Chapter 222: Gatling Fist

The Mark of obedience was a spell that Lucius was highly confident of. And for him, that spell was a must if he were to take in any subordinates that needed to be 'loyal' or servants that would be close to him and know his secrets.

The day he had decided to recruit these three men, Lucius had sealed their fate. They would either all become his subordinates and take up the mark of obedience or they would be freely exterminated by Kiana.

They didn't know that the option of just leaving never existed for them the moment, Lucius stepped in through the door. Even though the three men were experienced killers and had completed many assassinations, they still had nothing on Lucius's preparation and Kiana herself.

While Lucius had shown as if he didn't know them as well other than their names, he had actually spent enough time to research their gifts and weaknesses that came with them. And only after knowing that did he decide to go ahead with this plan. 

If it were not for that, perhaps Lucius would have never attempted this in the first place. Arius, who was the first to take the mark of obedience, felt the hell energy enter his body from his hand.

It felt warm at first to him, but then a shooting pain went through his body. But before he could cry out in pain, the pain disappeared as if it were an illusion. Lucius on the other hand, felt pleased with the quickness of the spell.

'Seems like Arius truly believe in this for the spell to work this quick.' Lucius thought to himself.

For the Mark of obedience to work, the person it was being used on needed to be willing to accept the spell caster's condition and believe in it. The stronger the faith, the faster the spell would work and the less pain the receiver would get.

This also served as a way for the spell caster to judge just how strong of a belief the receiver had in their words. It wasn't really an intentional feature of the spell, but it just ended up like that.

"Excellent, Arius. Now let's see how your gift goes…" Lucius said as he activated Nexus.

He had already known several facts about his gift and thus the consumption of hell energy was less than normal. Additionally, Lucius's own hell energy capacity had risen by a lot and thus he could use nexus more times than before.

Lucius was sure that he could now fully obtain information about an epic ranked gift as well. So far, Lucius had not really managed to use nexus fully on an epic ranked gifts and gotten them to reveal all information about them.

He only knew the information about Kiana's and Gabriel's gifts. But even then, finding the information about their evolution requirements and the other owners turned out to be difficult.

It was as if he has met a barrier and thus Lucius ended up taking a pause from it. Rather than that, Lucius focused his time on growing the amount of hell energy he had. And now that he had the lost with him, he was sure that he might be able to fully reveal the information about an epic ranked gift as well.

But for now, he focused on the information that had just appeared in front of him.

Gift Name: Gatling Fist

Description: Allows the user to increase the power of their punches and hand attacks while also increasing its speed. The more punches are used, the faster they get. This effect can be continued until the user runs out of Aether or sustains an injury.

Rank: Rare

Type: Enhancement 

Evolution: Possible

Evolution Requirements: 4x Basalt Bison Rune crystals, 50x Aether Crystals, 200 milliliters of Rock Nut Oil.

Other Owners:… (total owners: 492)

Seeing the rest of the information, Lucius was relieved. He had already known about the man's gift, which was called Gatling fist. It was a gift that was also popular among the military, but in recent years, the number of people that had the gift had lessened.

As for the requirements needed to upgrade the gift, Lucius realized that he wouldn't have to worry much. The aether crystals were always ready for him, and the Rock Nut oil was also something that was easily obtainable.

Rock Nut oil was a kind of lucubrating oil used in construction and things such as gears and cogs. It was a mass produced non-edible oil and could be found nearly everywhere. As for the Rune crystal, Lucius didn't worry about it either.

'Basalt Bison rune crystal… it's a rather common rune crystal that is often used by the artificers' guild and is usually in good supply. I can easily buy it.' Lucius thought to himself.

He knew about the Basalt Bisons that were E ranked rune beasts and were also found to the south of the Land of Etara. Thankfully, these rune beasts were a bit more docile compared to their more fierce cousins, which were none other than the Stampeding bulls.

Both of these rune beasts actually shared the same habitat and lived in close company. Plus due to either great numbers, there was always a steady supply of their rune crystals.

"We can do it tomorrow." Lucius stated.

"You mean we can upgrade my gift tomorrow?" Arius questioned.

"Indeed. I'll get the things ready and come backnow, I recommend you stay in the tavern and don't leave. You must be aware of the current situation of the Inanis city and the strict patrols that happen. 

If you are accidentally caught, it would be a shame for me. And if you try to fight you will just dig your grave deeper." Lucius warned.

"We know. We were intending to stay in the tavern, anyway. Wandering around at night is more dangerous these days for us anyway." Arius replied.

"Mmhmm… I'll come to see you tomorrow at the same time." Lucius said before he took his leave with Kiana.