Chapter 22 (2/2)

The brief projection of Arca Bank’s logo was followed by a chain of verification processes. The influx of data from the chip was continuously interconnecting with the Arca Bank branch on Planet Rocky through Skynet, the interaction process lasting for a full ten seconds.

Even with David’s 98%-Proficiency Electronic Warfare Retaliation ability, he could not analyze the data, as it was the core of the secrets of Arca Bank. The information had been tested and verified for countless years.

After the verification ended, David finally had the real reason for the arrival of those mercenaries: it was the 4.2 million credit points that was available in the balance of the anonymous account.

At Planet Rocky, where credit points were extremely valuable, 4.2 million credit points were considered a massive amount of wealth.

In actuality, only 2.6 of the 4.2 million credit points stored in the account were from the sale proceeds of the exquisite loot that had recently been obtained by the Sky Wolf Mercenary Corps. The rest were private assets that belonged to the deceased Abbott.

Looking at the credit points in his account, David’s heart caught fire. If he couldn’t get admitted to a good university, he wouldn’t be able to earn and save up that many credit points even if he worked in Pelan City for the rest of his life.

Be it in his previous life or his current one, it was his first time seeing so much wealth.

Pausing for a minute, David took a few deep breaths to calm down. He did not transfer the credits from the account to his identity bracelet, as such a large amount of income from an unknown source would definitely cause trouble, which he didn’t need at the moment.

Besides, now that the chip was in his hands, no one else could obtain it, and hence, others would not be able to open the anonymous account. It would essentially become his private account.

If he wanted to use credit points, he could always withdraw small amounts from that large sum.

He put the T3 Sniper Assist Device in his pocket, an item that was now worth more than 4.2 million credit points.

The agitation and stimulus that he had just received, coupled with what had happened the night before, made it impossible for his brain to settle down.

After the deaths of the two people last night, he began to analyze all the problems with the Shadow Servant’s ability.

First of all, as an armorer, Amos would never have just a single ability. However, the Shadow Servant had only obtained a single Warhammer Mastery (82% Intermediate) Knowledge Orb, which was placed in his soul. Based on that fact, David felt that since Amos could have become an armorer, his physical abilities must be far beyond the entry level.

Then he thought about the female mercenary from the Electronic Warfare Division, whose soul only gave out one Knowledge Orb to the Shadow Servant.

A vague notion began to build up in his mind, the idea that the Shadow Servant could only gain a single ability from each soul, and that ability would most likely be the soul’s strongest ability at the time they were alive.

That point was reflected with the female mercenary. Her soul provided the Electronic Warfare Retaliation Knowledge Orb, which was her strongest ability.

David did not absorb or fuse the Knowledge Orbs again. Based on the process of absorption and fusion of the Electronic Warfare Retaliation (98% Proficiency) Knowledge Orb, there would be a high possibility of failure if his body couldn’t support the fusion.

The Electronic Warfare Retaliation (98% Proficiency) Knowledge Orb was a pure Knowledge Orb, which he was almost certain he could not withstand. The remaining Knowledge Orbs were all combat Knowledge Orbs that had even greater possibilities of failure.

He began to continuously practice the eighteen movements of Bodywork, going off of the feeling that if he could practice the full set of 99% Beginner-level Bodywork from the beginning to end, he would break through the beginner level.

That feeling was very strong, and although practice would not improve his attributes due to it being incomplete, he was practicing tirelessly, almost like a madman.

He was consuming the three months’ supply of strengthened meat that he had purchased at a rapid rate. However, his massive consumption was no longer a problem, the large amount of wealth he had just acquired enough to support the costly routine.

The plan he had made for himself was to increase his Bodywork to the intermediate level, which he would use to perfectly absorb the bottle of Level 2 Strengthening Potion.

Although the Level 2 Strengthening Potion was effective, the absorption depended on one’s ability. The stronger one’s Bodywork, the better the absorption of the Level 2 Strengthening Potion.

He could only be confident that he wouldn’t waste the remaining three Knowledge Orbs after he absorbed the Level 2 Strengthening Potion and improved his physical attributes.