"By watching a Card Maker duel, I broke through to the fourth tier. By crossing the line between life and death, I broke through to the fifth. By relying on my convictions, I broke through to the sixth." Caroso candidly summarized his experiences.
Ailin blinked. "That's it?"
"Mm." Caroso nodded.
"No, that tells me practically nothing! There aren't any details at all!" Ailin looked frantic. "And with breakthroughs like yours, you must have taken a lot of secret potions, right?"
"After breaking through to the fourth tier, I received an external power. I relied on that power to reach the peak of the fifth tier." Caroso said, "Then I encountered a death match. During it, I wanted to rely on someone else, but in the end, I defeated that weak version of myself. I already possessed peak fifth-tier magic power, so breaking through to the sixth tier came naturally."
"So the issue lies with that external power that took you from the fourth tier to the peak of the fifth?" Ailin's gaze gradually grew complicated.
She could imagine the kind of persecution the boy before her had endured, and how unwilling he must have been at the time...
That external power had likely completely destroyed his foundation and ruined his potential.
"Yes. As for exactly how I broke through from the fourth tier to the fifth... it was a dream. I've forgotten everything that happened in it." Caroso sighed. "Even the Tier 8 powerhouse who was with me has no memory of that second-layer dream."
"Getting around a Tier 8 powerhouse just to harm you..." Ailin opened her mouth. "Do you know who the enemy was?"
Caroso shook his head.
He truly did not know where that dream had come from.
From the omniscient perspective, he knew it was Messiah.