Chapter 915 Demonic Disaster
Aiwas didn't know exactly when Isabel and Yulia would go to Xingtan.
But Aiwass had already contacted Isabel before - when Yulia went to Xingbi, Isabel would take the Queen's Guards with her.
This is to suppress the Sons of the Moon who now "rule" the stars.
Although the Red Prime Minister was dead, the remaining Red Keep members and the Rosicrucian demonologists might not abandon their quest to use Yulia's blood to unlock the Hrasil Vault. Isabel had brought the Queen's Guards with her primarily to discourage them from such dangerous attempts... If anyone remained steadfast and attempted a forceful attack, it would provide Avalon and the Theocracy with an excuse to intervene in the Star Antimony situation.
...However, this plan was prepared without the arrival of the Fallen Angels.
Now, for some unknown reason, the Rosicrucian has gone mad and suddenly started the Tail Ring Ritual prematurely, leading to the arrival of the Fallen Angels...
The Fallen Angels were completely unafraid of the fifth-level Papal Guards, now known as the Queen's Guards. These mass-produced fifth-level guards, lacking any special priority, were of no use to the Fallen Angels.
That’s the angel who came to the world!
Even if the level is suppressed to the sixth energy level, it cannot be solved by "quantity".
What's more...it is impossible for them to be the one with the advantage in "numbers".
That vast army of demons was the army brought by the Fallen Angels after they came to the world.
In another world line, when the Shadow God descends upon Avalon, he transforms the entire Avalon into the Kingdom of Shadows. In this "cursed" territory, all rules gradually overlap with those of the Kingdom of Shadows.
It is equivalent to these celestial officials overlapping their own domains with the real world.
And their apostles, servants, and legions can naturally be summoned here at will.
——In other words.
As long as the Fallen Angel wants, the number of demons he can summon can be "all".
The souls of all the fallen from before the birth of mankind to the present day!
And Isabel is still pregnant and it is not convenient for her to fight!
Now Aiwas had no idea what had happened to Xingtan... In order to prevent something from happening there and him from being unable to catch up, he had no choice but to rush to Xingtan first.
Fortunately, this was originally a port, and it doesn’t take long to take a boat from here to Xingti.
Aiwass had no time to eat or rest - he could only pick up some food and quickly pack it up, then take Zhu Tang, Mu and Cardinal Galatea to Xingti.
This is just in case.
As for contacting Isabel... I can just wait until I dream at night and ask her what the situation is like over there.
And the other side.
——When the Ring of the Tail took effect, Xingbi was, in a sense, separated from this world.
Although people could still enter and exit the city normally, whether by land or sea, without any hindrance, the inside and outside were completely cut off from telephones, telegraphs, radios, or even rituals.
Therefore, although something happened in Xingti, other places basically knew nothing about it.
At most, I thought there might have been an earthquake there, which might have caused something to rupture, resulting in the brief purple glow in the sky. Or perhaps it was a sign of some kind of disaster.
Now that the earthquake had subsided and the purple glow had gradually dissipated, people had lost interest in discussing the matter. On his way to the port, Aiwass could still see many people planning to board the ship to Xingtan.
Aiwass knew that it was impossible to stop them.
But he could also do something—
He arrived at Basel Harbor this time aboard the Theocracy's elven warship. Therefore, he didn't need to wait for anyone or find a ship. He simply boarded the elven warship and sailed at full speed to Leipzig.
Aiwass set out just as it was getting dark.
In today's archaeological expedition, both Aiwas and Zhu Tang have almost exhausted their magic power.
After eating, Zhu Tang took the opportunity to fall asleep.
In order to prevent him from being unable to sleep or sleeping well due to insomnia, which would result in him not being able to recover much of his magic power, Aiwass also gave him a piece of Dream-Drunken Tincture.
Although it is not the time for the promotion ceremony now, using this thing to sleep is a bit of a luxury - but the most correct way to use Dream Tincture is to help you sleep.
As the most mainstream sleeping pill at present, the advantage of Drunken Dream Tincture is that... it causes relatively little harm to the body.
The "Archetype Dream-Intoxicating Tincture", which had not yet been demystified by alchemists hundreds of years ago, would make people unable to distinguish between reality and dreams; and some other sleeping pills of the same period were either addictive or extremely toxic.
After being de-enchanted and diluted, the hallucinogenic effects of the Dream Tincture were much milder, roughly equivalent to those of weaker poisonous mushrooms, and no longer possessed addictive or irreversible toxicity. Even if an ordinary person took it, the most they would experience upon waking would be abdominal pain or dizziness.
Of course, its only function left is "dream immediately".
Zhu Tang obviously had never used this thing.
Under Aiwass's guidance, he dissolved it in the liquor he had brought with him and drank it. He fell into a deep sleep almost immediately.
Aiwass decided to first see what the situation was like outside. On the way, he prayed intently to the Candle Master and the Scale-Feather Lord, beginning to recover his mana. He also reported his itinerary in detail to his boss.
By ten o'clock in the evening, the warship had arrived in Leipzig.
Aiwass was sitting upright in his chair, with his hands clasped together and placed in front of his forehead.
—Nowadays, when praying, there is no need to kneel even before Pillar God Aiwass. This is a privilege that belongs to the Pope. Although the real Pope has now become pure white, Aiwass still enjoys this privilege.
The prayers to restore mana ended shortly after boarding the ship.
What Aiwass was doing now was a true prayer—
"I call upon the Candle Master, the god whose sacred number is three, the god who binds the sins of the body, the god who burns to chase away the darkness..."
Aiwass murmured softly, "My Father, Stag of the Candle. Please watch over those children who have been afflicted and prevent the demons from taking their souls."
"I respectfully invite the Heavenly Official of Rebellion, the Heavenly Official of Justice, the Heavenly Official of Vengeance...
"Please give the courage of a knight to the frightened, and strength to those who are brave enough to do what is right.
"I call upon the Silver Crowned Dragon, the God whose sacred number is seven. The God who brooks no disobedience, the God who wears the crown and wields the sword.
"Please give people reason and don't let them go crazy with fear and despair. Please protect those who maintain order and prevent them from being killed by evildoers who take advantage of the situation..."
Aiwass prayed continuously.
Now he no longer possessed the Holy Crown, nor the privilege of direct, private contact with all Pillar Gods without prayer. But he was still a fifth-level clergyman, the former Pope whose tenure was extremely brief—and the son of the Candlelighter.
——It was as if Aiwass called one by one and shook hands with all the pillar gods and heavenly officials who might be able to help.
Whether or not they are willing to help, or even able to help, is not the point - but the call still has to be made.
Because that’s what “prayer” means.
If no one wants this to happen, then direct interference by the Pillar Gods and Celestial Officials in the material world would be tantamount to disrupting the balance between the two realms. It's like a country sending troops into another country's territory without any reason; this is considered an act of aggression no matter what. Even without directly sending troops, simply providing large amounts of arms or funds to one party would still be considered interference in the other's internal affairs.
However, if the civilians on one side have a strong desire and hope for assistance from international forces, then the power of intervention can be slightly greater at this time.
The priest's "prayer" is such a skill.
No priest—strictly speaking, even those skilled in higher divine arts—even a cardinal of the Theocracy could force the Pillar Gods, Celestial Ministers, and Apostles to use their powers. However, most gods had some desire to interfere with the material world, though it was difficult for them to do so.
On the one hand, these gods are personalities, and they have their own agendas. Celestial beings with multiple paths have complex personalities, while the personalities of pillar gods are even more extreme due to the refinement of their paths.
On the other hand, although the Pillar Gods do not need any power of faith... they need to expand their influence in the material world.
In other words, they do not need people to believe in them from the bottom of their hearts, but they need believers to be willing to help them do something.
The expansion and disappearance of concepts cannot be accomplished from the dream world. The dream world is a gathering place for information. It cannot generate new information, and existing information cannot suddenly disappear. It can only exchange, copy, and merge.
The Flame God may also become the Mechanical God, and the birth of the Winter God is directly derived from the ceremony of Valentine VII - this is the expansion of the concept and the upgrading of existence.
The Fallen Angels also need to let more people embark on the path of depravity in order to obtain more demons; the Shadow Angels will also send their own witches and fairies to seduce strong warriors and hunters into the Kingdom of Shadows... These are the resources that the gods obtain from the material world.
Whether they wanted to expand their own concepts or gain more souls, they needed to expand their influence in the material world and shape the world in the direction they desired. The priests' prayers gave the gods a channel to release their power.
And Aiwass's prayer is extremely powerful.
At the same time, the eighty crew members serving as sailors on this ship are all priests of the third level.
Inspired by Aiwass, they all spontaneously surrounded Aiwass.
They half-knelt on the ground like knights, clasped their hands in front of them, and began to pray devoutly.
“May our voices reach heaven…”
"May the souls of the innocent be protected..."
"Make the weak less noticeable, and prevent the demons from finding their hiding places..."
The pillar gods, celestial officials, and apostles who heard the prayers were all carefully selected targets by Aiwas.
They either don't get along well with the Fallen Angels, or they will definitely take action when they encounter such a situation.
Although the fifth-level prayer can only summon the power of the fifth level, and the third-level prayer can only play a minor auxiliary and shielding role... However, the prayer of the group is a grand ceremony. As long as it is a ritual, it can see the big picture from the small and leverage greater power -
Rays of Dao power of various colors penetrated into the star antimony that was being transformed into the territory of the Fallen Angels.
A large group of panicked patrons crowded an underground bar in Leipzig. Outside, a large number of winged demons flew by—these demons were all lower-level demons, not even at the second level of power.
They were not branded with the mark of sin by the Fallen Angel himself, but were souls taken away by devil's contract, or the souls of evildoers plundered by devils in the material world.
The souls of these people were of little value. Even if they entered the Source River, they would only be shattered and become nourishment for new souls... Their self-awareness was wiped out, transforming them into mindless, lower-level demons. They served as the cornerstone of the demon army and became the weak demons summoned first by low-level demonologists.
But when they gathered together, not to mention ordinary people—a swarm of second-level demons could pose a threat to even a small group of third-level transcendents. And while there were a few transcendents among the patrons in these bars, they were simply no match for this demonic army that covered the sky like a locust swarm.
Those passers-by who failed to hide in time have been captured by them, and the fear of being discovered at any time has thrown those hiding here into chaos.
But before the internal strife was about to break out, they were inexplicably soothed by a force and their hearts became calm.
They were not discovered until the demons flew past.
At another university, a group of students who had just become extraordinary beings were bravely trying to fight against the devil.
Some gargoyles without stone shells, together with some demon dogs without metal shells, surrounded a group of students who had been separated from the main group.
They had no consciousness, only craving flesh and blood, and were ordered to bring back souls. But for these students who were at most the third energy level, they could undoubtedly threaten their lives.
But at this moment, some of the students suddenly blossomed with miraculous brilliance.
They suddenly gained mysterious gains, and their strength and speed suddenly doubled!
If there were a teacher here, he would know that this is the gain gained from the prayers of a third-level priest!
With the blessing of the third-level priest, their strength suddenly increased dramatically - the sword blades were like hot knives cutting through butter, directly severing flesh that could not even be cut through before!
Amid the people's encouragement, the balance of battle tilted towards the other side!
As for those who had been killed and their bodies shattered, their souls wailed silently in pain.
After they were captured by the little demons, they were offered to the demons' manager and leader - the demon of punishment.
Those were true higher-level demons, nailing lightning-charged chains to the backs of these souls. They bundled the souls into groups—these could serve as food and fuel for demonic evolution, and could also potentially transform into new demons.
Originally, for demons, souls were an extremely expensive material that could only be obtained through the completion of a contract... Even the soul of an ordinary person required complex means of fraud, deception, and corruption, and it would take several years or even decades to obtain one.
——And now, all these things are free!
They’re everywhere on the streets!
For humans, it's like money and jewels scattered between heaven and earth, and they can easily get them by just raising their hands. This is enough to drive the demons crazy.
However, at this moment, several rays of light fell from the sky - the phantom of a knight emerged from the Rainbow Bridge and cut off these chains with lightning. In the siege of demons, he grabbed these souls and quickly ran back to the dream world.
"alert--"
At this moment, the Pope's guards on the warship suddenly issued a warning: "The devil is approaching!"
The demons immediately realized the source of these strange powers. Perhaps it was because there were wise men among the demons, or perhaps the Eye Demon's clairvoyance had locked onto the source of the power of prayer...
——The demonic tide rushed directly towards Aiwas!
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