091, [Jealousy]
1. Jealousy: You are the planter of jealousy and the guide of strife.
The second primordial desire that the impurities of faith precipitate and manifest in Talos is jealousy.
Due to the limited information provided by the soul fire and the lack of effective experiments, Talos did not know if using jealousy to stir up strife in the human world could directly gain strength and strengthen himself like eating.
The only thing that is certain is that the appearance of jealousy gives Talos the first spell-like ability after turning to a bloodline knight, the seed of jealousy, the spellcasting ability that has not been seen for a long time since the shattering of the meditation space.
Like all other bloodline warlocks whose spellcasting abilities are derived from bloodline, rather than using their spirits to harness elemental energy, Talos's spell-like abilities are directly derived from jealousy, one of the seven primordial desires.
As a result, the Seed of Envy doesn't need a spell or a spell model, and can be released whenever he wants.
In spellcasting terms, it is instantaneous - the caster can only be instantaneous if the spell is burned into the meditation space.
Its magical effect is to sow a seed of jealousy in the target's mind, absorbing the negative emotions that the other person perceives and does not perceive, and gradually grows into the fruit of evil that can control a person's will, judgment, and reason.
Obviously, the Seed of Envy is not the kind of instant spell that can see the effect in a short period of time, but it can yield very impressive results over time and with extreme emotions.
Especially when used to sow discord and divide people's hearts, it can have unexpected effects and power, this is Talos's initial evaluation of the seeds of jealousy.
Another change caused by the awakening of jealousy is the temporary sigil door in the center of the soul fire, which was transformed by the remnants of the Killing Lord's divine power.
In the center of the stone gate, which had become empty after the first plane descended, a hazy and vague pattern gradually emerged as the second primordial desire awakened.
It is the embodiment of jealousy, just as the earthly python is to gluttony.
Judging from the unclear outline in the center of the stone gate, the manifestation of jealousy is roughly similar to that of Naga, vaguely in the form of a half-human, half-snake, rather than a snake in the traditional sense.
As for what kind of serpentine monster it belonged to, Talos couldn't make an accurate judgment based on a hazy silhouette for the time being.
Although the Awakened Primal Desire was not the Silver Jade that he had feared the most, and the appearance of the Second Primordial Desire put the Second Plane Descent on the agenda, Talos was not too surprised by this.
Compared to the strange killing intent just now, which almost made Talos lose his mind, the change brought about by jealousy was obviously a little insignificant.
"Jealousy comes from dissatisfaction, yearning, anger, and shame, and a considerable degree of longing, when one sees someone else's goodness, good fortune, or an advantage that one does not have. If we leave aside the negative emotions that entangle it, there is not much essential difference between envy and jealousy. ”
After encountering the gluttony counterattack for the first time and learning about the existence and types of the seven primordial desires, Talos tried to re-analyze and define them from the philosophical, psychological and other professional levels, hoping to increase the possibility and success rate of controlling the seven primordial desires through theoretical cognition, so as to deal with the counterattack that may come at any time.
At this time, Talos, whose face had returned to normal in the eyes of the wood elves, buried his body in his seat, constantly replaying the clip just now in his mind, using the knowledge he learned to carefully analyze himself from the aspects of behavior and psychology from the aspects of behavior and psychology, and looking for the root cause of the awakening of jealousy.
The result was gratifying, and Talos could say with great certainty that the moment he saw Bruce, he didn't have any emotions related to dissatisfaction, yearning, anger, and shame, let alone envy, even if the other party was a third-order mage with a greater reputation and strength than him.
In fact, from the first sight of the Human Prince, what pervaded Naga's mind was an endless and boiling killing intent, and there was no extra place to give birth to jealousy.
On the one hand, this conclusion made Talos feel a little proud and complacent, and the absence of jealousy and envy meant that he subconsciously put Bruce and himself on an equal footing—although it was more likely out of pride and self-esteem—that he would not be inferior in the future, but on the other hand, it made Talos more and more confused and puzzled.
The sudden awakening of jealousy can barely be attributed to coincidence, but the sudden desire to crush the other party's bones and ashes, and the killing intent of eating flesh and sleeping skin can never be explained reasonably.
"Perhaps...... Can I re-simulate the scene to verify if there is a connection between the killing intent and the blues?"
Talos was never short of experimentation—an important quality that mages often promote—and as soon as he thought of a way, he immediately opened his eyes, ready to use the corner of his eye to find traces of the Human Prince, and look at him again.
As the representative of the royal family of the Golden Empire, Bruce's position must be very conspicuous, either the first row or the second row, plus the back of the other party's head covered by neat long golden hair, I am afraid that in less than ten seconds, he will be able to find the other party in the Golden Temple Square.
However, just as Talos had just conceived the idea and was about to put it into practice, the killing intent that had faded as jealousy awakened suddenly haunted Naga again.
Bruce is watching him!
Talos felt that something was very wrong, but what was even more wrong was that just like just now, before he used his eyes to observe, think with his brain, and analyze information to draw conclusions, he already knew the answer in advance, and it was an accurate answer.
This was verified after three seconds.
Talos found Bruce in the first row in the center with great difficulty, and he was turning his head to scan the entire square with a spectacular crowd.
No one cared about Bruce's inadvertent movements, only Talos knew that the second prince of the Golden Empire always split his gaze when he scanned the square, and landed on Naga in the third row on the left.
As if sensing Talos's undisguised gaze, the Human Prince gave up his disguise and shot his gaze in the direction of Naga as well.
This was a good sign, Talos thought cautiously, indicating that he was not the only one who had noticed the anomaly just now, otherwise it would be impossible to explain what Bruce had just done, and what he was about to do.
The gray-blue pupils and emerald eyes collided again through the guests, staggered after three seconds of eye contact, and then ended.
Talos knew that he and Bruce had already gotten the answers they wanted.
They are presumably enemies of fate.
Because at the moment of staring at each other, Talos finally realized that the true source of the killing intent was not the outside, but himself, the soul fire that was related to life and death.