Chapter 408: The Great Sin Ritual

"Oops!"

Aiwas's face changed, and he suddenly realized that he had made a huge omission!

Or rather, it was his desire for transcendence that confused his mind... and made him forget an important detail.

The first contract he signed was with Shadow Demon.

Because of this, when the Shadow Demon was upgraded to the Night Demon, Aiwass's contract had already ended!

The contract ends and disintegrates on its own - and the invisible chain between Aiwass and the Night Demon will also disappear.

According to the normal process, the Night Demon was expelled back to the dream world by the apostle of the Sand Clock.

After that, only Aiwass used the ritual directed at the Night Demon and expended a lot of energy to temporarily summon the Night Demon back to the world - and this was when the Night Demon actively responded to the summons.

According to the words of the immortal hero, the Night Demon has already passed the heavenly tribulation and is about to be forced to ascend.

The entry for a Higher-Level Phantom Demon [Priority +1] has the suffix "Divinity." In a sense, a Higher-Level Phantom Demon is a god, or at least a demigod. Their power far exceeds the limits of the world, and they can only remain in the material world for a short time. Otherwise, they risk incurring the hostility of the Sand Clock.

The Celestial Masters pulled down by the Tail Ring Ritual could be considered victims themselves. Even so, their very existence would still be targeted by the Sand Clock. Not to mention those scattered, high-ranking phantom demons who were neither apostles nor Celestial Masters, lacking any "organization," yet dared to descend to the mortal realm on their own initiative.

Aiwass is currently only a third-level demon scholar, and it is absolutely impossible for him to successfully sign a contract with a higher-level phantom demon.

The Demonologist, a lower-level profession that is at most at the third level, does not have that level of power!

This is basically equivalent to signing a contract with God!

The Night Demon, who possesses abilities in three fields at the same time, is indeed a god in a sense!

——However, the Demonologist cannot do it, but the Sin Scholar who can seal the true God can!

"I don't want to leave, Master..."

Vignes hugged Aiwass tightly from behind.

She uttered a hollow, hoarse voice, like a puppet's whisper: "Seal me up...

"Like a butterfly of rebellious flames...sealed into a tarot card!"

Aiwass looked at Vignes's face...Her expression was like when she was concentrating on playing a game and her parents suddenly took the console away and held it up.

Her delicate and pale face lacked expression, but her eyes were filled with intense anxiety and fear.

The scarlet blood streaks on her face looked like broken ceramics, with a strong sense of fragmentation.

"Don't worry, I won't let you go."

Aiwass didn't laugh, but said seriously: "I've already said... you are my little bird.

"And I... am your birdcage."

——No one can take you away from me!

Aiwass turned on the light and relit the candle.

He quickly began preparing to make the card.

If we let the Night Demon go at this time... and let Vignes see the Fallen Angel, maybe Aiwass won't be able to summon her back!

——You know, back then, the Fallen Angel was almost pulled down by the "Shepherd" of the previous generation!

He must have been extremely hostile to pastoral practices.

The Shadow Demon was promoted to Night Demon without the permission of the Fallen Angels. If he was even slightly curious, he would realize what Aiwass had done.

It was too late to summon the Apostle of the Candlestick to ask which Tarot card was suitable for the Night Demon.

...Of course, even if Aiwass had summoned the Apostle of the Candlestick before the Evolution Ceremony, he probably wouldn't have gotten the answer. This is because the cards that suited the Shadow Fiend back then would definitely be different from the cards that suited the Night Stalker later on.

The contract within Aiwass has broken, and the Night Demon is now ownerless. He could be sent back to the Dream World by the descending Apostle at any time.

“Vignes,” Aiwass said quietly, quickly shuffling the remaining cards, “you’re on your own.

"Draw them together with me... two cards that belong to you. Two cards that are perfect for you."

This is the closest thing to "divination", relying solely on the perception of the unknown to choose the most suitable card for the Night Devil.

The Night Demon placed his hand on Aiwass's. That dark, sharp, claw-like hand made Aiwass feel an unfamiliar coldness and smoothness.

It's like the damp wind at the seaside at night.

"The first one represents you. You draw it yourself."

Aiwass spoke softly, and together with Night Demon, they pushed the Tarot card sideways and split it open.

Night Demon instinctively chose one from them.

Ligeia immediately came over to take a look, and Janice also saw the card Aiwass had chosen from the painting. Only Julia remained sitting on the edge of the bed, looking at Aiwass with a somewhat gloomy but still worried look.

"—The reversed devil."

Ligeia murmured, "That's reasonable."

"Then comes the second card, representing the Pillar God, which can suppress your power..."

Aiwass said nervously.

There are only nine cards representing the Pillar Gods, and one of them has already been taken by the Flame-Butterfly. The probability of accurately drawing a Pillar God card from the remaining cards is not very high... unless it is indeed a "divination" skill triggered by their spiritual power.

Then, Aiwass turned over the tarot card.

He breathed a sigh of relief.

"…The lover in the right position."

Aiwass said softly, "A card belonging to the Twin Mirror... makes sense."

The shadow demon known as "Bayard" lost the brand of rage after devouring its past self as the Son of the Moon; and it regained the brand of jealousy after devouring its past self again during the promotion ceremony presided over by the Twin Mirrors.

As the superior demon of the Mirror Demon, the Night Demon has some conceptual connection with the "mirror".

Suppress the Devil with Lovers!

Aiwass immediately began making cards using the remaining ritual materials in the room.

Because the materials for the Sin Card that Shadow Fiend would use had been prepared long ago, Aiwass made it very quickly.

But during the production, Aiwass's brow was already furrowed.

He still remembered that the upper limit of his dark mana pool was only 44 points.

Because he had never considered the issue that the contract would be invalidated after the Shadow Demon turned into the Night Demon... No matter what, Aiwass had to get the remaining six points of dark mana right now.

Each path has its own way to restore mana.

The path of dedication is prayer, but the dark attribute mana cannot be restored through prayer - the mana used by the shepherding and flesh of the path of dedication is the mana of the priest profession, and the mana attribute that can be restored by prayer is the same.

As for the dark attribute mana, Aiwass basically never used up all of it.

Apart from the initial card making, it was only used when using Shepherd Essence on Lily.

The way to restore mana in the Transcendent Path is through sacrifice. By sacrificing the lives of others, you can restore your own mana.

But there was no way Aiwass would trigger the Heavenly Sin—he had sworn an oath.

At this moment, Night Demon was already feeling uneasy. The world was rejecting him, and the Sand Clock had already noticed his existence.

...Damn it, what should I do?

At worst...

Aiwass gritted his teeth and held his left wrist with his right hand.

Ligeia seemed to realize something and her pupils suddenly shrank.

...offering my left arm for a little extra mana...maybe it would work.

Anyway, there should be a way to grow it back later. He can think of several ways now...

But the question is, is one of my arms worth six mana? To whom should I sacrifice it?

But at this moment, Aiwass looked up at the "Lovers Card" he had just drawn on the table, then looked up at the floor-length mirror in the bedroom, and suddenly froze... realizing that another better solution was right in front of him.

——Is this what you expected, Twin Mirror?

So, Aiwas first prayed devoutly to the candlelight master to quickly recover the magic power he had consumed in the pastoral ceremony just now.

Although it didn't cost much on its own, it still cost quite a bit when you factor in the Fire Sacrifice's healing. Fortunately, I was able to use my last prayer today to restore my health to full.

When his mana was fully replenished, Aiwass ran to the mirror in two steps and prayed loudly:

"I call upon the Twin Mirrors! God of the sacred number two, God without eyes and without self, God of pure beauty and flawlessness—

"I am you..."

As the mirror began to glow, Aiwass rushed directly into the mirror.

Another Aiwass in the mirror rushed out, and the two voices overlapped for a moment: "You are me—"

The shadow becomes real, and the body becomes a bubble.

Another Aiwass with scarlet pupils appeared from the mirror.

——As mentioned before, the three-attribute mana pool of the Moon Child form does not correspond one-to-one with that of Aiwass's human form. Instead, it is the sum of all the mana pools and then divided by three.

In other words, after Aiwas switches to the form of Son of the Moon, the two kinds of mana of other attributes that he has not yet used up can be balanced to make up for the missing part.

Aiwass's mana pool is 52 points of light attribute, 44 points of dark attribute, and 55 points of fire attribute.

After averaging, it’s just enough to fill up the gap!

So Aiwass put the two tarot cards together, turning them upside down, with the card faces facing each other.

Dark mana continued to flow in like a vortex... After exceeding five points of mana, the card was completely shredded. This was also the reason why precious card-making materials were not needed.

And a dark purple, vague outline of a card was held in Aiwas's hand.

Then Aiwass began to chant again, calling upon the Twin Mirrors for the second time:

"I call upon the Twin Mirrors! God of the sacred number two, God without eyes and without self, God of pure beauty and flawlessness—

"Please watch over my heart and make it as pure as a mirror..."

“—I respectfully invite the Fallen Angels!”

Without pausing, Aiwass declared in a loud voice: "Minister of Sin, Minister of Fall!

"I am aware of my sins, and I am willing to bear the stigma of jealousy!"

The prayer ended on its own due to an error, but two completely different auras had already flowed into the hands of Aiwass in the Son of the Moon state—

Update completed!

I haven't finished writing 6,000 words yet... I originally wanted to finish the seal in one go today and take a day off tomorrow, but it seems that I can't take a day off tomorrow. It doesn't feel good to take a day off here, so I'd better not take a day off tomorrow and continue updating...

Please come again after I finish writing this paragraph!

Then sacrifice a book written by a book friend to extend the cat's life!

(End of this chapter)