"When that time comes, as the vessel bearing the corruption, you will face the truth of everything..."
Lumian mulled over what Nimrod had told him. Suddenly, a few hazy images seemed to surface before his eyes, filling him with an intense sense of déjà vu.
That sense of déjà vu made Lumian feel as though his lungs were about to burst, and his face flushed crimson. Nimrod watched him quietly, waiting until he came back to his senses and involuntarily began panting before speaking:
"If I'm not mistaken, you've finished digesting your Hunter characteristic, haven't you?"
"Yes." After a while, Lumian seemed to recover:
"When I realized the trap the Father of the Parish had set, I felt... felt something suddenly shatter. That was when I realized I must have finished digesting the Hunter Beyonder characteristic."
"Good." Nimrod nodded:
"I haven't been sitting idle in your Dream Ruins these past two days, either. Since you've finished digesting your potion, we'll take things a step further tonight and deal with the two monsters I found for you."
"The first monster holds a silver-black blade. That blade has some connection to the belief in Fate. I need to borrow it temporarily to decipher the details of the ritual."
"The second monster is wreathed in flames. It possesses Beyonder characteristics from the later Sequences of the Hunter pathway, which you'll need to advance."
"That Flame Monster was once a Pyromaniac who lost control. You can't use its Beyonder characteristics directly. I'll separate out the Provoker characteristic for you so you can use it to brew a potion."
"Tomorrow, during the day, I'll take control of the church with the others and complete the Lent ritual. You'll have plenty of time to advance."
Lumian nodded repeatedly, until he heard Nimrod address him in a