Above The Sky
Chapter 1158: 171 As Long As You Are Prepared, Death Will Not Catch Up to You (6200)

Chapter 1158: Chapter 171 As Long As You Are Prepared, Death Will Not Catch Up to You (6200)

“Demons are part of that kind of thing, but a rather special part.”

After saying this, Carlos’s aura retracted, the light in his eyes completely faded, returning to his previously relaxed and easy-going demeanor.

The Great Prince smiled at Ian with a raised bottle, “Sorry, I probably scared you just now—but ordinarily, people wouldn’t be frightened by me. It’s because you’re too strong among your peers and you’re a keen Prophet, you perceived things you normally wouldn’t… That’s my fault, I’ll punish myself with half a bottle.”

After saying so, he really drank half the bottle in one go—Ian deeply suspected he was just using it as an excuse to drink.

“Ah. Seeing you reminds me of my brother, he’s as cautious and careful as you, unable to let go when he should.”

Putting down the bottle, Carlos glanced at Ian and clicked his tongue, “At this moment, shouldn’t you critique that I’m just looking for a reason to drink? Although you didn’t show any signs, didn’t let any emotion or expression slip, do you think I can’t guess what someone like you is thinking?”

“Brothers should communicate like this to enhance feelings… and so should we.” He shook his head rather displeased, “But don’t learn from Michael. Even if he succeeds in the future, he’s just the second grandfather.”

“That’s quite rebellious.” Ian couldn’t help but retort, “No wonder His Highness Michael doesn’t want to discuss you while chatting with me.”

“How is advising my brother not to repeat grandfather’s old paths rebellious?” Carlos looked at Ian in surprise, shaking his head, “You outsiders always speak of grandfather as the Black King and Pioneer Emperor, but to us, he’s just that strong and kind grandfather… Michael didn’t see grandfather as grandfather, but as a… um, myth, legend, ancestral hero?”

“Who’s the strange one?” He looked at the ceiling, “Grandfather failed, we must learn the lessons his life teaches.”

“Firstly, turning more people into our people is the most important thing.”

At this point, Carlos squinted his eyes, he lowered his head, seriously staring at Ian until Ian felt a bit uncomfortable, then the Prince spoke, “Of course, this is indeed a method I use to gather intelligence… When wandering around various places before, I often use this uninhibited demeanor to recruit people, lead those cautious and introverted, even reclusive people to expose their true nature, then penetrate their inner hearts.”

“I engage with them, sincerely make friends, and then I can know their wishes, desires, ambitions, and cravings.”

“Over time, when I awakened Spirit Energy, I could see through their real ‘dreams’ and ‘thoughts’.”

Carlos straightforwardly revealed the truth about his Spirit Energy, which Ian actually knew long ago.

Dreams. This is the truth behind Carlos’s Spirit Energy, the specific ability is unclear for now, but it can probably lead to the limit of a person’s power in their dreams, and use special emotional bonds or thoughts to project his Spirit Energy onto someone in need of his strengthening over mile-long distances.

This is even a semi-automatic Spirit Energy that does not require Carlos himself to actively control it, but can spontaneously guide and transmit it.

In other words… Carlos’s technology in Spirit Energy is not simple at all—he can interfere with the mechanism of using his Spirit Energy, programming it!

The person before us is capable of researching the ‘Divine Force Conduction’ technology! To say the least, in terms of Deity and Spirit Gods technology, Carlos’s current accumulation is far deeper than Ian’s!

Moreover, that Divine Force Conduction technology is precisely what, during the Spirit Disaster Path, the most critical factor allows Ian of the Spirit Calamity to rapidly expand the Spirit Gods system throughout the Whole Terra.

——In another parallel Space-Time, I certainly collaborated with him. And it was a very deep cooperation, Carlos does indeed easily attract others to his side.

But he is not a ‘good person.’

After truly encountering Carlos, Ian understood why the Magnetic Light Knight would abandon Marquis Barton to pledge allegiance to him, why there were hidden agents within Spirit Wisdom Institute… This is only natural, with his status, ability, and actions, such a number of people should surround him, becoming his ‘friends.’

However, like most high-level figures in Terra World, Carlos stands atop the mountain.

Not high enough, nor too low.

Therefore, lacking purity.

“So, Ian.”

At this moment, while Ian was silently analyzing Carlos, the Great Prince smiled at the white-haired boy and raised a sphere-shaped bottle, “To say, ordinary people’s dreams are like the wine enjoyed when gathering happily. During ignorance, the vague things thought of, desires deriving from instinct, the ideas forming slowly during growth, transforming under the reality’s pressure to become true.”

“Wanting wealth and status, wanting to be respected, or simply wanting to have more women or men in this life—such desires stemming from instincts can also count as dreams.”

“And the dream of resentment and hatred is to drink away the sorrow, even to drink away the hate, numb oneself, emerging from deep within the heart, the desire to annihilate all.”