Chapter 1161 Angel "Aiwas"
The voice of the pure white figure was closer to Aiwass than to young Jacob.
It's just more delicate and higher-pitched. The emotional content is also lighter and more vague... and more "standard".
It's like the sound synthesized by AI.
"Are you Aiwass?"
Aiwass laughed when he heard this: "Then who am I?"
You are Aiwas Moriarty, grandson of Jacob Alexander, son of Julio Alexander. Adopted son of James Moriarty. Former Eternal Pope. Prince of Avalon. Chief Advisor of the New Heracle Empire. The 'Serpent's Tail' of the Celestial Circle. A fragment of the Celestial Circle. A divine entity. Son of the Serpent Father. My prototype. A time traveler.
The angel "Aivaz" uttered a long string of words like a chant without hesitation.
Hearing this, the smile on Aiwass's face gradually faded and then disappeared.
He stared intently at the "angel" behind the smiling young man and asked again, "Then who are you?"
【I'm just 'Evans'.】
Aiwass replied.
"This is Aiwass, your other half."
Jacob looked at Aiwass and whispered, "He is also Aiwass. He was born earlier than you. From this perspective, he can be said to be your biological brother."
Aiwass did not respond or question.
He just stared at Jacob quietly, giving people the feeling of a cold snake.
Jacob chuckled, pushed his monocle, and said calmly, "Huan Tiansi gave me the snake tail he severed, asking me to create a new 'Ai'. Every generation of snake tails is called Ai... just like I named you 'Aiwas'.
"—To be honest, I've been waiting for this moment for far too long."
"…'Soul Mirror Ritual'."
Aiwass whispered.
It wasn't a question, it was a certainty.
The secret that Annie told Aiwass was the true name of the so-called "Swamp Man" ritual. Using a mirror to replicate an identical soul, and then using his artificial human technology to create an identical body.
This is the purpose of Jacob creating this ritual!
"That's right."
Jacob said frankly, "This technology was perfected just for you."
"You betrayed Huan Tiansi?"
"How could that be... Rather, I was able to become Huan Tiansi's apostle because I invented this technology."
Jacob smiled and said lightly: "I just split the snake's tail in two.
"Have you ever planted a tree? Probably not. There's a technique called grafting... where you take a bud or branch from one plant and graft it onto another, so the two parts grow into a new plant.
"The 'Soul Mirror Ritual' can replicate a soul, but not its power. Therefore, I cut the 'Sacred Entity' given to me by Huan Tiansi in half and used the complete replica soul to create 'Aivas'. Because you lack half of your essence, you cannot 'awaken your past life memories' from birth.
"But as you can imagine... a soul with only half its essence cannot form a perfect snake tail. So I added some new sacred essence to you...
"...For example, some fragments of Die Tiansi."
Butterfly Celestial Master...
A sentence suddenly popped up in Aiwas's mind.
Those were the words Gray had said to herself when she was still a saint—
[——His Holiness the Pope said that you might be a descendant of Die Tiansi.]
"Die Tiansi wields the power of molting, leaving behind his own power and body, while his soul is reincarnated as a mortal, stripped of all power. After an ordinary life, he returns to the dream world and uses his power to shed his skin into a new form... Using the memories of these lifetimes, he practices his [Beauty]."
Jacob said, "Die Tiansi was reincarnating and left his body behind in the Dream World. Huan Tiansi and Die Tiansi had a good relationship, so I was able to steal his body and fill it into you. After all, when he returns to the Dream World, he will need to condense a new body... This can only be regarded as a rare material, not a fatal one.
"This material is an excellent neutral catalyst. Because you only use the divine essence without taking advantage of the power within, there is no remnant of the path of beauty within you."
"Die Tiansi... Could it be..."
Aiwass suddenly realized something.
He blurted out: "Butterfly of Rebellious Flame?"
Jacob nodded and smiled, "Indeed, I didn't use all of it on you back then. It would have been a shame to waste it, so I caught some Flame Butterflies and spent some time making it into a brand new Phantom Demon."
"At the time, I was working on Hercules' Swamp Man in order to open the Vault of Heracle, so I stuffed it into her body—Oh, by the way, the name Swamp Man was given by Huan Tiansi. The inspiration for this technology also came from him."
"...Yulia?"
Aiwass murmured.
Jacob nodded in affirmation.
Iverson felt the wonder of fate - it turned out that in a sense, he and Yulia were really brother and sister?
Even closer than blood relationship.
Half of the divine nature of Aiwass and the Flame-Butterfly is exactly the same!
In a sense, they can even be said to be half-bodies!
No wonder Yulia has been close to Aiwass since she was very young, and Aiwass has trusted Yulia since she was very young... They are a real family!
——They are even souls molded by Jacob!
"...Okay, I have no other questions."
Aiwass took a deep breath and said frankly: "What's the matter with you calling me?"
"It's nothing serious, I just wanted to see you."
Jacob said gently: “After all, you are my grandson, my best work, and the half of the master I serve.
"Now that the Ring of the Tail has fallen, fate has been sealed. Even if I were to touch you, it wouldn't cause any unexpected disturbances... By the way, I was actually at your wedding with that child. You just didn't see me."
At this point, Jacob suddenly paused: "Oh, by the way... if you really want to see An Xi, it's best not to drive over. Otherwise, you won't be able to see anything."
“…Yeah, I know.”
Aiwass nodded, feeling surprised and awkward at Jacob's unexpected kindness.
Originally, Aiwass thought there might be a fight.
In the end, only Aiwass showed a subtle hostility towards him, but Jacob loved him from the bottom of his heart. This made Aiwass a little silent.
As Isabel once said, he really wasn't very good at dealing with other people's love.
Aiwass said softly, "It's probably like when the leader comes to inspect, they give us advance notice... In that case, they won't find anything."
"That's right."
Jacob warned, "Be careful, Aiwass. There are already more than one or two ritualists who have reached the sixth level in Anxi... You should know that ritualists are a profession where the weak defeat the strong. They are extremely powerful, and even you can be in danger if you underestimate them."
"But putting it this way, you might not understand... but you will understand soon."
After Jacob finished speaking, he left.
At the time, Aiwass thought this was all part of the Riddler's story. His grandfather had finally given up on the Riddler's nature and was uttering a riddle before leaving...
But soon, Aiwass knew how fast this "very fast" was -
Less than ten seconds after Jacob left, Priestess Dongya spoke out.
"Sir," Dongya prostrated herself respectfully on the ground, her tail stretched out, "please save Rock Cellar City."
"...Excuse me, what happened to Rock Cellar City?"
The guide Anar broke the silence tremblingly.
This desert nomad, who had only a vague understanding of supernatural common sense, was now the only one besides Aiwass and Dongya who dared to speak out.
Because she had the least education, she was the only one in the audience who didn't understand what Jacob was saying at all.
——What a gibberish! I can’t understand a word you’re saying.
Except for the word "Huan Tiansi", which she could barely understand, she didn't even understand the meaning of many other words.
To her, the most terrifying being was the Good Lord, followed by his Raven Guards who guarded the water source and collected water taxes. The Serpent Priestess before her was probably on the same level as the Raven Guards.
The snake priestess didn't even look at her.
The scales on her body were still etched with grayish-white traces. When she prostrated herself on the ground, a scale at her waist shattered with a crackling sound, revealing not flesh but stone texture.
She just stared at Aiwass and said something that made Anar feel like she was falling into an ice cave:
"—The entire Rock Cellar City has been petrified."
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