The soul looked at the thread. Although it talked so much and was extremely old, in fact, the thread was weak. From what Adele understood, this thread was the spirit of the Threads of Wyrd, the threads woven by the Norns.

  They represent inevitability, a wilful spirit and thought such as this would never be accepted by the Norns. They likely judged it had betrayed the intention of the artifact, separated it from the other threads and threw it into the deepest level of hell.

  “What is it that you wish? Revenge?”

  The thread wiggled as if to laugh “Revenge? What do I need this for? Against them? They will only say that it was inevitable to happen and knew it would happen when they threw me down here.

  No! I want to change fate! The River of Destiny is in the form of a river because it’s winding! Although the end will always be the same, changing destiny is the path of gods! No god is born, and no mortal has the fate of godhood!

  I wish to change fate! As long as you promise you will weave your own fate, and you will influence the spiritual world to a part, weaving fate to be the way you wish, I will comply and become your lifelong companion! But when you become a weak slave of destiny, I will leave you too!”

  The soul of Adele laughed out loud “Following fate? Becoming a slave? HAH! You have been in hell for too long. We witches might be called agents, but in the times immemorial, we have been the ones to change fate! Fate is only a part of the spiritual world.

  One could say that the River of Destiny and the Witch Coven are competitors in what they do. The day the witches comply fate is the day the Witch Coven collapses!”

  The thread moved greatly in the air and seemed to be extremely joyful, then it formed a circle and the inner threads came together, forming a ritual. “I, Spirit of the Threads of Wyrd, accept the summon of the Aeon Witch!”

  Spiritual power all around became denser and the soul looked at the thread carefully then a seal in the depths of the soul shined brightly “I, the Noble with Thousand Eyes, Adele von Holle, Nobilitas, accept the contract!”

  Then she thought. To finish the summon, she had to give the spirit a name. Many spirits had their own names and this step could be skipped, but clearly this spirit was separated from the threads before even gaining a name. So she thought deeply, then used her eternal name seal once again and said “From this day henceforth, you shall be called ‘Mutabilis, the mutability of fate’!

  The thread heard this and seemed extremely satisfied. Then it followed the soul and entered the left hand of it, forming an intricate symbol.

  The soul looked down at the many demons. The demons hadn’t heard the summoning ritual just now, it was protected by the spiritual world to ensure the privacy. She only looked at the demons, and said a simple word “I hope to summon many of you soon. The world isn’t chaotic enough, it would be a pity to stay in hell all the time.”

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  When the demons heard this, the lower ones became excited, while the higher ones became fearful.

  They immediately gathered together.

  Although they weren’t the mightiest in this stage of hell, they were strong.

  Based on the power of the soul, they were likely the ones to be summoned in the future, even if it was later than the lower demons. Although they were able to reject it, no one of them wanted. They just talked among each other to make preparations.

  “Does anyone of you know where the portal came from? I didn’t sense any familiarity, so it’s not a world I have been to.”

  All the others reacted the same. An older demon that gave off a strong energy said slowly “This is likely a new world that had connected to hell. Even if it had connected to it before, it wouldn’t have reached the eight level.

  The witches have a special pact with us demons and are able to enter up to the eight level of hell to summon us, but others aren’t the same. But for the soul to connect to us, the Hell of Fraud… it seems that the world she lives in will soon fall into war.”

  A different demon seemed dissatisfied with the pact and the behaviour of witches, but most demons present refuted what he said.

  “Hah! If only witches were more radical! Aren’t they the ones that always stop the wars they started just when it becomes interesting! It’s really annoying with them. When they start a war, it’s best to be among the first to be summoned and quickly take what you can. If you are unlucky, you will be summoned right before the war stops!”

  Most demons agreed on this. After all, the demons and hell were known of their love of chaos, they thrived in war, even the ones that aren’t from the levels of Wrath and Violence. It could even be said that the most fraud is done in peacetimes!

  But after all, they are rarely summoned during such times, and it’s difficult to leave hell without a summon. They are a special existence in the spiritual world, if the gates of hell opened fully, it must mean that the spiritual world is going to enter a truly chaotic era.

  …

  Adele looked at the thread floating in front of her. Her soul acted independent of her just now, but when it floated back into her just now, she gained all the memories and the thread connected with her soul, the seal was completed, and now it came out, looking at her.

  “Mut is a good nickname, don’t you think?”

  The thread looked at her and asked “Does it have a meaning?”

  “It indeed does. It means bravery. I lived in an age where the myths were entertainment. Reading them in the past time to laugh about the bad behaviour of the gods, mocking the villains for their stupidity and complaining about the heroes for their lack of morals.

  That was the age when we didn’t even know whether they existed. But you, unlike us, lived right next to the gods. And even in that time, you still stood up to gods and rejected their ideas and their values. Asking the Norns to do more than weave the inevitable fate. I wonder, when that happened, did you know that the Norns would lose all their might and die if they dared defy fate?

  After all, every god has their own characteristic when they ascend, the Norns… could never defy fate, it is simply impossible.”

  The thread vibrated in the air “I knew them before!”

  Adele laughed out loud “Haha! Then they are truly funny.

  There is no bloodline of the Norns in this world, other prophetic bloodlines do exist… but the only place with the possibility of having this is too weak to summon any more bloodlines. After so many years, they haven’t done it, maybe it’s a lack of strength, maybe it’s disdain of the Norns.”