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"Captain, do you mind if I prepare the potion for young Klein one last time?"
Dunn frowned and instinctively looked at Lin Ruo.
Seeing this, Lin Ruo nodded and said, "Although Mr. Neil's condition isn't great, preparing a potion shouldn't be an issue."
Dunn nodded and said, "Then, Your Excellency, please watch over them while I contact the cathedral."
He turned to leave but stopped after a few steps, turning back to say, "Oh, one more thing, I'll notify Leonard to come here. Klein, make sure to explain the situation to him."
"Uh, okay, I'll tell him," Klein quickly nodded. Dunn turned again, and this time, he finally left without saying "one more thing."
After Dunn left, Klein's gaze fell on Old Neil, looking worried and hesitant. "Mr. Neil..."
"Don't look at me like that, young Klein. I'm fine! Things haven't reached an irreversible point, and the cathedral will have a solution, right?" After the recent emotional turmoil, Old Neil seemed to relax and smiled to comfort Klein.
"Besides, I'm about to prepare the Diviner (Seer) potion for you. Aren't you excited?" Old Neil said, looking somewhat amused.
Klein opened his mouth, unsure of what to say, and finally said, "Thank you, Mr. Neil."
"It's no trouble, just my duty!" Old Neil immediately carried the box into the alchemy room, with Klein following behind. Suddenly, Klein whispered, "Lin Ruo, will Mr. Neil be okay?"
"I can't guarantee anything..." Lin Ruo didn't make any grand promises, instead, he restrained his smile and said, "After all, I'm not a deity..."
"Can a deity save Mr. Neil?" Klein asked in a very low voice.
"Maybe..." Lin Ruo neither confirmed nor denied, his gaze drifting as he thought of the deities in the original work who were also threatened by madness and loss of control. His voice was very soft.
"But the only ones who can save humans are humans themselves!"
For some reason, even though this thought was about the Seven Gods, Lin Ruo felt a deep anger and sadness.
This emotion came quickly and left just as fast, making Lin Ruo wonder if it was an illusion.
It must be an illusion...
He thought, as if emphasizing a fact he didn't even believe himself.
At this moment, Old Neil had already opened the box, taking out the materials for the Diviner potion and explaining the specific steps to Klein while preparing the potion.
As a good student, Klein immediately began to listen attentively. Lin Ruo floated nearby, smiling as he watched, while also calculating how much it would cost to buy the subsequent formulas for the Diviner potion for Klein.
However, this thought didn't last long because, at the moment Klein consumed the Seer potion and advanced to Seer, Lin Ruo felt a change within himself.
It was as if something had loosened, and Lin Ruo's mind was filled with new information.
Through this information, Lin Ruo knew that from now on, he could freely control his spirit body to travel between Tingen and Backlund, without being suddenly pulled back and forth.
However, this freedom wasn't absolute, as after the change, Lin Ruo could now only maintain his spirit body state for a maximum of two hours a day. Although there was no limit on the number of trips, the time was shorter than before.
Overall, it was still better than the previous uncontrolled state.
At the same time, Lin Ruo noticed some changes in his abilities.
—The functions of his abilities hadn't changed, but their limits had increased.
To give a simple example, if Lin Ruo could previously simulate a demigod for 60 seconds, he could now last for at least 90 seconds.
This was a significant improvement!
In the past, Lin Ruo had only experienced such a significant improvement once, when he understood the essence of his abilities. Normally, his abilities grew slowly through constant use—unlike the Beyonder world, where one needed to consume potions to advance, Lin Ruo's abilities naturally improved with use.
But this time was different; Lin Ruo's abilities had grown because of Klein's advancement.
This made Lin Ruo's gaze towards Klein change.
If Lin Ruo's original intention to cultivate Klein into the Lord of Mysteries was out of interest and consideration for the apocalypse, without a strong desire, then at this moment, his determination to see Klein grow into the Lord of Mysteries was unprecedentedly firm.
After all, just advancing to Sequence 9 had brought such changes to his abilities. Who knew how much his abilities would grow if Klein became the Lord of Mysteries?
Lin Ruo admitted that he preferred his familiar abilities over his current Hunter abilities.
Although this improvement was neither scientific nor mystical... Lin Ruo thought to himself, feeling both excited and cautious.
But he ultimately said nothing, suppressing all his emotions.
"Lin Ruo?"
At this moment, Lin Ruo heard Klein's voice. He looked over to see Klein gazing at him with a curious look, clearly having become a Diviner and activated his Spirit Vision.
Lin Ruo raised an eyebrow and smiled, "Why so surprised? It's not like it's your first time seeing me. Haven't you seen me many times in the mirror before?"
"That's different," Klein retorted without thinking, examining the young man he had known for a while but was seeing in person for the first time.
How to describe it? Compared to the figure in the mirror, the young man in front of him felt more real. He was dressed the same as before, floating quietly, his eyes as beautiful as obsidian looking at him, as gentle and calm as ever, with a slightly helpless smile.
This was Lin Ruo!
This was the fellow countryman from the same place as him!
Klein suddenly felt like laughing, and he did laugh, saying, "Don't spirit bodies need to change clothes?"
"Spirit bodies don't need to bathe either, so why change clothes?" Lin Ruo rolled his eyes at him, then smiled and asked, "How does it feel to become a Diviner(seer)?"
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Diviner is same as Seer.
There might be translation errors, please bear with It.