Hobart spread out his spirituality and sensed the changes brought by the Corrupted Baron's Potion.
First, the four applications of Bribe had improved significantly, by roughly 30% overall. He estimated that once he had fully digested the Corrupted Baron's Potion, they would improve by 50%!
Then there was a new skill: Corrosion!
This was the Corrupted Baron's core skill.
It could gradually make the minds of everyone within ten meters grow darker and greedier, making them prone to irrational choices. It could also launch Extraordinary Attacks against individual enemies or multiple enemies within its range.
Hobart sighed. Another Area Attack Skill. His previous Area Attack Skill had been the Stone of Loss of Control, but he had never had much chance to use its area-of-effect properties, because he had always avoided fighting multiple enemies at once.
In addition, Distortion had also improved greatly and could now be used as an Extraordinary Ability. He could distort a target's words, actions, intentions, and meanings while simultaneously establishing an Order more favorable to himself.
He could even distort the target's direction and objective. In other words, even without the Order Wood, he could more or less achieve its effects.
Hobart suddenly thought, The Corrupted Baron—or rather, the Black Emperor's authority over Distortion—is somewhat similar to The Fool's Grafting ability.
The difference was that the Black Emperor directly distorted things head-on, so the opponent could come to their senses after the battle. Grafting, however, might occur without anyone noticing. Even after the battle ended, there was a high chance that the opponent would fail to notice the changes in themself.
That was why The Fool belonged to Mysteries, while the Black Emperor was depicted clad in armor, clearly more inclined toward confronting opponents head-on.
And this pathway's method of Finding Loopholes and exploiting them