"Overall, that should be enough. Did you understand? Do you want Mommy to explain it again?"
After patiently explaining, Pandora looked at the contemplative Su Mo and asked with a blink.
Su Mo silently shook his head, indicating it wasn't necessary.
Seeing him looking like he was pondering a difficult problem, Pandora thought Su Mo hadn't fully understood and immediately tried to console him.
"It's normal not to understand it right away! After all, this is a technique that even I spent over a thousand years constructing and several thousand years optimizing. It's not that easy to understand."
"Not to mention, the construction of this technique requires the vast wisdom of a truly exceptional Earth Mother Goddess. I'm the only one who can truly do it. Without that amount of knowledge, it's normal to be a bit slow on the uptake!"
Although she knew Su Mo had used a sea of techniques to crush Verethragna, those techniques were ultimately only at the Sanctuary level, still far inferior to the power of a god.
Plus, Pandora didn't know how long it had taken Su Mo to master so many Sanctuary-level spells. Thus, she couldn't help but misjudge Su Mo's capabilities.
"Anyway, Mommy is always here. If you need anything, you can come find me directly! I can teach you until you've learned it!"
Saying this, Pandora patted her chest, her eyes shining. Clearly, her real goal was to get Su Mo to visit her a few more times. This was her most studious child, and the only one who could always remember her.
A few seconds after Pandora finished speaking, Su Mo finally awoke from his contemplation. Looking at the girl's expectant eyes, he shook his head.
"There's no need. I've already learned it."
"It's no trouble, I'm always free... wait, what did you say?"
Pandora, who thought Su Mo was about to politely decline, froze, unable to believe her ears.
How could he have learned it so quickly?!
Although she hadn't held anything back, many of the implementation details had been omitted in her overall explanation. Even she herself might not have been able to fully learn it just by listening. And Su Mo learned it just by hearing it once?
"I said, I've already learned it." Su Mo repeated himself and explained casually, "I was just thinking about whether there was a way to optimize this technique."
"Optimize?" Pandora froze again.
She had been optimizing it for thousands of years and felt that there was no more room for improvement. Su Mo had only seen this technique for the first time. It was already a miracle that he could understand it at all, but now he was talking about optimizing it?
"Correct." Su Mo nodded with a placid expression.
"I want to remove the restriction of only being able to acquire one Authority at a time."
Except for a very few oddballs like Verethragna, most Heretic Gods had multiple Authorities they could use.
Yet, after defeating them, God-Slayers often only received one Authority, and they couldn't even choose which one.
Although the Authority itself was granted based on affinity, and basically no God-Slayer disliked their Authority, for a child, this multiple-choice scenario might have its own charm.
But Su Mo was an adult. He wanted them all.
As the victor, how could it be reasonable that he couldn't receive all of the loser's spoils?
Hearing Su Mo's idea, Pandora facepalmed, her gaze toward him now filled with concern. What kind of daydream is this child having?
"Don't even think about it. I've studied it for two thousand years. It's impossible to remove that restriction!" The girl waved her hand, advising Su Mo not to waste his energy.
As the mother who created God-Slayers, Pandora's stance was naturally tied to them. Heaven knows how she had endured watching her children get killed by Heretic Gods one by one over the years.
If she could really remove the restriction and give her children a cheat, she would have done so long ago. And since she hadn't, there was naturally only one reason.
"It's simply impossible!" Pandora looked Su Mo straight in the eye, re-emphasizing the point.
She knew Su Mo was skilled at weaving techniques, so she was worried he might go down the wrong path.
It was one thing for her to waste thousands of years on a fruitless endeavor, but God-Slayers often didn't live for thousands of years. She couldn't let Su Mo waste his time on something impossible.
Through Pandora's eyes, Su Mo knew she was speaking purely out of concern, but he still shook his head.
"What I mean is, I've already done it."
"Huh?"
Seeing the newly re-woven technique in Su Mo's hand, and the Ring of Usurpation whose control had been switched in an instant, Pandora was completely dumbfounded.
What did Su Mo just say?
No! Wait! The rules of the technique in his hand are...?
"This is impossible!"
Though she said this, Pandora's heart was already wavering. The way Su Mo had arranged the technique was a new line of thought she had never considered. Maybe it really was possible to remove the restriction!
"When the Gods of Steel usurped the Authority of the Earth Mother Goddesses, there was no limit on the quantity. Since the prototype was like that, there's no reason for God-Slayers to have a quantity limit when they usurp Authorities."
Seeing Pandora's wavering expression, Su Mo spoke with calm confidence.
"The theory is correct, but in practice, you can't maintain stability without limiting the number of Authorities!" Pandora analyzed the technique while raising her question. "To expand a technique specifically designed for the Earth Mother Goddesses to the entire pantheon, a quantitative adjustment should be necessary!"
"That's because your line of thinking is flawed." Su Mo shook his head.
"Forcibly expanding the scope of application naturally comes at a price, but this can be circumvented by using mirrored analysis."
"The paradigm of the Gods of Steel replacing the Earth Mother Goddesses can certainly help in usurping Authority, but can't the succession of Civilization Gods replacing traditional Tribal Gods also achieve the same thing?"
"There's a move like that?!"
Pandora felt like she had opened the door to a new world. By now, she had finished verifying Su Mo's technical theory. Although she hadn't fully understood it, she could already confirm that this was indeed a way to remove the technique's restriction.
After confirming this, and recalling what she had said before, Pandora suddenly felt extremely embarrassed.
Something she had sworn was impossible, he had figured out in a few minutes.
So, was this child really human? How was it that even gods weren't this ridiculous?