Chapter 1155: I unloaded my burden and lost my dream
Those arrogant assassins and those seemingly ineradicable shadows beneath the fleur-de-lis flag melted away like snow as the sun came.
These master assassins became the first members of the organization "Watchmen".
The name means "someone who secretly monitors and protects this country." Therefore, they used the "owl," an animal that is a "nighttime mouser," as their totem and symbol.
The new Watchers are responsible for collecting evidence of crimes committed by powerful figures, or secretly eliminating potential threats in extreme situations such as those that attempt to cause damage in public. They are also responsible for counterintelligence work, hiding in the shadows and monitoring their colleagues in the dark world.
Because they were watchmen, they watched from afar—meaning they didn't interact with people on a daily basis. Their status was roughly equivalent to that of the former Avalon Overseers, except they were more covert and cloaked in darkness, lacking a public identity or location. Only the Speaker could contact and command them.
Not only are they responsible for bringing all the assassins to justice, they are also working hard to destroy all evidence of the existence of the Hawkeye organization - now that the reputation of the Hawkeye organization has been completely ruined, they must completely cut off any evidence that people are linking "Watchmen" with "Hawkeye".
...To be honest, this process is actually quite troublesome.
Whether it is destroying evidence or capturing the exiled assassin.
If Aiwass handles this matter personally, he will probably be very busy.
After all, if these assassins were determined not to come out, they would hide in houses, underground, etc. If we wanted to catch them all, we might not be able to catch half of them even by August. But if they had their own people to deal with it, the situation would be much better.
This is also the reason why Aiwas accepted Speaker Pierre's surrender.
On the one hand, Speaker Pierre was truly a clever man. He accepted all of Aiwass's demands without any arguments, resistance, or bargaining. This made Aiwass realize that he still had some ability. At least he was much more reliable and trustworthy than those fanatical Hawkeye assassins.
He can see the situation clearly and know what to do. If a person knows the basic relationship between power and weakness, they will not be stupid enough to start a rebellion for no reason. This situation is usually not because the person is bad, but because they are too stupid.
From the perspective of a pure Iris person, this might be considered treason - however, the reality is that when extremists within Iris have repeatedly tried to provoke a full-scale war against an absolutely invincible enemy... he can only be considered as cleaning up the mess for others.
On the other hand, it was because Aiwas really needed Speaker Pierre to manage Iris for him... or rather, for Yulia.
After all, the political situation in Iris is completely different from that in Avalon and Star Antimony.
Although they share the same culture, the "Thirteen Uprisings" were not a complete joke... Although the rebellion of the Iris people did not actually solve the fundamental problem, it only changed a group of people to rule Iris. However, the continuous rebellions at least made them willing to take the initiative to find an answer to solve social problems - the only problem is that they have not found the answer yet.
Aiwass fully respected their political customs and had no intention of changing them, so he planned to leave the Iris people with someone who truly understood Iris to govern their country and integrate Iris into the New Herasil Empire in an appropriate manner.
After all, the New Hellas Empire, built by Yulia, was essentially a technocratic state. It inevitably suffered from a lack of democratic participation and insufficient self-correction capabilities, and Aiwass intended to leave these issues to Iris, who "did not entirely belong to New Hellas."
Although this may lead to territorial disputes and civil unrest in the future, matters of the future will be resolved in the future.
——If a country has no law at home and offends its people, and has no enemies abroad and faces external troubles, it will always perish.
With the incorporation of Iris into New Herasil's rule, the human nations west of the desert have essentially been unified. Basically, New Herasil will inevitably gradually transform into a stable continental nation. In this situation, leaving some disputes behind is not necessarily a bad thing.
Keeping more "backup plans" and "evidence of self-judgment" is also one of the strategies to fight against nihilism.
All I can say is that Aiwass understands Huan Tiansi more and more.
As for the city that the fog monster needs...this kind of thing is actually the easiest to solve.
Today, both Speaker Pierre, the first leader of the Watchers, and Lucia, the first Queen of the Mist Demons, were Aiwass's men, at most two divisions of the same company. Their internal exchanges of opinions were extremely efficient, and their commonality lay in their absolute power within their departments.
How they planned to negotiate was left to them to decide. Aiwass's matchmaking mission had been completed, and these matters would no longer have anything to do with Aiwass in the short term... After all, he couldn't always do everything himself, and he had to decide such a small matter personally.
Therefore, when the Great Purge of Iris occurred, Aiwass had already returned to the Empire with Sherlock and Isabel. Meanwhile, Arsene remained in Iris—the Phantom Thief finally found his spirit and joined the Watchers. He decided to truly use his extraordinary powers to protect the country and judge those who committed crimes, rather than simply being a "chivalrous thief who robs the rich and helps the poor."
Those were the "morals" and "order" that he once disdained the most.
But now, these things have become a home that can give him peace of mind.
Aiwass returned to Avalon after a long absence, the land he was most familiar with. He planned to accompany Isabel to see the country and remember how it looked now... and then come back many years later to see how it had changed.
But Aiwass did not expect that an unexpected guest would find them.
"...You are, Archmage Sine?"
Aiwass looked at the old wizard with a long white beard and was very surprised.
He still remembered this temporary teammate who had explored the Tower of Babel with him.
Sine was not from Avalon, and Aiwass and Isabel themselves did not know the destination of their trip - they were just strolling around to kill time while waiting for Zhu Tang.
In this situation, it is not easy for Sine to find them.
"Yes, Cardinal..."
The old wizard looked a little nervous and uneasy.
It looks like a little kid who has done something wrong.
"Oh, I remember now."
Aiwass recalled that he had once given Sine a task.
He gave Geometry's [Water Icosahedron] to Sine, hoping that he could help him exchange it for the [Fire Tetrahedron] in the hands of Lord Sandro Tower.
The Lord of Sandro Tower was the "Pelican" Archmage whom Aiwass had met during his ascension ceremony. He coveted the staff inlaid with a fragment of the Celestial Master. If Sine could help Aiwass obtain it, the [Water Icosahedron] would be his reward.
Although the fragments of Geometry Tiansi are only one-fifth of the complete Tiansi fragments, they are still Tiansi fragments after all and can induce the evolution of the Beast of Sin.
Although Aiwass is not sure whether the beast of sin in this world can degenerate and reinstall other fragments of the Celestial Master once it evolves...but the power of the [Tetrahedron of Fire] can definitely serve as a "substitute fragment" for the little butterfly Leah.
If the one descending was Zhu Tiansi instead of Yan Tiansi or Xi Tiansi, this fragment could serve as a backup plan, a lower-level replacement. After all, Zhu Tiansi's healing fire wasn't really suitable for Leah... and Xi Tiansi was only half as suitable.
If Leah equipped Xi Tiansi's Tiansi fragment, she would really start to self-destruct.
...It's not impossible, but it's not the best option after all.
——But judging from the situation now, the sine probably hasn’t been obtained.
"This... is for you."
Sine was very reluctant and conflicted, and hesitantly handed the [Water Icosahedron] sealed in the scepter in his hand to Aiwass.
When Aiwass held the scepter, he finally breathed a sigh of relief. He relaxed completely and looked much older.
It feels like I have unloaded a burden, but also like I have lost a dream.
"how?"
Aiwass asked curiously, "Didn't get it?"
"……yes."
Sine was clearly a little ashamed.
"Aren't you the chief wizard?"
"He who took the shard is no more powerful than I, my lord!"
Sine's voice grew louder. "He was a student of old Sandro... He devised a ruse to make us all think the [Fire Tetrahedron] was still in the tower. But in fact, he had already stolen the fragments. I only recently finally got my hands on old Sandro's relic staff... and then I realized it was a fake!
"There were eight of us, and he fooled us all! It was only after I realized the staff was fake that I figured out who stole the fragment..."
"Who is it?"
Aiwass asked, "Where did he go?"
"His name is Hassan, also known as 'Hassan the Flaming Fist'. He has no left arm, but a staff made into a prosthetic limb, which allows him to shoot fire from his left arm."
Sine replied immediately, "He's a dark-skinned snake-man wizard. He disappeared last month, and no one knows where he is... I think he might have gone to the ancient Parthian Empire. He was born a slave, and a new water war is about to begin."
"My Lord, it's not that I'm afraid to go to the Forbidden Desert to hunt down Hassan. But I feel it's necessary to let you know the truth of this matter first, rather than letting you think that I violated the agreement and escaped with the treasure..."
The old wizard stared at the staff inlaid with azure jewels and said with some sadness, "I indeed did not complete your task. So I chose to return the reward I had paid in advance safely. I have waited here for a long time and finally met you.
"I disappoint you, my lord. I'm sorry."
Update!
Sad, I missed yesterday's update... Let's move the update time to after midnight starting today.
(End of this chapter)
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