Chapter 1055: Chapter 562: Pantheon Apocalypse: Ring of the Nibelung (Part 2)
[Mother of Monsters] had partially regained her sanity, yet it wasn’t a complete recovery, with her murmurs still interspersed with a lot of meaningless roars.
Byron sorted through his Sailing Logbook and had been listening to the murmurs of [Mother of Creation, Lilith] over this period, and only then did he roughly understand what she wanted to convey.
The translation is roughly:
"I am about to totally awaken from eternal slumber. Offer your flesh and blood to me, and I will perfectly restore my sanity and maintain peak mental condition.
Offer up everything, and I shall forgive you for destroying the beast tide and the sins against my kin.
I can feel that you actually bear the exclusive title of [Father of Monsters].
This is very good!
Swear to kill your Queens, and I won’t eat you completely; instead, I can leave a part, making you one of my husbands.
The biological materials on you can allow me to produce even more powerful monsters.
Kneel before me, kiss my toes, and be grateful for this double-satisfying gift."
As she spoke, she gave a heated glance at his lower body.
Hearing this, Byron was covered in goosebumps, almost couldn’t refrain from cursing:
"Double-satisfying my ass!"
[Mind Sensitivity] has a much higher efficiency in transmitting information than language, and in the opponent’s current initially lucid state, the true thoughts cannot be hidden.
With the word "husband" came the image of a female anglerfish carrying various males.
The anglerfish is an extremely peculiar species.
The male anglerfish is only a fraction of the female’s size and, once hatched, latches onto the female, with its eyes and internal organs slowly degenerating, offering all nutrients to the female, retaining only its breeding function.
What’s more bizarre, the number of males parasitic on a female anglerfish is typically more than one, with seven or eight at a time being common.
By the end of this degeneration, one could only see a massive female anglerfish riddled with..."appendages"!
Hiss—!
The kind of blessing described by [Mother of Monsters] seemed good but was actually about eating as well as "eating", wanting nothing spared.
Just imagining himself left with half a body, swaying with a bunch of "husband colleagues" on the opponent’s body made Byron shiver uncontrollably.
"Besides, you want me to kill my two sisters to become your plaything? You monstrous creature, do you think you’re not dead enough yet!"
Murderous intent surged in his heart as he quickly scanned the three alternate entries he had prepared, each potentially resolving his current precarious situation.
[Entry: You Have Some Skills]:
Unlike the last time it appeared, where the original effect was ensuring survival against the first two moves from any opponent within the same low, medium, or high Sequence, now even the strongest demigod of the Sixth Order couldn’t kill him in two strikes.
But of course, given Byron’s equally thick and long three legs, and the few pseudo-gods he had devoured, no demigod could kill him instantly anyway.
The current effect transforms so that no matter who strikes first, they’ll undoubtedly miss.
The value of this entry has skyrocketed, and now he’s no longer afraid of any sneak attacks and even dares to confront a complete demigod face-to-face.
Had he had this entry earlier, Capricious Joker wouldn’t have been able to ambush him.
If it’s possible to deceive [Mother of Monsters] once, it’s enough for him to escape unscathed.
The second [Entry: Wild Temporary Worker]:
"As a Monarch, you are like a non-stick pan, able to randomly grab someone to act as the "Temporary Worker," making them take the blame while you remain untouched by any harm.
This applies both in the realm of governing a country and in Mysticism.
It’s essentially a high-level Substitution Technique."
This entry is undoubtedly useful as well.
Machiavelli discussed a classical theory in "The Prince":
"Towards people, favors should be given incrementally, so they taste a bit of sweetness then anticipate more, thus becoming obedient;
But pain should be inflicted all at once, to the extent they are overwhelmed with misery and have no time to express fury.
Only this way can the Monarch realize his rule."
For a thousand years, feudal monarchs silently admired and implemented this but no King has ever dared to declare it openly to the people.
In accordance with this theory, using wicked ministers to handle affairs the King wishes to undertake but cannot, and then disposing of them, is one of the Imperial Techniques commonly contained within the Monarch’s toolbox.
[Wild Temporary Worker] is born for kings, to find a scapegoat, oh, I mean a Temporary Worker to tide over this crisis, and remains quite useful thereafter.
However, Byron inherently believes: "To accept the filth of the nation is to be the master of the state; to accept the misfortunes of the nation is to become the sovereign of the world."
The deeds I do are mine, there’s no need to get subordinates to bear the blame.
A negative example is that certain Little Zhu; unwilling to bear the blame for his uncle’s murder, then which Minister would wish to? Under such circumspect caution, he ended up ruining the entire country and his life.
This entry remains pending for now.
The last [Entry: Madam, you also do not want your husband...]
As long as you seize the other party’s "handle" and say, "**, you also do not want your **..." you can dramatically amplify their emotions, making it difficult for them to refuse your request, forcibly controlling them to do your bidding.
The more reasonable the request, the higher the success rate, and the more resistant the other party, the lower the success rate.
