The Warden of The Wi Chapter 265:

Chapter 265:

Chapter 265: A Rare Win

"True, that doesn't seem necessary," Aiden considered and agreed. "You've already directly betrayed your own believers." When the Blood Moon Cult was destroyed by the Heresy Inquisition, philia had unhesitatingly abandoned the followers loyal to her within the cult.

"Shouldn't betrayal be as natural as breathing for a scher? In fact, the number of people I've betrayed before this is already countless," philia smiled.

"If the ritual is effective even when completed before obtaining the Authority, then didn't he actually complete the ritual when he betrayed that group of vampires from the original Blood Moon Cult?" Aiden mused. "However, given the premise that 'his seizure of the 'Hatred' Authority was done under your instruction,' as long as he chose to usurp the Authority, the act of betrayal beca factual. You could then legitimately carry out vengeance against this 'traitor'. As for the third condition..."

Aiden studied philia face. "This body... wasn't it perhaps willingly offered up by the sacrifice?"

"Precisely," philia answered. "In this world, there's actually no shortage of people willing to sell their lives. Give them sufficient reward, or help them achieve their desires... especially helping them achieve vengeance."

"You said you couldn't digest the 'Hatred' Authority yourself. Then why were you so eager to obtain it first?" Aiden continued questioning. "Could it be that you actually..." Already possess the 'Desire' Authority—the thought flashed through Aiden's mind. "Wisdom" and "Hatred" were opposing Authorities under their respective thrones. According to philia previous statents, attempting to forcibly master one after possessing the other would lead to extrely dangerous side effects—unless diated by the "Desire" Authority, which served as a bridge. If philia was also the Dominator of "Desire," it ant... linda, the Goddess of Love who deceived the Naless Witch two hundred years ago, might very well be another identity of philia? According to Abigail's speculation, linda likely lost her own form during the conflict with the God of Death, and philia... was precisely a goddess operating in this world by seizing the body of a human sacrifice.

But just then, philia gave a negative answer: "'I' do not possess the 'Desire' Authority. Arranging for that fellow to hold the 'Hatred' Authority for

was to set up a proper 'Vengeance'."

"A proper vengeance? If he finds a way to completely erase , he'll directly ascend to beco a Dominator," Aiden narrowed his eyes suspiciously.

"What does it matter? I naturally have counterasures ready for that," philia said, rolling the dice again. "What matters most is the fun that can be found in this affair."

"You even approach sothing like this playfully?" Aiden frowned slightly.

"Of course. One pawn arranged by , and another pawn summoned by , filled with randomness. On the chessboard between you two... who will ultimately capture the other?" philia moved her piece on the board, stopping in the space adjacent to Aiden's piece.

"Alas, just missed," she sighed with great regret.

Aiden remained silent for a mont, then picked up the dice. He wasn't entirely convinced, but it seed this was the only explanation philia was willing to offer voluntarily.

"The 'Hatred' Authority must have had a Dominator originally, right?" Aiden returned to the topic of the Vengeance Sanctuary. "That organization whose Authority you seized, the Vengeance Sanctuary, they worshipped a real, existing Dominator."

"I Rember her, the Goddess of Vengeance," philia said nonchalantly. "Dealing with her really took quite so effort."

"From your tone, I can't hear any effort at all. It Feels more like kicking aside a small pebble on the road," Aiden comnted.

"It really was troubleso. The 'Hatred' Authority suppresses reason because it represents the 'irrational' part of the psyche. That Goddess of Vengeance was precisely such an opponent. She absorbed the Authority but couldn't fully master it, causing her thinking to deviate from the norm—one could even say that Dominator was already half-mad."

"Wasn't that easy to deal with then?"

"For , quite the opposite. I excel at laying sches and traps, but she didn't play by conventional rules. Fortunately, I still won in the end."

"I have a question. In my prison, there's a priestess from the Vengeance Sanctuary who still possesses the Dominator's grace," Aiden raised his doubt. "If the Dominator is dead, can the granted partial powers continue to function?" Moreover, the power Hailo possessed had persisted for many years. Keep in mind, the God of Death's Agent had to kill regularly just to maintain his powers.

"Is that priestess very tall, with brown hair and green eyes?" philia asked, continuing without waiting for Aiden's answer. "Strictly speaking, the Goddess of Vengeance isn't completely dead. Her last soul remnant resides within that priestess."

"What do you an?" Aiden didn't quite understand.

"The sacrificial power of 'Hatred' allows resurrection through another's self-sacrifice when one faces destruction," philia explained. "Back when the Goddess of Vengeance was cornered, the one who stepped forward to sacrifice herself for her was that priestess."

"The sacrifice didn't succeed in the end?"

"I found a way to disrupt the sacrifice. The result was that a small fragnt of the Goddess of Vengeance's soul rged with the sacrifice, while the rest was completely destroyed," philia answered. "That's how the priestess obtained her power. But she also went mad due to the influence of the sacrificial power. After we took the Authority, we just left her to her fate."

Then, about three years later, this crazed priestess was captured by the Inquisition and thrown into this prison.

Aiden rolled the dice one last ti. The number showing declared his final piece had reached the finish.

"You won," philia grinned. "So Rare."

"It is rare," Aiden didn't deny it. Even playing Ludo, where each rolled their own dice, he still lost more often than won against philia.

"About ti to head back," he stood up. After such a busy evening, he just wanted to rest as soon as possible.

"Take care," philia showed no intention of keeping her guest. "By the way, it's about ti to visit the Diviner, isn't it? Your Utterances aren't complete yet."

"But she..."

"If you visit tomorrow, she should have returned by then," philia smiled, finishing Aiden's sentence before he could.