Chapter 79: Random Mutation

Chapter 79: Random Mutation

On the surface of the full-length mirror, the silver words seemed to possess lives of their own. Line after line vanished, then line after line reassembled:

“Concerto of Light and Shadow is a pocket watch. It can ‘prohibit’ a certain kind of behavior within a certain range, and it can also ‘deprive’ a target of a certain Beyonder power. However, the total restrictions caused by these two effects cannot exceed two.

“Concerto of Light and Shadow can also directly ‘bestow’ a negative state upon a target, causing them to work passively and perfunctorily, become greedy and impatient, lose fighting spirit, or be capable of focusing only on money.

“Apart from these, the holder of this Sealed Artifact can likewise ‘distort’ a target’s speech, actions, intentions, and the effects of their attacks. It can turn a fatal wound into a severe injury, turn a strike into a push, turn advancing into retreating, and turn fleeing into charging.

“The negative effects of Concerto of Light and Shadow are rather severe. The main point is that once its carrier enters a battle state, all displayed Beyonder effects within a certain range will intermittently undergo random mutation. This does not distinguish between enemy and ally. It is difficult to control and impossible to predict. In other words, Lightning Strike may still create a bolt of lightning, or it might splash a target’s face with cold water, or it might summon an unknown spirit-world creature.

“Because of this, Qonas Kilgor deliberately collected a mystical item that would make himself lucky at crucial moments, hoping that the intermittent random effects would be more favorable to him. This has a certain effect, but not an especially great one.

“…

“Qonas Kilgor also possesses a peculiar handgun. It originates from a mutation caused by a certain evil-god sacrificial incident and is called Revere’s Desperate Scream… It can fire without bullets, and every shot has great power… It can shoot rapidly without stopping, like a shrunken machine gun… Targets struck by it will also endure Revere’s despairing scream before his death, separately falling into different states such as pain, dizziness, or muddle-headedness…

“The greatest problem with this handgun is that its holder will likewise hear that despairing scream, only not as frequently.

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“As a Fallen Count, Qonas Kilgor undoubtedly also possesses the qualitatively transformed Distortion and the unreasonable Bestow. In addition, he can Exploit rules, Magnify effects, and Confuse order.

“Exploit can cause a certain state to last longer or end ahead of time, and it can make rules more favorable to himself. To give an example, after he jumps into midair, he can prolong the state of having left the ground, achieving the effect of floating.

“The function of Magnify is to strengthen the effect or influence of certain actions of his own. It can turn an ordinary strike into an execution, and it can turn an air-embrace made across a distance into a binding restraint.

“Confusion affects the structure of things, standards of measurement, and attack precision. It can cause a seemingly huge building to collapse with a rumble, shorten an obviously distant length into only a few steps, and make an attack aimed at himself deviate to the side.

“Through Magnify, Exploit, and Distortion, Beyonders of the Lawyer pathway can, to a certain extent, accomplish things that only the Arbiter pathway should be able to do.

“Of course, mid- and low-sequence Beyonder powers of the Lawyer pathway such as Bribe are also possessed by a Fallen Count, and they are even stronger.

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“Great master, I have finished answering. Was it acceptable?”

Your answer feels like I was reading an instruction manual. You were definitely collecting information from the spirit world while displaying it bit by bit… Also, you want praise even for this kind of thing? Klein inwardly muttered a couple of sentences, then gently nodded.

“Not bad.”

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