Arcanum: Chaos Path

Chapter 329 Roland has a bold idea
“So what’s next? What can Sequence 4, Pleasure Believer, bring me…” Rolin pondered, chewing over the name of the Chaos Path Sequence 4 that he knew—“Pleasure Believer”.

This sounds like it's deviating from the previous five sequences, but not quite. After all, if you really want to be precise, Sequence 9, The Pleasure Man, isn't exactly in the same vein as sequences like "The Actor" or "The Incarnation," but it does sound like it's on the same path as "The Pleasure Believer."

"It sounds like some kind of fun ability," Rowling thought, a few guesses flashing through his mind.

“And…” Rowling suddenly remembered something, his expression becoming somewhat subtle, “The auxiliary materials needed to concoct the Pleasure Believer potion are too abstract.”

Unlike the auxiliary materials for the first five sequences, the auxiliary materials required for Sequence 4, the Joyful Believer, are indeed quite abstract, as they are described as "tears of joy, memories of despair, and emotions of sorrow, from angels through the three paths of the diviner, the thief, or the apprentice; the three materials cannot come from the same person."

“I understand tears of joy, tears of happiness, but what about memories of despair and emotions of sorrow… Is this something that needs to be recorded and experienced again using the Persona ability?” Roland found it hard to imagine how this could be concocted into a potion.

"Moreover, there are only a few angels in the Gou family, and these three materials even require them to come from different people. Let me think, the tears of joy can probably be tried from Bethel, but from whom can we get such memories of despair? Amon? Has He ever been in despair? Or Pares..."

Rowling felt a headache coming on. Angels' emotions are often not that strong, and it's hard to say whether other angels, apart from Bethel who suffered greatly at the hands of the Mother Goddess, have any memories of despair.

Even for Pales, although He lived a miserable life, it is unknown whether He ever truly despaired.

And most importantly, even if Pales really did experience despair, and Rolin could obtain the memories of despair through Him, then from whom could he obtain the emotions of sadness?

"Oh right, how could I forget? The Gou family also has Antigonus!" Rolin's eyes lit up as he finally remembered the little dog that had been forgotten for so long.

Whether others have ever felt despair or sadness, Rolin doesn't know, but Antigonus most likely has.

After all, this was an unfortunate little dog that had gone out of control, longed for home, and lost everything.

“That solves the problem of the auxiliary materials. As for the ritual, it’s not difficult…” Roland muttered to himself. Compared to the somewhat abstract auxiliary materials, the ritual for becoming a believer in pleasure is very simple—lead an event involving tens of thousands of people, make at least a thousand of them develop a deep enough emotional connection with you, and make the event known to at least a hundred thousand people.

This ritual might be difficult for others, but it was really simple for Rowling, after all, he was always busy with changes.

Once the spark is ignited, it will involve not only tens of thousands, but also hundreds of thousands, millions, or even tens of millions of people. Luo Lin also believes that among these people, there will definitely be countless people who love him, countless people who hate him, countless people who admire him, and countless people who want to kill him.

Not to mention, Rolin also saved Silver City and Moon City, an event involving tens of thousands of people. Silver City and Moon City now have quite a few Rolin followers, which definitely meets the second condition. The only problem is the level of awareness; the number of people who know about this event has not yet reached 10.

"As expected of me, completing the ritual was a piece of cake." Roland praised himself inwardly with delight. Then he finally remembered something else and sensed the digestion of the scriptwriter's potion.

Just like the previous potions, the Scriptwriter's Potion was extremely difficult to digest, almost equivalent to digesting six or seven normal Sequence 5 potions. However, after sensing his surroundings, Rolin discovered that he had already digested a small portion of his Scriptwriter's Potion.

"Let me think... A scriptwriter, as the name suggests, is someone who writes scripts. Combined with the power of the potion, the method of acting is obviously to interfere with other people's fates, uh..." Rowling thought about what he had done after transmigrating to this world, and suddenly it wasn't strange at all.

After all, there have been far too many people whose fates have been interfered with by Rowling during this period.

Rowling even suspected that the reason the scriptwriter's potion was only partially digested was because, in addition to physically interfering with the fates of others, the scriptwriter's role might also require establishing some rules in reality. "Although it cannot resurrect the dead or interfere with uniqueness, this ability still has many uses..." Various ideas flashed through Rowling's mind. He curled the corners of his mouth and said, "For example, it can be used to construct the order of the future world."

If everyone believed that there was a rule in the world that bad people would be punished and good people would be rewarded, such as becoming lucky, wouldn't that be the best way to eliminate bad practices and build a better society?
Of course, this is no easy task. Although it is theoretically feasible, it is almost impossible to establish rules that apply to people all over the world and make them effective.

But that's alright. Luo Lin understands the principle of taking things one step at a time. Establishing rules on a global scale directly is too difficult. He can try to establish rules on a smaller scale first, such as establishing rules in border cities.

And when he advances to a higher level in the future, the requirements for using his abilities will decrease, and the possibility of achieving it will naturally increase.

Thinking of this, Rowling blinked and suddenly looked at Sasriel beside him.

"What's wrong?" Sasriel looked at him nervously. He knew that he had just been promoted. Rolin had never hidden the fact that he was retracing his steps to godhood.

“I have a brilliant idea!” Rowling said with a smile. “If it works, perhaps we really can build a world that will never decay!”

Sasriel paused, looking at Roland with surprise and a hint of caution, and tentatively asked, "What are you thinking?"

"What kind of bad idea are you up to now?" Medici glanced at him, and her heart skipped a beat when she saw the slightly excited expression on Rolin's face.

Medici knew Rowling well, so he knew that when that expression appeared on the other man's face, something big was about to happen.

Adam simply listened quietly, like a mass of air.

“This isn’t a bad idea!” Rowling retorted, then said with a smile, “You should know that the Judge’s ability is to set rules within a certain range and use punishment to compel others to comply.”

Rowling smiled at them and continued, "What if there were a rule that could be effective worldwide?"

Even the most powerful being cannot monitor the entire world 24 hours a day, and even the most perfect rules and regulations depend on their implementation. Therefore, even the sun god cannot guarantee that the rebuilt new order will not decay.

But if there were a rule that indiscriminately mandated everyone to obey... Sasriel immediately understood what Rolin meant and what it meant.

Medici's gaze sharpened.

Adam looked curious.

"Can you do it?" Sasriel looked at Rolin, feeling nervous for the first time. He could even hear his own heartbeat at that moment.

“Of course…it’s impossible.” Roland blinked, paused deliberately, looked at Sasriel’s expression—it was hard to tell whether he was relieved or disappointed—and smiled, saying, “At least not for now.”

(End of this chapter)