Chapter 207 I gave you a chance, but you are useless
Although Isabel was completely unnecessary in this operation, as the landing point of the portal, Isabel still had to know the details of this operation.
When Meg went to see Aiwass in the afternoon, she brought Janice's magic painting with her.
To ensure Lily's safety, she had already been teleported to the Temple of Silver and Tin through the magic painting. Otherwise, the Bone Sculpture might have killed Lily before killing Aiwass.
It was also from that time that Meg realized...something was bound to happen tonight.
It was precisely because Janice must have known about it that she made arrangements in advance.
Unlike her outward appearance, Meg's mind was rational and calm. She just didn't express her thoughts.
Therefore, although Aiwass told himself the job transfer method and various taboos of the lost profession of "Metamorphosis Warlock", he also explained in detail the ritual called "Shedding Ceremony".
But she still didn't change her job immediately because she wasn't sure what she would become after the change, and she had to make sure the enemy was killed tonight.
As for the curse, spies, and noble red, we can put them aside for now.
Meg has confirmed through her own means that Aiwass did not lie or omit anything.
Meg didn't want to force the promotion, as she knew it was almost certain to fail.
——But she really had no choice.
Even if I die in a dream and my soul is shattered, it is better than slowly dying of old age in bed... That posture is too ugly.
Furthermore, her age and years of experience in studying the occult allowed her to confirm that this ritual was entirely feasible after only hearing it once.
She was even able to improve the ritual based on her experience - and she was confident that she could successfully complete the "shedding" with just one ritual.
That is, they sign a contract with Huan Tiansi, gain the possibility of molting, and then borrow the power of Die Tiansi through a ritual. The process of signing a contract with Tiansi is not dangerous, and the reward for borrowing power from Die Tiansi is also paid by Huan Tiansi.
After completing the previous preparations, the only thing that really needs to be taken seriously is the molting ceremony itself.
Just like a worm transforming into a cocoon and then metamorphosing into a butterfly; shedding the old body and gaining a stronger body... There are only two things to pay attention to, the first is "the determination to surpass your past self", and the other is to endure the intense pain.
To be honest, Meg had actually completed the "molting ceremony" a long time ago.
It's just that she didn't know about this ceremony at that time.
Meg's husband was a powerful adventurer. He was a bohemian swordsman from a foreign land, nearly twenty years her senior, and had already traveled to eight countries. Meg was only twenty-five when they married... Three years prior, at the age of twenty-two, fresh out of the Royal Law University, she had joined him on his journeys and had gradually grown up with him.
Their wedding wasn't a typical wedding with the blessing of family and friends—it was a ceremony held before challenging a dragon. The wedding took place at an adventurer's camp in the wild, with only their teammates in attendance.
The reason was simple—the adventurer's journey was to challenge the dragon. And the dragon was right before his eyes. If he let this opportunity slip, he didn't know if there would be another.
He was ready to die, but he didn't want to die without getting married. So he ended up marrying Meg, who was in love with him...it was more of a joke than a formal wedding.
She hadn't even worn a wedding dress, and the priest who had blessed them was an illegal priest in the adventuring group.
But to Meg, there was no doubt that she was married.
When she finally waited in the camp and learned from the only surviving thief who had adapted to the road that her husband had not returned... she had already made up her mind to avenge him one day.
For twenty years, she never forgot her past grudge and used every possible means to increase her power.
Twenty years later, she was the same age as her former husband, and she encountered the dragon again.
This time she killed the dragon with her own hands and bathed in its blood - that was her husband's wish.
He is a demon who has transcended the Tao. If he can successfully bathe in dragon blood, he will be able to gain sufficiently powerful strength from this transcendent act and may even be able to obtain the blood of the dragon clan.
But as a member of the authoritarian path, Meg's body was unable to absorb dragon blood. The ritual only brought her immense pain, melting her flesh and bones, without bringing her any benefit.
And when she was dying, the Silver Crown Dragon personally bestowed his blessing upon her.
"—The brave will be rewarded, the loyal will be rewarded, and the strong will become stronger than others."
The rumbling voice of the Silver Crown Dragon echoed within her heart. The Pillar God had endowed her with a Law of Laws more powerful than any ordinary human.
She named this unique power Dragon Blood Commandment to commemorate her motivation for obtaining the commandment.
If only she had known about the molting ritual...
Meg, standing in front of the shattered statue, shook her head slightly, dispelling the distracting thoughts that arose in her mind.
There weren't so many ifs. If she had correctly benefited from the ritual, she wouldn't have been compensated by the Silver Crown Dragon. Back then, she wouldn't have had such a strong desire for transcendence, and perhaps wouldn't have been recognized by the Heavenly Ring Master.
"Ms. Meg... this time the enemy should be truly defeated."
The Great Guardian breathed a sigh of relief and confirmed, "What should we do next?"
Meg pulled herself out of the memories of the past and laughed heartily, "What else can I do? Quickly record this - say that Master Lars Graham from Iris is actually an assassin, and I arrested him on the spot when he was about to kill an important person!
"Then he tried to strike back, intending to destroy the entire Glass Island at the cost of his own life. I countered his spell, and then chopped him into minced meat with a few strokes! The evidence is ready, and Master Janice is the witness... The next step is to write a letter to the Theocracy, asking them to condemn the Iris People."
“…Is everything alright?”
The Great Guardian was a little worried: "Everything is left to you? Aren't you going to be promoted...?"
If you provoke Iris's hostility, your success rate will only be lower.
"snort."
Meg sneered, "Sherlock and Aiwass, don't those two like to fake their own deaths? This is a tradition in Avalon... After all, technically, Lancelot I also faked his own death."
"Since they're so eager for me to die, I might as well fake my own death."
Perhaps when this night is over and the sun rises, "Meg" will no longer exist.
Thinking of this, another idea came to Meg's mind.
Perhaps dying together with Lars Graham would be a good ending for Meg...
Elsewhere, Lily and Isabel were dressed and gathered around Aiwass's bed.
Strictly speaking, this was actually Isabel's bed. It was just that Janice had teleported Aiwass here.
Her teleportation was incredibly smooth, without any fluctuations. Even Aiwass didn't realize he was being teleported silently, and his sleep was not interrupted.
Because Meg said that almost everyone would be there this time. He didn't have to worry about anything and just needed to sleep peacefully.
If he told this to other people, he might become too nervous to sleep.
However, Aiwass chose to trust Meg completely.
Not to mention, the painting foreshadows Janice’s involvement.
——If I can’t even trust Meg and Janice in Avalon, then there’s no one else I can trust.
Today, the Great Guardian, Janice, and Meg are all alive... Even in a future war of annihilation, Avalon wouldn't be able to muster so many high-end combatants. By then, Avalon would only have two of them left.
One was the Grand Inquisitor whom Aiwass was not familiar with, and the other was an old man who had served as Grand Justice before Queen Sophia ascended the throne.
Then what is there to be afraid of?
Not to mention the Noble Red, even if the Rosicrucian came, they would definitely be able to protect their own safety - if they were woken up, it would mean that they were noobs or underestimated the enemy.
So, although Aiwass didn't know who attacked him tonight, he fell asleep very peacefully.
This was the first time Isabel had seen a member of the opposite sex sleeping. It was also the first time she had seen Aiwass with such a peaceful and defenseless expression.
She quietly moved closer to Aiwass, wanting to reach out and touch his face.
But her heart was beating so fast - thump-thump, it made her feel like it was about to jump out.
She turned around nervously and held Lily's hand, wiping the sweat off her hands.
Lily moved her lips and said: How about I go and wake up the young master?
--don't want!
Isabel shook her head vigorously.
It’s such a fun and rare opportunity, if you miss it, there may not be a next time!
She moved back and forth, and finally reached out and gently touched Aiwas's face.
...Huh?
Aiwass didn't wake up?
Isabel was a little surprised.
The last time she saw Aiwass napping, she noticed that he was a very light sleeper. She and Lily had only just walked over to him, and Aiwass had woken up. If it weren't for his slow breathing, it would have been as if he hadn't been asleep at all.
But now, Aiwass rarely sleeps so soundly...
So Isabel carefully sat on the edge of the bed.
After making this move, she waited for a while.
Seeing that Aiwass did not wake up because of the slight shaking of the bed, he quietly placed his hand on the other side of Aiwass's body.
She slowly leaned over and wanted to kiss Aiwass on the forehead.
But just as she lowered her head, she suddenly found that her long hair fell naturally under the action of gravity and swept across Aiwas' face.
Aiwass frowned slightly reflexively, which scared Isabel.
Her body immediately leaned back, and the bed shook noticeably. This time, Aiwass was really awake.
As soon as he opened his eyes, he saw Isabel sitting beside the bed with blushing cheeks. Aiwass was still a little confused and was stunned for a while.
...Oh, I'm still asleep. Go back to sleep.
This thought popped up in his mind, and he turned over and continued to close his eyes.
Aiwass hugged Isabel's blanket tightly in his arms and curled up on his side. Isabel stood up in a panic, moved closer to Lily, and the two of them stepped away.
——Is he awake? Did he just open his eyes?
—No, this is how the young master sleeps. It's already quite deep today. Normally, you'd wake up the moment you sit down...
The two of them whispered and bit each other's ears.
And in the painting behind them, there was an image of Janice, who was slightly shaking her head and sighing.
I gave you a chance, but you didn't use it...
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(End of this chapter)
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