Arcanum: Chaos Path

Chapter 79 The Mask Master's Abilities
The Mask Master Potion, in addition to strengthening Rowling's spirituality on a daily basis, the most important core abilities are the "Hundred Faces Mask" and the "Personality Mask".

The Hundred Faces Mask is similar to the Faceless Man in that it can completely change the wearer's appearance, but it cannot drastically change the body shape and can only make adjustments within limited limits.

But it also has advantages over the Faceless Man. The masks it makes can not only be worn by itself, but also given to others. However, at present, there can be a maximum of three masks at the same time. If more masks are to exist at the same time, it probably needs further digestion of potions.

The ability of the personality mask is also very simple. It can attach any emotion to the mask, whether it is joy, anger, sorrow, or happiness, which are more common emotions, or despair, hope, courage and other more abstract emotions. As long as the distance between the two parties does not exceed 10 meters, Rowling can quietly put a personality mask on others.

People wearing visible masks will be infected by the attached emotions, causing the corresponding emotions to be amplified. After the emotions are amplified to a certain extent, Rowling can control the other person through the mask. However, if the other person's will is strong enough, there is a certain probability that he will break free from the control. Currently, there are three personality masks that can exist at the same time.

In addition, the controllable range of the "emotional control" ability has been further expanded, and it can instantly trigger the emotions of hundreds of people.

Finally, of course, there are some old-fashioned enhancements. Rowling's speed and strength have been further improved, and his body coordination is better than before. His mental power has also been further strengthened, and he can directly use his mental power to attack others, creating an effect similar to mental piercing.

"And the ability bestowed upon me by the blood of the Bound God, Tolzna, is the [Animal Curse]. Upon use, I can transform the target into a small animal. The higher the target sequence, the lower the success rate, but it's more effective under moonlight." Thinking of this, Rowling pinched his chin and muttered to himself, "I'm going to do this for you."

"Sure enough, it's still affected by the Mother Tree, but it's clearly a good influence. It seems the Outer Gods aren't completely useless, though..."

Thinking of the famous attributes of the Mother Tree and the Mother Goddess, Luo Lin thought about it and decided to avoid materials influenced by these two people as much as possible next time.

After all, even if he won't be contaminated, it would be terrible if he developed some gender-changing ability.

"The Mask of a Hundred Faces is a super-powered version of the Mask of a Thousand Faces. With this ability, I basically don't have to worry about being exposed. But is the name really okay? Why does it feel like the order is reversed? There's a sense of confusion. Hmm, maybe this is also a characteristic of the path."

Luo Lin complained and continued to ponder other abilities. "The personality mask is very powerful. Whether it is implanting positive emotions in teammates or implanting negative emotions in enemies, leading them to collapse and lose control, it is very useful."

"The most important thing is that if the Personality Mask is used in conjunction with Emotion Control, it can almost instantly control others and turn them into puppets. Moreover, the consciousness of the controlled person will not be erased. If I voluntarily give up control afterwards, the other party will return to normal. Therefore, it can even be used on teammates."

"Wait, in a sense, isn't this just the Faceless Man + the alternative Puppet Master?" Rowling suddenly felt like he was back to his roots, his expression a little subtle.

But he didn't care too much. After all, it was normal that Naya's abilities were similar to those of the Gou San family.

"No matter what, the Mask Master's abilities are truly formidable. Even if I were to encounter a Sequence 5 now, I'd probably be able to turn them into a puppet if I had the upper hand. Of course, if I were to encounter a volatile guy who launches an AoE attack at the slightest disagreement, and they took the upper hand, I'd probably be in trouble, since I'm a squishy character after all."

Despite a few minor complaints, Luo Lin was clearly quite satisfied with the Mask Master's abilities. His only concern was how to act as the Mask Master. "The Mask Master's potion is about as difficult to digest as four or five Sequence 7 potions. That's not a big deal; I'm used to it." Luo Lin felt the progress of the Mask Master's potion digesting within his body. Compared to the actor's potion, the Mask Master's potion's premature digestion was minimal, only a tiny bit.

This shows that Rowling's previous actions could be regarded as an early role-playing of the Mask Master, but his profession may not be very relevant, so the digestion progress is slow.

"Let me think about it. The mask artist... can be broken down into two parts: the person wearing the mask and the person making the mask. My previous performance should have matched the person wearing the mask, but I haven't been able to fully grasp the role. This may be because I haven't fully put on the mask, or it may be because the focus of my understanding is actually the person making the mask."

Rowling thought that compared to the previous potions such as "Fun Man" and "Actor" which were easy to understand at a glance, "Mask Maker" was obviously more complicated.

"The role usually requires combining the characteristics of the path and the power of the potion. As for the ability of the masker..." Luo Lin had some ideas in his mind, and he murmured in his heart:
"Making masks for others to wear, turning them into... puppets on stage?"

"No, that's not right. Wearing a mask isn't necessarily a bad thing. A more accurate description would be to help the wearer change themselves, and then guide the development of things to the way the masker wants them to be. Rather than being an 'actor' performing their own performance, the masker's characteristics should be more inclined towards being a behind-the-scenes manipulator."

When Rowling thought of this, he already had some ideas about how to digest the Mask Master's potion.

"Perhaps the upcoming Tingen incident will provide a good opportunity..." Luo Lin thought of one of his original plans, couldn't help but curl his lips, and looked at the date again.

Today is September 9th. If the plot does not change, three days later, Ins will attack the Tingen Nighthawks.

Of course, even if the plot really changes, Rowling is not worried. After all, the arrival of the evil god's offspring cannot be delayed. Too early or too late may interfere with the success of Ins's plan. Unless this old Deng gives up the plan, he will definitely take action in the next few days.

……

August 9, morning——

Klein woke up early and took a look at the sky outside. It was clearly clear and cloudless, but for some reason, he had an inexplicable feeling that a storm was about to come.

Three days had passed since the incident involving Hurricane Vice Admiral Qilingos. During these three days, Klein was involved in an incident involving a witch of desire named Madam Sharon. This witch of desire was truly extraordinary. Not only was she powerful, she also possessed the witch statue that Rowling had described, and she had almost caused great harm to the Nighthawks who had arrested her.

Fortunately, Klein had Rowling's reminder and informed Captain Dunn of the relevant matters in advance. In the end, he successfully killed Madam Sharon without any casualties. Unfortunately, although there were no casualties, the Nighthawk Conley, who participated in this mission with Klein, was still seriously injured and had to return home to recuperate temporarily.

(End of this chapter)