Arcanum: Chaos Path

Chapter 480 The Abilities of the Fictional One
"But if I may be frank, every research project you've undertaken as a Sun God lineage has actually yielded rather poor results." Roland, of course, could see what Adam was wondering about, and he bluntly stated:
"For example, during the Third Age, the Sun God studied the Chaos Sea and the result was that the Primal Awakened within me. Another example is the Fourth Age, when you wanted to study the cataclysmic disasters, and the result is something that those who know, know."

Adam paused for a second, his golden eyes lowered, making it impossible to discern his emotions. However, his hands unconsciously fiddled with the cross decoration hanging from his sleeve, indicating that he was very busy.

As we all know, people often become inexplicably busy when they are in an awkward situation.

"So, as a legendary blind box opening master, you should open fewer blind boxes! Otherwise, I'm really afraid that one day you'll open the apocalypse." As he spoke, Roland reached out and patted Adam on the shoulder.

"It was just an accident, and strictly speaking, it was inevitable that the Primal One would awaken within me," Adam finally raised his eyes and said with a smile.

"Hmm, so do you have any clues about the fact that the Sun God worked at the research institute and ended up opening up the Chaos Sea?" Roland nodded perfunctorily, then asked seriously.

After a moment of silence, Adam suddenly laughed and said, "Perhaps this is fate. Just as the sun god eventually met you, perhaps you are the biggest blind box He opened in his life."

Hearing this, Roland raised an eyebrow and said with a smile, "Then you should thank Amon for that, otherwise I wouldn't have summoned a being like the Sun God as soon as I arrived in this world."

“You’re welcome. I’m lucky to be able to act as a medium.” Amon, who was usually shrouded in gloom, raised his hand to push up his monocle and said, “Of course, it would be even better if someone could have less prejudice and stereotypes about me.”

"Well, there's nothing I can do about it!" Luo Lin shrugged and said, "It's just that the fact that you're a brat is so deeply ingrained in people's minds!"

“…I’ll take this as a compliment.” Amon said, then suddenly changed the subject: “Lucifer, now that you have successfully advanced, can you resurrect the Sun God?”

When he said this, Amon's tone was relatively calm, but only he knew how fast his heart was beating when he asked the question.

“I can tell you’re in a hurry.” Rowling glanced at Him, smiled, and then looked at Adam, who had a calm expression, and Medici, who was looking at him with his arms crossed. Without keeping them in suspense, he said crisply, “The answer is of course yes, but before that, we need to do some preparation.”

The abilities that the Fictionalist Potion granted to Rolin were quite simple. Apart from the enhancements to the previous abilities, the core abilities of the Fictionalist could be summarized as—subverting reality and bringing a false fate upon someone or something.

Rowling's understanding of this is that it is a super-enhanced version of the Miracle Master. Just as the Miracle Master needs to fulfill the wishes of others to accumulate the power of wishes in order to realize his own wishes, the Fictionalist also needs to accumulate the power of fiction in order to use his core abilities.

There are two ways to obtain the power of fiction: the first is to change the fate of others, turning their predetermined fate into a false one; the second is to bring a false existence into reality.

With the power of fiction, Rowling can use it to alter reality, such as denying something that has already happened, or weaving a false fate to befall someone and make it a reality. Incidentally, denying something that has already happened will not create a butterfly effect; it will only affect the person directly in the current timeline, such as bringing the dead back to life in the present timeline.

Furthermore, even if the same thing is to be subverted or realized, the amount of fictional power required is different depending on whether one is prepared or not.

This is also why Rolin said that resurrecting the Sun God requires advance preparation—Rolin is not lacking in fictional power now. After all, since he came to this world, he has changed the fate of too many people, and the Su Xia Republic itself can be said to be the last thing that should exist, although it meets the second condition and brings Rolin a lot of fictional power.

However, the amount of fictional power needed to resurrect the Sun God is far from simple. The Sun God is too powerful, and his resurrection would bring about too much change to the world. Whether Rolin denies the fact of His fall or weaves a false destiny to directly resurrect Him in this era, such an existence would require a huge amount of fictional power.

Although Rowling theoretically possessed enough fictional power to meet this condition, it would be better to save as much as possible.

After all, there are so many things that the power of illusion can be used for, and it really won't be enough if we don't conserve it!
Fortunately, Rowling had been thinking about resurrecting the Sun God during this time, and even had a plan in hand. Although it was not very mature, it was a theoretically effective resurrection plan. Under this premise, if Eternal Sun, Storm Pigeon and others could contribute their uniqueness and a Sequence 1 characteristic, as well as the cooperation of the True Creator and Adam, Rowling could theoretically minimize the consumption of the power of fiction.

This is because, given these preparations, the sun god theoretically already had a considerable possibility of returning. Therefore, in this situation, the fictionalist only needed to distort reality to bring the sun god back in a minimal way.

"Speaking of which, I've already digested most of the Fictional Potion. Judging from its name and core ability, digesting the Fictional Potion probably involves changing other people's fates, bringing false beings into reality, or something like that... Hmm, if that's the case, maybe by the time I resurrect the Sun God, the potion will be completely digested?"

Rolin stroked his chin, muttering to himself, and couldn't help but think of the auxiliary materials and advancement ritual required for the Chaos Child's potion.

The auxiliary materials required for the Chaos Child potion are not abstract; in fact, its description is quite straightforward: "The strongest emotions that an Ancient being has for you will have the best effect. If the emotions are only at the level of plain water, please be cautious."

After thinking it over, Luo Lin realized that if he only considered the current situation, he might have no choice but to ask the Outer Gods for the materials. Putting aside everything else, his two old friends, the Mother Tree and the Mother Goddess, should hate him quite a bit. How could hate not be a strong emotion?
But if we wait a little longer, whether it's until the sun god is resurrected and ascends to God, or until Bethel ascends to the Lord of Mysteries, their feelings for Rolin should still meet the requirements.

"And the ascension ceremony of the Child of Chaos is to change the fate of at least half of the people on a certain continent..." Roland couldn't help but raise an eyebrow. For others, the requirements of this ceremony would be difficult to meet, but for Roland, he had already accomplished it.

At the moment the war ended, the requirements of this ceremony had been fully met, or even exceeded.

(End of this chapter)