Pastor's Tantra

He suddenly recalled his urge to be promoted to Shadow Demon yesterday.

If he hadn't suddenly had an idea yesterday and followed the impulse in his heart to promote Shadow Demon to Night Demon... Shadow Demon's power alone might not be able to scare Emma away.

Moreover, the shadow demon who is about to advance and is too sleepy and exhausted will even fall asleep directly at the scene where Aiwass is controlled by Emma's mind. In the end, when Aiwass turns into Emma's shape, it may not be able to do anything at all. Perception, knowing nothing.

——This development is too painful. Aiwass felt scared just thinking about it.

In the middle of being promoted to Shadow Demon yesterday, Aiwass still felt that he was a little too anxious and too poorly prepared.

If Aiwass was usually cautious, he should have prayed to Si Zhu a few days in advance and determined what tarot cards should be used to seal the shadow demon. Then prepare cards and reserve mana in advance. The problem of his insufficient mana can also be easily solved... Aiwass only needs to invest his free experience in the Demonologist profession one day in advance to increase his level.

Not even Dora.

He was originally only six points short of mana - and at that time, the Book of Laws could provide five points of colorless mana. Making the base of the Sin Card in advance could save four points of mana. Aiwass doesn't even have to level up, as long as he makes the Sin Card in advance, it will be enough in the end.

Turns out he just didn’t have enough, and just barely.

——If he hadn't suddenly remembered the golden path characteristics given to him by the twin mirrors, he might have broken an arm at that time.

But if he had not been promoted yesterday, he would be completely unable to resist Emma's mind control today; and Shadow Demon happened to have entered the state of evolution after receiving the last pastoral care yesterday morning.

It's all such a coincidence.

And all just a little bit different.

He was almost abducted by Emma, ​​he was almost able to successfully help Shadow Demon evolve, he was almost broke an arm...

If we talk about the characteristics of the golden path, it is determined by the twin mirrors.

So who is left?

Why is the shepherding method Aiwas obtained so effective against fifth-level shadow demons and succubi?

Why don't the two top powerhouses of Avalon and Star Antimony, from Meg to Emma, ​​know about the existence of the shepherding method?

Why haven't the shadow demon, who has all the memories of Bayard, the son of the moon, and the elf Yanis, who is well-informed and travels around the world, heard of the art of shepherding?

As early as the first energy level, Aiwass was able to influence the Shadow Demon through the shepherding method; during the promotion ceremony in the dream world, he even used the shepherding method to make the Iron Hook Demon evolve into the Deformed Limb Demon, and Hosting his consciousness into the body of the Abnormal Limb Demon...

And now the third level can in turn enchant the succubus who is best at enchanting the soul - even if this succubus has not hatched yet.

Aiwass still remembers the way she looked at him.

The moment she left Emma, ​​she was stunned and heartbroken, as if she was sincerely moved.

Before, Aiwass intentionally or unintentionally ignored the uniqueness of the art of pastoral care.

But now, in the tranquility brought by the "Fire Sacrifice" technique...or in other words, under the influence of Si Zhu's power, Aiwass thought calmly and finally realized that something was wrong.

Suddenly, Aiwass heard a sentence in his heart:

[——My holy number is 11, that is the number of people who belong to us]

Those were the words spoken in the vision by the "divine entity" summoned by Jacob.

The holy number is eleven?

There are only nine paths in this world. No matter how the Nine Pillars are changed, the sacred number will not change. Because that is the name of the nine great rivers, the most fundamental origin of the numbers "1" to "9". It is the reason why natural numbers are sacred.

Even if you include the non-existent number "0", it's only ten. Where does eleven come from?

Because of this, Aiwass only remembered what he said at the time, but did not interpret it later. Because this riddle, which is as vague as a prophecy, basically makes sense no matter how you interpret it, interpreting it by association is likely to mislead the direction of your investigation.

At this moment, Aiwass, who was thinking about pastoral care, suddenly realized a very simple thing that he had subconsciously ignored:

3+8=11.

——The holy number of Si Zhu is three, and the holy number of Snake Father is eight!

The pastoral method also requires a balance between the way of dedication and the way of transcendence, no more, no less, and must be of the same level.

The shepherd initially tended demons that transcended the path, and in the end he even dragged the Fallen Heaven Secretary into the material world...

So, who else wants to drag Fallen Sky Secretary into the material world?

——Huan Tiansi!

And that sacred entity is the fragment of Huantiansi...

"The number of those who are ours..."

Aiwass murmured in a low voice: "The 'people' who belong to 'us'...we are the plural, and people are the singular.

"Isn't that person... the shepherd?"

Although the powers in the tantra are all lost skills, power cannot be born out of thin air. All extraordinary powers in this world are traced back to the nine rivers in the dream world...

So……

——"Shepherd's Tantra" was written by Huan Tiansi?

Even if only one tantra book exists within a language system, Yanis and Emma should not be completely ignorant of it.

Unless the copy I got is the only copy...

In other words, only the "divine entity" can use the pastoral method from the beginning!

And if that’s true——

On the other hand, Aiwass also seemed to understand why there has been only one "shepherd" for so many years.

If the first pastor was also a "holy entity"...

[——I am the intoxicating snake that gives knowledge, happiness and glory! If you want to worship me, you need to drink wine and the secret medicine I told my prophet until you are drunk]

If "knowledge", "happiness" and "glory" are regarded as the enhancement and evolution of the enhanced power, euphoria and status of the phantoms, then this seems to refer to the shepherding method.

But after reading this, Aiwass fell into deep thought again.

If wine refers to the blood that is demonized by shepherding, His prophet refers to his grandfather Jacob, and intoxication refers to the intoxicated state of the phantom after receiving shepherding...

...What is the secret medicine?

Although he destroyed the book after reading it once, Aiwass remembered it clearly - this part was not mentioned in the "Shepherd's Tantra".

If so, Aiwass also understood...why he suddenly had a strong desire to be promoted to Shadow Demon yesterday.

——Although Emma herself may not know it, she is indeed related to herself!

Emma is the demonology tutor of the Giant Prince and the mastermind behind the Noble Red, so she is most likely the master of the Beholder Lord. She is a member of the Rosicrucian Order, the parent organization of the Noble Red.

The beholder is the one who informed the giant prince of the existence of the "sacred entity". Noble Red originally entered the Glass Island for this order.

There is no doubt that the person who originally issued the order to find the "holy entity" in Avalon was Emma!

The "holy entity" should be the fragment of Huantiansi, and Huantiansi is also the founder of the Ring of Endings ritual. Emma is a participant and victim of the first-generation Ring of Ouronomy ceremony, and the beholder happens to be the survivor and profiteer from the first-generation Ring of Ouronomy ceremony; if the Fallen Heavenly Division loses its position as Tiansi , then the profiteer is Huan Tiansi, who also belongs to the Beyond the Path Tiansi; he indeed took over the demon scholars left behind by the Fallen Tiansi, and arranged the advancement of the Sin Scholars and the Lord of Beasts on this career path...

Everything is connected.

The impulse that surged in Aiwass's heart yesterday may be the survival instinct of the "holy entity" that does not want him to be caught by Emma, ​​or it may be self-preservation after sensing hostility, which is why Shadow Demon advanced. So rushed...yet just right.

Before thinking about all this clearly, Aiwass had a strong murderous intention towards Emma - he didn't even think about sealing the succubus into a beast of sin, but directly made her into a magic card .

That means she doesn't even have a chance to return to the dream world and be resurrected.

But now, Aiwass has figured it all out. His idea has not changed.

Just one more.

He wanted to find out from Emma what the Ring of Ouronomy ceremony was about, where the "Rosicrucian" came from for this ceremony, why on earth they wanted to summon the Fallen Lord to the lower realm, and what on earth were they planning...

How did they, who had no connections in the upper world, get the information that "the sacred entity is on the glass island"?

"Shepherd's Tantra..."

Aiwass muttered the name.

This book brought about the initial change in Aiwass, allowing him to embark on a completely different path from Aiwass in the original plot.

"You will celebrate my death, you will sing my holiness. You will start the celebration, you will hold up the scepter..."

Aiwass whispered secret words from the Pastoral Tantra.

Whose death? Whose sacred?

Is it Aiwass's, the Shepherd's... or the Ouroboros's?

——Or maybe it’s from Fallen Sky Division?

Born to die, born from death.

The Ring of Endings, the Fallen God.

Use the tangible to nourish the invisible, and the invisible to nourish the tangible... This creates a sustainable cycle.

cycle……

"...Ha, I should have thought of it earlier."

The corners of Aiwass's mouth raised slightly.

He removed his hand from the extinguished candle. All the injuries on his body have recovered, and his eyes have become bright and confident.

The crow jumped uneasily and flew onto Aiwass's shoulder.

He stretched out a finger and tapped the crow's head lightly, humming softly.

"I have thought before that whether the power of pastoral care, which comes from nowhere, should be used freely... Now it seems that there is no need to hesitate."

The relationship between Huan Tiansi and himself is a hidden danger that Aiwass has never been able to eradicate.

With this hidden danger, it doesn’t matter whether he uses the pastoral method or not.

Merging similar items belongs to yes.

Light purple flames ignited under Aiwass' pupils, and he murmured in a low voice: "If God doesn't take what he wants, he will suffer the consequences..."

"——I will eat the kindness you have given me with peace of mind."

update completed!

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