Lord: Sequence Overlord

Chapter 62 Source Material - Actor's Mask
Chapter 62

Where there is light, there is darkness, and a gray area exists in between.

The Duchy of Blazing Shadow originated from a pirate alliance, and its bad habits persisted, leading to numerous shady businesses. The black market in the Blazing Shadow Royal City was born from this. The person in charge of the black market was not any noble of the Duchy of Blazing Shadow, but the Grand Duke of Wan Island from the nearby Duchy of Wan Island.

Correspondingly, the black market power in the Principality of Ten Thousand Islands is controlled by Grand Duke Blazing Shadow.

The two sides essentially swapped control of the gray forces in each other's duchies. The benefits of doing so were very obvious. First, they could sell their illicit supernatural resources on the black market without worrying about being directly purged. Second, this was also a fallback plan that the two dukes had prepared for their families.

Although the two duchies are not on the borders of the human race, they are also not in the heart of the human race.

The key issue is that no new Sequence 3 demigods have been born for many years.

As for the old Sequence 3 demigods, the founders of the two duchies, they have been away from their respective duchies for 20,000 years. The current Grand Duke is a descendant of these two from several generations later. It is easy to imagine that there is no kinship between them after several generations.

In this situation, what if alien deities from outside the human territory appear?

Without demigods, the two duchies were virtually powerless to resist.

After the World Government was established, many principalities were killed by alien gods who stormed the tower, leading to their unfortunate demise.

Even if the world government retaliates afterward, a nation that has already perished will not be brought back to life.

Those truly powerful noble families will generally leave themselves a way out in different countries.

Wearing a mask, Rosen entered an underground building on the outskirts of the royal city.

The mask is enough. The entire black market does not allow the use of any spiritual power. Anyone who uses spiritual power will be forcibly expelled from the underground black market.

Rosen walked into a trading room with a sign that said "Available" and sat down opposite a trader to make his request.

Black market transactions do not require buyers and sellers to meet face-to-face; all transactions are conducted through traders.

The price difference is the profit of the black market. Generally, the black market earns no more than 10% of the difference. Otherwise, people who come to trade on the black market are not stupid. Here, except for a very few extraordinary items, everything else can be traded with spiritual crystals.

"I need an extraordinary artifact that can disguise my identity, preferably a Sequence 7 artifact that has no usage conditions."

After Rosen sat down, he directly stated his needs.

"Please be patient, this will take quite some time..."

Trader No. 166 was overjoyed upon hearing this. The extraordinary artifact of Sequence 7 would bring him a considerable fortune in commissions. He immediately took out a thick alchemy book and began to read it. Half an hour later, he turned the alchemy book upside down and pushed it in front of Rosen.

Rosen looked down and examined the book closely. It contained all the information about a Sequence 7 extraordinary artifact that met his criteria.

【Source Material: Actor's Mask: Extraordinary Curiosities】

[Level: Sequence 7]

[Attribute: The Actor's Mask can strip other transcendent sequences of their transcendent essence, thereby granting the wearer a completely new identity.]

[Source Ability 1: Gaining the instinctive ability to mimic while wearing an actor's mask]

[Source Ability 2: Can randomly copy one additional extraordinary skill from an extraordinary sequence]

[Source Ability 3: Perfectly playing a role can accelerate one's spiritual growth]

[Equipment Requirements: Actor Sequence 7]

"This is a good thing, how can I use it?"

Rosen looked up at the trader and asked.

"There are many ways to circumvent equipment requirements..."

The trader was somewhat surprised that the buyer on the other end didn't know these things, but still explained seriously, "Ordinary extraordinary artifacts don't require equipment. At most, they can't be used because their sequence level is too low. Most of the ones that require equipment are extraordinary artifacts that have been fused with extraordinary source material."

The inability to equip items is essentially due to the repulsion between different extraordinary sources; as long as the repulsion is sealed, the requirement for equipping items can be eliminated.

Based on the level of this extraordinary artifact, removing the equipment requirements would increase the price by 30%.

"A 30% price increase..."

After considering it, Rosen asked how many spiritual crystals were needed.

"The discounted price is rounded down to 800,000..."

The trader quoted a price that made Rosen's heart ache. But without a second thought, Rosen began to produce spiritual crystals in a steady stream.

This time, he looted the warehouse of the Grey Ratmen in Spiral Harbor, and with the spiritual crystals dropped from the kills, he obtained a total of around 700,000 spiritual crystals. As for the various extraordinary materials, they were worth at least 500,000 spiritual crystals.

It may seem like a lot, but in reality, these should have been divided among thousands of human extraordinary sequences.

However, his series of actions led him to swallow this resource all by himself.

Rosen figured he'd already flaunted his wealth, and while many Sequence 7 players couldn't produce that many spiritual crystals, it was still far less than the entire black market's turnover, so he wasn't worried about being double-crossed by the black market.

So Lawson simply kept a small number of rare spare resources and sold the rest.

An hour later, Rosen left the black market with 500,000 spiritual crystals and an actor's mask.

Because the trader made a large commission, Rosen received a bonus message when he left.

While the Actor Mask is a powerful source material device, it is ultimately inferior to a true Sequence 7 actor.

If an actor's ability to disguise their identity is flawless, then the actor could easily replace anyone's identity.

However, this is not feasible in practice. If the actor's mask is used to replace the identity of one of the four major civilization sequences, it will be easily detected.

Since noble bloodlines cannot be forged by any means, it is best not to target the four major civilization sequences when changing identities.

Secondly, some extraordinary sequences and special extraordinary skills can detect the disguise of the actor sequence. There is a shield for every spear in the world, so after obtaining an identity by using the actor's mask, it is best not to act recklessly because of the new identity.

Normally, as long as you don't commit any crimes or cause trouble, even if someone notices that you're pretending, no one will expose you.

After all, it's best to mind your own business and not get involved in other people's affairs; meddling in other people's business often leads to a short life.

Rosen valued these reminders highly, as they were valuable lessons.

Now the actor has a mask, but he still lacks a trouble-free identity.

Ideally, he should be a Sequence 9 hunter, as this would better conceal the hunter sequence he possesses.

After returning to the pseudo-spiritual realm of the Artists' Guild, Rosen entered Marthadora to select a suitable target.

Thousands of the dead, originating from Redstone City, were reborn in Marshadora after their deaths.

These people's spirituality has already been stimulated by the virtual spiritual realm. If they are further aided by some precious resources that can help their spirituality awaken, it would not be difficult for some ordinary people whose talent is only slightly lacking to awaken their spirituality and qualify them to take magic potions to change their class into the extraordinary sequence.

Of course, changing jobs requires contact with the Ancient Tree of Sequences, and whether Rosen will ultimately succeed is unknown.

However, he doesn't lack spiritual crystals now, so giving it a try is not a bad idea.

After several days of careful selection, Rosen identified some suitable test subjects from among thousands of people in Masadora.

In the past few days, he also bought materials for the spiritual awakening ritual and Sequence 9 hunter potions. After bringing these to Marthadora, he immediately prepared the awakening ritual in the basement of Rose Castle and then forcibly sent these test subjects into the array.

A few hours later, two of the five test subjects were successful.

Rosen gave Number 1 the Hunter's Potion, and the next moment he clearly felt Number 1's spirituality disappear.

A moment later, the newly minted Sequence 9 Hunter was born.

Although the Spirit Realm in Hunter x Hunter is special, it is clearly unable to block the power of the Silver Ancient Tree in the Spirit Realm of human civilization.

Now that one has succeeded, there's no need for the other to switch to hunter.

After considering it for a while, Rosen finally decided to have number 2 become a knight, preparing himself a backup identity in the knight sequence.

Rosen sealed the spirit of Number 2 and imprisoned him in Rose Castle, while placing the actor's mask on Number 1's face.

Number 1, completely unable to resist, was brutally beaten into a dried-up corpse by the actor in mask.

All life force and all spirituality, including the soul and the extraordinary essence, were completely consumed by the actor's mask.

When Rosen put on the actor's mask again, he immediately transformed into a robust young man in his early twenties.

“Lynn Wells, this is my hidden identity in the Hunter Sequence.”

Rosen looked at his ordinary face in the mirror with satisfaction.

(End of this chapter)