Chapter 785: It still depends on salary
Aleister is now high in the sky.
After receiving the news from the little crow, Aleister planned to rush to the Ziggurat by car. However, she unexpectedly discovered a huge advantage of her child.
——Leviathan can fly as soon as it is born!
Although the load capacity is not high enough, the speed is quite fast!
So this time, Aleister couldn't bring anyone with him... He could only leave Selene and the honey badger here for now. He then transformed back into Aleister's true form, took the Night Demon with him, and rode on the Leviathan, preparing to go to the Ziggurat to retrieve the person.
Alice's intentions were clear—the other party was planning to leave, but someone was unwilling to let them go. Therefore, they took the initiative to invite Aleister over for a chat, intending to use Pope Aiwass to put some pressure on him.
Even Aleister himself didn't expect that the bait he casually threw out could be reeled in so quickly.
In fact, she never expected Christina to do anything for her, nor did she really put all her hopes on Christina and hope that she would help her recruit people.
Aiwass, originally from a human resources background, knew the qualities required in this line of work—a ruthless, cruel, and cunning mind. Aleister also knew that, given Christina's naiveté, it would be a blessing for her to not be fooled.
The main reason why Aleister recommended Christina to learn necromancy was because she was really talented in this area.
Of course, Aleister also knew... Christina's level on the Path of Balance must be falsely low. As a civilian alchemist, without financial sponsorship, it would be difficult for an alchemist to even pass the promotion ceremony.
On the other hand, if she really had talent, she would have found a sponsor long ago. After all, this is Leipzig, the city of knowledge.
The Count of Leipzig was able to assemble this world-renowned team of extraordinary individuals thanks to his reputation for being a generous and supportive sponsor. A financial sponsor willing to pay, who doesn't require credit for research results, doesn't care about returns, and doesn't interfere with research direction is a rare and precious gift for scholars.
His funding could not cover all scholars, and he could not be the only rich person in the whole city.
After all, Valentine I was a great alchemist. In Star Antimony, alchemy was a very noble art.
You can look down on necromancy, think that demonologists are cruel and evil, think that the extraordinary people on the path of love are crazy, and even think that the Children of the Moon are simply aliens who are parasitic on society... But alchemy is the only thing that cannot accept any discrimination, and studying alchemy is absolutely politically correct.
In this environment, nobles whose children were not highly skilled in alchemy would generally support several alchemy groups to demonstrate their strong support for alchemy. The academic level, scientific achievements, and level of the Path of Balance of these alchemists would become the subject of boasting at noble banquets.
In a sense, this was also a kind of Pokémon battle. Talented children simply couldn't wait until graduation; their mentors would sell their personal information to wealthy individuals with connections, and they would be spotted by them.
And Christina hasn't even reached the second level... Regardless of whether it's due to lack of money, it shows that there must be something wrong with her talent in the path of balance.
On the contrary, it was the Twilight Path—as a resurrected being, she was naturally sympathetic to it. She was guaranteed to be promoted to the third level at the very least.
The fourth level of supernatural power is a qualitative change. Without talent, even maxing out mystical knowledge and reading books daily won't raise the level, and even relying on luck to advance is impossible. Not to mention that even the third to fourth level could be life-threatening.
From this perspective, the third energy level is the ceiling that mortals can reach. If we compare it to the academic world on Earth, it is roughly equivalent to the level of a doctoral student—even the worst doctoral students are respected and called experts. However, if you want to go further, it is not something that can be achieved through hard work alone.
Aleister was willing to show her this path because of Alice. Although Christina needed Alice to bond her soul, Alice also needed a body that could accommodate the power of dusk in order to parasitize it.
Alice is not a wandering spirit, but an earthbound spirit. Without an "anchor", she cannot exist independently.
This is similar to how parents treat their children's spouses well after they get married, hoping that the other parent will treat their own child just as well. Furthermore, Christina was indeed quite unlucky, which aroused some sympathy in Aleister.
...Unexpectedly, Christina really gave Aleister a big surprise.
On her first day at the Ziggurat, she recruited two talented people for Aleister.
Albert Lore, and Aurora von Goethe.
Aleister was all too familiar with the former... Born into a family of necromancy, he was the inventor of the Armed Gargoyle. His great-grandfather was the second generation Black Phase of Xingti, and the chief disciple of the first generation Black Phase.
In later versions, he became the Necromancer's professional mentor and the first Black Phase after the reconstruction of the Star Antimony. He is considered the local protagonist of the Star Antimony, and his status in the plot is equivalent to that of the Pure White Saint.
The latter is even more heavyweight.
——Because her grandmother's biological brother is now an apostle of the Twin Mirror; and although she herself was born into a noble family, her entire family was killed by the Son of the Moon, and she has spent her life trying to find the murderer and seek revenge.
The murderer nearly killed her as well, but she managed to survive by hiding in the belly of a stitched corpse and trying her best to conceal her breathing and heartbeat.
She didn't dare to come out after that, and relied on eating the flesh and blood of corpses to supplement the necessary nutrition... until the stitched corpse rotted and smelled, and she was almost unconscious, she was discovered by the police who were investigating the scene.
It can be said that she is a girl who has a strong sense of being the protagonist.
Afterwards, she completed her revenge and became a student of Master Chongbo. After Master Chongbo became the carrier of Lingbo Tiansi, she became the only person in the world who mastered the art of non-destructive resurrection.
In the original game's plot, Aiwass preserved Yulia's soul in order to find the legendary Master of Amber and resurrect Yulia.
As long as he can be found and provided with a large portion of the deceased's soul, he is willing to help complete the resurrection ritual. His resurrection technique can fill the missing soul; if a complete soul is provided, he can also perform a complete resurrection.
But it's very difficult.
Master "Chongbo" is an imperial citizen, born in the 15th century, and his lifespan is older than that of the entire Star Antimony... He is the same age as the first generation Black Phase, and the two are considered friends.
Back then, he was inspired by the Way of Beauty and became the world's first amber craftsman. He has survived to this day thanks to the life-extending power of the Way of Dusk.
Now, he hides his identity and lives quietly in Xingtan as an ordinary preservationist. Only those who have reached the fifth level of energy, the Path of Adaptation or the Path of Beauty, can sense his presence.
Moreover, the mentors of these two talents recruited by Christina are both Count Fernando Brunzwick Jr. He is a fifth-level extraordinary person and the dean of the first department of the Psychic Tower. He is also an honorary colonel of the Ministry of the Army and deputy minister of the Star Antimony Railway Department. He is one of Avalon's most vigilant enemies.
It can be said that Count Brunswick is the most powerful person in the entire Ziggurat except for the Black Phase!
And the contemporary Black Phase is his mentor!
Aleister vaguely remembered that he had even become the next Black Prime Minister - but unfortunately, he encountered the worst possible time.
Before he could show his strength, he was killed by the Fallen Angel himself. The reason why Aleister remembered him was because he was the combat cushion used to highlight the oppressive feeling of the Fallen Angel in the new version of the expansion pack.
Whether in terms of strength, social relations, political status or degree of misfortune, he is equivalent to the Grand Guardian of Avalon - just as the loading CG of the previous version was the Grand Guardian's Death Charge, the protagonist of the loading CG of the next version will be him.
All kinds of high-level undead surrounded him, and dense runes and magic circles flashed in the air - and a black lightning easily penetrated a large number of barriers, undead and shields, then rushed over and pierced the chest with a sword, making a huge thunderclap that would make people immediately turn down the volume of their headphones.
The next scene showed Count Brunswick's frail body being lifted high up by the Fallen Angel's sword.
Aleister wasn't too sure about what happened after that, as he'd already been in there at the latest. If the internet speed was faster and there were a solid-state drive, he could have tried to save the vice-principal... maybe he could have gotten in before he was pierced through the chest.
The future local protagonist of Xingti, the world's only heir to the resurrection technique, a powerful enemy who could be killed by the Fallen Angels after traveling a long way personally - he could even be considered an assassin.
With these three masters and apprentices, all the high-value targets in the entire Spirit Tower have been taken away by Aleister!
"It still has to be salary driven, guys!"
Riding on this shark dragon, Aleister exclaimed.
With so much salary, even the fishing bait can be used automatically...
……etc.
Speaking of fully automatic baits…
Aleister suddenly fell into deep thought.
...Could it be that the Lord of Scales and Feathers also sees himself in this way?
(End of this chapter)
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