Free Web NovelChapter 515: Chapter 516 Saving Lives and Helping the Injured_1
Qiqimora didn’t raise any questions and lifted the "Concealment" from Aiden.
Aiden’s figure appeared in the room, and as expected, it took the form of the goddess of vengeance.
"I’ve come out; please talk to me in person now, Professor," he said loudly.
"You are, a witch?"
The voice abruptly rang out, and this time Aiden finally pinpointed the source of the sound.
Looking in the direction of the voice, there stood Professor Dodge in a simple protective suit, wearing a beaked mask: "I’ve heard that at the witch’s assembly some witches have mastered the power of ’Void,’ is that you?"
"Qiqimora is so low-profile she couldn’t even make it onto the wanted list, but he managed to find out about it. Impressive," Lamia murmured.
After a brief moment of thought, Aiden honestly replied, "I’ve collaborated with people from the witch’s assembly, but I’m not one of them."
"You have accomplices?"
"Yes."
Considering that he would have to negotiate with him later, it was better not to hide things that didn’t need to be hidden.
"Let them show themselves too," Professor Dodge said. freewebnσvel.cѳm
"You haven’t made your son appear, have you?" Aiden spread his hands. "Besides, I’m in charge here; you can talk directly to me."
"Alright, since you’re willing to show yourself first, I’ll talk to you for the time being. To be honest, it’s a bit difficult for me to trust a witch and her cohorts," Professor Dodge said.
"The witch’s assembly doesn’t care about what you’ve done before; most of them aren’t united enough to seek revenge for their companions, especially since you’re already a wanted criminal like them," Aiden said calmly. "I’ve prepared several plans to negotiate with you; I can offer more than one solution to treat your son."
"Then I hope you present one now," Professor Dodge said seriously.
"Now?" Aiden paused for a moment. "The situation is urgent right now; how about we leave first..."
"Now!" Professor Dodge emphasized, interrupting Aiden.
"Are you, giving me a hard time?" Aiden asked, frowning.
An uncomfortable silence lasted for two seconds before Professor Dodge heaved a sigh.
Then, the statue and operating table materialized behind him.
"Ah." The moment he saw the statue, Qiqimora suddenly remembered; the missing object in the room was this "decorative piece."
"Finally found it," Lamia immediately lit up with excitement, her main reason for entering here was to obtain the Divine Artifact from this place.
Aiden’s gaze then shifted to the operating table, where Tony Dodge, Professor Dodge’s son, was lying.
His demonized, deformed body was a horrifying sight. What was critical was his extremely precarious state; his chest, with ribs turned outward, was puffing irregularly, and no other part of his body showed any sign of movement. His eyes were half-open, as if his consciousness could fade at any moment.
"I’m not giving you a hard time, but telling you the reality that my son probably can’t undergo an immediate move with his current condition. His health took a drastic turn for the worse this morning; he couldn’t even parasite host anymore," Professor Dodge explained. "His vital signs stopped once before surgery, and it was just ten minutes ago that they somewhat stabilized. To move him right away... Sorry, I can’t gamble with his life."
"Lamia, can you heal him?" Qiqimora asked.
"Bodily recovery requires a process. My medicine takes effect in one minute, but his body will need fifteen minutes to recover," Lamia answered. "That kid is too weak to handle strong medicine."
Qiqimora’s "Concealment" did not hide her from Aiden, and their voices could also be heard by him.
"Fifteen minutes? Even five minutes is questionable, haha," the illusion of the vengeful goddess snickered beside Aiden.
Through the shared sensation with the vengeful goddess, Aiden clearly felt that Mr. Bloodcoat had already reached the outskirts of the base. Using the ability to "Void," they ignored all obstacles and moved in a straight line into the restricted area, taking about five minutes. It should take Mr. Bloodcoat another seven to eight minutes to reach the entrance of the restricted area.
Normally, Mr. Bloodcoat shouldn’t be able to enter this overloaded space. He learned from the vengeful goddess about all the powers of the "Hatred" dominion. The power of "Revenge" can mainly be used in a passive manner, "Sacrifice" is directed at one’s followers, "Betrayal" requires precise manipulation of the spirit and is effective over a shorter distance. Moreover, one must be aware of the other’s presence to launch it. Unleashing indiscriminate madness without targeting does not have many restrictions, but in doing so, even his followers would suffer. ƒгeeweɓn૦vel.com
The sole dominion of "Hatred," the Blade of Vengeance, is a special dagger with blades on both ends. Its trait is that if you stab yourself with one end, you can inflict the same wound on your chosen target. The severity of the wounds can be freely chosen by the user. In fact, regardless of where the dagger stabs, even if it merely pricks the skin, the resulting damage will manifest according to the user’s will and cannot be cured by any means other than the dominion. It is an artifact that allows its holder to easily achieve mutual destruction with the enemy.
But the Blade of Vengeance also has strict usage conditions. Firstly, the artifact operates within the same range and target requirements as the "Betrayal" dominion, and secondly, the user must hold hatred towards the target.
In other words, if Mr. Bloodcoat can’t enter the restricted area, he won’t be able to snatch the Hand of Oblivion by his own means.
However, if time is dragged on, it always leads to unforeseen complications, giving time to the enemy is giving oneself danger.
Lamia and Qiqimora both lacked a method to immediately heal Tony Dodge; this task could only be accomplished by Aiden.
The "Word of Return" can indeed affect living beings, but Aiden wasn’t confident about its effects on complicated conditions like Tony’s, especially since Tony’s body state was a result of the "Chaos" dominion. Although "Return" can heal injuries, its mechanism is to forcefully return matter to an ordered state and doesn’t inherently ensure life.
It was too risky to gamble on this matter; if Tony’s condition worsened, Professor Dodge would very likely turn against him immediately.
There was only one option left—use the Wordless Code to save Tony Dodge’s life first.
"I might be able to temporarily restore his body, but the effect won’t be permanent and it will only work within a certain radius around me," Aiden told Professor Dodge.
"If you can do it, I’ll trust you," Professor Dodge said.
"But I have a condition," Aiden began, since he had to use up one of his trump cards here, the conditions had to be made clear first, "We want the Divine Artifact of this base, and if possible, we hope you could hand over the Hand of Oblivion to us."
