the sixth tier, and the more exceptional ones had no trouble reaching the seventh-tier high transcendent level.