Chapter 1107: Rounding up to the nearest hundred equals conquering the whole world

Just like in the game, the later the version, the more "wild monsters" other than extraordinary people there are -

The essence of the Tail Ring is to share the power of the Tao, previously held by the Celestial Master, with the material world. However, this expansion into the material world indirectly weakens the balance barrier of the Sand Clock, disrupting the original absolute balance between the Dream World and the material world.

Raising the maximum energy levels of more transcendents means more opportunities to ascend to the position of Dream World Apostle or Celestial Master, and it also means that more phantom demons can normally reside in the material world, thus achieving a new equilibrium of mutual penetration.

——To put it simply, when the Tail Ring Ceremony begins, Phantom Demons will begin to spawn in the material world.

The fact that the Scholar of Great Sin can capture phantom demons can in disguise eliminate the phantom demons in the material world.

After all, while killing a transcendental being was illegal... at least one could obtain their transcendental items and personal wealth. Killing a phantom demon, on the other hand, offered essentially no benefit other than some potentially valuable transcendental materials. Compared to fragile mortals with flesh and blood, phantom demons were even more difficult to kill.

The returns are lower and the risks are higher. In this situation, perhaps phantom demons will become a new disaster.

But if the profession of Great Sin Scholar rises, it will be different...

Capturing phantoms would become a necessity. Without pastoral care, they couldn't tame phantoms with bare hands like Aiwass had, and could only defeat and capture them. And since the Sin Scholars lacked a formal inheritance, everyone's phantom builds would be similar to the game's early character builds, emphasizing freedom of choice.

This makes it unlikely that the Sinners will consistently capture stronger Phantoms. Therefore, there will inevitably be "bodyguards" who protect these Sinners and assist them in capturing Phantoms... There may even be "hunters" who beat Phantoms half to death, then bring them to the Sinners' faces and force them to sign a contract.

This in turn gave rise to new professions tailored to the needs of Transcendents, allowing them to use their combat power for profit. This would clearly contribute to social stability—in modern society, money was extremely important. Transcendents had to have efficient means of making money, or else they would find ways to do it themselves.

Being a bodyguard or hunter is at least better than being an "adventurer" who digs graves or a "mercenary" who kills and robs people.

Now that the Fallen Lord was dead, the demonologists were left with no choice. Those proficient in rituals and curses could abandon their class level, downgrade from ten levels to twenty, and reclassify as a ritual mage, starting over from the second level... But for those demonologists whose only skill lay in demonology, this was undoubtedly a complete disaster.

It's like being told that your major has been cancelled before you even graduate from university; or you're almost done writing your thesis, and then you find out that the research direction was wrong from the beginning and someone has committed academic fraud - what else can you do except rewrite it with a lot of curse words?

Aiwass could give them a chance. If they were willing to join his school, at least they would have a legitimate new career path. As for having to obey Aiwass's rules and abandon those bad old habits... that was no longer a big deal.

When their original mentor, the Fallen Angel, was still alive, they might have considered whether to switch jobs; but now that the Fallen Angel has been sent away, unless they are die-hard diehards, they will definitely escape if they can.

After Aiwass finished explaining the professional characteristics of the Great Sin Scholar and his clear personal needs, Haibasha quickly responded: "I completely understand.

"——In that case, you can start preparing the seal directly."

"Don't you need to transfer it to the new holy sword?"

Aiwass was a little surprised.

"No need," Haibasha gave a precise answer. "I just observed this spirit. I infer that he should be some kind of collective incarnation of the Knights of the Round Table, or an abstract manifestation of the concept of 'Knights of the Round Table'. He can use all the swordsmanship and weapons of the Knights of the Round Table, including the Holy Sword of Clarent.

"But if you intend to sign a contract, it wouldn't be a good idea to wait for it to possess Clarent. This is because the Clarent Holy Sword is the Crown Lord's holy sword, and the Silver Crown Dragon, as the pillar deity in charge of contracts, would significantly disrupt the ceremony and the contract even if it did nothing. Just like how we view Malmidova, it's only the sword itself, not the Paladin spirit within it.

"Marmidova's power may belong to the Beast Lord or the Great Abyss; while Clarent's power belongs to the Crown Lord. In this respect, there's really no difference between them. Clearly, neither of them has anything to do with the spirits within. If a spirit enters Clarent and is receptive to its divine will... in a sense, it's already an apostle of the Crown Lord. I don't know the nature of your relationship with the Crown Lord, but I think it's best to avoid such meaningless disputes and conflicts."

At this point, Haibasha paused slightly and said: "I even speculate... that the spirit is very likely to come from the first generation of Hercules.

"Because Hercules, like Hermes, was not elevated to godhood. And you may not know this, but Hercules was a towering hero—he accomplished many incredible feats. With his achievements, fame, and strength, when he ascended to the Dream Realm after his death, he would at least become an Apostle of the Pillar God..."

"But Hercules is missing, right?"

Aiwass continued.

Hypatia sighed. "I had always thought he'd listened to Hermes's lies, followed the path of the fool, and chosen his own destruction. While unlikely, this is the only explanation for why he didn't reach the Dream World after his death."

"But now there is another possibility—his soul may have always existed in this holy sword.

"Only Hercules, the former master of this sword, could have remained unbewitched by Marmidová over such a long time; only his divine soul, comparable to that of an angel, could have remained intact over such a long time..."

Haibasha raised his head and looked at his daughter, "Saffron" Croxus.

Hercules in the sword, and Crocus in the puppet... How similar are their essences?

"My technique for sealing Croxus is no secret. Croxus needs to be sealed in my studio because of her unique physique—if she comes into contact with a phantom demon for too long, she might resonate with it and become a phantom demon. But Hercules doesn't have this taboo.

"After all, I know very well that Malmidova has no ability to incubate spirits. How could a divine spirit body of this caliber, approaching that of a celestial minister and surpassing that of an apostle, be born out of thin air?"

Hai Basha asserted, "A soul capable of transforming into a higher-level phantom demon couldn't possibly have been created out of thin air. A higher-level phantom demon... a soul of this magnitude must have come from some great figure in the material world. Rather than that insignificant mad knight of the Round Table you mentioned, I'd rather believe it was Hercules."

Aiwass nodded. "That makes sense... Ms. Hypatia, is there a possibility that, although Hercules' soul has been preserved, his memories have been worn away and consumed over the course of time? So, after witnessing the miracles of the Knights of the Round Table, he believed himself to be one of them?"

"This explanation does make sense." Haibasha nodded.

"……I see."

Aiwass nodded slowly: "Then I will start sealing it immediately."

His mind became a little more active.

——I didn’t expect there would be an unexpected gain!

Originally, I just planned to subdue a naive Paladin spirit to use as the Holy Sword Activator... but it turned out that there was a high probability that it was Hercules with his memory erased!

According to his historical knowledge, Hercules was once a great demigod. The establishment of the Heracles Empire was closely related to his "Twelve Trials"—with these twelve trials, he could have directly ascended to become a Celestial Master of the Path of Power, and even had a chance to claim the position of Pillar God...

Some cardinals believed that Hercules had the potential to surpass the High Heavens before Arthur and become the new pillar of the Path of Power. It was only because his soul disappeared after his death that the Path of Authority came into being.

——This means that Hercules even has the qualifications of a Pillar God!

It is equivalent to a small pillar god with a "promising future"!

Rounding it off, this is roughly equivalent to Aiwass conquering a pillar god!

Update completed, meow! Starting today, the cumulative update word count for this account has reached 10 million! Ten million words without eunuchs, strong cat! (Chest up)

It's time to sleep (peacefully)

(End of this chapter)