Chapter 144 Shadow Demon: Killing the chicken to scare the monkey, right?

In order to prevent Yulia from being woken up by her maid, after treating Yulia, Aiwas let her sleep in her own room and let her have a good sleep.

He spent a full fourteen points of light mana to restore Yulia's body to a healthy level.

You know, she only spent two mana points when she had a high fever before. This shows that her current condition is not very good.

Although Yulia was now in the healthy state of a normal human being... her body had, after all, adapted to the slow, low-temperature cooking of over a decade. Suddenly losing the heat source, returning to normal would be somewhat uncomfortable.

Now, once she wakes up from her sleep, it should be almost done. Although her body still needs to slowly adapt and recover... during this time, the mana left in her by Aiwass will have a slow-release healing and analgesic effect.

This course of treatment will probably last for half a week, and Aiwass will give another treatment next week... After two courses of treatment at most, Yulia will be able to jump around and be just like a normal person.

"How is it, my demon?"

Watching Lily taking care of Yulia to sleep, Aiwass lowered his head and smiled at the Shadow Demon, "Didn't I tell you? I want you to see my strength."

"You are so wise, great, and knowledgeable..."

The Shadow Demon was not stingy with flattery and immediately replied, "I tremble for your transcendent soul."

This is the truth.

As a demon, it didn't care where Aiwass had obtained this forbidden knowledge. The Shadow Fiend only felt anticipation for Aiwass's future... and a subtle unease about its own future, which seemed already determined.

It is undoubtedly an orthodox demon, a phantom demon of the way of transcendence.

When Aiwass displayed such clear transcendent qualities, it trembled with excitement. This was reflected in the shadow beneath Aiwass constantly trembling and slowly wriggling.

Although Aiwas's purpose is to save Yulia, this is not the repetitive labor called "salvation" that the devil disdains.

But it reversed the inevitable fate!

The hatching of a phantom egg is irreversible and inextricable. Considering that a newly born phantom possesses the host's personality and memories, and forgets all previous experiences, from another perspective, it can be seen as the host itself shedding its outer shell and ascending into the dream world as a phantom.

Therefore, interrupting the hatching process of the phantom demon's egg is equivalent to directly changing fate and interrupting the world law of the phantom demon's rebirth after death.

And he even resorted to the drastic measure of blaspheming the Fallen Angels!

"As a demon... you should know the Fallen Angel, right?"

Aiwass asked with a chuckle.

"really."

The Shadow Demon replied, "In my previous life, I was transformed into a demon by the Fallen Angel himself."

Or rather, all demons should know the Fallen Angel, the highest level demon, and the origin of the "demon" species.

The Sin Mark itself is a power and mark bestowed upon demons by the Fallen Angels. Demons branded with the Sin Mark evolve to the next level. Humans can also be secretly branded by the Fallen Angels, transforming them into different types of demons upon death. This is the most common and earliest method of demon creation.

For example, the Shadow Fiends were once those who had fallen from high positions, or those who were upright and betrayed. They were corrupted by their own experiences, became full of hatred, and would drag others into the abyss to complete their revenge at all costs.

They were marked with the mark of "wrath" by the Fallen Angels, granting them the power of shadows. As a price, after death, they would transform into amorphous shadow demons, never to see the light of day again.

"Do you understand?"

Aiwass casually took out a red card and said with a smile, "The first one is the Flame-Defying Butterfly, and then it's you."

"...Of course, I understand."

The Shadow Demon used the voice of Chloe, which it had stolen, and said flatteringly, "My respected master... even if you don't seal me into that tiny card, I will obey all your destinies."

Because the Shadow Fiend is also a ritualist.

It only took one look to understand Aiwass's ritual.

Aiwass first requested the protection of the Ennead to ensure that he would not be noticed by the Fallen Angels.

After obtaining the Sin Mark by deception, he used the protection of the Nine Pillars to ensure that it would not fall directly on him at the first time. Through the fate-confusing ritual target linked to the phantom demon, he directly hit the phantom demon with it.

As long as the phantom demon does not resist at this stage and is successfully branded... then the power of the sin brand will be enough to overshadow the opponent's own path characteristics in the ritual judgment.

Those phantoms that originally belonged to other paths would be considered "phantoms with adaptability beyond the path" by the ritual. As candidate demons, they would be pressed into cards that matched their power by the ritual of sealing demons of the transcendent path.

——Even what kind of card is suitable for sealing the phantom demon of the Way of Devotion was something that Aiwass personally asked from the apostle of the Candle.

It's so bold!

Although phantom demons cannot be killed, they can be sealed, and sealing demons is the most common and stable ritual.

Sealing demons into crystal balls, mirrors, tarot cards, and other media to create cursed items, and then giving them as gifts, is a common method of murder among demonologists. It can also be used to "forcefully break up" with demons that have become uncontrollable.

Phantom demons cannot die, so they cannot be turned into demons by the mortal sin mark.

As a result, they will always hold this mark of sin, and will always be judged by the ritual as "devil candidates." They will be permanently sealed in the card as a beast of sin.

At least Shadow Demon himself could not find a way to break the seal from the inside.

The concept of this ritual belongs to the Fallen Angels, and its core power also comes from the Fallen Angels - in other words, Aiwass used the symbols and rituals of the Fallen Angels to trick the Fallen Angels into giving him their own power.

This is undoubtedly a brand new ritual!

A ritual that has never appeared in this world, developed by its master, Aiwass!

If Aiwass's understanding of the Fallen Angel or the ritual deviates slightly, he may incur the wrath of the Fallen Angel; he may also choose the wrong Tarot card, resulting in an inability to seal, or a significant weakening after sealing; he may also attract the Sin Mark, but it does not match the other party, and thus be branded on himself.

One wrong step would have meant destruction. But he succeeded.

A person's destiny can hold up to six deadly sin marks, which means that Aiwass can still obtain five such "beasts of sin".

And Aiwass did all this just to save a tiny and short-lived mortal.

She is even his adopted sister who has no blood relationship with him.

Aiwass had previously told Shadow Demon that his goal was to kill the Fallen Angel.

The most powerful aspect of this ritual is that even if the Fallen Angel is killed, the seal remains intact. Just as the Fallen Angel's death doesn't lead to the extinction of the demon race... Furthermore, if the Fallen Angel dies, the ritual becomes even simpler. There's no need to request the Fallen Angel grant the Mark of Sin, but rather to directly access the ownerless power within the Dream Realm through the ritual.

Aiwass has even thought of this step!

As a short-lived mortal without extraordinary bloodline or any divine power, he conceived the ritual of stealing the Nine Pillars and the Fallen Angels when he was at the first level, and hoped to defeat himself through the power of the Fallen Angels.

He even had enough energy to leave himself a way out, in case the ritual based on the power of the Fallen Angel became ineffective after his death.

As a mortal, I can see so far.

——How arrogant and how “transcendent” this is!

From this perspective, Shadow Fiend would not resist the connection between his fate and that of Aiwass.

It wanted more and more to follow Aiwass and see how far he could go.

How far can Aiwass go?

A legend passed down through history? A world-renowned hero? An immortal apostle? A celestial minister serving as a candidate for the Pillar God?

...Or, the Nine Pillars of God?

The protagonist of the previous era was Arthur.

Will Aiwass be next?

But now, it was Aiwass's life contract, and their bond was unique and inseparable. But if it also became his Sin Beast, it would only be one-sixth of Aiwass, and the contract would be terminated. Perhaps Aiwass would, after defeating a more powerful demon, expel it from the card and replace it with a more powerful one.

Moreover, Shadow Fiend is somewhat afraid of that card.

Although Aiwass had reduced its activity by "disconnecting it from the earth," the Shadow Fiend could still peer into the outside world, which at least meant it wouldn't be too bored. But if it were sealed to that extent... being trapped in that tiny card would be like being in a dark prison.

It would go crazy then.

Things outside are so exciting, but I can't see anything!

"Okay, don't be afraid. Even if I decide to seal you, it will be a long time from now... If you keep behaving like this, maybe I will finally seal you?"

Aiwass whispered to comfort the shadow demon.

He smiled like a compassionate priest, his voice gentle and sweet.

He pulled out a brand new silver ceremonial knife and swung it deftly.

This is a special "plate" prepared by Aiwas specifically for Shadow Fiend.

"Let me feed you something first, okay?"

As Aiwass spoke, he skillfully lit the candles, drew out the ritual knife, and slowly applied the essential oils.

Seeing this, Shadow Demon boiled over and melted with excitement.

The transcendent desire to "become stronger" made it forget all its previous worries and vigilance, and its mind was only focused on tasting Aiwass's sacred sacrifice.

It wrapped around Aiwass's legs and spread all the way to the elbows of his arms.

Looking at Shadow Demon, Aiwass thought of the pet dog he had in his previous life.

When I was preparing my meal, it would stand up like this and excitedly paw at the table with its two little paws.

"Although I haven't fed you for a long time, don't be impatient..."

Aiwass couldn't help but smile sincerely.

"I offer my blood, my bones, and my flesh."

Aiwass soothed him softly, slowly grasping the silver ritual knife that lightly brushed across the candle. Enduring the intense pain, he let the ritual knife slowly carve into his bones, letting the blood slowly seep out and drip into the Shadow Pool: "Eat in silence...

“[——I am the Eucharist, this is mercy.]”

Thanks to Guan Guan for the illustrations~

The second chapter is only two thousand words... Although it can be posted, Mao decided to add more than a thousand words, so it will be about an hour late!

(End of this chapter)