Sharon's figure took shape again beside a mirror.
But she was not in very good condition. Her face was somewhat pale, and blood stained the corner of her mouth.
Although she had managed to evade the attack with Staff Substitution and Mirror Substitution, she had still sustained some injuries.
Especially from that Frenzy.
Sharon had already been in poor condition. In the original story, she had been forced to risk killing Member of Parliament Maynard to deal with the madness accumulating in her body, and things were no different now.
Wilt knew this, which was why he had used a Spectator Pathway ability to severely injure her. If she had not fled quickly, she would very likely have lost control on the spot.
Hearing that Wilt wanted to negotiate, Sharon's eyes flashed with resentment and fear. She wanted to keep attacking to vent her anger and test his strength, but she was also afraid that he would use a Spectator Pathway ability again.
After some hesitation, Sharon quickly made a decision. I'll test him a little more!
"Buzz!!!" She used her invisibility ability again, and her body gradually became transparent under the influence of her Beyonder Ability.
"Heh!" Wilt chuckled.
"You still haven't grasped the situation and want to struggle a little longer?"
"In that case, I'll make you fully understand the gap between us."
Wilt activated Spirit Vision and quickly spotted the invisible Sharon. After all, the area between her brows was so dark it had turned purple. At a glance, she was someone who did not have long to live, making her far too easy to recognize.
Once Wilt found her, he immediately poured Spirituality into the monocle over his right eye. "Steal!"
The next instant, the golden light around Wilt suddenly dimmed considerably. At the same time, he precisely obtained an ability: the spider silk of a Sequence 6 Demoness of Pleasure!
When Wilt had first fought Trissy, he had noticed that his Steal seemed somewhat different from other people's. A Sequence 6's Steal was random; one could not simply steal whatever one wanted,
but Wilt could precisely steal a particular ability from an enemy, at the cost of consuming some Merit.
It was equivalent to using Merit to increase his luck for a short time, allowing him to precisely steal an opponent's ability.
That was what Wilt was doing now. The golden light around him could originally have lasted a minute, but because of what he had consumed to steal the ability, it would now last only thirty seconds. In return, he could use spider silk.
So the moment the theft succeeded, Wilt immediately attacked.
"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!!!"
Countless transparent threads wrapped directly around Sharon's body, binding her tightly.
"Boom!" Black flames rose from Sharon's body.
Sharon realized that her ability had been stolen. She had heard Trissy describe the effects of his Sealed Artifact, and she also knew that spider silk was vulnerable to fire, so she immediately used Black Flame to burn it to ashes.
Sharon then waved both hands in Wilt's direction.
"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!!!" More than a dozen ice arrows radiating cold shot toward Wilt.
Wilt quickly considered his options. Should I dodge? Or should I put all my Merit into covering the surface of my body to offset this attack?
Wilt realized that his three Paths of the Divine were support-oriented, and so were the Sealed Artifacts he carried. He had nothing for fighting head-on.
The only thing that could increase his defense and attack power was Merit, but it could be used for too short a time.
* Sigh, I have too few means of fighting head-on. Looks like I'll have to think of something later.*
Wilt pulled a charm from his pocket and threw it into the air. He had made it in advance using his monocle's ability to steal secrets of heaven.
Wilt recited the charm's activation incantation in Hermes. "Light!"
"Boom!!!" A sacred, bright, and pure golden light enveloped Wilt, and all the incoming ice arrows were completely vaporized in the blink of an eye.
Wilt threw another charm at Sharon, who was gathering Black Flame. "Dream Infiltration!"
Sharon's movements stopped at once. Drowsiness washed over her, and she slowly closed her eyes.
"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!!!" Spider silk wound around Sharon's body and limbs, making her reactions even more sluggish.
The spider silk then wrapped around Sharon in a cocoon, trapping her inside. Just as the cocoon was about to take shape, Sharon bit down hard on her tongue and instantly woke up.
"Bang!" She used Staff Substitution again and escaped.
"Tsk, a Demoness's substitution abilities are really troublesome." Wilt spotted Sharon again in another corner of the room.
But just as he was about to continue attacking, Sharon raised both hands.
"I surrender. I think it would be better if we talked."
Wilt stopped what he was doing because he did not have much Spirituality left either. He did not show it, however, and said with a chuckle,
"Surrendering so soon? That really is unexpected. I thought you'd hold out a little longer."
Madam Sharon put on a pitiful expression. "I couldn't help it. I only wanted to see whether you were as strong as Trissy said you were, Mr. Wilt. Who knew you'd be so formidable..."
As she spoke, she pulled her collar aside a little, revealing a glimpse of smooth, rounded skin beneath. "If you're angry, Mr. Wilt, I'd be more than happy to make it up to you. Wherever you want, whatever you want to do, it's all fine with me~"
"Oh, right!" Sharon tapped her chin with a finger and asked curiously,
"Should I call you Mr. Wilt now, or Mr. Vincent?"
Wilt paid no attention to her flirtation. He pinched his monocle and said, "A name is just a label. You can call me whatever you like."
"Right now, I'm more curious about why you called me here. If you simply wanted a beating, then I really can't understand how you Demonesses think."
Sharon's expression suddenly stiffened, but she quickly returned to normal. "Strange. You're so powerful, Mr. Wilt. Trissy shouldn't have been able to escape from you..."
"Could it be that you actually like Trissy's type, Mr. Wilt?"
Wilt glanced at Sharon and said indifferently, "It seems Katarina didn't tell you about Trissy. Oh well, I'll be merciful and tell you."
"Trissy is actually the Divine Descent Vessel chosen by the Primordial Demoness. Although she's easy to defeat, I still have to give the Primordial Demoness some face."
"After all, Trissy is now her blessed."
"A Divine Descent Vessel! A blessed!" Sharon looked astonished at his words.
"How is that possible!?"
Trissy was a member of the Aurora Order and also her subordinate. Sharon knew that the Saintess of White placed great importance on Trissy, but she had not expected her identity to be so astonishing.
"All right, I've said what I needed to say. Now it's your turn." Wilt pulled Sharon's thoughts back from her shock.
"What exactly did you call me here for?"
Sharon froze. She did not know how to answer. She had simply happened to see the portrait Trissy had given her at the charity event, then come straight to find him.
Wilt: "..."