"To surpass the limits of humanity."

As I heard those words, my face filled with confusion. It was difficult to fully grasp what he meant.

"To take the first step towards that, one must reshape the vessel. You are undergoing that process now."

I had already sensed it.

I could feel my body changing, as well as the transformation in my movements that came along with it.

Just as Paejon said, my body was experiencing an intense and painful metamorphosis, so much so that I had thought of it as an artificial rebirth.

"The second step is the fusion of …