Shepherd Tantra

Chapter 851: One Day Until Doomsday

This time, there are obviously more people who can choose.

In addition to the "sour wine" in spirit state and the eldest princess who passed through the first painting, the soul states of Aiwas and the old wizard were instantly added, as well as the still alive Aleister and the loyal "old dog" Lalo.

The number of people who can vote has risen to six, half of whom are souls.

This time, five more points were added, and one of the corners was glittering. The steel gate finally changed - a deep groove appeared on it, and if you touched it with your hand, you could feel a texture similar to the stratum corneum.

The groove was dark gold in color, like the claw marks of some animal, or like a scab formed on damaged human skin.

"The plot of this painting has finally started to move forward..."

Aiwass breathed a sigh of relief: "Fortunately, they are not very familiar with the rules of modern society, so we didn't miss too much information..."

After a quick count, the living people have now died quietly and only four - or five - are left.

Because the first painting was no longer accessible, nor could it be left, it was unclear whether the Moon Child who was still petrified inside was alive or sealed forever.

If she didn't take up the living quota, but no soul could come out to vote... there would only be four people left alive.

The princess, Lalo, Aleister, and the captured warrior. If one more person dies, the special victory condition "choose one of three" will be triggered.

...It's outrageous.

Looking closely, two of the top three strongest players have already died.

On the contrary, it was the eldest princess’ faction, which was not favored at the beginning...both of them survived to the final round.

"I don't know if I can be resurrected..."

Aiwass was a little helpless.

...Because according to his calculations, there is even a small possibility that he will not be able to be resurrected this time.

The resurrection of [Sinbound] can only be completed if the murderer is killed within three minutes of receiving the curse.

If Aleister wants to resurrect Aiwass, he must kill the eldest princess accurately.

But Lalo is determined to die and is likely to take the initiative to block the knife - as long as Aleister kills the wrong person, the curse time can be easily dragged out.

Moreover, as a wise man, the old wizard has fully understood the rules of the promotion ceremony. Although Aleister cannot be resurrected if he is not killed during the curse... but he may curse Aleister at the same time to weaken the opponent's strength and prevent Aiwas from resurrecting.

Aiwass was already strong, and he was also a supporting profession in the Path of Devotion. Once he was resurrected with the information collected from his soul state, he and Aleister would definitely take the top two spots.

——In order to prevent this situation, the old wizard will definitely continue to stop Aleister.

Because he knew that his points would most likely not be higher than Evans'.

Aiwass could meet the conditions for [Holy Resurrection], but he had to kill Aleister to be resurrected, otherwise he would be dead... He would not even have a chance to surrender. But he would not let Aleister know about this.

Once Aleister gave up, or took a conservative strategy to avoid fighting and gave up resurrecting Aiwass in order to survive to the end, then the Pelican would not be able to be resurrected. So he never cursed Aleister once, just to avoid being discovered by her... He had been lurking in the dark, waiting for that opportunity.

But even if his points were not the highest... and he really died, Aiwass was not really afraid.

——Because he still has a resurrection coin.

That was a gift from the Lord of Scales and Feathers.

Although I originally wanted to save this resurrection opportunity for fighting the Fallen Angels...it doesn't matter if I use it in advance.

Even if he really died, it wouldn't matter - he could still leave this chance of resurrection to Aleister.

Aleister has the same memories as Aiwass, so Aleister can also take care of Aiwass's family and friends. As for the future world-destroying crisis... Anyway, the profession of the Great Sin Scholar is tied to the path of transcendence, but it lacks high-level divine arts.

If he could survive, all would be well; but if one of himself, the one who devotes himself to the Tao or the one who transcends the Tao, must die, Aiwas hoped that it would be only himself.

For Aleister, he was willing to die; and for the sake of the world, Aleister must live.

"...I hope we can win the resurrection match smoothly."

Aiwass sighed, but still prepared himself for the worst.

After all, everyone here... oh, except for that warrior he wasn't very familiar with, everyone else had a reason why they couldn't die.

And Aiwass, who was trapped in the Theocracy, felt envious and confused when he saw Aleister's activeness in Star Antimony.

He envied Aleister for being able to do so many things he wanted to do, but was confused because... Aiwass didn't know what there was now that only he could do.

He was so familiar with that feeling...

It was like when he was very young, before the earthquake that destroyed Aiwas's childhood happened... After school, he watched other playmates laughing and playing, while he could only read and study at home.

Although his family is very open-minded, after he finishes his homework, his father will play the game console with pirated cartridges with him, and his grandfather will come back from fishing and play chess with him... But the feeling of playing with family is completely different from playing with friends.

He may not want to play some boring chase or role-playing with those people. He just wants to "be with them".

Or rather, it is the fear of being abandoned by friends...it doesn't matter what you play.

Aiwass just hopes that they will not forget him. He is so afraid of being forgotten that he is willing to help others for free - even if he becomes a useful tool, as long as someone can remember Aiwass when they need him and still miss him when Aiwass is not around, he will be satisfied.

——Except for being here, temporarily acting as the Pope until the Pure White Saint completely purifies the traces of amber, and serving as a battery for the elves, Aiwass didn't know if there was anything he had to do himself.

Perhaps... the eldest princess is more valuable to this era than herself. She may be able to change the entire planet... and Lalo, who is determined to die, is also a real man, an iron-blooded planetary man.

Apart from pastoral law... apart from being a "pastor", what value does he have as a consecrated person?

Touching the door, the confused Aiwass murmured softly: "Please give me some enlightenment, Sizhu..."

With determination, Aiwass pushed open the door.

——Then, he suddenly opened his eyes wide.

I saw that the originally azure sky had now turned half deep red and half deep purple.

The beautiful scenery, like the afterglow of the setting sun, is reflected in the sky.

This prosperous city, the capital of Camelot, has now been reduced to ruins at some point, as if it had been bombed by some force!
But there were no enemies on the streets, but many people were working hard to rebuild their homes.

The extremely chaotic power of transcendence...or the power of transmutation formed elemental turbulence, causing all kinds of strange visions to appear around.

The leaves on this tree were covered with frost, and that bush was charred black—

The large screens on the streets that were originally showing advertisements also dimmed at this moment.

The most primitive method was used on it - hanging a large number of cloth strips with words written on them.

[If you find any traces of devil believers, doomsday cultists, etc., please report to the Supervisory Bureau in time! ]

[Disaster Relief Emergency Contact Center: XXX……]

[The third phase of the shelter is under construction and is expected to be available in "3" days! ]

……

Finally, Aiwas found the information he wanted most on one of the strips of cloth.

That is the exact time now.

【Thursday, December 1999, 12】

There is one day left until the end of the world.

"……what happened?!"

Aiwass's eyes suddenly widened.

There is no doubt that it is the power of Huan Tiansi - or the Endless Knot!
He should have chosen the Fallen Angels.

Because when the question was asked just now, Aiwass basically knew what two of the endings meant.

According to previous speculation, the rule for the third painting should be "add something based on the choice" to give the painting a chance to fit the final choice.

Although "Goodbye" is vague, I don't know what it refers to.

But "Ouroboros" clearly refers to the world restarting and returning to the Amber Year when the doomsday came in 1999. The cycle starts all over again... This is undoubtedly a cyclical ending.

As for "A Thousand Years Later", it should be a good ending. To reach this ending, you must break through the "doomsday" and break the reincarnation... Then you will most likely face the endless knot that becomes your enemy.

For them in 1899, 1999 was a hundred years later. If they could reach 2899, a thousand years later, then it would mean that the doomsday crisis had been resolved.

If this were a game, then Aiwass would definitely go for the most difficult ending.

But this is reality, and his every move will involve the lives of others and himself.

The simplest ending should be triggered by the arrival of the Fallen Angels.

All you need to do is trigger the reincarnation ending. This is just a rehearsal anyway... Letting more people survive is the best option...

"Letting more people survive is the best option...right?"

A voice suddenly sounded from behind Aiwas.

Ai Hua was startled and turned around.

——He saw...

another me.

Although his appearance and temperament are very similar, he is more masculine and more resolute than Aiwass.

He was wrapped in elemental power and wore a pure white crown inlaid with four-colored gems on his head.

"Yes," sighed the other "Aiwass," "I thought so, too."

(End of this chapter)