Free Web NovelChapter 665: Chapter 664 Praying for Natural Disasters_1
"Declare the decree, when you receive damage or negative effects, you are forbidden from making others suffer the same damage or negative effects. Additionally, you are forbidden from reading the thoughts of others." Aiden made use of the power of "Law," sealing Melissa’s ability of "Revenge" and the omniscient mind-reading ability.
Among the threefold authority of "Hatred," the most threatening to him was "Revenge," and in the realm of "Wisdom," the greatest threat was the omniscient ability to read minds.
In the event of a conflict of power effects, the ruler’s abilities can completely suppress those of the saint. The mental loss of control caused by "Betrayal" could be repaired by "Return," and "Sacrifice" could not transfer damage higher than the power of ability. However, the effect of "Revenge" was to make the source of damage suffer the same damage upon being hurt, which did not conflict in effect with attack powers like "Punishment."
But this at most would only achieve a preliminary kill effect; once seen through, all it would take was a seal through "Law."
Aiden’s law was declared specifically against Melissa, not indiscriminately affecting the goddess of revenge, constituting an unequal rule, but the dominance of the ruler over the saint’s powers was already sufficient to produce an effect.
"Only against me? Showing such favoritism could make me sad," Melissa said with composure, smiling.
"Corporal punishment!" Aiden tried using "Punishment" once more. free𝑤ebnovel.com
Thorny patterns spread over Melissa’s body. This time, with "Revenge" sealed, Melissa couldn’t bounce back the damage, and Aiden no longer felt the bone-piercing agony from before.
However, Melissa seemed not to feel this pain either; even as the thorny patterns of corporal punishment wrapped her body, she didn’t so much as frown.
"Since she can’t use ’Revenge’, just kill her once to see," said the goddess of revenge.
A moment’s hesitation, then Aiden pointed towards Melissa, this time he steeled his heart and used "Capital Punishment."
Still, nothing happened.
"Mental Attack isn’t only her specialty," said the goddess of revenge.
At the same time, the goddess of revenge launched "Betrayal" against Melissa, twisting her inner rational thoughts into chaos.
Normally, after being interfered with in such a manner, a person should be unable to maintain rationality, becoming entirely mad, yet Melissa still only smiled.
Aiden began to waver. It should be impossible for a saint-level "Sacrifice" to transfer an attack of the ruler level, but he and the goddess of revenge’s offensive powers had been striking Melissa without causing her any discomfort.
A power with similar effects within the authority of "Desire"? Aiden couldn’t help feeling uneasy.
He rarely fought such battles lacking intelligence, and without enough intel, the effectiveness of the powers under the authority of "Order" became limited.
Moreover, he lacked experience with clashes of ruler-level powers, whereas his opponent was a seasoned veteran of conspiracy.
Just like in the past when he played intellectual games of chess with Melifilia, he felt a lack of confidence in winning even before the game began, and at this moment, Aiden began to doubt himself: Could he truly win?
As soon as this thought arose, he suddenly felt his thought process slowing again, and that idea resurfaced—why must he make an enemy of such an opponent?
"Idiot, don’t let your spirit show any cracks within her domain!" the goddess of revenge suddenly reminded him.
Meanwhile, the Goddess of Vengeance reversed Aiden’s freshly emerged retreat, turning it into fighting spirit and confidence.
"What a pity, just a little more," Melissa squinted her eyes, "’Betrayal’s power is somewhat troublesome."
"Then what I like to do most is to trouble you," the phantom of the Goddess of Vengeance appeared beside Aiden.
This illusion was supposed to be a spiritual projection that only Aiden could see, but Melissa turned her gaze to it, her ’Omniscience’ ability enabling her to read the minds of others and see their inner projections. Although Aiden had prohibited Melissa from reading the thoughts of others, the parts of the spirit that the Goddess of Vengeance willingly showed to Melissa weren’t included.
At that moment, Aiden was somewhat relieved that he had allowed the Goddess of Vengeance to return to her divine status to assist him.
The power of ’Betrayal’ was, to some extent, the bane of ’Influence’ and ’Desire.’ The strongest force of the Goddess of Schemes lay in mind control, but the reversal of ’Betrayal’ could exactly counter her interference with the spirit.
"But now, without followers, all you can do is help others with their logistics," Melissa said calmly with a smile, "Are you happy, being attached to my new pawn?" freёwebnovel.com
"Happy, very happy indeed," the Goddess of Vengeance showed a fierce grin, "All thanks to you."
"Don’t let her provoke you so easily," Aiden said.
His power of ’Return’ was always at work, allowing his spirit to revert to its state before Melissa’s interference whenever the Goddess of Schemes tried to manipulate him.
However, as a dominion power, ’Return’ couldn’t instantly undo the influence of ’Influence’ through a reload; there was a gradual recovery process.
This meant Melissa couldn’t manipulate Aiden’s mind permanently, but she could occasionally exploit moments of his spiritual vulnerability to make Aiden ’fall in love’ with her, fostering adoration and submission.
Actually, Melissa only needed an instant to transfer Melifilia back to her, as long as Aiden harbored such a thought.
Once Melissa lifted the seal on Melifilia, she could merge with Melifilia’s spirit. ’Wisdom’ and ’Desire,’ when housed in the same being, neighboring powers on the same throne, could amplify each other’s strength, and might even suppress the powers of Aiden and the Goddess of Vengeance.
Fortunately, the power of ’Betrayal’ from the Goddess of Vengeance was present to provide a remedy in case the enemy took advantage of a weakness.
"It’s about time," Melissa suddenly said, "Relying on ’Prayer’ to bring about such a low probability miracle event really does take time."
On hearing this, Aiden became alert. He noticed the power Melissa had applied to the dungeon door when she entered, which seemed to have caused a severe malfunction, leading the door to open by itself.
Without a doubt, Melissa possessed some kind of power to warp reality with her mind.
A slight tremor began in the dungeon, and a muffled, thunderous rumble came from all directions, causing Aiden to watch Melissa with vigilance.
Then, the tremors grew more violent, the table beside Aiden started to creak, and it was only at this point that Aiden realized what was happening.
An earthquake! An inexplicable earthquake was occurring at this very moment!!
After minutes of casting ’Prayer,’ Melissa finally summoned a highly improbable natural disaster to the realm.
