Tome of Blood

Chapter 382: The Disadvantages of Mind Control

Chapter 382 -38- The Disadvantages of Mind Control

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Eleanor believed in herself?

Charlotte froze for a moment, trying to hold back so she didn't immediately sink into the consciousness communication belief network to see if it was true.

Speaking of which, she really hasn't paid much attention to the affairs of her own believers recently.

There is no way, the prayers of believers are too loud.

Ever since she had a faith network and was able to establish contact with believers, Charlotte had a deep understanding of what it means to be troubled.

She has less than a thousand believers, and her mind is like a vegetable market. Someone prays in the morning, someone prays at noon, and someone prays at night... Even in the middle of the night, there are people praying from time to time, which is annoying to death.

So... Charlotte has long since blocked most of her prayers.

Although her current mental power is strong enough, the soul power of her main body has not yet reached the level where she can handle many prayers like a computer.

Charlotte believes that other myths must have corresponding solutions, probably some kind of "tool" that can handle most prayers on their behalf.

Otherwise, even the gods would probably be driven crazy by these continuous voices.

Charlotte also tried to find relevant information in Albrecht's memory, but unfortunately... Albrecht was just a legend after all. He knew how to become a god, but his knowledge of how to be a god was blank.

Charlotte herself is also a novice, driving on the road without a driver's license, she can only temporarily set the faith network to a semi-activated state, and does not actively receive prayers from other believers except a few family members.

Only in her spare time, she sinks into her consciousness, connects to the faith network, and chooses some particularly emotional prayers to respond to as appropriate.

Thinking about it now, she has been busy with other things these days, but she hasn't responded to believers for a long time.

Although it is irresponsible to say so, if Eleanor really believes in her...

Cough, she might really not know yet.

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Charlotte ordered Earl Gaston a few more words before sending him back.

After all, the central meeting has not yet been held, and it is more conspicuous for him to come to the door with such a big thorn. Charlotte is thinking about the political changes in the New Moon Kingdom, and it is not for people to worry about.

As for Gaston... he was a bit too ambitious, he was obviously contracted by her to become a blood slave, and even left a spiritual hint of unconditional allegiance, but he still had some thoughts and greed of his own.

If you want to say something wrong, you can't say that he is wrong. From the perspective of the Gaston family, his appeal is indeed justifiable.

But Charlotte was not very satisfied.

You know, she used [mental manipulation] to disintegrate the resistance consciousness of Earl Gaston and his son. Theoretically speaking, their way of thinking since they became blood servants should give priority to Charlotte.

But now it seems... Although there are contract constraints, the effect may be limited.

This made Charlotte hesitate a bit about his original plan.

In her plan, Earl Gaston is the main pawn in her plan to secretly control Bold, and she even plans to use his claim to the Duchy of Gaston to seek more power in the future.

However, if this chess piece does not satisfy her, then many things need to be reconsidered.

It can be regarded as Charlotte's guilty conscience.

Unlike Albrecht's "voluntary" becoming a blood servant, Earl Gaston and his sons are her punitive mind control in a real sense.

In the earliest days, Charlotte even planned to use them to release the control and modify the memory after the war ended, and let them roll back to Boulder to fend for themselves.

Charlotte has always been sensitive to direct use of mind control.

She knows that her self-control is limited, and it is easy to develop path dependence. Once she gets used to mind control, she is likely to use this shortcut for many times in the future.

The reason why shortcuts are shortcuts is that there are hidden dangers in shortcuts.

Not to mention that any magic has the possibility of being dispelled in a strict sense, even if it is not dispelled, this way of forcibly manipulating the spirit of others can easily make people gradually get lost in power.

Charlotte has always been sensitive to losing herself.

Therefore, she never thought of keeping the two of them under control.

It was only later that Earl Gaston did make a lot of contributions in the war, and his comprehensive ability was surprisingly good. He could satisfy Charlotte with anything that Charlotte asked her to do. That's why he became the Regent of Boulder. explain.

Unknowingly, Charlotte's plan for Earl Gaston also changed from erasing the memory after use up to dismissing it, to trying to see if he could turn him into a true follower.

Real followers can be different from [Mind Control].

When the other party becomes her true follower, even if the [spiritual control] in the depths of his soul is released, he will still be loyal to her.

In order to achieve this, during the Boulder War, Charlotte often brought the other side by her side, and also gave various preferential treatment and support to Earl Gaston and his son.

But it turns out that Charlotte still thinks too well.

With the help of the communication with the other party just now, Charlotte also secretly sensed the imprint she left in the other party's soul, and it is easy to know that the other party's current allegiance to her is still only controlled by spiritual magic and blood servant contract.

Once the contract is terminated, I am afraid that the two parties will immediately part ways. After the spiritual magic expires, the other party may fall into anger and rebellion.

This is a hidden danger, and it is not a hidden danger that is completely impossible to happen. It is also the essential reason why Charlotte pursues true allegiance.

As for the various preferential treatments that Charlotte gave after contracting with the other party... it didn't have any effect.

Seriously speaking, it's not that Earl Gaston himself is hard to recruit.

In Charlotte's view, this should be the drawback of [Mind Control] itself.

Unlike her forced contract with Nice back then, and her threat to lure Yurst to become a member of the blood family, none of Charlotte's previous followers had been manipulated by her.

Thoughts that have not been manipulated are the purest thoughts, a blank sheet of paper on which you can paint as you wish, and it is easier to cultivate affection and loyalty in treating each other sincerely.

Even if, the two sides may be in the same situation at first.

But [mental manipulation] is different.

[Spiritual manipulation] Although you can take a shortcut to gain allegiance, the seeds of "distrust" are planted from the very beginning.

After all, if you really trust, where is the term "mind control"?

[Mind Control] is a magic to forcibly obtain allegiance, but it is also a shackle.

This is equivalent to a stain on the white paper, and any subsequent efforts will be weakened by [mental manipulation].

There is no way, the relationship itself is two-way, it is impossible to ask the other party to be truly loyal to oneself from the heart, but at the same time, one "doesn't trust" the other party.

After all, the other party has already pledged his allegiance to him under the hint of his heart, so all his preferential treatment is a kind of reason in a sense.

Not to mention that Earl Gaston is different from her other followers. Even without mind control, the Earl himself is an ambitious and ruthless nobleman.

His allegiance to the third prince was not from the heart, but to use each other.

Of course, Charlotte doesn't have to think so much.

It's fine to use the other party as a tool, as long as the other party is not placed in a key position.

But who made Charlotte have further expectations before.

Now it seems that it is very likely that she is being sentimental on her own.

"It's also because I'm too greedy. From the beginning, I went with the mentality of looking for a tool person, and there's no need to expect so much."

Charlotte shook her head.

She didn't intend to continue to expect more from Earl Gaston.

How to be lenient is still how to be lenient, and how to use it is still how to use it. After all, the other party is her blood servant.

Tool people also have the usage of tool people. Even ambitious tool people can achieve incredible results once they are used in the right place in the right way.

This is the ability to control people.

But more, don't think about it now.

Shaking her head, Charlotte stopped thinking about Earl Gaston.

She wanted to see what was going on with Eleanor.

Back in the study, Charlotte screened everyone away, then sank into consciousness and connected to the belief network.

She has been in contact with Eleanor, and has deliberately recorded the breath of the other party. If the other party really becomes her believer, she can theoretically find it in the web of faith.

The network of beliefs unfolded, and there were more than a thousand stars, all of which were followers of Charlotte.

And after some searching, Charlotte really found a new light in the corner.

It was a rather shining light, and among the more than a thousand believers, it was considered to be relatively firm in faith, and the breath gave Charlotte a similar familiarity.

That... is indeed Eleanor's breath.

"Do you really believe in me? And... it seems that the belief is still a firm and fanatical one?"

Charlotte was dumbfounded.

She was pretty sure she hadn't preached to Eleanor.

No, or to be more precise, she didn't expect the other party to become her believer.

So what is the situation with this light of faith that is comparable to devout believers?

Charlotte was amazed, puzzled, and curious.

After pondering for a while, she decided to "see" for herself what was going on with the other party.

The divine power of blood is at work, and Charlotte communicates with Eleanor's belief light.

The next moment, she projected her consciousness to the past.

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