More than a thousand years had passed since the first full moon ravings appeared, and the Abraham Family had gone just as long without producing a High Sequence Beyonder.
Faced with the bloodline curse and the Orthodox Churches' siege and pursuit, countless members of the Abraham Family had scattered across the Northern Continent. Most had changed their names and identities, and some no longer wished to become Extraordinary beings at all.
Even those who became Extraordinary beings in order to preserve the family's mystical knowledge or for convenience in daily life only advanced to Sequence Nine or Sequence Eight.
These were the Sequences at which one could remain relatively safe when facing the full moon ravings.
The Abraham Family's Elder Council had once denounced such behavior as a betrayal of the family's honor. Yet the fact remained that any family member who advanced to demigodhood would certainly die, and stepping into Sequence Seven meant beginning to face the deadly full moon ravings.
The Elder Council had made an attempt to restore the family, only to trigger a rebellion among collateral branches and disciples with other surnames. The clan, which had already retained only numbers and little quality, could no longer even guarantee those numbers.
After blow upon blow, the members of the Elder Council could not help but sigh. Could this truly be their family's fate?
Amid such endless regret and resentment, these elders who still remembered the Abraham Family's former glory endured night after night, hoping for a miracle they did not even know would happen.
That night, before going to sleep, they once again gathered at the nearest Abraham Family stronghold.
These almost completely sealed strongholds could only be entered by Apprentice pathway Extraordinary beings who could pass through walls, making them highly concealed. Even after betrayals by