Shepherd Tantra

Chapter 855 Angel Arrives
Just being stared at by Aleister made Princess Noelle break out in a cold sweat.

Those scarlet eyes held a menacing power.

...Of course she knew that the "Big Snake" and the "Sun" were in the same group.

Because they weren't hiding.

With Noel's ability to judge people, he could easily find this out. Once the other party knew that he had killed the "Sun", he would most likely kill him immediately in anger in an attempt to revive the "Sun"...

After being shocked by the "Sun", Noel has now completely sobered up.

She wasn't going to die.

But she would not completely turn to the other side just because she got rid of this wrong idea - she would not hesitate to conceal, lie, and act, do all kinds of unjust things to conceal her own crimes, and even deny the wrong things she has done, and even brainwash herself.

That would be too ugly.

Isn't she the same as Hong Xiang and the others?
What confidence and position does she have to righteously denounce them and call them a group of traitors!

Although Princess Noelle does not seek death now, she is not afraid of death!

She deliberately sent Lalo away and asked him to find the rest of the people... just so that she could tell the truth openly in front of the "Big Snake"!
She knew Lalo too well.

Lalo would accompany her into this promotion ceremony, most likely with the intention of dying.

Although that guy was a jester who laughed and scolded every day and did nothing, his heart was always burning like fire. He would never watch Xingtan disintegrate like this...

If that was the inevitable future, he would end his life before the day when the star disintegrated.

——Given his personality, he would most likely take the responsibility of “killing the sun” on himself, thus protecting himself while dying.

So in order to prevent Lalo from saying more, Princess Noelle said directly: "I met Mr. 'Sun' in the first painting... and he sacrificed himself to complete that painting."

Noelle felt extremely nervous when she said this.

She was even ready to fight a mad Aleister!
Although she was prepared to never hide the truth and be killed in revenge... But as the "Sun" said, even if she died, she would definitely fight to the death, and would never give up or retreat without a fight.

"……Oh."

Unexpectedly, Aleister's reaction was not very intense.

It can even be said that he was a little cold: "Is that really the case..."

"...I thought you would kill me." The eldest princess was a little surprised.

"Because he will definitely get first place in the points and then be resurrected from the divine light."

Aleister shook his head and said firmly: "Death is never the end for him, and the bodies of the living are just shackles for him."

She knew Aiwass too well.

After wearing the papal crown, it took less than a month to purify his desire for dedication to this extent... For him, self-dedication is not a painful choice, but an irresistible instinctive impulse.

Just as Aleister was deeply trapped in the impulse of the path of love and the path of transcendence... Aiwass's will to nothingness and desire for dedication must have reached its peak. His desire for self-destruction was so strong that as long as Aiwas could not find Aleister in the first place, he would almost certainly die for others.

Dying early wouldn't be such a bad thing.

At least after dying once, you won't die again. Instead, you can calm down and do the task.

She looked at Princess Noelle steadily, and said in a subtle tone: "You... are very good.

"You didn't hide anything, but came to tell me all these things directly. Maybe Xingti can really be reborn in your hands."

"Then what if..."

Princess Noelle was still a little hesitant: "The final winner is not Mr. Sun... then..."

“——He will definitely win.”

Aleister said with great confidence: "I believe in his ability more than he does - he is a person who can break free from all constraints and transcend all fate."

Her eyes were bright and unwavering.

"If he fails to be resurrected in the end... then I will definitely find a way to resurrect him. But no matter what, I will not vent my anger on the weak."

As he spoke, Aleister looked at the eldest princess Noelle, chuckled and said, “You can’t kill him, not even by sneak attack.

"Unless he is willing to be killed by you, there is no possibility for you to kill him. In this case, even if your hands are stained with his blood, you are definitely not his murderer. Even if I kill you, as long as he does not curse you, he will not be resurrected."

Staring at Aleister, whose face was beaming with joy and eyes were bright, Noel suddenly felt a little envious.

——At the same time, she felt an inexplicable fear.

Because she suddenly realized who that "sun" might be...

"…Do you love him?"

Noelle asked in a low voice.

"I love him as much as I love myself. Even more than I love myself."

Aleister said without hesitation.

At that moment, Noelle's pupils constricted.

Seeing the fear on her face, Aleister laughed: "Why, have you guessed who he is?

"Really? After all, everyone knows... that I am the Pope's mistress. It's normal that you can guess his identity."

"That's actually... His Holiness the Pope..."

Noelle received affirmation from Aleister's words.

She was not afraid of death, but at this moment she felt a strong sense of anxiety and fear: "If I had known earlier..."

"Why," Aleister sneered, "if you had known earlier, you would have let him kill you and win? Do you think our merciful and selfless Pope would accept such a victory?
“Or do you intend to use yourself as a favor to force him to rescue Xingti?
"Don't you even have the courage to face your own problems?" Hearing Aleister's words, Princess Noelle seemed to hear the words spoken by the bloody "Sun":

"——Without the determination to win, how can you face all the difficulties in this world?

"——If you don't want me to crawl out of your corpse, then why don't you just try to live.

"--If I can't wake up, I will bless you in the dream world, ma'am."

Noelle opened her mouth.

After a long silence, she exclaimed from the bottom of her heart: "You two are so alike..."

"Humph."

Aleister was very satisfied with Noelle's evaluation and just sneered softly: "Of course."

At this moment, time stopped for a moment.

Here comes the sixth question.

Aleister looked at the question: "If the world ended tomorrow, what would you do-"

The three doors have different answers written on them.

[——Go back to the past and find a solution to the problem]

[——Do as you please, leaving no regrets before the end of the world]

【——Accept the future and rebuild the world after the end of the world】

Past, present, Future.

"……Ah."

Aleister just smiled and didn't go to any door.

She crossed her arms and closed her eyes, letting the countdown below her feet end and the three doors close.

——That’s right, she won’t choose any of them.

How is it possible that these are the only three choices?

“The answer is in the question itself.”

Watching the time that was stopped changing rapidly, Aleister looked up at the dim yellow sky after time was frozen: "The end of the world...if there really is such a thing, why can't we just blow it up?

“It would be fine if we said we would find another way after being destroyed by the end of the world.

“The world hasn’t ended yet—so what are you afraid of?
"If you don't try, how do you know that the road ahead is dead?"

Don't hit your head and bleed...

You just want me to give up resistance?

"——That doesn't make sense!"

Aleister's eyes were shining and a crazy smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

When the frozen time resumed, there was more than one person around her.

In addition to the eldest princess, Lalo, who was wearing a purple suit, a "clown costume" in another sense, also appeared beside him. There was also a man with scars all over his body, bare hands, long beard and long hair - as strong as a lion.

All the living people should have been forced to gather here.

Just as the princess predicted, this clock tower indeed has special significance.

And from the sky not far away, there came a strong sense of oppression.

The people who suddenly appeared were all strong people - they were ready for battle in an instant and accepted the existence of others as comrades.

"Oh, we're going to fight in a group after only the sixth question?"

Aleister's smile grew brighter, and he looked up at the sky: "I want to see...what the Endless Knot is going to take out."

——The next moment, the "angel" descended.

It was an illusory human body that was glowing all over, with a huge thorn-shaped halo floating above its head.

It... or rather His hair danced behind him like tentacles of light.

There is a purple-red ring behind it.

Its hands and feet melted into an amorphous mass, and its facial features were blurred. It wore a circular eye mask, and had two pairs of huge wings of light behind it, forming a huge X shape like a butterfly.

A strong sense of holiness enveloped the earth, and He was shrouded in a strong divinity that judged everything. Just looking at Him would make one want to kneel down and worship Him.

"That's... the Apostle of the Pillar God!"

The princess blurted out: "This should be the Endless Knot——!"

But looking at Him, Aleister's expression gradually became serious.

She didn't know why, but she felt a little flustered.

The angel in front of me... this Pillar God Apostle who looks a bit like a "Digimon".

It gave her an inexplicable sense of familiarity.

——An extremely strong sense of familiarity.

(End of this chapter)