novelhk Chapter 248 The Lower Witch
Chapter 248 The Lower Witch
Chapter 248 The Lower Witch
Having figured out the enemy's identity, Weyland still had one question: why his authority had been reduced because of her.
"What exactly did you do to reduce our privileges?" he asked.
"Permissions? Oh, you mean authority?"
Lilith was not surprised by his question and said frankly, "Of course it is because I am the one who holds the highest authority, and now I am just taking back the authority that has been dispersed."
"How is this possible?" one committee member exclaimed. "After the collapse of the old order, the highest authority over the Ring has always been in our hands. How could you possibly possess the highest authority?"
Unexpectedly, his questioning was met with Lilith's sneer.
"Do you really think that with the technology that humanity had at that time, we could have created a world that was constantly evolving? No, the birth of the Ring was entirely due to the Seed of the World in my hand."
"I am the Ring itself."
The Primal Witch's voice was deafening, turning the faces of the committee members a deep purplish-red.
Seeing their unpleasant expressions made Lilith even happier.
"Speaking of which, I should really thank you all," she joked. "Thank you for pushing the Ring Project forward, especially that guy from Styx."
She looked at Mordy, who returned a smile.
Lilith wasn't too pleased with the other party's unwavering composure in the face of adversity, but she still continued, "The mass-produced witches of Styx have really helped me a lot. If it weren't for you, I would have had to wait at least another ten years."
"Since I've done you such a big favor, how about you do me one too?"
Modi smiled slightly, and for some reason, his words made Lilith feel nervous.
The young man in front of them seemed harmless, lacking both the authority and maturity of the other committee members, yet he was more composed than any of them.
It was as if he already knew what was going to happen.
Lilith hated his behavior because the old fogies of the Papacy did the same thing back then, and at the last moment, they dragged down an angel and beat her to a pulp.
"What do you want me to do? If it's about dying without the pain, I'd be happy to grant your wish." Her voice grew colder, revealing the change in her mood.
"It's just a small favor. I just want to borrow your authority, it's that simple."
Modi stepped forward, and at the same time, all the committee members he had left behind collapsed to the ground.
Their eyes were glazed over, their expressions frozen on their faces, as if they had encountered something unbelievable.
"Our permissions...we've lost them all?!"
Their bodies were so weak that they couldn't even stand up, but what they feared most was losing their authority.
Wieland stared intently at the only unharmed committee member, his voice trembling as he asked, "What...what did you do?"
"It's nothing, just some interest I collected from you. I've helped you so much, it's not unreasonable to ask for a little more authority, is it?"
The thirteenth committee member, the traitor Mordy, said this.
"You betrayed us!" Weyland forced the words out of his throat, desperately calling out to the company employees in the real world, trying to escape the deep dive.
The other committee members also made similar attempts.
But Modi's next words plunged them into an icy abyss: "Don't waste your energy. If nothing unexpected happens, your physical bodies in reality have already been taken over by me."
Their way back has been cut off, leaving them trapped here struggling endlessly.
Mordy shifted his gaze from them back to Lilith, only to hear her ask, "You held the same level of authority as them, how did you manage to seize power?"
"That's where you're wrong. You've made the preconceived notion that I'm on the same level as them."
Modi took a few steps forward and stood shoulder to shoulder with the giant beast, his gaze fixed on the primordial witch in front of him.
Inside the temple shrouded in blood mist, only the two sides remained, facing off against each other.
Seeing this, Lilith finally realized that these giant beasts were in league with him.
"These behemoths born from loopholes, could they also be things you created?" Her eyes were filled with a mixture of fear and doubt as she quietly raised her finger.
"To be precise, I took advantage of existing loopholes and easily created them."
Modi's words made her even more certain of one thing: this man was probably from outside the realm.
Otherwise, given the lack of miracles in the real world and the level of technological development, if he were truly an indigenous person, it would be impossible for him to create such a creature.
"No wonder Stix was able to develop those technologies; it turns out you provided them all."
As she spoke, Lilith suddenly giggled and said, "Whose messenger or avatar are you? Would you be interested in uniting with me? I think our union will produce many excellent offspring."
Her voice was alluring, enough to captivate men and women in the real world, even after their glands were removed.
Even a cyborg whose body is controlled by a prosthetic would likely be captivated by her.
But Mordy remained unmoved, only looking at her with a strange expression.
In mythology, Lilith also has another image: promiscuous and alluring... In some texts, after leaving Adam, she married Samael.
Although this view is relatively niche and not widely accepted, it still reveals its image.
Although Modi had long held a stereotype about her, he still couldn't suppress the strange emotions in his heart when she used this body to say those words.
That wicked witch, did she ever think that I was the one who created this body, and that we have a close relationship?
Oh, I guess she won't care about ethical issues, after all, it's Lilith.
Out of respect for its bad reputation, Mordy shook his head, indicating that he did not need a big, green hat.
Then, he flicked his sleeve, and a scarlet sword aura shot out from it, intercepting the healing spell's light in mid-air.
"It's a pity, I thought we would have a good time together."
Lilith sighed, her slightly downward-pointing hand hovering in the air, then suddenly pointed to the side, unleashing a Restoration spell at the giant beast beside her.
This time, Modi did not intercept, and the giant beast, as the target, did not resist at all, standing there blankly, letting the restoration spell turn it into a cloud of blood mist.
The light of restoration magic flashed continuously, traversing within the temple and restoring each giant beast to its initial state.
The blood mist that filled the temple grew thicker and thicker, almost condensing into droplets of blood. With each breath, it felt as if blood was being poured into the nasal cavity.
Standing amidst the blood mist, Mordi made no move, simply watching Lilith point at him one last time.
The restorative spell's aura spread across the sky, and sword energy shot out from his sleeves at just the right time, constantly shredding the aura.
Lilith's gaze darkened slightly; she didn't understand why he hadn't made a move until now.
For fairness? That's ridiculous. She doesn't believe someone who schemed against the entire Ringworld Committee would care about this.
On the other hand, this man claims to have higher-level privileges, but he has yet to use them, which is undoubtedly like a sword hanging over her head, making her uneasy.
She was indeed unable to strip him of his privileges, which proves that his privilege level is likely no lower than hers.
Before long, the Ring will become a real world, and we must eliminate it before that time comes.
Lilith made up her mind, raised her hand, and more power was about to surge from her body.
However, in the next instant, she did not feel the successful release of her power; instead, she felt her body stiffen.
Another will is struggling within the body she has taken over, vying with her for control of the body.
"You're not dead yet?" Lilith asked, puzzled. From the moment she took over the body until just now, she was certain that the other will within her had been dormant and could not possibly resist.
But now it seems that her judgment was wrong.
"I finally got you hooked, how could I die?" Ashe's flat voice rang out, startling her.
She took the bait? Could this body have been a trap from the very beginning?
"Have you finally realized it?"
Aisha's voice finally wavered, and it was a mocking tone.
"You and he conspired together all along? No, that's impossible. You're a mass-produced witch I carefully selected, and you've never had any contact with anyone in the real world."
Lilith used her powers to force herself to calm down and gradually unravel the mystery.
"Unless he was aware of my existence before you were born and prepared this trap for you, but how did you know... no, it was the blood mist in the air."
Her expression changed as she sensed some tiny creature she couldn't detect entering her body.
"So, that's why he let me kill those giant beasts?"
"That's only one point. Have you ever considered that I'm not some mass-produced witch at all?"
From the moment the blood mist touched her skin, Ashe gradually broke through the veil of memories until Mordy appeared and overlapped with the figure in her dream, at which point she remembered her identity.
She is not some mass-produced witch; she is the Blood God Child, and also the witch from the Styx Corporation.
The so-called death regression was nothing more than Mordy using his prophetic abilities to stuff the possibilities he had glimpsed into her mind.
Mordy noticed Lilith's unusual behavior and knew that the cage was working, imprisoning part of her consciousness.
Instead of rushing to kill, he began to communicate with Ashe.
"Can we use this awareness as a starting point to find a path to the root of the environmental boundary?"
"Theoretically speaking, it is possible, after all, she is something that flows from the Root, but it takes time. She just severed her connection with the Root, so I'm afraid I won't be able to complete it before the Ring Transformation."
Aisha frowned, her cherry-colored eyes turning to Mordy, meeting his gaze.
"Don't worry, I brought that." Mo Di understood her look, rummaged in his sleeve for a while, and pulled out a spherical object with a very futuristic feel.
On the surface of the sphere, streaks of blue light occasionally appeared, which were the Heavenly Book he brought back from the Qiancang Realm.
Aisha took the book, and several thin red threads emerged from her fair wrist, plunging into the small hole opened in the book.
"Great, this way I should be able to finish all the work before the Ring of Light undergoes its transformation." She had a confident smile on her face.
The connection between the incarnation and the original is actually very deep and difficult to sever completely.
As long as something exists, it will inevitably leave a trace. Unless a huge price is paid, it is very difficult for an avatar to sever its ties with the original body. This is the source of Ashe's confidence in doing so.