Witch Hunter: Lord of Lust and Sin

Chapter 124: Land of Mystery [Part 17]

"How..."

Freyja stared in shock at Morgana who was still unscathed even after fighting with her for so long.

"How do you think I was able to live so long without using reincarnation?"

Morgana scoffed as she answered Freyja.

Unlike the other women who had chased after Merlin, Morgana was a "mortal"- at least, that was how the naturally born mystical entities called her.

Non-mystics who had to rely on external means and other twisted methods to make use of magic were given the name "Mortal" in the past as their existence was tied to the natural laws.

No matter how strong they become, they are still bound by the cycle of life and death.

Even those with the blood of mystical beings were still mortal.

Yet death was not something that was limited to non-mystics.

The gap that separated mortals from immortals in the past was "natural death".

Anyone who has a true existence could be killed, even immortals could face death if they were killed.

But unlike mortals who would slowly wither and turn to dust through time, immortals could exist in any form they wish for eternity.

Even Merlin was not spared by death, in fact, the plan to seal Merlin had been planned with his death in mind.

Unfortunately, Merlin had found a way to end his life earlier than expected and sneak into the cycle of reincarnation.

By the time the seal was to be remade and Merlin’s reincarnation would be manipulated to reseal him-

He had already vanished and now he was reincarnated as Richard Rex.

Morgana too, like Merlin should have been a "mortal" yet she was able to continue living for centuries like a true immorta- a true mystical being.

Freyja squinted her eyes as she tried to look for answers and-

"You..."

Morgana smirked, she had already expected Freyja to see through her methods but now?

"How! How did you achieve that transformation!"

Freyja erupted, she couldn’t believe what she was seeing.

The existence of Morgana had already been sublimated and completely transformed.

She was already a mystical being, a complete one, not a false being created through twisted means or a faux existence that evaded the rules of nature.

"Well, It was a recent affair, I have you to thank for that. If you hadn’t punished Richard to the brink, I would have never gotten the opportunity to meet him much less receive his grace"

Before meeting Richard, Morgana had created the manor as not only a residence and home base for her organization but also as the core of her eternal existence.

She had used the knowledge obtained from Merlin, as a student of the flower sage, Morgana was able to use the knowledge he had given to her in spades.

Although most of that knowledge had no inherent connection and was but a chaotic mess of random facts and pieces of knowledge- Morgana was not an idiot with no ability whatsoever.

Through trial and error as well as gathering her own bits of knowledge and experience, Morgana was able to use the accumulation of knowledge to develop her own method of immortality.

Spreading her name through legends, ensuring her name and existence would never fade-

While many mystical beings, immortals in their own right slowly lost their power and vanished from existence due to the changing systems started by Merlin.

Many mortals had used that very system to break the rules of the world.

Merlin’s goal was to erase the existence of immortal mystics, while he succeeded in erasing many of those mystics that were born from belief, those that were born from the laws were able to take hold of their own existence by returning to their origins.

Morgana and other mystics of "mortal" origins though, they found methods to escape the cycle of reincarnation.

Some created immortal puppets to trap their souls, some twisted causality and changed their existence entirely and there were those like Morgana who created a sanctuary for immortality.

For years, Morgana was unable to leave her manor in her true body.

She was only able to see the outside world through the eyes of puppets, familiar and through spells.

Now?

After being turned into Richard’s slave, the blessing of immortality, the complete transformation of her existence was completed.

The accumulation of centuries had given Morgana power that was already on par with many of the ancient immortals.

In the past, facing Freyja was something Morgana would do only after making sufficient preparations.

"You... is that the power of his inheritance? I’ve found inheritors of the nephilim in the past but none should have had power like this! To create a try mystic existence... this is power that could only come from-"

Freyja paused, her eyes opened wide in shock as she suddenly realized something.

"So you finally realized it huh?"

Morgana jeered at Freyja who had only just now understood how such a "miracle" could come about.

"HOW DID HE GET A DOMAIN?!"

— — —

Richard, who was still busy thinking about what to do with Odin, was interrupted with a question.

"You have a domain??"

Skadi asked, she stared at Richard with an incredulous look in her eyes.

Domains were powers that even the greatest of mystics would have a hard time grasping.

Merlin himself was unable to take over the power of a domain even though he had found many through his travels.

At best, Merlin was able to contain and manipulate the power of the domain. Much like how modern humans harnessed the power of nature to generate their energy, Merlin was only at the level where he could borrow the power of domains.

To think that a descendant of Merlin was capable of containing the power of a domain...

Skadi did not expect Richard to answer her question, but-

"Oh? Yeah, though it’s not really something powerful, moreover, it’s just a small fraction of it. Although some may say it’s still something extraordinary, the Domain of "Sin" was something that I could barely contain, the Goddess I had a contract with should have the rest of the Domain, all I have is Lust"

Richard explained his power to her without batting an eye, he said it like it was some casual piece of information.

"What?!"

But Skadi’s reaction was immediate.

She now realized how Richard could transform even a mystic at the level of Morgana into a true mystical being.

While her abilities were still limited as she had yet to fully incarnate herself coupled with the seals that Richard had placed on her.

That didn’t stop Skadi from having the power to peak at the ongoing battles.

The army of einherjar were already being routed and slowly collected by the young witch named Cindy.

Because that battle was basically over, Skadi focused on the battle between Morgana and Freyja, she was expecting a difficult fight as much like her, Freyja had yet to fully incarnate herself.

But to her surprise, not only was Freyja heavily injured and on the losing end of the battle, Morgana was also pretty match unscathed.

She was calmly starting to have a discussion with Freyja.

Her madness seemed to have dissipated once Richard arrived and didn’t scold her or show signs of anger.

Maybe Richard had whispered something to Morgana before sealing her but that was not something that Skadi could think about at the moment.

"Sin... Lust..."

Skadi tried to recall the powers related to this power but she can’t recall anything related to it.

But, even though her knowledge of this domain was lacking, Skadi still knew just how powerful the domain of sin was.

Sin and its counterpart- Virtue, these two domains hold unbelievable power individually.

Many of the tools, spells and formations created by Merlin had used these two domains as a source of power.

Even now, Virtue and Sin is a powerful source of mystic power, through the use of virtues or sins, one could use them as a source of power to overcome the will of natural order or even to enhance spells.

Richard spoke of taking control of a portion of such a domain as if it was simple but-

The fact that he had access to such power could easily explain why Richard was able to transform the existence of people with ease.

Even the Nephilim could only create a new mystical life.

Skadi had not encountered a true nephilim but the remnants of those beings and the legends of them proved one point.

Nephilim could create new mystical life, not transform already established existences.

Seeing Skadi’s reaction, Richard could guess what she was thinking.

"Want to have a taste of it?"

Skadi’s current appearance was exquisite and with things finally calming down, the pressure that had been boiling and was unable to release itself was being directed elsewhere.

Alas, domains were indeed worthy of the power they command.

Richard had only recently understood the truth about domains and now he was being made to confront them.

He tried to increase his power without being overly reliant on his list but-

"Is that an invitation... master?"

Skadi knew what her current status was, her platinum blonde hair and youthful visage she bore-

A combination of Japanese and western traits, with her awakening her memories and power, the beautiful visage of Karen Tamashiro had been transformed to become more "perfect".

In the past, Merlin couldn’t even properly push her down as she was a five meter tall giantess, Moreover despite having a "slim" build, that "slim figure" was something compared only to fellow Giants.

Now?

The sealing before had shown just how different her body was.

Richard was able to easily wrap his hands around his body and his dick which would only be comparable to a pea in her first life, was now large enough tot cause her to shiver at the thought of getting penetrated by it.

Richard’s invitation had completely taken over the thoughts of Skadi-

This is what I always wanted wasn’t it? To be with Merl- no.. with Richard... in this life...

While Skadi was fantasizing about what would happen after she accepted his invitation, Richard sighed as he turned his attention back at the sealed Odin.

Maybe splitting the power could work as well...