Nimrod began sorting through the extraordinary abilities of Sequence 4 "Fallen Count."
Everything had rules and followed certain patterns.
"Fallen Counts" excelled at finding loopholes in rules and exploiting them for their own benefit.
A "Fallen Count" could designate an area, alter, add to, or exploit certain rules within it, creating a battlefield advantageous to themselves, where nothing could evade their senses.
[The "Fallen Count's" ability to exploit rules and seize loopholes has undergone a qualitative transformation!]
Nimrod divided the eleven newly acquired abilities into three major categories. The first ones that caught his attention were the three abilities already present in his memories:
The first was "Bestowal," which could directly bestow a negative state upon a target, causing them to lose their fighting spirit, become passive and lazy, grow greedy and impatient, or even focus solely on money.
The second was "Exploitation," which could make a certain state last longer or end sooner, making the rules more advantageous to himself.
The third was "Amplification," which could strengthen the effects or influence of certain actions. An ordinary strike could become an "Execution," while an empty embrace from a distance could become restraint—but only one thing could be amplified at a time.
This amplification included both extraordinary abilities and the amplified effects of extraordinary items.
Next came the three abilities gained from the completion of the Source Essence.
The first was "Shadow Exploitation." It allowed him to Hide in Shadows, transform into a shadow or a false shadow, and use the shadows of both parties as witnesses to create a contract linking their souls.
Once violated, the shadow would harm its owner's spirit, amounting to a potent curse.
He could also rely on the symbolic power of shadows to quietly alter key clauses at the instant a contract was signed, forcing