Pastor's Tantra

This time, there are obviously more people to choose from.

In addition to the "sour wine" in the soul state and the eldest princess from the first painting, Aiwass and the old mage in the soul state were instantly added, as well as Aleister, who is still alive, and the... Loyal "Old Dog" Lalo.

The number of people who can vote has been raised to six. Half of them are soul bodies.

This time five points were added directly, and one of the corners sparkled. And the steel door finally changed - a deep ravine appeared on it, and when you touch it with your hand, you can feel a touch similar to cuticle.

The ravine was dark golden, like the claw marks of some kind of animal, or the scab formed by damaged human skin.

"The plot of this painting has finally moved forward..."

Aiwass breathed a sigh of relief: "Fortunately, they are not very familiar with the rules of modern society, so we didn't miss too much information..."

After a little counting, today's living people have died quietly, and only four - or five - are left.

Because the first painting can no longer be entered or left. Therefore, it is unclear whether the Moon Child, who is still petrified inside, is alive or permanently sealed.

If she doesn't occupy the living quota, but doesn't have a soul to come out to vote... there will only be four people left alive.

The eldest princess, Lalo, Aleister, and the captured soldier. As long as one more person dies, the special victory condition "choose one of three" will be triggered.

…It’s outrageous.

A closer look revealed that two of the top three in terms of strength were already dead.

On the contrary, it was the eldest princess faction who was not optimistic at first... Both of them survived to the finals.

"I don't know if I can be resurrected..."

Aiwass was a little helpless.

...Because according to his calculations, there is even a small chance that he will not be able to be resurrected this time.

The resurrection of [Sin-ridden] can only be completed if the murderer is killed within the three minutes of accepting the curse.

If Aleister wants to resurrect Aiwass, he must kill the eldest princess accurately.

However, Lalo has a death wish and is very likely to take the initiative to block the knife - as long as Aleister kills the wrong person, the curse time will be delayed easily.

Moreover, as the old mage is a path of wisdom, he has completely understood the rules of the game of the promotion ceremony. Although Aleister would not be resurrected if he was not killed during the curse... But it is entirely possible that he would curse Aleister simultaneously to weaken the opponent's strength and prevent Aiwass from resurrecting.

Aiwass is already powerful, and is also a auxiliary profession dedicated to the path. Once he is resurrected with the information collected from his soul state, he and Aleister will definitely take the top two spots.

——In order to prevent this situation, the old mage will definitely keep stopping Aleister.

Because he knows that there is a high probability that his points will not be higher than Aiwass's.

Aiwass could come up with the conditions for [Holy Resurrection], but he had to kill Aleister to be resurrected, otherwise he would definitely die... There was no chance for him to surrender even if he wanted to give up. But he wouldn't let Aleister realize it either.

Once Aleister abstains, or adopts a conservative strategy and just wants to survive until the end to avoid the battle and gives up resurrecting Aiwass, then the Pelican will be impossible to resurrect. So he never cursed Aleister once, just to avoid being discovered by her... He had been dormant in secret, waiting for that opportunity.

But even if his points weren't the highest... and he actually died, Aiwass wasn't actually very afraid.

——Because he also has a resurrection coin.

That was a gift from the Lord of Scale Feathers.

Although I originally wanted to save this opportunity for resurrection to defeat Fallen Tiansi... but in fact, it didn't matter if I used it in advance.

It wouldn't even matter if he died - he could still leave this chance of resurrection to Aleister.

Aleister has the same memory as Aiwass, so Aiwass's family friend Aleister can also take care of him. As for the future crisis of world destruction... Anyway, the profession of Sin Scholar is tied to the path of transcendence, it just lacks high-level magic.

If you can survive, then everything will be happy; but if one of you, the one who devotes himself to the path of dedication and transcends the path, must die, Aiwass hopes that it can only be him.

For Aleister, he is willing to die; for the sake of this world, Aleister must live.

"...I hope I can successfully win the Easter match."

Aiwass sighed, but was still mentally prepared for the worst.

After all, everyone here...well, except for the soldier he didn't know very well, everyone else had their own reasons why they couldn't die.

And Aiwass, who was trapped in the Theocracy, looked at Aleister's activity in Star Antimony... and he would also feel envious and confused.

He was envious that Aleister could do so many things he wanted to do, but he was confused... Aiwass didn't know what there was that only he could do now.

That feeling was so familiar to him...

It's like when he was very young, before the earthquake that destroyed Aiwass's childhood happened... After school, he watched other playmates laughing and playing, but he could only read and study at home.

Although his family is very open-minded, after he finishes his homework, his father will accompany him to play the game console with pirated cartridges inserted, and his grandfather will come back after fishing to make him play chess... The feeling of playing with your family is completely different from playing with friends.

He probably didn't want to engage in some boring chase or role-playing with those people. Just wanting to "be with them".

In other words, it's the fear of being left behind by friends... It doesn't matter what you play.

Aiwass just hopes they don't forget him.

He is so afraid of being forgotten that for this reason he is willing to help others for free - even if he becomes a useful tool, as long as someone can think of Aiwass when they use him, and can remember Aiwass when Aiwass is not around. He would be satisfied if he still missed him.

——Apart from here, temporarily acting as the Pope before the Pure White Saint completely purified the traces of Ningbo, and using it as a battery for the elves, Aiwass didn’t even know that there was anything he had to do by himself.

Perhaps...the eldest princess is more valuable to this era than herself. She may be able to change the entire Star Antimony... And Lalo, who is determined to die, is also a real man, an iron-blooded Star Antimony person.

Apart from pastoral care... apart from being a "pastor", what value does he have as a devotee?

Touching the door, the confused Aiwass whispered softly: "Please give me some enlightenment, Si Zhu..."

Determined, Aiwass pushed open the door.

——Then, he suddenly opened his eyes wide.

I saw that the originally blue sky had now turned half into deep red and half into deep purple.

The beautiful scenery is like the afterglow of the setting sun, reflected in the sky.

This prosperous city, the royal capital of Camelot, has now been reduced to ruins at some point, as if it had been bombed by some force!

But there are no enemies to be seen on the streets, but many people can be seen working hard to rebuild their homes.

And the extremely chaotic power of transcendence...or the power of transmutation formed elemental turbulence, causing various strange phenomena to appear around it.

The leaves on this tree were covered with a layer of frost, and the bushes were burnt black——

The big screens on the street that originally showed GG also dimmed at this moment.

The most primitive method is used on it - a large number of cloth strips with written words are hung on it.

[If you find traces of devil believers, doomsday cultists, etc., please report to the Supervision Bureau in time! 】

[Disaster Relief Emergency Contact Center: XXX……]

[The third phase of the shelter is under construction and is expected to be available for use in "3" days! 】

…

Finally, Aiwass found the information he wanted most at the moment from one of the cloth strips.

That is the specific time at this time——

[Thursday, December 30, 1999]

There is one day left until the end of the world.

"...What's going on?!"

Aiwass suddenly opened his eyes wide.

There is no doubt that it is Huan Tiansi - or the power of the Endless Knot!

He clearly should have chosen the Fallen Heaven Division——

Because from the moment the question was asked, Aiwass basically already knew what the two endings foreshadowed.

According to previous speculation, the rule for the third painting should be "add something based on the choice" to give this painting a chance to fit the final choice.

Although the words "Goodbye" are unclear, I don't know what it refers to.

But "The Ring of Ending" obviously refers to the time when the doomsday came in 1999, when the world restarted and returned to the Amber Year. Reincarnation begins again... This is undoubtedly the ending of a cycle.

As for "A Thousand Years Later", it should have a happy ending. To reach this ending, you must break through the "doomsday" and break the cycle of reincarnation... and you will most likely have to face the Endless Knot that becomes your enemy.

For the year they were in, 1899, 1999 was one hundred years later. If we can reach a thousand years later, in 2899... then it means that the doomsday crisis has been resolved.

If this was a game, then Aiwass would definitely fight the hardest ending.

But here is reality, every move he makes will involve the lives of others and himself.

The simplest ending among them should be triggered by the arrival of the Fallen God.

All you need to do is trigger the reincarnation ending. Anyway, this time is just a preview... Letting more people survive is the best choice...

"Letting more people survive is the best choice...right?"

A voice suddenly sounded from behind Aiwass.

Avas was startled and turned around.

——He saw...

Another self.

Although his appearance and temperament are very similar, he is more masculine and determined than Aiwass.

He is wrapped in the power of the elements, and wears a pure white crown inlaid with four-color gems on his head.

"Yes," the other "Aiwass" sighed, "I think so too."