Chapter 740 Equipment Card: Death of Desolation
“Isn’t this too professional?”
The honey badger couldn't help but say, subconsciously looking at the crow in Aleister's arms: "The demonologists' contracted demons...are they all like this?"
“…How is that possible?”
Vignes made an ethereal and slightly hoarse voice.
But it is obvious...even Vines himself was not very confident when he said this.
"I'll treat you well."
Aleister stroked the little crow's head and spoke softly.
The little crow nudged Aleister—visible, human-like entanglement and confusion emerged on the bird's face.
"My dear master..."
She suddenly spoke hesitantly, "If you wish, I might be able to do this. Why don't we give it a try first..."
This mirror demon even made Vines lose confidence.
"You don't have to compete with Lily for work..."
Aleister complained.
Originally, Lily signed a pastoral contract with Vines in the Shadow Demon state.
Now that Venis had evolved into a Night Demon, Venis and Lily had tacitly agreed not to mention the matter again. It was clear that their relationship wasn't very good—or perhaps, precisely because they were so similar, they somewhat disliked each other.
If the Night Demon continues to live in the mirror for a long time and becomes Aleister's butler... I'm afraid Lily, who is still a maid, will think that Venis is deliberately targeting her.
"Besides, you're not suited to traveling outside in your original form for long periods of time... You wouldn't be able to do something like this while traveling, right?"
Aleister thought for a moment and added.
At this moment, the honey badger beside him couldn't help but open his eyes wide.
——It is known that Aleister and Aiwass have a very close relationship; after Aiwass became Pope, he asked her to help "protect Aleister"; Aiwass used a card to seal the perfect man, and Aleister used a similar card to seal the sea monster; the crow in Aleister's arms now, she had also seen it from Aiwass before.
She still remembered that she had clearly smelled the blood of a female Moon Child from Aiwass - and it was so strong that it didn't seem like a "touched" scent, but more like the level emitted by a real holder.
And now, when Aleister spoke to the Night Demon about "Lily," who was beside Aiwass, they seemed so intimate and familiar. Furthermore, as a Moon Child, Aleister possessed none of the Moon Child's twisted personality and casual indifference to good and evil... Although her actions were filled with murderous intent and violence, her personality and temper still seemed "too kind" for a Moon Child.
Of course, the most crucial evidence is...
——The butterfly-shaped phantom summoned by Aleister when she was fighting against the sea monster at sea was exactly the phantom that Aiwass had summoned with her when they fought against the perfect man before!
Both of them knew the exact same summoning technique, and even summoned the same being—when she was on the ship, she subconsciously thought it was the summoning technique that Professor Aleister had given to Aiwass. But now that she thought about it, it was entirely possible that it was a completely different situation...
A lot of complicated information was intertwined in his mind, and an incredible guess emerged in the honey badger's mind.
Will it be...
Aleister was not Aiwass's lover at all.
——From the very beginning, Aleister was another personality of Aiwass!
Perhaps it was because of a failed transformation, or perhaps it was some characteristic of the path... When Aiwass was a gentle and kind priest, he was revealed to be Aiwass; and whenever his madness was difficult to control, he would turn into the arrogant and unscrupulous Aleister!
But……
Is this really possible?
Not only are their personalities opposite, their genders opposite, their paths different...
Even the two people became completely split, two individuals who acted independently -
While the honey badger's expression kept changing, Aleister had already sat down elegantly to drink tea.
She glanced at the honey badger and asked with a smile, "What are you thinking about, Ms. Honey Badger?"
…Should I ask?
The honey badger looked at Aleister with a complicated expression, and after a long silence, he slowly asked:
"I was wondering... could you be Aiwass?"
Although directly telling other people's secrets may seem too prying and may also make people uncomfortable.
But she gradually felt that Aleister's true character was not as bad as she appeared. Besides being overly utilitarian and a bit lazy, Miss Aleister seemed to be "pretending to be fierce."
If Aleister is Aiwass, then there is nothing wrong with her asking this question.
When the honey badger said this, he was already reflecting:
——It was clearly a risky move that was rejected by the Path of Adaptation, but she did it so smoothly.
Has it been possible that the style of behavior that she had developed over the years to adapt to the Dao has been weakened invisibly since she defected to the Theocracy?
At this time, the honey badger suddenly thought of the emergence of the new profession "warrior".
...Could it be that the principles of adapting to the path have begun to slowly change?
"yes."
In the end, Aleister laughed and said lightly: "You just realized it?"
"……What?"
"I'm not hiding anything, Ms. Honey Badger."
"Then Bayard..."
“Don’t probe too much.”
Aleister, in his Bayard form, raised his finger to his lips, his mouth corners slightly raised in warning.
The honey badger's nerves suddenly tensed up: "Yes, I know."
After receiving the affirmation, her attitude towards Aleister will be completely different——
The eldest lady of the Moon, who was protected by the Pope's order, and the Pope's clone, these are two completely different concepts!
The former is her old enemy who has compromised with her and is temporarily in the same camp, while the latter is her current boss and the benefactor who spared her life!
"...Why didn't you tell me earlier?"
The honey badger couldn't help but ask: "There's no need to hide this kind of thing from me, right? I'm very confident in keeping secrets."
"Just think of it as a surprise."
Aleister closed one eye, tilted his head and smiled. "You were initially trying to suppress your displeasure and work with Moon Child. You must have been very unhappy, right? But after knowing that I was actually Aiwass, you suddenly felt refreshed, didn't you?"
"……yes."
The honey badger nodded in acknowledgment.
——I have to admit that it is true.
Some time later, black smoke suddenly began to rise from the mirror in the room.
This was a sign that the Mirror Demon was about to return—and Aleister immediately stopped talking.
Three seconds later, the Mirror Demon appeared in front of the large mirror and placed all the materials on the ground.
"Do you need a ritual array?"
The honey badger asked before the mirror demon could.
“No need.”
Aleister said casually, his pupils were covered in purple.
She waved her hand, and the ritual began to operate on its own—
The falling snow spontaneously blended together, enveloping the flowers; the mud enveloped the snake, turning it into a beggar snake; the eagle devoured the scorpion and died suddenly. The crow's feathers covered its skeleton, becoming a melting pot that fused all forces together.
Rotting fish, poisoned eagles, suffocating snakes, and buried flowers all fell around the frozen Earl, while the cross-legged skeleton sat face to face with him.
—The preparations for the ceremony are complete.
Aleister had a solemn expression. He put his hand on the ice sculpture of the Earl and whispered:
"I call upon Amber, the god of the sacred number nine, the god of the pinnacle of perfection, the god of eternal perfection—"
The dim power spread from the four corners at the same time and spread towards the center.
A familiar magic circle unfolded from under Aiwass - it was one of the two magic circles of the Contracted Sin Beast.
The winter demon's power was constantly being extracted, torn apart by the magic circle, and pulled to the center of the magic circle.
When the Winter Devil finally woke up, Aleister shouted again:
"I call upon the Silver Crowned Dragon, the God of the Holy Number Seven! The God Who brooks no disobedience! The God Who wears the crown and wields the sword—
“All things are born from water and return to water!”
In an instant, the extremely cold breath froze the air, and the demon's soul was frozen and compressed by the ice.
From the frozen space, a phantom card made of pure ice emerged.
As Aleister reached out and held it, its name appeared in her mind.
——Equipment Card: Death of Desolation!
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