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Chapter 567 - Infinite Potential

This Noa didn't worry about.

Not to mention the blessings and job-transfer components of the synthetic Divine Path System—those were already derived from special, highly concealed versions of the Dimensional Gate system.

Once granted, they were perfectly hidden at the conceptual level. Unless he actively used his authority to manifest them, no one could perceive their existence at all. Not through observation, not through divination, and not even through divine inspection. The system was designed in such a way that "existence" itself was concealed beneath layers of structural invisibility.

Now that the two systems had been integrated, this concealment effect had only become stronger.

It was no longer just a matter of hiding information. Even attempts to probe causality, trace origin points, or analyze system signatures would lead nowhere.

Not only would outsiders be unable to detect the Divine Path System itself, but even individuals who had been granted access to it could not consciously perceive its underlying framework. To them, it simply functioned as natural intuition or instinctive guidance, without any visible source.

In other words, only Noa himself could directly observe and control its true structure.

Because of this, the display panel currently shown to Eris was nothing more than a surface projection—an interface without substance.

Even if she were to take it back to her world for research, or attempt to dissect it using divine authority, the result would remain unchanged. No matter how long she studied it, even if she continued until the end of time itself, she would not be able to extract anything meaningful from it.

Eris, of course, was unaware of this. She carefully observed the projected interface while listening to Noa's explanation, analyzing every detail she could perceive.

Naturally, she found nothing unusual—no hidden mechanisms, no exploitable structure, not even a trace of something she could meaningfully interpret. In the end, she had no choice but to quietly abandon her attempts at deeper analysis.

However, when she heard Noa casually mention that the Divine Path System, if developed to its final stage, might allow individuals to reach a god-like existence similar to Hestia or Hephaestus, she immediately reacted.

"Become a god? How is that even possible?!"

That was her first response—instinctive and almost reflexive denial.

To her, gods were not something that could simply be "produced." Divinity was not a rank or a title that could be casually achieved. It was a fundamental existence, far beyond the reach of mortal systems.

Noa, however, simply shook his head.

"It is not impossible."

He paused slightly before continuing.

"The Divine Path System is, in essence, a fusion evolution of the blessing system. The most remarkable aspect of it is that it contains almost unlimited potential."

Blessings were inherently mysterious constructs. Even though Noa already possessed access to them, their upper limit remained undefined.

Not even the gods of the world that created them could clearly determine where their boundaries lay.

In that sense, the system itself was not fully understood even by its original designers.

This was precisely why, in certain narratives from the original world of Danmachi, events often appeared contradictory or unpredictable—leading readers to question consistency or assume narrative adjustments. But when viewed as a real, functioning world, the uncertainty was not a flaw; it was an inherent property of the system itself.

Blessings were not simply power systems. They were amplifiers of latent potential.

In other words, every individual who received a blessing already possessed infinite possible directions of growth. The blessing itself did not impose limits—it only awakened and accelerated what already existed.

Within that framework, the possibility of becoming a god was not entirely absurd. It was simply an extremely low-probability outcome among infinite branching possibilities.

Even Hestia and Hephaestus had acknowledged this in principle. While theoretically possible, the likelihood was so low that it was almost negligible in practical terms.

After all, in that world, even reaching the maximum level of a blessing was already an achievement comparable to climbing to the heavens.

And even that was only the beginning. One still had to follow a defined developmental path, refine one's growth direction, and continuously break through established limits.

In contrast, Noa's system removed much of that rigidity.

The upgrade process of blessings within his framework had been significantly simplified and optimized.

Which meant that what once required immense effort and luck might now be achieved under far more accessible conditions.

And that, more than anything else, was what made Eris fall silent for a moment.

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