MTLNOVEL Chapter 35: Chapter 31: The Price of Power
Chapter 31: The Price of Power
Perspective: Velkaris
Ten days.
That's all it took.
Ten days to fully erase the island from the minds of the world.
Ten days to turn fishermen, wanderers, and forgotten folk into true believers of a god who never existed—until I forced the lie into reality.
Ten days for Velkaris to matter.
The temple shimmered in the center of the reimagined village—now called The Reflecting Spire.
The people chanted my names.
They carried blank-faced masks.
They whispered doubt into the sea, each word twisting truth just slightly.
And most importantly...
I had earned currency.
System Status: Currency Update
Faith Points (FP): 1,430
Fake Divine Points (FDP): 190,600
System Points (SP): 500 (initial amount)
DING!
You have unlocked Tier-3 Purchasable Entities:
Angels / High-Sequence Servants — Available for Purchase
✦ 1. Lord of Thousand Faces
Origin: Once a powerful king who erased his name and face to achieve immortality through masks.
Alignment: Fake Pathway (Sequence 3 – Mirage Monarch)
Function: Master of deception. Infiltrates divine systems, disrupts prophecy, and adopts identities at will.
Price:
500 FP
90,000 FDP
7,500 SP
✦ 2. The Unspoken Herald
Origin: Born from a cult that worshipped silence. Once seen, it is forgotten.
Alignment: Shared – Fake & Witness Pathways (Sequence 2 – Absent Word)
Function: Stealth infiltrator. Erases memory of itself, implants subconscious commands, immune to divination.
Price:
650 FP
80,500 FDP
6,000 SP
✦ 3. Mother of Mirrors
Origin: A fragment of a Sefirah-touched entity tied to reflection and belief.
Alignment: Fake + Heartbound hybrid (Sequence 2 – Mirror Matriarch)
Function: Controls reflective surfaces. Traps thoughts, bends belief, and alters reality within mirrors.
Price:
750 FP
110,000 FDP
9,000 SP
Note: Current promotion allows single-currency purchases, but later purchases will require all three currencies.
I reviewed the options, each pulsing with reality-bending authority.
The Lord of Thousand Faces offered power in mimicry—ideal for infiltration, infiltration, infiltration.
The Unspoken Herald was more subtle—so subtle, in fact, that one might forget why they even bought it.
But the Mother of Mirrors...
She resonated.
Not just with the Fake Pathway, but with the Heartbound.
She didn't merely deceive—
She altered perception.
System:
Confirm purchase?
✦ Mother of Mirrors ✦
Cost: 750 FP, 110,000 FDP, 9,000 SP
Remaining Balance:
FP: 680
FDP: 80,600
SP: 500 (You may convert for next transaction.)
"Buy her," I said.
DING. Purchase complete. Binding in progress…
✦ [Entity Bound: Mother of Mirrors] ✦
Title: Voice of Reflections
Form: A veiled woman of living glass, her skin a shifting surface of faces—your faces.
Abilities:
Anchors lies within mirrors.
Creates mirror sanctuaries that warp divine observation.
Can project false versions of others—including gods.
Deeply bonded to the evolving Sefirah: The Mask of Reflection.
She emerged from the altar mirror without sound, a quiet wave of stillness following her.
She bowed low, the glint of countless identities flickering across her skin.
"I see myself in you," she whispered.
"And I will make sure everyone else does too."
End of Chapter 31: The Price of Power