Pastor's Tantra

The shadow demon's massacre did not leave the giant a corpse that could be resurrected.

In other words, it swallowed all the corpses by itself.

In addition to the antlers, the monk and Hong who were resurrected by the antlers were also torn into pieces and devoured by the shadow demon.

Shadow Demon seems to be particularly good at dealing with these resurrected dead - it always attacks the hearts and heads of these dead at the same time with precision. Just a light penetration can kill it directly. It’s as familiar and elegant as a skilled eater peeling off a crab shell.

Looking at the shadow demon that turned into liquid again, dripping out from the hole, and returned to the shadow pool under him, Aiwass asked with some curiosity: "The killing and devouring you carried out in your dream, Is it real and effective 'nutrition' for you too?"

"certainly."

Shadow Demon made a low and hoarse voice like a lion's roar: "It would be better to say that this is food that is easier to digest.

"These lives are phantoms condensed by the power of the Pillar God. The reason why humans can be used as sacrifices and food for demons is because humans are a race directly affected by the Snake Father and Eternity. Just like the Supreme Heaven affects giants, The candle affects the elves, and the dusk affects the undead... Human beings are born with the adaptability to the path of transcendence and love, but each person's strength is different.

"Humanity's desire for transcendence will become fuel and food for the devil. However, this process needs to be digested.

"These existences in the dream world, these illusory bodies you use, and other beings including giants, although they look like humans, they are actually real phantoms... We are too weak to have self-awareness. Same race.

"Although I feel a little regretful that this ritual was not constructed by the snake father himself, and swallowing them will not make me stronger... but in terms of taste, they can also be regarded as good and delicious cookies."

Aiwass understood.

This is equivalent to bringing the Beast of Sin to a dungeon to increase the experience of corresponding attributes. Phantoms can devour phantoms of the same attribute to gain growth. All living creatures constructed in dream rituals are intelligent and can act according to certain rules because these "intelligent individuals" are actually phantoms that mimic the corresponding individuals.

Their power is false, temporarily given by the Pillar God.

It's like a ghost who doesn't know he's dead.

...No wonder the Nine Pillars can build various "copies" so easily. This world is not fabricated by them bit by bit, but imported directly from history in batches.

All they have to do is extract a fragment from history: a small area with a duration of about a few hours and a limited scope, and then allow specific people in it to gain temporary life and intelligence.

Because those people are just constructing "phantom artificial intelligence", and the scenes can be fine-tuned. Under the intervention of the Nine Pillars, the final development may also be different from the real history.

That’s why this is “another possibility of history.”

The NPCs in those rituals couldn't realize that they were in the ritual. It turned out to be because they were really NPCs! In other words, they actually all know the identity of their NPC and are just pretending to be stupid.

Rather than saying this is a game or a script, it is better to say it is a ritual, an experiment, and a sandbox - by building a simulation environment, then introducing nine variables and observing how things will eventually change.

Because of this, they have "imported identities" and various tasks that can earn points. This is the reward mechanism to motivate them to take action and prevent them from doing nothing at all and wasting a simulation opportunity.

It is also possible to build a simulated environment...and then introduce people from the Nine Paths to enter it and screen it.

Both possibilities are possible, with the latter being more likely.

Because as far as the two ceremonies that Aiwass has participated in so far, the historical prototypes are obviously not stories that all the Nine Paths can participate in.

In the first ceremony, at least the "newsboy" played by Sherlock obviously should not appear in real history. The same goes for the inspector played by the knight. They may have played a role in history, but at most they were fleeting side characters and had nothing to do with the murder of Alexander and his wife.

And this second ceremony was even more obvious.

The bodies used by the nine of them should all belong to warriors of the "Path of Power" in real history.

Apart from anything else, at least it is absolutely impossible for a knight of the authoritarian path to appear - because in the era when the Supreme Heaven still existed, there was no authoritarian path at all. In other words, if they really appeared in a simulated environment, the knight's extraordinary power should be completely unusable.

How strange.

The Nine Pillars God seems to want to do something, but he doesn't seem to care about the results. At least low-level promotion ceremonies are handed over to their apostles to preside over, which shows that they at least don't care that much about the results of low-level promotion ceremonies. But it will take a lot of effort to make copies and write tasks...

Perhaps the correct answer will not be obtained until Aiwass is promoted to a high position and participates in the promotion ceremony presided over by the Pillar God himself.

"Are you going to find the Holy Spear now?"

Lily's voice sounded from behind Aiwass, who was lost in thought: "We have actually successfully advanced, right?"

"Of course," Aiwass temporarily put aside his thoughts that he had no clue at all, raised his head and chuckled, "I don't know the whole story of this ceremony at the moment.

"If I was allowed to win in such a confused way, I would be a little unwilling. The opportunities for promotion are limited. This is an opportunity to experience a certain period of history firsthand..."

"But where is the holy spear? We don't have much time, and it may be too late to conduct a blanket search."

"No need, I know where the holy spear is."

Aiwass replied: "You have run through three storage rooms now... If my guess is correct, these three storage rooms should be at the corners, right?"

"right."

Lily responded: "They are in the three corners of southeast and west respectively. Our current location is the west side. The location where the knights and the others quarreled is on the south side, and the location where I and...the antlers appeared is on the east side."

Aiwass analyzed: "This is a temple, so its construction must comply with certain rules. The buildings in the east and west can be connected in a line, and there is no way to the north. So this building roughly Say, it is a triangle with its tip pointing south. And the three storage rooms are at the end of the building.

"As mentioned in the mission, the chance of the giants going to the three storage rooms is random - if their bedroom is in the north, then the probability of them going to the three storage rooms is different. The giants have the same habits as bears, and they will Hibernating. In this case, they will tend to take the shorter route...that is, the south is the safer direction.

"But in fact, there are only lights near the south. Giants have no night vision, and the lights being lit at that height indicate that the giants have been here recently. It was the second day after we were captured. Yesterday Someone must have been eaten too. So the person who was eaten yesterday might have come from the storage room in the south."

"So I assume that the distance from the giant's bedroom to the three storage rooms is the same. Then the location of the giant couple should be in the middle of the triangle."

——But Aiwass feels something strange here.

The holy number of the highest heaven should be seven.

But regardless of the triangular building structure, the number of three storage rooms, and the occasional candlelight... it looks more like a candlestick temple. The Candlelight Cathedral of Avalon is a triangular structure with its tip facing the south.

The giant had no night vision, but this corridor was extremely dark.

So is it possible that the giant deliberately cut off the extra lights to make the temple look less bright?

If it were a candle-bearer's temple, then it should be brightly lit. On the other hand, if it is not bright enough, it will destroy the concept of a temple.

In addition, the "Giant Couple" once killed the apostles who were dedicated to the path. That means they must also be apostles.

The apostles who devote themselves to the road have a similar character to Si Zhu, and they are usually kind to others. They almost never attack the apostles of other Pillar Gods, not even Snake Father or the apostles under Kohaku.

Not to mention entering other apostles' temples to attack them.

"If this couple is quite warlike and powerful, then the holy objects they collect should be far more than this holy spear. In the same way, they should be rewarded with more than just a magic cauldron, and we don't know at all. It's time to receive the mission of 'killing a giant with a holy spear'.

"So after I noticed that the layout of this building was similar to that of the Zhu Zhu Cathedral, I had a guess... Could it be that this was once the temple of the Zhu Zhu, and then it was violently robbed by them relying on their numerical superiority and sneak attacks? Already?

"That's why they killed the apostles who dedicated themselves to the path and collected each other's weapons."

Aiwass speculated: "If this temple was robbed, then there is a reason for the magic cauldron to be placed here - killing other apostles. This kind of violent act is enough to be rewarded by the supreme heaven. Only the Holy Spear A magic cauldron that can only be broken is basically a holy object."

"But these are all guesses, right?" Lily said softly.

"Yes, but it is very simple to verify," Aiwass replied, "I made a layout after hearing the scream of Thunder.

"It was specifically mentioned in the mission that loud sounds would wake up the giants. The sound was very loud that time. I was walking around the maze in accordance with the rule of 'only keep to the left wall' when I heard the sound of thunder.

"That scream was enough to attract the giant. But from the time the scream was issued until we left... about ten minutes passed, and we didn't hear the giant's footsteps.

"So I speculated at that time that the giants were most likely sleeping. They needed a time to wake up.

"Then I have to make the worst possible consideration - the giants who went to check the situation at that time may not be two people, but one. If only one person comes out, another giant wakes up and guards the bedroom. We pass by It will be more dangerous there. According to the situation assumed by Pillar God, we should sneak in and look for the holy spear.

"Because of Thunder's scream, the original plan was ruined. So I just hit the door here deliberately and made a loud noise. The volume was probably slightly lower than Thunder's scream before.

"The west side and the south side are far apart. If a giant went to the south side before, then this time there was another sound from the west side storage room... The remaining giant should also come to see the situation."

In this way, both giants can be drawn out from the direction of the bedroom.

Just as Aiwass and Lily were whispering, they heard rumbling footsteps.

They immediately went into hiding.

And soon, as the handle turned, a door opened.

——What came out of it was a male giant with a waterfall-like brown-red beard, like a standing brown bear, with red bear fur all over his body.

He looks like an orangutan with a human face, or a bear with a human face.

His figure was like a hill, and the dark red muscles all over his body were as hard as rocks.

The giant's back is slightly stooped, and his hands are long enough to touch his knees. One hand held a huge lantern, while the other hand was raised high and holding on to the doorknob. His eyes were huge, but the eyelids were droopy with age. The drooped eyelids were like thick door curtains. Someone might need to stand on his shoulders and use a long fork to lift them up.

And Aiwass's conjecture was verified the moment the giant appeared——

Because the giant is only thirteen or fourteen meters tall. The doorknob was at an awkward height, close to his throat.

In other words, this is not his home.

And Aiwass even recognized the identity of this red-haired giant——

His name as a BOSS is [Asparvaton Giant Chief], and he is one of the BOSSs in the final copy of the 3.4 version of Shadow of Avalon.

He also has another identity - he will become an apostle in the field of love in the future.

Because of this old giant, he is actually the brother of Shadow Sky of the Realm of Love and the Valkyrie Scathach who was pulled down by the Ring of Endings ritual.