Pastor's Tantra

Chapter 508 Boys and Youth

Star Antimony Kingdom, the capital is Lion Heart City.

Aurora woke up from her dream and gradually became sober.

She endured the pain and completed the advancement, reaching the fourth energy level. Now she has become a real "disaster splicer".

Feeling her body gradually stiffen and then soften... Aurora slowly stood up and tilted her head, looking at herself in the mirror.

White blonde soft long hair, light purple nightgown. The delicate and expressionless face has turned pale, as lifeless as a doll. She stretched out her hand and grasped it a few times, and then she felt something.

She touched her heart.

——The heart has stopped beating. In other words, the heartbeat has slowed to the point where it cannot be felt.

So Aurora tried to hold her head with both hands. With a slight twist, he unscrewed his head.

She carefully held her head in her arms, but not a drop of blood flowed from her neck. The cross-section is as smooth as jade, shining with a warm oily sheen like the cut surface of a ham.

This is the special ability of the Disaster Splicer - every part of their body can be removed, replaced and upgraded at will, and can also be spliced ​​to other corpses. From this point on, they no longer have weaknesses in the traditional sense and are difficult to die from physical attacks.

Before she could sort out her harvest, she heard a shrill scream.

Aurora's heart tightened and she immediately put her head back on her neck.

She quickly walked to the door and opened it. He rushed to the ceremony room where his mentor was.

When Aurora walked to the door, she stopped immediately and couldn't help but open her eyes wide.

Their mentor, Little Fernando, was seen burning fiercely——

He was rolling on the bed, scratching at his skin with both hands. He kept making shrill, hysterical screams.

Little Fernando's body was dripping with blood, his flesh was torn... There was an endless flame exploding deep in his soul.

And Albert was waiting by his teacher's bedside, chanting spells in the hope of helping the teacher breathe a sigh of relief.

But it was little Fernando's soul that was ignited - it was the fatal injury brought out from the promotion ceremony, and Albert could not dispel the flame no matter how he tried to dispel it. Albert also tried various mixtures, but none of them had any effect. His hands had been severely burned...but despite all his efforts, he could only stop the flames from burning for a few seconds at most.

But he did his best.

If it weren't for Albert's efforts, little Fernando would have been burned to death in a few seconds. Aurora couldn't hold on and rushed over now.

Aurora felt a little sorry for the senior who was rescuing her mentor.

So she quickly walked forward and pulled Albert away firmly, while whispering: "...let me try."

Albert turned back and whispered subconsciously: "Aurora..."

He is better at necromancy and alchemy, and is much worse than Aurora in terms of petrification and preservation talents.

So he took a few steps back trustingly and began to use alchemical mixture to treat his severely burned hands.

Aurora's pupils lit up with a dim yellow light.

She clasped her hands together and their hands turned into stone statues.

"Teacher... don't resist."

she whispered.

Then she stretched out her hands and touched little Fernando's body while chanting in a low voice.

The petrification began to spread rapidly, sealing in the painful and struggling little Fernando. His body was completely petrified, and his painful expression froze, forming a lifelike sculpture of pain. It could almost be called "The Burnt Man."

"...Let's do this for now."

Aurora pursed her lips and said softly.

Let's petrify him and seal him away for now, and we'll find a way to do it later.

Then she used the preservation technique to solidify the teacher's body again. To prevent it from being accidentally broken or broken during transportation.

She looked down at little Fernando with a sad expression.

At that moment, she thought of many things to say. But in the end, no words were uttered.

So she could only close her eyes and miss her silently in her heart.

"...Aurora."

Albert looked at her and called softly again.

"The teacher died for me."

She whispered sadly.

"The mentor is not dead yet."

Albert comforted somewhat feebly: "Maybe we will be able to save him in the future. Just extinguish the fire of his soul..."

Although the fifth energy level cannot be achieved...but maybe the legendary sixth energy level is possible?

So the next moment, the room fell into embarrassing silence again. Albert waited for a while - he was silent for more than a full minute, and then he spoke again after running out of words: "You still remember what the instructor told us, right? Do you have a pen and paper to record it?"

"...I just woke up."

Aurora replied softly: "But I have been reading it silently in my mind."

She took out the paper and pen she had prepared in her nightgown pocket and started recording.

And Albert obviously woke up earlier than her.

He took out a small notebook that he had already written, and he had obviously memorized all the keywords that needed to be written down.

"Let's exchange ideas while we still have impressions... Do you know anything new that I don't know?"

"have."

Aurora replied briefly: "The teacher said, 'Don't be an enemy of Aiwass, he is the blessed person of the Twin Mirror'."

"...I only remember what the teacher told me. Aiwass and Queen Isabel are not on the same side. If the ziggurat is in danger, just go to Aiwass directly."

Albert flipped through his notebook: "Also, seriously investigate the Shadow of Avalon ritual..."

"I've already seen the last one."

Aurora added: "The ritual was real. Lancelot was indeed resurrected, and then he ate Aiwass. Then he went crazy... He was very powerful after going crazy. But Aiwass's soul It seems to be in his body. I should have been saved by Aiwass. Otherwise, I would have died too."

She honestly told her the last thing she remembered.

Although it was rare for Putao to say so many words in one breath, Albert still blinked in confusion.

——To be honest, he didn’t understand.

Aurora doesn't like to talk much and is a very quiet girl. She often sits in the corner of the classroom and quietly flips through textbooks. When it comes to the two practical classes of "Human Anatomy" and "Modification and Splicing" that other students are most looking forward to, she always stands quietly on the outside of the crowd and does not crowd in. In the past, I never competed with other students for precious corpse materials.

Every time the bodies were divided, she was left with only the parts that no one wanted.

Later, it was because she showed extremely strong talent in preservation techniques that she was recruited by the teacher as an assistant. Mainly responsible for preserving corpses - whether it is to preserve fresh corpses or to preserve spliced ​​corpses that have been spliced, assistants who are good at preservation are needed. Aurora's talent for preservation is the best.

She and Albert were in the same laboratory at the time. Albert was carefully piecing together the body, and she would either huddle in the corner and read a book, or stand far away and watch Albert piece together the body. Never spoke or disturbed him.

Sometimes Albert still felt that she had left. But when he looked up, he realized that she hadn't left yet, and she was aware of his gaze and looked up at him in confusion.

...very cute.

Albert thought so at that time and remembered this girl.

Later, they got to know each other well, and their tutor Fernando Jr. also realized this studious and talented student. On Albert's recommendation, he recruited her as his student. Although Aurora is not like Albert who can directly help her tutor with tasks, when her help is needed, she always fulfills her duties as an assistant meticulously and conscientiously.

Unlike his harsh criticism of Albert, little Fernando still cares about Aurora.

Knowing that Aurora's parents were dead, she had little money. Not only would he bring her some snacks and drinks, but he would also invite Albert to treat her to dinner - when Albert himself was his student before, he had never received this kind of treatment.

After Aurora became familiar with them, she talked a little more. But it was a little more, but not a lot, and basically Albert always couldn't understand it well... The instructor was surprisingly able to understand it.

——I can feel that she has tried hard to express it, but it always feels like she has omitted a lot of things.

It's like I said all the words in my heart, but didn't say them in my mouth.

...If it were a mentor, he would definitely understand what Aurora was talking about. Albert was a little frustrated.

Now that the mentor is gone... I have to take good care of Aurora.

Albert made up his mind.

After watching the final summary screen, he actually vaguely felt that...the instructor might have been deceived.

Because Albert finally saw everyone on the ship on the Great Guardian's Griffin. Almost everyone who had gathered at Moriarty Manor was here.

At that moment, Albert thought of a new possibility——

A very simple elimination method.

There are six settlement screens in total, and Grape is not among them. If the knight who died fighting in the Palace of Silver and Tin in the settlement screen at the beginning was a pirate...then the only people who did not appear clearly were the fox, the doctor, Lulu, and Cheese.

But "The Fox" was first of all, and Albert was the first to rule out the possibility of him being laughed out of the show. The mentor also said that Bishop Mathers should be the fox... Considering Mathers' retrograde movement at that time, it is possible that the last explosion was him.

As for the remaining three people, they had never seen it from beginning to end, and the only empty scene was the flying ship. There is a person whose contribution is second only to his own.

Albert could only think of one person.

That is "Lulu". She is the third and the path of beauty. At the same time, Princess Isabel is also on the path to beauty.

——Is there a possibility that Princess Isabel is played by Lulu?

In this case, it can explain why Bishop Mathers said that "Aiwass and Isabel have a close relationship." This is information that only people outside know.

And Albert thought of something else.

As they entered, the little girl named Cheese who appeared last said something.

she says--

"Is it Sister Lulu? And Brother Fox - I'm Cheese, long time no see!"

In other words, Cheese was once in the same promotion ceremony as Fox and Lulu at the same time.

It is unlikely that there is such a coincidence that three people line up together in a row. So there is a great possibility that Fox and Lulu are together!

So the three of them were together, but the fox and Lulu took away the meeting point. And if the fox and Lulu are together, the second "pirate" must also be with them. Considering that the pirates are most likely from the Avalon Inspectorate or the Inspectorate, Fox and Lulu must also be from Avalon.

——Could it be that Aiwass and Isabel are playing themselves?

Such an inspiration suddenly came to Albert's mind.

No, not likely.

He dismissed the ridiculous suspicion.

If Lulu was really Her Majesty, how could the pirates dare to treat her like that? And in that case, the person who came in to accompany the advancement was too weak... and would die at the beginning.

And since it is certain that "Isabel" is played by a promoted person, the information obtained by the instructor is most likely inaccurate. Because it was most likely that "Isabelle" had already seen through that he was not Sherlock and performed an impromptu performance to mislead him.

……but.

The stranger pondered for a long time, but still chose to swallow the secret.

If the information brought by the mentor is false, what is the worst that can happen?

That is, the intelligence is counter-intuitive - Aiwass and Queen Isabel are a group of people, and if the ziggurat is in danger, they cannot directly defect to Aiwass.

...But, he really wants to defect to Aiwass now.

In other words, Aiwass doesn't care...

But he had some longing for the great guardian.

[——No reason, because you are a civilian. Because I am a knight - I am a knight bestowed with honor by Her Majesty the Queen, and I will protect her honor until death. 】

[——It has nothing to do with your origin, nationality or wishes. If you are not involved in this war, you are not a soldier. You are a civilian. 】

[——Whether you are a star or a iris, as long as you are not a giant, I will protect you! I can protect you! 】

... Just thinking about it brings tears to my eyes and longing for it.

Hearty, tenacious and straightforward——

This is what a man is! This is the knight!

The phrase "If you didn't participate in this war, you are not a soldier" undoubtedly saved the somewhat depressed Albert. Although even if he escapes Star Antimony, armed gargoyles may still be developed... but the result has nothing to do with his personal wishes.

Now it was he who wanted to go to Avalon. The mentor's "last words" are undoubtedly a powerful excuse for persuasion. Being able to bring others along.

Although Star Antimony now values ​​and respects technical personnel far more than Avalon does, that respect comes from interests. It is precisely because their results will be converted into benefits that their wisdom has value. But this benefit comes at the expense of other people's happiness.

For a moment, Albert could not think of... any research that would definitely help others.

——He remembered that Master Hei Xiang said something shocking to the students at the opening ceremony.

Necromancy did not appear for the purpose of war or killing from the very beginning.

"That's the technology that allows the dead to return to the world. It's a miracle that reverses life and death and creates eternity! It's to turn the decayed into immortality, to make the incomplete become complete, to reunite the separated again, and to allow the people in the past to be able to Meeting people from the future - a technique that exists to obtain infinite time in a finite destiny!"

The black phase's speech gave Albert his belief and pride in necromancy.

It once made Albert doubt himself, but now it has become a new goal in his heart.

"Let the decay become immortal, let the incomplete become complete, let the separation reunite again, let the people in the past reach the future..."

Albert murmured, a dim yellow light slowly shining in his pupils.

His life is undoubtedly happy.

Unlike Aurora, he has no one in particular that he wants to resurrect, and no memories worth remembering.

But now, as he looked at his petrified mentor, he felt pain and nostalgia for the first time.

He seemed to understand Lord Black Phase's philosophy.

——For people in the past to reach the future.

The Doom Splicer has the possibility to create a complete body without a soul, while the Amber Craftsman can stuff the soul of one person into another. The combination of the two, isn't that a kind of resurrection?

New research, let’s start with… prosthetic limbs.

"——Let the incomplete become complete first."

On this day, a boy who was ignorant of the world became a young man with his own ideals.