Pastor's Tantra

Chapter 500 I am the Holy Communion, this is mercy

During the unfolding ceremony of the Ring of Ending, Aiwass felt that his consciousness was gradually being withdrawn.

But the Ring of Ending Ceremony, after being supplemented by the shepherding method, seems to have completed a key point. The shepherding method in his body flows automatically, and the mana and life force are constantly being drawn into the void.

Aiwass felt a strange dizziness, as if he had fallen asleep in a bathtub.

When Aiwass woke up again, he saw a strange scene——

He was suspended in the chaotic and dark void, with his feet not touching the ground.

In front of Aiwass, a strange door gradually lit up.

It was a circular door composed of a stream of red light. It is like the setting sun with its heart dug out, or like the golden-red sun that has been mostly blocked by a solar eclipse. It was rotating slowly and steadily, with hot air emitting from its edges and golden-red flames steaming out.

——Just like the ring that appeared on Lancelot's chest.

Aiwass looked at it, but always felt as if something was missing.

In an instant, Aiwas's heart was filled with happiness, and he turned around and looked back.

I saw there was another "door" behind him.

It was a crystal snake, biting its own tail, circling and entwining to form the symbol of "∞".

Judging from the oval-shaped snake head, it may be a non-venomous snake. The Crystal Snake is generally an intoxicatingly beautiful purple color, translucent throughout, with a small amount of cyan, red, and yellow gradients.

"...The Fire of Nothingness and the Infinite Snake?"

Aiwass murmured.

The art of pastoral care comes from the mysterious skills of Huan Tiansi.

Huan Tiansi, who transcended the road, left behind the dedication and transcendent power...

Thinking of this, Aiwass reached out his hand and touched it nervously but firmly.

When his hand touched the crystal snake, ripples appeared like his fingertips touching a lake. It seemed to be twitching in discomfort, its beautiful crystal scales contracted and expanded, and its rotation speed also became faster.

It is very dangerous to modify the parameters of a ritual while it is running. If you are not careful, you will be torn apart by a ritual that goes out of control. The reason why Aiwass dared to do this was because after he obtained the Book of Law, the knowledge about the Ring of Ouronomy ritual was engraved into his brain, as if he himself was the inventor of the ritual.

Aiwass doesn't forget an ounce of it until he "takes it out."

I saw that the color of the purple giant snake's body had changed slightly - it had been changed from a Tiansi pointing to the path of love to an "apostle pointing to the path of authority" by Aiwass.

The Ring of Ending is a forbidden ritual that can bring down Tiansi. But if you just pull down the apostle, the cost will be much smaller, and the stability of the ritual will also be improved. At least Lancelot shouldn't die suddenly on the spot...

But just when Aiwass was concentrating on modifying the ritual.

But he suddenly heard a voice.

"I am the snake of secrets, coiled like a snare: and there is joy in this coil."

……What?

Aiwass was stunned for a moment.

This is exactly what the Pastoral Tantra says.

——Even though he had never heard it with his own ears, he immediately felt that... that must be Huan Tiansi's voice!

It was a strange sound that he had never heard before, unlike a divine entity.

And His voice continues to sound:

"Red is one limit, and purple is another. My eyes shine red, and my clothes are purple."

Hearing this, Aiwass suddenly realized what the red [door] was.

Those are snake eyes!

Those are Huan Tiansi's eyes!

He looked into Huan Tiansi's eyes at this moment, but when he turned around, he saw his body. There is no doubt that this is not a complete and continuous space.

And then, Aiwass heard a gentle laugh.

——Or, he thought it should be ridicule.

“While the world changes and reincarnates, things will never change.

“The righteous will remain righteous, and the filthy will remain filthy. The king will always be the king, and the slave will always be the slave.

"No one ascends, no one descends, and everything never changes. The universe has solidified, like an amber egg; the world reincarnates forever, just like a ring with a tail."

Huan Tiansi's voice became gentler, as if he was narrating something.

But then, Aiwass suddenly felt a great sense of crisis.

Because Huan Tiansi's voice suddenly became high-pitched and passionate, a strong sense of intoxication filled Aiwass's body.

The voice continued: "When the snake ascends into your heart, then the kiss of the stars pours into you.

"Holy Ten Eleven, this is a variable! Raise your body! Your body will be higher than the stars——"

Hearing this, Aiwass panicked, and the fingertips that were in contact with the Crystal Snake suddenly loosened their grip.

The messy sounds ringing in his ears disappeared instantly.

However, there were some fine amethyst snake scales floating on the skin of his right arm that was in contact with the crystal snake.

"...want my body?"

The corners of Aiwass' lips raised slightly: "I won't give it to you."

Although I roughly understand Huantiansi's motivation for becoming Huantiansi...but that has nothing to do with Aiwass.

But he was confused - this was just a promotion ceremony, everything was just false. So what if my body is taken away?

Or is this Huan Tiansi simulated by the Lord of Scale Feather? He is revealing some kind of secret to himself...

At this time, Aiwass had already modified the ceremony. After he couldn't hear Huan Tiansi's voice, he was kicked out instantly.

When he woke up again, he saw Lancelot I half-kneeling on the ground, with a look of pain on his face - nearly unlimited power was pouring into his body.

His forehead was covered with beads of sweat, but the founding knight had firm eyes and remained silent, saying nothing.

These powers are so huge that they can even directly break through the upper limit of the energy level. But Lancelot's body seemed to be overloaded by the ritual...

His red skin was spitting out white smoke, and liquid power flowed through his body like fire.

It was like there was some kind of glowing creature swimming under his skin. From time to time, a big lump would swell up and swim away quickly and then submerge inside his body.

"Shepherd...I don't know if I can call you that..."

Suddenly, Lancelot endured the pain and said: "I have seen your portrait...I have also heard the secret of the art of shepherding. I know that your soul can enter the body of the phantom..."

Aivas heard this and looked down.

But Lancelot slowly stood up, and his tone became slower but clearer: "I feel that the person who was pulled into my body by this ceremony... should not be the knight of the crown master, but the apostle of Xiong Tiansi .

"It would be troublesome if I gave her the body, so..."

"——I give you my body."

"That kind of thing can't be done."

Aiwass smiled helplessly.

Of course, he didn't want Xiong Tiansi's apostle to come - he himself was still marked by Xiong Tiansi. If He comes down, the first one to be beaten will be Aiwass.

But Aiwass was not very afraid. After all, Isabel should have received the message from him and was heading towards the Theocracy at full speed.

All he has to do here is delay time - delaying the completion of the Coupling Ring, and at the same time delaying the destruction caused by the arrival of Tiansi or apostles.

Although the shepherding method and the ring of coherence are both the power of the Huantiansi, and the shepherd also pulled down the Fallen Heavenly Si back then...

"……etc?"

At this moment, Aiwass was suddenly startled.

——Speaking of which, how did the shepherd pull down the Fallen Heaven Division?

Does the art of shepherding... have the ability to make Tiansi go down to the lower realm?

Suddenly, Aiwass thought of what Huan Tiansi had just said:

【——When I ascend into your heart, the kiss of the stars will pour into you】

Suddenly, Aiwass suddenly thought of his first promotion ceremony.

After Aiwass committed suicide from the ritual, he did not die. His soul is still attached to the Iron Hook Demon that evolved into the Malformed Limb Demon, and he can even control the opponent's body to move.

The shepherd can already put his soul into the body of the phantom.

If one dies during a pastoral ritual,...

Thinking of this, Aiwass's pupils suddenly contracted.

The pastor back then...

Is he really dead?

What if it was said that it was not the shepherding technique or the ring of coherence that brought down Fallen Heavenly Secretary, but other rituals?

The Ring of Ending Ceremony is to stuff Tiansi's soul into the body of the material world; for this reason, once pulled down by the Ring of Ending Ceremony, you cannot be reborn from the dream world before death, and even if you are reborn, it will be lost. authority. But Fallen Sky Secretary was able to go back successfully, which meant that he was pulled down in the body of a phantom demon. This was obviously not the same ritual.

...And if it is pulled down in the body of a phantom demon.

The shepherding method can insert the soul of the shepherd into the body of the phantom.

Is it really Fallen Sky Division who returned last?

Why not be a pastor?

——Why is Huantiansi targeting Fallen Tiansi so much? Do you have to use the Ring of Ending ritual to pull it off?

Huantiansi did not hesitate to lay out this plan for hundreds of years...

The pastor is a believer of Huantiansi.

According to the records of the "Shepherd Tantra", the shepherd initially cooperated with Huantiansi's plan to breed demons in the material world, and eventually sacrificed all his followers to bring down Fallen Heavenly Si. He tried to sacrifice the Fallen God to himself, but was deprived of all his power by the backlash of the shepherding method...

But what if this ending is false?

In other words, this is how it looks from an outsider's perspective... But in fact, he did not sacrifice Fallen Heavenly Secretary to himself, but sacrificed himself to Fallen Heavenly Secretary, and his soul returned to the dream world along with Fallen Heavenly Secretary.

So are pastors traitors? Or maybe it wasn't an active betrayal, but the plan failed...or maybe it was successful? Is this the effect Huantiansi wants?

if it is like this……

"...No, maybe I can actually do it."

Aiwass whispered.

At that time, when he touched the purple ring, the tail ring suddenly turned red. If the shepherding method is the special condition for activating the Ring of Ending Ceremony...

Just like his first promotion ceremony, he could also enter the body of Tiansi who was pulled down by the ring of coherence!

However, if he fails... he may die. If you really die during the promotion ceremony, you will also suffer heavy losses in reality.

Because neither Lancelot I nor a certain apostle who was pulled down may be judged as a phantom...

Thinking so, Aiwass looked at Lancelot I.

He suddenly reacted and realized something else.

From Lancelot's perspective, he didn't know what would happen next.

He didn't know whether his soul would be scattered next, or if he would become the nourishment of Aiwass, or if his soul would ascend to the dream world, or if he would be safe and sound. He has been watching in the dark Kingdom of Shadows for hundreds of years, just to return to the world. But now that he had just come back, his body was taken away...

Even so, he had no complaints. He didn't go crazy or cry, but actively gave up his body to Aiwass. Just to prevent Xiong Tiansi's apostle from using his body to harm the people of Avalon whom he now doesn't know or understand at all.

The promotion ceremony was indeed a sham. Because as a result, it is a fictional story.

But everyone in it is real to themselves. The price they paid, all the determination was real. But Aiwass had scruples because "this is false"...even though the risk he took was far less than Lancelot.

Since Lancelot, who is not dedicated to the path of devotion, can do it, then why can't I do it?

...It's really ridiculous.

Can I be considered a devotee?

——In a daze, Aiwass had a deeper understanding of the way of dedication.

The essence of devotion is sacrifice, but sacrifice does not necessarily have to be meaningful.

It is a strong fire that burns brightly forever.

When something happens in front of you, even if you know you can't stop it, even if you know you can't do anything, you still have to fight it.

Just because I couldn't see the tragedy happening before my eyes.

Obviously, Aiwass was also such a person from the very beginning.

When he first rescued Isabel and Sherlock from the promotion ceremony, he had no idea what would happen if he died. He was not familiar with them at all, they were just a group of strangers. At that time, Aiwass would be able to sacrifice his life for them without any scruples.

When did he start pursuing "sacrificing efficiency"? Has his sacrifice and dedication become timid?

Now his transcendence is getting stronger, but the fire of devotion that was bright enough in the beginning is gradually dimming.

He is becoming selfish.

It takes many times of regaining his original intention to bring his path back to balance in a short period of time.

Now, it is a [trial].

Aiwass picked up the dagger and held it slowly.

"...Eat in silence, my Lamb."

Taking a deep breath, Aiwass whispered.

He grasped the dagger of Arondette tightly, pointed it at his heart, and waited for the end of the Ring of Ouronomy ceremony.

Seeing his actions, Lancelot finally breathed a sigh of relief.

He slowly gave up resistance and finally nodded to Aiwass: "It's up to you..."

Aiwass watched as Lancelot's black pupils gradually turned crimson crimson.

With the determination to die, Aiwass slowly pushed the dagger into his heart.

Feeling the cold sharp blade cutting into his flesh, he trembled in pain and his voice was hoarse and low:

Watching the murderous intent getting stronger and stronger when looking at him.

Aiwass read out the secret words of the Shepherd's Tantra word for word:

“—I am the sacrament, and this is mercy.”