I think your situation and Acheron's were entirely different. One was shrouded by the shadow of The Nihility, while the other was swallowed by The Nihility and then swallowed The Nihility in turn. That gap was probably a bit too large.
"That isn't important. What's important is that the gains were huge. Or rather... far too huge!"
Although nothing appeared on Chen Luo's status panel, he had indeed gained some kind of power related to authority.
Chen Luo could now not only obtain Raw Stones by fulfilling wishes, and trigger wishes more keenly, but even guide others toward finding wishes of their own.
At that moment, the Seed of Transcendence shone brilliantly.
And Chen Luo only truly understood how to use this authority when he saw Yae Kasumi.
The false Wish Authority: If there was a wish, fulfill it!
The true Wish Authority: If there was no wish, create one, then fulfill it!
However, the Wish Authority was not yet skilled at expanding in that direction. While he could gradually improve through familiarity, swallowing all of The Nihility would be a much faster method.
"The achievement is worth 3,000 Raw Stones. After deducting the 300 Raw Stones I owe you, Boss, that leaves 2,700 Raw Stones. If all of that is converted into merit..." Vita looked at Chen Luo expectantly.
The only way to obtain merit was to help Chen Luo gain Raw Stones, and wasn't what Vita had done also helping Chen Luo avoid spending 3,000 Raw Stones?
"2,700 merit," Chen Luo said.
"That can't be right, can it? Twenty Raw Stones for one strand of World Source, and one strand of World Source sells for 1,000 merit. Then 3,000 Raw Stones..."
Three thousand Raw Stones could be exchanged for 150,000 merit!
Forget 2,700 Raw Stones—even 2,000 Raw Stones