He is the Holy Son of the Holy See, but a master of black magic.

The old samurai who was born in the island country obviously missed his hometown very much. Although he was in North Africa, he built an elegant and quiet house full of Zen.

After having a comfortable sleep last night, Andy saw all this early the next morning.

Leaning in front of the lattice window of the bedroom, if you lower your head a little, you can see the frightened bird made of bamboo tubes under the window, constantly getting water back and forth.

The tick tick tick made a clear sound.

Not far away there is a beautiful stone lantern with some complicated hieroglyphs carved on it.

Further away, gravel and moss formed the path of the yard, with lush green plants on both sides, stained with many dewdrops.

Clean, elegant and quiet, being in this courtyard will naturally make people calm down.

"This is the power of extraordinary beings." A voice suddenly appeared from the side.

Andy turned around and saw that the ugly man from last night was sitting in front of a small boxwood in the corner of the courtyard, pruning the branches and leaves of the green plant.

"These plants were originally impossible to survive on this land, but in the hands of extraordinary gardeners, the impossible has become possible."

He said without looking back, but he obviously didn't understand gardening. He seemed to be moving it around with the scissors skillfully, but in fact the poor plant became more and more ugly, and it became more and more incompatible with the overall style of the courtyard.

But people are tough, and Andy has no interest in embarrassing the other person.

"Are you ready?" he asked, tilting his head.

The two parties made an agreement last night to let him come into contact with the extraordinary today, so the reason why the other party came here now is actually self-evident.

"Honestly, there's nothing to prepare for."

As the ugly man spoke, he patted his butt and stood up, then picked up a black wooden box next to him.

"Semi-supernormals are not like true supernormals, who require tedious steps and massive resources to change jobs."

With that said, he had already stepped into the living room behind the threshold, and Andy also left the bedroom at the same time.

The two finally sat on either side of a coffee table in the center of the living room.

"What does a real transcendent look like? It's actually very simple. Let's take the profession of thief as an example."

The ugly man began to pretend to be sophisticated again and showed off his tea-making skills in front of Andy, a "foreigner", but his technique seemed extremely amateurish.

"If you become a thief, you will be eligible to learn extraordinary abilities in the three major areas of stealing, sneaking, and treasure hunting without any obstacles."

"But if you don't have a job, it will be very difficult to learn those skills as an ordinary person."

"How difficult is it? Normal people may not be able to learn a basic ability in a lifetime."

"Those who have some talent can learn it by studying for ten or twenty years, and then they will become what we call a semi-transcendent."

"But that's all. One or two basic abilities are the upper limit of semi-transcendents. High-level abilities, no matter how hard they try, they can't learn them at all."

"Because the life essence of semi-supernatural beings is very different from that of true supernormal beings."

As he said that, seeing Andy's expressionless face, the ugly man smiled slightly and said:

"There is no need to be discouraged. After you become a semi-supernormal, your condition will definitely be suppressed. Although it won't take long, during this period, we can think of ways to transform you into a real supernormal." By.

"This way you can maximize your talents, otherwise it would be such a waste."

He said something similar last night.

Andy nodded after hearing this and expressed his gratitude.

Seeing this, the ugly man added: "According to our estimates, for a person as talented as you to learn the basic abilities of a certain profession and become a semi-transcendent, it will take at least a month at the earliest."

"And, honestly, that's the most optimistic estimate."

Having said this, the middle-aged man with light brown hair gently opened the black wooden box that he had placed at his feet.

Inside the box were long wooden boxes one after another. After placing them neatly on the coffee table, the ugly man carefully opened the wooden boxes one after another.

Some ordinary-looking yellowed sheepskin scrolls appeared in front of Andy's eyes.

"Ordinary paper cannot be used to record the knowledge of extraordinary beings. This kind of scroll is made of the sheepskin of the Kazite magic horn sheep in Eastern Europe. It is very precious."

"But what is more precious is the uniqueness of the scroll."

"Uniqueness?"

"Yes, extraordinary knowledge is not just some written records, it contains special energy. Without the assistance of this special energy, no matter how amazing your talent is, you will never be able to learn to hide the abilities within it."

"And this energy will continue to be lost as you learn. How many times a scroll can be used for learning will depend on the material of the scroll itself and the ability of the scroll scribe."

It's similar to the skill book in the game.

Andy thought.

This is one of the reasons why extraordinary things are monopolized in this era. There is no possibility of widespread dissemination. The learning qualifications for each ability are very precious.

You can tell from the careful look on the ugly man's face when he showed the scroll.

They don't have much inventory of these scrolls recording special abilities, or these resources.

"The thief's silent footsteps, the gunsmith's affinity for bullets, the bounty hunter's clue tracking..."

Seeing that Andy had no doubts, the ugly man began to point to these scrolls, explained their names and functions in detail, and finally said:

"Choose one, and then try to learn it within a month, become a semi-transcendent, and impress us."

"I try my best."

Andy said, reaching out and picking up one of them without hesitation.

"Psychic communication with spirits?"

The ugly man who was picking up the tea cup and trying to moisten his throat was stunned when he saw this, "What an interesting choice... I mean, you are also talented in the profession of psychic?"

"I've seen a lot of ghosts and ghosts."

Andy answered.

The ugly man groaned when he heard this, and instantly remembered what Father Matthew once said about the boy's past experiences.

It seems like there is an unreliable mother?

"All right."

He then said: "However, it needs to be emphasized that psychics and exorcists are two different professions. Although there are certain similarities, the actual abilities are very different."

"For example, the ability you choose can only be used to communicate with spirits, but cannot purify, expel or force them to do anything."

At this point, the ugly man stopped talking, as if he wanted to persuade Andy to change his mind.

Because in his opinion, this ability is really useless.

Spiritual bodies are not limited to ghost monsters. Human beings, birds, beasts, and even plants all contain spiritual beings in their bodies.

Therefore, the meaning of spirit communication is very clear.

But what's the use?

Be an animal language translator?

Or are you like those goddesses among the people, delivering messages between humans and spirits, giving little useless comfort to the poor bereaved people, and earning a lot of money?

In the eyes of ugly men, these usages cannot be said to be useless, only impractical.

Not practical for Andy.

It has no lethality and cannot be used for fighting. It can be used to tame animals and learn herbal medicine, but it can have a certain auxiliary effect.

But Andy's current situation makes it impossible to go out at will.

And even if he can go out at will, there are actually no powerful beasts for him to tame within his own country.

As for herbalism?

Who would expect that a country with deserts occupying most of its territory could make any profound achievements in the field of herbal medicine?

Without the necessary educational resources and knowledge base, no matter how talented you are, you will get half the result with half the effort if you figure it out on your own.

Moreover, according to the ugly man's understanding, Andy didn't seem to have much talent in herbal medicine - he was a spectator during the church's assessment.

All in all, the ability to communicate with spirits is not very applicable.

But thinking about the situation Andy is currently facing, it seems that learning other abilities will not help at all.

Even senior extraordinary beings like them can't openly fight against the York royal family. What do you expect a child who has not yet grown up to do?

The ugly man then said nothing.

Not bad.

He then thought about it.

The ability to communicate with spirits can at least be used to play with birds and beasts.

For the rest of Andy's life, it was more or less a pastime.

"What do you think about finding a place to hide from the limelight?"

he asked then.