Shepherd Tantra

Chapter 841 Hey, why are you dead?
After pushing open the door, Aiwass's spirit stepped into the fantasy corridor.

He came to the three different doors again.

At this time, the first door had disappeared - it turned into the painting that Aiwas had seen and completed before.

Aiwass stopped, admired it carefully for a while, and then smiled with satisfaction.

"It's so beautiful..."

He sighed softly.

——I made this with my own hands.

The painting, with red and black as the main colors, has a kind of shocking power. If there is a path of love... especially an extraordinary person who believes in the feast host can see this painting, he will surely resonate and be inspired by the path of love.

As for the remaining two doors... they were still open.

There were also more vines wrapped around the second door.

Two of the three petals of the flower above are lit up, one with a higher brightness and the other with a lower brightness.

As for the last door, it is very strange...

The steel door remained unchanged in appearance, and remained the same as before - only two petals were lit, and one was brighter than the other.

According to Aiwass's memory, the darker petals of the two doors were about the same brightness as the darker petals of the second door in the previous round. But the brighter one in the third painting was only about the same brightness as the second door in the previous round.

Aiwass stopped in front of the double doors, lost in thought.

Based on Sizhu's preference for the number "three", there is a high probability that there are three promoted people in each of these three paintings.

And if we regard the brightness of the petals as other ascenders who have chosen different possibilities...

So among the group of promoted candidates in "The King on White Horse", everyone should have chosen the same direction in the first round, but in the second round one or two people dispersed and chose another possibility.

In other words, the second round of selection for "The King on White Horse" can only be 5:1. But "Stay with Me" is weird.

His scoring ratio in the last round should have been 2:1, but in the third round it became 3:1.

——Why did we suddenly lose two votes?
In this promotion ceremony, even death will not affect the task. Just like Aiwass, he can still vote and complete the painting normally.

"…Is it the same situation as Andrea?"

Aiwass fell into thought.

This is possible.

There is only one minute of thinking time between seeing the puzzle and confirming the choice.

Although the entire world will be stopped in time, and there is only oneself in that space, and no other promoted people, so it is impossible to be directly disturbed and unable to vote...but if when entering that state, one has already entered a state of being unable to move, then one will not be able to participate in the vote.

For example, being frozen, petrified or sealed, or being seriously injured but not completely dead.

"……interesting."

Aiwass chuckled.

The third door was indeed the most difficult. After just one round, two people lost their voting rights.

He wasn't worried about anything happening to Aleister.

Although Aleister doesn't like thinking as much as he does...but in this kind of ceremony, being too good at thinking is not a good thing.

Just like Andrea's actions - even if you don't think at all, you can still win. The decryption actually only determines the distribution of contributions and the speed of completing the painting. In the end, you still have to kill the opponent.

And nothing else.

——At least in terms of “fighting ability”, Aleister is the strongest.

Now, in addition to the little crow, she should be able to bring in even the King of the Wild Hunt.

The little butterfly was registered here because Aiwass had used it once in the promotion ceremony of the Path of Devotion. As Aiwas got closer to the fifth energy level, the frequency of his use of the fifth energy level little butterfly became lower and lower.

But Aiwass had no level in the Twilight Path that needed to be promoted, so the King of the Wild Hunt could only be assigned to Aleister.

In other words, Aleister had at least two sixth-level summoned beasts on him. Moreover, they were good at different things... and Aleister himself was not without the ability to cast spells.

Whether it's Star Ice, Enchanting Aura, or Light of Paradise, as well as the reverse summoning effect of the King of the Wild Hunt, Aleister can protect herself, not to mention that she can use low-level ritual spells without materials.

"... Let's take a look at the second painting first and see if she is here."

Thinking of this, Aiwass chose to enter the second door.

And the world around me changed in an instant.

The world that was in oil painting style and seemed a little distorted because it was too bright and moist suddenly turned into a fairy tale style - or, in other words, like a cartoon or a children's picture book.

"This style of painting..." This made Aiwass seem a little uncomfortable.

He checked and found that his spirit body had now returned to the cardinal's clothes. Unlike before, even though he had become a soul, he still kept the suit of the "guest" he played.

But what was different from before was that a halo appeared above his head, and his body became translucent, and almost completely transparent below the waist.

...This is probably a way of saying, Am I dead already?

"You are... Mr. [Sun]?"

A somewhat surprised voice sounded: "Are you the one who painted the first picture..."

Can you see me?

Aiwass looked back with some confusion and found that there was a soul floating beside him.

It was an old man with a white beard, holding a strange staff in his hand.

A crimson tetrahedron is suspended above it, and below it is a purple-pink copper staff - even the staff itself has been cartooned and made much simpler. Originally, its structure was quite complex, with a lot of encryption structures to prevent cracking and plagiarism, but now that those things have been removed, it has become a "staff" that is quite impressive to the public.

The old man was wearing a wizard robe and had a long white beard. He also had the same halo on his head as Aiwass, and his translucent body was also glowing.

Isn't this the old Sandro? Hey, how did you die?

"...Mr. Pelican?"

Aiwass first confirmed the other party's identity, and then asked politely: "Did you die here?"

When old Sandro heard what Aiwass said, he suddenly felt it was ridiculous.

——Why does this person take something as serious and dangerous as "death" for granted?

"Where did you die?" This greeting was as natural as "Have you eaten?" So much so that old Sandro, who was originally planning to complain, was choked.

Old Sandro originally wanted to say that the "big snake" was probably mentally ill, but seeing that the "big snake" and the "sun" were probably together, he held back.

The old wizard thought for a moment, and then used a more tactful way to recount how they met from the beginning: "I think this ceremony should be a choice of history..."

He also gave Aiwass some scientific knowledge.

The extraordinary people in other places, unlike the mages in their Narcissus Principality, have systematic research on the promotion ceremony - they have statistics and research on game types, basic rules, common starts, and even the final promotion terms.

"This promotion ceremony is clearly a 'friendly points grabbing mode', which is a very classic mode in the promotion ceremony of the New Moon Ceremony - that is, the team completes a difficult task together, and then awards points based on the corresponding contribution scores.

"If you feel that you are strong enough, you can go on a mission alone and enjoy all the points for yourself; if you feel that you cannot complete the mission quickly alone, you can complete the mission together by forming a group, using the advantage of numbers to speed up the completion of the mission and beat the lone strong person's mission.

"This is one of the most game-like rules in the promotion ceremony studied by the Mage Tower. How to determine your own strength and how to allocate your team to achieve the optimal solution requires a very complicated mathematical formula... I won't go into details, but in short, it's best if we don't fight."

Old Sandro explained carefully, and Aiwass listened and learned patiently.

——Because if the two sides fight, it will waste time and delay the progress of the task, which may cause other teams to rush to this side, complete the task and take the contribution, or disrupt the task that is almost completed. This is all possible, so in this format of the promotion ceremony, peace is the theme, and once fighting begins, you will suffer.

And this ritual even specifically adds the explanation that "you can continue to complete the task even after death" - this is clearly telling you that killing is meaningless, so go and do the task!
The rules of this ceremony are all about "grabbing points"...you have to grab points from your opponents and your teammates.

"——But I had already evacuated on my own initiative, and she even chased after me to kill me!"

At this point, old Sandro’s resentment could no longer be stopped.

The old wizard complained, "The holy number of the candlestick is three, and there are three paintings here, which means there are three people in the promotion ceremony - I have already left here and went to the other side. I said hello to you before I left... Even if you plan to take action, you should first find the hidden guy!"

This ritual can be completed without killing anyone, so why do you have to rush over to kill me!
are you crazy! !
And what about that demon?! Is it a demon hatched from the body of the demon incarnation? Why can it move so freely...

Even the spells guided by the "Fire Tetrahedron" could not cause any harm to the demon.

Thinking of this, Aiwass was thoughtful.

If she hasn't appeared even here... maybe the eldest princess has gone to the third painting.

"Since you are dead," Aiwass asked, "you are free. Who is the third ascendant who is still alive in this painting?"

"It's Lalo the Clown."

Old Sandor's emotions cooled down a little. He nodded and replied, "Here, all living people will be transformed into animals. For example, I am a baboon, and the 'big snake' is a fox. So as long as the other party wants to hide, it is difficult to confirm that the other party is an ascender... I took the initiative to expose myself, which is obviously a gesture of friendship."

"What about Lalo?"

Aiwass said with interest: "What animal did he become? A donkey? A mule? Or a smart pig?"

And Sandro Sr.’s answer was beyond Aiwass’s expectations: “He’s a dog.

"—Look, that's the dog basking in the sun over there."

(End of this chapter)