Chapter 1042 Lion Head Tantra
At the beginning, Aiwass was indeed not clear about the specific situation.
But later, when he heard "The Swan King is not dead yet, his soul is still watching the iris somewhere", Aiwass suddenly understood which copy this was.
——To be honest, this statement is not wrong.
After all, according to the original game plot, almost all forces or individuals in this world who have the ability and intention to change the world are basically beaten to death by players in the end.
At the time, Aiwass didn't realize there was anything wrong with this - as a player, what's wrong with turning an NPC who disagrees with you into a boss? No problem!
As a BOSS, it is normal to have a broken dream, be persecuted or misunderstood. It is even more reasonable to have firm determination and perseverance. Only when these conditions are met can you be called a decent villain leader - and breaking the villain's lofty dream is what the "protagonist" of the player should do!
——I’m too lazy to listen, you don’t deserve to speak!
From the player's perspective, this can even be considered a cool plot - all organizations that have a bad attitude towards "players" will eventually be found to be villains, and there will be absolutely no "whitewashing" plot in the middle; and as long as they are villains, they will basically be beaten to death thoroughly, and at most they will run away once or twice in the middle.
Now, there are more and more bosses following Aiwass, and he gradually realized that something is wrong.
—We know there will be an apocalypse in the future, and now is the time to transcend it...Do those who seek change at this moment really need to be killed? What is the player's position? Or, in other words, what is the personal position of the "player" who controls them? Is it just "world peace"?
At least in this world... in this idealistic world where one needs a firm heart to become strong.
It can be said that... every major villain is once a failed hero.
——This is exactly what the boss called "Box of Nothingness" is like.
Version 4.0 includes four high-difficulty levels, two of which feature Celestial Masters. The final level features the Calamity Dragon, the half-body of the Crown Lord. In the original world, Professor Moriarty ultimately steals the Calamity Dragon's heart—a foreshadowing of the "death of Aiwass."
Among the four difficult levels, the simplest and first BOSS is called "Box of Nothingness".
Aiwass rarely played this dungeon because it was a purely mechanic boss. It was filled with mini-games, making it feel like a Fall Guys game. Aiwass's short-term memory wasn't very good, and he hated snapshot mechanics—the kind where you had to see what color the floor was, then reset it to black, and then use the mechanic to direct different-colored skills to the same-colored squares.
Aiwass could only follow his teammates throughout the entire process, unable to memorize a single thing. Aiwass estimated that at least 70% of players were like him—they were basically ruthless, lacking in intelligence, unlike the young students, whose brains were so rigid that they couldn't even handle this kind of mechanic...
Because he was constantly losing his team in this dungeon, he remembered the first five seconds of the opening CG, which could not be skipped:
The "Box of Nothingness" that looked like a treasure chest was opened, but what jumped out was not a treasure chest monster - but a handsome human head with closed eyes.
Looking back now, that should be the head of the Swan King.
"-According to my speculation," Aiwass said, "the Swan King's head should be kept in the home of a Moonchild Count."
“…Where did you get this from?!”
Sherlock blurted out.
He clearly remembered that when he asked Aiwass "What do you think?", Aiwass said "I'm not sure"!
At that time, Aiwass was still unsure whether the Swan King was still alive... He had to check the answer with himself. But then, he turned around and even knew where the Swan King's head was.
It's outrageous!
This is not “speculation” at all!
Sherlock became more and more suspicious, wondering if Aiwass really had some kind of unspeakable predictive ability...
Aiwass carefully recalled the pre-quests for the "Void and Desolate Courtyard" dungeon, recounting them backwards: "The Children of the Moon actually have a secret technology... They can preserve the heads of others, allowing them to remain 'alive'."
"Yeah, I know that."
Unexpectedly, the old duke nodded and said, "This is a technique from the Lion Head Tantra.
"Back when the Path of Love was still the Path of Beasts, there was a Lion Celestial. He called himself the King of Beasts, but the Supreme Heaven chopped off his head and made it into an ornament... Even so, he didn't die.
"He endured until the High Heaven left his throne, only then did he finally escape to the underworld. This skill of preserving oneself with 'a single head' is called the 'Lion Head Technique.'"
The old duke had obviously heard of this technique and even knew the background behind it.
Considering his age... he was probably promoted by the Moon Children.
After all, if Bing Xin Gong hadn't entered the twilight age, his death would have been within the next few years. He was an old man who had experienced the Third Rebellion and was probably already over a hundred years old.
If Bing Xin Gong does not want to be transformed into the Son of the Moon, they can also provide another way to prolong his life - that is the "Lion Head Technique".
"The 'Lion Head Technique' originated in the Taichu Empire. It's called the 'Losing Head Method,' and those who master it are known as the 'Losing Head Clan.'"
Aiwass was also impressed. "Sorcerers who use this technique are known as 'Flying Head Barbarians'—their unique feature is that their heads can survive apart from their bodies, flying freely. If they don't master the 'Headless Technique' well, they must return to their bodies within a limited time, or they will die. They can also absorb the life force of others by sucking their blood. If they master the 'Headless Technique' to a high level, they can even devour the heads and take over the bodies of others to 'act in their place.'"
"Although it's easy to die if you can't return to your body, on the other hand... if you can continue to 'suck blood' to keep your blood vigorous, you won't die immediately.
"The Swan King is stuck between death and lifelessness. The Moon Children placed his head in a blood box, providing a constant supply of fresh blood... and for a Moon Child Count, storing up fresh blood is a perfectly reasonable need.
"--Therefore, no one would suspect that he would use the blood for other purposes.
"For example, using this blood to nourish the head of a former king."
(End of this chapter)
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