Arcanum: Chaos Path

Chapter 168: Indecisive Pales

"Don't worry, I will only beat Amon to death at most, and will never touch his Sequence 1 characteristics and uniqueness." Rowling made a reassuring gesture towards the Sun God. This was also the tacit understanding between him and the Creator's camp.

——Amon must not be killed, and important bargaining chips such as the Sequence 1 characteristics and uniqueness must not be taken away easily.

"But..." Luo Lin changed the subject and added slowly to the Sun God, "Don't expect me to show mercy to those attributes that He has consumed over the years that didn't belong to Him!"

"Of course, this is your son's thing after all, and I won't keep it for myself. Except for the part I will use, I will give the rest of the features to Medici to cultivate the talents needed for the transformation!" Rowling added with a smile.

Ordinary thief traits were useful but not many for Rowling, and he wasn't going to give all of them to Pales. After all, the cooperation between the two sides hadn't reached that level yet. In Rowling's opinion, it was enough to restore old man Pales to Sequence 2 at this stage. If he went any higher, the other party might have inappropriate thoughts.

Although Rowling hasn't decided yet whether to support Klein or Mr. Men as the Lord of Mysteries, whoever is more capable will take the position, but it definitely won't be Pales.

This was not only because the relationship between Rowling and Pales was not that close, but also because in Rowling's opinion, Pales was too indecisive, making him look unreliable - if Pales had been more decisive, he would not have lived such a miserable life.

It is true that Pales could not defeat Amon, but if Rollin were Pales, after his defeat in the Fourth Era, he would have simply sought refuge with a true god, such as the Night, or the three gods who were at odds with Amon. These beings themselves tended to prevent Amon from becoming the Lord of Mysteries.

- Don't say that they were enemies before, please. In the mysterious world, it is very common for them to fight to the death one second and join forces to fight the enemy the next second. The three gods usually fight each other to the point of their dog brains being beaten, but it does not prevent them from cooperating when necessary!

The Lord of Mysteries was bound to be born. With Amon unreliable, Mr. Men contaminated, and Antigonus out of control, Pales, an angel from the Gou San family with a relatively good reputation, naturally possessed a huge advantage.

As a Sequence 1, if Pales wanted to go further, he should convince these True Gods to support him. He was not without bargaining chips. His Sequence 1 identity was the best bargaining chip. If he could convince a True God to support him, even if he was defeated by Amon, he would not have ended up in such a mess. Perhaps he could even save the Zoroaster family.

If Pales had no intention of competing for the Lord of Mysteries, he could also approach the True Gods like Night and use Sequence 1 traits and loyalty as bargaining chips in exchange for protection. People like Night would most likely not refuse.

As for the risks of doing this, I can only say that there is no risk in doing anything. Is there no risk in being hunted by Amon?
Anyway, if Rowling were in Pales' situation, he would either choose to go all in or quit. In any case, he would definitely not be like Pales, neither moving forward nor giving up, stuck in the middle and being hunted by Amon.

Even now, even in the original novel, Pales was not without a chance. After discovering Klein's abnormality, if he wanted to take a gamble, he could try to seize Sefirah Castle. If he had no intention of competing, he could also become an angel investor.

But what was the result? Pales chose neither to seize Sefirah Castle nor to make a decisive investment. He remained hesitant and waited, investing a small amount. If it weren't for Leonard, Pales wouldn't even be able to become an angel under the Fool.

If the other three are in the second quadrant of cowardice, although they are cowardly, they are decisive when they need to act, then Pales is probably just cowardly.

——Of course, it cannot be said that Pales’ choice was completely wrong. After all, in fact, Pales’ waiting did bring about a good result.

"But I just can't stand leaving my fate to fate. It's too passive. Hmm, maybe Pallez is just taking advantage of others not wanting Amon to become a Trickster, and ultimately supporting him, only to have a Fool show up along the way?" Luo Lin suddenly thought of another possibility, muttering to himself after a half-second of contemplation. The Ancient Sun God naturally had no idea how far Luo Lin's thoughts had wandered. He simply lowered his eyes, acquiescing to Luo Lin's statement.

After all, Amon's behavior of eating the entire Thief's Path was too much even in the eyes of the Ancient Sun God, who had a parental filter, and he deserved to be taught a lesson.

Using Amond's gluttony to cultivate the talents needed for the transformation can be considered a disguised way of atonement for what he did in the past.

Luo Lin suddenly tilted his ear, as if listening to something. He then looked up at the Ancient Sun God and said, "Let's go. Amon seems to have noticed something is wrong and is about to run away. Let's go stop him."

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At the same time, in another space.

The alien space that was quite lively before was now very quiet, and everyone was still immersed in the scene of the sun shining on the Silver City.

Because Mr. Men's technology is so reliable, the people in the different space can be said to have just watched up close how the ancient sun god created a sun.

Although the content of high-sequence elements in this alien space is very high, there are differences between high-sequence elements. The gap between the ancient sun god at the semi-pillar level and ordinary angels is even greater than that between humans and dogs.

Among the people present, except for Medici and Ouroboros, who once followed the Sun God, no one had ever seen a true god take action. Even the relatively ancient Pallez only became a Sequence 1 after the Cataclysm. Before the fall of the ancient Sun God, although Pallez had seen the Sun God from afar, he had never seen him take action.

Now seeing this, Pales finally understood what a pillar was and what it meant that the higher the sequence, the greater the gap.

If this is the case with half a God, then how powerful would the complete Lord of Mysteries be?

Pales felt a little yearning in his heart, but more of it was bitterness.

He knew very well that the future Lord of Mysteries could be Amon, could be the rescued Mr. Men, or could be Leonard's colleague who was suspected to be related to Sefirah Castle, but it could never be Him.

Pales was not stupid. He could see the Chaos Lords' attitude towards him, which the latter had never concealed. They would support him in fighting Amon, but would not really help him compete for that position.

"Forget it. A useless old man like me might end up hurting others and myself if I really become the Lord of Mysteries. It's better for me to be a retired angel." Pales shook his head with a wry smile, and finally sighed with relief.

(End of this chapter)