Novel Full Chapter 164: Tense Atmosphere, Aiden’s Anger and Killing Intent
Chapter 164: Chapter 164: Tense Atmosphere, Aiden’s Anger and Killing Intent
Since Eira became the Empress of the Great Shaw Empire, this was the first time Arthur had used a special communicator to call her on his own.
Usually, it was Eira who came to visit Arthur on important holidays.
The top fighters of the Great Shaw Empire were not just James and the Golden Dragon of National Destiny. The old man before her looked normal, but he was one of the strongest.
Of course, as the Empress, Eira had some special methods to increase her power.
But those methods usually had serious side effects. She only used them when there was no other choice.
Eira remembered her father, the previous ruler of the Great Shaw Empire, who had said his last words before he died: “When you become Empress, go to see Arthur right away.”
“Arthur, you called me so fast. Something serious must have happened, right?” Eira asked, worried.
The situation on Earth was not good. The Abyss Demon was getting ready to attack, and countries were fighting behind the scenes.
She hoped to use the Global Reclasser Exchange Tournament to raise the Great Shaw Empire’s reputation and gain more power.
As Eira was thinking, Arthur took a deep breath and said quickly,
“It’s because of Aiden. He’s touching the vengeful corpse right now.”
When Eira heard this, she froze. James turned pale and quickly said:
“He’s only eighteen. How can he touch a vengeful corpse?”
“Has Aiden already broken?”
“No, if you stepped in, it shouldn’t be a problem,” James said, trying to figure things out. He didn’t think it was that simple.
Arthur sighed, looking at his cane and said,
“I can’t tell for sure. I’m too old, and my old injuries are getting worse. Aiden has been in there for a long time. He seems fine now, but the time he’s lasting makes me uneasy.”
Eira’s eyes widened instantly.
Aiden wasn’t just touching the vengeful corpse—he had been doing it for a long time?
“How long? Ten minutes?” Eira said, her eyes lighting up. “He’s only just touching a vengeful corpse for the first time, and he’s lasting ten minutes. His will and soul strength are not something to ignore!”
James shook his head. “It’s not just ten minutes. For Arthur to call us both, Aiden must have lasted almost as long as I did—about fifteen minutes.”
“At that time, I was twenty-two, level 65. I didn’t expect Aiden to be able to do this now…”
Before James could finish, Luke finally spoke up: “It’s not fifteen minutes. Aiden has been in there for thirty minutes, and he’s still not breaking.”
As soon as Luke said that, everything went quiet.
The battle god of the Great Shaw Empire, level 95, James, stared wide-eyed at the white wooden door.
Empress Eira of the Great Shaw Empire clutched her imperial scepter tightly, ready to call upon the Golden Dragon of National Destiny.
If anything went wrong, she would step in. She couldn’t let Aiden get hurt.
Thirty minutes!
That was thirty minutes!
To touch a vengeful corpse for thirty minutes and not break—that was something impossible.
Right now, Aiden must have gone through many kinds of pain that normal people can’t even imagine.
“Besides talent, gear, and skills, there’s another factor that many people often ignore—willpower,” Eira took a deep breath.
There were more than one Reclasser in the Great Shaw Empire who had better talent than James.
But now, James was the empire’s battle god, a Venerable-level Reclasser, and only in his early thirties!
When Aiden lasted thirty minutes, his future achievements would definitely be better than James’.
No, not just better—
“Aiden has a chance to become a divine powerhouse,” Eira suddenly thought.
Divine powerhouse!
If the Great Shaw Empire had another one, it wouldn’t just change the empire’s fate—it could change the fate of the whole Earth!
Eira thought about this, and her heart started to beat faster. She felt more nervous than she had in a long time.
Besides Kelsey, she hadn’t cared so much about someone else in a long time.
“Arthur, what should we do?” Eira asked.
Arthur thought for a moment before answering, “Be ready. If something goes wrong, you must bring the Golden Dragon of National Destiny down immediately.”
“James, you need to open the Venerable Field. Be ready to pull Aiden into it just before he breaks. Use your soul strength to help keep him stable.”
“He’s been in there too long. I need your help to avoid the worst possible outcome.”
The atmosphere became tense and heavy.
Arthur raised his cane and focused all his attention on sensing Aiden’s condition.
James, next to him, opened the Venerable Field, and the battlefield turned dark and full of blood.
Eira was also ready, waiting to bring the Golden Dragon of National Destiny down at any moment.
Only Luke stood still, unable to do anything. His level was very high compared to ordinary Reclasser.
But now, facing the mysterious Arthur, the powerful James, and the Empress Eira, who could control the Golden Dragon of National Destiny, he seemed very weak.
Luke clenched his fists, his big scar on his face tense.
“Ministers led by Felix will definitely use my words against me after they learn what happened in the Reclasser Association today.”
“That’s fine. I can just step down as Deputy Guildmaster for now and focus all my time on improving my level.”
“If I get stronger, I can help Aiden better in the future. I can repay him.”
Luke’s eyes were full of determination. Aiden’s talent was much better than Charles’. He couldn’t let Aiden take the wrong path like Charles did.
He didn’t want to watch helplessly again, unable to do anything.
Another half hour passed.
Arthur, who was sensing Aiden’s condition, suddenly shouted,
“Get ready… wait! This isn’t a breakdown. He’s waking up!”
In an instant, Arthur, James, Eira, and Luke appeared in front of Aiden as fast as they could.
Their eyes were all fixed on Aiden, but no one dared to speak.
Because Aiden’s eyes were very dark, as if all the light had left them.
He slowly lifted his right foot and moved forward, like a machine, toward more vengeful corpses.
Arthur, James, Eira, and Luke all widened their eyes and opened their mouths in shock.
Because every vengeful corpse Aiden passed, released white smoke. But this smoke didn’t go into Aiden’s body.
Instead, it followed him like a group of little kids.
“Arthur, what’s going on?” James asked, full of shock and confusion.
Arthur pulled his hair hard, making his thin hair even less.
“I… I don’t know either.”
Soon, under the confused eyes of the group, Aiden reached the center of tens of thousands of vengeful corpses and stopped.
“Pain… so much pain.”
“I’m just experiencing it, just going through it in some way. But you… you were really tortured, surrounded by pain and covered in despair.”
Aiden took a deep breath. His dark eyes now had a little color—red.
Red with anger and killing intent.
The world is full of complicated people. Good and evil mix. Selflessness and selfishness fight inside each of us. That’s what it means to be human.
If it was a group of people who deserved to die, people who wanted to kill him, and they were tortured to death in such a cruel way, Aiden wouldn’t feel sorry for them. He’d even be happy to see it.
But this was different. These were children. Thousands of them—only seven or eight years old!
They shouldn’t have died.
They really shouldn’t have. Even if they died from illness, cancer, or an accident, it would still make people sad and upset.
Aiden slowly closed his eyes, remembering all the terrible and painful deaths he had just gone through.
When he opened his eyes again, they were filled with red bloodshot.
Aiden felt someone had cut open his chest, and then stuffed his lungs and throat with a dirty, smelly cloth.
A huge anger and killing rage burned inside him.
Even though Luke and Arthur didn’t say it directly, Aiden now understood why there were so many children’s bodies here.
High-level Reclasser used this way to absorb the souls of these suffering and desperate children, to strengthen their own soul power.
No wonder Luke had reacted so strongly at first.
“Ha!” Aiden took a deep breath, trying to calm his anger. But it didn’t help at all.
He looked at the white smoke and the sad little bodies around him. He opened his mouth, trying to say something, but couldn’t find the words.
At that moment, the white smoke quickly gathered together and formed a blurry, unclear child.
A small arm reached out toward Aiden, and slowly opened its hand.
In the palm was a black heart, beating slowly.
“Brother, can you help us? We don’t want to suffer anymore.”
“Yep, yeah, we all like you. Can you help us? Let us be free.”
“Please, we’re so hurt.” The child spoke, and it sounded like thousands of kids talking at the same time.