Chapter 419 The Holy Number is Eleven
He suddenly recalled his urge to be promoted to Shadow Fiend yesterday.
If he hadn't suddenly had an idea yesterday and promoted the Shadow Demon to the Night Demon on impulse... the power of the Shadow Demon alone might not have been enough to scare Emma away.
Moreover, the Shadow Fiend, who is close to advancing and is too sleepy and tired, may even fall asleep directly on the spot when Evans is mentally controlled by Emma. In the end, when Evans turns into Emma's shape, it may be unconscious and know nothing.
——This development is too unfortunate. Aiwass felt terrified just thinking about it.
Yesterday, while he was being promoted to Shadow Fiend, Aiwass was still wondering if he was a little too anxious and his preparations were too sloppy.
If Aiwass had been as cautious as usual, he should have prayed to the Candlemaker a few days in advance and decided which tarot card to use to seal the Shadow Fiend. Then, he should have prepared his cards and stockpiled his mana in advance. His mana shortage was also easy to solve... Aiwass only needed to invest his free experience into the Demonologist class a day in advance to raise his level.
Not even Dora.
He was only six mana short—and the Book of Laws provided five colorless mana at the time, so crafting the Sin card base in advance would save four mana. Even if Aiwass didn't pull the first level, as long as he crafted the Sin card in advance, he would have enough in the end.
It turned out that it was just not enough, just a little short.
——If he had not suddenly remembered the golden path characteristics given to him by the Twin Mirror, he might have broken an arm at that time.
But if he had not been promoted yesterday, he would be completely unable to resist Emma's mind control today; and the Shadow Demon happened to have entered the state of waiting for evolution after receiving the last pastoral care yesterday morning.
It's all such a coincidence.
And they are just a little bit apart.
I almost got kidnapped by Emma, I almost helped Shadow Fiend evolve, I almost lost an arm...
If we say that the characteristics of the Golden Path are determined by the Twin Mirrors.
So who are the remaining ones?
Why is the pastoral care method that Aiwass obtained so effective against fifth-level shadow demons and succubi?
Why do Meg and Emma, the two top powers of Avalon and Star Antimony, not know about the existence of pastoral care?
Why have the shadow demon who possesses all the memories of Bayard, the son of the moon, and Janice, the knowledgeable elf who travels around the world, never heard of the art of shepherding?
As early as the first level, Aiwass was able to influence the shadow demon through pastoral cultivation. During the ascension ceremony in the dream world, he even used pastoral cultivation to make the iron hook demon evolve into a deformed limb demon, and even took his own consciousness into the deformed limb demon's body...
And now that he has reached the third energy level, he can even charm the succubus who is best at charming the mind - even if the succubus has not hatched yet.
Aiwass still remembered the look she gave him.
The moment she left Emma, she was stunned and heartbroken, as if she was truly moved.
Before, Aiwas had intentionally or unintentionally ignored the peculiarities of pastoral care.
And now, in the tranquility brought by the "Fire Worship" technique... or rather, under the influence of the candle power, Aiwass thought calmly and finally realized that something was wrong.
Suddenly, a sentence rang in Aiwass's mind:
My holy number is 11, the number of those who belong to us.
Those are the words spoken in the vision by the "divine entity" Jacob summoned.
Is the sacred number eleven?
There are only nine paths in this world, and no matter how the Nine Pillars of Deity change, the sacred number remains unchanged. This is because it is the name of nine great rivers, the fundamental origin of the numbers "1" through "9." This is the reason why natural numbers are sacred.
Even if we count the non-existent number "0", there are only ten. Where does the eleven come from?
Because of this, Aiwass only remembered the words at the time but did not interpret them later. This kind of vague riddle, like a prophecy, basically makes sense in any way, and forcing an associative interpretation could easily mislead his investigation.
At this moment, Aiwass, who was obsessed with pastoral care, suddenly realized a very simple thing that he had subconsciously overlooked:
3+8=11.
——The sacred number of the Candle Master is three, and the sacred number of the Snake Father is eight!
Pastoral care requires a balance between the way of dedication and the way of transcendence, neither more nor less, and both must be at the same level.
The Shepherd initially shepherded demons that transcended the Way, and he eventually even dragged the Fallen Angels into the material world...
So, who else wants to drag the Fallen Angels into the material world?
——Huantiansi!
And that sacred entity is the fragment of Huan Tiansi...
“The number of our people…”
Aiwass murmured softly, "'We' are 'people'...we are plural, and people are singular.
"Isn't that man... the shepherd?"
While the powers contained in the tantras are all lost techniques, power cannot be created out of thin air. All the extraordinary powers in this world, tracing their origins, derive from the nine rivers of the Dream Realm...
So……
——"The Shepherd's Secret Sutra", was it written by Huan Tiansi?
Even if a tantric book can only exist in one language system, Janice and Emma should not be completely ignorant of this.
Unless the copy you got is a unique one...
In other words, from the very beginning, only “divine entities” could use pastoral care!
And if that's the case—
Then in another sentence, Aiwass seemed to understand why there has been only one "pastor" for so many years.
If the pastor at the beginning was also a "divine entity"...
I am the intoxicating serpent that gives knowledge, happiness, and glory! To worship me, you must drink wine and the secret potion I told my prophet until you are drunk.
If "knowledge," "happiness," and "glory" are considered to be the enhanced power, euphoria, and elevation and evolution of the essence of the phantoms' status, then this seems to refer to pastoral care.
But after reading this, Aiwass fell into deep thought again.
If wine refers to blood transformed by pastoral magic, his prophet refers to his grandfather Jacob, and drunkenness refers to the intoxicated state of the phantom demon after receiving pastoral care...
...What is the secret medicine?
Although he destroyed the book after reading it once, Aiwass remembered it clearly - there was no mention of this part in the Shepherd Tantra.
If so, Aiwass also understood... why he suddenly had a strong desire to be promoted to Shadow Fiend yesterday.
——Although Emma herself may not know it, she is indeed related to herself!
Emma is the Giant Prince's demonology mentor and the mastermind behind the Noble Red, so she is most likely the master of the Eye Demon Lord. She is a member of the Rosicrucian Order, which is the parent organization of the Noble Red.
The Eye Demon was the one who informed the Giant Prince of the existence of the "divine entity", and the Noble Red entered the Glass Island originally for this order.
There is no doubt that the person who first gave the order to find the "holy entity" in Avalon was Emma!
The "holy entity" is likely a fragment of the Ring Celestial, the creator of the Tail Ring ritual. Emma was a participant and sacrificer in the first Tail Ring ritual, and the Beholder happened to be the survivor and beneficiary of that first Tail Ring ritual. If the Fallen Angel lost his position as Celestial, then the beneficiary would be the Ring Celestial, who also belongs to the Celestial of the Path of Transcendence. He also took over the Demonologists left by the Fallen Angels, and arranged the advancement of the Great Sin Scholars and Great Beast Lords into this career path...
Everything is connected.
The impulse that surged in Aiwass's heart yesterday might have been the survival instinct of the "holy entity" who didn't want to be caught by Emma, or it might have been self-preservation after sensing hostility, so the Shadow Fiend advanced so hastily... but just right.
Before he thought all this through, Aiwass had a strong desire to kill Emma - he didn't even think about sealing the succubus into a beast of sin, but directly made her into a phantom card.
That meant she didn't even have the chance to return to the dream world and be resurrected.
Now, Aiwass has thought it all through, and his idea has not changed.
Just one more.
He wanted to find Emma and ask her what the Ouroboros ritual was all about, where the Rosicrucian had found this ritual, why they were summoning the Fallen Angels, and what they were trying to achieve...
How did they, who have no connections in the upper realm, get the information that the "sacred entity is on Glass Island"?
"Shepherd Tantra..."
Aiwass murmured the name.
This secret book brought the initial change to Aiwass, causing him to embark on a completely different path from Aiwass in the original plot.
"You will celebrate my death, you will sing my holiness. You will hold a celebration, you will raise the scepter..."
Aiwass murmured the secret words from the Shepherd Tantra.
Whose death? Whose holiness?
Is it from Aiwass, the Shepherd... or the Ring of Tail?
——Or, is it the Fallen Angel’s?
Born to die, born from death.
The ring of tails, the fallen god.
Use the tangible to nourish the intangible, and use the intangible to nourish the tangible...thus achieving a sustainable cycle.
cycle……
"...Heh, I should have thought of that earlier."
The corners of Aiwass' mouth rose slightly.
He removed his hand from the extinguished candle. His injuries had all healed, and his eyes became bright and confident.
The crow jumped a little uneasily and flew onto Aiwas's shoulder.
He tapped the crow's head with a finger and hummed softly.
"I'd previously wondered whether I should arbitrarily use this power of pastoral care, which came from nowhere... but now it seems there's no need to hesitate."
The relationship between Huan Tiansi and himself is itself a hidden danger that Aiwass can never eradicate.
With this hidden danger, it doesn't matter whether he uses pastoral methods or not.
Combining like terms belongs to yes.
A pale purple flame ignited in Aiwas's pupils, and he murmured softly, "If you don't take what God gives you, you will suffer the consequences...
"—I will eat the kindness you have given me with peace of mind."
Update completed!
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