Free Web NovelChapter 351: Chapter 351 Powers and Levels_1
In the afternoon, at Rose Iron Prison, within the warden’s office. freewёbnoνel.com
Prison head Flandre knocked on the door and said, "Warden, it’s time."
Aiden opened his eyes on the office lounge chair, glanced at the wall clock, and immediately propped up his sluggish body: "Come in."
Since returning to the prison, Aiden had gone to his office to catch up on sleep. To avoid oversleeping, he had specifically instructed Flandre to bring the review documents at a set time and also wake him up.
Flandre opened the door to find Aiden sleepily rubbing his face with his hands.
"I haven’t seen you since yesterday afternoon, did you stay up all night?" Flandre inquired.
"Pretty much," Aiden replied, sitting up in his office chair.
"Don’t waste your health just because you’re young," Flandre advised. "If you develop some ailment, you’ll regret it later."
Aiden laughed, "You must’ve worked very hard when you were young, right Flandre?"
"It wasn’t that I wanted to, I had no choice. You know, the environment when you first started as warden... I had already been working there for over a decade," Flandre said as she placed a stack of papers on the desk. "These are the documents to be reviewed today for the core area."
"Agh, advising me not to overwork and yet bringing so much work, you really have a way," Aiden said as he took the documents and began to process them.
"Veronica has also been working hard lately, doing overtime for several days now," Flandre commented. "But she still looks much more spirited than everyone else every day."
"A werewolf’s physical strength is far greater than an ordinary person’s. The closer to the full moon, the less sleep they need," Aiden explained.
"I’ve heard that can affect their lifespan..."
"Theoretically, werewolves have a shorter natural lifespan than humans if you only look at aging and natural death. But in reality, they live much longer on average because they are more resistant to diseases. Don’t worry too much about her; she knows her limits... If you’re really concerned, I’ll talk to her later and grant her some days off to rest properly," Aiden responded.
"Understood. You go back to your business, I’ll return to my post."
"Hmm."
After Flandre left the office, Aiden let out a big yawn.
Staying up all night and sleeping just over four hours was quite taxing, but before this matter was resolved, it was necessary to adjust his sleep schedule. As he had analyzed with Qiqimora in the morning, most conflicts with Joey Lawson were likely to occur at night or in the wee hours.
Now, he really envied Veronica’s ability to be full of energy after just three to four hours of sleep when the full moon was close, and Abigail—the witch who claimed she didn’t need sleep at all, wouldn’t get sick, didn’t need to sleep, and even wouldn’t die. The power of "life" was so convenient that it could bring tears of envy to onlookers.
However, if it’s just about not needing to sleep, the authority of "order" seems capable of achieving the same thing.
While having breakfast and discussing with Qiqimora that morning, Aiden had casually complained about feeling fatigued after staying up all night. Qiqimora had replied, "Warden, if you’re that tired, you could simply use divine words to return yourself to the state you were in the previous morning, couldn’t you?"
At that moment, Aiden instantly extracted a piece of information from Qiqimora’s statement: it seemed like the power of "order" might restore a person to a state from a certain point in time.
Aiden guessed that the reason he couldn’t do this was likely due to his power level not being high enough.
Melifilia once mentioned that the more powers held under the same authority, the closer one is to the authority, the stronger each power will be. And in the case of "existence" and "order," Aiden was at the most basic level.
If one could return to a certain state within the day like loading a saved game, not to mention not needing to sleep or eat, even fatal injuries should be instantly curable. That was certainly not on the same level as Aiden’s current ability to just repair objects or dissipate magic. freewёbn૦νeɭ.com
At the time, the only response Aiden could come up with was "The powers cannot be used indefinitely; how can I waste it on such minor things in times like these?"
"The levels of powers..." Aiden fiddled absentmindedly with the pen in his hand.
This was, indeed, an aspect he hadn’t considered thoroughly. Most of the time, his focus was on what a certain power could do, rather than to what extent it could be applied.
Take for instance the "void" authority’s "nullify" power.
According to Qiqimora, the effect of "nullify" is to remove the target’s ability to interfere with the outside world, in other words, to temporarily erase the target’s meaning of existence.
At the initial stage, "nullify" can directly put the target in a state akin to losing their physical entity, leaving only a projection that can be observed and transmit messages.
To put it more clearly, the nullified person can still be seen or heard, but can’t be touched. At the same time, the nullified subject can’t interfere with the outside world, which in combat terms is equivalent to being invulnerable but also without any ability to attack.
Of course, "nullify" can’t directly affect other powers, so using divine words could still have some effect on the nullified targets, depending on the situation.
The use of initial stage "nullify" is quite rudimentary. It can generally only target an object that has a form and concept of "wholeness," then take effect directly. You can specify a person to nullify them along with their equipment as a whole, or nullify only the target person, or nullify a piece of their equipment, but you can’t nullify just a part of what composes the "whole." For instance, nullifying a part of the target’s body to kill them is not possible.
Simply put, there are three uses: one is for self-protection or protecting allies, but it also requires giving up the ability to attack. The second is to incapacitate an enemy, which also makes them harder to damage. And the third is to completely nullify an enemy’s particular means of attack.
However, upon reaching the intermediate stage, like Qiqimora, you can nullify two objects (the exact number might be up for debate, and Qiqimora may not fully reveal intelligence concerning herself), and the precision of the operation greatly improves. For example, it’s possible to make a particular target lose the ability to interfere with another specific target alone, or to nullify just one aspect of a target’s meaning. The range of selectable targets broadens as well, allowing the nullification of entities without physical form.
Following this progression, at the advanced level, it might even be possible to nullify some conceptual entities.
Mortals face restrictions when using divine words, which often made Aiden think that divine powers aren’t that impressive in mortal hands.
But considering the levels of powers... there seems to be considerable room for improvement from a mortal to a saint.
