Chapter 85: The Bestowal of Divinity
Once, there was a boring debate.
The question was which world had stronger combat power—the world before Soren arrived here or the current one. Although the destructive power of nuclear annihilation made many ‘proud’, in fact, it was useless for many beings. Not to mention the powerful deities, even just the abilities displayed by a professionist who had advanced to become a Mind Sorcerer were enough to end this debate. The control capability of a Mind Sorcerer over ordinary people was too overwhelming, and after advancing to Legendary Level, they also possessed abilities similar to ‘possession’.
Soren gazed at the Mind Sorcerer before him.
What attracted him about the target was the Mind Sorcerer’s ability of ‘mental suggestion’.
This ability had little lethal power.
But it could influence the minds of ordinary people and could be understood as the most powerful form of hypnosis. If a Legendary Level Mind Sorcerer were to use it, the coverage would be quite extensive. Mind Sorcerers could manipulate the mind of ordinary individuals, leaving some suggestions in their hearts. While this ability might not have much effect in other areas, it would become remarkably astonishing when used for the spread of faith and the development of believers.
The reason Soren thought of this was that a professionist had once utilized the Mind Sorcerer’s ability.
Although this action had caused the professionist to fall into the Evil Faction, his fall into Lawful Evil didn’t matter much—he had originally been a Lawful Neutral entity, and falling to Lawful Evil simply meant he had more enemies. However, relying on the Mind Sorcerer’s control ability, that professionist had rapidly developed a Church of the Deity from nothing and became a force to contend with established deity churches. This was the value of Mind Sorcerers; they could directly create the first batch of believers out of thin air.
Soren had already advanced to the demigod realm.
In a sense, he was in a situation with no way out, and the threat of the Vampire Son still loomed. Although he could temporarily hide with Vivian in the Overseas Islands, there was still a possibility of being found eventually. To contend against deities, he still needed divine power. Even if Soren was confident he could unite with Gloria against the Vampire Son, when considering the Church of the Deity behind the opponent, the odds of victory were quite low.
The speed at which the church was growing was incredibly fast!
Soren could produce capable pirates in bulk, but the church was cultivating even more advanced and powerful professionists.
If this gap wasn’t closed quickly, it would only grow larger over time.
Divinity was in place.
The divine rank was also established.
What Soren lacked now was simply a divine profession that matched his abilities. As long as he could obtain a divine profession that he could fuse with, he could gradually enter the realm of True Gods.
Possessing divine power.
Developing believers.
Cultivating priests.
With these three conditions met, and backed by the population, resources, and wealth of the Overseas Islands, Soren was 70% confident he could withstand even the Saint’s Cataclysm.
As for the troubles surrounding Vivian, Soren, standing from the height of a deity, could naturally resolve them more easily!
For instance, how to completely erase the existence of the Demon God of Fear.
This matter.
Perhaps only a True God could accomplish it.
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Soren looked at the Mind Sorcerer before him; her skin had turned ashen. Her life force was almost completely consumed.
This was the domain of the Spider Queen’s trickery.
Soren had witnessed such a terrifying curse before, which had instantaneously killed a Drow Matron who defied her will. Even within Drow internal conflicts, if a family provoked the Spider Queen, she could use her trickery to massacre the entire upper management of that family, ultimately sending spiderborn elves to eliminate the remaining remnants of other families. Quite a few families had met such destruction. However, most of these incidents had occurred before the fall of the Underd.
Since the fall of the Underd, the Spider Queen had not conducted such bloody purges for a long time.
There was only one way to save her!
To counter the curse of the Spider Queen’s trickery, only divine power could accomplish it.
—“Bestowal of Divinity!”
This was the only way Soren could think of to save her.
As for the requirements of the Bestowal of Divinity, it depended on her attitude towards Soren. This was not a problem at all; the woman before him was a Legendary Level Mind Sorcerer. It would be a matter of an instant for her to hypnotize herself to a certain degree. The key was how she truly felt in her heart—whether she intended to d*e this way or hoped for Soren to save her.
Taking a deep breath.
A glimmer of divine light appeared in Soren’s eyes; a demigod could already channel divine power. Although many abilities did not manifest as specialties, it was merely an instinct Soren had mastered.
For example, [Mental Communication]!
After advancing to demigod, he could communicate mentally with any intelligent being. Soren could directly use divine power to transmit his thoughts into the other’s mind.
“I can save you.”
Soren cradled the Mind Sorcerer in his arms, his eyes shining with divine light as they locked onto hers. His consciousness was conveyed into her mind as he slowly said, “However, the price is that you must become my believer. There’s no time to explain everything clearly now; what I can promise you is that your future won’t be too bad.”
“There isn’t much time left.”
“Quickly decide what you choose; if you drag this out too long, I might not be able to save you!”
The Bestowal of Divinity.
This was a very powerful ability!
But the cost was also quite severe. For instance, the mutated orca that had received Soren’s Bestowal of Divinity could never reclaim the divinity it had lost, and as a cost of absorbing divinity, its will and life were almost entirely controlled by Soren. Theoretically, Soren could directly use his control over divine power to deprive it of life.
Divine beings are supreme!
Even though the Mind Sorcerer before him was a Legendary Level professionist, once she chose to accept Soren’s divine power, her life and d*ath would effectively be controlled by him.
There was no doubt.
The control of a deity over their believers is essentially no different from that of a demon over its followers; it’s just that a demon’s actions are more reckless and evil, while deities must restrain themselves more and often care for their believers. The Bestowal of Divinity leaves a mark on the soul; once formed, it is hard to escape unless something involving a higher concept than deities comes into play.
Life or d*ath.
This choice wasn’t very difficult.
However, as a powerful Mind Sorcerer, she might prefer to d*e rather than submit to Soren’s control. If that was the case, there would be no way around it; Soren would have to ‘finish her off’ at the last moment.
After all, sometimes he truly could be heartless.
Besides Vivian, there weren’t many he cared about; perhaps now he would add Gloria to that list.
A second felt like a day!
The time left for the Mind Sorcerer to consider was limited, so when Soren received her response, he immediately pressed his palm against her forehead.
—“Bestowal of Divinity!”
A strange divine light appeared.
The divine power within Soren gradually transmitted into the Mind Sorcerer before him. Under the brilliance of divinity, she was enveloped by a layer of gray, eerie energy; this was the Spider Queen’s domain of trickery, a special divine domain.
One point of divinity.
Two points of divinity.
Three points of divinity.
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Soren’s divinity value was slowly decreasing. As points of divinity were infused, the gray, eerie energy around the Mind Sorcerer grew thinner, replaced by the divine power sent from Soren. With every additional point of divine power that flowed in, Soren’s sense of her intensified, ultimately forming a mental communication between them. This indicated that the Mind Sorcerer had begun to open her heart, rapidly changing her attitude through self-hypnosis, and finally merging with the divine power Soren conveyed.
Five points of divinity!
When the gray, eerie energy had been expelled halfway, Soren decisively stopped the Bestowal of Divinity.
He had only 11 points of divine value left.
If he continued, he would fall from [Weakened Divinity]. Five points of divine value was already enough to save the Mind Sorcerer’s life; as for what to do with the remaining energy, that could only be considered later.
Though the Spider Queen was immensely powerful.
There were still deities capable of contending against her. Essentially, the curse was still a negative energy erosion effect, and he would always find a way to eliminate it bit by bit in the future.
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(PS: Status adjustment, heart shattered.) (To be continued ~^~)
