After finishing all this, Nimrod withdrew his gaze from Amon, quite satisfied.
Although his current Sequence was not particularly high, he still firmly outranked Lumian. Considering that the seal on Lumian would only have a chance of being undone once he became a Demigod, Nimrod still had plenty of time to deal with Amon.
Today had merely been the simplest of warnings, but it was enough to turn Amon's pineapple-eating experience from "eating without a care" into "eating in constant dread."
He also planned to peek at Him through Lumian's seal from time to time. Whenever he came up with a new invention related to Sefirah Castle, he would toss it at the Amon inside the seal for a trial run. This could easily turn the Fool's seal into a fear amplifier.
Come to think of it, this counted as avenging the heroically sacrificed Big Pineapple. Nimrod felt that the Circle of Inevitability owed him a reward.
Seeing that Lumian's condition had stabilized, but that he still needed some time to complete his advancement, Nimrod simply sat down again and began examining the changes that had occurred after he absorbed his second gift.
Sequence 8 of the Fate pathway was called Begging Monk. Absorbing it only after completely digesting and devouring Dancer had indeed been the right choice. Begging Monk merged with Dancer with ease, and their different mental imprints began a tug-of-war.
First came the physical improvements.
A substantial increase in spirituality, the ability to endure harsh environments, and a unique intuition for fortune. The first was negligible for him now, while the ability to endure harsh environments made Fire Thief less fragile.
However, once his intuition for fortune combined with Monster's intuition, it became sharper and more reliable.
For example, Begging Monk's perception of fortune could only discern