Pastor's Tantra

At least in this matter, Aiwass can be sure that Bishop Mathers' information is really not as good as his own.

Although Aiwass has completely forgotten the plot, the [letter sent by someone to the Noble Red Society] previously obtained at the Pelican Bar mentioned some key information.

The letter roughly mentioned that the demonologists sent by the Noble Red Society this time should be "a group of people", not just two. "That adult" will cooperate with their actions and continuously create cases in various places on Glass Island in advance to distract the attention and manpower of the Supervision Bureau.

Similarly, the mysterious person who wrote the letter also issued a warning to the Noble Red Society in an attitude of almost equal partners - to the effect that there is a limit to the amount of credit he can allow the society to take. If the association still doesn't give him what he wants this time, then he will "with a heavy heart and firmly carry out some unkind acts that neither of us want or want to see."

The two "pen pals" who came to meet Aiwass actually broke away from the large army and arrived early.

The motivation is also easy to understand.

They have been operating the "Aiwas" line for a long, long time. And maybe they thought that Aiwass would die in this ongoing turmoil; or maybe they thought that their superiors would come to take away Aiwass's resources; or they were uneasy about this operation, so they activated Aiwass in advance. Wensi used this food reserve to supplement important resources.

Perhaps it was for the name of the "Moriarty" family at first, but when Aiwass became a priest and still trusted them, he became a special value in his own right.

Noble blood, a pure heart, a soul striving for transcendence, a willing sacrifice - and maybe some other factors. But Aiwass's standards as a sacrifice were very high.

Because the sacrificial ceremony was not a ritual for directional summoning of shadow demons, but any superior demon could come. As a result, the ceremony had just begun, and the Shadow Demon came over after smelling the smell.

Aiwass used half of his life force as a sacrifice to sign a contract with Shadow Demon - this is actually the correct price.

The correct price of the sacrifice is "half". No matter how much you offer, the devil only takes half, and usually the renewable half. Because the essence of this ceremony is "equal distribution".

Equally divided property, equal shares of power, equal shares of benefits, equal shares of risks - such two parties can be called collaborators. If the summoner's quality can satisfy the devil, the summoner can get a symbolic 1% more to tell the difference between "master and servant"; if the summoner is reluctant to just summon it, it is usually half and half.

But in reality this has no binding effect on the behavior of demons. The only difference is whether the verbal title is "master" or "partner".

Demonologists are a legal profession in countries other than Avalon and the Eternal Theocracy. If one must kill one's own sacrifice when using the sacrificial skill, then the demonologist must be a murderer, and then this profession cannot be legal. And if a demonologist performs self-sacrifice, it is directly equivalent to suicide.

The sacrifices of demonologists in the Kingdom of Avalon are all accompanied by massacres, which are actually not the needs of demons, but the needs of silencing, robbing, or preparing ritual materials.

In the case where the spread of mysterious knowledge is limited, most ordinary people don't even know what extraordinary professions there are on the transcendent path. They don't even know the official title of "demonologist". Instead, they call them "warlock" in short. The established impression that he is a master who can cast spells has become a popular name.

But in fact, the magic ability of demonologists is not strong, and the types of spells that can be used are quite few.

They are far inferior to mages on the path of wisdom, necromancers on the twilight path, and sages who adapt to the path. They are even inferior to lawyers on the authoritative path - the main power of demonologists comes from "rituals" and " demon". Many spells rely on rituals, require preparation in advance, and are far more powerful than normal spells.

For example, Veronica's "cursed baby" requires babies cursed to death by the caster as ritual materials. The destructive power of ritual spells guided by second-level demonologists is enough to threaten or even instantly kill front-line professions at the third level.

If you don't have the right materials on hand and a demon with a powerful enough contract, the demonologist will become very weak.

But on the other hand, if demonologists plan secretly and prepare in advance, they can exert destructive power far beyond their level.

Now I am in the light and they are in the dark.

If Aiwass only used his demonologist ability to fight, it would be a double disadvantage - not only would his identity be easily revealed, but he would also be completely unable to cooperate with his teammates.

Even if you mix, you won’t mix. It's hard to lie down.

Aiwass originally planned to obtain the priest professional level as soon as possible, but he did not expect it to be so soon. Before he told his adoptive father about this, Bishop Mathers had thought of it in advance.

In the morning, the Inspectorate called to make an appointment - saying that they planned to visit Moriarty Manor in the evening. The adoptive father was very happy and said that he wanted to send Aiwass some kind of commendation order...but Aiwass was not very interested in this.

What good things can the Inspectorate give? In the game, players are busy and busy, but in the end they get nothing at all. The benefits were divided among themselves.

Moreover, Aiwass was worried that it would be Haina's idiot who came this time, so she came hours in advance. So he didn't dare to go out today.

I originally planned to read with my sister at home.

As a result, Bishop Mathers invited him to the cathedral at only nine o'clock in the morning.

But now there is no dissatisfaction in Aiwass's heart. He is extremely pious and serious.

——Just kidding, this is a professional skills instructor!

And strictly speaking, he went through the back door. Without passing the exam or completing the long and smelly "approval tasks", I was directly qualified to learn the sacred craft!

The old bishop preached slowly: "The so-called 'sacred skills' are the most practical and practical ones that the church has carefully selected based on the principles of 'safety', 'health', 'easy to learn' and 'benefiting people'. The safest and easiest to master the mysterious skills of the path of devotion. After passing the corresponding qualification examination, the bishop will teach you the corresponding skills for free until you master it."

I understand, it’s Yu Sanjia. Charmander, Squirtle, Bulbasaur... highlight one that is easy to use and maintain.

Aiwass thought to himself, feeling very anxious and impatient.

But Bishop Mathers still said calmly: "There are four kinds of sacred skills that the bishop below can master.

"'Prayer', 'fire sacrifice', 'illumination', 'blessing'. It is particularly important to note that the essence of mysterious skills cannot be understood literally."

The old bishop explained: “The so-called ‘fire sacrifice’ refers to a technique for strengthening the body and restoring oneself.

"Human life is like a candle, and the soul is fire. Those of us who walk on the path of devotion will share our light and fire. And this also means that we will gradually become empty.

"I specially created this unhealthy state for myself to demonstrate to you."

As he spoke, the old bishop nodded the unnatural white hair on his temples.

Aiwass knew what he was going to say, but still nodded obediently.

To put it simply, the spells on the path of devotion all burn your own blood.

Even for treatment, one is burning one's own blood to restore blood to others - in this case, then the path of devotion must have a stable method of restoring blood.

This is the art of "Sacrificing Fire".

"First, light a new candle. Any color will do, it doesn't matter - and once you're good enough, you can just carry a pack of matches with you."

The old bishop said, stretching out his left hand: "I don't know how much you understand mysterious knowledge, so I will start from the beginning.

"Among the five fingers of both hands, the thumb symbolizes fire, the index finger symbolizes air, the middle finger symbolizes ether, the ring finger is earth, and the little finger is water. The four basic elements have two corresponding fingers, while light and darkness are represented by the left and right hands respectively. .So we usually use the left hand to perform fire sacrifices - and the elements of the devotional path are light and fire, so our most important fingers are the thumb and middle finger of the left hand.

"I don't recommend doing anything with your right hand until you've mastered it and ingrained it into your instincts."

As he spoke, a white flame ignited on the thumb of the old bishop's left hand, lighting up the candlestick in front of him.

There was a thick and long white candle that had been placed in advance. The light after lighting up instantly illuminates the entire space.

"To facilitate your first visualization, I have chosen the brightest model."

Bishop Mathers explained and motioned for Oswald to push Aiwass' wheelchair over.

"Here, raise your left hand. Do it with me..."

He moved very slowly: "Imagine that what is in front of you is not a candle that is within reach, but a golden sun that is out of reach.

"No matter how bright the fire is in front of you, imagine that it is shining with an extremely bright light - that light fills all the corners of your perspective, fills your entire perspective, without a shadow. Imagine that it can penetrate you Even if you open your hand, your hand should be as transparent as glass."

Aiwass did as he was told.

And when he just reached out his hand.

Suddenly a pop-up window popped up in front of his eyes:

[Samuel Mathers is teaching you "Fire Sacrifice". Do you want to pay 1 public experience to master this mysterious skill? 】

The moment he saw the pop-up window, Aiwass was stunned for a moment and subconsciously looked at Bishop Mathers.

In the game, if a player acquires a certain mysterious skill through a mission—that is, not through reading, but through one-on-one teaching after gaining a certain NPC's personal favorability. The experience required to learn this mysterious skill is directly proportional to the level of the skill and inversely proportional to the level of the instructor.

In other words, the better this mysterious skill is and the higher the level of the teacher, the less experience the learner has to consume.

This setting doesn't make much sense in the game, it's just to show how strong this person is. Because players actually don't lack this experience - this crappy game has no physical limitations, and it doesn't take much experience to learn mysterious skills.

But when people fighting beasts online discuss "who is stronger than who" and "who can defeat whom", they will use this as a basis to infer the corresponding professional level of this NPC.

When players learned sacred skills back then, it took seven points of experience to learn them - and the teaching NPC whose name Aiwass forgot, no matter how weak he was, was at least a certain bishop.

So what's going on with you, old man? You have such a high level in version 0, why have I never heard your name in the game?

——Broken, this is where I met the sweeping monk.

Today there are still more than 6,000 words, remember to read the new book~