Life and Death Intertwined
"Four or five shares of Willpower—it makes no difference now, since they're already in your hands..." Hela began, then suddenly stopped. Even the hand she'd raised to tear open space froze. "What do you mean, Orf alone is special? You think he's stronger than me, Vivian, and Uterede—and by a lot?"
"Yes. Strong enough to decide the winner and determine who lives or dies." Lincoln met Hela's gaze and answered seriously, without hesitation.
"Hela, you Chief Sovereigns have always stood above everyone else, with strength far beyond that of ordinary High-Level Chief Gods. You've also had little interest in studying all living things. So you probably don't know that there's a very strange race in this world called the Bula Clan."
"The Bula Clan? What's so strange about them? And what does Orf have to do with them?" Hela asked gravely.
"The Bula Clan's bodies are only comparable to those of ordinary divine beasts. What makes them truly terrifying is their ability to split their personalities in two. They pour all their positive traits into one Divine Clone, and all their negative traits into another. Because of this unusual division, the souls of their two Divine Clones have different auras. Until someone from the Bula Clan reveals their identity, outsiders can't recognize two people with wildly different personalities and soul auras as the same person."
Following Lincoln's line of thought, Hela said, "You mean Orf is from the Bula Clan, and he has another clone."
Lincoln nodded. "That's right—and it's a Chief God clone. Hela, think about it. Among the Chief Gods, Orf is renowned as a research fanatic and a genuinely good man. Why would such a good man kill the first Chief Sovereign of Light for no reason? And which Chief God is notorious