Free Web NovelChapter 246: Chapter 246: The 4th Victim_1
Upon Aiden’s questioning, Kael blinked twice before revealing a somewhat embarrassed smile, "You... Why would you think that? Besides some matters involving personal privacy, I’ve always been open to you about everything..."
"Three things," Aiden said, unchanging in expression as he raised three fingers. "I’ve gathered some intelligence and know that Death’s proxy doesn’t just possess the special ability to kill targets through touch. From the killing rituals he performs, he should obtain three special abilities, and these abilities... are likely possessed by the progenitor as well, so I believe you, as the progenitor’s proxy, must know them."
The smile on Kael’s face froze.
"You’ve always avoided contact with the Heretical Inquisition, I guess because you don’t want to disclose information related to the progenitor to them," Aiden stated, scrutinizing Kael’s eyes, "If you also choose to hide this from me and wish to cooperate with me alone... It would be very difficult for me to accept."
Sometimes a direct fastball can catch the opponent off guard, and judging by Kael’s reaction, this tactic seemed fairly successful.
After several seconds of silence, Kael gradually withdrew the awkward smile from his face.
"Alright, alright," Kael said with a resigned lift of his hands, "It was my lack of foresight. To propose a collaboration on such short notice was indeed unlikely to go unnoticed."
He looked back at Aiden, his expression now tinged with amusement, "To be honest, I, too, have always felt uncomfortable speaking through a veiled curtain. How about we both be a little more open with each other, what do you say?"
"Be open in what way?" Aiden furrowed his brow.
"Warden, you too are... someone who knows the paths to divinity, aren’t you?" Kael said in a measured tone.
In that moment, Aiden confirmed that Kael not only knew the three powers wielded by Death’s proxy but was also well aware of the true nature of this power stemming from the "death" authority of the Divine Decrees.
"Paths to divinity?" Aiden did not immediately confess; he wasn’t sure whether Kael was merely probing him.
"There’s no need to hide it anymore. I have been suspecting since the beginning that you are one of ’that world,’" Kael pointed at Aiden and continued, "Remember Miss Alice Liddell? I had an encounter with her; she easily subdued me and mentioned the progenitor’s secrets casually. At that moment, I thought she must be someone with Divine Power. I believe the likelihood that someone interacting with such a person possesses similar powers, or at least knows how to become a ruler, is very high."
Hearing this, Aiden couldn’t help rolling his eyes at a certain witch in his mind.
Abigail, what on earth are you doing?
During his time in the Heretical Inquisition, he knew that Kael had met with Abigail after she left the prison.
But he had no idea that Abigail had also recklessly flaunted her status as a holder of the Decrees in front of Kael... as if she were afraid others wouldn’t know she was a custodian of the Decrees.
Upon reflection, Abigail did indeed have the capital to be nonchalant since she was disguised at the time.
This meant that even before contacting him, Kael had been suspecting that he was a holder of the Decrees — that was probably the main reason why Kael sought frequent contact with him and suggested they collaborate privately.
When Aiden directly confronted him with the question, Kael’s suspicions were thoroughly confirmed.
In the end, neither gained an advantage.
"Alright, I’ll come clean then. I do indeed know about the authority," Aiden said, seeing that both parties had revealed some of their secrets, and felt that there was no longer much need for them to keep hiding too much from each other. "I’m well aware that beneath an authority, there are three powers, and I also know that the progenitor almost became the ruler of the ’death’ authority."
"But you don’t know all the powers of the ’death’ authority, do you?" Kael smiled mysteriously, "Otherwise, you wouldn’t be here questioning me."
"After all, I don’t want to find myself dying unexplainedly," Aiden responded candidly, "I know that Death’s proxy has a power similar to yours, an undying body, besides taking lives, but I’m still unclear about the third power."
"Then I’ll ask directly, will you disclose this information to the Heretical Inquisition?" Kael gestured towards Aiden.
"I might not disclose it, but that’s not certain if one day your progenitor becomes my enemy," Aiden replied.
The information about the Decrees is a top-secret within the Heretical Inquisition. To this day, Aiden hadn’t disclosed to them that he holds the Decrees, due to its connection with his transworld identity.
"Then I have no worries. If you are willing to assist us, you are a friend of the progenitor," Kael smiled. fгeewebnovёl.com
"We just have common enemies for now," Aiden corrected, "Hurry and tell me, what exactly is the third power of the ’death’ authority?"
"Alright, the third power of the ’death’ authority is actually the power of ’necromancy,’ the ability to open the gates of the netherworld. The holder of the power can create a ’netherworld’ to contain the deceased—this ’netherworld’ can store corpses and wraiths. And the ruler can open the gates between the netherworld and the mortal world at any time, summoning the dead to this world, and the summoned dead will be completely controlled by the ruler."
Aiden’s thoughts immediately flew to the unnamed witch summoned to this world by Death— it appears Death could even call upon the souls of the dead from other worlds.
"This sounds... a bit like defying the heavens," Aiden commented.
"If the real ruler uses this power, it is indeed very defying. However, if the user is merely a mortal, there will be limitations. Not to mention that the proxy probably only possesses an incomplete version of the power," Kael explained.
"So what would the effect be, specifically?"
"The proxy can probably only summon the dead from his own created ’netherworld,’ and his ’netherworld’ can likely accommodate at most three people," Kael replied, "I guess he’s currently manipulating a certain deceased person, acting in this city under that person’s identity. You must remember... last week, the police received two missing persons reports." frёeweɓηovel.coɱ
"Are those two the dead stored in the ’netherworld’?" Aiden pondered, "Wait a second, you’re saying the proxy’s ’netherworld’ can hold three dead along with their spirits and bodies, so why did he leave a body for the Heretical Inquisition to discover—"
Mid-sentence, he grasped the chilling truth.
"As I said, he’s probably ’living’ in this city under the guise of one of the dead," Kael spoke gravely, "He won’t be discovered by the police."
"He killed... four people?" Aiden’s expression turned stiff.
