Was that a cry for help?
Klein frowned and listened closely, even leaning forward with both hands pressed against the edge of the Bronze Long Table, trying to hear more clearly. But just as on the previous occasions when he had come into the gray fog to escape the full moon's curse, the cry was swiftly blocked by the power here. It grew fainter, as though receding into the distance, then vanished.
He resisted the urge to return to the real world and keep listening. Leaning back in the High-backed Chair belonging to the "Magician," he carefully considered what he had just discovered.
There was no doubt that this plea for help came from the power of the curse that had plagued the Abrahams for generations. Whenever a full moon or an unpredictable blood moon appeared, those who possessed this bloodline suffered extreme pain, as though someone were running a sharp blade along the edges of their skull, trying to peel their entire scalp off in one piece. At the same time, maddening murmurs would resound in their ears.
This power acted directly upon the spirit body. Covering their ears, sleeping, or even falling unconscious offered no protection. Moreover, the stronger an Abraham's spirituality, the greater the harm they suffered. This meant that Beyonders actually found it harder than ordinary people to resist the curse.
According to Theodore Abraham, Sequence 7 "Astrologer" seemed to be the highest sequence capable of resisting the curse without losing control and turning into a monster within a short time. Advancing further would grant greater strength, but also meant that they might lose control at any moment. Consequently, during the Fifth Epoch, no member of the Abraham Family had safely reached a high sequence and gained the power to investigate the source of the curse