Pastor's Tantra

Merlin saw the purple light flashing in Aiwass's eyes, and reluctantly pressed his hat to cover the upper half of his face.

"It seems you understand something, Aiwass."

Merlin said softly, the corners of his mouth raised slightly.

How smart he is.

Just by seeing Aiwass's expression and his sudden resonance with the transcendent path, you can roughly guess what happened. There was no need for Aiwass to explain it to him personally.

——There is no need to think about the intermediate process and "how to do it".

Then the rest is nothing more than a few possibilities.

Aiwass is the chess piece needed for the plan behind the "Ring of the End" ritual, Aiwass is the back-up man prepared by Huantiansi, Aiwass is part of Jacob's conspiracy... roughly speaking, these are the possibility.

Anyway, it's either related to Jacob or Huan Tiansi.

Merlin quite understands the feeling of being taken advantage of. After all, he had almost the same mentality after being deceived by Vivian.

So Merlin put his hand affectionately on Aiwass's shoulder, and whispered softly: "Although I don't know what you have in mind, I have something to say."

Hearing this, Aiwass raised his head and looked at Merlin.

"You are the most talented person I have ever met, bar none. You are also a good boy who has saved the future of countless people.

"In those plans, you may be the egg shell, perhaps the fuel, perhaps the wheel, or perhaps the chess piece."

Merlin said word by word: "But no matter what, I think... it's a pity that you only become 'fragments'. You should have a brighter future, and you just need to remove the shackles on yourself."

"Will you support me?"

Aiwass asked rhetorically.

In his words, there was no respect that he should have for the apostles.

Merlin keenly captured this subtle change in attitude.

--interesting.

It seems that this matter is indeed related to Huan Tiansi.

The Ring of Ending Ceremony can force other Tiansi to descend to the lower world...but what's the point of this? Let the heavenly beings be driven out of the dream world and let them rule the material world instead?

Although he still didn't quite understand the process, Merlin had probably guessed his final purpose.

——Huan Tiansi is planning to seize the position of Pillar God.

This is not a secret. The dwarves' beliefs are open and their purpose clear.

As a Tiansi who transcends the path, how could he not want to transcend his position as Tiansi?

And to do this, just being powerful is not enough. It requires a great achievement that can completely change the world.

So if I realized all this so early... what should I do? Is it time to take sides?

Side with the Snake Father and help him prevent the popularity of the Ouroboros Ring ritual?

Or are you siding with Ouroboros and helping him advance this plan?

"……Ah."

Merlin chuckled.

——He doesn’t want to take any side.

Since you have to rely on your intelligence advantage to become a gambler, you might as well make a big bet. Otherwise, what's the difference between you and those who don't know anything?

So Merlin raised his eyebrows and smiled at Aiwass: "Yes, of course I will support you. Why not?"

"That's what you said."

"Yes, I said so."

Merlin replied readily: "If anything happens, just pray to me. Use the ritual to call me, and I will answer you as long as I am free."

He let go of Aiwass's shoulder and glanced back at the giant prince who was restrained by him.

"Don't you give it a try, Aiwass? I'm also curious about how the 'sacred entity' works...can you show it to me?"

"certainly."

Aiwass replied.

He closed the book of law in his hand and slowly walked to the giant prince Wolfram who was bound in place.

That's ridiculous - that's what Aiwass meant to say.

According to the original timeline, Wolfram would never have died so early. He completely committed his own suicide.

Listening to what the Punisher Demon meant, Wolfram believed a certain prophecy and came here to look for the Book of Laws. In fact, there was no need to listen to the Punisher Devil's words. He just watched Wolfram stare at him intently. You can understand all this just by looking at Aiwass's eyes.

"...It's so pitiful."

Aiwass sighed: "You know nothing about any of this."

Bishop Mathers had told Aiwass a long time ago that Noble Red suddenly entered the Glass Island in order to find or get close to the "sacred entity". And if their purpose is to obtain the Book of Law... then it can be said that this prediction is quite accurate.

The Book of Dharma does contain the power to change the world.

As long as you get it, you can get the "Ring of the Ending" ritual. Not only that, if by chance, it is even possible to discover the profession of Sin Scholar and obtain other rituals.

Those ceremonies were the ceremonies in which Huantian Si awarded him "Prophet" Jacob. A ritual that is too weak is not worthy of being stored in this grimoire that hides the conditions for changing the profession of "Lord of the Beast".

"You had a chance."

Aiwass scoffed: "But you missed it."

"Giants" and "humans" are not the same species. The giants are the children of the High Heaven, while humans are the descendants of Ego and the Serpent Father. In other words, if a giant uses humans as ritual materials, it will not trigger the sin of "heaven's evil".

Because they are not the same race.

And the kingdom of giants, the Kingdom of Arktos, perished too early. Even if they want to use giants as ritual materials, they can't find them at all - Wolfram has long been a prisoner, and the punishment demon Cassiam is wandering in the wilds of Avalon as a giant civilian. More than a hundred years. If he could find other giants, he wouldn't be the only one who defected to Wolfram.

They naturally meet the promotion requirements for scholars of sin.

Just like the players.

Perhaps due to review, players are not allowed to use humans as materials for rituals. Therefore, all demonologist players cannot be promoted to demon incarnations, and can only be promoted to sin scholars.

As a student of Jacob, Wolfram inherited the same profession as him. He fell into the same trap as him.

A great wizard who has been promoted to a spell mage cannot understand this book.

But Cassiam, who had every chance of being recognized by the Book of Law...had advanced to become the incarnation of a demon.

If a demonologist wants to advance to the level of demon incarnation, he must commit the sin of heaven. Without this "unforgivable crime", it would not be recognized by the Fallen Heaven Division.

In other words, in order to qualify for his promotion, Qasiem had to ask Wolfram for some body fragments as materials for job transfer.

——In this way, Cassiam worked hard and finally advanced into the devil incarnation, thus successfully missing the Book of Laws.

And now, Wolfram doesn't even know what the Book of the Law means. He also had no idea what ridiculous role he and the noble red he commanded played in this plan.

Thinking of this, Aiwass only felt unmotivated: "With such a powerful power...but still can't get rid of the shackles of fate.

"Then I'll give you relief."

He said, raising the book of law in his hand.

The pages of the book opened by themselves and stopped at the page of "The Hanged Man".

There is a ritual recorded there that can only be used on a person who is bound and hung upside down.

"Please turn him upside down."

Aiwass requested Merlin.

"oh?"

Merlin asked with interest: "Is it like the 'Hanged Man' on the tarot cards?"

He thought of something and suddenly became interested.

"Yes."

Aiwass responded.

So Merlin held the staff, and the giant prince was spun around in a circle and hung upside down in the air by chains.

He glared at Aiwass fiercely, obviously knowing what was going to happen to him.

But Aiwass just said calmly: "Don't you want to get the power of the Book of Law?

"Then I'll give it to you."

The Great Wizard is difficult to kill in the first place.

Once killed, there is a possibility of resurrection or reincarnation - even if Merlin is watching, Merlin may not be absolutely reliable.

Moreover, Aiwass was not sure whether a giant like Wolfram would be recruited as an apostle by Xiong Tiansi after his death.

Wolfram wanted to get the Book of Law, mostly because he wanted to relieve Xiong Tiansi from the dilemma he was facing... And facing this rare loyal minister, who might even be the last loyal minister in the material world, Xiong Tiansi might Will be willing to give him part of his strength, thereby leaving his soul.

That would be too dangerous.

He knows so much about himself. And being an apostle is too powerful - even the Great Guardian may die due to his revenge.

——If you want to kill him, you must destroy both body and spirit.