Chapter 52: The Tail Ring
In a sense, the "Royal Law University" is the reason why Aiwass must keep Avalon for at least two years.
That was a large-scale experience field that allowed Aiwass in the game to grow into a reliable assistant in just half a year.
Even a village girl like Haina, who had never been exposed to the extraordinary before, only started to get in touch with the extraordinary from zero in the second semester of her freshman year... While she maintained her first place in academic performance and learned a lot of miscellaneous knowledge at the same time, she grew to the level of twenty-five or twenty-six before her senior year.
Even though the upgrade is quite fast in the early stage, this is still a very good data.
He wasn't a traveler who gained language proficiency after crossing over, but rather a memory from a past life recalled by Aiwass - or rather, he had crossed over when Aiwass was a child, or even when he was just born. He didn't know anything that Aiwass didn't know.
The various settings and plots Aiwas knew were fragmented. He didn't become arrogant or relaxed because of his foresight. He was familiar with the common things that ordinary players would encounter - such as path characteristics, class skills, operating techniques, and dungeon procedures.
And Aiwass understood one thing deeply: wrong intelligence is worse than no intelligence at all.
Therefore, he needed the knowledge system of this world system, such as the common knowledge about the Nine Pillars of God and the Church, as well as the geographical knowledge and modern history of various regions.
And most importantly, language - especially written language - is the most important skill in this world.
At university, Haina had to learn three foreign languages: Iris, Star Antimony, and Elvish. As a priest, Aiwass had to master Elvish in depth... because high-level devotion path books were basically written in Elvish.
There's no so-called "universal human language" in this world. Not only do humans speak different languages, but there are also alien languages—Elf, Dwarven, Centaur... and even Dragon Language.
The most important and stable way to improve extraordinary abilities in this world is to learn.
But if there is no good enough mentor to guide you directly, then you can only read books on your own.
For example, the book "Alchemical Code" was written in Astral language.
Mystical texts from various countries, as well as tantric texts translated into local languages, are all written in different scripts. Wisdom Path practitioners in various countries essentially work as tools, their primary income coming from translating and decoding incomprehensible original texts into tantric texts and then selling them on the black market. This also means that in every country, many tantric texts in local languages circulate on the black market.
Under Yulia's influence, Aiwass could understand the Star Antimony Language. Yulia was not yet a Transcendent, but her adaptability was the Path of Balance—she was extremely talented in alchemy, just like Aiwass was talented in ritual studies.
He also understood Chinese, which was almost impossible to learn in Avalon... Even if it was classical Chinese, he could still read and understand it normally. This was also one of Aiwass's advantages.
Aiwass knew some Elvish, but he could only understand a little of Iris and knew nothing of Dwarven. He also had to learn some of the ancient Parthian language to understand the skill books related to curse skills that had been passed down from the ancient Parthian Empire.
Otherwise, as a demonologist, it always feels like something is missing if I can't learn to curse.
Besides linguistics, as Avalon's most prestigious college for transcendents, the Royal Law University boasted a vast library. While many of these were inaccessible to students, by cultivating close relationships with professors, he was able to gain access to some of their personal collections.
Through learning, Aiwass can quickly improve his path level.
While defeating and killing transcendents of higher levels could also earn experience, it was inefficient and dangerous. Furthermore, the mystical skills advanced in this way only gained levels, not true knowledge.
Yes, knowledge.
In the theological seminary of the Royal Law University, there were three elective courses that were extremely important to Aiwass.
"Curses and Diseases", "Demon's Weakness and Countermeasures", "Common Ritual".
Although the core mystical knowledge of the path to transcendence has been carefully removed from the course content, even the surface knowledge is meaningful.
Moreover, when writing a paper, you can also borrow some very valuable books.
Decoding this knowledge and understanding it in reverse would also increase Aiwas's ability to transcend the mystical path. This was much more efficient than buying all sorts of half-truthful demonology books.
——Perhaps the books on demonology and rituals available in Avalon are always a mixture of truth and falsehood, but the knowledge of fighting against demons and rituals is definitely useful.
The reason why Aiwas is so eager to improve himself is not entirely to stop the conspiracy of the Star Antimony Kingdom, nor is it entirely due to the influence of the transcendental path.
Because he doesn't have much time left to develop.
The real world crisis that will destroy everything is not the Xingti Kingdom, but the Tiansi. The current crisis is just a preview.
The first angel to descend was the Fallen Angel who descended from the Star Antimony Kingdom in version 3.0.
The name "Fallen Angel" is not only because He has concepts related to sin and corruption... but also because in that era when angels could not descend to the human world, He was the first "angel to fall into the human world."
Before the arrival of the celestial beings, this world was basically a world where mortals fought against each other.
The specific time for the arrival of version 3.0 is June, one and a half years later.
The Rosicrucian Society successfully recreated the ancient ritual of the "Tail Ring".
This ritual requires the sacrifice of a transcendent who has reached the limit of the corresponding path - that is, a transcendent of the maximum level, using his body as a sacrifice to the Celestial Official. By giving the Celestial Official a physical body and mortal desires, the Celestial Official from the Dream World can truly descend.
He descended in the flesh, rather than simply being projected into the material world as a celestial minister.
But that method is not so much about "inviting him down" as it is about "pulling down" the Heavenly Official.
"Tianshi" is a higher level being than "Apostle" and is also a kind of phantom demon. Tianshi does not directly obey the Nine Pillars, but serves as a candidate Pillar God for each path.
When they are forced to descend through the [Tail Ring] ritual, they will be restricted by the laws of the material world because they have obtained flesh and blood bodies, and their level will be reduced to the highest level allowed by the path of the material world... Therefore, there is a possibility of being defeated.
The reason why the Heavenly Officials have to descend is because these Heavenly Officials are guarding the key nodes of the Tao and have taken away part of the power of the Tao.
——That is, the "level cap".
Mortals are always greedy. They hope to gain the power to be superior to others and change the world.
And once the extraordinary people embark on this path, they cannot tolerate stagnation.
While Phantom Demons cannot die, if a descending Celestial Master is defeated and then resurrected, they will lose their position as Celestial Masters and become pure Phantom Demons. The power of the Path they possess will be liberated, allowing those on this Path to ascend to higher positions and have more opportunities for advancement in their "careers."
Those who defeat the Celestial Master will obtain the most Celestial Master essence, thereby gaining more power in the [Tail Ring] ritual.
However, the Rosicrucian Society still underestimated the power of the Fallen Angels. Even though their energy levels were balanced to the limits of the material world, their luxurious lineup consisting of four level 50 "demon incarnations" still failed to defeat the Fallen Angels. Instead, they were all killed by them.
The Fallen Angel who descended into the world had a personality formed from the fusion of the spirit base sacrificed as a sacrifice and the Fallen Angel himself. The latter held absolute dominance, but the former provided the foundation.
Before demonologists understood the taboo of "Heaven's Evil", they could only advance to demon incarnations at the fourth energy level.
Having become demons, they all possess violent and cruel personalities that they themselves cannot control.
Everyone knows that on the Path of Transcendence, there can be no willing sacrifice for experimentation—this sacrifice is a colleague who was betrayed in their internal struggle.
After merging with the Fallen Angels, he annihilated the entire Rosicrucian Order and the entire Star Antimony Royal Family, usurping the throne through sheer violence and wreaking havoc across the Star Antimony Kingdom. Under the influence of the Fallen Angels, unable to complete the ritual and return to the Dream World and filled with hatred for the Material World, he unleashed a causeless, mutually destructive war.
—A war against the whole world.
It wasn't until the Fallen Angels were defeated by a team led by a "player" that the level cap of the Path of Transcendence was opened for the first time.
Pandora's box was opened, and the world fell into chaos from then on.
This is the end of the 3.0 main storyline.
But Aiwass did not forget... There are no "players" in this world.
If he did nothing, the Fallen Angels would flatten the world. That meant he had to become a Great Sin Scholar, raise his level to the maximum of 50, and complete the fifth advancement ritual on the Path of Transcendence.
Without reaching the sixth energy level, even if Aiwass mastered the advancement of the heroic profession of Sin Scholar in advance, he would not be able to defeat the Fallen Angels.
In other words, he only has one and a half to two years.
If it were really like the original plot, after the fall of Avalon, he would have wandered between countries - when the Fallen Angels arrived, he was still a rookie demonologist who had just reached level 30.
Who can Aiwass rely on then?
You know, when Aiwass escaped Avalon with the players more than half a year later, he was already over level 20. But when he was rescued by the players, he was only level 3.
From the time Aiwass went to school with the player until the incident at Avalon, there were only eight months in total!
He completed two advancements in just eight months... and then it took a full ten months to only advance five levels, barely completing one advancement. This was the difference between having sufficient resources and not having them.
…But there’s just one problem.
That is the school where his adoptive father, Professor Moriarty, lives.
Moreover, he is the teacher of advanced mathematics...Advanced mathematics is a required course.
This made Aiwass feel a little weird.
Although he knew that Professor Moriarty would become a world-class boss in the future, the feelings he had accumulated in his heart over the years of nurturing him were also real. Even if he awakened his past life memories, he could not ignore the influence of his current life memories.
But half a day later, Aiwass learned a piece of news that cheered him up from Oswald who had just returned home after lunch:
"Did father go to the Church?"
Although it only delays the time and does not solve the problem... it is always better to slow down a bit and not face this troublesome problem immediately.
This way Aiwass can also breathe a sigh of relief.
"Yes," the old butler replied, "it may be a long time before he comes back. From tonight, Master Edward will come back to live here. You can go to him if you need anything.
"Also, the Temple of Silver and Tin has invited you to a private banquet tonight. I don't recommend turning it down. However, for some reason, it's not suitable for me to accompany you to this banquet. Do you have any specific guests?"
The royal family is looking for me?
Aiwass was stunned for a moment.
His first thought was, would Her Royal Highness the Princess open the box herself right away?
But he soon realized that it was probably because of the incident in the newspaper. So he breathed a sigh of relief.
"Then... Brother, can I?"
"I'm afraid Master Edward doesn't have time."
Oswald replied, "He's out with Mr. Sherlock on some business, and he might not be back in time for dinner. But if he does, I'll ask him to pick you up. After all, it's not very safe at night these days."
Aiwass said casually, "Then let's go with Lily. You don't need to worry about your safety when you visit the Temple of Silver and Tin."
More than 6,000 words again today!
Tomorrow is the day to meet in person!
By the way, this book was fortunately selected as the beta book for the illustration function. I put an illustration in Chapter 32 "Advanced Ceremony". If Qidian has updated its version to the latest one, you can go and take a look!
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