Pastor's Tantra

When Aiwass first entered the Palace of Silver and Tin, he vaguely smelled the smell of blood. (っ◔◡◔)っ

The smell of death and destruction permeated the once solemn and sacred silver-white palace. The building walls that had been repeatedly reinforced by the preservationists were still unable to withstand the aftermath of the knights' battles. They were now in tatters and full of cracks and rubble.

It is as if this is not the royal palace of Avalon, but the ruins of the palace of the old dynasty that was destroyed.

When Aiwass passed by the door of the Round Table Hall, he could vaguely see that the glass steps were still intact.

But the Round Table Hall was empty. Not a single knight sat on the Round Table again.

The surviving knights were either stained with blood or injured.

The knights stood scattered in various corners of the silver and tin palace. Aiwass received different looks from all directions.

Some are pity, some are fearful, some are nervous, some are sarcastic, and some are indifferent.

It is obvious that although they have the same position now, their moods and purposes are also different.

Perhaps because they were afraid of Diomedes next to Aiwass, no knight dared to approach Aiwass and talk to him.

But Aiwass just stared quietly - looking at all of them in turn.

Aiwass's gaze was like a terrifying catalyst.

Every knight who looked at him changed color. Either glare at him, or avoid looking at him, or run away - no one can remain calm and calm after staring at Aiwass.

This silent confrontation ended only when Minister Drost came forward.

"Bishop Moriarty."

Minister Drost pushed out his big belly so that his feet could not be seen when he lowered his head. He smiled and took the initiative to greet him: "Oh, you are here..."

He patted his belly and glanced around.

Before he could say anything, the knights dispersed. They left in a hurry, as if they were afraid of being noticed by Drost.

But the corner of Aiwass's mouth raised slightly: "Yes, I came as promised."

That kind of attitude, if you think about it carefully... it's more like disgust than fear.

It turns out that even these traitors who killed their colleagues dislike Drost.

——This is actually reasonable, Aiwass thought.

Again, it is impossible for the Star Antimony people to bribe all the knights.

The reason why they attacked Avalon was because the Kingdom of Star Antimony fell into an unsolvable economic crisis. Xing Antimony must have coaxed and deceived these knights to his side.

Most of them may not even know that Queen Sofia is going to be assassinated today. To be bold, I might not even know it at all.

Otherwise, in CG, it would be impossible for everyone to behave so relaxed and happy.

Aiwass could tell at a glance that their state was obviously that of a relaxed state with a big sigh of relief. Assuming they knew that Minister Drost would poison the Queen during this banquet, then some of them would be nervous about it.

Because such a dangerous plan has the possibility of failure. And once they fail, they will all face the most tragic ending.

Iron-headed children who follow the authoritarian path rarely have the path of beauty and the talent to adapt to the path. They don't have that much talent for acting or lying.

And Aiwass had already vaguely sensed Queen Sophia's vigilance towards Minister Drost from that CG.

So from this point of view, they may have been brought by Drost to confuse Queen Sophia... Just because the people here were very relaxed and there were so many people, the Queen believed that Drost would not take action.

In the end, she didn't expect that Drost would take action forcefully.

Aiwass helped Isabel handle government affairs for two months, and with his social skills, he had already recognized all the knights in the Round Table Hall.

A large number of these traitors have a close and trusting relationship with Queen Sofia. There are even some Knights of the Round Table who are from the founder's family.

Unless they are all bribed by the Star Antimony people at a large price, as long as the Star Antimony people come in, their originally stable position will become unstable. Therefore, from the perspective of interests, they have the least reason to rebel. But they did choose to help Droste end things after his rebellion.

Then there is only one answer.

There are not that many real traitors.

Aiwass actually had a vague feeling like this when he abolished the ministers. Now that I have watched the CG completely and compared it with real-life experience, Aiwass is truly convinced.

I think so. These cowardly knights didn't even have the determination to resist Aiwass. They simply don't have the guts to rebel.

They were so happy at this banquet because they thought Avalon was discussing peace talks and marriage with Star Antimony. They no longer have to fight against the powerful enemy Xing Antimony, but instead have a powerful ally out of thin air... They are happy about this.

When Queen Sophia was poisoned and Droste unsurprisingly asked to seal off the scene, those knights knew that they could no longer turn back; when the second "Princess Isabel" appeared in full view of the public, and Droste When there is no hostility towards her, the knights will react and know which side they should stand on.

The knights may have been initially tied to his side by Drost because they took money they shouldn't have taken or made mistakes they shouldn't have made. As a result, they unknowingly became the majority, and their behavior began to be influenced by the group.

And when they join forces, their strength will attract new allies... Like a snowball, they continue to grow the team, but lose their individual free will. In the end, even if you want to escape, you can't escape, so you can only follow the others who have already taken action.

They didn't conspire to assassinate Queen Sofia, they were just too smart and too discerning. So much so that when Queen Sophia died and Star Antimony vaguely controlled the Avalon Palace, they all unanimously chose to be loyal to Star Antimony and Minister Drost, who was closely related to the Star Antimony people.

This keen sense of smell and the ability to change positions at any time are also the characteristic abilities of the authoritarian path.

Every knight alive now has the blood of his former colleagues on his hands. They had become allies of the Regicide Drost and traitors to their country, and there was no turning back.

——Even if he regretted it at this time, he would still die. Drost would just clean him out and be blamed as a traitor.

It would be better to just go to the dark side.

When Aiwass scanned everyone before, he was to observe which of the surviving knights still felt ashamed, uneasy and sad, and who had obvious disgust for Drost.

These people may still be of use.

At least Aiwass can give them another chance.

——As for those knights whose reactions were dull, who were friendly or even flattering towards Drost, Aiwass had made a special note in his mind and made a separate list for them.

blacklist.

Of course, it would be unfair and unethical to punish them for something that didn't happen in the future. But there is no problem in launching an investigation directly against them - just treat it as if it was reported by an anonymous person.

And Aiwass was sure that he would be able to find out something. After all, if they can be coerced by Drost, there will definitely be some traces left behind.

...If you think about it from this perspective, this promotion ceremony is an extremely rare opportunity.

Only when the day of destruction comes, can we confirm which people will be absolutely loyal to Avalon until death, which people value the safety and happiness of themselves and their families more than Avalon, and which people are hesitant and evil. Who can be coerced but still have a conscience, who will betray their friends without mercy or shame, and who can't wait to smile when tragedy strikes.

——The "human heart", which is difficult to test and can never be measured accurately in the real world, was clearly displayed in front of us during this ceremony.

And Aiwass didn't have to explain to Isabel where his information came from - because she also witnessed it all personally, and was definitely angrier than Aiwass.

Aiwass mused.

Is it because of this? Therefore, the Lord of Scales and Feathers is solely responsible for this promotion ceremony... This does have a "prophet" style adapted to the path.

For Aiwass and Isabel, they can certainly be regarded as a kind of "prophet". They can all get important information from it.

For the "Strangers" and others, this is a kind of prophet - especially the Strangers.

In this world line, what really defeated Avalon was the armed gargoyle he designed. There is no armed gargoyle army that can penetrate the griffon army. The Great Guardian who leads the griffon army is still a very threatening army.

When they randomly attack Star Antimony in the real world, Star Antimony can barely fight back. If there were no armed gargoyles, it would be nothing more than a replacement. It was precisely because the counterattack force from Avalon was perfectly intercepted that the final battle turned into a one-sided situation.

In the real world, I'm afraid Moke has no chance to develop it. But now, he will see from this illusory world what "he in the other world" has done.

If you think about it from this perspective...

So will the doctor, cheese, olives, grapes, etc. be related to this matter?

Aiwass couldn't help but think a few more things.

So far, every promotion ceremony he has experienced seems to have been specially designed. Only this ceremony is completely responsible for a single pillar god... So will these people chosen by the Lord of Scale Feather also have some meaning?

After all, he is a pillar god adapted to the path, a kaleidoscopic beast with the power of foresight.

——If you don’t understand, then look at it according to “There must be His deep meaning in all this”!

Even if you think too much, it is better than thinking too little.

Thinking of this, Aiwass became a little more cautious.

He looked at Minister Drost with a natural and friendly smile on his face.

In this unpredictable ritual, full of riddles, information and hints, you are the only one who is still as stupid as ever, and still makes people want to kill you.

This kind of stability can be said to be the basis of logic.

It's really touching.

...Then I have to seize the opportunity of Drost's "resurrection from the dead" this time and get rid of the information that I have no chance to torture in reality.

Aiwass thought.

Minister Drost immediately understood Aiwass's eyes, raised his eyebrows in confusion, and was silent for a moment.

As an authoritative figure at the fourth level, Drost is not as easy to spot lies as those at the fifth level. But he can also detect the true inner attitudes of others.

This is also part of the “leadership” of the authoritarian path.

See into the heart, see through lies, and see through other people's subtext and intentions. Drost could easily see that there was no trace of fear, anger or anxiety in Aiwass's eyes when he looked at him at this moment.

On the contrary, he seemed friendly and...compassionate?

Trade Minister Drost was a little confused.

If he hadn't actually intercepted the informant letter from Aiwass, and during the interrogation of Sherlock, he had guessed that he had an accomplice, otherwise he would have really thought that Aiwass had been caught by mistake.

...Does he not understand why he came to him?

Just when Drost had this thought in his mind, Diomedes' words completely misled him.

"Mr. Droste."

Diomedes saluted slightly and said coldly and calmly: "When I went to invite Mr. Aiwass, I was forcefully stopped by Professor Moriarty.

"——Mr. Aiwass came out on his own initiative and said he wanted to see you."

"oh?"

Upon hearing this, Minister Drost became interested.

Although Diomedes was very distant from what he called him, and although there were subtle differences between the two on some minor matters, Drost absolutely trusted the old butler who had taken care of him since he was a child.

Since Diomedes said this, it means that Aiwass came to the door on his own after the kidnapping attempt failed.

That's so fresh.

The mouse ran to find the cat to eat, right?

Then you can indeed listen to it first and see what Aiwass wants. At least this attitude is different from that of the Hermes boy.

So Minister Drost patted his belly and let out a hearty laugh: "Okay, then let's find a place, sit down and talk slowly.

"How about just going to the Queen's Palace? Bishop Moriarty, you probably haven't had the chance to come here before."

……you guess?

Aiwass thought.