Arcanum: Chaos Path

Chapter 319 The Sun God's Broad Ideas

“He used his power to balance the pollution within me, and for that I endured the most difficult hours of my life.” As Roselle spoke, painful memories resurfaced, causing his expression to contort.

It took Roselle several seconds to calm himself down. He looked at Oscythus with pity and said:

"Although I don't know how he's going to help you suppress God's will, I guess it's definitely related to his power. As someone who's been there, let me warn you, buddy, it's a different kind of madness completely different from the madness you're familiar with. You'd better not try to understand it; it's terrifying."

“Thank you for the reminder.” Osekus could tell that Roselle was not exaggerating. His expression became more serious, and he couldn’t help but ask, “Why do you want to understand madness?”

Roland also looked at Rosell with curiosity. Although he was now able to use the power of the Nyarlathotep fragments quite well, this was the first time he had heard someone comment on this power in this way.

“Well, how should I put it? Because that madness isn’t just madness; it contains so much more—knowledge, mystery, power… When you face it head-on, besides the danger, your most immediate feeling is probably its deadly attraction.” Rosell gave a wry smile as he said this, “Anyway, I’ve suffered enough from this.”

Osekus's expression immediately became more serious, and he nodded, saying, "I understand."

Rolin looked at Rosell with a rare expression of hesitation, as if he wanted to say something but hesitated. As a proper Cthulhu world person, Nyarlathotep, Rolin already understood what was going on.

In his world, knowledge related to the extraordinary is "poisonous," and the greater the being, the more it is equivalent to knowledge itself. So, if you are lucky enough not to go crazy after facing a great being, it is normal to gain knowledge and power.

The Nyarlathotep fragments undoubtedly possess this characteristic to some extent; their power itself contains infinite knowledge.

But Rowling hadn't expected that Russell would actually try to understand this knowledge.

This is a classic case of courting death!

Did Bethel and the others really do something so reckless?
Luo Lin suddenly felt a little uncertain, but then he thought that nothing had happened to anyone else, so he felt relieved.

Anyway, as long as no one does anything stupid, it's not a big problem!

Rowling then looked at Osekus and said, "I won't hide it from you, the experiment itself is indeed full of pain. All I can guarantee is your safety and that you won't really go insane. Even so, are you still willing to participate in the experiment?"

Osekus hesitated for less than half a second before nodding firmly again and saying, "I would rather be awake in pain than be a puppet of God."

“Very good, very energetic.” Rowling nodded in satisfaction, thinking to himself that if he could really test a method to temporarily suppress God on Ocycus, then he could also use this method on Mr. Men to help Him gain more breathing time.

After all, it is not easy to fight against the Celestial Venerable.

Rolin then arranged a time with Osekus, and looked at the God of Steam and Machinery, saying, "Now that the matter has been resolved, we will not linger in the divine kingdom any longer. As for advancing the technology tree, you can discuss it with Roselle. He is still in charge of this matter under me, and you will probably feel more comfortable cooperating with him."

The God of Steam and Machinery's eyes lit up, clearly looking forward to the collaboration to come.

Rowling then looked at Russell and said, "You have three days off. Remember to report back in three days so we can discuss the establishment of a mechanical laboratory."

“Okay!” Rosell nodded first, then complained, “But why only three days, boss? Isn’t that a bit too short?”

"Your boss is so busy these days he'd practically split a day in two, and you think three days isn't enough?" Rowling glanced at him, speaking without a hint of guilt. After all, Rowling had been quite busy lately, with a multitude of things to do. Although he had delegated many tasks to Medici and the others, there were still quite a few that required Rowling's personal involvement.

"Well, no problem, no problem at all, boss, just pretend I didn't say anything." Russell immediately retorted, "How is a three-day holiday short? It's way too long!"

Only then did Luo Lin withdraw his gaze, and then look earnestly at the sun, as if he had said everything without saying anything.

“I will have Sasriel prepare, but can you sustain His existence for a long time now?” The Sun God naturally knew what Rolin was thinking, smiled helplessly, and asked with a mixture of curiosity and inquiry.

He was genuinely curious about the spiritual limits of Rowling.

“At least occasionally summoning Him for a few hours to help with work is no problem,” Rowling said with a shy smile.

If you ask how rich Rowling's spirituality is now, Rowling can only tell you that in his ordinary life he could only summon the sun god for less than a minute, but now Rowling can summon the sun god for half an hour with ease and without any pressure.

The Sun God wasn't surprised by the answer, but something occurred to him, and he said, "If you only need Sasriel's help with work, perhaps you could try summoning His avatar?"

Roland paused for a moment, looking at the Sun God with slight surprise, and said, "Your thinking is quite broad. But does Sasriel also have an avatar?"

“Saslir doesn’t have any clones, but creating a clone of low rank wouldn’t be difficult for Him,” the Sun God said, shaking his head.

While they aren't professional clones like thieves or fortune tellers, creating clones isn't difficult for beings of this level.

"The only question is, is this alright?" the Sun God asked Roland.

“I don’t think your idea came out of nowhere…” Roland glanced at the Sun God, understood something, and said meaningfully.

The Sun God did not deny it, saying, "I need to better control the situation of this era, and what I lack more in this era than power is intellect and emotion."

“It seems you’re not very satisfied with either of your current selves.” Roland glanced at the Sun God, then stroked his chin thoughtfully for a moment before saying, “But maybe it really will work, at least we can give it a try.”

The Shadow of Time doesn't stipulate that the summoned entity must be the original body. In fact, the fact that Sasriel can be summoned already shows that the clone can be summoned individually.

So, theoretically, it's also possible for Sasriel to have a clone.

"I understand, thank you for letting me know," the Sun God said, seemingly relieved.

Luo Lin smiled, but he also felt a sense of anticipation.

After all, he really needs a Sassril right now to help him handle the increasing amount of work.

(End of this chapter)