The next morning, Klein, who had fully recovered his strength, walked steadily into the Black Thorn Security Company.
"Good morning, Klein. The weather is quite cool today. I'm looking forward to the dinner tonight," Rosan, wearing a light green dress, stood behind the reception desk, smiling and greeting.
Klein deliberately touched his stomach and said:
"Miss Rosan, you shouldn't be discussing such topics at this time. I'm already tired of the tasks that haven't arrived yet today. I just hope the night comes sooner."
"I feel the same way," Rosan chuckled.
She looked around and beckoned Klein to come closer. Then she lowered her voice and said:
"I just saw Ms. Daley."
"Ms. Daley the Clairvoyant?" Klein asked in surprise.
This most famous psychic in Ahova County has been living in Enmat Port, not far from Tingen.
"Yes," Rosan nodded vigorously, "but she has left. Ah, she is the most ideal extraordinary person in my mind. If I can become a psychic, I will leave Tingen and travel alone around the world, to Inthes, to Fussak, to Fenepot, to the South Continent, to the Great Plains, to the Primitive Forest, to the Ice Plains!"
Miss, do you want to know about the night watchman regulations... Klein shook his head and said with a smile:
"Even Ms. Daley, if she wants to leave Enmat Port, needs to apply and get approval."
"I know, but you can't remind me at this time and break my fantasy!" Rosan said angrily, "In fact, I can't become an extraordinary person. It's too dangerous. I don't know when I might die suddenly. In my opinion, an extraordinary person is just to fight monsters and turn themselves into monsters."
"Archbishop Channis said that we are guardians and a group of poor creatures constantly fighting against danger and madness," Klein replied with a sigh, answering the sentence that impressed him deeply.
To fight the abyss, we must endure the corrosion of the abyss.
The two were silent for a while, and Rosan gradually calmed down. She pointed towards the gap with her mouth and said:
"The captain asked you to come and find him right away."
"OK," Klein took his hat and walking stick, passed through the gap and knocked on the door to enter Dunne's office.
The middle-aged gentleman with deep gray eyes and a high hairline put down his coffee cup and smiled:
"Daley came."
"This is not an unexpected thing, because Rosan already told me in advance." Klein responded with a smile.
Dunne didn't pay attention to his humor and sighed:
"Daley was transferred to the Beckland Diocese. It's the most prosperous and crowded city in the world, with the most extraordinary people and the most opportunities... She has a better chance of becoming an archbishop or a senior deacon than me."
"Why?" Klein sat up straight and asked in confusion.
Dunne thought for a few seconds and said:
"She has a unique talent in mastering and exploring sequence potions... I told you before, the internal regulations of night watchmen are that to take the next sequence potion, one must wait for three years and undergo strict examinations to avoid losing control. But usually, three years is not enough. I took three years from 'Insomniac' to 'Midnight Poet', from 'Midnight Poet' to 'Nightmare', a total of nine years, and from 'Nightmare' to sequence 6, I have already spent three years. I don't know how many more years I need."
"When our bodies age and our spirits start to decline, even if we overcome the risks, we shouldn't try to advance anymore because the risk of losing control is so high that no one is willing to take the risk."
"And Daley and I, unlike most extraordinary people, after becoming a 'Grave Descendant', she submitted a special application in just one year, hoping to take the subsequent potion immediately, to everyone's surprise, she really passed the more rigorous examinations and received the 'Grave Digger' potion." "From 'Gravedigger' to 'Medium', it only took her one year. Oh, this year marks the fifth year since she became an extraordinary person. She is only 24 years old and is still young enough, with plenty of opportunities."
Her surface identity is the most famous medium in Ahova County, but she is actually a true medium... Isn't this just 'acting'? Old Neil seemed to have mentioned that Ms. Daly has a similar tendency... Klein felt that he had grasped the core elements of Della's rapid promotion as a medium.
"Captain, you are still young enough. You are only in your thirties," Klein comforted Dunn and silently added in his heart, just the memory is a bit shaky...
Dunn took a sip of coffee and shook his head with a苦笑.
"Why don't you ask Ms. Della for the methods of mastering and uncovering the sequence magic potion?" Klein asked deliberately.
Dunn put down the coffee cup and rubbed the bones on both sides of his eyebrows, saying:
"She made me a true nightmare... I don't know what it means."
Being a nightmare... Shudder, nightmares make one feel very evil... Klein's eyebrows slightly furrowed, and there was a brief silence.
At this moment, Dunn took out a pipe and sniffed it, saying:
"I discussed with Della about the subsequent magic potion of 'Divinationist' being 'Clown', without considering that the members of the Secret Order deliberately deceived you, first of all, she made an interesting guess."
"What guess?" Klein's eyes lit up and he asked eagerly.
He had used divination methods to verify whether 'Clown' was the subsequent magic potion of 'Divinationist', and obtained a vague but more definite answer.
Dunn's deep gray eyes swept him and thought while speaking:
"The normal sequence path is a progressive relationship, following a certain common point, layer by layer in one field, such as, 'Insomniac', 'Midnight Poet' and 'Nightmare', obviously, they are all related to the night, and the sleep, tranquility derived from it, one can imagine, the subsequent one will be like this, but it will be even more powerful, involving more, and might have elements such as secrecy, misfortune, fear and the crimson moon..."
"Some sequence paths, on the surface, don't look like this, but if analyzed carefully, commonalities can still be found, such as 'Assassin' and 'Instigator', the same point they imply is to bring disaster, pain, sadness, despair, the subsequent sequence should also follow this pattern."
Klein listened very attentively and asked actively:
"But 'Divinationist' and 'Clown' are not this kind of relationship?" "Um." Dunn nodded gently and said, "Daly believes that perhaps there exists another sequence pathway for the relationship. After all, we know far too little."
He paused and continued,
"Daly said that in similar pathways, the medium-low sequence potions would respectively provide an extraordinary person with a completely new ability that seems to have no relation to the previous ones. At a certain qualitative change stage, these abilities would blend together and evolve into an exceptionally powerful 'profession' that incorporates them."
"That is to say, it is not a progressive relationship, but a decomposition and combination relationship."
Seeing that Klein seemed somewhat confused, Dunn raised his right hand and said,
"The normal sequence pathway is progressive, like a person's body. From childhood, it grows taller section by section, mixed with becoming stronger, heavier, and mature."
"And the special sequence pathway is like this..."
At this point, Dunn curled his thumb:
"This is Sequence 9."
Then, he curled his index finger:
"This is Sequence 8."
Following that, he slowly curled the remaining fingers one by one:
"Each finger is independent and seems to have no relation, but in the end..."
When he pronounced the word "end", Dunn's five fingers had all curled up, forming a hard fist!
"I understand." Klein suddenly understood and deeply agreed with Ms. Daly's speculation and the captain's analogy.
Perhaps it is really like this? He thought with a thoughtful nod.
Sequence 8 "The Joker" and Sequence 9 "The Seer" are completely different, possessing brand new abilities. And according to the description of the Night Watcher's internal materials, the corresponding Sequence 7 and Sequence 8 "The Joker" do not have similar aspects...
Klein was silent for a while and curiously asked,
"In which stage do different abilities combine together and undergo a qualitative change?"
Dunn took a sip of coffee and chuckled,
"Both I and Daly guessed it was Sequence 4!"
"Why?" Klein blurted out.
"Because according to the division of sequence pathways by the Church, Sequence 4 is the starting point of high sequence, and it is said to bring about qualitative changes in life and spirit. In ancient times, during the Quaternary period, the strong of Sequence 4 already had the qualification to be called semi-divine and semi-human. Unfortunately, in modern times, such strong individuals have become extremely rare." Dunn sighed.
"From Sequence 4 to Sequence 1 are high sequence strong individuals. Then what does low sequence refer to?" Klein asked with great interest.
"Sequence 9, Sequence 8, Sequence 7, all belonged to low sequence a thousand years ago, but in the past few hundred years, the scarcity of extraordinary individuals has made the various churches regard Sequence 7 as a medium sequence. "Dunn smiled self-deprecatingly.
Sequence 9 and Sequence 8 are low sequences, Sequence 7, Sequence 6, and Sequence 5 are medium sequences, and Sequence 4 and above are high sequences... "Klein repeated it in his mind, and couldn't help feeling a bit yearning.
The Emperor of Roselius is a high sequence strong individual!
However, the higher the sequence, the greater the risk of losing control... Klein thought with fear.
He asked casually one more time:
"What is the name of the Sequence 4 magic potion of the Goddess Church?"
"Actually, I don't know. My confidentiality level doesn't allow me to access the corresponding materials. I can only look through them when I become a diocesan bishop or a Night Watcher deacon." Dunn shook his head and smiled, "In fact, at least half of the thirteen archbishops and nine senior deacons at the top of the Church are below Sequence 4. Well, my statement is a bit optimistic. The bishop Ings. Zangwell who was wanted was driven out of control after failing to advance to Sequence 4."
The one who took away the seal "0-08"? His magic potion seems to be called "The Gatekeeper"... Klein thought for a moment and tentatively asked, "The Sequence 5 of the Unsleeping Pathway is 'The Gatekeeper'?"
"No, it's the Seer Pathway. When you become Sequence 7, become a bishop or the leader of the Night Watcher team, you can see the corresponding materials." "The Gatekeeper" is sequence number 5 in the channel of the psychic. It means guarding the gates of Hell? Or, guarding the gates of the spiritual realm? Klein thought to himself with a hint of speculation.
"Alright, go find Old Neil and continue your studies," Dunn smiled and said. "Don't forget the big meal in the evening. It's at Old Will's restaurant. The table has been reserved. This time, I'll officially introduce you to the other night watchmen."
"OK, I've got the cash ready," Klein forced his mouth to curl upwards.
"No, no need. Have you forgotten that we have an additional subsidy? The part you handed in for the assigned task." Dunn waved his hand and said.
Klein was stunned for a moment and then said with a broad smile:
"OK, Captain!"
He turned around and headed towards the door. His mind began to count silently:
"Three, two, one... Eh, Captain didn't stop me..."
Klein waited for a long "one" and was surprised to find that there were still things that Captain Dunn Smith needed to add.
Miracle... He silently commented to himself. ......
Inside the armory, Old Neil glanced at the cheerful Klein and said:
"Don't think about the dinner tonight. You still have a lot to learn, such as more ritual magic, such as the ancient Hermes language, dragon language, elf language, and so on and so forth.
"By the way, you have to practice fighting with your teacher for at least two hours every afternoon outside of your rest days."
"Fighting? The captain didn't mention that just now... " Klein was startled.
Old Neil nodded and answered without hesitation:
"He forgot."