Pastor's Tantra

After obtaining the fragments of the red-handled sword, Aiwass began to prepare the ritual to summon Merlin.

In fact, there is no such ceremony. But when Aiwass met Merlin before, Merlin gave Aiwass a prayer to call him, which was considered an exchange of phone numbers.

Although Aiwass is not a great wizard, his attainments in rituals are extraordinary.

With this prayer as the core of the ritual, Aiwass can directly construct a ritual for summoning Merlin:

The core information is that Merlin is a "knight", a "half-demon", and a "mage".

Because of this, the key numbers to summon Merlin are the Four of Wisdom, the Seven of Power/Authority, and the Eight of Transcendence. Combined with the information that Merlin likes mysterious and beautiful things and travel, he likes food, beautiful women and fine wine, and the word "Merlin" means "prime minister" in some places, the materials for constructing the ceremony were determined.

Aiwass prepared four-, seven-, and eight-petal flowers, mixed them together, and planted them in fresh soil. The broken white cane of Minister Hermes, who was the minister of palace when Isabel succeeded to the throne, was repaired, and a statue of Sister Sasha that Aiwass had used before was moved next to it.

When the time advanced to four in the morning, Aiwass began the summoning ceremony.

He added sapphire powder, which deepens the resonance with the path of wisdom, to the transparent wine and sprinkled it over the statue of Sister Sasha. Sprinkle the remaining bit on the cane.

At the same time, facing the direction of the rising sun, chant in a low voice: "Answer me!

"The apostle of Weizhe, the wise man of the Round Table!

"The traveler who never fetters, the sage who advises the king in his dreams, the one who loves everything in this world and is loved by the world——"

Aiwass chanted and planted the cane on the ground.

As the ceremony progressed, the flowers that were now somewhat dry came back to life and held their heads high.

The wine separated from the cane and the statue of Sister Sasha, and the transparent liquid mixed with sapphires turned into a tide as blue as the sea.

The little bit of wine expanded to dozens of times in volume, and the seawater gushes out of nowhere and surrounded the flowers in a circle, but did not wash them away or submerge the soil. Instead, it condensed into a ring and gradually swelled into a tornado-like posture.

"I call you in the name of me—Aiwass Moriarty, son of the Candlestick, former Eternal Pope—come immediately!"

"...Yes, yes, it's coming, it's coming."

A helpless and lazy voice sounded: "There is no need to call me with such a big name... If I miss something, Lord Weizhe will have to say something about me..."

The water vortex split and dissipated as if it had gained life. But they did not disappear out of thin air. Instead, they turned into a few jumping little rabbits. They looked around, were startled by the man who appeared in the middle, and jumped away quickly.

And Merlin appeared among the flowers.

A young man who looked to be in his early twenties, not much different in age from Aiwass, was smiling wryly.

He has short, messy black hair and wears a round monocle on his left eye. He holds a staff in his right hand, and a short sword hangs on his right waist. He was wearing a dark blue robe, and the long cuffs completely concealed his left hand in the darkness.

He generally looks like an inexperienced scholar, but his deep eyes give people an unpredictable and dark feeling. His wry smile looked like he was really in trouble, but his expression looked inexplicably frivolous - a perfunctory feeling like a handsome guy touching his nose and smiling when he's late for a date.

"Let me tell you...the former Pope. From now on, you can just call me by your own name. If you are not in a hurry, I will definitely come over when I hear you. It's just a matter of when."

Merlin complained: "Even if I didn't respond to the call immediately - given our relationship, I will definitely teleport to you as soon as I am free."

Once the ritual is established, the person being called will feel it.

Even if Merlin doesn't respond to the call, he can still be sent directly afterward... just like seeing a missed call and returning a call to ask about the situation.

"I don't think our relationship is that close, Mr. Merlin."

Aiwass complained: "It's because it's safest to summon you during the summoning ceremony."

——Otherwise, who knows when Merlin will reply.

Even Weizhe himself can't catch Merlin - the apostle who wanders around the world, just like his summons, is the "unfettered traveler". It is entirely possible that he is so free and easy that he "cannot read it back".

Looking at Merlin now, Aiwass sighed.

The "young Merlin" I saw in the promotion ceremony was so cute and honest... Why has he turned into a greasy scumbag now?

There is a kind of good student who earnestly participates in various extracurricular activities during his freshman year, never skips classes, and even listens carefully to meaningless conferences. By the time he is a junior or senior year, he skips required courses and elective courses. Being trained is like "You can say whatever you want and I won't change it anyway."

I don’t know if it’s Arthur’s problem, Lancelot’s problem or Weizhe’s problem…

"Well..."

Merlin did not deny Aiwass's words, but rather narrowed his eyes quite proudly: "That's true. You are quite smart, Aiwass. You have only met me a few times, and you have already understood that this rotten person has nothing to do with you." Redeemable nature.

"——Speaking of which, what's the matter with summoning me here suddenly? I still have a date at Iris."

"A date? With whom?" Aiwass suddenly became interested.

"An ordinary shepherdess, born of a romantic encounter."

Merlin told his itinerary without any scruples: "Compared to those witches, witches, and fairies on the path of love, it is better to be an ordinary person with mixed desires. I am afraid that I am a butterfly, and the air that is too heavy will It’s so heavy that I can’t fly.”

"……All right."

Aiwass shrugged noncommittally.

The main thing is to be soft-Vivian is now taking care of Bishop Mathers' sister, her nominal adoptive mother; while Morgan gave Aiwass a "dream property". These two lake fairies, who had no relationship with Merlin, both had a deep relationship with Aiwass, and it was really not easy for him to follow Merlin and say bad things about them.

So Aiwass skipped this topic and went straight to the topic: "I hope you can help lift its seal."

"Um?"

Hearing this, Merlin was a little confused at first - he wasn't very good at breaking curses, so why was there a seal specifically summoning him to solve it?

But he soon reacted.

What needs to be lifted by him... must be the seal he arranged himself.

Because Merlin is not very good at sealing, his sealing techniques are often rough and chaotic.

It's like an extremely complex and extremely redundant program that makes people dizzy and leaves them with no comments - in this way, it makes it difficult for others to crack. Because it is impossible to see where the valid statements are at a glance. It will make anyone who tries to lift the seal want to strangle him to death.

This "redundancy" he set up can only be seen through by the Dream Demon bloodline. Others are prone to going in circles.

The sealing technique set up by ordinary people is like an exquisite and strict anti-theft system. In most cases, it relies on monitoring and alarm systems, locks that are so complicated that they cannot be unlocked for a while, and a small number of trigger mechanisms to prevent intrusions. But it's easy for a skilled thief to crack it.

Merlin, on the other hand, simply threw the safe into a huge maze, and merged the maze with the bustling city into one. Under the huge flow of people, the winding maze will make it difficult for people to find the right path, let alone get close to the real treasure.

Merlin looked at the key Aiwass took out and recognized it immediately: "So that's it... a red-handled sword. The power of this sword is indeed powerful.

"I guess...are you planning to repair this cursed holy sword to fight against the Fallen Sky Division?

"I declare in advance that this sword contains the curse of Eternity and can only be wielded by the most determined and pure people. In the entire round table, only Galahad can use it. Even Lancelot dare not use it , and another knight, Balin, was cursed to go mad for using the sword.

"As long as you use this sword with evil thoughts, wanting to kill someone or do something evil, this part of your desire will be permanently amplified, making people crazy and paranoid.

"Do you think you are... suitable?"

Merlin's words were not tactful.

His meaning was very clear - he was not optimistic about Aiwass's desire to control the red-handled sword.

"Why does this sword have the curse of Eternity?"

Aiwass asked: "In other words, why would Hengga curse a sword like this?"

"I happen to have studied this issue."

Merlin immediately replied: "Because the power of this sword actually comes from its 'red handle'. And the ruby ​​​​that makes up the sword's hilt is part of the crystallization of the beast master. Maybe it's his bones, maybe it's his Egg shell, or maybe something else... But in short, it still retains the original power of the first source river.

"Strictly speaking, this is not actually a curse. It's just because this power contains the 'beast nature' of the beast's path, and only the purest 'love' can suppress it.

"Precisely because it is not a curse, I think it cannot break the curse at all - so I smashed its blade into pieces to make it 'not a sharp blade' and bruised its sharp claws; I destroyed it again Its scabbard was used to remove the fur and scales that protected it, and a prison for it was forged out of amber and sacred wood.

"——So I was not actually 'sealing a demonic sword', but I was imprisoning and imprisoning a ferocious demonic beast."

Merlin said seriously: "That's why I'm warning you - it's more than just a 'Lord-killing Demon Sword'."