In the room, Caleb's religiously utilized his spiritual perception to its fullest and scanned the orb that contained the recipe of the Tier 8 Shadow Path Recipe. He didn't dare to neglect. After all, it would only take one failure to fuck all things up. At that point, the 100,000 points that he spent would be wasted. Totally more painful than a breakup with a girlfriend.
Just like that, Caleb began to read the contents and digested them one by one. All of them were damn unfamiliar. David, on the other hand, laid the ingredients needed on the floor near the altar within Caleb's reach.
'The ingredient is about to run out again. It seems I need to post a mission to gather Apokalips materials again to replenish our supply.'
David mused as his eyes landed on Caleb's face, filled with utter concentration.
'This kid is really admirable.'
'Citrus Essence? Eyeballs of Tier 9 Hollow? Coconut Heart Herb? Damn, what kind of ingredients are these!? Won't I die of poisoning!?'
Weird things such as Centella Asistika, Salicylic Acid, and whatnot. Suddenly, Caleb felt stupid. Isn't Salicylic Acid a chemical exfoliant!?
With a look of concentration on his face. Caleb began to follow the detailed instructions from the recipe with due diligence. First, he threw the Citrus Essence furnace and started the fire at low temp. Following that, he cut the two balls of the Tier 9 hollow. Doing so, he tried his best to suppress the disgust that he was feeling in his heart. He was literally touching the damn eyeballs!
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Due to its texture, it felt soft to the skin. However, it even made him feel even more disgusted than really is. It was a visual and texturally disaster.
After splitting the center of the eyeballs. He poured the eyeballs inside the furnace and mixed the ingredients already inside with a relief expression.
"Don't lose focus." David reminded.
Caleb blinked.
"What just happened? Is that it? Did I feel or something?"
He looked at David with inquiry. The latter grumbled and went beside the furnace without saying anything. Caleb watched as David undone the seal of the furnace with bated breath.
'Please make it a success. Please...' Caleb began to pray to all gods that he knew such lie Buddha, Jesus, Archeus, and even Beerus! 'To the name of the Gods, please it a success.'
Just like that, when the furnace was opened, Caleb saw the solemn expression on David's face.
Did I fail in the end?
As he was about to feel disappointed, the solemn expression turned into that of a grin. David picked up a black pill with blue shades on its surface. "You succeeded!" David chuckled.
Caleb stared at the pill on top of David's palm with uncontained excitement. David pushed the pill on Caleb's hand and said:
"Well, you would become the first Tier 8 in your batch. Although I don't approve of this decision of yours. Now that you can't back down. At least, walk on this path with your head high."
If Caleb didn't know David's true nature. He would have believed the bastard. Caleb looked at David who had a 'sincere' expression. Even with his rich experience, he couldn't determine whether he was genuinely happy for him or just acting. However, as an excellent manipulator, Caleb didn't this fool him. He wasn't naive. He knew that the guy in front of him was only happy because he was currently useful. After, Caleb knew that it was he who played an instrumental role which making the operation that David launched a success!
'It seems I need to always be on guard against this guy. He really knows how to act and pretend.'
Shaking his head, Caleb opened his palm and stared at the pill. Then he opened his mouth and tossed the pill towards it.