Chapter 842: Killing people to steal treasure?
Aleister, in the form of a red fox, stood on a white horse, holding the staff left by the baboon in his mouth and fiddling with it while shaking his head.
Because it was too big for the fox, it would drop onto the white horse with a clang almost as soon as it held it in its mouth for a while.
"You like it so much?"
Bai Ma said helplessly, his voice calm and polite: "Because it is your trophy?"
“I always feel like it’s quite strong…”
Aleister bit the baboon's staff horizontally, like a dog biting a bone, and murmured vaguely, "But it seems a bit difficult to use..."
The white horse was somewhat helpless and could only continue to carry the fox on its back to assemble the army.
The fox kept stepping on his back and refused to get down even after being told to do so. He didn't know who was the king of this army...
On the other side, Aleister was concentrating on tinkering with something.
She had been studying the staff ever since she had killed the baboon.
Thanks to the clown Lalo, this ceremony became an open one from the beginning... With most people's identities revealed, who will benefit the most?
——Of course, they are those who have transcended the path and have been promoted.
Whether it is a ritual or a curse, it is a "method of defeating the strong with the weak" that can only be fully utilized under preparation.
When the old wizard's true name was revealed - even if it was only a fragment of it, it was enough to effectively locate the curse.
Aleister let the Night Demon cast a curse on him, and then he followed the traces of the curse all the way and easily found the old wizard who was trying to remove the curse from him.
Theoretically speaking... in this promotion ceremony presided over by Sizhu, killing the opponent is useless because even if the opponent dies, he can still "complete the mission".
This could very well result in the dead taking away your contribution points, or simply completing the task in the opposite direction, thus invalidating your task. Killing itself is not conducive to victory, but will increase the difficulty.
——But so what?
Just let him do the mission.
Anyway, if he can really complete the task after his death, then he is awesome.
Aleister thought.
The real reason why she had to kill the old wizard was simple... because Aleister knew that her brain was not that good.
Perhaps it was because when the sand clock was cut, more intelligence was cut into Aiwas. This caused Aleister's thinking and planning abilities to decline significantly. Now Aleister's thinking ability is more focused on conspiracy and trickery.
That old wizard was too clever. If they collaborated with him, they could easily be exploited. But if they let him go, he might end up collaborating with someone else... After all, he was a Transcendent from the Mage Takoban, and he probably had a deep understanding of the Ascension Ceremony. Transcendents who made it from the fourth to the fifth couldn't be completely clueless. Perhaps one of his words would inspire someone else?
Aleister also had Aiwass's theological knowledge - so she also knew that Sizhu was very concerned about the number "three". There were three paintings in total, each with three endings, so the number of ascended people in each painting should also be three.
Aleister, who possesses the Night Demon, is undoubtedly the most powerful person in this painting.
——In order to prevent the world of this painting from becoming a chaotic situation like the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Aleister must eradicate the possibility of cooperation between the remaining two people.
She killed the old wizard not to eliminate him, but to eliminate another person... because the living cannot hear the voice of the dead. In this way, Aleister completely separated the other two people without wanting to hear the old wizard's voice.
She didn't intend to kill the remaining person, and she believed that the other person would not commit suicide before meeting the two of them.
Since death wasn't truly death in this promotion ceremony... it would be better to consider "killing" as "imprisonment" and "isolation." One life, one death, could perfectly separate the two, preventing them from collaborating.
The sacred number is three... This number is really too clever.
But since we've killed the old mage, we might as well pick up his equipment.
Only handcrafted transcendental items could be brought into the Ascension Ceremony, such as an alchemist's potions, a magician's weapons, and a botanist's seeds. After all, some transcendents were naturally creative, and not allowing them to bring items would be too unfair, leading to a complete imbalance in the ascendants of the nine paths.
Just like Aleister's Phantom Card... although it is a phantom summoned out of thin air, in a sense it is also an "item".
And this staff...
Aleister recognized a key.
If the gem inlaid on it is not a fake... it is very likely the [Fire Tetrahedron].
[Fire Tetrahedron], [Earth Hexahedron], [Wind Octahedron], [Water Icosahedron], plus [Ether Dodecahedron] representing the two attributes of light and darkness, the essence of these five special crystals is actually the fragments of the Geometric Celestial Being.
The Geometry Celestial Being only retained the core Dodecahedron and proactively scattered the remaining four polyhedrons into the material world, using them to permanently collect the earth, fire, water, and wind of the material world. These polyhedrons usually only appear in the hands of very intelligent scientists or scholars.
——This is exactly the path to promotion for Geometry Tiansi.
If he wanted to ascend to the rank of Pillar God, the power he already possessed would simply not be enough. Therefore, he had long ago dispersed his power, choosing to fall into a long slumber in the dream world, using the fragments of the dispersed Heavenly Official to recruit apostles and accumulate strength.
This is also the only fragment of Tiansi that can be obtained in the material world at present - if you can collect the remaining four polyhedrons, it is equivalent to obtaining four-fifths of the Tiansi fragment.
The only problem is that these polyhedrons repel each other. Before obtaining the regular dodecahedron, they cannot be brought close together, otherwise they will immediately teleport to distant random locations; if they are forced to gather together, they will cause a violent explosion.
And each crystal contains one-fifth of the power of Geometric Heavenly Master.
The old wizard may not know its true origin and value, but he must know that it is very precious.
This wizard had obviously discovered the characteristics of the staff: "it would instantly flee upon encountering other Tiansi polyhedrons" and "it would disappear upon being used by someone with insufficient intelligence." Therefore, he treasured the staff very much and placed heavy seals and restraints on it, preventing others from using it.
But this also limited its power... Otherwise, it would be equivalent to the magic damage of a single attack from the Celestial Master, and the Night Demon's magic resistance was simply not enough to withstand it. That was the Celestial Master of the Path of Wisdom, especially the Celestial Master of Geometry—his foremost expertise was elemental magic.
This is really good stuff.
Although Aiwass and Aleister are probably not worthy of it, Sherlock might have a chance to use it.
Originally, Aleister planned to take a look at its specific properties first.
But the seal seemed too effective, so much so that Aleister couldn't see its properties at all.
Then it would be better to go directly to the material world and take a look.
——Since he had this staff during the ascension ceremony, it means that he must have it in the material world as well!
As long as he died in the promotion ceremony, it meant that... in the material world, it would become the "relics" of the old wizard, and perhaps it would be easy to obtain it.
If Sherlock can use this staff, I can give it to him; if he doesn't like it very much, I can dig out the gems inside and use them as food for the Flame-Rebellious Butterfly.
Although Aleister didn't like the Flame-Defying Butterfly very much - perhaps it was jealousy, or perhaps something else.
As the only Sin Beast capable of participating in Aiwas's Path of Devotion ascension ritual, and currently the only summoned beast not yet reaching the sixth level and thus unconstrained by the Sand Clock, the Flame-Butterfly possesses a certain peculiarity. And precisely because of this... Aleister never calls her "Liya," but simply "Flame-Butterfly," referring to her as his future colleague.
Leah is the name given by Aiwass, what does it have to do with me?
But if it's for Aiwass, you can also find a way to strengthen the Flame-Bearing Butterfly...
Aiwass certainly wouldn't do something like killing people and stealing treasure, so I have to take the blame for him.
Aleister thought seriously.
If the Beast of Sin wants to evolve to its complete form, it needs fragments of the Celestial Master with corresponding attributes.
It doesn't matter if it's strong or weak, the key is the law of justice - in the game, a new entry is enchanted for the beast of sin with the corresponding attribute. This entry usually corresponds to the key skill of the Heavenly Master. Anyway, it can be covered if it doesn't work in the later stage.
For example, if the Flame Demon gets the Crown of Candle Sky, then its fire damage will also add an equal amount of healing to teammates; and if the Flame Demon gets the Crown of Dawn Sky, the skill range will be greatly increased, and it will gain extremely strong fire and light penetration and light attribute damage.
The Fallen Angels were about to descend... Aleister was becoming increasingly nervous.
In the game, there are challenge copies of eight-player dungeons and high-difficulty twenty-five-player dungeons.
In reality, however, there was only one Aiwass. Furthermore, the Fallen Angel wasn't a fool, nor was he a dungeon boss whose memory would be wiped out. If he didn't win the first time... he would definitely be prepared when Aiwass came again.
There is only one chance.
That was the first battle when the Fallen Angels looked down on Aiwass due to their "arrogance".
When two people meet, one of them must die.
If Aiwass fails, he will die completely...According to Aiwass's character, if self-sacrifice is useful, he will sacrifice himself for others without hesitation.
Aleister couldn't accept such a result.
If Aiwass represents absolute selflessness, then Aleister represents absolute selfishness.
The staff of the "Pelican" gave Aleister a reminder.
As a four-attribute Tiansi, the Geometry Tiansi’s own Tiansi fragments can be regarded as four attributes at the same time.
So if I cut it into pieces... can I eat it four times?
Since "Pelican" is quite knowledgeable about the fragments of Geometry Celestial Being, he probably also has information and data about other geometric bodies.
Aleister remembered that the fragments representing "wind" should be in the ancient Parthian Empire, and the fragments representing "water" should be in a relic, which they could then dig up during archaeological excavations.
Urgently strengthen it and try to pass it in one go!
——I’ve decided. I’ll go to your house after the ceremony.
Blame me all you want... I'm ready to do whatever it takes to win.
Aleister thought.
It’s a little late, but today should be a big update of 7,000 words, as compensation for not updating yesterday!
The next chapter will be at least 3,500 words—
(End of this chapter)
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