Chapter 312 What Kind of Monsters Are These?
It is like turning into a fetus and returning to the mother's womb.
It's like relaxing your whole body and mind, soaking in a hot spring... That kind of moist and warm liquid is so fascinating that even your mood becomes peaceful.
When Aiwass regained consciousness, he heard the rustling sound of the tide rising and falling around him.
A strong smell of blood came along with the sound of people talking.
He opened his eyes and saw a dark crescent moon hanging in the dark red sky.
And beneath their feet, a sea of blood was foaming, ebbing and flowing like the sea under the moonlight.
In their center stood a massive brass mechanical dancer. She stood gracefully, hands folded before her, motionless. Behind her were butterfly-like wings, but these were not the wings of a living creature, but rather feathers composed of countless extremely thin gears and metal sheets.
Aiwass and Lily appeared almost at the same time.
This time, Aiwass did not let the shadow demon directly attach to himself and cover his entire body.
Instead, he adopted another disguise method——
Aiwass's hair was already quite long, but usually tied in a ponytail. Now, he untied his hair, letting it down, and put on Lily's clothes again. Then the shadow demon covered him again, and Aiwass only saw a black afterimage that looked like "unlocked character" and looked like a woman.
Lily, on the other hand, adopted the opposite disguise.
She changed into Aiwass's men's coat and put on a wide-brimmed hat on her head. It just so happened that Aiwass had brought a gray windbreaker and hat when he went out this time. Now it was just right for Lily to use them.
Although Lily's long, curly gray hair still fell unobstructed to her waist, she had cleverly transformed her posture into that of a man. Just looking at her interlaced fingers, leaning back in her chair, and crossing her legs, it was hard to mistake "Mr. Gray" for a woman.
Because according to Aiwass's previous statement, Miss Aleister is actually a woman.
Although some people already knew that Aleister was Aiwass, such as Her Majesty the Queen and the Great Guardian, it was still a secret unknown to outsiders.
——Perhaps this little information gap will suddenly come in handy at some point in the future. So Aiwass simply changed into Lily's clothes, intending to play the role of "Miss Aleister" to the end.
Anyway, he didn't have to do anything, not even put on makeup - the face couldn't be seen clearly during the promotion ceremony, and the voice would be distorted to a certain extent. The true identity of the other person could only be judged by the posture, clothing, tone and hairstyle.
As for speaking——
Originally, it was Shadow Demon who was responsible for speaking to Aleister.
Now all he had to do was adjust his voice from that dry, hoarse, monster-like voice to that of the assassin lady.
Compared to that...
Aiwass looked up and looked at the crowd with interest.
——He and Lily were actually the seventh and eighth replacements.
Six people had arrived before them, and judging by the intensity of their conversation, they seemed to have been there a while.
This means that the main venue of this ceremony is most likely not in Avalon.
The ninth person who appeared right after Lily was a short and skinny old lady wearing a green wide-brimmed hat.
Her body was hunched and shrunken, not human, but more like a goblin.
When the six people saw everyone had arrived, the man sitting in the first seat looked over and asked with interest, "Among the three of you... who has reached the Dao Path?"
"Before asking people questions, you should introduce yourself first, right?"
Aiwass didn't say anything.
But the assassin lady Chloe's voice, as sweet and gentle as honey, was echoed with three layers of roughness and sharpness.
"Indeed, Miss, you are right."
The man nodded slightly, very politely.
He placed his right hand on his chest, bowed slightly, and said, "I am [Prohibition], the path of authority."
He looked vigorous and strong, in his early thirties, with a loud and clear voice.
"[Philosopher]."
The second-in-command man crossed his arms and spoke coldly, his attitude forming a sharp contrast with the prohibition.
He looked as cold as winter, with a condescending air of arrogance. He must be quite old… though I couldn't see his features clearly, I could tell he was already balding. He must be at least forty or fifty.
"You can call me Stranger. I'm still an alchemist in the apprenticeship stage."
The man, also in his forties, replied gently.
"I am [Forge], dedicated to the path, hello."
The fourth person to speak was an older dwarf woman—or perhaps an aunt or grandmother. Because dwarves generally age prematurely, it's hard to tell her exact age. However, she was quite friendly.
"I'm Janet."
The next person to speak was a woman who seemed to use her real name.
She said with a smile: "Janet Boyman, The Path of Love... But I'm not a witch, little sisters?"
“…A ghost.”
The sixth person who spoke lowered his head, looking like he was about to fall asleep, and made a hoarse and low voice.
Aiwass was silent for a while and tilted his head slightly.
Then, Chloe's voice was heard: "Alai. You can call me Alai. As you can see, I am a transcendent."
"Ash."
Lily used her falsetto skills to create a low, husky voice.
Because she only read out one word, there was silence in the waiting hall for a long time.
Finally, the old woman in the green hat finally came to her senses and spoke sharply: "I am... a hatter. The path of beauty."
It's truly a New Moon Ritual, Aiwass thought.
What kind of monsters are these...
He took a quick glance and saw at least three people using small accounts.
The fact that he and Lily were able to fill in the gaps in their group meant that the ceremony host judged that if they added the Transcendents from the scattered groups, their strength would no longer be on the same level as theirs. This would be unfair to them.
This shows that there are indeed many trumpets in the New Moon Ceremony.
Ban, Philosopher and Stranger are most likely a team, and all three of them are probably low-level characters.
It's hard to say what the forge is, but it looks like a dwarven blacksmith. This kind of support profession is easy to find teammates.
One of the teammates she found was Janet Boyman. The ghost was not sure if she was from their group.
Aiwass knew this man.
Janet is actually an Avalonian.
A famous goblin scholar - she once entered the goblin kingdom and gained healing powers from the goblins... the ability to create witch ointment. However, this power was very unstable, sometimes effective and sometimes not, and sometimes turned into poison or mischief potion.
However, she was ultimately arrested not for killing someone with her medical treatment, but for her repeated public political speeches as a journalist - including but not limited to sharp comments such as "The royal family has been killed one after another and the royal family is not in a hurry, which shows that the queen wants to use this method to pass the throne to someone else", "Avalon can't actually beat the Star People at all, as long as the Star People attack them, they will definitely be shattered at the first touch", "Griffins are useless and are not as beneficial to the people as motorcycles", "Avalon's alchemy has actually not made any progress at all, and those technological breakthroughs are completely useless".
Although it now seems that there are a lot of truths in it...but in fact she has no evidence and is just guessing.
And she also writes reports that are definitely not true.
For example, she repeatedly claimed that Sherlock Hermes became a famous detective because he arranged all the cases. For some reason, she had a strong hostility towards Sherlock and publicly criticized him many times.
But later she suffered disaster for her talkativeness - she was arrested and put on a treadmill for six months, and after she was released, she ran to Xingti.
If these six people are all Star Antimony people, then it can explain why the first thing they said was to directly ask who among us is the transcendent.
The Ghosts were mostly of the Dusk Path, while the Stranger was an Alchemist. On the Star Antimony side, these three paths dominated, much like Authority and Devotion on the Avalon side. Filling in the gaps was unlikely.
If there is no transcendent among the three of them, it means that one of the remaining people must be lying - and because of this, Aiwass can confirm that these six people are at least not from the same team.
A maximum of three people can win the New Moon Ritual, and failure is costly, so teams can only operate in groups of three.
These six people should be divided into two or three teams, but they are all in Xingtan. Therefore, the ritual has captured himself, Lily, and this "Hatter" who is most likely a goblin to fill in the gaps.
——After leaving Avalon’s radiation range, even the proportion of alien races increased.
Aiwass tentatively reached out and placed his hand on the armrest. A shadow obscured Aiwass's movements, and cards emerged from his palm.
[Shadow Blade], [Shadow Cloak], [Earthbound Spirit].
——As expected, the Flame-Defying Butterfly could not be summoned.
I just don't know whether all the Sin Cards cannot be used, or whether the Flame Butterfly assigned to the Path of Devotion cannot be used.
This is also easy. Once Butterfly reaches the fifth energy level, Aiwass can draw on her power to craft some weaker cards.
Just wait until the next time the New Moon Ritual advances and see if these cards drawn from the little butterfly can be used.
After everyone finished introducing themselves, the pleasant sound of a music box suddenly rang out in the waiting room filled with the smell of blood.
The brass dancer in the middle fluttered its wings slightly and began to dance to the light music.
The dance immediately attracted everyone's attention and everyone was immersed in it. Just watching the dance made people feel spiritually healed.
Her dance became more intense and frantic. Finally, she opened her eyes, which were like the most beautiful emeralds and were so beautiful that they were dazzling.
Finally, her dance gradually calmed down. After the dance ended, she closed her eyes again and returned to her original state, motionless.
"I am Terpsichoree."
Her ethereal voice echoed in everyone's heart: "Muse of the Twin Mirror."
Apart from that, she didn't say another word.
[This time, seven advanced practitioners possess multiple paths, but please note: During the advancement ceremony, only advanced path abilities and self-made transcendental items corresponding to the path are allowed.]
[This ceremony is limited to sixteen hours, with an eight to one ratio to reality.]
You must survive until the end of the ceremony, or complete special victory conditions during early settlement.
[Because this ceremony is a New Moon Ceremony, the kill bonus points will be calculated. When the ceremony ends and the settlement is settled, the winner will be selected from the highest to the lowest points held.]
[There are three regular winners in this ceremony, but there are special victory conditions.]
[Special victory conditions for this ceremony are: "Secret Reflection" and "Twin Victories"]
[Secret Reflection: All players in this ritual are of the opposite gender to their characters. If you discover the true identities of all players except yourself and prevent your true identity from being discovered by any other players, you will win regardless of the victory conditions.]
[Twin Victory: At least two Advanced Players must be present at the end of the ceremony. If only one person survives, the player will be deemed to have lost and the two Advanced Players with the most points among the deceased players will be chosen as the winners.]
[The difficulty of this ritual is "Difficult Challenge". Actual death during the ritual will result in ninety days of weakness in reality, a small chance of soul damage, and an extremely small chance of disability.]
[The dream for this ceremony was created by Amber, and the script and bonus rules were created by Twin Mirrors.]
Then, Terpsichore paused and sang softly as if telling a story:
[1580, the Herasil Empire...]
Update completed!
Ah, continuing from the previous chapter, I've been having hot breath coming out of my nose for three days now, and I've been taking ibuprofen for two days, but it hasn't completely gone away. Every night when I go to bed, I feel very hot, a little chilly, and sweating like crazy, but when I get up and take my temperature, it's normal, a very standard 36.5, amazing.
After getting up today, I drank some antiviral oral liquid. My dry throat problem has basically disappeared, and I've developed a cough instead, but it's not severe. My nose is also starting to run more, and my nasal congestion has eased. And most importantly, although I'm feeling weak, I don't have a headache or fever... It's really weird...
I didn't want to go to the hospital because I didn't have a headache. I felt that if I went to the hospital and got infected by other people, it would be even worse.
But if I'm still not feeling better by tomorrow, I'll have to go to the hospital tomorrow afternoon. On the 30th, the operations officer, Guan Guan, will come to play with the cat, so I have to stay upright and not fall down.
(End of this chapter)
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