Chapter 130:
Truly Headache-Inducing
The next afternoon, in the warden office.
"...That's the general situation. Prisoner 3397, the witch Priscilla, has returned to normal and no longer requires special monitoring standards. The alert level has been reset to red. I will handle the coordination with the Inquisition Bureau. And I have already inford the day shift, through Franda. Make sure to relay this information to the night shift and all mbers of your riot squad." Aiden inford Veronica, who stood before him.
Priscilla had recovered from her "amnesia" and transford back into the powerful witch skilled in ntal spells. It was essential that this news be disseminated to all personnel in the core area, and Veronica was the captain of the fourth riot control squad responsible for the core area.
"Understood," Veronica respectfully saluted. "I never expected such a significant event to occur in my absence. I regret not being able to assist..."
"It couldn't be helped. After all, it's been a full moon these past two days," Aiden chuckled warmly. "You should head back to your post."
"Okay," but instead of leaving the office imdiately, she seed hesitant.
"What's the matter?" Aiden sensed that she had sothing to ask.
After much hesitation, Veronica cautiously spoke up, "Um, earlier during the patrol in the garden area, I overheard so strange discussions among the prisoners. It seed to be about you, Chief Warden..."
"You an they were talking about
taking prisoners 3307 and 3397 out?" Aiden grasped the situation imdiately. "I used Fei abilities to investigate that matter. Any strange rumors are because Fei caused trouble upon her return, leading to her current confinent."
"Ah... I see." Veronica exhaled in relief, then saluted. "I'll take my leave now."
Aiden nodded as he watched her leave the office, and leaning back in his chair.
After reporting to the Inquisition Bureau in the morning, Priscilla's case had co to a temporary close, leaving only so loose ends. With his own tasks completed for the mont, he could take a brief rest.
As he settled his mind, yesterday's words from philia resurfaced in his thoughts.
"Seize the authority, and beco a dominator..."
philia had given him this suggestion.
Traversing into a different world, cultivating to beco a deity, and ascending in a single step to heaventhese things intrigued him to so extent, but interest aside, the decision to pursue them was another matter.
Firstly, the path to godhood in this world was undeniably perilous. The fact that inheriting divinity from the remains of other divine beings was involved ant that this path would be fraught with scenarios of killing for treasures.
As far as Aiden knew, there were two factions related to this path to godhood: the Witch's Gathering and the Blood Moon Cultneither of which were benevolent.
Even now, he was being targeted by a mber of the Blood Moon Cult.
philia had ntioned that individual had touched the "authority of hatred" and to fully wield the power of this authority, he must fulfill the ritual requirents corresponding to each proverb, one of which was to kill Aiden.
Aiden speculated that these supposed ritual requirents likely involved actions like "carrying out a revenge" or "killing an enemy," with Aiden being chosen as the enemy to fulfill the ritual. After all, the cult created by that individual was destroyed under Aiden's command, and even the goddess he had managed to summon to this world was taken away.
If philia words were true, Aiden realized that unless he ard himself by walking this path to beco a dominator, he would eventually be killed by that individual.
However, if he attracted more dangerous individuals while attempting to beco a dominator, it would be a case of putting the cart before the horse.
Moreover, there was another crucial point: Aiden was well aware that philia was not trustworthy.
Although he had guarded philia for nearly five years, the more he interacted with her, the more he found this goddess unpredictable.
philia seed to treat him with a ga-like attitude, viewing him as a valuable toy or even a pet. She granted him divinity, occasionally offered advice, but always remained tight-lipped about the purpose of summoning him.
It wasn't until yesterday that he learned from philia that he was summoned not only to serve as a pawn to prevent others from ascending as dominator but also that philia intentions went beyond just that.
As for the reasons behind philia voluntarily being detained by the Inquisition Bureau and any information about agreents between her and the forr Aiden, the current Aiden remained completely unaware.
Despite appearing as the guardian while philia seed like his prisoner, due to the unequal distribution of information between them, he was actually the one in a passive position.
Accepting philia advice blindly, without understanding her true intentions, clearly carried risks. What if her encouragent to beco a dominator concealed ulterior motives...
With these thoughts in mind, Aiden took a mont to steady himself.
At present, it wasn't necessary to look too far ahead. Whether worrying about when the founder of the Blood Moon Cult might return or speculating on philia true intentions, he found himself unable to take any decisive actions.
Even if he resolved to beco a dominator, obtaining divinity and the divine language was no easy taskPriscilla and Dailey had both pursued divinity in vain.
When considering where to begin the search for divinity and the divine language, the Witch's Gathering was the only lead he could think of. After all, whether it was his knowledge of the divine language or the technique of speaking it, it all ultimately stemd from the Witch's Gathering.
However, actively seeking to gather divinity and the divine language through the Witch's Gathering was akin to courting death.
Abigail, Lamia, and Chira, the three powerful witches, were controllers of the divine language. Dailey once described Abigail as being close to godhood. She was likely, much like the individual philia referred to as "that person," who was on the brink of attaining the authority of a dominator.
Regarding the other two individuals, they were probably no less formidable. After the Blood Moon Cult suffered setbacks against the Witch's gathering, they quickly fell in line. Not to ntion the Blood Moon Cult, even the Inquisition Bureau never harbored intentions of targeting Abigail.
In addition to them, there were Vera and Hasbinis, who were also grand witches on par with Dailey and Priscilla.
The Witch's gathering itself pursued the divine language and divinity. While the divine language could be shared, divinity was limited. If they were to discover that Aiden possessed divinity...
For him now, the Witch's Gathering was definitely not an organization to be trifled withalthough, to so extent, he had already stirred the pot.
"This is truly a headache!" he slumped in his chair, and letting out a deep sigh.
Is it really this difficult to live well in a different world?
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