Once Quinás Colg had finally determined which extraordinary path the enemy belonged to, Germán Spáro in the garden, the vineyard, and the manor house simultaneously raised his left hand, bending the middle, ring, and little fingers while extending the index and thumb to form a simple pistol shape. The index fingers, representing the barrel and muzzle, brushed steadily toward Quinás Colg in the air, and the corresponding forearms trembled with the force of recoil, as if struck by a volley. Puff! Puff! Puff! Puff! Puff! In the deafening sound, beside the "Duke of Decay," dressed in a white shirt and black trousers, a series of remarkably ethereal white doves emerged, soaring out in all directions—spectacular and beautifully graceful. This was the iron-covered pocket watch, the random transformation brought forth by "The Concert of Light and Shadow," which transformed one after another of the air cannon shells—capable of collapsing houses—into harmless "Peaceful Doves" with no force at all. Quon纳斯. Kolg observed the chaos disrupting the enemy's synchronized fire. When he saw the white doves take flight, rising into the sky and dispersing, he showed no surprise at all. He had anticipated this for years—he had endured the negative effects of the seal for years now! Seizing the moment, he raised both hands, holding his "tin" pocket watch and the peculiar pistol, and brought them together—this was "Twist," a distortion aimed at all of the Gelman. Sparo below. For Quon纳斯. Kolg, fighting against the "Sorcerer of Illusions" had always been a source of frustration: he could never tell whether the enemy standing before him was a genuine entity or merely a puppet, unless the puppet was particularly poorly crafted. As a result, he often hesitated to use his extraordinary abilities, since they were ineffective against the puppets. — Range-based "prohibitions" are still effective, but targeted "deprivations" have no practical significance in battle. No matter how many exceptional abilities are stripped from the spirit companions, the original entity remains unaffected. Once the opponent simply swaps to a different spirit companion, the issue is resolved. For the same reason, the amplification of negative effects on the spirit companions' magical items has also been strategically and temporarily set aside by Quon纳斯. Colg. Similarly, the "bestowals" of the Duke of Decay prove ineffective—indeed, they are even less impactful than "deprivations." While "deprivations" can remove specific exceptional abilities from the spirit companions, the negative states granted by "bestowals" have no effect whatsoever, whether it's apathy, loss of morale, or restlessness focused solely on finances. For a spirit companion that is fundamentally lifeless, lacking independent thought or initiative, such states are entirely meaningless. Therefore, Quon纳斯. Colg has decided to first address the issue of distinguishing between spirit companions and their original bodies. In this regard, others might struggle, but a high-tier strong one who has come through the "lawyer" path certainly doesn't have such concerns. Everything follows rules and patterns, and the "lawyer" half-gods excel at identifying their loopholes and exploiting them. Having fought other "tricksters" before and carefully reflecting on how to handle similar situations, Qunusa Colg now feels confident that "distortion" can counteract his opponents. He knows that "tricksters" can seamlessly switch between their essence and all their simulacra. His plan is to "distort" this ability, making it so that the "trickster" can only switch between a specific two or three simulacra. With this, the difficulty of distinguishing between essence and simulacra will be minimized. Of course, if the "distortion" hadn't been constrained to no more than a necessary extent, and if the range-based "restrictions" hadn't already reached their numerical ceiling, Qunasa Colg would have certainly opted for a simpler approach—such as allowing the "Sorcerer of Deception" to swap with only one of the minor figures, or outright restricting all others from swapping with the figures. Crack! Qunasa Colg brought the palms of his hands, one holding "The Desperate Scream of Rivell" and the other "The Concert of Light and Shadow," together, as though performing a gesture that compressed a broad range into a focused one. "Count of the Fall," "Distortion!" In silence, a deep-red bloom, tinged with profound shadows, emerged from his hands—seeming intended for the garden, vineyards, and manor houses, where the Gelmans Sparo were seated—yet none of the adventurers, varying in thickness, in normalcy, or in the intensity of their madness, showed any sign of disturbance. Qunasa Colg himself had also encountered a random mutation—an effect brought about by "The Concert of Light and Shadow." It changed the "twist" effect to summon a fresh bloom from within the garden below—while the ethereal white dove formed by the air cannon had not yet dispersed! At this moment, the duel between the two half-gods took on an element of absurdity, humor, and even comedy. Of course, neither Germán Sparo nor Qunás Korg found it so, especially the latter, who once again felt the familiar sense of helplessness. Without pausing, he immediately raised his palms again, ready to execute the "twist" once more, striving to counteract the unpredictable transformations with sheer numbers. Yet Germán Sparo was no mere corpse and certainly not bound by the ritualistic exchanges of combat etiquette—waves of wild adventurers, in a frenzy, either adopted a gun stance or aimed their uncertain "death bell" revolvers at the fallen count suspended in midair. Meanwhile, Qunás Korg shifted his head slightly, glanced upward, and saw a new figure emerge clearly against the vast crimson moon suspended at the peak of the black spire. That figure wore a silk hat, a black raincoat, human-skin gloves, and a polished black revolver, with a stern, deeply etched countenance—another Germán Sparo! He bore the Red Moon, gliding downward, his silhouette growing larger and sharper, his black-long-tube revolver already raised, aimed squarely at Kurnas Colg. Crack! Crack! A bullet, composed of translucent and semi-translucent layers, shot forth from the muzzle, directly at Kurnas Colg. This was the "Sundering Bullet," crafted from the "Chrono-Beetle" left behind by Amun's duplicate. Unlike the "Sundering" of the "Arbiter's" path, which is fundamentally about "removal," this one is about "theft"—it can steal the target's most recently used three extraordinary abilities, in chronological order, and utilize them for itself. However, once the target of the "arbitrator" pathway's "deprivation" is selected, it can directly "deprive" that target—though the "deprivation bullet" does not necessarily need to strike the enemy to take effect, the opponent must remain within a certain range and cannot leave that area. Thus, one form of deprivation is unavoidable and can only be countered or weakened through the entity's own ontological level and sequence characteristics, while the other can be effectively evaded if detected in advance. Klein chose to abandon the surprise attack and instead delay, aiming not only to allow Quon纳斯·科尔格 to fully deploy his "prohibitions" or "deprivations"—using them on extraordinary abilities that appear important but are not critical to this battle—but also to await the first occurrence of random variance. Then, he would seize the gap between two such variances and use his "deprivation bullets" to steal away Quon纳斯·科尔格's three powerful abilities. To achieve these two objectives, he even entrusted both the "Hour of the Bell" and the "Thirsting Hunger" to the "Winner," Enyuni, making him act like a true Germain Spalero, rather than a mere puppet. As it stands now, Qunus Colg will lose "Twist," "Chaos," and "Amplification." Clap! Clap! Clap! Clap! Clap! The Germain Spalero below begin firing in unison. Suddenly, those air projectiles, that very "Bullet of Deprivation," explode, transforming into vibrant, shimmering plumes of red, purple, yellow, and green—yet they fail to illuminate the deep night. Once again, "The Concert of Light and Shadow" produces a sudden, unpredictable transformation! It continues to exert its influence repeatedly, without pause or interval. Qunus Colg immediately breaks into a smile, and with a crisp clap, brings his hands together. In an instant, one after another of the young men wearing silk hats and black coats beneath the great crimson moon faded, leaving only two maintaining their previous states. "The Countess of Decline's" "Distortion" had taken effect! This meant that Germán Sparo could only exchange positions with those two normal doppelgängers. Immediately thereafter, Qunus Colg moved without pause, raised his arm, and threw the fresh flower he had been holding together with his watch. The flower surged forward with sudden speed, as if gaining an unknown weight, like a sharp arrow, aimed directly at one of the normal doppelgängers. The attack was amplified and carried the dual effect of "influence—weakening!" Boom! The flower struck the ground with the force of a cannonball, sending out a powerful tremor. The wave of impact it generated lifted, tore apart, or severely wounded both ordinary and abnormal humans around it, especially the two secret figures capable of exchanging positions with Germaine Sparrow's body, which were reduced to scattered fragments of flesh and blood. Quonas Colg remained calm, twisting direction mid-air while spiraling through the sky, and raised "Rivier's Desperate Scream" to face the Germaine Sparrow descending from the red moon. At the same time, he quietly prepared his gift—aiming to induce a negative state of "lack of determination" in his target. Suddenly, Quonas Colg's mind flickered, his thoughts momentarily stalling. This... the transformation into a secret figure... his spirit tightened, instantly grasping his current situation. He then observed that the Germaine Sparrow descending from the red moon no longer seemed as distant as before, their distance now only about a hundred meters. To his surprise, the other party had unconsciously entered the range where he could manipulate the "lines of spirit" and remained there for at least three seconds—completely unaware! "A deception!" The "deception bullet" created by Amun's duplicate! When Caine, that is, the "Winner" Enyuni, pulled the trigger earlier, he didn't fire just one shot—he fired two! This was his method of preventing random anomalies. Given that an anomaly had already occurred once, even if a similar event happened again with a brief interval between the two bullets, only one of them would likely be affected—since the anomaly was intermittent. While it might happen twice or thrice in succession, it would be extremely unlikely to occur five or six times consecutively. Therefore, with multiple attacks, at least one, or even more, would remain unaffected. At that moment, the second "deception bullet" was even masked by the collective volleys from the secret figures. This is precisely why Caine had asked the "Winner" Enyuni to use the "Bell of the Hour" revolver—relying on his luck! In the end, he successfully deceived Qionus. Korg, allowing the "winner" Enyuni to quietly penetrate into the opposing side's 150-meter safety zone and take command of the "spiritual thread," achieving initial control. Once this began, it meant the extraordinary ability had taken effect; as no anomalies had occurred, none would arise thereafter!