Chapter 1096 The Last Piece of the Team (Happy New Year Everyone!!)
After seeing the attributes of this true "family holy sword", Aiwas opened his eyes wide in surprise.
The properties of this holy sword... are unexpectedly good!
Although as a "ritual vessel" type of item, just like the bell, holy emblem, and whisk, it is a weapon that cannot directly participate in combat or provide damage... but for auxiliary characters, the attributes of this weapon can already be regarded as the level of graduation equipment.
After all, it is a genuine artifact!
——Are all the holy swords of the Knights of the Round Table of this level?
No, just thinking about it makes you realize it's impossible...
At that time, Arthur hadn't yet become the Silver Crown Dragon, and the holy swords the Knights of the Round Table could only have been blessed by the power of the Crown Celestial. Arthur's battle with the High Celestial was a life-or-death struggle, a battle of the weak over the strong... He wouldn't have devoted so much energy to forging a sacred weapon unless absolutely necessary.
Perhaps only a few holy swords such as Clarent, Alondite, and the Red-Handled Sword can be considered sacred weapons.
Originally, Aiwass wanted to sacrifice this weapon and use it to reforge the red-handled sword.
The red-handled sword is infused with the three attributes of light, fire, and wind, and contains the spirit of a knight who worships the sun extremely - and these three attributes happen to form a concept similar to "sun".
If this sword were fully reforged, it would surely become a glorious Sun Sword.
——But this doesn’t mean much to Aiwass.
If it was just about dealing damage, Aiwass had plenty of options—although Venis, Aleister, and Heleqin all favored dark damage, at least there was the little butterfly that could provide fire damage. Rather than dealing damage, they were more in need of big beasts that could assist the team—
Originally, Aiwass, following the historical trajectory of the Ring Tenshi, had acquired the "Great Beast Master" class, which provided him with the ability to transform after fusing with a great beast. Switching between Sin Beasts was like Kamen Rider transforming, using different avatars for different enemies.
But here comes the problem.
As we all know, there is a saying that goes, "In that case, wouldn't it be better to fight in red form from the beginning?"
Therefore, in the game, players of the Beast Lord profession do not actually switch between different incarnations when fighting different enemies as described in the profession introduction or as the planner expected - players naturally transition to using various types of buffs or vulnerable transformations, as well as various cannon-throwing transformations that can deal damage and can be switched to and directly cut off, to strengthen the final strongest and most suitable transformation for output.
The Sin Beast that Aiwas originally prepared was based on this idea - so he always felt that the little butterfly that had to stand still to output was not very useful, but the night demon that could leave after casting a curse was more useful.
However, Aiwass had already decided not to follow the career advancement path that Huan Tiansi had taken before. Instead, he would take a promotion route that was completely different from the original history!
Rather than fusing the six beasts separately to form six completely different forms... he would rather allow the six sin beasts to fully exert their strength.
Just as Vines envied—different beasts of sin could not appear at the same time.
Although he has found a way to achieve simultaneous existence by relying on some of his strength through pastoral care...but that is not a long-term solution after all.
Rather, it was during the battle against the Fallen Angels that Aiwass realized... if these beasts of sin could appear at the same time, the power they would exert would be far greater than the sum of their parts.
Furthermore, Lucifer's white wings required the Sin Beasts to be fused onto them. The battle with the Fallen Angels had proven that in a battle of that intensity, it was impossible to summon new Sin Beasts one by one for fusion.
Once the suppression power is lost, the initiative is immediately lost. Some Sin Beasts cannot even be summoned, their abilities unsuitable for combating such foes. Even if summoned, sacrificing them immediately would only result in a loss of half a turn, and this would completely waste their unique strength.
Aiwass had a new idea from then on:
——He had to find a way to make these beasts of sin appear at the same time and cooperate with each other.
Undoubtedly, this would make the suppression force many times stronger. When it came time to combine their powers to use Paradise Lost, preparations could be completed instantly without having to summon each beast one by one.
In the early stages, Aiwass had basically no freedom in choosing the big beast - he could use whatever he could, and it was basically not his turn to choose.
Leah, the Great Beast of Sloth, is a turret-type fire mage. As a turret, she's not particularly fragile, at least possessing active defenses. Her evolutionary direction is towards pure destructive power, and she's now capable of growing mushrooms. Her only weakness is her range being shorter than her damage radius, which is a significant drawback.
The enraged beast, Heleqin, harnesses the power of storms and lightning, wreaking war on a scale befitting an army. He's also a formidable melee class, capable of dealing considerable physical damage. If combined with the Thunder Halberd, he can even convert his damage to lightning.
Aleister, the beast of lust, possesses exceptional endurance and mobility as a Blood Angel. Her endurance is so strong that she can utilize her normal fifth-level power even while traveling.
As long as the beast fully manifests in the material world, it will continue to lose power, so Aiwass needs to pay mana to maintain the summoning channel.
But for Aleister, her self-recovery speed was enough to make up for a certain degree of power loss, so she could continue to exist and stay away from Aiwass - although other beasts of sin could also exist far enough away from Aiwass, for example, Vineeth, who served as a crow pendant, could be separated from Aiwass by a long distance.
But if the distance is too far, Vines will not be able to use his power and can only deliver a message.
But Aleister didn't have to do that.
She could even maintain a flight state at several times the speed of sound, easily crossing several countries and flying at high speed for a whole day without consuming any of Aiwass's mana.
Although he cannot use blood magic to directly imitate the abilities of other paths like the Blood Lord, he can perfectly exert the combat effectiveness of the fifth energy level by using the power of blood at will - just like the Sons of the Moon who believe in the Blood God, the more they fight, the more blood they produce.
It’s just that she doesn’t need to pray to the Blood Sky Master to have the same or even stronger power.
It is this level of mobility and endurance that makes Aleister the beast that most often appears in Aiwass.
So far, Venis, the only one to have ascended using Celestial Fragments, excels at area damage, interference, or curses. Her greatest strength is debuffs... but previously, this ability was useless against Celestials because her priority wasn't high enough, and her restricted abilities were completely unusable.
But now it's different.
With the fragments of Tiansi, Venis's curse, containment, weakening and suppression abilities can be used against Xue Tiansi!
From this perspective, Aiwass's randomly assembled team of great beasts was actually quite balanced. At least there weren't two sin beasts with completely overlapping positions.
A powerful magic main C and long-range turret mage, a melee physical main C, a highly mobile warrior who can continuously provide a large amount of mixed physical and magical damage at close range, a medium-to-close range highly mobile mage tank who can temporarily serve as a secondary tank and has quite good lifesucking and damage resistance, and a secondary C who can provide a large amount of area damage and weakening ability...
In the Beastmaster's "Transformation" mode, the three forms of Flame-Butterfly, Wild Hunt King, and Blood Angel are completely mutually exclusive. However, in this "Team Fight" mode, they can form a perfect team...
If Aiwass is a healer, then the team is actually only missing one character.
The first tank, also known as the "MT," is the core of the team, responsible for absorbing a lot of damage and protecting the vulnerable members of the team.
Previously, when fighting against the Fallen Angels, Aiwass had taken this position himself - he took the beating while healing himself and managed to hold on.
After having a proper tank, the Flame-Defying Butterfly, who must stand still to deal damage, can truly exert its ability; although the King of the Wild Hunt is wearing armor, he has no damage reduction, avoidance or invincibility abilities, and is actually quite fragile in Tianshi-level battles.
The offensive power of the Fallen Angel and the Blood Angel is not too strong. If it is an enemy with strong offensive power like the Abyss Angel, these two are the type that can cause sudden death if they are touched.
Aiwass still had Light and Earth-attributed Sin Beasts remaining, while Greed and Gluttony remained. At least one tank was needed to fill the last two team positions to keep the entire team running. A team always has to sacrifice, and the result of everyone trying to deal damage is that no one can deliver.
——And this sword is perfect for it.
Damage resistance, blocking, parrying, group defense—and a crucial 50% group damage increase. This damage increase is a rare "attack bonus," meaning that when someone else deals damage, the sword itself adds an additional damage. This might be a stream of light, or a sword aura... but because the damage is dealt by another individual, the bonus isn't diluted at all; it's a solid 50%.
It even has an aura effect that boosts the Knight's stats... A significant attack power increase is defined as a 30%-50% attack power increase, with anything over 50% considered a massive increase. Strong means the more health you have left, the higher the attack power increase, typically equivalent to a 20% increase at full health.
And there are actually Cavaliers in Aiwas' team.
——Herchin belongs to the Knights!
In other words, this sword can even significantly increase Heleqin's damage and defense!
Although he was a little surprised that "Mordred actually played a supporting role in the Knights of the Round Table", Aiwass had already decided that it was time to retire the red-handled sword.
It is better to have another person to cook than to have another person to hold chopsticks at the table.
——In other words, Aiwass does not intend to sacrifice Clarent to reforge the red-handled sword.
He even planned to completely destroy the red-handled sword - let the soul of the Sun Knight inside the red-handled sword "move" and transfer it to the Clarent Greatsword.
If this technology succeeds, the Light Phantom sealed by Aiwass will be able to wield the greatsword, thus addressing the team's most critical weakness. With it, Aiwass will have greater confidence in his fight against the Blood Sky Master—after all, reality cannot be reversed, and he has no room for replay after failure. While he has significant room for improvement in the short term, there's no rush to defeat the Sky Master.
...Anyway, Aiwas had also heard that although the Blood Sky Master went mad as soon as he landed, the specific manifestation of his madness was that he ran around looking for the Son of the Moon to kill.
Then it won't be a big problem if you delay it a little longer...
Aiwass understood him quite well - among the Tianshi of the Path of Love, there was the Ying Tianshi who was suspected to be about to be expelled, the Wu Tianshi who was weak and had no backing, and the Yan Tianshi who had a dual personality and half wanted to die. It would never be his turn to be pulled down.
As a result, his unfilial descendants, in their trivial struggle for power in the material world, and in order to "replace the old ones when the younger ones are beaten", simply pulled the old ones down without asking any questions - and the ones who did this were even the only group of Moon Children who believed in him.
I don't know if Xue Tiansi has a blood pressure attribute. If so, it should be quite high now.
The technology of moving the knight's soul involves delicate soul manipulation and soul transplantation... Of course, Aiwass himself cannot do such a thing.
But Aiwass knew that there was someone who could help him.
——That is Haibasha.
She was able to transplant her daughter's soul into a doll to escape death, and now she should be able to transplant the knight's spirit in the red-handled sword into Clarent.
It just so happened that Aiwass also needed to return her daughter to her. He had to go to the Theocracy anyway.
However, speaking of going to the Church...
Aiwass pondered for a moment, and suddenly had an idea -
There is a cardinal on the side of the Church who is my agent.
Why don't we contact Hengwo and ask her what she thinks of Xue Tiansi?
Happy New Year everyone! The update is complete, please give me some unused monthly tickets at the end of the month!
I didn't get up until eight o'clock tonight. I'm going to write on New Year's Eve, so I'll just write one chapter first. Now, meow, meow!
May everyone be happy in the new year!
(End of this chapter)
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