Volume 1 Chapter 587

Chapter 587: Please Guide Me!

Lolth would definitely dig deep into matters related to magic and explore her "essence."

This might be her nature, or perhaps it was a habit formed due to the education she received in another world.

It could even be simply because she had witnessed another world without extraordinary powers and wanted to understand how "extraordinary powers" worked very clearly.

This is why, even though Lolth had only a few affinities like space magic, she had almost mastered all kinds of magic, mystical techniques, and divine spells.

Because her way of learning from the very beginning had destined her to learn all of these.

Her way of studying and researching touched upon the foundations and principles.

Or rather…

This is what the people at the Wizard Association referred to as the "one true truth."

All the rules and principles of magic, and its extraordinary nature, were what Lolth was exploring.

Therefore, based on this attitude,

she had also thought very seriously about what the difference was between divine power and magical power.

Different origins created unique characteristics of divine power.

The results of these thoughts, the answers found,

Lolth had already shared these with Coristo.

Similarly, she was going to tell Coristo now.

It was also "theoretical" content.

That was…

How exactly does divine power judge whether its user meets the conditions?

Lolth knew very well that even gods could not watch over all their believers.

Although in theory gods could control all divine powers, each strand of divine power had its own will.

However, in this world, gods ultimately…

were just powerful Superoperators.

A Superoperator who had their own space was a god.

So, no matter how much one claimed to be all-knowing and all-powerful, it was just bragging.

Even the strongest God of Light on the mainland plane…

was the same.

If He were truly all-knowing and all-powerful, He wouldn’t spend most of His time sleeping soundly.

This was why Lolth dared to use most of her divine power.

She understood that when a normal Superoperator used divine power or divine spells, it was different from using other extraordinary powers or magic.

The difference lay in the extra step of needing the "divine will" contained within to agree.

In terms of expression, it added a process of "request" and "response."

Only after the will approves your use can you manipulate extraordinary powers and create spells.

Other steps are the same as before.

And Lolth knows very well that the divine does not always respond to the users of divine power.

No, one could even say that…

They never responded in person.

The so-called "response" is when the deity responds itself.

The will of the deity does not mean the deity itself.

Let me give a simple example…

Just like the Xiletor number two that lives inside her soul is not the same as Xiletor.

She was born from Xiletor, but she is not Xiletor herself.

When Lolth is attacked by a soul, Xiletor number two will activate to block it all.

This is decided by Xiletor’s will, and it uses Xiletor’s power.

But…

This does not mean that it was done by Xiletor herself.

The power of the gods is the same.

It responds to prayers and decides who can use its power, more like a set of programmed rules…

By using its will, it ensures that this program will be fulfilled.

At the same time, it presents these rules to its church, Spawn, and followers in beautiful words.

Thus, it created the "scriptures."

With this wide announcement, more and more people offer their faith, follow the scriptures, and become users of the Holy Light’s power.

And obviously, as long as it is a program, even if set by the gods and executed by their will…

There will be loopholes to exploit!

What limits can the gods set, and how is their will carried out?

You can understand it with a little research.

Back to Lolth’s previous conclusion.

The gods are just powerful Superoperators.

So, no matter how clever their methods are, in the end, to judge a person’s "essence"…

It essentially comes down to discerning the waves of "soul" and "life."

This is the truth of the gods’ will.

The will of the God of Light contained in the Holy Light cannot possibly ask each person whether they believe in the Holy Light or if they have done good deeds recently!

What is mercy, what is narrow-mindedness, what is tolerance?

These are all too subjective!

If killing is cruel, then all the Directors of the Heretic Tribunal should be fired!

After all, this is a world where "knowledge" can directly equal "power."

What you know and what you think can determine the waves of your soul to some extent.

Race, age, and the kind of magic you use in daily life can also decide the waves of your life.

Act according to the rules set by the God of Light and study the teachings of The Church of Light.

You are naturally a pure-blooded human and spend every day in the church.

This will naturally cause the waves of your soul and life to meet the "usage standards."

When your soul and the projection of the Star Spirit Realm look just like a cardinal, and when your life waves are also just like those of a cardinal…

So under the judgment of the Holy Light’s power, you are certainly a cardinal!

This is what Lolth wants to teach Coristo.

However, this seems like a very simple principle to say and hear.

Yet, throughout many realms, in the history of thousands of years…

The only one who can do this is actually Lolth.

Changing the waves of life and soul is a very difficult task.

Otherwise, there wouldn’t be so many people on the continent who see recognizing soul and life waves as the only way to identify someone.

They treat it as the sole method of identifying a person.

If one wants to forge and disguise…

It is basically very difficult.

Otherwise, Lolth wouldn’t be able to cheat so boldly in many places, even pretending to be the director of the Heretic Tribunal in Eden Palace without anyone recognizing her.

Even though the Power of Judgment she possesses was taken from Kululu…

The fluctuations of the Holy Light, however, were created by Lolth herself.

It was at a level that even the Lady of Light could not recognize.

Naturally, it also fooled the divine will of the Holy Light.

She could even quickly mimic the soul fluctuations of an Ultimate Power user after watching Chyzh Winchester’s actions…

She could understand what the soul fluctuations of an Ultimate Power user should be like.

On this continent, there may not be many people who are skilled at disguising themselves.

But it’s not entirely absent.

For example, you can have Patricia use a transformation spell to fool a few Elite Level and Superlative Level individuals, and that would still be fine.

There are also many Sneakers and spies active in the continent, and they have similar methods.

Even Lalea disguised herself as a male noble before, with life fluctuations that were quite convincing.

However, tricking some ordinary Superoperators and magical instruments…

Is very different from deceiving the will of the gods.

They were completely different matters.

After all, the latter could be said to be a "stronger Superoperator" once Lolth investigated the essence.

But this "strong"…

It was already stronger than the rules.

One could even say it was the embodiment of the new Plane Will.

The difficulty of hiding it from them…

Was almost an impossible task.

This was why the Church of Light was known to be very hard to infiltrate; at most, they could only corrupt some characters who were already members.

Because the conditions for the power of the Holy Light were the most complicated.

But…

Lolth could still manage to hide from all the powerful Superoperators of the Holy Lieto Empire and the Church of Light.

To hide from the divine will within the power of the Holy Light.

Even Lolth felt confident that even if the God of Light really looked over…

As long as He was not staring at her on purpose, just glancing by.

She could even make the God of Light a little confused.

Because for Lolth, in a way…

She was no longer pretending.

Instead, this energy for her…

Was something that could change!

She was the "real deal," a genuine energy, not pretending or faking.

If there was even a little bit of falsehood, she could never have gained so much power from the gods.

To put it simply, what were soul waves and life waves?

It was still magic!

Everything in this world was magic!

The way magic spread and how it reacted with other magic, along with the traits of her own will added to the magic within her soul…

This was her unique "wave"!

One could say that everyone was a tiny Divine Kingdom.

So…

Since it was magic, Lolth could create and change it.

A cardinal who prayed every day and faithfully followed the teachings would have soul waves like this after ten years.

Then Lolth could understand the characteristics of his soul waves and those of others who did the same.

Analyzing these actions would reveal what kind of characteristics they gave to the soul waves.

She would also know what the power of Holy Light is actually recognizing.

After that, she could prepare herself when the power of Holy Light recognized her.

She would create a pious soul like this to place as her substitute.

For the power of Holy Light to recognize.

Just like a virtual machine.

This is why Lolth’s power of Holy Light is purer than the majority of the members of The Church of Light.

Artificial things created often have fewer "flaws" than natural ones.

Just like a diamond can be any number of carats if you want it to be.

Something made by people can of course be better than the real thing.

If we compare Lolth’s method to cooking…

A normal user of divine power cooks step by step, like following a recipe.

To taste tomato and egg soup, you use natural ingredients, buy tomatoes and eggs, and start cooking.

But Lolth, after seeing the tomato and egg soup, uses her special skills…

She analyzes what chemical substances are in scrambled eggs with tomatoes and what their proportions are.

Then she begins to create those chemical substances in the right amounts on a microscopic level and finally mixes them together.

It sounds like…

It is really going about it the wrong way.

But for Lolth, who can pinch molecules with her bare hands…

Given that she was completely banned from buying tomatoes in the whole market, this was indeed the best solution.

Now, Lolth is ready to teach this skill to Coristo.

As for whether Coristo can learn to pinch molecules with her bare hands…

Lolth is very confident that Coristo definitely will not.

Originally, there was some doubt about this matter.

But just now, Coristo’s first reaction to how to use the power of Holy Light to overcome divine will…

Was to shatter the will of the God of Light.

From that moment on, Lolth knew…

She hoped that Fourth Princess, her close disciple, could understand her cutting-edge technology as a pureblood succubus.

It was basically like teaching a dog how to build a spaceship.

Not just Coristo, but even if this technology were presented to Patricia or her late teacher.

Every Great Sage of the Wizard Association would have their brains overloaded at Lolth’s move.

Moreover, compared to these ancient wizard sages, most others would be like pigs in comparison.

This technology, Lolth had studied for over a decade… Considering that she had lost her memory, Lolth wondered if she had actually studied it for hundreds of years.

This method had no general applicability.

If Lolth had to say who could learn it, she felt that with a little time, Kanor might have a chance.

Anyway, she had taught most of the principles to Kanor.

Whether the other person could grasp and understand the magic in detail really depended on fate.

So, Lolth definitely didn’t plan to start teaching Coristo from the principles…

Even if she had figured this out herself.

However, teaching according to the student’s needs and abilities was also very important.

Coristo just needed to understand the principles, and then when it came to practice…

As long as she could create a shell for her soul that could fool the will of the divine power of Holy Light.

She could make one before each use.

Then she would be able to use the power of Holy Light.

There were two ways to learn how to build rockets. One was to teach her how to design rockets and calculate different forces and weights.

The other way was simply to teach her how to read blueprints and tighten screws according to the plans.

Lolth looked at Coristo.

Coristo also looked at Lolth.

Lolth cleared her throat.

"Ahem! Coristo, pay attention…"

"Next, we are going to the really difficult part!"

No matter the teaching plan, she still needed to teach.

And Coristo heard what Lolth said.

Her face turned slightly pale.

"Teacher… Wasn’t that pile just now not difficult?"

She felt her head buzzing a little.

After all, she was too young.

Most of the time, if your teacher personally made you a big breakfast…

Then you better be careful.

Every time Lolth cooked for Dorothy, she knew that the number of steps in the "recipe" for today would not be less than ten.

"The principles are not difficult," Lolth said, looking at Coristo and realizing that her decision to teach her a simpler version was right, "It’s the practical part next that is what you really need to ‘learn.’"

Coristo’s expression changed slightly again.

But in the end, she still gritted her teeth and showed a determined expression.

"I understand… Master Nai!"

"Please guide me!"

Coristo said this, showing a serious expression!