Free Web NovelChapter 201: Chapter 201 Dead Warden_1
It’s over — Lamia’s thought flashed through her mind but it vanished as quickly as it had come, for she soon realized something was off about the feeling of her hand as it pierced through Sister Neve’s chest and throat.
She had used such a technique to kill many people and personally dissected countless human bodies, intimately understanding the sensation it should produce.
Sister Neve’s body suddenly inflated like a balloon, tearing through her own nun’s robe. The moment Lamia’s claws pierced her body, it split rapidly in almost full dissection, regenerating a new body from behind.
Lamia was taken aback, and Sister Neve detached herself from the old shell, leaving only a lifeless, headless carcass on Lamia’s claws.
The next moment, Lamia realized her mistake; Sister Neve had long granted herself the power of "Proliferation", always ready to split.
Through proliferation, she could directly create an entirely new body, organs, limbs,—to some degree, this surpassed the regenerative capabilities achievable by dark magic and biological alchemy.
As her claw struck at Sister Neve, she used proliferation to swiftly divide her body, dodging the fatal blow. At the same time, Sister Neve precisely controlled the division to recreate a set of vital organs and even a whole body, leaving only a defective "dead fetus" in her original position.
Lamia realized her oversight, she should have twisted off Sister Neve’s head in that instant!
This oversight was somewhat deadly; she had not killed Sister Neve, but once again, Neve’s blood clung to her hand.
Sister Neve raised a hand to point at Lamia, ready to employ the power of "Proliferation".
But Qiqimora, who was prepared, spoke up first and began reciting holy words.
The divine words of the "Void" authority, Qiqimora declared the flesh and blood Sister Neve left behind "ineffective" to Lamia!
The damaged body suddenly fell straight through Lamia’s claws to the ground, as if Lamia suddenly became an incorporeal ghost, even the blood that should have clung to Lamia’s hand passed through.
This was another power of the "Void" authority — Qiqimora could declare certain things as having no effect on specific targets. The more specific and targeted the concept her declaration covered, the stronger the effect, which was why she could effortlessly pass through walls and bullets. freёwebnovel.com
Qiqimora couldn’t nullify Sister Neve’s divine words, but she could make the dead fetus and Sister Neve’s tissues temporarily ineffective to Lamia.
However, this effect was mutual; it also meant that Lamia couldn’t inflict effective damage on Sister Neve’s body for the time being.
Lamia used her serpentine tail to spring backwards, quickly retreating. Once Qiqimora’s divine word effect ran out, she would be swarmed by the nuns who had regained their senses, with Sister Neve standing before her — not even several lives would save her then.
"What do you say, ready for another round?" Qiqimora asked Lamia as she retreated.
The recent assault was merely a probe and had yielded some information—they had ascertained the precision with which Sister Neve used her powers. This saint before them could utilize proliferation to heal instantaneously; unless they could stop her from splitting or find a way to finish her in a moment, there was no way to kill her.
And even if they managed to kill her, her power of "Inheritance" was still in play.
"Forget it, this woman is too hard to kill... and killing her doesn’t mean much anyway." Lamia was already considering retreat, the same tactics might not work again, and while Qiqimora’s divine words greatly increased their margin for error in combat, killing Sister Neve was still very difficult.
After dealing with several manipulated corpses, Habanis ascended to the sky, not daring to descend and interfere easily. Seeing that both Qiqimora and Lamia had each used a divine word without success, she dismissed the idea of sneaking down to attack.
After a brief period of thought, Qiqimora silently nodded. Without finding the true successor, it was impossible to talk about killing Sister Neve completely. They were ready to retreat.
She could still use the power of the "Void" authority to erase her and Lamia’s presence, allowing their figures to vanish before Sister Neve’s eyes like a wisp of light smoke.
Of course, this could basically only be used as a means of escape. If they took any action against Sister Neve during its effect, Sister Neve would be able to detect them once more.
A giant figure swept across the rooftops of nearby houses, descending from the sky. Sister Neve turned around to see a composite beast more than four meters tall landing behind her.
Father Bales.
In his hands, he carried a body that had already been twisted and deformed.
Father Bales bowed his head, throwing the body on the ground for Sister Neve to see.
The Great Witches present all looked closely and couldn’t help but widen their eyes—that body in Father Bales’s hands was none other than the Warden of Rose Iron Prison, the former Heretic Inquisitor, Aiden Galahad!
He was actually... dead!
Qiqimora and Lamia exchanged looks. Sister Neve was the true saint, so Father Bales should only be a fake saint. Perhaps the father also possessed the "Procreation" authority, but it was unlikely that he had close access to the authority. In comparison to Sister Neve, Father Bales should be considered an easy target; they thought this kid was just lucky to have found a bargain.
But even with the other two Great Witches, Vila and Abigail, working together to create the mercury amalgam golem, and Aiden Galahad himself holding the "Order" divine words, he was killed by this easy target.
"I originally just hoped you could hold off for a while; I didn’t expect you to actually succeed in killing that heretic rat... well done!" Sister Neve looked back for a moment.
Now that her powers had been revealed to these Great Witches, there was no need to continue playing father and daughter with the father.
"There are only these three left; you go after that rat in the sky. Capture if possible." Sister Neve coldly issued the command.
"Understood." Father Bales respectfully bowed his head. freeweɓnovel.cøm
"Damn!" Habanis immediately prepared to flee; the father’s flying speed was not as fast as hers, but his ability to fly was still somewhat of a threat.
Qiqimora and Lamia also completely gave up hope. With Aiden dead, Daili and Presia were most likely gone as well. One Sister Neve was hard enough to kill, and now with Father Bales added... they were completely outmatched.
Just as they were about to make a break for it, the father standing behind Sister Neve, without any warning, stretched out his hands and grabbed Sister Neve’s head.
