Chapter 1142 I Don’t Want a Future Without Silieks

In fact, Chloe had every chance to assassinate Isabel back then.

She had already reached a position only a few meters away from Isabel, and there was no "big-name" extraordinary person present. Aiwass's healing ability at the time was far from enough to treat the fatal wounds inflicted by a fourth-level assassin...

——She only needs to move her fingers slightly, and the course of history will change because of her.

It can be said that the future of the entire world is in the hands of a small person.

In this case, Chloe missed her only chance.

It sounded regrettable, but it was also inevitable. That wasn't her mission in the first place, and in her understanding, sneaking in the shadows was impossible to detect, so she naturally didn't bother taking extra precautions. Furthermore, to her, killing the royal family was pointless—that was the task assigned to her mentor, the Bone Sculptor, whom she trusted immensely. And as an assassin accustomed to the Dao, she naturally prioritized survival.

——It seems that luck or chance dominates everything, but in fact it is the inevitability formed by countless details.

It wasn't a mistake, or even fate. It was simply a miscommunication.

Today, her grandfather Thomas is facing exactly the same situation -

The master assassin Thomas actually had the opportunity to execute Aiwass.

Although the Sinthorn Arrow is not fatal to Aiwass, the son of the Candle Master, the concentrated Sinthorn contained in the Sinthorn Arrow will greatly increase Aiwass's conversion rate.

The conversion rate of the Sin Beast is not that easy to improve. Aiwass consumed a lot of mana by healing the blood slaves, but even so, the conversion rate increased by less than 1%.

Aiwass's conversion rate is still 55% - this is because Aiwass used the Sinthorn to prey on his adoptive father and obtained all the sins in Professor Moriarty's soul. Otherwise, his conversion rate would be far less than half.

And now, just three arrows of sin had already brought Aiwass's health to over 60%...

In other words, if Master Thomas fires nine arrows of sin in one go, he can increase Aiwas's conversion rate to more than 70%.

When Aiwass's conversion rate reaches 70%, he will permanently transform into a "pure deerman" form. If you can delay Aiwass's removal of the Sinthorn Arrow for a while, you might even be able to increase the conversion rate to 80%, thus expelling Aiwass from the material world.

At that time, Aiwas was a genuine demigod. As long as he got the fragment of Tiansi, he would directly become Tiansi; even if he was expelled from the material world, he might be directly possessed by the fragment of Tiansi born from the Source River.

At that point, Aiwass will be unable to return to the material world unless he is pulled down by the Ring of Tail.

Once he became a pure devotion path celestial master, it meant that Aiwas could no longer use dreams to elevate his path to a higher level. His path was completely unbalanced, unable to fuse the power to transcend nothingness and reach miracles.

He also completely lost the ability to fight against nothingness.

——For a moment, the direction of history was once again in the hands of small people.

But just like his granddaughter...Thomas' mission itself is not to "kill Aiwass at all costs."

In his opinion, it was impossible for anyone to survive being hit by the arrow of sin.

That was the power that Cardinal Loki had prayed for using high-level divine arts. Cardinal Loki had used Sinthorn to attack Aiwass. Aiwass had also used Sinthorn to kill his adoptive father.

——If an arrow hits a vital point while alone, even the Eternal Pope can be killed with a single blow.

The more powerful the Transcendent, the more abundant their mana, the greater the damage to their body caused by the corruption of their mana by the Sinthorn. It's like a large-caliber bullet hitting an ordinary person who isn't a Transcendent. The cavity effect will directly shatter the person, and the damage caused is more than just a tiny hole in the body.

Once the body is hit by the sinthorn, the sinthorn that invades the soul will contaminate the extraordinary power and make it impossible for the person to heal himself.

In order to prevent Aiwas' heart from growing on the right side, Master Thomas shot an arrow in each of his chests, and finally an arrow in his head.

This arrow was an absolutely fatal attack—although the first two attacks had already been fatal, a damaged or even missing heart wouldn't necessarily result in instant death. However, after the first two arrows had sealed the extraordinary power that could be used for defense, the third arrow, arriving almost simultaneously, would penetrate directly into the skull, which was no different from an ordinary human. The sin thorns that would erupt in the skull would melt and tear the brain apart.

Even the Son of the Moon would be killed by this arrow.

In reality, Thomas knew he had killed Aiwass the moment the arrow was released. Just as a good basketball shooter can determine whether the shot will go in the moment it leaves his hand, a good assassin never needs to check the victim's condition; the moment he pulls the trigger, he knows the kill is a success.

That was the true family skill that he had not taught Chloe... and was unwilling to teach her.

——"White Rainbow Tantra".

That is the real trick that can defeat the strong with the weak and kill everyone in the world.

Although it is a tantra adapted to the path, it requires the mana of the path to be activated. Pause time, burn one's soul and life, squeeze out everything to burst out a dazzling white rainbow.

The stronger the enemy you need to kill, the higher the price you have to pay and the higher the determination you have to hold.

If the white rainbow could just pierce the sun, it meant the determination and cost were sufficient, allowing it to skip the process, ignore defenses, and directly hit the weak point. If the white rainbow missed, it meant that the attack could not be completed through the secret method, but it could still be used to establish an advantage.

When he assassinated Aiwass just now, he relied on a similar ability to ensure that the attack hit the target.

——And just now the white rainbow had already penetrated the sun.

This shot is sure to hit.

At that moment, the hatred was ended.

But Thomas did not feel happy, he just felt empty and confused.

He didn't retreat immediately, nor did he even retreat into the shadows. Instead, he stood at the intersection in a daze, his hands lowered, his crossbow hidden in his sleeve.

His attack was flawless. Passersby didn't even notice he'd attacked the carriage, and the carriage itself remained completely undamaged. The driver likely didn't even feel the impact. Had he reacted more slowly, he might not have realized the passengers were dead until they reached their destination.

Aiwass's head and chest would explode, sprouting countless dark, hard thorns. His lower body, sitting upright in the carriage, would remain intact, resembling a potted plant.

At that moment, the old man felt an inexplicable emptiness and regret in his heart.

—Perhaps it would be better not to kill Aiwass, he thought.

Is it really a better choice for Iris to completely intensify the conflict to the point where it cannot be reconciled?

Or...does he really love Chloe?

If he truly loved Chloe, would he have allowed her to join Hawkeye? Would he have allowed her to travel abroad, to "gild her career" outside his control? When Chloe died, why did he choose to "consider the greater good" instead of seeking revenge? Now that everything was settled, why would he act now, killing Aiwass at all costs...even choosing to provoke a war?

Is this a desire for revenge born out of love, or is it the despair brought about by the extinction of the Silieks family?

Was his love for Chloë more closely aligned with the honor of wanting Ciriac to live forever, rather than the love of "not wanting anything to happen to Chloë"? Did he truly want to "kill those scum" and thus cleanse Iris once again? Or... did he really love Iris that much?

"……I see."

The old man suddenly understood and murmured in a low voice: "That's how it is..."

At the moment he killed Aiwass with his own hands, the old man, who had come to his senses and understood everything, felt it was ridiculous.

He just deceived himself... and deceived the leader in the name of love.

——Thomas just doesn't want the Hawkeye organization to have an easier time "without the Siriax family."

He might want to make the iris pure, because that was Thomas's original belief in becoming an assassin; but from another perspective, Thomas would not feel too much regret if he accidentally brought destruction to the iris.

Because that is a future without Siriax.

(End of this chapter)