The light of dawn filtered through the glass window with slight cracks, spilling onto that almost flawless beautiful body, the warm sensation constantly teasing the girl's form, adding fuel to her morning drowsiness.
But this art-like beautiful scene didn't last long. With a slight sound, the originally sleeping girl suddenly sprang up from the bed, her watery eyes staring fixedly at the window's direction, only relaxing somewhat after seeing the black cat.
"Although the fanservice you're providing is indeed pleasing to the eye, I won't pay additional compensation for it." The words spoken from the black cat's mouth instantly shattered that cuteness. Trissy casually grabbed a shirt from the bed and draped it over herself, saying somewhat coldly:
"I thought you weren't coming."
"How could that be? I've always been very serious about transactions." The black cat jumped onto the girl's bed, raised its paw and waved it seriously. Though it was a very cute action, in Triss's eyes it seemed exceptionally detestable.
"The items are here. What about the intelligence?" Trissy took out two tin boxes and several packets of herbal powder from under the bed. The black cat stepped forward to inspect them one by one before nodding:
"Yegor Einhorn, Admiral of the Feysac Empire's Navy, and also a Sequence 4 Iron-blooded Knight. Incidentally, the Hunter pathway is controlled by the two great families of Einhorn and Sauron, so if you want to hunt Iron-blooded Knights in the future and Yegor is already dead, you can target these two great families. Though I personally recommend Sauron, since Einhorn is ultimately the Feysac Empire's royal family."
"And yet you gave me a demigod from the Einhorn family..." Trissy wasn't interested in the black cat's intelligence, or rather, she wasn't urgent enough to inquire about demigod intelligence right now.
In comparison, she was more concerned about—
"What about the intelligence you mentioned that's closely related to me? Why is the Witch Sect so keen on cultivating males to become witches?"
"It's simple. Because they want to approach the Primordial... mm, divine names can't be spoken casually. In any case, you must understand that the true god this Assassin pathway points to ascended after changing from male to female, and as the apex of this sequence, She naturally influences this pathway from top to bottom, to the extent that if women consume Assassin potions, the difficulty of digestion and probability of losing control are far higher than for men."
The black cat paced slowly as it spoke. Trissy's form immediately stiffened, because beyond the inherent meaning of the black cat's words, they seemed to contain a major revelation—
"True Gods also drink Sequence potions?"
"Of course. You couldn't possibly not know that the True God rank is also called [Sequence 0], right? Why is it that sequences with True Gods usually don't have Sequence 1? Because the potion True Gods need is three portions of Sequence 1 Beyonder characteristics!"
The black cat dropped this bombshell without restraint. Trissy was momentarily dazed, but quickly forced down her shock at learning such secrets and pulled her attention back—
"So, what do you mean when you say I'm the Demoness Sect's proudest work?"
"Do you know what kind of person advances through sequences the fastest?" The black cat didn't directly answer Trissy's confusion, but asked in return.
"Those who happen to be in professions that the acting method points to?" Triss didn't intend to go in circles with the black cat. Knowing it would inevitably give an answer, she didn't spend time thinking and just gave a relatively reliable answer casually.
"Close, but that's only for one sequence." The black cat shook its head slightly, one paw pressing on the box containing the Beyonder materials as it said, "Those who most easily advance in sequences are often those who resemble the apex of that sequence, because any sequence is influenced top-down by the apex existence. Like I mentioned before, under the Primordial's influence, Assassin potions are actually easier for males to digest. Similarly, the more you resemble the True God of that sequence, the easier it becomes to digest the potion."
"So, you mean... I'm very similar to the Primordial?" Triss said softly, then frowned:
"What's the problem with that?"
"Exactly. It seems you still have your rationality." The black cat showed a satisfied expression, extending its front leg to reveal several claws. "What's the most important principle of the acting method?"
"..."
Trissy didn't answer because she simply didn't know.
"It seems they didn't tell you?" The black cat grinned, revealing a somewhat horrifying smile. "Then let me fill in this aspect of your education. The core principle of the acting method is one sentence—you are only acting!"
"I, am only acting?" Trissy vaguely remembered that the black cat had said this phrase before when commenting on her portrayal of a witch. So at that time, it was already reminding her?
But...
"What's the relationship here?" Though Trissy vaguely sensed something, she still asked.
"Because if you get too deep into character, it's not you digesting the potion, but the potion digesting you. Your personality will increasingly resemble the object you're portraying, and then..."
"Eventually overlap with the True God? So that's why you said the more similar one is to the True God, the easier it is to digest potions and advance sequences?" Trissy felt her scalp tingling. Though she didn't fully understand the key issue, just the fact that her personality would be affected was already terrifying.
If she didn't know this principle, would she gradually get into character while acting, then be influenced by the potion, and finally completely consider herself a woman?
"That's the idea." The black cat nodded, waving lightly a few times, then suddenly changed expression, using a far more sinister tone than before:
"But compared to all this, most importantly, when you resemble the True God to a certain degree, you'll become the best vessel for Their descent into reality."
"Boom!"
Trissy felt like her brain was about to boil.
Become a vessel for divine descent?
This was the Demoness Sect's purpose in cultivating her?
She didn't even need to think about what would happen if a True God descended. Even just the mental imprint of a Sequence 9 potion was enough to make a Beyonder completely lose control. If a True God's spirit descended upon her, how could there be a good outcome?
She stepped forward two paces, staring intently at the black cat before her. Just as she was about to speak, the black cat suddenly said in a very mood-killing way:
"What? Want to rob me after the transaction is complete?"
"Who wants to rob your stuff!" Trissy took a deep breath, wanting to recapture the destroyed atmosphere, but she failed. Helplessly, she could only ask directly:
"Tell me, why are you telling me all this? Every sentence you've said today far exceeds the value of a Sequence 9 potion."
"I've always been very serious about transactions." The black cat answered seriously. Trissy frowned:
"I don't think selling gold at the price of stones is a serious performance."
"No, I mean this information isn't worth as much as a Sequence 9 potion."
(End of Chapter)