When Klein's eye color returned to normal, Crestet Cecima smiled and said, "You can move around and get used to the changes in your body. Find the core ability brought about by the Clown potion."
Klein nodded. Thinking that he might need guidance from a senior deacon, he didn't hesitate to act despite the presence of an outsider. Following the moves he had repeatedly practiced over the past few days, he stepped forward, twisted his waist, swung his arms, and suddenly threw a straight punch.
Pa! He heard the crisp sound of his fist splitting the air and felt that the force of his lunge had completely exceeded his expectations.
In that instant, it was as if he was sitting on a train that had braked sharply. His entire body suddenly lost its balance and pitched forward.
Damn! I'm going to leave behind a dark history just like Leonard... This thought flashed through Klein's mind as he prepared himself to fall. But just then, he discovered that he could still effectively control his muscles, his body, and his center of gravity in such a situation!
His spine, tendons, ligaments, and everything else exerted force simultaneously. In an instant, he adjusted his center of gravity and stabilized himself in a twisted posture.
Hmm... Having gained some understanding, Klein made a few more sets of movements. He confirmed that the biggest change in him was a great increase in his body's coordination. Without any special circumstances, he would almost never be obviously off-balance.
"I feel like a roly-poly toy... I could go perform acrobatics... Walking on a water pipe wouldn't be any trouble either... As expected of the Clown potion..." Various thoughts flashed through his mind as Klein tested the extent of his increased strength, agility, and speed.
"Hmm, this is definitely no worse than what Teacher Gou Wen is currently like. Once I've fully adapted and practiced specifically, I'm sure I'll become even stronger... Moreover, with my current level of body control, mastering combat techniques will become simple..." Klein stopped his movements and nodded thoughtfully.
In his original thoughts, he would barely become a good fighter, a good fighter as defined by ordinary people, after maybe half a year. But after consuming the Clown potion, he felt that perhaps in a month, or even two or three weeks, he could become a 'policeman' proficient in combat.
This was the difference between a Beyonder and an ordinary person.
The different 'talents' of different Beyonders had already surpassed the level of humanity in a sense!
Crestet Cecima quietly watched the newly advanced Clown try out various movements. It was only when the other party completely stopped that he nodded gently and said, "Indeed, a potion of the martial domain."
Before Klein could speak, he instead asked, "What sound did you hear just now?"
"I heard someone whispering 'Hornacis'." Klein temporarily concealed the word "Flegra." He planned to first observe Deacon Cecima's reaction. If the other party was willing to talk about the Hornacis mountain range and the Night Country, he would then supplement his omission on the grounds that he had heard something different.
Crestet Cecima nodded almost imperceptibly, glossed over the topic, and warned, "You must remember one thing. Within the same Sequence pathway, high-Sequence Beyonders can, to some extent, influence their corresponding mid- and low-Sequence Beyonders. Some of them, in a sense, are the demigods of the domain encompassed by that pathway. The babble or shouts you hear might be content deliberately spread by them, full of malice."
"If this Sequence also belongs to an evil god, you need to be even more vigilant. I just spoke with Dunn about it. The case of the Nighthawk from your team who recently lost control is similar."
At the same time, he thought of another matter.
Could this be the reason why the Church only provided the Sleepless and Corpse Collector pathways and concealed most of the information about other Sequences? After all, the former belonged to the '
But this couldn't explain the issue of how even the names of the potions, their corresponding characteristics, and what to pay attention to when encountering them were almost completely lacking...
Just then, seeing Crestet Cecima pick up his case and prepare to leave, Klein hastily gathered his thoughts and asked with an attitude of seeking guidance, "Sir Cecima, I wish to know how to act as a 'Clown'. Do I have to go to a circus?"
Crestet Cecima adjusted his high upturned collar and chuckled, "According to the current parlance in the field of philosophy, you have committed a formalistic error."
"You must understand that the name of a potion represents not just an occupation, but also a type of person with common characteristics. For example, 'Seer'. We can describe it differently: 'a person who peers into fate but reveres fate.' Of course, as I just mentioned, the behavioral rules summarized by everyone who has consumed the same potion are more or less different. You cannot completely rely on the experiences of others. Do you understand?"