The next morning, Klein, who had fully recovered, walked into the Blackthorn Security Company with steady steps.

"Good morning, Klein. The weather is quite cool today. I'm looking forward to dinner tonight." Roxanne, wearing a light green dress, stood behind the reception desk and greeted him with a smile.

Klein touched his stomach deliberately and said:

"Ms. Roxanne, you shouldn't discuss this topic at this time. I'm already tired of the tasks that haven't come yet today. I just hope that the night will come sooner."

"Me too." Luo Shan laughed.

She looked around, beckoned Klein to come closer, and then lowered her voice and said:

"I just saw Ms. Daly."

"Ms. Psychic Daly?" Klein asked in surprise.

The most famous psychic in Ahowa County has always lived in Enmat Harbor, not too far from Tingen.

"Yes." Luo Shan nodded vigorously, "But she has left. Ah, she is the most ideal Beyonder in my mind. If I can become a psychic, I will leave Tingen and travel around the world alone, to Intis, to Feysac, to Feynapotter, to the southern continent, to the prairie, to the primeval forest, to the snowy plains!"

Miss, please learn about the rules and regulations of the Nighthawks... Klein shook his head with a smile:

“Even if Ms. Daly wants to leave Enmat Port, she needs to apply and get approval.”

"I know, but you can't remind me now and break my fantasy!" Luo Shan said angrily, "In fact, I can't become a Beyonder. It's too dangerous. I don't know when I will die. In my opinion, the so-called Beyonder turns himself into a monster in order to fight monsters."

“Archbishop Chanis said that we are guardians, but also a group of pitiful creatures who are always fighting against danger and madness.” Klein sighed and replied to the words that left a deep impression on him.

In order to fight against the abyss, we must endure the corrosion of the abyss.

The two of them were silent for a while. Luo Shan was the first to calm down. She pointed her mouth towards the partition and said:

"The captain asked you to go find him as soon as you arrived."

"Okay." Klein held his hat and cane, walked through the partition, knocked on the door and entered Dunn's office.

The middle-aged gentleman with deep grey eyes and a high hairline put down his coffee cup and said with a smile:

"Daly was here."

"This is not a surprising thing, because Roxanne has already told me in advance." Klein responded with a smile.

Dunn didn't care about his humor and sighed:

"Daly has been transferred to the Backlund Diocese. It is the most prosperous and crowded city in the world, and it also has the most Beyonders and the most opportunities... She has a better chance of becoming an archbishop or a high-ranking deacon than I do."

"Why?" Klein sat up straight and asked in confusion.

Dunn thought for more than ten seconds and said:

"She has a unique talent for mastering and mining sequence potions... I told you before that the internal regulations of the Nighthawks are that if you want to take the next sequence of potions, you must wait three years and then undergo strict examinations to avoid losing control. But normally, three years is often not enough. It took me three years to go from 'Sleepless' to 'Midnight Poet', and nine years from 'Midnight Poet' to 'Nightmare', a full nine years. And it took me three years to go from 'Nightmare' to Sequence 6. I don't know how many more years it will take."

“When our bodies get old and our spirits start to decline, even if we overcome the hidden dangers, we should not try to get promoted, because the risk of losing control is so high that no one is willing to take the risk.”

"However, Daly and I are different from most Beyonders. After becoming a 'Corpse Collector', she submitted a special application only one year later, hoping to take the subsequent potion immediately. To everyone's surprise, she actually passed the more rigorous examination and obtained the 'Gravedigger' potion."

"It only took her one year to go from a 'gravedigger' to a 'psychic'. Haha, this year is only her fifth year as a Extraordinary Person. She is only 24 years old, still young enough and has plenty of opportunities."

On the surface, he was the most famous psychic in Ahowa County, but in reality, he was a real psychic... Wasn't that just "acting"? Old Neil seemed to have mentioned that Ms. Daly had similar tendencies... Klein felt that he had grasped the core element of the "psychic" Daly's rapid promotion.

"Captain, you are still young enough. You are only in your thirties." Klein comforted Dunn and added silently in his heart, "It's just that my memory is a little bad..."

Dunn took a sip of coffee, shook his head and smiled bitterly.

"Why don't you ask Ms. Daly for advice on how to master and mine sequence potions?" Klein asked deliberately.

Dunn put down his coffee cup, rubbed his eyebrows and said:

"She gave me a real nightmare... I don't know what that means."

Playing the role of a nightmare...hiss, nightmares make people feel very evil...Klein frowned slightly and was silent for a moment.

At this time, Dunn took out his pipe, took a sniff and said:

"Daly and I discussed the follow-up to the 'Fortune Teller' potion being the 'Joker'. Without considering that the members of the secret society deliberately deceived you, she came up with an interesting guess."

"What guess?" Klein's eyes lit up and he asked anxiously.

He once used divination to verify whether "Joker" was the follow-up potion of "Fortune Teller" and got a vague but more affirmative answer.

Dunn glanced at him with his deep grey eyes, and said while thinking:

"The normal sequence is a progressive relationship. Following a common point, it progresses layer by layer within a field. For example, 'The Insomniac', 'Midnight Poet' and 'Nightmare' are obviously all related to the night, as well as the sleep and tranquility derived from the night. It is conceivable that the subsequent events will be the same, but will be more severe and involve a wider range of things. There may be elements such as secrets, disasters, fear and the Crimson Moon..."

"Some sequence pathways may not look like this on the surface, but if you analyze them carefully, you can still find common points. For example, 'Assassin' and 'Instigator' imply the same thing: they bring disaster, pain, sadness, and despair to people. The subsequent sequences should also follow this rule."

Klein listened very attentively and asked:

"But 'Fortune Teller' and 'Clown' are not related in this way?"

"Yes." Dunn nodded slightly. "Daly thinks there might be another sequence of relationships. After all, we don't know enough."

He paused and said:

"Daly said that in a similar way, low- and medium-sequence potions will each provide Beyonders with a completely new ability that seems to have nothing to do with the previous one. When it reaches a certain stage of qualitative change, these abilities will be combined together to derive an extremely powerful 'profession' that contains them."

“In other words, it is not a progression, but a relationship of decomposition and combination.”

Seeing that Klein seemed a little confused, Dunn raised his right hand and said:

"The normal sequence is progressive, just like everyone's body shape, starting from childhood, growing taller step by step, and getting stronger, heavier and more mature."

"And the special sequence pathway is this..."

At this point, Dunn bent his thumb:

"This is Sequence 9."

Then he raised his index finger:

"This is Sequence 8."

Then, he slowly bent his remaining fingers one by one:

"Each finger is independent of the others and seems to have nothing to do with each other, but in the end..."

When Dunn uttered the word "last", all five of his fingers were bent and clenched into a hard fist!

"I see." Klein suddenly realized and agreed deeply with Ms. Daly's guess and the captain's analogy.

Maybe that's true? He nodded thoughtfully.

Sequence 8 "Clown" and Sequence 9 "Fortune Teller" are completely different and have completely new abilities. According to the description of the Nighthawks' internal information, the corresponding Sequence 7 and Sequence 8 "Clown" have no similarities...

Klein was silent for a while, then curiously asked:

“At what stage will different abilities be combined to produce a qualitative change?”

Dunn took a sip of coffee and laughed:

"Daly and I both guessed it was Sequence 4!"

"Why?" Klein blurted out.

"Because according to the church's classification of sequence paths, Sequence 4 is the starting point of the high sequence, and it is said that it will bring about a qualitative change in life and spirit. In ancient times, in the Fourth Epoch, Sequence 4 strongmen were qualified to be called demigods. Unfortunately, in modern times, such strongmen are very, very rare." Dunn sighed.

"Sequence 4 to Sequence 1 are high-sequence masters, so who are the low-sequence masters?" Klein asked with great interest.

“Sequence 9, Sequence 8, and Sequence 7 were all considered low-sequences a thousand years ago. However, in the past few hundred years, the scarcity of Beyonders has caused the major churches to consider Sequence 7 as a mid-sequence.” Dunn laughed at himself.

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 inevitably felt a little yearning.

Emperor Roselle is a high-sequence expert!

However, the higher the sequence, the greater the risk of losing control... Klein thought with fear.

He asked casually:

"What is the name of the Goddess Church's Sequence 4 potion?"

"In fact, I don't know. My confidentiality level is not enough to access the corresponding information. I can only read it when I become a diocesan bishop or a night watchman 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, I am optimistic. The wanted archbishop Ince Zangwill lost control after he failed to advance to Sequence 4."

The one who took away Sealed Artifact "0-08"? His potion seems to be called "Gatekeeper"... Klein thought for a moment and asked tentatively, "Sequence 5 of the Sleepless Path is 'Gatekeeper'?"

"No, that's the psychic path. When you reach Sequence 7 and become a bishop or the captain of the Nighthawks, you will be able to see the corresponding information."

"Gatekeeper" is Sequence 5 of the Psychic Path? Does it mean guarding the gate to hell? Or guarding the gate to the spirit world? Klein thought with some speculation.

"Okay, go find Old Neil and continue your studies." Dunn said with a smile, "Don't forget the dinner tonight. It's at Old Weir's Restaurant. We've already reserved a table. This time I will formally introduce you to the other Nighthawks."

"Okay, I've got the cash ready." Klein forced the corners of his mouth to curl up.

"No, that's not necessary. Have you forgotten that we have extra subsidies? It's the portion you hand in after completing the commissioned task." Dunn waved his hand and said.

Klein was stunned for a moment, then said with a smile:

"Okay, Captain!"

He turned around, walked towards the door, and began counting silently in his mind:

"Three, two, one... Hey, the captain didn't call me..."

Klein paused for a long time and was surprised to find that Captain Dunn Smith had not forgotten anything that needed to be supplemented.

Miracle… He commented silently in his heart.

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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 ancient Hermetic language, Dragon language, Elven language, etc., etc."

"By the way, you have to practice fighting with the teacher for at least two hours every afternoon except on your days off."

"Fighting? The captain didn't mention it just now..." Klein was shocked.

Old Neil nodded and answered without hesitation:

"He forgot."