Two weeks after the Phantom Lord incident.
With Aibo's efforts, the Seven Sins Guga underwent a major upgrade. They had shed their penguin "mortal shells" and been reborn.
They could no longer be called Guga. They were now the true [Seven Sin Apostles].
Aibo had molded normal human bodies for his Seven Sin Apostles and equipped them with a simple language system. Although they were all only 1.2 meters tall, making them look like child versions of the "originals," they were otherwise almost indistinguishable from humans.
It was not that Aibo was unwilling to give them adult bodies. He was simply worried that they might be confused with the originals.
To prevent anyone from mistaking [Sloth] for Wendy—who was 144 centimeters tall—Aibo had even added halo effects behind the apostles' heads. Each halo also contained their corresponding "Seven Sins" character.
The halos were not merely decorations. Besides increasing the Seven Sin Apostles' efficiency at absorbing "negative emotions," they were also crystallized Word Magic.
Unlike ordinary Word Magic, which provided positive buffs, this was an "inverse application" of Word Magic. It was a form of Cost Magic—"sacrificing a certain price in exchange for a stronger magical effect"—and an extremely profound magical technique.
The price paid by the Seven Sin Apostles was that their personalities would gradually grow closer to their respective "original sins," in exchange for more powerful Curse Power.
Simply put, [Pride] would become even more prideful, [Wrath] would become quicker to anger, and so on.
After completing this series of modifications, the Seven Sin Apostles' maximum Curse Power had reached the level of S-Class Mages.
The more people there were in a place, the denser the Curse Power formed from their emotions would be. Magnolia now had a population of two to three hundred thousand, so as long as