003 Potions can't be taked indiscriminately

Anyone who has read the original work of the 'Lord of Mysteries' knows that taking potions across pathways is very dangerous. Losing sanity and becoming crazy are the least serious things. If you are a little careless, you will directly lose control.

　　If the human body is compared to a game, then potions are like mods, and potions of the same sequence are a series of mods, as long as they are typed in order, there will be no problem.

　　The mods in the adjacent sequence are compatible mods under certain conditions, and you can change them after installing the basic mod (low and middle sequence).

　　As for non-adjacent pathways, they are naturally conflicting mods, and playing with them will cause the game to crash.

　　But the pathway provided by Snow Goldfinger violated this rule. Each of its sequences was promoted by directly taking potions from other pathways.

　　The reason is that this sefirot called [White Horse is not a Horse] has the function of imprinting the spiritual imprint of this pathway into the potion.

It's like applying a compatibility patch to the mod.

　　For example, as an ordinary person back then, he was promoted to Sequence Nine [Buridan's Donkey] by taking the [Secret supplicant] potion of Hanged man.

When he wants to advance to the [Pavlov's Dog] of Sequence Eight, in addition to taking the [Listener] potion that also belongs to the Hanged man pathway, he can also drink the [Unwinged Angel], [Lunatic], [Beast Tamer] three Sequence Eight potions to be promoted.

　　However, the compatibility patch is just a compatibility patch. After it is installed, it is no problem to run compatible, but small bugs such as mold wear, broken skin, and feet off the ground are unavoidable.

　  [White horse is not a horse]'s modification of the potion only added a stronger spiritual imprint, which meant that the original spiritual imprint in the potion had not been removed. Therefore, when Snow digested the potion, he had to digest two copies of the spiritual imprint at the same time.

　　Of course, this does not mean that Snow has to play two roles at the same time, because playing the paradox path is mandatory——

　　To put it simply, it is a negative state equivalent to "forced acting" in principle. Once you try to resist, you will slide out of control.

　　Just like the [Buridan's Donkey] he currently holds, while playing the role of the secret prayer to digest the potion, he also bears the  debuff called [Choice Difficulty]. Once there are two relatively equal options,  you will fall into a stalemate because you cannot make a choice. If you try to force the choice, you will start to lose control until you stop this dangerous behavior, or you will become a monster completely.

　　Fortunately, apart from the debuff that will be weakened with the progress of potion digestion, this cross-pathway potion taking behavior will not increase the additional risk of loss of control, nor will it affect the potential for further promotion. The only difference is that after promotion obtained ability.

Take his current [Buridan's Donkey] as an example. The characteristics of this Sequence Nine are that it has endurance and inspiration that are several times higher than ordinary people, has a certain identification ability, and has considerable ritual  knowledge and talent.

　　And the potions it needs are [Seer], [Monster], and [Secret Practitioner]. According to the different medicines taken, there will be different tendencies. The monster potion is more inspiration, and the secret prayer potion can get more ritual magic knowledge.

　　However, for Snow now, these are actually secondary. The most important function of this sefirot is actually the higher-sequence ability,it possesses in this pathway. For example, it blocked the pollution of the cosmos for him, the gaze of the true god, and the most important power perceived by 0-08 .

　　From the perspective of consumption, the sequence to which this ability belongs should not be high, but it can be activated through the seforot and it can obtain the blessing of a true god-level personality.

　　It's just that a powerful ability often comes with a huge price. The reason why Snow can support this ability that can even block the pollution of the cosmos is entirely due to the uniqueness that has been completely integrated in him——[One Foot stick] (In a sense, Snow can be regarded as a king of Angel like Amon, but without Beyonder characteristics).

As the saying goes, "A stick of one foot, take half of it every day, and it will last forever." This unique ability is simple and rude. It is the embodiment of the authority of the paradoxical path, which directly distorts the rules of infinite subdivision and order of magnitude, and can almost infinitely produce spirituality.

　　And as a price, half of Snow's spirituality was rendered unusable.

　　If there is any shortcoming, it is that the upper limit of this unique output of spirituality is only a quarter of Snow's own total spirituality.

　　It is precisely because of this kind of power that is almost perpetual motion that Snow is able to activate [White Horse is not a Horse] around the clock to resist the risks brought about by the knowledge in his brain that originated from "Lord of the Mysteries".

...

　　The headache caused by the [white horse is not being a horse] gradually subsided, Snow cheered up, and pushed the window open a gap.

He stretched out his hand and gently pressed the top of the kitten's head. With the white horse appearing in his mind, the spirituality in his body began to flow away again.

　　However, the consumption this time was not exaggerated, it was only slightly faster than Snow's spiritual recovery speed in a half-meditated state.

　　As the spirituality was extracted, Snow found a comfortable position and lay down and that little kitten turned into a black light, and jumped out of the window with a whoosh...

　　Loen short-haired cat, as the name suggests, is a local breed of Loen. Because of its docile personality and excellent adaptability, it is widely loved by all walks of life, especially because it has a strong talent for catching mice. They are also loved among civilians, and even, in the age of great voyages, they were once raised as ship cats.

　　In such a big environment, a kitten wandering the streets is not something to be concerned about, even if it runs far faster than its kind.

　　After all, in the eyes of most people, a cat is a kind of elusive animal.

　　...

　　In the dilapidated courtyard, on the second floor of the gray-blue house, in the unlit bedrooms.

　　A gentle and sweet young girl with a round face was sitting in front of the dressing table, playing with a not-so-delicate puppet.

But at this moment, her spirituality suddenly gave birth to a premonition, almost subconsciously, she cast her gaze on the silver mirror placed at the foot of the dressing table, but there was nothing unusual about the deliberately scratched mirror surface .

     "You rely too much on Beyonder abilities." A slightly shrill voice came from the top of her head, and the girl touched the hidden pocket at her waist almost instantly, but in the next moment, she stopped the movement of her hands.

　　She looked up at the black kitten who entered the room at some unknown time, and said with a cold voice:

　　"Didn't I give you the contact information?"

　　"I don't care enough to communicate in the way given by the witch, just like you have never delivered items in the way of offering sacrifices to my lord." The kitten specially emphasized the pronunciation of the word "witch", and the girl frowned slightly, but still said:

       "I've already got the notes you asked for, what else can I do?"