Free Web NovelChapter 666: Chapter 665 Limitations of the Mortal_1
A violent shaking invaded the space, and in the midst of the tremors, Aiden realized his prison was facing an imminent catastrophe.
Melissa’s wish-fulfilling power twisted reality, magnifying the likelihood of any possible event through her wishes until it became reality.
Lacking information, Aiden was utterly unprepared and caught off guard.
At this moment, some of the older and poorly maintained structures within the prison had started to crack, and tiny pieces of debris and dust were quickly falling downward. The prisoners and guards inside the prison all had empty eyes and showed no response to the impending death; they had already been influenced by Melissa’s authority.
Without any hesitation, Aiden immediately expanded the "Return" domain to cover the entire prison as well as the surrounding area.
The severity of the earthquake noticeably decreased, and the buildings on the brink of collapse were swiftly restored to their original state.
"Just as I thought, you care about the lives and deaths of these mortals," Melissa said with a smile to Aiden, then raised her hand.
Aiden’s eyes widened as he saw several core area guards and workers with vacant looks following Melissa, including Flandre, Veronica, and Tony Dodge.
"So how about this time, I command them to do it themselves?" Melissa smiled.
She did as she said. After clapping her hands twice, she transmitted the command to "end their own lives" into the consciousness of every person beguiled by her power.
Aiden heard the command too. It couldn’t affect his actions, but he knew that Melissa was just making him understand that the command had been issued.
Flandre and Veronica simultaneously drew their handguns to aim at themselves, while Tony began to chant "Annihilation."
"Phoenix!" he shouted in his heart to the goddess of vengeance.
"What a bother..." The goddess of vengeance had no interest in the lives of these people, but still, at his request, she applied "Betrayal" to them, reversing their suicidal thoughts.
Seizing the moment, Aiden proclaimed a new rule: "Within the domain, any action that could lead to one’s own death is forbidden."
"Finally, a vulnerability found." While Aiden and the goddess of vengeance were distracted with protecting the others in the prison, Melissa did not miss this opportunity.
"Influence" and "Desire" were applied to Aiden once more. The third mental erosion attack, constantly resisted by Aiden’s "Return" and the goddess of vengeance’s "Betrayal," were somewhat divided among other targets, while Melissa concentrated her authority solely on Aiden. At that moment, her power gained the upper hand.
Aiden’s eyes went blank, and at that moment, he had only one thought—to offer everything he had to the goddess of schemes.
"Give me back my other half. Return her freedom," Melissa directly called out to Aiden’s spirit.
Aiden nodded lightly and opened the "Imprisonment" gate beside Melissa. Then, Melifilia appeared beside Melissa, even the holy nails from her body removed by Aiden’s "Return" power.
Melifilia slowly opened her groggy eyes as the holy nails imbued with the "Fixed" power scattered on the ground.
"Kid!" The goddess of vengeance reapplied "Betrayal" to Aiden.
Aiden suddenly came to his senses, but it was already too late.
Melissa didn’t give him any chance to react, calling out to Melifilia’s consciousness, asking her to merge into one with her, to share the body.
Melifilia fully opened her eyes, and a sly smile emerged at the corners of her mouth.
The next moment, her spirit was stripped from her body and entered Melissa’s.
The combination of the "Wisdom" authority and "Desire" authority would enhance both powers simultaneously.
"You are more foolish than the Goddess of Revenge, at least she took the authority for herself, but you are obsessed with playing a mortal," Melissa said with a smirk, "You have lost to this very limitation of yourself... Hm?"
She suddenly furrowed her brow lightly.
She discovered that although Melifilia’s spirit responded to the call and entered this body immediately, it didn’t share memories with her right away. Melissa and Melifilia originally had the same thought processes, and once the memories synchronized, their spirits would completely assimilate, and fusion would naturally follow.
This should not be happening, as she and Melifilia share the same thought processes; she’s eagerly anticipating this, and Melifilia should have the same goal.
But now "Melifilia’s" consciousness consistently refused any exchange with her, and Melissa even sensed strong hostility coming from the other as soon as she entered this body.
It was then that Aiden spoke, "The limitations of mortals can also be strengths, such as making gods like you lower your guard."
"Oh, could it be..." Melissa turned towards Melifilia.
Having her spirit stripped, Melifilia should have fallen down as an empty shell, yet at this moment "Melifilia" was not only standing upright but also started to giggle foolishly.
"Even though you’ve already reclaimed Mr. Bloodcoat’s memories, to be fooled by the same trick is truly unworthy of the goddess of schemes," Aiden said, staring at Melissa, "All thanks to you not taking this ’mortal’ seriously."
"I see, it’s a ’substitute’ again," Melissa laughed.
The appearance of "Melifilia" twisted and then transformed into... inmate number 3020 of Room 3, the "madman" Halo.
Aiden had made some preparations before Melissa arrived.
"I understand, you’ve set an unbreakable contract for yourself with ’laws’ beforehand, right?" Melissa asked, looking into Aiden’s eyes.
Aiden didn’t respond, which served as a confirmation.
Before Melissa’s arrival, he had used "substitute" to disguise Halo as Melifilia and had locked him up in the confinement space of the "Punishment" power. He had also created an absolute rule for himself with the power of "laws": the next time he was to release someone from the confinement space, no matter who it was, he must release Halo first. fɾeewebnoveℓ.co๓
When Melissa had manipulated Aiden into releasing the prisoners, the pre-set rule took effect, compelling Aiden to carry out the preliminary action of freeing Halo first.
This bought the Goddess of Revenge time to react, and when Aiden was about to free Melifilia, the Goddess of Revenge timely used "Betrayal" to bring him back to his senses.
With Melissa’s powers and intellect, a few extra seconds of observation would inevitably have revealed the disguise. However, she did not have that time, as the Goddess of Revenge quickly roused Aiden, and she had to complete the fusion with Melifilia before Aiden could use his powers again.
The outcome was that she had mistakenly summoned another spirit, one free to come and go from Halo’s shell, into her own body.
"Now, we can settle past grievances," she heard the Goddess of Revenge’s voice rising in her own spiritual world.
