On the full-length mirror, lines of silver text vanished one by one, then reformed one by one, as if possessed of their own life: "The '
"The 'Concerto of Light and Shadow' carries a fairly severe negative side effect. The most significant of these is that once the bearer enters a combat state, all Beyonder effects manifesting within a certain range will undergo intermittent and random mutations—friend and foe alike, uncontrollable and unpredictable. In other words, a 'Lightning Strike' might still produce a bolt of lightning, or it might splash a faceful of cold water on the target, or it might summon an unidentified Spirit World creature.
"For precisely this reason, Quinus Kolg deliberately acquired a magical item that would grant him luck at critical moments, hoping the intermittent random effects would skew more in his favour. It helps to a degree, but not all that much.
"…
"Quinus Kolg also possesses a peculiar pistol born from the mutation of a certain evil god's sacrificial event—it is called 'Rivell's Despairing Scream.' It can fire without bullets, each shot carrying tremendous power. It can fire continuously and rapidly, like a miniature machine gun. Targets struck by it must also endure Rivell's final, despairing wail, experiencing varying states such as pain, dizziness, and confusion…
"The pistol's greatest drawback is that its wielder also hears that despairing wail—just not as frequently.
"…
"As a 'Fallen Baron,' Quinus Kolg undeniably possesses qualitatively transformed 'Twisting' and unreasonable 'Granting.' In addition, he can 'Exploit' rules, 'Amplify' effects, and 'Confuse' order.
"'Exploit' allows a certain state to be maintained longer or ended early, making the rules work more in one's favour. For example, after jumping into mid-air, he could extend the state of being detached from the ground, achieving a levitation effect; "'Amplify' serves to enhance the effects or impact of one's actions—it can turn an ordinary blow into an 'Execution,' and transform an air embrace at a distance into a binding restraint; "'Confuse' affects the structure of objects, the standard of scale, and the precision of attacks—causing seemingly massive buildings to crumble, shrinking obviously vast distances down to a few steps, and deflecting incoming strikes aimed at oneself to one side.
"Through 'Amplify,' 'Exploit,' and 'Twist,' Beyonders on the Lawyer Pathway can, to a certain extent, achieve things that only those on the Arbitrator Pathway could accomplish.
"Of course, the Fallen Baron also possesses mid- and low-Sequence Beyonder abilities of the Lawyer Pathway, such as 'Bribe,' and is considerably stronger in them.
"…
"Great Master, I've finished my answer. Was it acceptable?"
Your answer has the feeling of reading an instruction manual—you were obviously gathering information in the Spirit World while presenting it bit by bit… And you want praise for something like this? Klein grumbled inwardly twice, then gave a slight nod: "Not bad."
Having finished answering Mirror
The "Confusing" ability, on the other hand, wasn't all that terrifying—it was essentially a moderate enhancement of the Sequence 5 "Chaos Master" ability…
The "Concerto of Light and Shadow" indeed carried traits of the Arbitrator's domain, and its most annoying aspect was that negative effect… For a Beyonder on the Seer Pathway, the combat style would inevitably lean towards preparation, precision, and control. Once a fight began, methods would follow one after another in linked sequences—and if random deviations kept popping up throughout that process, the overall plan would easily be thrown into disarray, unable to come together… This was extremely dangerous…
As Klein thought it over, he realized the main problem lay with the sealed artefact called the "Concerto of Light and Shadow."
As a Beyonder who enjoyed setting traps for his enemies, Klein certainly didn't want to exhaust every trick and painstaking effort, finally putting himself in an extremely dangerous position, only to prepare for a "Fortune Stealer" talisman swap to exchange fates with his target, turn the tide, and finish off his opponent in one decisive move—only to discover that his life-saving, victory-clinching item had merely summoned a rabbit, or worse, simply turned into smoke, celebrating the user's untimely death.
Qonas Corberg could use items that boosted his level of luck to mitigate this kind of effect, but I can't do the same—anything below an Angel-level "fortune" or "misfortune" simply won't affect me… Still, I do have "Winner" Enuni, my secret puppet… Klein pondered for a moment, then posed his second question to the "Magic Mirror" Arodes: "How can I avoid the intermittent random mutations of that sealed artefact?"
On the dark depths of the mirror, silver words leapt forth from the rippling light, forming a new sentence: "No need to avoid it!
"You just need to make Qonas Corberg unlucky. On that front, a demigod of the
That makes sense… According to relativity, as long as Qonas Corberg is unluckier than me, I'm the lucky one… Lady Ariana herself said she would provide the necessary assistance… For her, before creating the secret world, quietly inflicting Qonas Corberg with a "misfortune" should be easy, effortless… Klein nodded as sudden clarity struck him: