Chapter 986 Sin Card: Blood Angels
After leaving the Ziggurat, Aiwass felt a little heavier in mood.
He didn't know why Adolf, who was not very familiar with him, could make such a sacrifice for him...
Aiwass could only remember his self-sacrifice.
——If Adolf’s hard work is ever used in the future, he only hopes that his sacrifice will not be wasted.
After that, Aiwass returned to Avalon to begin preparing for another event.
May 9th—with almost no one else knowing, Aiwass went to the Star Antimony alone, returning to the place where he had fought the Fallen Angels.
Now that the Fallen Angel is dead, and the second Angel has yet to be summoned by the Tail Ring Ritual... this is a rare time of peace and leisure.
This day was specially chosen by Aiwas.
The sum of five and nine equals 14. Number 14 is the beginning of Aiwass's true identity as "Aleister," and it is also the origin of Aleister's appearance and body.
A week later, the place was bustling beyond Aiwass's imagination.
Some came to travel, some to kowtow and worship, some to paint, some to take photos, and some to secretly dig for obsidian. Aiwass even saw his own sect preaching among the crowds—the preachers harshly criticized those who dug for obsidian and intended to destroy the "miracle place." Some were also being interviewed.
Compared to the deserted streets of Xingtan these days, this place was surprisingly packed. So much so that Aiwass, having used the properties of his "Illusory Blood" to transform into Bayard's form, carrying a large load on his back, was forced to avoid being chased and blocked by the frenzied crowd.
Aiwass stood here and watched for a while, sighing... then returned to the ruins of the Curved Moon Manor.
Fortunately, this place has not been completely destroyed by the aftermath of the battle between Aiwass and the Fallen Angels.
The once glorious and extravagant manor now resembled a haunted house. Nearly half of it was broken into pieces... Aiwass walked around the bricks and thick dust on the ground, relying on his memory to return to Room 14.
The room had long been emptied of everything. There was no bed, no cabinets, and even the glass and frames on the windows were gone. It looked little better than a bare-bones house.
Aiwass stood in the room, looking out with a touch of nostalgia. The deep mountains and dense forests of his memory had now been ravaged by the battle. Only sparse trees, vast expanses of charred charcoal, and torn earth remained.
He first prayed and asked the apostle of the candle to help clean the room - the dusty room was then restored to cleanliness and sanctified by a holy hurricane.
At this time, Aiwass untied the travel bag on his back, took out the materials he brought with him and put them in different categories.
First, a bottle of golden liquid soul.
He had just been resurrected, and now his soul was complete, just enough to squeeze out a bottle.
Next, there was the "Sister Sasha suit" that Aiwass had taken off. He had prayed to the misty sky and had received an answer.
Then, there were fourteen bottles of blood - the total amount was almost all the blood in an adult's body.
Aiwass did not directly fish out the blood from the blood pool in Narcissus Territory where the evil blood angel was kept.
Because Aiwass was somewhat of a germaphobe, he considered the blood there unclean. Therefore, almost all of the blood here was provided by Aiwass—he provided twelve bottles, Isabel also contributed one, and the final bottle was provided by Selene, the Moon Witch. Her blood possessed a strong creative power, making it an excellent material for the ritual.
Then there are two tarot cards.
——Priestess.
--world.
The former represents intuition, sensitivity, insight, and inner guidance. It symbolizes the moon, the feminine, and the self.
The latter is the last card in the Tarot, representing eternal achievement and continuous success. It is also the "ring".
Aiwass had made up his mind—it didn't matter what attribute it was, whether it was water or earth, Aleister would take priority. If it was water, he would find another earth-attributed Sin Beast; if it was earth, he would try to make Leviathan into a Sin Beast… and if that didn't work, forget it.
And finally, there is the most valuable and unique "only material".
——The complete body of Aiwass.
Aiwass took out his body, which was wrapped in a body bag and wrapped in layers of bandages, with his arms folded around his knees. The body and blood had been treated with preservation techniques, so they could be preserved for a long time without decaying.
He put the complete Sister Sasha suit on his own body, then pried open his eyelids with his hands, inserted a glass rod between his eyeballs and nose bridge, and carefully poured the liquid soul into it.
As we watched, the dry and lifeless pupils after death began to become lively.
Aiwass opened the lids of the fourteen bottles of blood and chanted in a low voice:
“I worship the Constant One, the God whose holy number is One, the God who gives birth after death, the God who sees the long-awaited and the ignorant!
"I respectfully invite the Heavenly Master of Feasts, the Heavenly Master of Eternal Feasts, the Heavenly Master of Gluttony!"
Aiwass prayed to Hengwo and Yantiansi at the same time.
"In the name of the moon and the dragon, please reshape the body before you into a sacred form—"
That is the ritual to forcibly transform the Moon Child.
Races other than the Children of the Moon can also transform the corpse of the Path of Love into a Child of the Moon through this ritual.
Aiwass actually doesn't have much adaptability to the path of love...but it contains part of Sister Sasha's essence.
The body of the newly born Aleister will have the blood of Aiwas, Isabel, Selene and Sasha flowing in it!
But if that were all, it would be nothing more than the re-creation of the Son of the Moon.
However, Aiwass's prayer was not yet complete——
"In the name of the Mark of Pride, I command the power of the Fallen Angels!
Without pausing, Aiwass declared, "Minister of Sin, Minister of Fall—hear my call!
"I have become aware of my sins, which have branded me with lust!"
Now that the Fallen Angels are dead, Aiwass no longer has to worry about making cards that will attract the attention of the Fallen Angels.
With the death of the Fallen Angel, the Sin Mark has become a "force of nature." Just like wind, earth, water, and fire, anyone can wield it at will, so there's no need to be too polite when praying.
However, the power of sin that emerged out of nowhere still ended the ceremony.
Three completely different auras fell into the body of Aiwas in front of them!
The prayer ended on its own due to an error, but two completely different auras had already flowed into the hands of Aiwass in the Son of the Moon state—
Something vague emerged from Aiwas's body and sank into the corpse.
The next moment, blood gushed out and the corpse melted—
Accompanied by the sound of clear laughter, in an instant the ball of blood turned into another person who was extremely familiar, yet completely different.
She looked exactly like the childish face of No. 14, except that her calm and happy smile seemed to have a drunken frenzy.
"Nice to meet you...my master..."
The pleasant voice coming from the front was completely different from what it sounded like when it came from himself.
Her ruby-like, crystal-clear eyes shone brilliantly. Behind her were two "blood wings" twisting like spiral tentacles. Each one looked like four intertwined blood-colored vines, or like a crystal-clear ruby. There were eight blood-colored vines in total.
Aleister retracted her spiral wings into her body. She looked at Aiwass with a complex, intense and focused look.
She knelt on one knee, stretched out her hands and cupped them silently, as if she was longing for something.
"Long time no see, Aleister."
Without any communication, Aiwass knew what she wanted.
Aiwass cut open the palm of his hand and squeezed out the juice like squeezing a lemon... and dripped the blood into Aleister's palm.
Aleister quietly licked Aiwass's blood.
As she licked, dark red patterns began to appear everywhere on the naked white skin.
"...How should I address you?"
Aiwass looked at Aleister and whispered, "My half?"
“No,” Aleister said after drinking the blood, his drunken, crimson face calmed down. “I am just a servant with the same memories as you.”
That is not a betrayal.
But give in.
He abandoned his past and decided to stay with Aiwass in a new form.
It's like two rotating stars, one of which becomes the satellite of the other.
"You and I now resemble Ah Huan and you... but we are completely different."
Aleister said softly, standing up.
She wiped the remaining blood on both sides of Aiwas's cheeks and whispered softly: "Because we are connected by love..."
She held Aiwass's face in her hands and looked into his eyes. Her eyes were bright and clear.
It was a proud look as if he had stared intently at the burning sun.
"Please sign a contract with me and let me accompany you. We will never become the new snake and the snake's tail... because we will never be separated."
"good."
Aiwass didn't hesitate.
There was no need for him to be polite to himself. He understood Aleister completely, just as Aleister also understood him completely.
Even though they were heading in completely different directions, this understanding was like these two cards stuck together, back to back.
"Now I am... a Blood Angel."
Aleister spoke each word proudly, "Aleister Crowley!"
"Aleister Crowley, I now call upon your name... and brand you with lust."
Aiwass continued, raising and showing the card in his hand, solemnly declaring.
The next verse is sung by Aleister himself: "My life is your life..."
Aiwass then sang: "My fate is your fate -
"—Obey me, Phantom Demon of the Path of Love!"
No memories killed.
There’s not even any illusion involved – the entire process is completed directly in the material world!
Because their thinking was synchronized from the very beginning.
A huge, horizontal black magic circle instantly appeared from the ground, wrapped around Aleister and rose rapidly upwards.
When it reached its highest point, a fox pattern appeared in the sky.
Dark red circular marks were imprinted around the fox pattern—then the magic circle began to collapse from the outermost circle, and finally only a dark red ring with a diameter of about one meter remained.
Two brand-new, enormous tarot cards were slowly printed out of thin air, one above the other, appearing on the upper and lower sides of the circle. A crimson electric light connected the two cards, drawing them closer together as if by some magnetic force.
There are two snakes entwined behind the priestess's head, but the card is still generally made up of blue and gold.
And the [world] became the [universe] - the angel stepping in front of the circular gate took on a completely different posture.
The divine woman, symbolizing Eve, sits at the center of the circle, while the circle, composed of countless paradoxes, resembles both a water drop and a womb. At the four corners are mythical beasts representing earth, fire, water, and wind. A colorful serpent entwines Eve, its head connected to the sun, which in turn resides in a giant eye.
Finally, as the two cards gradually formed and became clear, they slowly moved closer to the center.
The moment the two cards came together, they suddenly burst into light, condensing into a transparent pink card that looked like a pink diamond, with the fox's head outlined in blood-red.
Aiwass reached out and wrote his name.
Its properties also immediately became apparent.
[Sin: Blood Angels (Priestess, Universe)]
Level 50
[Path of Love, Water Attribute]
[Upright Summoning: Holy Blood Manipulator]
[Required: Water 5]
【Instant, self-effective, continuous】
[Effect: Control any amount of your own blood to leave your body and transform it into Holy Blood. You can manipulate and transform it at will, condense it into ice or dissipate it into mist at will. You can mix it into any fluid within ten times its size and maintain control. You can consume Holy Blood to heal yourself or others. The closest distance between the Holy Blood and you must be within 60 meters, and the maximum distance is unlimited. However, the Holy Blood must be condensed into a single body and cannot be interrupted.]
[Reversed Summoning: Blood Angel]
[Required: Water 5]
【Maintenance: Water 5* daily】
Action, Summon
[Effect: Summons the Beast of Lust, the Blood Angel, to fight for you. The Blood Angel is considered a summoned creature. When not in combat, the Beast of Lust, the Blood Angel can transform into Aleister Crowley and enter a follower state. Only one Beast of Sin can exist at a time.]
...How long does it last?
Aiwass was not sure, so he took another look.
An upright summon with an infinite duration?
So strong!
Aiwass was quite excited - did this mean he had the ability to "normal attack"?!
etc?
He suddenly saw the following line and was shocked:
"The follower form is... Aleister?!"
"That's right."
Aleister's voice rang in Aiwas's mind after a long absence: "In this way, we can never be separated like a snake and its tail. I am you, you are me... We will always be together.
"You are Huan Tiansi's tail snake, the key to his home. I am also your key... the key to the future.
"Not all keys are without price. Just as you will eventually become a ghoul's key, and using me—"
Aleister drawled. Aiwass waited for her words.
But in the end, Aleister chuckled softly like a silver bell:
"...It doesn't cost anything. Because I am you.
"—because I love you (myself)."
(End of this chapter)
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