Pastor's Tantra

Chapter 498 The Path of Inscription

Seeing Leah raising her hand and staring at him with a murderous gaze, the consultant suddenly glanced at the grapes beside him, and for a moment he felt blessed.

"I have one last question," he said quickly. "Am I the only one you want to kill?"

Leah didn't answer, but the silence itself was the answer.

...Sure enough, there is nothing wrong with Putao.

Did he trigger some fatal condition...

The consultant had a lot of thoughts in his mind for a moment. Although he didn't know what he had done to make her have to kill him...but in the end he decisively gave up the hope of living.

——He had seen the power of this phantom with his own eyes before, and he knew that if the other party wanted to kill him, he would have absolutely no hope of survival.

If he was here, he might have a chance to escape.

However, Sherlock is only a third-level mage and doesn't even have a weapon at hand. It can be said that there is no hope of victory in the face of this kind of demigod with divinity.

In this case, there is no point in struggling anymore, and it may also affect the grapes.

In an instant, the consultant had already made such a plan.

"Listen!"

As he moved sideways in the direction away from "Mycroft", he shouted in a fast voice: "Don't be an enemy of Aiwass, he is the recipient of the Twin Mirror——"

He tried his best to convey the final information to Putao in words that did not reveal the identities of their promoted persons.

After saying this most critical sentence, the consultant breathed a sigh of relief.

If he dies this time, I don’t know if he will die in reality. But even if he is lucky enough to survive, he will probably lose all his memories.

The reason why the consultant is so desperate is not because the consultant is too loyal to Valentine VII. He didn't care that much about Xing Antimony.

Extraordinaries on the Dusk Path are like this. There are very few things that they can care about from the bottom of their hearts.

——But at the same time, he hates "meaningless death" even more.

Because that means nothingness, the burying of value, and forgetfulness.

And dusk is the way of inscription and eternity.

If you must die, then dying during the promotion ceremony is the best choice. He didn't die because of meaningless hatred, he didn't die because of political struggles, he didn't die because of assassination or frame-up...but he died for seeking the truth and for the desire to rise to a higher level.

That's the most meaningful thing. When he dies, he will not leave a chain of hatred behind.

Especially the full moon ceremony, there is no one worthy of hatred; even the new moon ceremony, it is a fair competition under the witness of the Pillar God.

The only one who can be blamed is that he is not strong enough and cautious enough... What he will leave behind before his death will only be the information and secrets passed on to others.

...The only regret is that I did not die during the ceremony of entering the fifth and sixth stages of the twilight path.

That is the "last promotion ceremony" that only exists in legends. Anyone who passes it can be called the strongest person in the material world.

The mortality rate in that ceremony was extremely high, and even if you survived, you might not be able to be promoted successfully. In the history of nearly a thousand years, there have been only a few successful people. There are not many people who can reach the peak of the fifth energy level, and he himself has not yet developed the power of the fifth energy level to the limit.

...It would be great if I could witness that wonder. the advisor thought.

Compete with the strongest people in the world. If you succeed, you will become the strongest in the world. Even if you fail, it will mean a glorious death - you will become the fuel of miracles, and your existence will be engraved in this way. .

There have been so many people at the fifth level for thousands of years, and not many people can remember their names. But if he can become the nourishment of the sixth level, I am afraid that future generations will remember his name...

...However, his death is not meaningless.

He has handed over the most important information to Tao.

Putao is a very smart girl and the most beloved student of the counselor. Otherwise, he wouldn't have made a special trip to stay with her just for Putao's promotion.

I hope she can analyze what she really wants to express from this sentence and wake up to her intentions.

——Aiwass can use the blessing of twin mirrors to copy the other party's path and ability!

The consultant stared closely at Grape, as if hoping she could understand his thoughts.

While saying those words, his feet continued to move, trying to stay away from the grapes. In order to prevent the Flame Butterfly's attack from killing him from affecting her - and the words he left were only superficially a sign of goodwill to Aiwass, and the Flame Butterfly had no reason to kill "Mycroft" "Special".

Just as the consultant finished his last words, he had already taken three horizontal steps.

Before the fourth step was taken, a stream of scorching flames roared out!

"Sherlock"'s body was completely engulfed in flames in an instant.

The other side, before that.

The stranger woke up leisurely to the sound of fierce fighting.

He covered his forehead with a complicated expression.

...Today, he finally knew why one of his missions included "not to be brought back to Star Antimony".

It turns out that as long as you do nothing, you will be taken away by the Star Antimony people...

Indeed.

After all, he was born into a noble family of Star Antimony, and Stranger was very familiar with the behavior of the Star Antimony Kingdom.

If this world line is established, and the Zim people are eager for R\u0026D talents, they will definitely take back the Nobel master. For the Star Antimony people, robbing talents is far more important than robbing resources and treasures.

A country that can accommodate children of the moon, necromancers, demonologists, witches, alchemists, wizards, priests, astrologers, hunters, and assassins at the same time is a country that welcomes all comers.

They even have a small number of local extraordinary people who follow the path of authority and the path of beauty... As long as they are talented, Xing Antimony will definitely want them.

Regardless of whether your heart is here or not, as long as you are here first. As long as the money, resources, status and respect are given, you have to work.

To take a step back, even if you really don't cooperate - does that mean that if you are killed, your soul can be extracted to become a ghost scholar? At least it's better than staying in other countries and inventing things for them.

Because Xing Antimony has always regarded itself as the "successor of the Herasl Empire", and the empire was known for its inclusiveness and tolerance of all paths. Based on this tradition, Xing Antimony cannot openly express any resistance to extraordinary people of any path.

Since you want everything, let’s get something good. It is better to give the same resources to talents than to waste.

——When he was a teenager, Moke was proud of Xing Antimony’s strong inclusiveness of “talent-only theory”.

No matter what path you take, as long as you can become a strong person or a well-known scholar, you can gain people's respect and trust. You can gain wealth, status, and social recognition.

To the young Stranger, his talent was something he was proud of.

He didn't think there was anything wrong with things like necromancy. In this world, as long as a person dies, his soul will return to the dream world... If left alone, the body will become undead. Rather, it would be “unnatural” to say that a corpse was buried by a priest and then laid to rest.

In this case, studying corpses is no different from studying monsters. People will turn into undead after death, just like flies that lay eggs in carrion - studying the undead is like studying these flies.

He became a powerful supernatural being and an intelligent scholar at a young age. When he was a teenager, he would gather to chat and have meals with those fourth-level or even fifth-level extraordinary beings... He always looked very humble and gentle, that's because the people he came into contact with were always Among the top experts in this country, anyone is much stronger than him.

In this environment, he has no pride at all.

And at the same time, he was also extremely eager... eager to reach that position.

Being able to truly communicate with their peers, relying on their own inventions and talents - rather than getting to know them because of their origins and talents.

Origin is not something you can choose; and your talent is not fully realized. How many things belong to you?

In this situation, Stranger desperately craves recognition.

If we talk about his advantage, it is that he is young enough. He has been exposed to a lot of new things, and his vision is different from that of those veteran experts and scholars. Based on this cognitive difference, he can come up with some "ideas".

But if you just give people ideas to study, then all they can get is a thank you.

——You have to complete a complete research independently.

Stranger thought.

So when he heard that the War Department was worried about Gargoyle troops being incapacitated when entering the Bishop's sanctuary, he was immediately interested.

In one of his previous experiments, he created unconscious flesh and blood due to an accidental mistake. This flesh and blood can only be used as the flesh and blood skin of the spliced ​​corpse, and it has no great value... But what if it is used as the skin of the gargoyle?

——As a result, before Moke graduated from University, his published papers were published in the highest-level academic journals, and even attracted the attention of several generals.

He immediately became interested.

Although the initial request has been completed, the gargoyle as an aerial scout has the ability to sneak into the sanctuary without being immediately paralyzed...but can he do better?

The flesh and blood skin is easily broken and may fall off during high-speed flight. Then put on a metal shell for fixation and protection.

But in this case, the dexterous gargoyle will become cumbersome. It has lost its meaning as a silent scout, but as a close combat unit, it really lacks attack power.

——Then why not just throw explosives.

Previously the Gargoyle couldn't do this because the explosives would change the Gargoyle's center of gravity. This makes them unstable in flight and difficult to throw into designated areas. Now that the weight of the gargoyle has increased significantly, it can actually have a throwing effect.

So Stranger was praised by the Minister of War, and he was awarded the Lieutenant Medal even though he had never been on the battlefield or trained for a day.

It was "a commendation in advance for his current inventions and future military exploits."

The stranger who has received praise and become a celebrity can even chat with the big shots at banquets. He is finally no longer the "highly anticipated future star" or the "future fifth level", but a genuine "genius necromancer".

He is no longer someone's son or someone's student, but "Albert Lorey", the strongest genius of the younger generation!

So he devoted himself wholeheartedly to the research and optimization of the "Armed Gargoyle".

Gargoyles are just a useless unit. Their previous role was to fall silently on buildings at night, providing long-distance vision for the ritualists.

And the unconscious rotten meat he researched has no meaning at all. Even the most common dagger can cut it, and the spliced ​​corpse made from it will be extremely fragile.

As for armor, this is even more true - Star Antimony is rich in metals but rarely uses them. The core materials of the Colossus are stones and gems. The only people who use large amounts of metals are the physics professions in the Black Eagle collar.

They have also developed a large number of advanced firearms and bullets, but they can basically only be sold to goblins - because the alchemists' inventions are much more useful than this, and these machine guns can only be sold to those wearing heavy armor. For hunters who can move freely.

From Stranger's point of view, he simply turned waste into treasure. The combination of worthless things, things no one wants, and useless arms made them the main force of the army. He even made the army arrange tactics based on his own research - the fifth-level big shots had to change their habits to cater to him.

He kept writing various papers, and in the end he didn't even have to do experiments himself, he only needed to make prototypes by hand.

There are a large number of experimenters in the Army's laboratories who are much more professional than him. He only needs to write down the theoretical possibilities and provide prototypes, and they will complete various tests with more professional efficiency than him, and the test data will be returned directly to him after he wakes up.

The extremely comfortable research environment made Mo Ke feel strong satisfaction.

Like drinking fine wine, the brain swells and becomes numb. The whole person is very excited, and I will not feel tired even if I study day and night. You don’t have to do all the hard part, just envision it! Just imagine!

He really showed off his talents - not just arming gargoyles, he even wrote down every idea he came up with and provided it to the laboratory for further demonstration.

Even though Star Antimony is still in the war stage, it is still tilting a lot of resources towards him.

Stranger believes that in just two months...the armed gargoyles will be completely completed. During this time, he also renovated and optimized many weapons from the old era - he had not done his job of splicing corpses for three months because he had more and more work at hand. The research matters that need him to handle alone are scheduled for two months.

Now that people are praising him, Mo Ke can finally accept them all. He is no longer anxious about his origin and talent. People no longer look forward to him in the future, but have begun to worship the current "Albert Lorey".

The teacher taught him that the road at dusk is the road of inscription and eternity.

In his view, the twilight path means "now".

——Now is eternity!

But when the old woman who saved him was blown into a pile of minced meat in front of him.

The blood, which looked like droplets but had a slightly granular texture, splashed out and evenly covered his face. His face had turned dark red, and there were dense, dotted blood stains on his skin. Like a glass window on a rainy day.

No more praise, no more flattery. It is no longer the approval of the elders, the approval of the seniors.

He had been exposed to a lot of blood, a lot of corpses. But he has never made himself so dirty - in order to prevent infection and contamination of materials, he will wear gloves and protective gear according to the procedure every time he handles a corpse.

He did see people being executed. But in Star Antimony, death row prisoners are extremely precious materials... In addition to necromancers, Moon Sons and Demonologists also use them. In order to ensure the integrity of the body, there was not much other than electric shock, injection, or even hanging.

At the moment when the bomb fell, he seemed to be awakened by the explosion.

The past few months have been like a dream...

And in an instant, he seemed to wake up from a dream.

The stranger even had an illusion in a trance - as if he accidentally pushed his child downstairs after being drunk. The brain became clear again in an instant, and the whole noisy world became silent.

Now when he thought about his research...he only felt a wave of nausea.

"...What a genius."

The stranger looked at his hands mockingly: "Are you a genius for killing..."

After he passed out, the blood on his hands had been wiped clean, but now he could repeatedly hallucinate a trace of scarlet from it.

At this time, the sound of fighting outside gradually subsided.

——Probably Xing Antimony’s side won the battle.

The stranger thought calmly.

He was now arrested... escorted in name, but actually arrested. He can't complete the task at all, and I'm afraid it will be difficult for him to advance smoothly.

This advancement has failed.

He really couldn't imagine that troops with colossi and gargoyles were "escorting" him. How else could he escape.

...There will be several days after that, and I don’t know how to survive it.

At this moment, the curtain of the carriage he was in was lifted.

But the person who opened the curtain made the stranger startled.

Because he knows this person.

"The... Grand Guardian of Avalon?"

"Master Nobel."

The blond middle-aged man with tired brows asked in a calm tone: "Do you... want to return to Xing Antimony?"