After completing Ron's harsh challenge, clearing Ron's Tomb became a natural next step.
With the experienced thief Ben.Franklin leading the way, they quickly identified a route into the Hall of Valor.
As Xu Nan walked, he pondered the mysterious power he had just gained control over.
This power had been named Authority: Entropy by the Lost Paradise system, but, unusually, it came with no explanation at all.
He could only explore it on his own.
The vast knowledge that had appeared in his mind could not be digested immediately—some of it even felt contrary to common sense, full of contradictions.
It was deeply imprinted in Xu Nan's mind and bloodline, leaving him somewhat unaccustomed to it.
Fortunately, he had long since learned how to deal with overly complicated knowledge.
That was, to ignore it.
Though that seemed a little like burying his head in the sand, as a sorcerer, Xu Nan could honestly say that he had done his best.
It couldn't be helped. He was not a mage; researching knowledge was inconvenient for him. He could only try his best to understand and digest it.
First of all, he could determine that this power known as an authority seemed similar to divine offices and domains of the gods, yet not quite the same.
The authority granted to Xu Nan by the Entropy Book did not seem as readily convertible into immediate combat power as a god's divine office or domain.
Of course, that was also related to the fact that Xu Nan's authority was incomplete.
Beneath the relevant entry was the following notation—
Authority: Entropy (2/16)
It was not hard to infer that the Entropy Book had at least sixteen pages. Only by gathering all sixteen pages could one obtain the full authority bestowed by Ron.
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