Free Web NovelChapter 124: Chapter 124 Divine Word Technique_1
At this moment, Aiden felt his consciousness become a blank slate; all other thoughts were suppressed, leaving only one will—to utter that divine word.
His body transformation started naturally, he didn’t even need to recall as his body molded itself reflexively back to the form it had assumed when possessed by the demon.
In the depths of his subconscious, it was as if a voice was calling to him, urging him to break free from the shackles of his mortal form and reach for the authority of the gods!
The divine word taught to him by Abigail surfaced in his mind, etched as deeply as a brand.
Unconsciously, Aiden opened his mouth and spilled forth the phrase imbued with a power beyond human comprehension.
The Great Witch Presia, who had been certain of her victory, suddenly felt this bizarre voice pour into her mind, reverberating like the tolling of a great bell.
As a Great Witch acknowledged by Abigail, she recognized at once that this was Abigail’s divine word.
Because she had once adapted to expression magic, this divine word did not erode her spirit. Even so, a tremendous tremor exploded in the depths of her consciousness.
She could vaguely sense an invisible force trying to tug at her consciousness, attempting to pull it out of this body that didn’t belong to her. Although the force had not yet grown to such an extent, it was indeed there.
The extraordinary power contained in this divine word was truly taking effect!
It was a command, ordering all things in the world to return to a "normal" state.
"Sensory Disarray" nullified, "Mental Block" nullified, "Memory Seal" nullified... All the mental spells Presia had cast on Aiden were dispelled in an instant.
As his vision cleared, Aiden swiftly turned around, fixing his gaze on Presia.
The Shadow Demon’s tentacles grew in an instant, binding Presia tightly.
Just as Aiden was about to summon his guardian spirit to attack her further, Presia spoke, "I surrender! I give up!"
Aiden hesitated for a moment, but ultimately refrained from casting "Wraith’s Howl." Instead, he commanded his guardian spirit to cast the Sealing Skill "Evil Spirit Entanglement" to disrupt the target’s flow of magic power.
He did not dare to trust that Presia had truly given up her struggle, but now he had the capital to probe; the effect just now had confirmed that divine speech had a power that reigned supreme over Presia’s mental spells.
"Your tactics just now were indeed superior, but in the end, you lost to luck," Aiden said to Presia, "It’s a pleasure, Great Witch Presia."
"So you really did know..." Presia laughed self-deprecatingly, "That divine word... No, Aiden Galahad, why do you possess divinity?"
"You don’t need to know that; all you need to know is that you’ve been captured," Aiden slowly stated.
"Will I be executed?" Presia sneered coldly.
"If you are willing to actively exchange back with Rebecca to restore her to normal and confess your crimes truthfully, you most likely won’t die," Aiden replied calmly.
"So, I still have to be imprisoned for ten years by your dog of enforcement? Twenty years? Or perhaps a lifetime?" Presia shot back with resentful eyes. "I might as well die now, a one-for-one with that damned Judge! Let her be sealed in that feeble body for a lifetime and die embracing a void of memories!!"
"You really hate Judges, huh... I heard you even put a bounty on me?"
Faced with Presia’s aggressive attitude, Aiden still seemed serene, having dealt with even more irate criminals countless times before.
Presia harbored a significant degree of resistance toward law enforcement, but if he wanted Rebecca to recover quickly, he needed to convince Presia to cooperate.
Although, under normal circumstances, he could have handed Presia over to the Heresy Tribunal for interrogation, personally, Aiden felt that the Heresy Tribunal, which rarely considered things from the perspective of the accused, and the Great Witch, who was in extreme opposition to the heretical authorities, were unlikely to negotiate a favorable outcome.
Since it was he, not the Heresy Tribunal, who had captured Presia this time, he decided to have a direct talk with Presia.
Legally speaking, Presia’s "identity" had already been incarcerated, she was now a prisoner of Rose Iron Prison.
Recapturing Presia’s soul wandering outside the prison and transferring Rebecca’s soul, which should not be imprisoned, back to her own body was, in a way, part of his job as the prison warden.
"You heresy law enforcers are nothing but lapdogs of the rulers. At the end of the day, the nations that signed ’The Covenant’ just want to keep the power tightly in the control of the government and, for this reason, they exterminate all those who pursue magical knowledge, regardless of good or evil, and even hoist the flag of justice. It’s sickeningly repulsive!" Presia glared at Aiden, venting her indignation. ƒreeωebnovel.ƈom
"You are indeed the Great Witch who intends to unite the witch’s assembly against the nation; your ideas are indeed radical," Aiden laughed. "But the reasons for controlling black magic are not as simple as you say. Before ’The Covenant’ was signed, the number of cases caused by black magic was dozens of times what it is now. Nevertheless, in my opinion, the current law is indeed a bit too zealous. The knowledge you witches possess has an extraordinary value, and this era lacks tolerance for you." freewebnøvel.com
"That doesn’t sound like something a law enforcer should say. Shouldn’t the law be sacred and inviolable?" Presia said sarcastically.
"The sacred and inviolable is just a slogan to urge the public to obey the law, since without rules, there’s no square or circle to follow. Precisely because I am a law enforcer, I should view the law objectively. The law will always be lagging; no era or country has ever had laws that could be called truly perfect. I respect the rules, but I do not worship them. Instead of sticking rigidly to the rules, I prefer to exercise my will as much as possible within the framework of the rules."
"Are you saying you still plan to help me?" Presia furrowed her brows skeptically.
"Not to help you, I am preparing... to make a trade with you," Aiden said, looking seriously into Presia’s eyes.
"A trade?" Presia still looked doubtful. "You want me to trust you?"
"I consider myself to be a decent trading partner, just think of it as being referred by a friend," Aiden smiled, pointing to the shadow demon’s tendrils wrapped around Presia. "You recognize this, don’t you? This is the shadow demon summoned by Daili, at my command. She has been maintaining this kind of beneficial trade with me all along."
Presia was suddenly taken aback.
"Let’s have a proper talk in the prison," Aiden said, adjusting his hat, "even though I wasn’t planning on giving you any other options."
