Chapter 943 Aiwass: This is much more fun than a gun
After Merlin left, Aiwass played with the "short spear" in the garden with great interest.
He tried to inject his light-attribute magic power into it.
In an instant, brilliant light bloomed from the ruby handle—
With a buzzing sound, a platinum-colored blade of light, the same color as Aiwass's hair, shot out from it!
When it thrust forward, it first transformed into a giant sword like a ruler. But with a thought, Aiwass shortened and narrowed the blade, transforming it into a perfectly fitting one-handed sword. Composed entirely of light, it condensed into a translucent texture like glowing crystal.
The sword was as clear as glass, and its beauty was so great that Aiwas fell in love with it at first sight.
"...My super, lightsaber?"
Aiwass marveled and gently reached out to touch the blade. After all, even if his fingers fell off, they could easily grow back.
But it was different from what Aiwas had imagined... Perhaps it was because Aiwas had not activated the Holy Sword of Fire, the temperature brought by this lightsaber was not high.
It was just like a lightbulb that had been on for a long time, slightly hot to the touch. There was also a warmth like holding a glass of hot water. He reached out and pressed the sword, and the spot where he pressed turned a darker orange-gold color.
Aiwass swung it, feeling incredibly light. The sword had a slight weight to it, and if he leaned back a bit on the hilt, his center of gravity wouldn't be too far back.
Aiwass wasn't particularly skilled in swordsmanship, but his current physique was as strong as a superman's. As long as he was fast and accurate, it wouldn't affect his combat, but he simply didn't have any martial arts that could amplify his strength.
He kicked the flowers away—then his sword slashed through each petal with the precision of flowing water, leaving golden marks that severed them in an instant, remaining bright even after the blade left. Under the night sky, they resembled small hand-held fireworks, leaving distinct streaks of light.
He swung his sword, cutting off a branch, then kicked up a piece of gravel and cut it off with his sword. Only then did Aiwass finally feel that he had "really cut something", but he still cut it off easily.
He swung the lightsaber behind his back, and it was sucked behind Aiwass, hovering some distance from his back. Aiwass squatted down to examine the small stone and found that its cross-section was extremely smooth and had turned into a kind of transparent glass. There was even a trace of light that had not yet dissipated, like a gradually extinguished charcoal fire.
“…Interesting.”
Aiwass reached out and touched the stone with interest, but found that it still retained a high temperature that could burn an ordinary person.
Is it because it gets hot instantly after being impacted? Or is there some other reason?
But in any case, this sword can be used as Aiwass's regular weapon.
It is usually a short spear about 30 centimeters long, but once activated, it can instantly transform into a one-handed sword or a two-handed sword.
It might even be possible...
Aiwass pulled a card from the void and then made it disappear from his hand.
Iridescent ice condensed into a long handle, covering the "Handle of the Curse". In the blink of an eye, it stretched out and turned into a sword with a blade over two meters long!
——This thing can be used by Aiwasko.
The memories from Heleqin allowed Aiwas to master the elven style of spearmanship. The weapon was the same length, and with a slight modification and the addition of a chopping motion, it should also be able to strike as a long-handled weapon.
Moreover, the light blade above can be deformed, and the ice blade can be shrunk or lengthened as Aiwas wishes - it is quite flexible!
The only problem is that the curse attached to it makes it vulnerable.
After the seal was broken, the cursed aura within leaked out. Now, without using the holy sword technique, simply holding the sword would make it more vulnerable to the curse. Fortunately, the "Dissolving Soul" itself has a strong resistance to curses, and the side effects of Aiwass using the sword were greatly reduced.
Moreover, if you curse the enemy with vulnerability, it will make it easier for the Night Demon to hurt the opponent!
Even its endurance had been significantly improved. Previously, the holy sword required a small amount of mana to activate temporarily for one minute, but now, as long as it wasn't actively retracted, it would remain in place forever, and its form had become more stable. Although activation required more mana, this was clearly not a big problem for Aiwass.
For a moment, Aiwas had this thought in his mind: he didn't even need this sword as a medium to awaken the "Sun Knight", it would be quite useful to just use it as a weapon.
Aiwass was like a child who got a new toy. He played excitedly in the garden for nearly two hours late at night before returning to his room.
Isabel was very tired today and went to bed early. She still had government affairs to deal with tomorrow, so Aiwass did not disturb her.
It just so happened that Aiwass also had some questions to ask Vinies.
The Night Demon in raven form stood quietly on Aiwass's coat rack, as usual. Its feathers were pure black, with only its eyes being crimson. It looked more like a shadowy monster than a raven.
"...Moriarty family pledge? Let me think..."
Vines chewed on the word with a sense of unfamiliarity, sorting out his already fragmented memories that he was about to forget.
This was too far away for her, so far away that it seemed like a debt from a previous life.
Night Demon thought for a long time before giving an uncertain answer: "I'm not sure where the things are. After all, my parents are not the only Bayards. There are also collateral branches in the family... But without me, they shouldn't be able to take most of the things.
"After all, the Bayard family is a family of curse masters. Even our descendants dare not touch the things we leave behind."
After Vines's "disappearance" that year, the Bayard Group didn't last long before it collapsed. They ultimately failed to survive the Rift War.
After that, these "pledges" that once served as the medium of curse became bad debts.
"The nature of these pledges is that the nature of the curse is 'service-oriented'."
Vignes explained: "While some curses are effective immediately - such as killing someone, for example. But most curses require long-term maintenance and upkeep.
"For example, cursing the Moriarty family for seven generations—a curse of this magnitude certainly couldn't be completed in one go. Putting aside the sheer power required to sustain it for so long… Just the fact that a curse expanded to this scale could—indeed, inevitably—cause irreversible harm to the cursed."
"You still want to avoid harm?" Aiwass was quite surprised.
The curse caster also has to protect the cursed?
"I'm not sure because I was too young at the time. I hadn't yet been exposed to the family business."
Vignes shook her crow head and uttered a hoarse, ethereal voice, "Take these seven lifetimes, for example—if someone never triggered the curse, the power might have been preserved for that long. But what if someone triggered it in every generation? A curse that's never triggered requires a different amount of power than one that's triggered once in every lifetime.
"Then how can we be sure it will last until the seventh generation? If it's never triggered, the remaining power may still last until the eighth, tenth, or even beyond... just like the Moriarty family. But if it's triggered too frequently, it may be gone in just three generations, so it must be maintained frequently.
"Furthermore, curses that curse a family for several generations are actually rare. The most common curses are probably protective curses."
"A protective curse?"
Aiwass thought the word was novel and quite palatable.
"Yes," Vines said seriously, "For example, graves don't want others to dig them up. There are also treasures that people don't want to be stolen. They want to set up a forbidden area, prohibiting anyone except special people from entering or leaving. Or they worry about being killed, so they set a counter-curse on themselves in advance to curse the person who is plotting against them - this kind of business is actually the most common. Although rituals can do similar things, rituals are too easy to break. They are essentially traps. And curses are like poison. Even if you know what it is, you may not be able to solve it.
"And this kind of demand must be maintained over the long term, potentially for decades or even centuries. Therefore, those who invest in the business don't dare just pay the money and leave it alone – what if subsequent maintenance is needed? So, they only pay a deposit, with the balance due at the end of the business.
"But the family also fears the other party will default on their debt. After all, several generations have passed, and the younger generations could easily default on their debts or become hostile to the family. It's even possible that the other family has completely disappeared... During the imperial era, many nobles lost their lineage. To prevent this, they collect collateral. Usually, it's some kind of heirloom, or something with special meaning to the family.
"Using these things as a medium, it's also possible to remotely view the remnants of the curse power."
The Night Demon recalled, "But I was killed by 'me'... No, it should be said that I, the Son of the Moon, was devoured by me, the Shadow Demon. Although it was the death of 'Bayard', it also meant the completion of myself. Therefore, rituals and prophecies cannot determine whether I am dead or not.
"Because they were worried I might return unexpectedly, my family didn't dare touch the things I left behind. But after that, the Bayard family fled to various places, and I don't know if they took those things with them.
"—I remember you met the man who claimed to be the son of Baron Bayard. He should be in Leipzig, so he might have been rescued to Avalon... Why don't you go look for him? If he knows the 'treasure location', I can open the seal."
"Oh, I remember..."
Aiwass remembered.
That was also an Iris youth he met when he was acting as Aleister.
Because Xingtan promised them a baronial title, he and his father rushed from Iris to Xingtan.
As a result, Xingti exploded soon after it arrived.
He should be in Avalon right now!
"I think his name was... Landon Venez von Bayard, right?"
Aiwass made up his mind: "I'll look for it tomorrow morning... Oh, that's not right."
He suddenly realized his identity.
He sat in the rocking chair, leaned back, and raised the corners of his mouth: "Let him come to see me tomorrow morning."
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