Chapter 486: Secret Toxin of the Rainbow Tail
Ashe looked at his new blessings, and his expression turned subtle.
“Silver Blessing: Observer’s Visage: Your appearance is deceptive, and unless you make an unusual move, others will subconsciously ignore your presence. Enhanced in the Virtual Realm, unless there is a close bond, others cannot see your appearance clearly.”
“Golden Blessing: Listener’s Woe: Your existence is deceptive, and unless you actively seek death, others’ hostility towards you will decrease by one level. Enhanced in the Virtual Realm, unless there is a close bond, others find it difficult to harbor killing intent towards you.”
The blessings given to Ashe in the Virtual Realm have never been direct power-ups.
For instance, the Silver Blessing “Observer’s Visage” had repeatedly proven valuable in the Blood Moon Kingdom for jailbreaks, assassinating Professor Sylin, and disguising as an adventurer. Ashe initially thought this blessing would be of little use outside the Blood Moon Kingdom, but to his surprise, within just ten days of arriving in the Gospel Kingdom, he had already become a fugitive. It was thanks to the full-cover cloak and the Silver Blessing that Ashe hadn’t been knocked out and handed over to the Red Hats for reward during his outings these days.
If the blessing could talk, it would surely ask Ashe, “Do you really not plan on spending a few peaceful days?”
The “Listener’s Woe,” on the other hand, is undoubtedly superior in practicality. It seems somewhat similar to the [stealth] trait of Spider Tower troops. However, the [stealth] effect means ‘you won’t be attacked if there are other friendly units nearby,’ essentially ‘you must first attack that taunting minion.’ But the mechanism of “Listener’s Woe” works on ‘the enemy lowers their attack priority on you,’ which means that while Ashe may still get hit, a lethal blow turns into a severe injury, a severe injury turns into a minor one, a minor injury turns into a beating, a beating turns into a scolding, and a scolding turns into “I endured it.”
This blessing sounds powerful, as long as Ashe doesn’t destroy the world, eradicate entire clans, or plunge the world into chaos, no one would want to kill him. However, Ashe keenly noticed a loophole: hostility is a subjective emotion.
If it’s a conflict of interest on an objective level, even this Golden Blessing won’t save him.