Mystery: Chaos Path

Palles's smile suddenly froze. He suddenly understood something. This old man, who had always held his back straight, suddenly seemed to hunch over, and the aura on his body disappeared in an instant.

At this moment, even Leonard could feel the vicissitudes and loneliness in Palles. At this moment, he really seemed to have become a lonely old man whose family had been destroyed.

“…Sorry.” Palles suddenly said in a low voice.

“You don’t have to apologize. It’s not your fault. It’s just Amon’s fault.” Roland shook his head, then suddenly showed a smile, sincerely saying:

“Actually, I heard about the ancestor’s deeds a long time ago, and I’ve always wanted to meet the ancestor. I know that the reason why my Lord saved me may also be because of your existence, ancestor. From this point of view, I am also grateful to you.”

“I know that the ancestor is wary of me, but please believe me, no matter what, at least on the matter of dealing with Amon, my goal is the same as yours, ancestor. If possible, I also hope to revitalize the Zoroaster family someday in the future. I am definitely not your enemy.”

Wooing Palles was a long-term task. Roland had already prepared for it. Shifting the blame for the anomaly to the alternate identity was the first step. Shaping a persona who bore a deep blood feud, admired the ancestor, and was determined to revitalize the Zoroaster family, even at the cost of selling his soul to the evil god, was the second step.

This wasn’t even a lie. After all, Roland was indeed very interested in Palles when he was reading the books. "Roland Zoroaster" also truly admired Palles, this legendary ancestor. If he could successfully raise Palles's favorability, Roland wouldn't mind helping him revitalize the Zoroaster family in the future.

After all, he was also a member of the Zoroaster family. Rounding it up, it could also be considered strengthening his own power.

Palles could naturally see that Roland's words were absolutely sincere, and this, on the contrary, made the old man fall silent.

After a long while, Palles spoke again: “What can you bring me?”

“My Lord still has angels walking on the earth. If you have a plan to deal with Amon, or encounter difficulties, they can take action for you.” Roland earnestly drew a big cake. Although the angels were fake, as long as he brushed enough favorability, at least angel-level combat power would indeed be no problem.

Palles couldn't tell whether this was true or false, but he didn't need to distinguish it. After all, when the day came when he needed to take action, the existence of the angel level couldn't be faked.

Palles just weighed it in his heart before asking the last question: “Who is the Lord of Mysteries you support?”

This time it was Roland's turn to be silent. After a few seconds, he said: “I’m sorry, ancestor, I can’t answer this question. I can only tell you that my Lord is very optimistic about Mr. Door.”

Palles was really stunned this time.

Because Palles knew the situation of Abraham. Although in terms of personality, Mr. Door was indeed an excellent competitor for the Lord of Mysteries, he couldn't stand the fact that Abraham had encountered the pollution of the Outer Gods during the Fourth Epoch and was still locked up in a subspace somewhere on Earth. Unless the existence that Roland believed in had a way to recall Abraham and remove the pollution from Abraham, it would be over.

However, considering that Roland himself was not high enough level, Palles didn't say much on this topic. He only pondered for a few seconds before saying: “I can cooperate with the existence you believe in, but I hope that the actions against Amon can be arranged by my side.”

“I will inform my Lord of your decision and reply to you as soon as possible.” Roland said this, suddenly showing a smile. He looked at Palles and said:

“Ancestor, now that the official business is over, can we talk about personal matters next? Actually, the reason why I came to see you this time, in addition to the cooperation between my Lord and you, is also to recognize relatives.”

Palles was stunned for a moment, and a question mark slowly appeared on his head, because he discovered to his horror that what the other party said seemed to be true.

I have to say that the span of this topic jump was a bit too fast, so fast that Palles was a little uncomfortable.

Roland seized the opportunity and said: “So, is ancestor willing to accept me, a descendant who has been wandering outside, back into the family?”

Palles didn't know what to say for a while. He looked at Roland with mixed feelings, and said a little dumbfounded: “Return to the family that only has an old man like me now?”

The Zoroaster family had long since declined. Even Palles couldn't say how many members of the clan were still alive.

“But wasn't the Zoroaster family initially developed from just one person?” Roland said this seriously, and showed a lost and bitter smile, saying:

“Moreover, I only have you, ancestor, as my only relative. If ancestor is unwilling to accept me, then I will really become an orphan.”

Palles looked at Roland, and even though he still had many concerns about this suddenly emerging descendant, he couldn't help but sigh at this moment and said: “It's fine as long as you don't dislike this old man.”

Roland's eyes lit up in an instant, and he immediately climbed up the pole and shouted: “Then can I call ancestor old man? I saw in ancient books that everyone used to call him that.”

“What kind of stuff have you been reading…” Palles couldn't help but complain. He could actually see a little bit that this descendant of his had a bit of a dark sense of humor.

Of course, as someone from the Thief family, this was normal.

“So I can't call him that? As expected, ancestor said he would accept me, but he was just lying to me…” Roland showed a dejected expression. It could be said that every detail was thoroughly performed.

Without exception, first and foremost, one appearance, one content, one look!

“Alright, alright, call me whatever you want, I’m used to it anyway.” Palles shook his head helplessly. Even if he could guess that the other party's expression was probably exaggerated, he, the old man, really couldn't stand his descendant like this.

“Thank you, old man!” Roland said with a beaming smile. This wasn't acting, but Roland discovered that he could slightly borrow a little of Palles's power.

Not much, probably only to the Sequence 7 level. For a Sequence 1, this was naturally just a little bit of power, meaning that Palles's favorability towards him, calculated with a full value of 100, might only be about a dozen—from this point of view, Palles at his peak was indeed much stronger than Azik, and the favorability cost performance was higher.

But Roland was still very happy. Everything was difficult at the beginning, especially for a big shot like Palles who was full of vigilance. Breaking through from 0 to 1 was the most difficult.

Since Roland could successfully break through Palles's vigilance and brush up this dozen or so favorability points, it meant that the combination punch of descendant + Amon + family affection card + revitalizing the family was indeed useful to Palles. Continuing on, it wasn't impossible to fill it up.

Moreover, the Thief pathway was still quite useful, and it didn't overlap with Mr. A's abilities. Roland, this little potato who was only Sequence Nine, didn't dislike it at all.