However, even though he was ready to advance, Klein didn't immediately take out the potion he had just prepared on the Future. Instead, he first took out a Charm, injected his spirituality into it, and activated it by chanting the incantation.
This was a Charm from the Sea God's Domain that could make underwater creatures feel affinity for the user.
The main reason he used this was because Klein had experience in this area—after hunting the Admiral of Blood, probably because they were in the sea where Merfolk frequented, the Future unexpectedly encountered Merfolk on its way back.
Although Klein wasn't in a hurry to take the potion at that time, since he had encountered them, he naturally took a small boat to where the Merfolk were out of curiosity to see what Merfolk were like. As soon as he approached, the Merfolk panicked and all fled.
It was precisely because of this experience that Klein naturally prepared the relevant Charm early this time.
And it proved that Klein's preparation work was indeed very effective. This time, after he approached, although many of the Merfolk looked at him curiously, not a single one fled. They all continued to sing leisurely.
To prevent any unexpected situations, Klein naturally didn't intend to waste time. He immediately took out the prepared Marionettist potion from his pocket. After unscrewing the cap, he poured the entire bottle of potion into his mouth.
A bitter and stale sensation filled his taste buds almost instantly, but Klein no longer had time to complain about the terrible taste, because the potion's transformation of his body had already begun.
"I wonder to what extent my ability can be unsealed after Klein's advancement this time. If I can reach Sequence 2, it will be much easier for me to steal cards from the Church of the God of Combat later." Also on this ship, Lin Ruo, who was sitting low-key and had just given himself a sea creature affinity buff, looked at Klein, who was closing his eyes and advancing, and couldn't help but mutter in his heart.
If Klein had been focused on acting as a Faceless for the past two months, then Lin Ruo had been concentrating on overcoming historical phantoms for the past two months.
Currently, the youthful Roselle in the historical projection had been tricked by him eight times, and the period had also changed from Roselle's naive period when he first Transmigrated to the mature period when Bernadette was born, and Roselle had a true root in the "other world," gradually no longer treating the real world as a game.
This time period was still very far from the end of Roselle's life, separated by thirty or forty years, but Lin Ruo was not in a hurry. He had a premonition that the time span of the subsequent historical phantoms would be relatively large, and he would definitely be able to bring a certain Roselle back before the end of this year.
In addition to the main task of bringing back Roselle, Lin Ruo's memories of Roselle's period were also recovering synchronously. Currently, they had also recovered to the time when Bernadette was born. It must be said that this gave Lin Ruo a peculiar feeling, like playing a game and simultaneously playing the main story and an 'if' route.
One was the past he had truly experienced, and the other was a possibility that he could personally change and promote. No matter which one, it gave Lin Ruo a deep feeling.
The only pity was probably that the time of the historical phantoms he had experienced so far was not long enough, basically fluctuating within a few months. Lin Ruo simply couldn't experiment with reforms very well in the historical phantoms in such a short time. It seemed he could only wait for Future historical phantoms.
During this period, Lin Ruo's Judge potion had also been digested, and he even took some time to find a place that met the advancement ritual requirements for Disciplinary Knight through Bernadette's connections, successfully advancing to Disciplinary Knight of the Justiciar pathway, Sequence 5, and once again unlocking a segment of memory, or rather, a message that the former Him left for the current him:
"Remember, Sequence 4 is very important. You must advance to this level at the same time as the Future Lord of the Mysteries. The time difference cannot exceed 24 hours."
"This is the first crucial ritual for you to truly obtain the anchor point from God to human."
There was only this much left for Lin Ruo, the meaning was concise and clear, and it also forced Lin Ruo to put the matter of stealing Justiciar cards on the agenda.
"It just so happens that both Klein and I have completed our advancements, and the cooperation between the Sea God Sect and Solomon is also progressing smoothly, so it is indeed time to consider leaving the Five Seas and going to Feysac for a visit."
"Perhaps, it's time for Dawn's alias to go online? Or simply let Klein create a new alias." Lin Ruo pinched his chin, feeling that this matter had some potential.
And at this moment, Lin Ruo suddenly felt something, his body stiffened, and then he raised his hand to cover his forehead with a slight pain, suppressing the madness and divinity surging within him at this moment.
Fortunately, this madness and divinity, which seemed to appear out of nowhere, did not last too long. Soon, they disappeared as suddenly as they appeared.
Lin Ruo exhaled and looked up, as expected, seeing that Klein had already opened his eyes.
He had successfully advanced to Marionettist of Sequence 5, and thanks to the gains from using Creeping Hunger earlier, Klein would probably become one of the few who had just advanced and already had a top-tier Marionette.
"Perhaps this is what it means to be a cheat..." Lin Ruo complained, and also began to check his own situation, then understood the source of the madness and divinity he had just experienced.
As before, Klein's advancement once again strengthened his "supernatural ability," and this time Fallacy could finally simulate angel-level abilities. Although it was only implemented at the Sequence 2 level, Lin Ruo undoubtedly truly had the power to contend with angels.
And what Lin Ruo had just felt were the "byproducts" leaked out as the power of this level was unsealed.
That kind of madness and divinity, as long as Lin Ruo uses angel-level power in the Future, he will inevitably have to endure them. It might not be as intense as this time, but it is the "price" that must be paid for using the power. And the longer it is used, the greater the "price" naturally—that's right, the power of Sequence 2 has no time limit, it only depends on the extent Lin Ruo can bear.
In the past, Lin Ruo could naturally rely on the Ancient Sun God's ability to alleviate this madness and divinity, or rely on exploiting bugs to delay them, and then solve the problem with a long sleep.
But now these methods are obviously outdated, and the new method of alleviation... Lin Ruo looked at Klein with a subtle expression, and after the latter looked over with confusion and worry, he said, "Klein, the time has come to test whether our teacher-student relationship is fake."
"What do you mean?" Klein was clearly very confused.
"It's like this, as the saying goes, if two people share one pain, each person only has to bear half the pain," Lin Ruo said without changing his expression, "And if two people share one joy, they can have double the joy."
Klein: ?
What the hell? What is Lin Ruo talking about?