Chapter 741: Move a matchstick to make the account right

In the transparent air, lines appeared like those of shattered ice.

When Aleister took the new phantom card out of it.

In an instant, an extremely cold frost spread everywhere—the mirrors, beds, and furniture in the room were instantly covered with a layer of white frost. The honey badger subconsciously covered her face with her hands... Even so, the hem of her clothes was also covered with frost marks.

At this moment, the phantom magic card made of pure ice gradually shed its frost coat.

[Equipment Card: Death of Desolation (Death God)]

[Required: Water 4 or Dark 4]

【Action, Summon, Repeat】

[Effect: Summon "Death of Withering Silence" (supernatural weapon - scythe, extremely light, sharp, cold, possesses the supernatural module "Death of Withering Silence")]

[Effect: Use and swing the sickle again, launching nine invisible flying blades. The flying blades automatically lock onto all targets that have been damaged by the wielder.]

[Alien Characteristics: Reverse Blade (It only has a blade on the side facing you)]

[Extraordinary Module - Withered Death: Whenever its damage causes bleeding or limb loss, the attack will instead reduce the opponent's maximum health. This effect is also considered the same as the "Aging Curse" effect of the same name; any creature killed or limbs severed by its damage will be transformed into shattered ice sculptures.]

——Without a doubt.

Compared to the Thunderbolt Halberd made by the "Demon of Punishment", a demon of the same level as the Winter Demon, this weapon is relatively more suitable for Aleister.

It can cause considerable suppression to races such as the Children of the Moon, who have tenacious vitality - and this kind of suppression is not a particularly specialized type, but rather a more general type.

As long as damage is caused, the opponent's health bar limit can be directly reduced!

...The only problem was that it was a long-handled sickle. A sickle, a wheat-cutting implement, wasn't a particularly effective weapon, especially since it only had a blade on one side. It was far too difficult to inflict damage with just this weapon.

But fortunately, it also has a repeat effect - or rather, equipment cards should also have a repeat effect.

Otherwise, why would you give up your usual weapons and sacrifice a valuable card slot to summon new equipment?

Its repetition effect can directly launch invisible flying blades to track and attack hostile targets that have already caused damage. Although the exact amount of damage is unknown, it can at least be considered as "damage caused by the death of desolation" and can still trigger the effect of reducing the maximum health.

Although this effect itself is an aging curse, it can be dispelled as a curse.

But it also has a very important effect - being killed or having limbs severed by this effect will cause the opponent to turn into a broken ice sculpture.

...Although this looks like some kind of kill effect, it actually means preventing resurrection.

The Moon Children are difficult to kill completely, as they turn to ash upon death. If enough ashes are poured with a generous amount of scalding blood, they can be reborn... It's even possible to combine the ashes of multiple Moon Children to resurrect one. Of course, whether this constitutes a resurrection or a rebirth is still debated even among the Moon Children themselves.

If they are killed by this sickle, they will be directly transformed into shattered ice sculptures - thus completely changing the opponent's death form!

Naturally, there is no possibility for a shattered ice sculpture to be revived again.

One reason Aleister preferred this weapon to the Thunder Halberd was because it favored magic. The Invisible Flying Blade's lock didn't require the target to have been "damaged by the Withered Death," but rather "had been damaged by the wielder."

In other words, Aleister could use other spells - such as Light of Elysium - to cause a round of group damage first, and then switch to "Death of Withering Silence" to kill the group.

Although it is still relatively simple at present, Aleister finally has his own system in terms of spells!

Aleister summoned the Book of Aiwass's Law and took out the Death God card he had saved there—the Minion Card: Earthbound Spirit—and added the Equipment Card: Withered Death. Besides Shadow Blade, Earthbound Spirit became the second Phantom Demon Card Aleister eliminated.

As a result, there are a total of ten empty spaces left in Aleister's Book of Law.

Magician, Priestess, Queen, Pope, Chariot, Hermit, Justice, Tower, Judgment, World.

If the remaining four mortal sin cards are selected from the empty slots, then Aleister will have at most two free slots; if he replaces other slots like he replaced the Earthbound Spirit now, he can squeeze out a little more.

The reason why Aiwass brought the earthbound spirit out was because the earthbound spirit Alice was asking him for help.

She was a good child. She was used as a human pillar and hammered into the foundations, her vengeance so strong that she became a ghost. Yet, she never devoured the souls of passing travelers—only those fugitives who had desperately sought refuge there. Because of this, she became quite weak.

She didn't want to disappear quietly, but she also didn't want to be driven away by the priest.

So Aiwass sealed her away, helping her escape the fate of the earthbound spirit that bound her. In this respect, earthbound spirits are very similar to dryads - Aiwass does not rely on their power, but simply helps them escape their own fate through this sealing technique that transcends fate.

As a reward and a token of gratitude, Alice had helped Aiwass several times. However, as Aiwass's level increased, the influence of Alice, still at level 40, on the Earthbound Spirit gradually decreased. Crucially, Star Ice was also an illusion ability, overlapping with the Earthbound Spirit's role.

For the Earthbound Spirit, it should be a relief that Aiwass no longer uses it.

After all, as long as it's inside Aiwass, it can still perceive the world and doesn't have to work—

But at this moment, this card is buzzing restlessly.

Aleister placed the card against his forehead and quietly communicated with the earthbound spirit.

Soon, she understood what Alice meant.

——Because right here, lies a soulless body that has lost its soul but still has life.

She wanted this body if Aiwass no longer needed her.

"...Then I need to communicate with the original owner of this body first."

Aleister hesitated for a moment and explained to Alice, "Even though she is definitely going to die... she is still here watching after all."

For transcendents without the Twilight Path, special path abilities, or tantric texts, experiencing a soul leaving the body once signifies a terminal illness. Just as dislocations can become a habit once you become accustomed to them, the same is true of the soul leaving the body.

Once the soul leaves the body, the inseparable relationship between the body and soul is torn apart. After that, it is possible that the soul will stand up from its position, but the body is still sitting on the chair. The frequency of this will increase with age and the improvement of soul abilities.

Even if Aleister used the ritual to stuff the female college student's soul back, as the difference between soul and body became more and more obvious, her soul would eventually leave her body.

Unless she can embark on the Path of Dusk and reach a high enough level, or obtain abilities such as "Path Characteristics: Soul Walker" and "Soul Separation Tantra".

In folk tales from all over the world, there are legends about the bodies of those who have left their souls being occupied by lonely ghosts and wild monsters.

A blank, soulless body is the most suitable for possession. And ordinary people without extraordinary powers will definitely not be able to take back their own bodies.

The Mirror Demon had already told Aleister what had happened in there before they came in.

It was clear that the Earl had initially intended for the girl to act as a go-between, abducting her classmates for use in his ritual. Although he had promised her many benefits, in Aleister's eyes, these were all lies—once she'd taken the blame, the Earl would have killed her and had her soul taken out and hung.

And that soulless body can allow incorporeal demons to drill into it.

For example, a Shadow Fiend or a Mirror Fiend would work. During Aiwass's ascension ceremony, he had let a Shadow Fiend control his body... and since the Mirror Fiend was more adept at fine manipulation, controlling a soulless body would naturally be even easier. The Mirror Fiend could easily control this female college student, making her take the blame and face trial. The equation would be even.

It's a classic financial conundrum: How do you move a matchstick to make the accounts right?

——The answer is to move the lit match to the account.

She is the account book.

(End of this chapter)