Arcanum: Chaos Path

Chapter 42 The Ability of “Actors”
While humming a song, Rowling skillfully found the utensils needed to prepare the potion, and took out an iron box from the cabinet. When the box was opened, it contained the auxiliary materials needed to prepare the actor's potion. Except for pure water, they were basically some ordinary spiritual materials, such as black sunflower powder, dragon's tooth grass powder, etc.

Rowling slowly added these auxiliary materials into the beaker one by one, then took out Medici's blood gem and put it into the beaker. As if some chemical reaction had occurred, flames suddenly rose from the liquid in the beaker.

Rowling watched the changes in the beaker without any panic. He flipped his hand, and the fragment of Naia's power, which was the main ingredient of the actor's potion, appeared in his hand.

Luo Lin threw the characteristic in, and the flame quickly disappeared. At this moment, the surface of the liquid in the beaker condensed into crystal clear ice crystals.

But under the ice crystals, the red flame did not completely go out, but burned in the liquid, just like the everlasting flowers that Rowling had seen before. Just like the rose-like blood-red flame was also burning in the ice crystals, it looked beautiful and dreamy.

"To be honest, this potion is getting more and more beautiful, but it looks less and less like something that can be drunk. Will I really not get burned if I take a sip?" Rowling looked at the flaming version of the everlasting flower with a strange expression. After thinking for a while, he picked up the beaker and drank the actor potion in one gulp.

The feeling at the entrance was first ice, then heat. Luo Lin felt as if he was switching back and forth between ice and fire. Then all the temperature changes disappeared, and Luo Lin's consciousness seemed to have fallen into a bottomless abyss. Everything around him was only darkness and chaos.

This was a madness that was enough to make ordinary people lost, but in this bottomless darkness, Luo Lin suddenly saw a red flame. The moment he saw the flame, Luo Lin's scattered thoughts suddenly became clear.

He skillfully began to gather his thoughts, breaking free from the darkness and chaos, and then opened his eyes.

"I see. So it turns out that the auxiliary materials really do have the effect of reducing the probability of loss of control..." Luo Lin pinched his chin, revealing a thoughtful expression.

If it wasn't obvious when he was taking the Sequence 8 Fun Potion, now when he took the Sequence Actor Potion, Rowling immediately felt the significance of the high-sequence auxiliary materials in the potion formula.

It was like the only black spot on a white paper. Because it was a part different from the power of Naija, it constituted a distortion and madness that was completely different from the power of Naija itself. However, this madness happened to become an anchor to guide people, so that they would not be swallowed up by the darkness and chaos contained in Naija itself.

Simply put, it is to fight poison with poison, chaos with chaos, and madness with madness.

"However, the two madnesses somehow cancel each other out, achieving a balance. Following this trend, when I ascend to a higher sequence, I won't be able to directly pit the Primordial Will against Naya's madness, right?"

Luo Lin made a judgment in his heart, complained with a strange expression, and then began to happily perceive his new abilities.

The Actor's Potion first further enhanced his spirituality, and then it granted him the core ability, "Thousand Faces." This ability, similar to the Faceless Man, but not quite as powerful, allows Luo Lin to slightly alter his facial features, around 10%—not a huge amount. But for Luo Lin, a master of makeup, this 10% adjustment combined with the makeup allowed him to transform into a completely different person.

Moreover, although "Thousand Faces" has limited changes in facial features, it allows people to freely change hair color and eye color, saving Luo Lin the trouble of not being able to find colored contact lenses in this era.

In addition, the actor potion also gave Rowling the ability to create illusions. Although the coverage of the illusion was not large, it definitely looked real enough.

Secondly, the core ability of the Fun Man, "emotional control", has also been strengthened. From being able to control only individual emotions in a short period of time to being able to directly control the emotions of a group, the control limit is currently around 10 people. As the magic potion is digested, the number will probably increase.

"Finally, my observation, mental acuity, and learning abilities have further improved. I can now grasp others' vague thoughts like a telepath. My speed and strength are also much stronger than before. I'm probably not inferior to those Sequence 8s who fight head-on."

"And the ability that the Medici gem grants me is fire control. Because of the Medici's unique properties, I can easily control multiple flames simultaneously. This undoubtedly effectively compensates for the actor's lack of offensive power." Rowling concluded, and even he couldn't help but smack his lips.
"Hiss, this Sequence [Actor] is a bit too strong. I feel like even if I don't borrow the strength of others, I wouldn't be afraid of facing a Sequence 7 head-on. With advance preparation, I can even withstand a Sequence 6. However, it's not easy to digest. It's basically equivalent to digesting four or five bottles of normal Sequence 8 potions."

"But..." Luo Lin felt the progress of his actor's potion digestion, and his expression suddenly became subtle. "I think I've digested about one-fifth of it. Why? Is it because I've been using a pseudonym to deceive people recently?"

The "Actor" sequence, as the name suggests, is centered around playing a certain role, and this is undoubtedly consistent with Rowling's actions over the past period of time.

As a professional entertainer, Rowling has always been very attentive in playing the roles of various pseudonyms, strictly abiding by their personalities in front of outsiders, and using these pseudonyms to "cheat" a number of bigwigs including Pales and Azik. Thinking about it this way, it doesn't seem surprising that the potion was partially digested in advance.

"So the direction of an actor's performance is to play a role like an actor. Uh, it sounds like a nesting doll..." Luo Lin couldn't help but complain.

"But I'm afraid it's not just that. Actors always have to perform on stage, so if they want to completely digest the actor's potion, they probably need to perform certain performances while putting on the character? And these performances should preferably be watched by an audience." Rowling pinched his chin and thought, and had some ideas about the next role.

He thought of Zillingos and Ince Zangwill, and came up with several plans for the subsequent performance as an actor.

"But there's no rush to digest the actor potion. Let me first take a look at the situation in the next sequence. Hmm, Sequence 7 Masker, the auxiliary materials required are high-sequence related items from the Abyss or alien pathways?" Rowling raised an eyebrow, thinking of the Rose School in the original book, and then thinking of Sharon, Maric and others, and there was some thought in his eyes.

(End of this chapter)