Chapter 605: Reversing the Tragedy

The towering tree turned into a stream of light and condensed into a card in front of everyone.

Sherlock couldn't help but open his eyes wide as he watched this magical scene.

This was the second time he had seen Aiwass use this mysterious skill.

Last time, Aiwass used a card to seal the earthbound spirit that was originally impossible to move in front of him; and this time it was even more outrageous, he directly sealed the tree demon along with its body!

But neither Sherlock nor the Graces were polite enough to ask Aiwass how he did it. After all, mysterious skills are inherently private, and the more niche and powerful a mysterious skill is, the greater the secret it implies.

Aiwass reached out and pinched the brand new card, then raised his hand to summon the Book of Law.

The brand new card turned into a stream of green light and disappeared into it.

The logo on the Book of Law jumped again and became [Book of Law of Aiwass (9/21)]!

It opened on its own, hovering above Aiwass's left hand, the pages rustling.

When it stopped at a certain page, the newly made [Fool] card appeared in the sky, spinning around on its own before disintegrating into dark green smoke.

Immediately afterwards, a tree within Aiwas's field of vision was infiltrated by the dark green smoke that emerged from the void.

The next moment, it began to grow with a rumbling sound, its branches and twigs splitting apart, and in the blink of an eye it became a thick and tall giant tree.

Completely different from the previous Anastasia:

It was at least twice as tall as the previous tree, and was thick enough for nearly three people to hug. Every leaf of the "Tree Spirit Anastasia" shone like gold, sparkling in the rays of the morning sun.

rustle--

When the tree has finished growing, its branches and leaves begin to sway automatically without wind. Or rather, it is constantly absorbing the morning breeze, causing the leaves to be blown by the wind, making a faint sound like wind chimes.

Listening to the rustling of leaves mixed with the sound of wind chimes, Aiwas felt that his spirits had obviously improved.

He closed his eyes, carefully experiencing the healing power of the dryad state. Although Aiwass was not injured, he was now a fourth-level extraordinary practitioner of the Path of Devotion. As a professional healer, Aiwass was very familiar with the feeling of fire sacrifice.

——From a feeling, Anastasia's healing amount is about one-tenth to one-fifth of Aiwass's Fire Mage.

The healing efficiency of Fire Worship is roughly half that of Illumination. In other words, its healing capacity is roughly 7.5% of the instantaneous healing of Radiance, which Aiwass has now switched from Illumination to Radiance.

This healing efficiency is basically useless in the heat of battle, and is considered a very standard slow recovery - in the top-level high-difficulty battles, it is basically an elevator health. Without the ability to instantly raise, it is basically impossible to grab the healing amount.

However, considering that Anastasia's group healing is unlimited and free, this healing ability will be very useful outside of combat. After all, Anastasia's enchantments are unlimited - although the "Moon Spirit" state has a ten-minute limit, the "Tree Spirit" state has no limit!

——This is equivalent to using only three points of wind attribute mana to fully heal everyone around you in a non-combat state!

Aiwass himself has an unconditional means of recovering health after leaving the battle.

Now, he had one to three group out-of-combat recovery per day—the "Fool" card could be used once a day, and the Book of Law's reset effect could be used up to two more times. This effectively saved his light and fire mana, allowing him to use them where they were most needed.

——Then let’s take another look at Yue Ling.

Aiwass thought.

So he raised the Book of Dharma again.

The card that had disintegrated reappeared above the Book of Law, but this time it was a translucent shadow that looked like ripples on water.

As it dissipated and disintegrated, a transparent spirit emerged from the body of the "Tree Demon Anastasia".

It was originally a white, glowing spirit, but as it emerged, its light dimmed. It then took the form of a young girl, Anastasia.

It was exactly the illusionary posture she had when she first appeared in front of Aiwass!

"Aya!"

Grace immediately went forward and hugged Anastasia.

Mage Maxim nervously approached, supported his knees with his hands, bent over and asked, "Aya...how do you feel now?"

"I feel..."

Anastasia instinctively hugged Madam Grace. But as soon as she hugged her, she was stunned for a long time by the familiar yet unfamiliar feeling.

She murmured softly, reaching out to lift her mother's hair, then looked down at her own hands, tentatively grasping them, and then looked into Grace's pupils, seeing her own reflection in them.

“…I’ve never felt so good!”

Anastasia’s face showed an expression of incredible surprise: “My body doesn’t even feel any pain!

"I'm not sleepy at all, nor do I feel weak. My arms and legs are soft, and there's no creaking or soreness when I walk. Even when I hug someone tightly, I don't feel like my body is about to break... Is this what a healthy body is like? I almost forgot..."

As she was talking, the sun slowly rose from the sea in the direction she was looking at.

The moment she saw the sunrise, Anastasia's eyes turned red and tears flowed unconsciously.

But there was no sadness on Anastasia's face. Instead, she showed an extremely bright and beautiful smile.

She jumped and laughed, talked about her joy and cried happily.

She did not tell why she was crying, but stared at the rising sun with her hazy eyes without blinking.

Grace gently reached out and wiped away her tears, whispering something to her.

And Aiwass felt satisfied when he saw this scene.

Although he had used similar methods to save an earthbound spirit before... that girl was speechless. While Aiwass knew, rationally, that she must be grateful to him, he still felt a little worried when he couldn't hear her say it herself.

Now, Aiwass has once again reversed the "inevitable tragedy".

Even within the game, it was a tragedy that "had happened before," without even giving the players a chance to intervene.

He felt satisfied.

And Anastasia's smile made Aiwass realize that his decision was correct.

Nothing can give more spiritual strength to a confused person than this.

Master Maxim came closer to Aiwass.

"Your Excellency the Archbishop."

He didn't say much, but just half-knelt down in front of Aiwass in silence and solemnly said: "Thank you."

Kneeling on one knee, looking down at the ground, right hand touching chest. A very familiar etiquette.

In fact, the knightly ceremony of Avalon is inherited from this supreme ritual of the theocracy, which is called the Sacrifice Ceremony.

Its meaning is: I am willing to give this to you - my heart.

Generally speaking, only the Pope's guards must perform this salute to the Pope, and it is not mandatory in any other circumstances.

Unlike the knights' oath of loyalty, if the elves of the Theocracy made this move, they could truly cut open their chests and take out their hearts at any time.

And Aiwass didn't exchange pleasantries.

To say something like "No, no," and refuse Maxim's greeting at a time like this... would be a sulliment to Maxim's resolve. He was an adult elf, and he must have understood the implications of this action and made up his mind before doing so.

So Aiwass solemnly put his hand on Master Maxim's head.

"Please get up, Monsieur Maxime."

Aiwass whispered, and used his magic power to perform an illumination spell on Maxim's head.

This was also a solemn return gift—he could use a full illumination spell from this location, and also use damaging spells from this location to instantly kill Maxim. Even for a transcendent, brain damage at this distance would be fatal. And Aiwass's actions meant that he would not abuse Maxim's trust and respect to harm him.

This family of "homeland" elves made Aiwas feel quite comfortable getting along with them.

At least their family is not crazy... As a human being, Aiwass can understand that simple concept of helping others.

It seems that I have to find time to meet Cardinal Valrhona.

Why not wait until he is promoted to cardinal? That way we will have an excuse to meet.

Aiwass thought.

"Mr. Aiwass..."

At this moment, Yunus came over with some worry.

He solemnly held the harp and handed it to Aiwass: "This thing... I'll give it to you."

(End of this chapter)