"In that case, can the effects of the other stages of Path to Hell still be used?"
"Yes, they can."
Testarossa smiled. "The Path to Hell may seem like one Authority, but when broken down, it's no exaggeration to say it's five Authorities."
The powerful defense of hell's gate and the three-headed dog.
The sealing power of the River Styx.
Next, there is the third effect, the River of Oaths.
[River of Oaths]
This Authority also has two effects.
First, it refers to the myth of Achilles' heel, where one bathes in the River Styx to become invulnerable.
The first effect of the River of Oaths is that once activated, it continuously consumes Testarossa's magicules.
In return, she gains powerful defense everywhere except her heels.
"The second effect is to make a covenant, swearing by the River Styx."
This covenant is very similar to Marquis Voban's Death Servants.
It allows the individual killed to be preserved as a ghost in the River of Oaths, awaiting Testarossa's summons.
"Next, the Boundless Underworld is the ultimate skill of the Path to Hell."
It gathers the power of the Underworld into herself, transforming her into the King of the Underworld.
In this state, Testarossa's true body disappears (becomes invisible), and she gains a divine sword that judges life, death, good, and evil.
Boundless darkness envelops the enemy, and a massive divine sword descends from the void, delivering death to the opponent.
"Finally, the Garden of Truth."
This stage is considered the trump card, or ultimate method, of the Path to Hell.
It has no offensive capabilities.
Instead, once activated, Testarossa can rapidly recover from injuries and slowly restore her magicules.
"Not only that, but if I die in battle, my soul will enter the Garden of Truth."
Testarossa revealed the most broken effect of the Path to Hell. "Then, I get one chance to resurrect."
"Resurrection?"
"A second life?"
Rin didn't expect Testarossa's luck to be this good.
One must know, the effect of the Garden of Truth alone, as a Subordinate Authority, is already comparable to a complete Authority.
Recovering from injuries, restoring magicules, and even gaining a second life.
"What are the restrictions?"
Rin asked, "What are the conditions for resurrection?"
"Abandon all souls in the River of Oaths."
"And after use, the Garden of Truth within the Path to Hell will collapse and disappear for one year, requiring a year to return."
This means that each time this skill is used, there will be a one-year cooldown.
One life per year.
In Rin's opinion, this was not a restriction at all, but a perfectly acceptable price.
"Then..."
Testarossa smiled. "I should have won, right?"
"Heh..."
Diablo said helplessly, "You certainly won."
Compared to the Path to Hell, Lost Atlantis is far inferior in terms of functionality.
Her one Authority is used as five.
Aside from broken Authorities like Verethragna's Ten Incarnations, the Path to Hell is definitely one of the top-tier Authorities.
"Then, Rin-sama?"
Diablo and Testarossa exchanged glances and advised, "Please do not hesitate."
"Our mission is complete."
Testarossa said, "Now, let our power continue to fight alongside you."
What do the two of them want to do?
It's obvious. They hope Rin will kill them here and then reclaim the Ultimate Skill of Lucifer and Lilith.
Not only that, Rin could also gain four Authorities by killing them.
Two of them are precisely Lost Atlantis and the Path to Hell.
As for the remaining two...
It's hard to say. It depends on what kind of Authorities Rin can extract from Lucifer and Lilith.
Of course, Rin could choose not to take two Authorities.
Instead, he could plunder all the Ultimate Skills from Hebrew mythology through Lilith and Lucifer.
Furthermore, the two genuinely didn't mind dying by Rin's hand.
In the original novel, Diablo had ordered his subordinate monsters to offer themselves as sacrifices.
Sacrifice, in the eyes of monsters, was nothing at all.
Lower monsters obeying higher monsters is their instinct.
Rather, being able to sacrifice themselves to Rin was an honor for Diablo and Testarossa.
"You two..."
Rin expressed considerable distress over this.
It wasn't that he couldn't be ruthless, but Rin truly disliked the monsters' values.
"It's time to change these twisted personalities."
Rin did not accept their sacrifice, but he also didn't reject their good intentions.
"Violet."
"Yes."
"What is the feasibility of that plan?"
"Over 90%."
"OK."
Rather than killing them and sending them back to the Cardinal World, Rin preferred to let them stay and continue fighting alongside him in the Campione World.
As for the method... Rin remembered that in the original work, Lancelot became Kusanagi Godou's Subordinate God.
Yes, a Subordinate God.
Rin intended to transform Diablo and Testarossa into his Subordinate Gods, thereby preserving them.
Moreover, unlike ordinary Subordinate Gods,
Under Violet's operation, the two would transform into Rin's Authorities.
They could summon two Heretic God-level combatants to fight alongside him without consuming extra magicules.
"It can be done this way?!"
Diablo exclaimed in surprise. "As expected of Rin!"
Not just Diablo, Testarossa also looked at Rin with adoration, thinking to herself that her man was truly too gentle.
To avoid harming them, he came up with such a method.
"However, Subordinate Gods also have their flaws."
Rin said, "Subordinate God summons have a time limit."
Summoning two Heretic Gods at once, while such an Authority is powerful, its duration is only a brief ten minutes.
Furthermore, after each use, it cannot be activated again within seven days.
But even so,
Once these two Authorities are used, they can still triple the Campione's combat power, equivalent to three Campiones attacking simultaneously.
Most importantly, such an encirclement is still essentially a one-on-one fight between Campiones.
Therefore, it will not trigger the power of destiny. Thus, if the timing is grasped well enough, Rin can completely incapacitate any Campione within ten minutes.
After ten minutes, even if the opponent can still fight, their combat power would surely be greatly depleted...
(To be continued.)
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