Arcanum: Chaos Path

Chapter 21 The combination punch was very successful
Pales' smile suddenly paused, and he suddenly understood something. The old man who had always kept his back straight suddenly seemed to hunch over, and his aura disappeared in an instant.

At this moment, even Leonard could feel the vicissitudes and loneliness of Pales. At this moment, he really became a lonely old man with a broken family.

"...Sorry." Pales suddenly said in a low voice.

"You don't have to apologize. This is not your fault. It's Amon's fault." Luo Lin shook his head, then suddenly smiled again and said sincerely:
"Actually, I heard about your ancestors' deeds a long time ago and have always wanted to meet them. I know that the reason our Lord saved me might be because of your existence. For this reason, I am also grateful to you."

"I know that my ancestors are wary of me, but please believe that, no matter what, at least in dealing with Amon, my goal is the same as yours. If possible, I also hope to revitalize the Zoroast family one day in the future. I am definitely not your enemy."

Conquering Pales was a long-term task, and Rowling had already made preparations. Putting the blame for the anomaly on the sockpuppet was the first step, and creating a character who bore a deep blood feud, admired his ancestors, and was determined to revitalize the Zoroast family, even willing to sell his soul to the evil god, was the second step.

This wasn't even a lie. After all, Rowling was indeed very interested in Pales when he was reading the book, and "Rowling Zoroast" really admired the legendary ancestor Pales. If he could successfully gain Pales's favor, Rowling wouldn't mind helping him revitalize the Zoroast family later.

After all, he is also a member of the Zoroast family, so rounding it off can be considered as strengthening his own power.

Pales could naturally see that what Rowling said was absolutely sincere, and because of this, the old man fell silent.

After a long pause, Pales spoke again, "What can you bring me?"

"My Lord still has angels walking on earth. If you have plans to deal with Amon, or encounter difficulties, they can help you." Rowling painted a big picture seriously. Although the angels were fake, as long as he gained enough favorability, at least the combat power of the angel level would be no problem.

Pales couldn't tell whether these words were true or not, but he didn't need to distinguish them. After all, when the day came when he needed to take action, an angel-level being couldn't lie.

After weighing the pros and cons in his mind, Pales asked one final question: "Who is the Lord of Mysteries that you support?"

This time it was Luo Lin's turn to remain silent. After a few seconds, he said, "I'm sorry, Ancestor, I can't answer this question. I can only tell you that our Lord is very optimistic about Mr. Men."

This time, Pales was really stunned.

Because Pales knew Abraham's situation. Although Mr. Men was indeed an excellent contender for the Lord of Mysteries in terms of personality, Abraham was contaminated by the Outer Gods in the Fourth Era and was still imprisoned in a subspace on Earth. Unless the existence of the Rollin faith could find a way to call Abraham back and remove the contamination from Abraham, it would be a failure.

However, considering Luo Lin's own level was not high enough, Pales did not say much on this topic. He simply pondered for a few seconds and said, "I can cooperate with the existence you believe in, but I hope to arrange the operation against Amon from my side."

"I will inform my lord of your decision and give you a reply as soon as possible." Luo Lin said this, and suddenly smiled. He looked at Pales and said:
"Ancestor, now that we've finished discussing official matters, can we now discuss personal matters? Actually, the reason I came to see you this time, besides for the cooperation between my Lord and you, is also to recognize our relationship."

Pales was stunned for a moment, and a question mark slowly appeared in his head, because he found that what the other party said seemed to be true.

It had to be said that the topic jumped around so quickly that even Pales was a little uncomfortable. Luo Lin struck while the iron was hot, "So, are the ancestors willing to accept a descendant like me, who has been living abroad, back into the family?"

Pales didn't know what to say for a moment. He looked at Luo Lin with mixed emotions, and said with a bit of a smile: "Returning to a family where only an old man like me is left?"

The Zoroast family had long since fallen into decline, and even Pales couldn't say how many of its members were still alive.

"But didn't Zoroast start out as just one person?" Luo Lin said this seriously, revealing a lost and bitter smile.

"Besides, you are my only relative. If you are unwilling to accept me, I will truly become an orphan."

Pales looked at Luo Lin. Even though he still had various concerns about this descendant who suddenly appeared, he couldn't help but sigh and said, "As long as you don't despise me, an old man, that's all."

Luo Lin's eyes lit up instantly, and he immediately climbed up the pole and shouted, "Can I call our ancestor 'old man'? I read in ancient books that everyone used to call him that."

"What kind of stuff have you been looking at..." Pales couldn't help but complain. He actually realized that his descendant had a bit of a bad taste.

Of course, as someone from a family of thieves, this is normal.

"So I can't shout? It turns out that my ancestors were just lying to me when they said they would accept me..." Luo Lin showed a distraught expression. It can be said that his acting skills were carried out to the end in every detail.

"Okay, okay, you can shout whatever you want. I'm used to it anyway." Pales shook his head helplessly. Even though he could guess that the other person's expression was probably exaggerated, the old man really couldn't stand his descendants acting like this.

"Thank you, old man!" Rowling immediately said with a smile. This was not acting, but Rowling found that he could borrow some of Pales' power.

Not much, probably only at the level of Sequence 7. This is naturally just a small amount of strength for a Sequence 1, which means that if Pales's favorability towards him is calculated based on a full value of 100, it may only be around . From this point of view, Pales at his peak is indeed much stronger than Azik, and his favorability is more cost-effective.

But Rowling was still very happy. Everything is difficult at the beginning, especially for a big guy like Pales who is extremely vigilant. The breakthrough from 0 to 1 is the most difficult.

Since Rowling was able to successfully overcome Pales's vigilance and gain more than ten points of favorability, it means that the combination of descendants + Amon + family card + revitalization of the family is indeed useful to Pales. If he continues, it is not impossible to get the full amount.

Moreover, the thief's path is quite useful, and it does not overlap with Mr. A's abilities. Rowling, who is only a Sequence Nine rookie, does not despise it at all.

(End of this chapter)