Foreign Land Reclamation By a Vegetable-growing Skeleton Chapter 1232

Chapter 1232: Chapter 795: Not the Slightest Bit Sensitive Chapter 1232: Chapter 795: Not the Slightest Bit Sensitive Enlightenment Aura was one of Negris's many skills that was the most indescribable, it didn't even have a fancy name like “Truth's Murmur,” which had an immediate effect.

Because the Monarch was afraid of its incessant babbling, he simply wiped its memory, which speaks volumes of the skill's power, at the lightest altering everyone's cognition, at worst rewriting history books.

However, the Enlightenment Aura had never demonstrated any concrete power. Ange had once placed the Bronze Book inside the ring of Holy Spirit Skeletons, attempting to inspire their wisdom and see if he could create a group of intelligent Undead.

Yet there was no change. The poking of eye sockets was purely a trick taught by Little Angel; the Enlightenment Aura wasn't present on the Bronze Book at the time and had no enlightening effect.

So no one was really clear whether the Enlightenment Aura was useful or how it worked, even Negris only discovered that the students who stayed with it were especially shrewd when cheating on exams and thus thought their wisdom must have been enlightened, hence the naming of Enlightenment Aura.

But now, the Monarch said it wasn't Enlightenment Aura, could it be that he had discovered something else?

“When I was in the Star Burst Plane, I found that when I'm with a bunch of idiots, I become very smart. I could understand everything at a thought, learn anything at a glance.”

“But when I'm with those who are smart, I'd find out just how intelligent these folks are. They're brimming with wisdom, and even if the Enlightenment Aura could inspire their wisdom, it couldn't possibly make me dumber, could it?”

Later, when I was with a bunch of stupid skeletons, I suddenly realized something. Didn't you say before that the Enlightenment Aura inspires others' wisdom but not your own, effectively reducing your own intelligence? Could it be you were wrong, and it's not about reducing intelligence in disguise, but actually diminishing intelligence?” the Monarch proposed.

Anthony slapped his thigh, realizing at this point:
“Any Divine Technique must work according to the Gods' cognition. The moment Lord Nage's perception of the Enlightenment Aura became 'reducing intelligence by proxy,' even if the aura initially awakened with the power to enlighten, from the moment Lord Nage conceived 'reducing intelligence by proxy,' the Enlightenment Aura transformed into a 'Dumbing Aura.'
What you think is what you get, indeed.

The Monarch said, “It's not exactly a Dumbing Aura, but rather an 'Aura that decreases one's own intelligence to increase others','” benefiting others at the expense of oneself. “Nage, you truly are magnificent.”

“Pshaw! Spit spit spit spit spit–” Because the aura was switched off and no intelligence was being reduced by proxy, Negris quickly detected the Monarch's sarcasm, angrily spitting at the Monarch.

The Monarch said with a chuckle, “So I placed the aura on a Stone Dragon. The dragon's intelligence was quite high, so the amount reduced was significant, hence the increase was also substantial.”

“Oh–” Everyone suddenly understood. No wonder the Monarch didn't carry the aura on himself, after all, this sort of self-sacrificing aura had been brought over from the Master Plane, it could naturally be carried to the Chaos Plane too.

“So what do we do? Find someone smart but doesn't need to use their brains and put the aura on him?” Anthony suggested.

Everyone looked around, and eventually, their gazes settled back on Negris.

Facing everyone's stares, Negris pondered for a moment and said resignedly, “Put it on me then, not having to use my brain isn't so bad.”

After thinking it through, it was most suitable for itself. In terms of schemes, it couldn't compare with Anthony, in dealing and business, it couldn't beat a silver coin, in combat, it couldn't overtake Ange.

But still needing a certain level of wisdom, they couldn't just put it on Little Angel, could they?

On closer thought, it indeed had become less and less inclined to use its brain since reclaiming the Enlightenment Aura, thinking initially that it had grown lazy with Anthony around, and not realizing it was actually this damned aura's fault.

But maybe that wasn't such a bad thing. It never liked to use its brain much anyway, just loved knowledge, and its computational abilities hadn't been weakened. After all the calculations, it was still the most suitable carrier.

Thinking of this, Negris sighed, “But it's not appropriate to call it Enlightenment Aura anymore. Let's change the name to Intelligence Balance Aura–if I don't balance your intelligence, you'll all become stupid.”

“Ha ha ha ha!!” Everyone burst into laughter, the air filled with a joyful atmosphere.

Famerbis, who had been set aside, felt gloomy. They had been having a good conversation, so why had it been sidetracked by the study of an aura?

However, it dared not hurry them because what Negris said had hit right on the mark of its little scheme. After the reversal of time, all relationships would change; it just needed to choose a time point most favorable to itself, and everything could start over.

But inscribing the Time Law was no easy task. Since the Time Origin had vanished, Famerbis thought it would never have such an opportunity again, only to find out that the Bone Dragon had not died.

If it managed to inscribe the Time Law, not only could it reverse time to a point advantageous to itself, but it could even reverse back to when the Time Origin had just emerged and befriend the Bone Dragon.

If it joined forces with the Bone Dragon, they would be the ones to define the Laws of the Void.

Just thinking about it was thrilling, but to achieve this vision, it first needed to hoodwink the Time Law into its possession. It felt there was still hope because this was the last resort.

The Void was collapsing, and if the Ancient Godlight and the Tree of Ten Thousand Realms weren't resurrected, the collapse of the Void could not be reversed. Although they harbored these doubts, they might very well accept its proposal when left with no other choice.

Before that, it needed to dispel the others' doubts, “I am willing to offer my Imprint to the Time Origin.”

Ange took out the Bronze Book first and activated the Enlightenment Aura–oh, it had been renamed to Intelligence Balance Aura.

Whether it was a placebo effect or not, everyone began saying, “I feel like I've become smarter.”

The now smarter Anthony turned to Famerbis and asked, “If the Bone Dragon is the Time Origin, then what Origin is the Abyssal Big Mouth? What about the Hole Bug?”

“The Hole Bug is the Space Origin, and Big Mouth is the Destruction Origin,” Famerbis said.

“What about the Void Will?” Anthony threw out the question he truly wanted to know.

Famerbis hesitated for a moment, then said, “The Void Will is not an Origin; it is the will of the Void, the collection of all laws.”

“Why are you so sure of that? Are you not afraid it might deceive you?” Anthony inquired.

Famerbis responded, “No, the First Law of the Void was inscribed to me by it.”

Anthony questioned further, “Is there a possibility that it only controls the Laws of the Void but isn't the true Void Will? Could the Void be without will?”

Anthony had seen too many false preachers and distorters of the Holy Code in the Church. Could this elusive Void Will also be of that ilk?

“This… this… I don't know about that,” Famerbis admitted with distress, as it had never considered Anthony's speculation.

Anthony shrugged and spread his hands, saying, “Then I'm sorry, but actually we have another way, which is to dismantle you and plunder your Law Inscription ability. We've talked so much about plundering auras, and you've heard it all, yet you've shown no sensitivity to it. I can't help you.”

Anthony stepped back, and Ange slowly moved closer, pressing a hand onto Famerbis's central point.

Chapter end

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