Free Web NovelChapter 434: Chapter 434 "Desire" and "Betrayal"_1
Aiden pondered for a moment and roughly understood Halo’s meaning, "So you’re saying that the power of ’sacrifice’ constructs a covenant, you fulfill their wishes, and they offer you their absolute loyalty voluntarily."
"Exactly, absolute loyalty, absolute faith, absolute worship, they would even strap explosives to themselves and perish with the enemy for me, hehe." Halo playfully raised her hands.
"It seems you’ve already created quite a few terrorists," Aiden shook his head, "Absolute faith, this sounds a bit like the power of the ’desire’ authority."
Melissa’s "desire" authority could magnify or diminish a person’s various desires, leading someone to commit crimes or become an upstanding gentleman. By completely assimilating someone’s desires and then using the "wisdom" authority to instill memories, it was even possible to turn someone else into another version of oneself. With such capability, gaining control over a person’s adoration must also be a piece of cake.
"Hmph, how can hypnotically induced false faith compare to that which is offered willingly?" Halo scoffed slightly with disdain.
"Are you suggesting your authority is more powerful than the ’desire’ authority?" Aiden asked bluntly.
He felt it was necessary to determine if the other party’s viewpoint was just a personal bias to assess the reliability of the information.
"No, just stating the facts. In terms of manipulating the spirit, the ’desire’ authority’s power of ’longing’ is indeed more convenient and can be executed with greater finesse, whereas the ’sacrifice’ power requires voluntary participation. But in terms of the strength of completed mental reformation, ’longing’ is nowhere near ’sacrifice.’ The faith built by ’sacrifice’ is irreversible; once believers offer their hearts to me through the ’sacrifice’ power, it cannot be taken back unless I agree, and their fervor and devotion can never be changed. Even if I lose my Divine Power, even if there are other dominators who intervene, they will still be my believers."
"Wait a second, from what you are saying... Is the mental control of the ’desire’ authority reversible by outside interference?" Aiden found a point of interest.
If it could be reversed, it meant there was a vulnerability in the mental control of the "desire" authority—this would also be Melissa’s weakness.
"Of course it can, like using the power of ’betrayal’ to interfere, dummy!" Halo said didactically.
"So they’re both dominator-level powers, if the ’desire’ authority controls a person’s thoughts and then the ’hatred’ authority orders them to betray, in the end, which one would win?" Aiden persisted.
"Are you considering using me to combat the mental control of the Conspiracy Goddess?" The Goddess of Vengeance suddenly saw through Aiden’s intentions.
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There was nothing to deny, especially since the Goddess of Vengeance also saw the Conspiracy Goddess as an enemy.
"Forget about it, there are also differences in rank among dominators," Halo narrowed her eyes, "You are the plaything of the Conspiracy Goddess, and you don’t know she holds the other two authorities of the Throne of Spirit?"
Aiden was startled momentarily, "Of course I know, but I didn’t expect you to know as well..."
"That bitch couldn’t have killed me with her scheming without the power of two authorities. I can be sure that witch controls the ’wisdom’ authority, and if she hadn’t obtained the ’desire’ authority, she would have no reason to come after me first. You asking now just confirms my suspicions!" The glint in Halo’s eyes as she spoke was sharp, and Aiden could feel her gnashing her teeth in anticipation of avenging herself on the Conspiracy Goddess, "So don’t even think about it. Two authorities from the same throne also amplify each other, and if we were to directly compete with our authorities for mental control, I would be at a disadvantage. But a head-on confrontation is probably not her forte."
"Her favorite method is to stay behind the scenes. It seems you do know a little about her," Aiden nodded leisurely, "but it looks like... you don’t yet know there are actually two people who make up the ’Conspiracy Goddess.’"
"Elaborate, kid," Halo’s gaze intensely focused on Aiden.
"Finally seeing something that particularly interests you, huh?" Aiden smiled.
"Cut the crap, kid, place your conditions later, try to give us the runaround and we are done," Halo said coldly, clearly unwilling to wait even a moment longer.
Aiden once again witnessed the capricious nature of this dominator—sometimes they were entirely unreasonable.
He didn’t want to cause an issue over this matter, so he gave in, "To put it simply, she found someone, assimilated their desires and thoughts with the ’desire’ authority, and then infused her own memories and knowledge with the ’wisdom’ authority, turning that person into another version of herself."
"An intriguing but unappreciative method, if I were to clone myself, she would definitely covet my power and force me to kill her again," Halo evaluated.
"She found a solution—give her alter ego an authority," Aiden held up two fingers, "In this way, the Conspiracy Goddess split herself into two dominators, one with the ’wisdom’ authority, and the other with the ’desire’ authority."
"I suddenly find that a bit exciting," Halo nodded approvingly, "If I had two authorities, I would play that game too, fostering two sets of belief, haha!"
"So all else being equal, could your ’betrayal’ handle the ’desire’ authority’s ’longing’?" Aiden reiterated his earlier question.
Halo considered for a moment, "A thirty percent chance of success."
"Only thirty percent?"
"Even split into two, it’s still two against one," Halo answered, "It’s like a coin flip contest, I need to flip the coin to the tails side, and if during the contest one of them is flipping the coin while the other is interfering with me, then of course—" freewebnovel.cσ๓
"Not two, just the ’desire’ authority alone," Aiden interrupted her, raising his hand, "What then?"
"Why only one?" Halo asked.
"Just answer me first, let’s assume that’s the case," Aiden pressed.
"Why assume there’s only one? What’s the point?" Halo frowned slightly, "’Wisdom’ authority’s ’omniscience’ can predict the future, that bitch won’t easily lose the advantage."
"Because that’s the rule of the game she set, ’wisdom’ authority won’t interfere, only the ’desire’ authority is setting up this scenario here," Aiden explained.
"I understand all that, but why would you believe she’d stick to the rules of the game?" Halo pressed the point.
"I don’t trust her, but from what I know of her, she will stick to the rules," Aiden said.
"That’s really disgusting, are you two a couple or something?" Halo said with a hint of revulsion, "You talk as if you know each other inside out. Who do you think you are, kid?"
