Chapter 942: Lifting the Seal
The incomplete holy sword requires another holy sword as material—
The first person that Aiwass thought of was actually Aaron Dett.
After all, the Avalonite Dagger, preserved by the Avalon royal family as the key to the Avalon Shadow Ritual, was no longer needed. Beyond its ceremonial and collectible uses, it no longer held any practical value—the royal family wouldn't just go and chop someone down with a dagger.
But he soon gave up.
After all, the other Alondite's Dagger is now with Haena.
Even though it was placed on her by Vivian, it had indeed been with Haena since she was a child. It was her precious personal possession, a memory of her childhood, and perhaps even a part of her soul. If Aiwass had just intended to borrow it for use, it would have been fine, but he needed to break it into pieces and melt it...
And there is actually only one holy sword that legally belongs to Aiwass.
That is Mordred's holy sword, Clarent.
Previously, when Aiwas was still Aleister, he used his mirror ability to disguise himself as Bayard and meet the first Red Prime Minister Pomponazzi.
At that time, Pomponazzi talked about the nature of the Bayard family.
The Bayard Group was indeed self-made, not aristocratic, but they also did not rely on commercial means to gain wealth, but rather through more violent and radical methods.
Specifically, it is "business war".
The Bayard family is a family of incantation mage who practices both the path of transcendence and the path of love. They may even be the inventors of the profession of incantation mage.
The ritualists of Xingti were originally pure ritualists, just as the cursers were originally pure cursers. Although rituals and sorcery were mixed with prayers and curses, it did not mean that they had mastered the art of prayer and curse.
However, the Bayard family believed the ritual was too mild, and so they sought more powerful powers from around the world. This was one of the few families Aiwas had ever heard of, striving to obtain even greater supernatural powers.
Throughout the Herasil Empire's affiliated cultural circles, the attitude toward supernatural powers was generally one of extreme caution, yet reverence. On the one hand, they were all well aware of the consequences of straying from the path, and that high-ranking supernatural beings could lose their true nature and human nature. On the other hand, they viewed supernatural powers as a "noble power" wielded only by those in a higher position, as if obtaining supernatural powers could change one's destiny... or, in other words, without supernatural powers, one could not change one's fate.
But the Bayard family had a different philosophy.
They believe that supernatural powers are simply tools and weapons. Therefore, if the tools don't work, they need to collect more tools.
No matter the path. No matter the risk. No matter the cost.
They gathered knowledge of curses, deception, and potions from around the world, spending many years integrating it into the fundamental skills of the Spellcasters. When they finally decided to take action, relying on the forbidden knowledge of curses, deception, and potions, they successfully reached the top of the Herasil Empire in just twenty years.
If someone blocks the way, kill them. If a flaw is discovered, use deception to expand it.
Add to that those weird potions... some that can make people fall in love instantly, some that can make people lose control of their emotions and behave in an ugly way, some that can make people fall into a coma, some that can make people have cold and mechanical rationality, some that can make people work without sleep, and some that can prevent being cursed or poisoned.
It can be said that... none of the Bayard Group's money is clean.
It is precisely because he seized too much wealth through this means that he offended too many people.
That's why when Vines was young, her parents were killed one after another by their enemies - it was precisely because they were not the entire Bayard family, and there were many people with the surname Bayard, that they were able to successfully protect Vines and let her grow up safely.
In the initial stage of primitive accumulation, they even sold curses around the world.
The Bayard family was the group of people in the world that conducted the most in-depth research on curses.
Other countries also have people who want to curse someone, or who need revenge or punishment. Hiring a curse caster is the safest option compared to hiring a killer who might be killed or even caught, thus exposing themselves.
The deaths of the Avalon royal family proved the terrifying power of an unstoppable, even undetectable curse—their curses were far more powerful than those of the Noble Red. The Bayard family alone boasted several witches... This was an advanced class for witches at the fourth level, specializing in curses and potions.
Because Mordred's biological son defected to the giants, his adopted son, the first Moriarty, inherited the title of founder of the country.
In his old age, for unknown reasons... perhaps to prove he had no intention of taking away his adoptive father's honor, or perhaps to prevent his descendants from repeating their ancestors' misfortunes. Or perhaps he believed the Moriarty name itself represented atonement and forgetfulness... In any case, he contacted the Bayard family and cast the Curse of Oblivion on the "Moriarty Family."
The curse states that if a child bearing the Moriarty surname achieves a certain level of success, they will be forgotten by all the current Moriartys. Because of this curse, the Moriarty family cannot allow their own children to inherit the family business, and must adopt promising children.
According to Red Prime Minister Pomponazzi, the curse is not permanent.
But "until the seventh generation."
Seven is the number of authority and strength. In the past, our ancestors committed treason and betrayal, bringing disaster upon their family. Therefore, they atoned for their sins for seven generations...
Perhaps it was a medium for inflicting the curse, or perhaps it was a pledge - although Aiwass didn't know why it was pledged - but in any case, Clarent was handed over to the Bayard family at that time.
As a result, before the arrival of the seventh generation, the Bayard Group had already collapsed...
Although there are still many people with the surname "Bayard", there is not even a fourth-level extraordinary person among them.
After all, they made their fortune by cursing.
Now that all the powerful curse masters in the family have died, the good days are over.
——Go ask Night Demon later.
Aiwass thought.
She might know where her treasure is...
At Aiwass's request, Merlin finally lifted the seal on the red-handled sword.
Its wooden shell burned, its waxy exterior melted, and soon it was no longer a thick key but a beautiful ruby.
It looked like a short stick, slightly shorter than a rolling pin, just enough for Aiwass to hold it with both hands, one above and one below.
And looking through the light into it, you can see a strange golden color.
There is some golden dust at each end, forming two hourglass-like vortices. The tops of the vortices are connected into a line and intersect in the middle.
Only a short piece of metal remained at the front of it - the handle was about thirty centimeters long, while the "metal blade" in front was only about ten centimeters long, and it was a sharp prismatic spike.
It was now more like a short spear than a sword or a dagger.
Its properties have also changed subtly:
[Handle of the Curse]
【Superb Weapon (Dark Purple)】
[Short Spear, Extremely Light, Sharp, Tough, Light, Cursed]
[Extraordinary Trait: The holder gains Curse Vulnerability Level 5. Anyone attacked by this weapon suffers the same effect for ten minutes.]
[Extraordinary Module - Flame Holy Sword: Pay 33 Ignition Mana to activate the Flame Blade]
[Extraordinary Module - Holy Sword of Light: Pay 33 points of light attribute mana to activate the Holy Blade]
[Extraordinary Module - Holy Wind Sword: Pay 33 points of wind attribute mana to activate the invisible blade]
[Spell: Holy Sword (once per day)]
[Required: Light 11 + Fire 11 + Wind 11, or Light 33, or Fire 33, or Wind 33]
【Instant, contact, effective immediately】
[Effect: Sanctify this weapon, transforming it into the Holy Sword, Red-Handled Sword (Holy Weapon - Two-Handed Sword, Heavy, Evil-Repelling, Sharp, Tough, Lightweight) before the next sunset. The holder temporarily gains Curse Vulnerability Level 7.]
[“—The hilt of Galahad’s broken sword, ‘The Curse,’ has begun to break the seal within. Holding the sword at sunset, I seem to hear a sound.”]
Home——
It's a rare opportunity to get a good night's sleep, so I woke up a little late!
The fever is gone, and the runny nose is almost gone, but now I have a severe cough that won't stop. The phlegm is so sticky it's hard to cough out, and my chest is stuffy and itchy, so I went to get some new medicine...
I went to get some new medicine prescribed by the doctor. He told me to take montelukast sodium tablets, oseltamivir phosphate capsules, and ambroterol oral solution. Today is the first day I take them, so I want to try out the new medicine to see how effective it is!
There should be a second chapter by tonight!
The bed at home is still more comfortable (touched)
(End of this chapter)
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