Chapter 410 A Demonic Heart
[Sin Enhancement] is an item in the Sin Scholar's special weapon, second only to Card Burning in importance.
This is commonly known as "strengthening" or "card integration".
The upright effect of the enhanced Sin Card will be slightly enhanced, but this is not important.
After all, a few percent of damage isn't a big deal; the important thing is the reversed effect—the summoned Sin Beast itself receives a full stat boost. The stat bonuses gained from fusing multiple cards are additive... The in-game value is 5% per card, so fusing five cards gives you a 25% boost.
The Beast of Sin's stats are already very high, and with the buff, the enhancement ratio will be even higher.
The demon dog's numerical enhancement of 5% may not be felt at all; but if the raid boss's all attributes are enhanced by 5%, the raid will be wiped out.
In Aiwas's past life, the strategy guides on forums and video sites sometimes contained some rather unconventional configurations. By pairing a targeted Sin Beast with a special deck, one could achieve a "luxury four-protect-one" effect.
Normally, the Scholar of the Great Sin is a dual-line burst profession with a high level of operation.
That is, through dual-lane operation, at critical moments, you can quickly switch to different Sin Beasts to use skills, and then switch to the big beasts after using skills; at the same time, your main body can quickly draw cards to use various hands-off skills. In normal times, you only rely on the Sin Beast that stays on the field to deal continuous damage.
"Integrated card" is another way of playing, and it is more suitable for Aiwass' current situation.
That is the "standing field" style of play.
From start to finish, only one Sin Beast is used to counter the boss. All decks are dedicated to strengthening this Sin Beast, or using Fusion cards to enhance or amplify its stats. Beyond that, only a few decks are used for self-defense. The remaining Sin Beasts are either left out of the game or used only to boost health at the beginning or for a burst at the end.
In a sense, this effect may be more suitable for the current Aiwass than burning cards!
——Because he didn’t have any other beasts of sin to switch to!
The cards Aiwass has currently registered - [Shadow Blade], [Thunderbolt Halberd], and [Earthbound Spirit] - can all be released using dark attribute mana. This means they can all be used to strengthen Night Demon!
The Night Demon, already at the sixth level and reaching the world's pinnacle, was strengthened by another 15%...
Thinking of this, Aiwas decided to give it a try.
He stretched out his hand and touched the Book of Law of Aiwass.
Cards appeared neatly in his mind, and more cards were just black and empty spaces.
Even with the book cover closed, Aiwass can easily confirm which card he has registered in each slot.
As Aiwas thought about it, the lit [Moon], [Death], and [Wheel of Fortune] turned into streams of light, circling and flying into the card that was as clear and deep as black crystal.
"Night Demon——"
As Aiwass called out softly, the flame butterfly that had been standing quietly on his shoulder suddenly turned into a ball of sparks and dissipated in the air.
Immediately afterwards, the scattered and fading sparks collapsed into the void, transforming into a pitch-black card with a rough outline of a raven pattern in blood-like lines.
Before Aiwas could touch it, it rotated half a circle on its own and then broke into pieces.
Dark purple lightning and black whirlwinds surged out from the void, and Ligeia couldn't help but gasp.
——As the strongest person in Avalon, even one of the strongest people in the world, she actually felt a clear sense of danger from the night demon summoned by Aiwass!
"My master..."
Vignes murmured softly.
The voices are different from those of Miss Assassin and Bayard in the past.
She didn't open her mouth, but the low humming sound like a dream whisper came into her ears.
Her pale and clean body was branded with broken scarlet lines, just like a holy stone statue shattered and the blood within seeped out.
Shadows clung to the Night Demon's body, and behind him, its dark wings, like those of a crow, spread slightly. Countless black shadow feathers drifted in the air, but like snowflakes, they melted into the air before landing.
Aiwass raised his head and looked at the Night Demon who looked like a broken doll, and looked at the two red marks on her face.
He suddenly thought of everything he had just seen in the hallucination -
Vines raised her head in the rain of blood, two bloody tears silently running down her face.
...And the cracks on the Night Demon's face at this moment were extremely similar to the paths left by the two streaks of blood and tears.
In addition, the three wounds and three doors that Aiwass had previously opened on his body were also transferred to the Night Demon. She also had three strange scars in the corresponding locations.
The one on the neck is like a crescent moon, the one on the abdomen is like a full moon, and the one on the chest is like a spider web...or the sun.
Recalling the illusion he had when he signed the contract, Aiwass suddenly understood why Vignes was a jealous beast and why she fell in love with No. 14 almost at first sight...
Aiwass still remembers what No. 14 looked like.
——She is so similar to Vignes when she was a child... Not only in appearance, but even their temperament is somewhat similar.
Looking at her, Vignes must have thought of his own past. He thought of that damp and cold rainy night, of himself walking helplessly on the street... of his friendless childhood.
From beginning to end, Vignes was alone.
Her parents didn't care about her, she had no friends who understood her, and she was even betrayed and killed. Such a corpse became the child of the moon, and she turned into a shadow demon in anger - but even the child of the moon had no friends of the moon, and the shadow demon had no other demon friends.
She walked alone for more than four hundred years.
The essence of jealousy is loneliness.
Beautiful love, true friendship, respect from others, success in career...
First, her parents died early, forcing her to take over the company at a young age, and she no longer had the chance to play and have fun; and when she was using all her energy and life as a human being to make the company bigger and stronger, she was betrayed and died at a very young age; after she became the Child of the Moon, before she was about to "adult" and be accepted by her own people, she met the Shadow Demon again.
For Bayard, the son of the moon who inherited all of Venis's memories, the Shadow Demon, as an avenger, is undoubtedly her only friend.
And Shadow Fiend probably just lacks such an understanding person.
The fear of loneliness outweighed the fateful confrontation. Perhaps because of this, the two people who should have fought to the death immediately after meeting each other eventually reached a reconciliation.
The Moon Child, who possessed eternal life, gave up his own life; and the Shadow Fiend, who possessed the Mark of Rage, gave up his hatred.
The reason Vignes was able to abandon the Wrath Mark was probably because she already had the Jealousy Mark's affinity. If greed is more materialistic, then jealousy is more spiritual.
For a wealthy Vignes, she was always one step ahead. But because of this, she never had a companion.
Since then, the empire has been destroyed and reborn. As a shadow demon, she travels back and forth between the dream world and the material world, but all those who summon her are just mediocre people.
In the end, nothing is left.
——Until this moment.
"Owner……"
The Night Demon called out again: "I have arrived."
Unlike the Shadow Demon's voice which was always filled with malice, she now looked peaceful and pure.
"How does it feel?"
Aiwass woke up from his hallucinatory memories and asked, "Do you still feel repulsed?"
“Also, it’s very clear.”
Night Demon replied.
"That's normal. The sixth energy level has already reached the world's limit. If you're not careful, you'll hit that 'invisible wall'... But because of this, there are also ways to circumvent the world's limit."
Ligeia nodded and said, "The Eternal Pope also chooses to seal away a portion of her power. She usually chooses to sleep, connecting herself to the giant tree and using her body as the core of the theocracy."
"If the battle lasts too long, will it lead to 'balance'?"
Aiwass murmured.
He could roughly feel the gradually increasing pressure in the surrounding space and determined a basic number.
——About three minutes.
After three minutes of full firepower, Aiwass needs to release her Night Demon form and transform back into Night Raven; or directly switch to other phantoms.
But it's enough.
Never mind three minutes... for a sixth-level expert, victory would only take a moment.
Just like how Meg stopped the war back then, she only used two moves from beginning to end.
The first sentence stops the firing, the second sentence sets the boundary.
Aiwass muttered, raising his hand: "But you should be able to evade it by using another form..."
The mind connected to the Night Demon transmitted Aiwas's thoughts.
The Night Demon flapped its wings behind it, and its entire body was covered by black shadow feathers and turned into a beautiful little black crow. It then stood on Aiwass's shoulder.
It's a magical feeling.
It's just a bird, but at first glance it looks incredibly beautiful. Perhaps it's because of the lack of any color on its body, or perhaps it's because of its ruby-like eyes.
Aiwass chuckled, tilted his head, and gently touched the crow's head with his index finger.
The night crow also pecked the tip of Aiwass's finger lightly, causing a faint smile to spread across Aiwass's face.
——I raised this child!
Compared to the Flame Butterfly, which was a higher-level phantom demon when it was caught, the Night Demon was fed by Aiwass mouthful by mouthful.
Looking at it standing docilely on his shoulder and thinking of the unruly and dangerous Shadow Demon, Aiwas felt an inexplicable sense of accomplishment in his heart.
Aiwass could vaguely feel that even in the semi-sealed Night Raven form, Venis could still use some of his power.
Shadows, blood, curses... probably at the third level of strength. Perhaps the same level as Aiwass.
Perhaps because her evolution was based on pastoral care, Lily's connection to her wasn't severed like Aiwass's contract with her. Lily could still borrow some of the shadow power from the Night Demon, because the Shadow Demon didn't evolve into the Fire Demon—the Night Demon also possessed shadow-attributed powers.
But the Night Demon can no longer blend into the shadows like the Shadow Demon.
Unlike the incorporeal Shadow Demon, the Night Demon is tangible. The Fallen Angel figure, resembling a stone statue or a puppet, is its true form.
Unfortunately, Aiwass really didn't know what kind of enemy he would use his Night Demon to fight now.
In other words, what kind of enemy is worthy of Aiwass using the Night Demon to fight against.
This time, Aiwass summoned the Night Demon and even used the "Card Melting" technique to strengthen its data by 15%.
If Aiwass doesn't switch to the Phantom Magic anymore, then this 15% panel will remain stuck there. And tomorrow, Aiwass's Phantom Magic card will be able to be used again after it enters cooldown.
If Aiwass is in danger, she can transform back into her original form and end the battle quickly.
This wasn't a battle against the Celestial Masters. If he maintained his world-class power for too long, he might "hit" the wall of balance.
But even so, Aiwass is almost like carrying an eternal pope with him.
With the Night Demon in his hand, Ai Hua immediately felt confident.
——Now, even if Xingti really goes to war with Avalon, he is no longer afraid!
Now that Ligeia is still alive, and with the addition of the Night Demon... the "Armed Gargoyles" and "Rune Colossi" that Aiwass feared before are no longer powerful enemies that cannot be solved.
"elder brother."
Just as Aiwas was teasing the night crow, Julia beside him suddenly spoke.
For some reason, her gaze became sharper.
Yulia stared at Aiwass and said seriously, "Can the ritual that gave Lily her power... be used on me?"
Aiwass looked at Yulia in surprise.
In his impression, Yulia had never cared about supernatural powers. Her interest in those things was not even as great as her interest in mountains and rivers, mathematical theorems, mechanical springs and mortise and tenon joints, and reagent bottles and jars.
He thought for a moment and nodded slowly: "Okay, but you have to wait until Isabel comes back. Then I will prepare the ceremony for you."
Aiwass didn't do this before, mainly because he didn't dare to.
After all, the Flame-Bearing Butterfly had only just been taken from Yulia's body, and she had been tortured by it for far too long. Perhaps just the sight of it would bring back painful memories of her past. So Aiwass didn't dare to mention it too much.
But now that Yulia has asked for it, she must have moved on from the past.
It just so happens that Aiwass doesn't need the power of the Flame-Rebellious Butterfly for the time being.
Julia herself has a close connection with the Flame-Bending Butterfly, so she will surely be able to quickly grasp this power that "originally belongs to her."
Coincidentally, Aiwas also wanted to show Isabel the "Pastoral Essence" ceremony.
Who knows, maybe she also wants to accept Aiwass's pastoral care!
Although Aiwass currently does not have the power suitable for her...but if Isabel has such a wish, Aiwass can also use "suitability to share power with Isabel" as one of the selection criteria when catching a new Sin Beast in the future.
This can also be considered a gift.
Aiwass still remembers the "Tears of Isolde" that Isabel gave him.
Originally, Aiwas wanted to return it to her when he came back this time, but Isabel refused to accept it.
Then it would be difficult for Aiwass to return it by force... that would be too hurtful.
...Besides, Aiwass actually didn't really want to pay it back.
It's not that he was attracted by the special effects of the equipment itself, but because it was the first piece of jewelry Isabel gave him... and it was even the one Isabel always wore.
When Aiwass put on the necklace, he felt his heartbeat become erratic. Something inexplicable was stirring in his heart, like breathing deeply into a storm—making him feel uneasy.
He has always been the one who shows kindness to others.
It is very rare...to experience this feeling of being cared for and taken care of.
Not to mention, this feeling also comes from Aiwass's impression of "Isabel who needs his protection and care."
——It’s funny.
When Yulia handed Isabel's necklace, which still had her body temperature, to Aiwass, he vaguely remembered his first advancement ceremony.
And a gift of similar or even greater value than this "second life"...
Aiwass thought about it...
It seems that the only return gift is "a phantom demon heart".
(End of this chapter)
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