Chapter 465: Chapter 465: The Goddess of Vengeance Appears_1
Aiden did not respond, but instead stared at Halo with a face full of skepticism.
Halo also remained silent, calmly meeting Aiden’s gaze with a strange smile on his face.
After a while, Aiden quietly took out the "Wordless Code," crossed out the rule that forbade stealing, and wrote "forbidding lying."
"What is your purpose in bringing this up?" Aiden began to ask, no, it should be said he began to interrogate.
"It’s just a reasonable proposal. You want my assistance, yet you prohibit my participation; I’m afraid I cannot accept that. At the very least, I must retain the right to make suggestions during the operation. Having someone to help you is to your advantage, after all," replied Halo indifferently and confidently.
"Is that all?" Aiden pressed.
"If I had to say there was another reason... well, I’m also somewhat interested in you—the toy that scheming bitch fancies. I do want to understand what she sees in you," Halo said, narrowing his eyes.
"Are those all of your reasons?"
"That’s all, I guess."
"You don’t intend to try to take over my body?" Aiden asked cautiously.
"You flatter me by thinking so highly of me. If I could, I truly would like to try," Halo sighed with feigned regret.
"Answer me directly," Aiden’s voice grew heavier.
The "Wordless Code" stated that "forbidden" means one can only act if not forbidden; when responding to questions, Halo could only speak the truth but could choose to tell only part of the truth.
Using this nuance of speech, sometimes a partial truth can cause misunderstandings in the other party, achieving a more effective misdirection than outright lies.
Halo’s interrogation had to be thorough.
"Of course, that’s impossible, you fool," Halo lightly "huffed," showing disdain for Aiden’s caution, "My spirit isn’t even whole right now; it’s simply impossible to dominate your consciousness in your own territory. To possess you, I’d need to use the ’Sacrifice’ ability. The ’Sacrifice’ ability only works if the target is willing. If you don’t volunteer your body, how could I possibly steal it?"
This was the truth...
Aiden began to ponder seriously.
In the theory of Mental Magic, a person’s personality has a home-field advantage in their own spirit world. Using Mental Spells to completely eradicate a person’s spirit and take over their body is practically infeasible.
One could temporarily hypnotize the other party, putting their spirit at a disadvantage, and then control their body, but even if such hypnosis were successful, it could usually only last a very short time.
Alternatively, like Presia, one could extract the other’s spirit and then occupy the body that has been left vacant.
Another method is to directly kill the other party’s body and, after the spirit dependent on the body dissipates, use necromancy to attach to the corpse.
However, the "Sacrifice" ability to snatch a body requires the target’s willingness to take effect. The Goddess of Revenge was able to take Halo’s body because he was willing to sacrifice himself. Theoretically, if he were unwilling, the Goddess of Revenge indeed couldn’t take his body.
"But you can use your abilities when you possess my body, can’t you?" Aiden continued to inquire. "Aren’t you planning on using your powers to do something that could harm me?"
"How could I not have such plans? If I get the chance, of course, I will act," admitted Halo openly and without hesitation, "But don’t you have this broken book to limit me?"
"So to keep you with me, should I still waste a rule to guard against you?"
The "Wordless Code" could only be written or modified three times a day, and there can only be three rules in existence at the same time. To take Halo with him, even if Aiden had Halo swear in advance never to harm him, he would still need to expend at least one rule to force Halo to abide by the oath, which would undoubtedly be a weakening for him.
"You value the prison you manage so carefully that you’ll surely leave this broken book here to restrict me," laughed Halo, "It’s just the expense of one rule, you should consider it a gain."
"No, I planned on using drugs to put you in a dormant state for a few days while I’m out," Aiden replied.
"Could you be any more shameless?" Halo frowned at him.
"It’s merely a necessary measure against a prisoner who could severely disrupt the order of the prison. I don’t see any problem with that," Aiden answered with a composed face.
"In that case, I’m even more disapproving. If you want to borrow my power, you must let me attach to you," Halo responded, "Choose, boy."
Aiden mulled over it for a long time before finally looking up at Halo, "We can try it out first."
"A wise decision," Halo smirked.
...
Minutes later, after taking basic precautions with the "Wordless Code," Aiden began the attempt at Halo’s proposal for possession.
"Come, offer up everything you are willing to offer," Halo mockingly intoned the divine words of "Sacrifice" and then reached out his hand to Aiden.
Aiden placed his hand on Halo’s in silence.
For an instant, it felt like an electric shock passed through him, and Aiden sensed that something had "invaded" him.
At the same time, he saw Halo’s gaze become vacant, with an eerily stupefied look.
This stupefaction lasted less than a second before a madness took over those eyes. A lunatic smile appeared on Halo’s face. Concurrently, Aiden felt a strong grip on his hand.
Aiden quickly reacted, forcefully withdrawing his hand and standing up to create distance from Halo.
He could clearly feel that the Goddess of Revenge had left Halo’s body, and Halo had reverted to the "madman" he was before.
"Hehehehe!! Hahaha!" Halo let out an excited, lunatic laugh at Aiden.
Aiden was ready to command the mercury golem to control her. Halo in this state was highly aggressive and could pounce at any moment.
But ultimately, Halo did nothing, simply spreading his hands toward Aiden and shouting with a reverent tone, "My most supreme lord, I have nothing, for all that I have is Yours."
"Then sit down and behave," Aiden frowned.
Halo showed no reaction to his words and continued to hold up his hands, staring at him reverently.
"Your commands are useless on her; she belongs to me, not to you," a strange voice came from beside Aiden.
Aiden turned his head, surprised to see a completely unfamiliar woman he had never seen before, standing with her arms crossed and looking askance at him. With long hair, she appeared much younger than Halo, and the upturned corners of her eyes along with the sly smile on her face gave her an untrustworthy look.
"You..." Aiden was taken aback.
"We just talked a minute ago, and you’ve already forgotten me, boy?" the unfamiliar woman—the Goddess of Revenge—smiled at him.
