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After exchanging a few brief pleasantries.

Although Kaisa showed no particular emotion on his face.

Erebus still picked up on the other party's microexpressions, gaze, skin...

As well as the fact that his actions had become far less restrained and much more natural.

He sensed that Kaisa had already developed a slight favorable impression of him.

His attitude had shifted from wary to friendly.

And from the somewhat awkward words Kaisa used in conversation, Erebus had formed a rough judgment of his actual personality.

This is someone who does not interact with others much. He is most likely rather solitary, with few friends—or perhaps none at all...

At that moment.

Dozens of plans for directly turning the other party into an ally surfaced in Erebus's mind one after another.

Psychology.

Back when he had still been the Chief Pastor of the Word Bearers Legion, Erebus had already mastered it inside and out.

No matter who it was, he could get along with them exceptionally well.

Speaking human words to humans and ghost words to ghosts was merely the most basic skill.

He could even make many atheists and heretics willingly become devout believers of the Emperor!

It was precisely because of this.

That he had been able to sit firmly in the position of Chief Pastor amid a pack of religious lunatics.

And now.

He was no longer the man he had once been!

Over the hundreds of millions of years since becoming a Great Demon.

Through countless trials, Erebus had honed skills such as speech, observation, personality adjustment, and psychological suggestion... to a transcendent level, turning them into abilities akin to concepts or authorities.

All he needed was to watch someone for a short while.

And he could accurately detect the psychological vulnerabilities and personality flaws hidden within them,