Chapter 511 CH 471: POWERS



Using the world as a chessboard and the people as chess pieces.

This was the level Sol had always wished to reach—the moment when he left the board as a piece and became a player.

Though he was still far from his ultimate goal of being a player at the same level as the goddesses themselves, he had grown significantly from the naive, weak young man he once was and was now, at least, a major player in the mortal realm.

"Well, only a big fish in a small pond."

He still had a long way to go.

After Lilith's deployment was decided, Setsuna looked at him with sparkling eyes filled with hope, but Sol had to reject her silent demand.

Setsuna was one of the crucial pieces in this impending war. She would be the difference between becoming the rightful ruler of Wratharis or simply a conqueror facing constant attempts at uprising.

Of course, Sol had many small plans on the side.

Such as using Nefertiti's power or simply using his own dimension to manipulate their feelings if necessary, but he did not wish to stoop to that level.

Despite all their flaws, not even the goddesses used their power over mortals' minds to control them.

He didn't know if it was out of morality or due to one of the numerous rules.

After all, he was pretty sure Invidia wouldn't hesitate if she could.

Scoffing inwardly, Sol focused on the problem at hand.

"Lilin will need a general to assist her."

"I think I can do it alone."

Sol ignored his lover's murmur. In terms of combat, he was certain that Lilin could decimate almost any Duke who wasn't a Divine Beast, and even then, he doubted many of them could defeat her.

But war wasn't a game, nor was it a place where a Duke alone could change the outcome.

—Well, Dukes didn't have a dimension, at least.

"Ares and a few more of my trusted soldiers will gladly assist the princess."

Looking at Sol with a scowl, she muttered, "I really hate this new technique of yours, you know?"

Everyone gave a bitter smile, to which Sol simply shrugged. "Blame Lilin. It's thanks to her that I acquired it."

Indeed. Since neither Lilin nor Setsuna were Sol's first contracts, he was unable to choose which innate skills of theirs he would obtain.

So he was quite surprised when he finally realized the nature of the power he had acquired.

Space displacement. Or teleportation.

It was still challenging for him to explain the power he had obtained. As he realized Lilin's power was more in the realm of reality manipulation than actual space manipulation.

But for now, he was content with what he understood.

Thanks to this power, he could place seals on people or objects and do four things:

Teleport them to him.

Teleport himself to them.

Or exchange places with them.

And the fourth, he could do all three to any location or person that was marked.

In a way, this was not very different from what he could already do when using his dimension encroachment.

But this was the first time he could use such power outside of his dimension.

An ice chair materialized, and Isis looked at it with another scowl before kicking it.

"Ouch."

"I already told you, the ice I can create is quite hard."

"Quite hard, my butt. This shouldn't be so hard to break with my strength.”

After all, no matter how weak she was physically. It was only relatively speaking when compared to other divine beasts.

Isis had small tears in her eyes as Milia gave a small smile of compassion and brought her a chair to sit on.

This was one of the powers he obtained from Setsuna.

Truly. The power of contract was a cheat.

Of course, only as long as you had enough capacity to enjoy the benefits.