"It's permanent employment. The idea behind this divine art is that everything in the world has a price. In theory, anything can be bought with money. As long as you spend enough divine power, you can forcibly twist a target's will and thoughts, compelling them to change owners." Conilia smiled calmly.
"It sounds lofty, but it's really pretty useless. The power of this light spear alone was enough to destroy the pirate ship, and every Dark Eldar aboard would have died with it.
"That's the price of this divine art. Anything of value is treated as a bargaining chip. If you want to buy over an enemy, then the enemy's will, loyalty, thoughts, attitude toward your side, combat awareness, and everything else—including such vague things as beliefs—are all included. The effect that buying them over will have on their future fate is also added to the bargaining chips and placed on the scales.
"So the cost of buying over a target is inevitably higher than simply destroying it.
"The reason we chose the Dark Eldar as our target is that these Black Sprouts have scattered wills and practically no loyalty to their faction. And since they're NPCs, their emotions and other factors are reduced to a minimum. That's why we can buy them over at a relatively low cost."
After all that explanation, the point was simple: this divine art looked impressive, but it often wasn't worth the trouble.
"No. If you destroy the enemy, you get nothing. At least those who are converted can serve as cannon fodder. This divine art is still very useful, especially when it comes to building up certain elite units." As Lin Zhichen spoke, he projected an image of a Dark Eldar, stirring the Gods' interest.
As the saying went, "The lotus grows unstained