Pastor's Tantra

May 1st.

Midsummer County, west coast of Avalon.

The war is about to begin, and the armies of various countries are gathering here. The passion of the past is gradually cooling down, and the tense and depressing atmosphere permeates the surroundings.

The emergency promotion last night was absolutely worthwhile in terms of the exchange ratio - with an average exchange ratio of less than 1:2, nearly half of the soldiers under his command were promoted by one level. From any angle, this is a profit, and a big profit, a bloody profit.

—— But in fact, the voices from inside the legion’s garrison are not like this.

The winning rate has obviously increased linearly, but there is an inexplicable panic spreading.

Because it is not intuitive to not fight whether it is strong or not; however, the soldiers can intuitively find that their companions and comrades around them have been injured on a large scale. Especially this war has a bit of a "never return" flavor, and their behavior of withdrawing from the war because of injuries has been condemned by some people.

—— Is there a possibility that they deliberately participated in the promotion ceremony and avoided the war by getting injured?

After all, the country where the demon descended is the Kingdom of Star Antimony, not their own country.

Not many people are willing to risk a war to save the people of other countries - not to mention that a considerable number of them have been hostile to Star Antimony not long ago.

Iris originally faced oppression and threats from Star Antimony. Although there was no war, the economic and political pressures had lasted for many years.

Not to mention that Narcissus and Black Eagle had just become independent from Star Antimony not long ago. Avalon is even more needless to say - every passionate young man still remembers the curse of the royal family and the assassination of the queen. So even if the Griffin Knights had ridden on Star Antimony for several months, there was no war-weariness in Avalon.

If it were put in normal times, the risk of the promotion ceremony would be high enough, and failure might lead to disability or death.

This promotion ceremony set a new record of the lowest mortality rate, and the losers just had the opportunity to leave the war they didn't want to participate in - so those soldiers who had the opportunity to be promoted but hesitated for various reasons regretted it.

Some of them were afraid of death, and some felt that they were not fully prepared. Only a small number of soldiers were in order to ensure their condition to meet the enemy... but almost everyone claimed that they thought so. In this way, those who were promoted became selfish - their purpose became "taking advantage of the trend to get promoted" or "wanting to hurt themselves to escape from the military service."

And what they couldn't accept the most was... there were really quite a few people who thought so.

Jealousy, anger, arrogance, laziness... all kinds of dissatisfaction were boiling inexplicably. People became more jealous and angry than usual. Because the number of people who participated in the promotion and those who did not participate in the promotion was very close to 1:1, the situation became deadlocked and chaos spread like fire.

Seeing that the war had not yet begun, a civil war was about to take place within each legion.

The few people who remained awake sent out the information for help earlier.

- At this point, I am afraid that only Aiwass, who organized people here, can stop this civil war!

At 4:30 in the afternoon, news came that Aiwass Moriarty was about to arrive.

So the quarrels and chaos subsided a little, turning into confrontation and cold war.

After all, no matter which country these soldiers came from, they still respected Aiwas.

Not only because Aiwas, as a human, became a cardinal and eternal pope... but also because Aiwas himself was a fifth-level devotee.

-- For most middle- and low-level extraordinary people, their understanding of the path of dedication is "good people"; and the higher the level, the better people they are. The second-level devotees are the very good people they can get in touch with, and the third-level devotees are obviously much better than the second-level, and can be regarded as representatives of public opinion recognized and respected by almost everyone in a region... By analogy, they dare not even think about what kind of saints the fifth-level devotees are.

Only a very small number of extraordinary people know that high-level devotees will turn against themselves and are all crazy. And these people are even more in awe of Aiwas - he took the position of Pope from a group of top crazy people! It can be said that he is the craziest of the crazy, and he is definitely not to be provoked.

So as Aiwas approached, the coalition camp gradually became quiet.

When Aiwass actually arrived, all the contradictions seemed to disappear. People seemed to become friendly - no one wanted to lose face in front of the respected former pope. Even if they pretended, they would pretend to be friendly.

Louis Victor is an officer from Iris - strictly speaking, he is a marshal. The supreme commander of the Iris Army.

Although he looks only in his early thirties, he is actually eighty years old this year. Naturally, his true identity is a Moon Son of the Blood Sky Faction.

Although the Moon Son has almost controlled most of the high-level officials in the Iris Kingdom... people still have a natural hostility towards the Moon Son.

It is not discrimination, but fear.

Because of this, no matter who is considered to be the Moon Son by the public - for example, when miracles such as rejuvenation and sudden recovery from a serious illness occur, they have been transformed into the Moon Son, but they will always publicly deny their identity in the newspaper. Even if people know that he is the Moon Son, he will never admit it.

- Until now.

This situation has changed.

The demon army invades the material world - and the Moon Child, who naturally restrains demons, becomes the savior!

The Pope, the Theocracy, the Elves...the "holy ones" who were revered by people, personally spoke out - asking the Sons of the Moon to join the war!

This initially caused dissatisfaction and complaints among the Moon Children, but the real superiors knew...this was an opportunity.

This is a chance for the Moon Child to clear his name!

Not to mention... His Majesty the Pope also promised research on the "perfect man".

After discussion, the children of the Moon of Iris came to the conclusion that this is a rare pope who has a friendly attitude towards the Children of the Moon.

Because of this, when he heard that Aiwass was coming to inspect, he waited early at the gate of the military camp, hoping to express a friendly attitude to him.

However, Aiwass did not go to the military camp, but went directly to the Nine Pillars Temple in Shengxia County.

When Louis knew about this, he hurried to the temple with his people.

This is a very important thing...after all, it is about the "perfect person"!

Although the Children of the Moon are very united and consistent in their advancement and retreat, there are many factions within them. At least the Moon Children of various countries, their positions naturally include some of the top leaders of each country - the interests of the Moon Children of Iris and the Moon Children of the Narcissus Principality are definitely not completely unified.

They care about the species, but they care more about themselves. Whoever can establish a good relationship with Aiwass first will have a better chance of getting the "Secret of Perfection"!

When Louis went to the temple, he discovered to his chagrin...it turned out that everyone thought so!

The Archmage of the Narcissus Principality, the Legion Commander of the Black Eagle Principality, everyone gathered here - even the Great Guardian of Avalon and his huge gryphon!

——What does this have to do with you!

Oh, are you the driver? That's okay...

I saw Aiwass concentrating on performing the sacrament.

Today is May 1st, which can also be regarded as the holy day of sand timepieces.

Although it is less sacred than May 5th, the priest still has to perform services.

As the former eternal pope and the son of the candlestick, Aiwass no longer needs to kneel down and worship the Nine Pillars.

This is not the headquarters of the Theocracy, so what is enshrined in the temple is not the real body of the Sand Clock.

But a huge hourglass——

The inside of the hourglass is made of topaz sand, and two trays extend out from its sides, which are empty.

"I pray to the sand timekeeper, the god whose sacred number is five."

Aiwass placed his hands with the fingers interlocked in front of him, holding them up horizontally, palms facing inward.

The gesture is like offering incense or toasting.

He murmured in a low voice: "The god of Jedi heavenly power, the god of coordination...the hourglass of balance.

"When the Fallen God comes to the world, there will be no peace. Give me the power of balance to defeat the Fallen God..."

As Aiwass prayed, the scales on both sides of the hourglass suddenly moved.

Water emerged out of thin air on one side, while fire ignited on the other side. It swayed for a moment and returned to equilibrium.

And a strange bright yellow wave spread in all directions along the icon, covering the entire city!

When it penetrated into everyone's body, no matter he was a human, an elf or a son of the moon, he felt a strange sense of warmth.

That is the balancing power of sand timepieces!

Everyone was stunned for a moment, and then a clear illusion appeared in front of their eyes——

No matter where they were, they all saw Aiwass standing in front of the hourglass.

He wears the black robes of a cardinal. Release your hands and raise them high, palms forward.

Then he turned back - that glance seemed to look at everyone from a distance across the broken time and space.

This was also the first time people saw the young pope.

He wears black bishop's robes studded with golden runes and has a huge turquoise gem on his chest. There is a pair of jade antlers more than ten centimeters long on his head, and his handsome and upright appearance is shocking and amazing.

His green pupils gradually ignited with bright yellow flames - a testament to the overflowing power of balance that blessed him. A pair of antlers on Aiwass' forehead lit up with white flames... looking like candles.

"Everyone."

Aiwass suddenly spoke, and his voice spanned time and space and resounded in everyone's hearts: "Let me ask you a question.

"——Do you know when was the last time humans fought against gods?"

The first words the Pope said shocked people!

People were so frightened that even a few people in the church did not dare to reply.

In the end, it was the Great Guardian who asked tentatively: "Perhaps it is... the change of [Kingdom]?"

He did not dare to speak outright about the honorable name of the Silver Crowned Dragon, so he could only answer vaguely using the nickname.

"Not so."

Aiwass shook his head.

He said frankly: "The Silver Crowned Dragon can defeat the Supreme Heaven not because he is a human being, let alone because he is the strongest among human beings...

"It's because He is the 'Mian Tiansi' who came to the world - it's not that humans defeated gods, but gods defeated gods."

Aiwass said, looking around.

He gave the correct answer: "Humans have never defeated gods. Even Tiansi, or even just apostles, have never won. Except for humans, all other intelligent races have fought against gods."

"——Why? Is it because we can't do it?

"But when the apostle comes to this world, he may not be stronger than you and me!"

All Aiwass said were rebellious words.

"It's cowardice."

Without waiting for people to respond, Aiwass said: "It's fear. It's inferiority.

"--It's the sentence 'I'm not worthy'.

"The dwarves and elves defeated the monsters, and the dragons defeated the sea monsters. Snakemen, lizardmen, harpymen... those races that seem weak now have a glorious history.

"The dwarves developed the railway three thousand years ago, and the harpymen fought against the gods eight thousand years ago. Even in the depths of the sea, there are still cities of the old civilization.

"--Is it because we are too weak?! But now humans are the masters of the world!

"--Is it because we are not united enough? But the civilization of the past could not even form a country! "

Evans' words made people think.

...Yes.

Humans are not weak. Although the Church is still strong, humans have truly ruled the world and become the rulers of most regions. Even the dragons of ancient times can be captured and hunted...

But back then, even those races could fight against the gods, why...?

"Because we are too young! Because we missed the risk and the opportunity!"

Evans' voice was clear and penetrating: "When we came to the world, the sand clock had already been connected to the sky and the earth - no gods set foot on the earth anymore, even the apostles no longer came.

"Now, the era of change has arrived!

"-This is not a disaster, but our trial!

"This is a challenge, a horn, a drum, and the declaration we lack!

"Defeat the gods with a mortal body!

"Listen, everyone-this is such a glorious sign of victory! It is a possibility we have never faced! It is the hope of the future!"

When Evans said this, his voice was a little lower.

He asked, "Do you have any questions? Why have gods never come to the world before?"

This question is exactly what people are wondering about.

Although people were excited... that's all.

On the contrary, they were more afraid of the Fallen Angels... because Aiwass's speech emphasized that the Fallen Angels were gods, not demons that could be defeated by them.

——But why did the gods come to the world for no reason? Aren't gods unable to interfere with the material world?

Why can the Fallen Angels occupy the countries of mortals?

And, most importantly...

——Why didn't the gods we worship come?

And Aiwass finally answered their doubts

"This is not the first time the Fallen Angels have come to the world."

Aiwass looked around and said something shocking: "Have you ever thought about why the former Herasil Empire suddenly collapsed? Why did the blood of Hercules stop flowing out of thin air?

"——Yes, it's just as you think! The Herasil Empire summoned the Fallen Angels to the lower world - just like what Xingti is facing!

"This is not a disaster, but a challenge! Xingti, like Herasl, summoned the Fallen Angels when he was in a desperate situation...

"Because this is a ritual, a trial - the key to a new era!

"- As long as we defeat the Fallen Angels, we will rise higher!"

Ewass finally revealed the biggest secret: "Distribute the power held by the gods to everyone and make us stronger!

"The sixth energy level will no longer be the exclusive privilege of the Pope, and the fifth energy level will no longer be the privilege of the strong - you can also easily become the fifth energy level, just like you become the third energy level! You can, you can too!

"You can also become the sixth energy level, or even the seventh energy level, or even higher! We can be mortal gods, just like the gods of the past! In the material world, we can defeat the apostles and the angels - touch the wall of the pillar gods!

"That wall - the wall of balance will be crossed by us! It is not about breaking, but we hold up the sky and let the sky rise higher! "

Hearing this, people opened their eyes wide.

So... the limits of the fifth and sixth energy levels are not unshakable truths?

Then can it really be broken through?

Can you easily reach the fifth and sixth energy levels...?

If someone else said it, people would never believe it.

--But that's the Pope!

That's the spokesperson of the Nine Pillars, and he has the horns of the candlestick!

Is this the will of the Pillar God?

With his back against the hourglass and scales burning with water and fire, Aiwass declared loudly: "This is not an act of rebellion, nor is it an act of usurpation!

"I declare in my name, the son of the candlestick, the eternal Pope, that this is the test of balance of the sand clock! Even the Pillar God hopes that we can defeat the Fallen Angel!

"Listen, we will defeat the Angel of Descendants and open up the limit of the path!

"Listen, the time to change everything has arrived! The trial that has not been broken through in the past eight thousand years - and even in the ancient times, will be completed by us here!

"Yes, we have such ability and such will! We will hold our heads high and move forward to a new realm that no other race has ever reached!

"We will surpass the Herasil Empire - it will be easy! Because we are not Herasil facing despair, nor are we the chaotic and desperate Star Antimony. We are not desperate, but full of hope! We are united, lucky and powerful!

"The Fallen Angels are afraid, so we quarrel! That's why we have conflicts - it is because the Fallen Angels are afraid of our power that they interfere with us and want to separate us!"

Ewass declared loudly: "Listen, everyone! He is afraid! Because at this point, he is the weak one! Just like we fear the gods!

"This is not a rescue, although we will also save the lives and souls of the Star People - but this is a hard-won trial! It is an opportunity, a possibility that has not appeared once in eight thousand years!

"It is because the Star People started the trial, because they lost - and we will win! Because I am with you!"

In everyone's vision, Ewass called out forcefully: "We will all become history!

"From now on, the world's rivers will flow in different directions, and people in the future will remember our victory!

"We will become glorious history! We will become heroes that people are proud of!

"We are history!

"We are the future!

"--You are history! You are the future! "