After a near-frozen silence lasting for almost ten seconds, the Abraham Family members, including Wallace, immediately turned their gazes to Fors.
Sensing the mixture of wariness, defensiveness, and fear, Fors took several steps back and spoke up to remind her:
Beware of negative impacts.
Even if Beyonder Characteristic haven't yet combined with their surroundings to form Sealed Artifact, they still possess certain negative effects; however, most of the time, direct contact is required for them to take effect. Of course, these Beyonder Characteristic are all High-Sequence, and whether they will actively expand their interference range is uncertain.
Seeing that Fors did not show any obvious Greed, Dorian nodded and said:
"Once you've digested the ' Secrets Sorcerer ' Potion, you can consider advancing to Sequence 3, ' Wanderer.' I'll give you the Potion recipe and prepare the necessary materials. Of course, at this level, the higher the Sequence, the greater the dangers you'll face. This is an objective reality, beyond your control. Whether or not you choose to advance at that point is up to you."
He said these words partly to show his care for the student, and partly to reassure her, assuring her that what the Abraham Family possessed was hers, and that no one would treat her as an outsider or deliberately make things difficult for her in Sequence advancement.
This can effectively eliminate the irritation caused by Greed.
Having acquired so High-Sequence Beyonder Characteristic, the Abraham Family members, including Wallace, were not reluctant to part with the " Wanderer " Beyonder Characteristic. They even thought that exchanging it for "peace" was absolutely worthwhile, since there was only one Demigod here, Fors.
With the Abraham Family members unable to use their "0" level Sealed Artifact in time, and also unable to remove most of their "1" level Sealed Artifact because the seals were nearing failure, Fors was fully capable of dealing with them all.
Faced with the teacher's promise, Fors hummed in agreement.
"Has the 'door' to the hidden space been opened?"
She assumed that the High-Sequence Beyonder Characteristic before her all came from the treasure trove of the Abraham Family, but had been thrown back into the real world due to previous anomalies. However, she also felt that there were clearly too many of them.
"No." Dorian slowly shook his head, looking completely bewildered.
The rest of the Abraham Family remained silent, equally bewildered.
No one would believe that a treasure fell from the sky unless it happened right before their eyes!
"Should we offer a prayer to Mr. ' The Fool '?" Fors tried to suggest.
Dorian had a vague idea, immediately looked at the family members, including Wallace. He saw that those who had converted to the faith of " The Fool " nodded in agreement, while those who had not yet converted were clearly hesitant and wanted to object.
After considering it for a moment, Dorian calmed himself down and said:
"You collect the negative effects, which are scope-based characteristics, in the right way, and prevent them from combining with the surrounding things."
I went to the side and prayed to Mr. ' The Fool '.
"Okay." Several members of the Abraham Family present hesitated for two seconds before agreeing.
Next, they quickly identified the characteristics and attempted to collect information.
Once this group had made some gains, Dorian retreated to the side of his student Fors and bowed his head to pray to Mr. The Fool.
Soon, a gray-white mist appeared before his eyes, along with an ancient palace nestled deep within it, while a lofty and solemn voice echoed in his ears:
"These are Mr. 'Door's' belongings."
"The curse on your bloodline has been completely lifted."
"Mr. Door's" belongings... belongings... Dorian chewed on the word, opened his eyes, and once again turned his gaze to those High-Sequence Beyonder Characteristic.
He watched in silence, his vision gradually blurring.
East Chester County, at the Hall Family estate.
Having just figured out the source of the earlier explosion and shouts of "enemy attack," Alfred and the others saw the doors and windows open simultaneously, crashing against the wall with a bang.
Several panes of glass broke during the process.
There was definitely something amiss... Alfred raised his hand with a somber expression and addressed his adjutant, entourage, his father's guards, and personal bodyguards:
"Retreat to the main house first, in case of any unexpected events that may occur."
"At the same time, a telegram was sent to the Archbishop of East Chester, requesting assistance."
He believes that the most important thing right now is not to find out the cause of the anomaly, but to protect his father, mother, and sister.
The former has plenty of time to do after daybreak, while the latter, if it goes wrong, cannot be remedied.
After returning to the main house of the manor and arranging strict patrols, Alfred entered the drawing room and said to the Earl Hall:
"There was definitely something unusual, but the guard couldn't describe what he saw; he only said that he felt immense fear at that moment."
Earl Hall nodded calmly and said:
"Further investigation will be conducted after daybreak."
"Please sit down and rest."
Audrey, who was beside him, was holding her mother's arm and listening quietly to her father and two brothers talking.
Of course, this is only the surface; she has been constantly creating Virtual Persona, trying to find the reason why the doors and windows opened strangely from the memories of the witnesses.
After a few minutes, she ended the investigation with slight disappointment, temporarily attributing the anomaly to the lingering effects of the Mind Dragon Arihogg and Mr. " Wrath ".
Just then, she noticed that the golden retriever Susie's eyes were looking a little strange, so she quickly created a Virtual Persona to enter the other's mental island and have a secret conversation.
"What did you find?" Audrey asked directly.
On Susie's island of the soul, a voice echoed:
"I smelled a strong stench of blood, at the edge of the manor, some time before the doors and windows opened—well, probably within ten seconds of the explosion."
After listening, Audrey pursed her lips, remained silent for a few seconds, and then said:
"Let's go take a look."
Susie immediately stopped squatting, tiptoed out of the living room, and left the manor house through a side door in the first-floor corridor.
During this process, people occasionally glanced at her, but no one paid attention or tried to stop her. After all, she was just a dog, a dog that had mastered " Psychological Invisibility."
After taking a shortcut to the row of buildings furthest from the main manor house, Susie sniffed, chose an open window, and jumped inside.
Then she saw a horrible, blood-soaked corpse on the bed, its skin peeled off.
And what she saw was equivalent to what the Virtual Persona Audrey residing on her mental island saw.
Inside the main house of the manor, in the living room, Audrey, arm in arm with her mother, lowered her head.
Then she raised her head and let her gaze slowly and deeply sweep over the faces of her father Earl Hall; her mother, Caitlyn; her brothers, Hibbert and Alfred.
She remained quiet, growing increasingly silent.
Inside the Bayam Sea Waves Cathedral.
Alger, dressed in a robe embroidered with Storm symbols, stepped out from underground and nodded to the " Mandated Punishers " and priests waiting on either side, saying:
The seal was restored to normal in time.
"You can put the items under your supervision back now."
"Yes, Your Excellency Wilson. The Mandated Punishers " and the priests and bishops breathed a sigh of relief, clenching their right fists into their left chests.
Alger didn't say much, but simply responded to them with the same courtesy.
After returning to his room, he slowly looked around, took a deep breath, and found a place to sit down.
" The Fool That Doesn't Belong to This Era..." Alger prayed almost silently to Mr. " The Fool," expressing his intention to leave the Church of Storms.
The claim that the seal was restored to normal in time could only be believed by lower-level church members; it couldn't possibly fool any cardinal or high-ranking deacon, let alone the Pope and the " Lord of Storms."
Without the consent and protection of Mr. The Fool, Alger would not dare to leave the Church of Storms, for he would surely face divine retribution.
A few seconds later, he saw the familiar, boundless Gray Fog and heard Mr. The Fool's response:
"Can.
"Go to the Church of the Sea God."
Whew... Alger relaxed, stood up, and took off his Storm Robe.
After changing into a linen shirt, brown jacket, and wide-legged trousers, Alger stared silently at the cardinal's robe lying on the table for a long time.
Then, he reached out and neatly folded the robe.
After scrutinizing the scene carefully for a few seconds, Alger averted his gaze, rode the gale, and flew out of the church through the open window.
He flew to the clock tower first, landed at the top, and looked down at the surrounding streets and the entire Bayam.
During this process, Alger stepped on the top edge and slowly circled around.
Finally, he closed his eyes.
A hurricane suddenly arose, carrying Alger towards the location of the Church of the Sea God.
Above the Gray Fog, inside the ancient palace.
Klein sat quietly in the high-backed chair that belonged to " The Fool ".
His figure would sometimes blur, as if he were wearing a mysterious, classic black robe and a hood that obscured his face, and sometimes return to normal, only shrouded in a thin layer of grayish-white mist.
These changes occur alternately, with the frequency gradually slowing down.
Whenever Klein transforms into a figure dressed in a black robe and hood, slippery tentacles with strange patterns always extend from beneath his clothing.
These almost transparent tentacles spread out and thrashed about, completely engulfing the entire palace.
After a while, Klein's figure finally stabilized.
He habitually raised his right hand and rubbed his temple, muttering to himself:
"The resurgence of ' Celestial Worthy Venerable's' will was faster and stronger than I anticipated... If I hadn't absorbed Zaratul's Beyonder Characteristic and used His remaining spiritual imprint to maintain balance and buy enough time, I wouldn't have had time to adjust and wouldn't have been able to stop His awakening..."
However, this also made Klein's mental state quite unstable.
The reason he didn't lose control immediately was because the " Miracle Invoker " Potion had been fully digested, and the first dose of the " Attendant of Mysteries " Beyonder Characteristic he had just ingested was also almost digested within a short period of time after he took the Potion. The identity of "World" is that of Blessed of the " Sefirah Castle " master, which is directly equivalent to " Attendant of Mysteries ". Therefore, Klein had been Acting the role of " Attendant of Mysteries " for a long time and quite successfully.
As for the Beyonder Characteristic of the second " Attendant of Mysteries," that remains to be digested.