Saving the World in an Apocalypse-Style Text Game-Chapter 988 - 459 The True Use of Authority, The Hidden Secret of Soul Talent_3

[You suddenly recall what Rona once told you, "The divide between human and god isn’t simply breached with strength alone, the key lies in... ’Authority’!"]

[Only by elevating one’s own Authority to a level nearing that of gods can one use Authority to lift the Shell along with them to ascend to ’Immortal’!]

[Special attributes are a manifestation of a weaker version of Authority, unrelated to the Shell, linking only to the Soul.]

[Therefore, even if you kill a Monster with a special attribute and possess its Shell, you cannot inherit its special attribute, because the ’Authority’ is not within the Shell, but within the Soul!]

[After you killed the ’Executor,’ its Soul was also annihilated by you; the Shell, deprived of Authority, naturally fell from Immortal back to Mythical...]

[You used ’Beginning of the Holy Spirit’ to temporarily elevate your own Authority to the heights of the gods.]

[Hence, when your Soul entered and possessed its Shell, the ’Flesh Authority’ played a role in allowing this Shell to continue to maintain its ’Immortal’ state.]

[But when the effect of ’Beginning of the Holy Spirit’ faded, your ’Flesh Authority’ was reverted back to its original form, and the Shell also dropped down to ’Mythical+ Level’.]

"So you’re saying, in reality, Apostles who have become false gods each control some form of Authority?"

"That shouldn’t be the case... the special attributes, which are a weakened version of Authority, only exist in the Hell Chapter. No, that’s not quite right, it should be said that only the special attributes from the Hell Chapter are powerful enough to manifest as panel data."

"Special attributes exist in the Ordinary and Nightmare Chapters too, but the Main Gods of those Chapters are weaker, and the special attributes they bestow are so lackluster they don’t even show up on the data panel."

"Even I, who possess special attributes from the Hell Chapter, am unsure how long it would take to elevate them to Authority... after all, my level of Knowledge is so high yet I haven’t seen my special attribute transform into ’Analysis Power’."

"So how do ordinary Apostles gain control of Authority?"

"As for the other method of obtaining Authority... the ’Flesh Authority’ was something I achieved when I used the Extreme Delusional Evil Fruit to kill the Wet Nurse, a Supreme Lord, granting me an SSS rating. How could there be so many Apostles in reality capable of such a feat?"

"Is there another way to obtain Authority or to enhance the Power Capability of Authority?"

[The ’Administrator’ nodded in response, and of course, there must be other ways to obtain ’Authority,’ a necessity for ascending to godhood. Otherwise, the Book of Salvation would not be able to produce a certain number of ’Immortal,’ or even ’Eternal’ Apostles.]

[There are three additional paths to obtaining Authority. One is that when an Apostle is close to ’Immortal’ status yet has not mastered any Authority, an Administrator will arrange a special trial to help the Apostle gain the relevant Authority.]

[Since you already possess Authority... the Authority you hold is of the Supreme level, which only the Supreme Gods can have, so there’s no need to specially arrange an ’Authority Trial,’ and this time’s trial reward has been changed to the Shell of the ’Executor’.]

[Another method to acquire Authority is hidden within the Chapter process. When an Apostle finds favor with the Main God through various means, they can obtain the seed of Authority Power.]

[For example, Rona who is by your side, once received favor and gained a very weak ’Omniscience Authority’.]

[And the third path to gaining Authority... essentially, it is the same as the first path.]

[The difference is, one is obtained with the help of external forces during the trial, while the other is achieved through one’s own efforts.]

[Speaking up to this point, the ’Administrator’ implied meaningfully, Apostle, have you never thought about what Soul Talent really is?]

At that instant, Lin Xun’s mind flickered through various thoughts.

"Could it be..."

[The ’Administrator’ smiled and nodded, confirming, "Exactly, an Apostle’s Soul Talent is none other than a form of Authority with limitless potential!"]

In the moment of receiving the answer, everything was beyond expectations yet made total sense.

Why is it that an Apostle’s Soul Talent can be enhanced with Divine Tools? It is because Divinity contains unclaimed Authority!

The Divinity gems, formed from the collective worship of thousands of believers towards statues of the Main Gods, come with embedded Authority Power.

The Divine Tools dropped by Monsters such as the Mist Barrier Monster carry remnants of Authority Power from their respective Main Gods.

The Divine Tools obtained from annihilating the souls of Gods carry the leftover Authority Power that hasn’t dissipated from their Souls.

Thus, Divine Tools can enhance an Apostle’s Soul Talent because both fundamentally embody the power of Authority!

"Then what Authority does my Soul Talent represent?"

Lin Xun opened the Apostle panel and stared blankly at his own Soul Talent—Thousand Faces and Million Forms!