Chapter 418: Enchanting Deadlock

After taking the elevator from the top floor of Lloyd's headquarters, Aiwass did not leave Lloyd's directly, but went to the 17th floor.

That was the floor where attorney York Hermes's office was located.

He has been dead for some time now, but the office was not transferred to Lloyd's immediately.

On the one hand, this is because more than half of the senior executives of Lloyd's have been imprisoned, and those who remain dare not make any major moves; on the other hand, it is because the Inspectorate has used legal magic to hang a ban order here.

Aiwass removed the seal without hesitation. The crow on his shoulder flew down and pecked at the door lock. The door opened automatically and they walked in.

The room, which had not been opened for a long time, was filled with dust and an old smell.

The surrounding furnishings have hardly changed from the past.

However, most of the green plants that Lawyer York had so carefully cared for were now dead. The beautiful green parrot in the birdcage had long since died. Its starved corpse had not rotted or smelled, but had become dry and shrunken. And the water in the aquarium was filled with dead goldfish, and the water had turned murky.

Only the group photos hanging on the wall are no different from the past.

The York lawyer's youthful days are frozen in time in the photograph. Even though he has been dead for many days now, his reputation has been ruined. But in the photo, he still smiles so brightly and happily.

"Oh……"

Aiwass looked up at the photos and suddenly chuckled, as if mocking something.

The crow on his shoulder disappeared silently like a shadow.

She transformed into a night demon, holding onto the chair behind the desk with one hand.

The shadowy wings behind the Night Demon spread out, and the dust in the room was blown away by the whirlwind that had arisen for no apparent reason. The corpses in the fish tank and bird cage all disintegrated and dissipated. A turbid stream of polluted water erupted from the fish tank.

And after a gust of black wind blew, the faces of the people in the photos became blank.

When Aiwass turned around, she had transformed back into the crow, standing quietly in the birdcage. Only the chair she had pulled out from behind the desk was slowly spinning.

"...you're the host, aren't you?"

Aiwass smiled and calmly sat in the chair that Night Demon pulled out for him.

He took a deep breath and whispered, "Please bring me a candle, Vignes."

The crow opened the cage by itself and flew out, flying to the cabinet on the side.

Aiwass sat in the seat York had occupied, gently touching the deep scar on his collarbone. The intense pain made him gasp.

The flesh from his clavicle to his shoulder blade had been peeled off and eaten away, leaving only bones visible to the naked eye.

Aiwass's blood had already soaked through his upper body clothing. His sensitive nerves screamed with pain, and the veins in his forehead throbbed violently with pain. This meant Aiwass had reached the third level of his devotion... If an ordinary person suffered such a severe injury, they wouldn't be able to walk around unnoticed. If left unattended, they would simply bleed to death.

But for Aiwass, this injury was no longer fatal. After just a few steps, the bleeding had stopped and the injury had stopped worsening. By the time he woke up tomorrow, it would be mostly healed.

However, it might take a few more days to grow back so much lost flesh and blood.

However, Aiwass still had to go pick up Isabel later, so Aiwass still had to use the Fire Sacrifice technique to quickly recover from his injuries.

After lighting the candle that the crow brought, Aiwass reached out to the candle flame and closed his eyes.

The wound on his neck hissed with white smoke, healing at a speed visible to the naked eye, the missing flesh and blood growing back—those flesh, nerves, and blood vessels pulling away like tentacles and then building together. Like building a house, it was quickly poured and shaped, and eventually fully healed.

And Aiwass reviewed his actions in the tranquility immersed in the fire.

——He was a little too arrogant this time.

Perhaps it was because during the last promotion ceremony, Aiwass took the initiative to break free from Bayard's "enchantment" state... This made him subconsciously underestimate the value of the succubus Emma.

Another reason is that he still has the Night Demon with him.

Although Aiwass tried his best to control the Night Demon from attacking him... as long as Aiwass was in real danger, Vignes would definitely save Aiwass. This made Aiwass relax his vigilance a little.

As a result, Aiwass was controlled at the first sight.

He savored the feeling of being controlled by the charm.

...How should I put it.

Like an innocent little boy in his first love, he leaps with joy, eager to fulfill his crush's every wish. Just a glance can bring joy, and the mere touch and warmth of his body can send him carefree and captivated. And when his partner is troubled, Aiwass subconsciously shifts his perspective to consider their needs.

Even when the Night Demon wanted to attack him several times, he stopped him because he was worried about his safety. He could hear Vines's anxious shouting in his heart, but he just comforted him without paying any attention - even explaining that everything was fine.

"Is this the effect of the love potion..."

Aiwass murmured softly, a little frightened: "The path of love... is truly terrifying."

Fortunately, Vines' attack briefly woke him up.

The pain at that moment made Aiwas sober for a moment.

Although Emma quickly tried to charm Aiwass again, Aiwass had already gradually realized what had happened. He then assigned a task to Vignes, and when he fell into this "not listening" state again, he would attack him again and begin to eat his flesh and blood.

Later, when Emma held Aiwass's hand, Aiwass immediately felt his heart soften.

——He was even trying to get rid of the task he had just assigned.

He continued to resist the temptation with his willpower, but amid Emma's whispers, Aiwas's consciousness gradually fell into the abyss again.

Perhaps because he had been in constant physical contact with Emma this time, the mental control this time was even deeper than before.

Even if Vignes attacked Aiwass again, he would not be able to wake up immediately like before.

So Vines directly followed the task assigned by Aiwass before, and began to attack Aiwass fiercely and peck at his flesh and blood.

During this time, Aiwass's frequent daily use of the pastoral technique had become almost a habit. The enchantment state simply made Aiwass unwilling to become an enemy of Emma and willing to obey her orders and requests... but it didn't distort Aiwass's other behavioral logic or habits.

After Viñales expressed hunger, Aiwass instinctively tried to feed her, just as a nursing mother instinctively wants to feed her child when she hears him cry.

——And the moment Aiwass entered the state of "mercy and sacrifice" in pastoral care, the enchantment was suddenly lifted.

Part of the reason was that the pastoral care method covered up Emma's charming aura; and the other part of the reason was that Emma was also controlled by Aiwass in turn.

As a vampire child of the moon and a demon incarnate, she was unable to resist the charm of Aiwass's pastoral care. From this perspective, Aiwass even enchanted her in return - just like the technique he used to tame the shadow demon.

In other words, even though the demon within Emma hadn't yet emerged, she had already been identified as a demon by the Shepherding Method. The Shepherding Method was effective against all phantom demons, and was especially effective against demons that had transcended the Dao.

In other words, it was precisely because her demonic soul and the body of the Moon Child both longed for the flesh and blood of Aiwass that her extremely strong appetite overwhelmed the succubus's original sin mark of lust.

Using control to interrupt control... this may also be considered a form of control offset.

Although Aiwass did not complete her pastoral care, the moment Emma expressed her desire for Aiwass's flesh and blood, she had already become Aiwass's "child".

It was as if the mark of Emma still lingered in Aiwass's mind—when he closed his eyes and thought of Emma, ​​those pink pupils would flash through his mind, and he still couldn't bring himself to kill her. And as long as Emma couldn't completely forget the abnormally inflated appetite she felt when she looked at Aiwass, she couldn't fully charm Aiwass.

And in this "deadlock" situation, the person who has the initiative to break the deadlock is Aiwass.

Because he can actively enter the state of pastoral care at any time to paralyze Emma's innate ability as a succubus.

Although that also meant that Aiwass was also under his control and was losing his life rapidly...but he still had Vines to protect him.

——Even so, Aiwass was extremely wary of Emma.

Although she was just a succubus...she was far from the best in terms of power and danger.

But she was the first boss that Aiwass became hostile to after he awakened his past life memories, but she did not know his intelligence, and she was also the only person who could actually kill Aiwass.

"etc……"

Aiwass's expression froze slightly.

He suddenly realized something was wrong.

...from yesterday to today.

Isn’t everything I’ve experienced a bit too coincidental?

(End of this chapter)