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In truth, Kudou Asuka's Gift could bestow Simulated Divinity upon targets. It was not limited to Gifts; people, events, and objects could all be endowed with it.
Otherwise, Kudou Asuka would have had no way to make beings with lower Lingge obey her by lodging Simulated Divinity within them.
So, even without specifically preparing Gifts, Kudou Asuka could fight by granting Simulated Divinity to other targets.
Unfortunately, doing so came with many restrictions.
For example, if an individual's Lingge exceeded Kudou Asuka's own, then she could not control them.
That was because Kudou Asuka bestowed Simulated Divinity through language.
Sound gradually weakened as it traveled.
Based on that principle, the Simulated Divinity Kudou Asuka bestowed through speech would inevitably deteriorate before reaching its target.
Depending on the target's Lingge, it might even be resisted.
For that reason, Kudou Asuka's Gift was not particularly suited for control.
It had been the same when she confronted Noah.
At the time, Noah, who had used a priest incarnation, had not used Divine Power, nor had he even fully employed his magic.
Yet under those circumstances, Kudou Asuka had needed to release the Simulated Divinity bestowed upon the wind and sand to its utmost extent just to offset a casual controlling strike from Noah.
It was easy to imagine that when she bestowed Simulated Divinity upon ordinary things, her power was indeed weakened considerably after going through the process of speech.
But if the target was a Gift, things were different.
After all, Gifts possessed