Pastor's Tantra

The eldest princess's hands were shaking a little.

Not only had she never skinned or cut off a limb, she had never even killed anyone.

Aiwass thought with some regret and some relief.

When her slightly trembling knife tip penetrated Aiwass's skin, Aiwass realized that she was a novice. The skinning was okay, although part of the flesh was peeled off, which made Aiwass cry out in extreme pain... But when it came to the severed limbs, she could hardly proceed.

Perhaps it was because Aiwass's scream was so miserable that she was so frightened that she was trembling all over. She had no strength to cut off Aiwass's hands, and even started crying herself.

Aiwass could only give Noelle a bloody hug. He comforted and encouraged me in a good voice for a while.

"Don't you want courage?"

Aiwass said gently: "Then I will give you courage."

He didn't mean to speak so gently, but because of the pain of being skinned by a novice before, he became too weak and lost his strength. Aiwass' pain was not diluted or weakened, otherwise the pastoral approach would lose its effectiveness.

"...What is your name in reality?"

It was obviously the plan proposed by Aiwass himself, but after hearing his screams, Noelle still softened--or was a little frightened.

She couldn't help but said: "I will find a way to compensate you..."

Aiwass just showed a mysterious smile: "That's not necessary, Your Highness. You can't give me any compensation."

In the end, Noelle decided to be cruel.

She used the ability of the balanced path to strengthen the ceremonial knife in her hand. She quickly cut through the mess and cut off Aiwass's limbs, and then cut off his head neatly.

She just didn't want to hear the wailing anymore. But such quick movements actually made the pain less.

When Aiwass's head flew out, there was still intense pain in his brain.

But he was just praying with his eyes closed, and a line of blood and tears flowed from his empty left eye socket:

"As the host of the banquet, I offer the wings of freedom...

"As the host of the banquet, I offer my pure wrist...

"As the host of the banquet, I offer my dancing feet..."

In Noelle's shocked eyes, she saw the remains of Aiwass's cut off bodies flying up one after another, surrounding the beautiful statue of Si Zhu, exploding and turning into a blood mist that filled the sky, dyeing Si Zhu into... Completely scarlet.

Aiwass' flying head drew a strange arc and landed on Si Zhu's head.

One of his eyes is closed, and a pure white flower grows out of the other eye, which looks strange and compassionate.

Lines of dark sinful thorns grew out of his right eye, wrapping around Si Zhu's body, which had turned red, and finally made up for the last piece of bright red that Si Zhu's body lacked. Bai Si Zhu's originally strangely cheerful smile became compassionate after being soaked in blood.

Beautiful white flowers bloomed from the black thorns, completely hiding Aiwass's head from behind.

The next moment, all the candles on Si Zhu's head also lit up, igniting pure white flames.

The light that was enough to illuminate the heaven and earth revealed a hint of iridescent light in the blood mist, looking like a sacred halo.

The bodies of the guests and musicians killed by Aiwass burst into flames at the same moment - but it was a bright red flame.

Their burning corpses suddenly got up from the ground, raising their hands as if they were holding wine glasses; they bowed or touched their chests, paying tribute to the candlestick, or Aiwass on the candlestick's head. .

Afterwards, the guests embraced each other passionately in the flames, and the musicians played a cheerful and enthusiastic final song.

Dance, dance, dance crazily——

An increasingly wild dance, a completely desperate dance.

Noelle stared at this scene blankly.

This time their dance had no rules and no skills at all. Everyone danced according to their own ideas, and the musicians' music was no longer in sync... But this messy feeling did not give people a chaotic and noisy feeling. Instead, it gave Noel an unusual sense of shock.

Suddenly, she was pulled into the middle of the dance floor by "someone".

It was a blond young man in his twenties.

There was a huge wound on his neck, but there was a warm and cheerful smile on his face.

In the royal court of Star Antimony, Noelle had never seen anyone with such a smile except the clown Lalo.

Everyone seems to have some sad story, either frowning or keeping a straight face. Everyone has a lot on their mind and is always quarreling with each other.

"...why is everyone so happy?"

The eldest princess couldn't help but ask as she was being pulled into a funny dance.

But the other party didn't answer her.

However, the young man was not a mindless undead - he stretched out his hand, made a gesture on his face, stroked the corner of his mouth with one hand, and smiled upward.

Afterwards, the other party pulled her into a carnival dance.

The fire on his body did not spread to Noelle...or rather, the fire only made her feel warm. It's like putting on warm and dry clothes after getting out in the rain.

The clothes on his body first burned and turned into nothing. Then came skin and flesh.

When the song ended, both the guests and the musicians were left with only skeletons.

The screen began to slowly slow down and freeze.

Aiwass watched all this.

Although his head was cut off, he was still "alive".

His body was transparent and luminous, which was extremely conspicuous.

But at this moment, Aiwass was standing behind Noelle, but she did not see Aiwass.

On the other side...

Aiwass looked at Andrea who was petrified.

But her soul did not float out.

Sure enough, as long as she was not "killed" completely, but only controlled by petrification, freezing, sealing and other means, she would have nothing to do with this promotion ceremony.

It's just like the Moon Child in the material world.

The best way to deal with immortality is to seal them up.

"But..."

Aiwass sighed in his heart.

Sure enough, it is worthy of being a ritual of Sizhu, and it really encourages self-"death".

He did not choose to sacrifice himself because he deliberately guessed the thoughts of the questioner. But now he benefits because his choice happens to fit Sizhu...

In the stagnant world, a line of words appeared in front of Aiwas again.

[Why did the guest die? 】

Then, three doors appeared beside him.

The corresponding sentences also appeared below:

——【Feast】, 【Kill】, 【Judgment】.

Now, he no longer has any doubts.

Aiwass, in the spirit state, pushed open the door of 【Feast】 without hesitation.

The next moment, the whole world turned into light.

The whole world was stripped away and condensed into a complete painting.

The crimson candle wrapped around the sinthorn shone with a circle of brilliant rays of light.

On the scarlet stage, skeletons burning with red flames were dancing and playing music passionately. The movements of each skeleton were completely different, more like crazy and unbridled dancing than a social dance.

There were also skeletons who raised their glasses and clinked them enthusiastically, and the scarlet wine was also splashed outside due to the fierce collision of the glasses.

It was not a banquet.

But a carnival——

【All feasts have an end. Drink the blood of fools and eat the flesh of feasters until the feast is complete and the guests leave with great pleasure. Then, the feast master will be perfect again and ascend to the position of heavenly minister. The banquet they long for will eventually be held again, perhaps in the dream world, perhaps in the future]

[——Completed, "Endless Banquet\