Mermaid and Sequence Five (Second Update)

"Once you've digested the Potion, you can apply for advancement anytime. We'll have a mermaid transported here."

Christai had Mr. A, who had already become an ordinary person, taken away for interrogation as he spoke to George.

George smiled.

"Then you can approve my application now. I've already digested my Potion."

"What?!"

An incredulous look appeared in Christai's eyes.

If he remembered correctly, George had only advanced to Sequence Six Faceless after killing Qilingus and extracting the Faceless characteristic from Squirming Hunger.

Less than a month had passed since then.

Even the most gifted Beyonder would need several months to digest a Potion. The higher the Sequence, the harder it was to digest.

Many high-Sequence powerhouses, especially those within the churches, remained stuck at their current Sequences precisely because they were still digesting their Potions.

Some had spent ten or twenty years on it and still had not finished digesting them.

"Can't be helped. Maybe I'm just too talented."

George shrugged, while Christai's mouth twitched slightly.

He himself had remained at Sequence Six for a full three years before advancing to Sequence Five, and then spent another five years at Sequence Five.

Even so, he had already been considered a genius within the Church.

Sure enough, people really could not be compared. George had been able to crush both him and Radall, a Sequence Four, while still a baby and only at Sequence Seven.

"Fine. I'll write the application now. The mermaid will be delivered tomorrow night."

"No problem."

George transformed into a ball of flame and vanished from the spot.

Not long after George disappeared, a Night Watcher approached Christai with a grave expression and reported, "Mr. A is dead. It seems some sort of curse was placed on him. The moment he leaked a secret, the curse killed