Four Split Personalities

Chapter 2622: Chapter 1240: Deadly Game · Ongoing (XVI) - The Road to Survival

As the saying goes, different professions are worlds apart.

In simple terms, even the most powerful Mage, like Kenneth A. Achizolti the Mist Moon Sage, can’t understand why those who wildly swing blades need to study so many techniques for melee combat (perhaps except Jadka Diesel);

Similarly, we can’t expect a mighty Legendary Rank Knight like Darian Diesel to understand why Spellcasters can summon storms with a wave of their hand, or conjure fire dragons and ice storms by uttering a few words (perhaps except Jadka Diesel).

The concept of "mutual destruction" and "all methods lead to the source" has never meant that once someone becomes powerful to a certain degree, they know everything. It means that among those who are strong, there might be some resonance in their use of strength and strategic thinking, not that a Mage’s proficiency reaching the peak allows them to swing a blade (perhaps except Jadka Diesel).

In summary, after saying so much, I suppose everyone has guessed what is meant here, and indeed, that is—

Jadka Diesel is a freak!

Ahem, just kidding.

And that is—

Even a genius of Double Leaf’s caliber is bound by the limitations of "different professions are worlds apart," finding it difficult to truly comprehend what is meant by "Divine Arts."

In this situation, though her achievements in the magic domain have surpassed many ’natives’ in the game, enabling someone like Maeve Xiangluan who historically never touched magic to successfully cast spells using her own Magic Power, she still can’t grasp the system and concept of ’Divine Arts’ in a short time.

From the moment this ’instance’ started until now, despite Double Leaf having used many Divine Arts, they were essentially used through Maeve’s character skill set directly, just like the [Heavy Storm] she previously used when she was Rose Georgia, devoid of technical substance.

To put it simply, if Double Leaf truly casts magic using Magic Power, Elements, chanting, and techniques drawing, then her use of Maeve’s ’Fertility Magic’ is akin to pressing hotkey ’1’ in a game to use a skill, merely releasing it.

In other words, Double Leaf’s earlier explanations to Motan, their value is basically zero, completely lacking substance.

If Motan also lacked understanding of the Divine Arts system it wouldn’t matter, but for someone embodying ’Hei Fan,’ who often interacted with the Holy Church Union and its important figures, and was chosen as one of the delegation members to observe at Academy City, it is indeed quite a different affair.

Although his expertise in the Divine Arts domain isn’t extraordinary, far less than that of Yu Chen from the Dawn Religion, just as someone who’s never been in a romantic relationship has still experienced the sentiment, based on what ’Hei Fan’ has seen and heard over the past year, he can still ascertain that the changes occurring with Maeve Xiangluan and her ’Divine Arts’ are far from as simple as Double Leaf indicated.

[It can now be basically confirmed that the Divine Arts Maeve possesses are definitely not conventional ’Fertility Magic,’ and why this has happened might stem from that woman not only being crazy but having a warped perception of faith itself, meaning that now, in her eyes, her belief in the Fertility Goddess and the teachings, all of them...]

While holding Double Leaf and quickly running, Motan was thinking rapidly.

There are two main reasons, first being Motan believes those Divine Arts used by Double Leaf without restraint are unstable and under certain conditions could pose a threat to plans, leading to unexpected situations, likely not favorable ones.

Furthermore, Motan’s keen interest in Maeve’s obviously twisted Divine Arts mainly relates to the girl named ’Ai Van Ye.’

As one of the first two followers Motan recruited in The Realm of Innocence, Cole Shuren and Ai Van Ye, this pair of youngsters have been favored by him, primarily because these two from the countryside (Pato City isn’t considered a large place) indeed have shown promise.

Cole’s excellence is evident to all, not only does his emotional and intellectual quotient align, his perception, execution, and comprehension are strong, alongside possessing rare qualities like ’steadfastness,’ ’effort,’ and ’dedication,’ which are often overlooked yet extremely valuable. His initially rigid thinking, under Motan’s careful guidance, has expanded notably, and though his power is merely at the Advanced Stage, he still serves as Motan’s right hand most of the time.

And while Little Ai’s abilities don’t yet match Cole’s, she possesses a rare trait even more coveted, an innate sense of the big picture that can’t be gained through effort. Simply put, this girl, despite hailing from somewhere as small as Pato City, naturally holds the essential qualities needed to become a superior.

Whether in the Royal Capital Salamun of the Violet Empire or later in the City of Freedom preliminarily set as the base by Motan, Little Ai has consistently outperformed individuals like Countess Leisha Kayworth from prominent families in deciphering the situation, even occasionally outpacing Motan in assessing and analyzing current affairs, such as the deeply concealed Duke Hg Core Fernan, whom she voluntarily investigated without direct interaction, and before the rebel army set out, informed Motan of the fact that the slightly bald dwarf was far from simple.