Shepherd Tantra

Chapter 873 Avalon's Second Legion
April 6, Avalon.

Isabel sat quietly in her study, looking through the letters that had been sent back.

"It's really fun."

She flicked the letter with her fingers and chuckled, "What do you think, Sir Hermes?"

As early as a week ago, Isabel sent a letter to Xingti expressing her intention to make an "official state visit".

However, Xingti did not respond to this news immediately.

Although Avalon and Star Antimony are separated by the ocean, this does not easily affect the transmission of messages.

Because this kind of international level letters are all handed over to the church for delivery. The apostle of the candlestick "Winged Fire" is keen on sending things for people, and the letters delivered by the apostles and delivered by the church can also keep the information safe to the greatest extent. So there is no possibility of "the letter is lost" or "the letter has been sent but has not arrived yet".

After such a long time, Xing Ti didn't reply...but he replied immediately after the Church started recruiting soldiers yesterday.

But Isabel was neither angry nor upset. She just had a smile in her eyes and a relaxed demeanor.

Her eyes became brighter and brighter, and she already had the calm temperament of a monarch.

"They are afraid, Your Majesty."

Mycroft Hermes said without even looking up.

He was wearing a thin sweater and a white shirt, sitting opposite Isabel, sorting documents slowly and methodically.

Compared to last year, this man who was as fat as a seal is now obviously two sizes thinner.

On the one hand, it was due to exhaustion... On the other hand, it was also because of this reason that his adaptability to the twilight path became weaker. The obviously abnormal "steady and solid obesity" was largely due to the inertia of his body caused by the overflow of his adaptability to the twilight path.

After all, neither he nor Sherlock's father or mother, nor other family members were fat. And Mycroft himself was quite self-disciplined, and there was no sign of him having any habit of gluttony or alcoholism.

He became so fat because his Twilight Path adaptability had exceeded his current energy level - this was a typical loss of control on the Path. Not all loss of control would make people crazy or turn them into deformed monsters. Becoming fat was also a relatively mild loss of control.

Now, as his workload gradually increased, Mycroft's Twilight Path's adaptability also deteriorated.

The fat on his face has faded a lot, and you can already see some shadows of Sherlock. He is much more handsome than before and looks like a man. Compared with Sherlock's image of a thin young man, Mycroft's face is still square and has a calm and upright aura.

He exhaled, put the documents upright, tucked them gently on the table and put them away, and said slowly: "It's obvious that the Theocracy's... little moves scared them.

"Originally, they might have had some concerns about your visit, Your Majesty. But now that the Theocracy has begun recruiting soldiers, they dare not refuse your visit. Or rather... they are eager for you to arrive at Star Antimony as soon as possible. It would be best if you could arrive before the elves arrive."

Mycroft looked at the Queen's guards in the corner of the room, chuckled and asked, "Do you think I'm right?"

"Although we don't know why the Church suddenly lifted its neutrality and resumed conscription..."

The oldest of the Queen's guards replied casually, "But since it was a joint decision made by His Holiness the Pope and the cardinals, it must be correct.

"Those humans should have replied. This is a courtesy. Besides, the ruler of that country is not the king, but the queen mother. They replied after hearing the news of the Theocracy's conscription... This seems ridiculous. It's as if the Theocracy is conscripting soldiers to punish them."

"They're not qualified!"

Another elf who looked much younger than Isabel smiled and said in a clear voice, "It's far from enough! My instructor once said that if the elves ever form a Paladin Corps again, we will definitely be fighting against the enemies of the world."

"Indeed," the queen's guard, who looked to be in his thirties and had the most mature temperament, nodded. "If the church wants to clean up the fragmented Herasil, there is no need to recruit soldiers. Those imperial people always think too highly of themselves - even when Herasil was at his peak, there was no way His Majesty the Pope would change the traditions of the church for this.

"Based on my understanding of the church, this is mostly to fight against apostles or even celestial enemies. Lifting the neutrality in advance is just to avoid confusion and fear in the critical moment and let people adapt in advance."

She was the oldest among the guards, so she never had a clear and distinct understanding of the Star Antimony, but she knew a lot about the Empire. She always felt that it was actually still a part of the Helasar Empire... She didn't even know how many parts the Helasar Empire had split into, and what their names were.

"Since they are so anxious, let's not rush for now."

Isabel did not correct her, but folded the letter leisurely: "Let's set the time for a week later, to give them some time to dry out. And Aiwass plans to go there first to do something... so as to avoid causing trouble for him."

Now that she has a child, her work style has become noticeably more stable.

After Aiwass merged with Aleister and took off the Holy Crown, Aiwass was able to meet Isabel again in the dream world.

Knowing that Aiwass was safe and well, Isabel finally felt relieved.

Through communication in the dream world, Isabel also learned about Aiwas's plan.

Aiwas planned to go to the Narcissus Principality first to meet up with his mentor. Master Chongbo had sent out information about recruiting archaeologists a long time ago. And Aiwas's archaeology mentor Bud had also been sent by Isabel, and Aiwas should be on his way now.

It is said that there is residual power of Tiansi in the ruins, and Aiwas is quite concerned about it.

However, as one of the very few dual-path fifth-level warriors in the world, Aiwas will definitely be fine.

What's more, Aiwass said that a cardinal would accompany him this time.

"But it's normal for Xingti to panic," Isabel said casually to Mycroft, "I heard there was something going on over there... White Tide?"

"Yes, a kind of undead disaster. It is said that when Valentine VII died, there was no funeral, so he resurrected. Some people also say that he became the earthly apostle of Winter Division... After all, he is related by blood."

Mycroft nodded. "It hasn't expanded yet, and is only affecting a small area. The undead transformed by the former king have a special feature... that is, they don't lose too much of their original extraordinary abilities, and they still retain almost complete sanity and memory. "I think this is another kind of child of the moon - a cold child of the moon. Maybe it can be called the child of winter? Hehe..."

Mycroft smiled as he spoke.

If this happened in Avalon, he would be extremely troubled - the previous queen got up with resentment and turned into a ghost, saying that she would return to the capital and seize the royal power. And her behavior was to kill everyone else and turn them into high-IQ ghosts like herself. This matter is very troublesome whether you deal with it or not, and no matter how you deal with it, it will definitely give people a reason to criticize you...

But since it happened on Star Antimony, Mycroft was happy to watch the fun.

He knocked on the table and asked Isabel, who was able to communicate privately with Aiwass, "I heard that it was a conspiracy of the Ziggurat? It was the price they paid to upgrade the Winter Girl to Winter Master in order to fight against the Red Phase. Now that the Red Phase is dead... What does the Ziggurat say now?"

"The Ziggurat doesn't intend to deal with this matter. They intend to cut ties with the Winter Maiden to a certain extent."

Isabel really knew about this. She said directly, "On April 9, the Ziggurat will rise from the ground and fly to Avalon. I have prepared a place for them to stay... directly in Eagle Point Village. They will like the death energy and dusk power of Eagle Point Village... and the Wild Hunt can also form a barrier to prevent the leaked undead from entering the world of ordinary people."

This was something she had discussed with Aiwass.

Mycroft was shocked. "If I hadn't asked, you wouldn't have told me, my Lord!"

"Because in the short term, there is nothing to deal with. Most people don't know that the Spirit Tower has come to Avalon, and there is no rush to recruit students. We don't have a complete enough soil to accept necromancy... Last month, I let the Glass Steps newspaper subtly begin to influence public opinion, but it will take a few special events for people to accept coexistence with necromancers."

Isabel smiled, quite proudly: "I am also doing something, Sir Hermes. Not everything depends on you."

Mycroft shook his head.

Somewhat helpless, yet somewhat relaxed.

"Oh, there's one more thing—"

Isabel suddenly asked, "Do you know the 'Second Legion'?"

As we all know, there is only one Griffin Legion of Avalon.

Mycroft nodded hesitantly, then shook his head, and said tactfully: "I can know, or I can not know."

"Don't be afraid, Sir Hermes."

Isabel said readily: "It is not a bad thing. That is the man whom Ligeia pulled out of me.

"The people inside include Haena and David. After Haena became a royal guard, David, who had previously become a warrior, also got a new career on the Path of Transcendence at the end of the month - 'Black Knight'. Aiwass said that he had long wanted to embark on the Path of Transcendence... and now he is finally satisfied. Compared to the demonologist, this career is more suitable for him."

Mycroft knew what the Black Knight was, of course—

That is a new profession opened up by the anti-Heaven boss "Lanmalok".

That was truly their "ancestor" - although they were not from the same family, after so many years, they could be considered relatives to some extent.

"I plan to form a brand new legion. The age of warriors has arrived, and we can't just keep holding on to the air cavalry. As for the black knights, this profession that transcends the Tao has the opportunity to be transferred to the profession of Ligeia in the future. I plan to recruit a new batch, and the end of the month has already passed... The first batch of black knights should have appeared by now."

Isabel smiled and said, "Can you help me, Sir Hermes?"

"...Then which department should these black knights work in?"

Mycroft realized that a large wave of workload was approaching and covered his forehead in pain.

"Let's go with the Inspectorate. Compared to the Inspectors whose abilities and personalities tend to be more disciplined and surveillance-oriented, the Black Knights who are obsessed with revenge and justice are more suitable for supervising power itself... and are also more suitable for doing things that are not suitable to be done openly."

Isabel narrowed her eyes slightly. "As the paths of Avalon become more complex, there will be more and more voices. We certainly hope that people will no longer be bound by the constraints of the past and unable to freely display their paths... but we also don't want those who have been bewitched or bribed to mix in with the crowd and cause chaos.

"As the paths become more diverse, society will become relatively freer, but also more chaotic - both Herasl and Xingti have proven this.

"The people of Avalon are also people of Herasil, and we also have the opportunity to revive the glory of Herasil. But at the same time... we must also be wary of the fall of Herasil.

"'Using copper as a mirror, one can adjust one's attire; using history as a mirror, one can understand the rise and fall of things; using people as a mirror, one can understand gains and losses'... This is what Edwards said to me."

Isabel said calmly, "Although it is difficult, it is the right path. So we have to go on it, but we can't go on it without any confidence. We have to go on it carefully - being right means being difficult, because nothing is easy in this world."

After staring at Isabel for a long time, Mycroft suddenly breathed a sigh of relief and laughed out loud.

For a moment, he seemed to see the shadow of the old queen in Isabel...

This little princess... no, this young queen, is growing up so fast.

It's only been a few months.

"...It's so fast."

Mycroft murmured.

I feel a little disappointed and a little touched.

(End of this chapter)