Lawrence Nord's early arrival in Backlund would have some impact.
Since he had come looking for his younger brother, there was a good chance he would run into Fors, the lazy writer who had inherited his brother and sister-in-law's Beyonder characteristics and become a Beyonder.
At this point, before joining The Tarot Club, lazy Fors would have a considerable chance of revealing that she had become a Beyonder.
That could lead to certain changes.
After all, even though the Abraham family had declined somewhat, it still possessed the foundations of an angel family and safeguarded items on the level of Grade 0 Sealed Artifacts.
Otherwise, it would not have attracted the covetous eyes of disciples with other surnames, leading to rebellion.
Lawrence Nord did not possess a Sealed Artifact of that level at the moment, but he did have Lyman's Travel Pen, a mystical item quite suitable for a declining family like his and for low- to mid-Sequence Beyonders.
Though it was merely a mystical item derived from the Beyonder characteristic of a Sequence 6 Scribe of the Apprentice pathway, its side effects were remarkably minor due to good fortune.
It had practically obtained the finest combat support ability among the low and mid Sequences of the Apprentice pathway: Record.
It could record the Beyonder abilities used by others, with each page able to record one ability.
Although it had to be recorded again after each use, this notebook could record abilities up to the demigod level.
Of course, once it came to Beyonder abilities above Sequence 6, the success rate of recording them would decrease, and it would be even lower for demigod abilities.
Even so, it could be considered a "divine artifact" for low- and mid-Sequence Beyonders. If it recorded a demigod ability, it could accomplish many things