Retreat [1]

The Marionette Lord's attack was a 20-stage process. The first 10 illusions were each targeting a different weakness in one's identity, while the remaining 10 were more of a combined assault that became more intrinsic with every step, digging deeper into one's psyche to disrupt them.

However, while Damien steadily made his way through one illusion after another, there was something he didn't know.

It was incredibly rare to see the last 10 illusions in the sequence. When the illusions were performed with the Marionette Lord's full strength, even weaker Demigods would fall by the 10th stage.

This time, it was proper to say that the Marionette Lord's presence was largely influenced by Fate.

It wasn't easy to steal a body before a seed had sprouted within. On a power like puppeteering, the universal restrictions were many.