Chapter 459 Death of Aiwass
"I say, old man."
Oswald, standing by, narrowed his eyes and said nonchalantly, "Although you've had your share of difficulties, this time it's a bit too much. We have to remember this."
"It should be."
The square-faced elf, with a righteous expression, simply nodded seriously: "Anyway, I've tried my best, and the rest has nothing to do with me."
At this point, he looked at Aiwass and whispered a warning, "Be careful recently, Bishop Moriarty. Unless there's something special going on, don't go out... and don't even go to church. Wherever candles are always burning, that is the sanctuary of the candlelight."
Although it seems quite strange for a butler to instruct a bishop on matters of church and faith...it makes perfect sense if you know that the other party is the Pope's guard.
"Don't keep talking about the young master. Be careful yourself, old man..."
Oswald walked over and put his hand on Diomedes' back without any hesitation, as if pushing him away.
Diomedes obediently followed Oswald out... If nothing unexpected happened, Oswald would ask him something after they left Moriarty Manor.
After the old butler and the other butler left, old James turned around and looked at Aiwass with interest: "Did you notice anything? Can you tell Dad when you felt something was wrong?"
Aiwass did not answer, but asked: "Then why didn't you attend the party?"
"Don't answer a question with a question, Aiwass."
James leaned back on the sofa, the corners of his mouth slightly raised.
But he still gave the answer in a good temper.
"Because those things are too troublesome and not suitable for me. Since I have declined the invitation, it is not good to go and eat and drink for free."
Professor Moriarty raised the corner of his mouth slightly and said calmly: "Did Dad's words satisfy your curiosity?
"So, back to the question just now - when did you realize something was wrong, and why did you refuse so firmly?"
Aiwas' heart was suddenly gripped by an invisible pressure.
Judging from Professor Moriarty's words alone, it seemed as if he was only talking about the engagement party of a royal marriage.
It seemed that what he had rejected was only the invitation from Queen Sofia...
But Aiwass could understand what he meant:
What old James rejected was the invitation to rebellion from Droste and his men.
But even though he made his position clear and did not stand on the side of those traitors, Droste still did not dare to take action against old James... His performance could even be said to be fearful.
From another perspective, the adoptive father did not stand on the side of the royal family.
James also disappears throughout the game's storyline. At least until version 4.0, there's no discernible sign of James's absence. After Aiwass and Isabel flee to the Theocracy, Oswald, James, and Edward also vanish without notice.
From then on, Edward followed James throughout the entire process.
The speed at which his strength increased was as if he had been given a cheat... and he could always gain some special benefits from the world-destroying disasters.
——By the time Edward became a supporting character with lines and voice acting again, he had already become the main boss of version 6.0.
Although the adoptive father is theoretically the final BOSS, strictly speaking, the adoptive father never entered the dungeon at all - he was killed by a mechanism outside of combat.
That was the last mainline dungeon of version 6.0 and also the last dungeon Aiwass fought before crossing over.
Aiwass remembers the performance of that copy and still remembers it clearly.
The final boss of that copy is the evil Edward.
He fused with the dragon heart of the "Disaster Dragon", held the contaminated and broken holy sword "Sword in the Stone", and absorbed three fragments of the Celestial Master, becoming extremely powerful.
After the players had a difficult time defeating the extremely powerful Edward, what no one expected was that... Professor Moriarty, who was previously thought to be just a conspirator, suddenly appeared and easily intercepted the player's finishing blow.
But James was not as deep and gentle as usual. Instead, he became crazy and gloomy, and his originally straight back became hunched.
He claimed that Aiwass had been his man from the beginning and tried to persuade Aiwass to defect.
The professor said that "his great achievement" is nearing its end and the "player" is no longer needed - the "player" here will show the name filled in by the player himself, which obviously refers specifically to the player.
But at this time, Aiwas seemed very hesitant. He wanted to go with James, but tried to plead with the player.
This hesitant and cowardly act annoyed the somewhat crazy James.
He attacks the player directly, trying to kill him and take something from him.
Professor Moriarty's power is extremely strong - his attack directly freezes time and turns the whole world into "reverse color".
Players use the artifact bestowed by the Sand Clock to hold up the shield, and only then can they circle out a small area and fight against the enemy with great difficulty.
At this moment, Edward, who had just recovered from a near-death state, overdrew his strength and used an instant death spell to launch a sneak attack on the player.
That instant death spell is a core mechanism in the Edward copy.
Edward possesses seven alter egos, six clones that appear and disappear at will. Any damage inflicted on his original form is distributed to the other clones present, and his original form remains invincible without any health loss.
Although the clone can be damaged normally, if the clone dies, Edward will guide and summon a new full-health clone.
Players must use the artifact of the Twin Mirror to arrange overlapping and intertwined chaotic spaces, and prevent Edward's other spells from destroying those fragile spaces - if the angle of the mirror is too large, it will be directly destroyed by this ray.
The death ray that would eventually be released by Edward's original body was refracted repeatedly and hit another clone of Edward who was present at the same time.
If hit by this ray, the player character will die instantly regardless of resistance and cannot be resurrected during combat.
Because the ray will disappear after killing a person, when the angle of the mirror is not right or the number is insufficient, you can sacrifice a summoned creature to block the ray once.
However, even if a summoned creature dies after blocking the ray, it cannot be summoned again in this battle. In the game settings, it is "permanently killed".
Based on this characteristic, the mechanism can be broken - the clones hit by this ray cannot be summoned again by Edward. In this way, one of the clones will be permanently killed.
Repeat this six times, eliminating all clones before you can damage the original. Edward will then transform into a more aggressive dragon... but without his special mechanics, he's much easier to defeat. He's quickly defeated by players, and then enters the unskippable ending CG—the part where James appears.
The power of Edward's Death Ray comes from the Calamity Dragon—the corrupted self of the Silver Crown Dragon, which was contaminated and severed. Even the artifact bestowed by the Sand Clock cannot withstand its power.
At this moment, Aiwass, who was standing nearby and didn't know what to do, suddenly noticed this scene.
He could have directly killed the dying Edward to interrupt his spell channeling, but Aiwass was unwilling to kill Edward and had no ability to block the spell.
Because the twin mirror artifact that can refract death rays is on the player, not on "Evans".
So after hesitating for a while, Aiwass resolutely stood in front of the player at the last moment and blocked the attack with his body.
Professor Moriarty flew into a rage, but before he could lose his temper, the player was urgently teleported back by another friendly boss—in the plot, there was only one player, no "players." In reality, all those enemies were killed by the player alone.
Therefore, after Aiwass's death, there was only one person left in the team, and there was still a chance if they could rescue that one person. So, the moment Aiwass's shielding from the inside and outside was broken, he was teleported away by the friendly leader.
——These are all the details that Aiwass remembered about the incident of [Aiwass's death].
It was engraved in Aiwas's mind like a knife or an axe.
Aiwass actually didn't know Professor Moriarty's purpose and abilities. This was clearly a sequel to 6.X... but when Aiwass traveled through time, the game hadn't even updated to this point.
If one had to confirm death with one's own eyes, he couldn't even confirm whether "Evans" was completely dead - because the player didn't even have time to hold Aiwass's body and shout a few words, only saw the back of his figure that turned to tatters and shattered in an instant...
Players generally believed that Aiwass was dead, mainly because the background music at the time suddenly became sad and was given a slow-motion close-up.
Even though his death was very hasty, the atmosphere was set up to that point. It would have been rude if he hadn't died in the end.
Aiwass, who is almost a prophet of the future, knows nothing about his adoptive father. And the unknown brings fear.
So ever since Aiwass awakened his past life memories, he has been very wary of his adoptive father.
In Edwards' current world line, Edward was not taken away by Professor Moriarty.
As a result, he looked like just an ordinary fourth-level mage, with nothing special about him.
That was obvious—the special one was Moriarty, not Edward at all.
It now appears that Professor Moriarty was also involved in the "Cruel Autumn" incident of the past.
Did his adoptive father suddenly fake his death and leave Avalon because he saw through Aiwass's changes and no longer wanted to get involved in this plan? Or did he want to leave Aiwass so that Aiwass could play freely and observe his changes?
Seeing that Aiwass hadn't responded yet, Professor Moriarty just smiled gently: "Is that so? Then I understand.
"—Is there anything I can do for you, Aiwass?"
Now, after hearing his adoptive father's words, Aiwas felt a chill all over his body.
He must have guessed it!
His adoptive father might even have guessed that he was another "Evans"...
Now all he needs to do is reveal his identity as a promoted person, and he will die.
Professor Moriarty, during the promotion ceremony, immediately realized something was wrong with Aiwass because Aiwass's refusal was so firm. But he still kindly asked Aiwass what he should do. It was like a father playing games with his child...
Since Professor Moriarty was simulated, it was easy for him to see that "Evans" had been replaced even though his core was still Evans.
So, the real Professor Moriarty...
...Could he really not realize that Aiwass had awakened his past life memories that day?
Aiwass recalled that when he had just awakened the memories of his past life and had not even sorted out his memories, he asked his adoptive father to help him find the rope on the gallows and the nails on the heads of the dead who were being torn apart by a wheel, claiming that this was "a ritual to seal the shadow demon seen in an ancient book."
At that time, he was quite proud of his understanding of the advanced version, and believed that his adoptive father could not know how to seal the Shadow Demon - because even the Star Antimony people did not know.
At the time, Aiwass acted quite arrogantly and recklessly. It was not until his adoptive father and Sherlock faked their deaths and Oswald disappeared that he began to feel the pressure and restrained himself a little.
...But now thinking back, his adoptive father had specifically hinted to him not to use human materials, as that would trigger the sin of "heavenly evil".
At that time, Aiwass could only understand that it was a coincidence.
Now think back...
Perhaps as early as that time, the adoptive father should have realized that something was wrong with Aiwass.
But he didn't say anything.
Just like now, smiling calmly and looking at Aiwass.
Don’t you care?
Or is it that Aiwass can't influence him?
Or is it that this is all under his control?
Aiwass had no idea how powerful his adoptive father was, what he was going to do, or what he knew. He drove Diomedes away, partly to protect Aiwass and partly because he wanted to keep this secret to himself.
...such a strong sense of oppression.
Aiwass felt like he was about to sweat.
He didn't even know whether he should respond to Professor Moriarty's questions.
If Moriarty is a chess player... then who is playing against him?
For some reason, Aiwass's grandfather's name suddenly appeared in his mind.
——Jacob.
If there's anyone the professor can't predict or control, it's probably him...
Aiwass hesitated for a moment, then slowly nodded and said, "There are indeed some...if father is willing."
"Go ahead, Aiwass."
Professor Moriarty smiled gently: "If possible, Dad will try his best to help you. If not..."
At this point, he smiled and said slowly: "Dad will also tell you why not.
"Mr. Aiwass Moriarty... my lovely little key."
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