Chapter 024: Contradiction

First, Wang Bo already knew the codenames and abilities of the five from Yellow Hair.

But this time, when Wang Bo questioned Fox Fairy, he found that Fox Fairy had a new explanation.

First, Fox Fairy's real name was Mei Yu. She told others that her ability was to confuse others and control them, but in reality, her ability was soul manipulation.

She could control human souls.

Anyone she touched would have their soul involuntarily submit to her, pledge allegiance to her as master, obey her orders unconditionally, and she could even effortlessly swap two souls.

The original owner of the Fugui Maru was not Mei Yu, but after the owner of the Fugui Maru was touched by Mei Yu, he became her slave and willingly gave the Fugui Maru to Mei Yu.

The patrol personnel under the Fugui Maru were all slaves Mei Yu obtained using her ability.

From this, Wang Bo could confirm his earlier judgment.

The abilities of these people were not as simple as they claimed.

Besides Yellow Hair and Fox Fairy, the Knight's ability might not be enhancement, and the Assassin's ability might not be walking in shadows. As for the most mysterious Apostle—

That guy was the one who deserved the most attention.

He could easily find Hades' followers, which showed he had a connection with Hades.

As for what kind of connection, Wang Bo wasn't sure either.

But Wang Bo guessed that perhaps if he found the Apostle, he could find Hades.

"One last question."

After some exchange, Wang Bo had grasped most of the information, but he still had one last doubt: "Before your subordinate died, he summoned a demon. Do you know why?"

"Summon a demon?" Fox Fairy was somewhat surprised and said incredulously, "You say he summoned a demon? How is that possible? He couldn't, no, how could he summon a demon?"

She was very surprised that her subordinate had the means to summon a demon; it was too bizarre.

Even she didn't have such means.

Wang Bo asked with a puzzled expression, "Your subordinate could summon a demon, and you didn't know?"

Fox Fairy Mei Yu shook her head; she really didn't know.

"Aren't they your subordinates? Haven't they submitted to you? Why don't you know?" Wang Bo pressed. The soul control ability was unreasonable; it meant that the other party had basically no secrets in front of Mei Yu.

Mei Yu said, "I really don't know. As far as I know, he didn't have the means to summon a demon. How did he summon one?"

Wang Bo said, "He recited a passage of incantation, sacrificed his soul, and summoned a demon."

"Incantation?" Mei Yu was startled and quickly said, "What kind of incantation?"

Wang Bo recited a short passage of incantation praising the demon. Feeling the magic power in his body begin to boil, he stopped reciting. If he finished the incantation, part of his magic power would vanish into thin air.

And that part of magic power would be used to summon a demon.

If one had no magic power in their body, something else would be used as a substitute, such as the most precious soul within the human body.

In this world, most humans had no magic power. After they finished reciting the incantation, the effect of the incantation would naturally activate, sacrificing the reciter's soul to summon a demon.

"Impossible, how is this possible? This is absolutely impossible. This isn't an incantation to summon a demon; this is clearly an incantation to praise a god," Fox Fairy Mei Yu reacted intensely upon hearing the incantation.

Wang Bo asked in surprise, "Who told you this is an incantation to praise a god?"

"The Apostle, of course."

"The Apostle?" Wang Bo raised an eyebrow. How did everything get tied to this guy? Wang Bo mentally raised the importance of the Apostle by several levels and asked slowly, "So, this incantation was also taught to you by the Apostle?"

Fox Fairy Mei Yu nodded and said, "This incantation was indeed taught to us by the Apostle. He told us that in times of crisis, if we recite this incantation to praise the god, we would gain the god's attention, and the god would naturally help us defeat our enemies."

"And you just believed the Apostle's words?"

"The Apostle is the god's apostle; of course I have to believe his words," Fox Fairy Mei Yu said matter-of-factly.

Wang Bo said thoughtfully, "It seems you have great faith in that guy."

But Fox Fairy Mei Yu shook her head and said, "That guy is mysterious and not trustworthy at all."

Wang Bo was stunned, a face full of question marks: "You don't trust the Apostle?"

"Why should I trust that mysterious guy?"

"Then why do you believe what he says? Don't you think that's contradictory?" Wang Bo asked.

Fox Fairy Mei Yu said dismissively, "What's so contradictory about that? I don't trust him, but he is the god's apostle. I believe his words; I believe he wouldn't deceive us."

Wang Bo looked at Fox Fairy Mei Yu and couldn't help but laugh.

Fox Fairy didn't trust the Apostle's character, yet she firmly believed his words. More importantly, she found nothing contradictory about such a contradiction.

That was very interesting.

Once upon a time, a man lost his axe. He suspected his neighbor's son had stolen it, so he observed the boy. The way the boy walked looked like he had stolen the axe; his facial expressions looked like he had stolen the axe; his words and tone sounded even more like he had stolen the axe. Every word and action, every move, was exactly like someone who had stolen the axe.

Soon after, the man who lost the axe found it while turning over his grain pile. The next day, when he saw his neighbor's son again, he felt that the boy's words and actions showed no sign of being an axe thief.

This is the idiom 'suspecting one's neighbor of stealing the axe.'

This is actually a normal mindset. According to common sense, when you suspect someone, even their every move is worth suspecting, and you certainly wouldn't believe a single word they say.

But Fox Fairy said she was very suspicious of the Apostle, finding him mysterious. According to common sense, she wouldn't believe what the Apostle said.

Yet she firmly believed every word the Apostle said.

That was very contradictory.

Wang Bo thought for a moment and arrived at an answer: the Apostle's ability was problematic, or rather, his ability was to make people believe what he said.

That was why Fox Fairy firmly believed his words.

This wasn't nonsense. In some matters, language actually had power. For example, some powerful races used language not only for communication but also to manipulate the forces of nature.

The most notable was the 'Dragon Language' of the Dragon Clan world.

There were at least 121 types of Dragon Language in that world, arranged in a form similar to the periodic table of elements. Each type of Dragon Language had a different function. The higher the rank of the Dragon Language, the greater the danger.