Chapter 990 - Behind the Soul (1/2)
Chapter 990: Behind the Soul
Translator: TransN Editor: TransN
“What way?”
After a short pause, Agatha went on, “Since it’s very dangerous to channel a demon, we’re thinking of transforming the demon into a man.”
“Are you suggesting… a soul transfer?” Roland asked as he realized the hint.
“You once said that there are demons in the Dream World. This shows that the successor of Starfall City has extracted a soul out of a demon before. At least, this tells us that demons would be affected by a soul device as well.” Zooey explained. “We simply need to transfer the soul of the Senior Demon to a God’s Punishment Warrior. This way, it would bear all the risks that occur during the transfer, such as sensory loss and disorientation.”
“I see.” Roland nodded. In other words, the demon would be perplexed by the spinning sensations while being forced to adapt to the foreign human body. During this time, the channeling witch could easily read its mind. Furthermore, the witch would be more familiar with the sensations of a human’s body than a demon’s one. The method sounded very promising, but Roland was concerned about another problem. He asked, “Has it occurred to you that you would lose a vacant God’s Punishment Warrior if you carry out this plan?”
After the church fell apart, they could no longer receive new God’s Punishment Warriors.
“Compared to a senseless life, we prefer to stay in your dream… So, that’s fine with us,” said Zooey.
“Ahem…” Roland almost choked on the tea. Although he knew Zooey was a woman, he felt goosebumps crawl up his bare skins when the actual words came from a man’s body.
“Just joking.” Zooey summoned up a rare smile. “In fact, there are quite a few defective bodies in our warehouse that we can use for this project. Plus, compared to the potential gain from this experiment, losing a God’s Punishment Warrior is really nothing. We would like to make the small sacrifice.”
“Defective bodies?” asked Roland after clearing his throat.
“It isn’t actually easy to travel from Hermes to our hiding place, especially during the Months of Demons, because you have to climb over the Impassable Mountain Range. Some God’s Punishment Warriors had indeed crawled there because their feet were eaten by demonic beasts. We surely can’t use them to fight. Initially, we planned to offer them to nobles so that they could enjoy a life of immortality.”
Roland twitched his lips, doubting if such a life would be truly an enjoyment.
“But even if they’re defective, they should contain some power similar to a God’s Stone of Retaliation. If the body releases its power during the experiment, wouldn’t it cause problems?”
“That, you don’t need to worry about. It took us decades to learn how to fully control a new body,” Zooey replied, “and it took us even longer to successfully activate our God’s Punishment Realm. A lot of people couldn’t get the hang of it until they completed their second transfer. Even if the demon has some unusual talent in adapting to a new vessel, it isn’t likely that it could do that during the interrogation.”
Agatha added,”The worst scenario is the channeling being interrupted, but we’ve confirmed from Sylvie that the pain caused by such an interruption is just temporary.”
“By the way, have you told Ms. Camilla about your plan?” asked Roland as he suddenly thought of a crucial problem.
“We have. She refused to do that at first, for this is something she’s never done before. No matter who the interrogator is, she has to take some risks, but Zooey persuaded her.”
“Really…?” Roland was suspicious. Zooey was definitely not an eloquent person.
“It was actually very simple Your Majesty,” Zooey explained. “I just told her that I’d be the person who would channel the demon.”
Roland was a little surprised.
“I’m an Extraordinary and also the first awakened God’s Punishment Witch… So, I’m the best person to channel the demon,” she said nonchalantly. “After all, I proposed conducting this experiment, so I should be the person who bears all the risks.”