Pastor's Tantra

Chapter 496 Ritual: Shadow of Avalon

When Aiwass, who was wearing a bishop's red robe, opened the door of St. Guinevere's Chapel and walked inside...he had a hallucination in a trance.

At this moment, I seem to overlap with Bishop Mathers, who brought Aiwass here to learn sacred skills.

Shaking his head slightly to dispel the strange feeling, Aiwass opened the door and let in the people outside.

Afterwards, Aiwass closed the door of the chapel, put on the miter and straightened it carefully. Then the light switch in the chapel was turned on.

In the chapel of St. Guinevere, the lights were brightly lit for an instant.

Behind the thirty-seven white statues stored in niches on the left and right, light suddenly lit up.

"……Huh?"

Seeing this, Putao made a somewhat confused sound.

... Si Zhu himself is the pillar god who controls light. Why are electric lights used in the Cathedral?

"Sherlock" immediately tugged on his brother's arm and glared hard at Putao, who was playing Mycroft.

"It's okay, Mr. Hermes."

Aiwass smiled and shook his head... but he didn't know which "Mr. Hermes" he was calling: "It's normal to be surprised... After all, during the candle ceremony, Shengge... The Nivelle chapel is open and candles are lit.”

I also helped her think of ways to go back and make amends. I am so kind.

Aiwass was a little moved.

But what he said was not a lie.

"Although it may seem strange to have electric lights in such a quaint building, it is actually necessary."

Aiwass explained: "Because within the confines of the Candelabra Cathedral, the action of 'lighting a candle' has some kind of divinity, or at least has a special meaning, and the same goes for lighting a kerosene lamp. Therefore, in ceremonies, festivals, and daily life Outside of worship services, candles are not allowed to be lit randomly throughout the entire cathedral, and lighting on weekdays must rely on electric lamps.

"Before the invention of electric light, lanterns were used here. The light source had to be brought in from the outside, or the candles inside were simply kept bright. In the past, the work of the deacons here included constantly changing the candles in the temple and taking care of them. they shall not be quenched.”

He looked at "Mycroft" kindly and explained for him: "This is something that only priests usually know. It is normal for the Lord Chamberlain to not know."

As Aiwass spoke, all the statues in the chapel were activated.

Seeing them all looking towards the door, Aiwass lowered his head slightly, raised his hand and touched the three candles on his head, lighting them one after another: "Seventy-three pioneers...May the candlelight monitor your candles. "

Although Queen Sofia is dead, she is not buried here yet. Therefore, there are still only seventy-three pioneers who have received the state funeral ceremony.

Aiwass glanced at it and found that Sophia's shrine was ready, but there was still no icon inside.

...It seems that Queen Sophia, who has walked on the path of dusk, no longer thinks about her own afterlife as before.

After Aiwass said the secret order, the icons calmed down and turned around again.

This is a special system in the Chapel of St. Guinevere. It ensures that even if someone gets the key through stealing or robbing, and allows someone with the power of light and fire to open the door, if they do not immediately pay tribute to the icons of the pioneers, the intruder guard mechanism here will be triggered. .

Aiwass led everyone to the innermost and the huge coffin placed in the center.

It is on high steps and looks like a throne.

And a pure white statue of a saint is lying on the coffin. She is sitting aside and supporting her chin with her arms, as if she is taking a nap here. Her appearance is pure, dignified and sacred, with her long, silky hair hanging loosely. The coffin with intricate patterns was pressed down by his arms and hair, making it impossible to open it.

In a daze, Aiwass felt as if he saw Isabel.

She is somewhat similar to Isabel, but she doesn't have the elfin aura about her. She looked like a woman in her thirties, and could even be said to be Isabel's sister or mother.

"...Bring out the Queen's blood."

Aiwass took a deep breath and whispered.

This was the first time he had gone to such an extent, and it was also the first time he had seen Saint Guinevere and Lancelot I in person.

He stepped forward, took off his miter, and placed it on the coffin.

Aiwass reached out and touched the candle on the diadem, and the pure white flame seemed to be drawn over and burned quietly on his fingertips.

He painted the flames on the coffin like paint.

"Why don't you let me become a god?"

Then, Aiwass reached out and lit a second candle and wrote again:

"Why don't you let me become a mortal?"

Finally, Aiwass lit the third candle, and then wrote the final secret message at the bottom:

"The fool will be forgotten three times and then return from the world."

After writing the three secret words, the pure white Guinevere statue opened its eyes.

She raised her head and stared at Aiwass with her beautiful pupils as dim as yellow grapes.

Then she held the ecclesiastical crown, whose candlelight had been extinguished, in her arms, reached out and opened the coffin halfway to the side, stood up and stepped aside.

Only the upper body of Lancelot I could be seen in the half-slit coffin. His coffin was littered with withered flower petals, each petal stained with a drop of long-dried blood.

So Aiwass stepped aside and watched Olive step forward.

He first performed a complicated consecration ceremony, took out a lily from his arms, and then poured the queen's blood on it. and inserted it into the heart of a lion, declaring it to be the heart of the Queen.

This lion's heart is dried because it can be used as a common ritual material. Naturally, there is no blood inside... so the Queen's blood is allowed to flow into it, and then drip again through the heart.

Normally, the Shadow of Avalon ritual requires the heart of a direct member of the royal family, but they can't get it. Therefore, we can only use the "replacement" method in the ritual to let this powerful curse mage use the "replacement" method in the ritual to replace it with other things.

The next moment, he pulled off a bloody lily and threw it into the coffin.

In an instant, the coffin began to boil—

The shadows stirred and boiled like living things, gurgling and overflowing. The black smoke, as heavy as the smoke from dry ice, spread to the ground and wrapped around everyone's ankles, making them unable to move.

Olive solemnly picked up the dagger of Alondette that was retrieved by Aiwass and pierced it into the heart of the lion.

Blood dripped, and the blooming lilies withered and withered at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"I pierce it as through the heart of a queen."

Olive held up the bleeding lily, stretched out her hand and slowly and forcefully squeezed out the little blood remaining in her heart.

He spoke slowly and clearly, ensuring that he did not say a single word wrong: "Twenty-one founders of the country bowed their heads and wept, twenty-one Knights of the Round Table had their swords broken, and twenty-one Du Lac shed their blood.

"The fool has passed away, the scales of heaven are changing, and the warriors of the past have returned from a hundred battles.

"You will no longer be a king, a knight, or an apostle—

"——The time for revenge has come!"

As he spoke, he pulled the bloody dagger out of the lion's heart.

It penetrated hard into the heart of Lancelot I in the coffin!