In the Spirit World, a massive black warship floated amid a riot of warped colors.
None of the creatures commonly found in the Spirit World were nearby. Perhaps the earlier battle had frightened them away, or perhaps they dared not approach the warship. Looking through a porthole, Angel found the Spirit World as quiet as a graveyard.
She closed the round porthole's cover and turned back to the cabin. Klein, once again dressed in his own clothes, watched her silently.
"How do you feel after advancing?"
When she turned, Klein spoke with the deep concern of a lover, not the curiosity of someone questioning a newly advanced demigod.
"Everything went smoothly enough. At least I didn't lose control, turn into a monster, or forget who I am..."
Angel tried to lighten the mood, but her own final words made her pause.
Afraid that the perceptive Klein might notice something, she quickly changed the subject and began telling him what she had gained from advancing.
After advancing from Affliction to Lady Despair, Angel's spirituality had increased severalfold, and her old abilities had improved considerably.
Whether it was Frost Control, Cursed Black Flame, or invisible threads, their range now extended to around five hundred meters. Compared with Sequence 5, it wasn't merely several times greater. It was as though a zero had been added to the end.
Of course, having just fought a Rose School demigod, she knew that quite a few of the twenty-two Beyonder Pathways could counter these abilities. An increase in scale alone did not make someone a demigod.
The most important difference between Sequence 4 and every preceding Sequence was the acquisition of divinity.
Compared with angels and beings Above the Sequence, a Sequence 4 possessed only the faintest wisp of divinity. But even that was enough to