Pastor's Tantra

Cardinal Galatea's opinion had no practical significance, but at least it gave everyone a step - so that they didn't have to surround Aiwass and admire the miracle he summoned, but could continue to move up.

As Aiwass turned into a sin beast, the illusion that Cardinal Galatea had cast on him was broken.

Now people have seen the true face of this "Mr. Pope" - although before this, everyone had actually guessed his identity one after another, and this "son of the candle"-like posture could not be mastered by other people... but now it is really open and frank.

Aiwass did not continue to waste mana to maintain the transformation state.

After he finished the transformation, he put on his clothes again. After praying to restore his mana, he once again blessed everyone with "group protection curse", "group anti-death barrier", and "group order shield", and then they planned to move forward.

This eighth floor is far from the top floor - how many floors the Tower of Babel had at its peak is now unknown. But since it was cut in half, and the eighth floor was not exposed, it meant that there must be more space on it, and it was entirely possible that there would be more and stronger demon clusters.

Therefore, it was prudent to make some defensive preparations in advance to prevent surprise attacks. You can't completely trust the warnings of the wanderer - you can't put all your eggs in one basket. After all, it is entirely possible that powerful enemies that cannot be predicted or detected will appear.

After Sine was resurrected, he had no clothes to wear, so Professor Bard enthusiastically lent him his coat. They were both of similar size, so they could just use them interchangeably.

The old wizard was sincerely grateful for Professor Bard's kindness and tolerance, but he also frowned and felt uncomfortable all over... As a chief wizard, he had never worn such bad clothes since he was born. If he hadn't known that Professor Bard was from Avalon, he would probably have thought that he was deliberately humiliating himself.

Although he was disgusted, he was too embarrassed to say it out loud. That would make him look very faceless - this made him frown, mutter, and sigh. It looked like he had encountered some kind of problem.

But in fact, he just felt that the rough clothes, like a rag, were scraping his skin. He also felt a faint smell of sweat that made him feel nauseous.

This made Aiwas, who knew the inside story, almost laugh.

This is a typical cultural difference.

In the archaeological circle of Avalon, and even in the entire academic circle, Professor Budd is famous for being frugal. This piece of clothing has been worn for at least ten years, and it is specially used for field archaeological excavations. Because it is cheap and strong, it is not a pity even if it is torn. Even if it was clean when he went out, it must be covered with sweat after running around for a long time.

Even if it is cleaned with magic, it will still feel unclean psychologically.

And this kind of "stingy" situation is impossible in Xingti and Narcissus.

Almost all scholars in Avalon are proud of their frugality. This is also a kind of political correctness... mainly from the academic circle's contempt for Lloyd's.

As we all know, Lloyd's was established by the richest people in Avalon. They like to "sponsor" others - whether it is sponsoring scholars or knights, in order to buy influence with money.

Therefore, if a scholar is very rich... unless his family is rich, people will most likely think that he has received sponsorship from Lloyd's - some Avalonians will call it "bribe", even if these scholars have no power at all.

On the other hand, if a scholar is poor enough, there are only two possibilities.

One is that Lloyd's looks down on him, and the other is that he refuses Lloyd's sponsorship. The former is a representative of incompetence, while the latter is nobleness that everyone can see. So in Avalon, as long as scholars or knights are in high positions, most of their lives will become poor.

For example, the Great Guardian's family does not have many servants, nor has he purchased many villas and manors in other places. He does not have any expensive ornaments and clothes at home, and he has never taken Little Barton out for a trip.

It's not that he has no money - to his point, money is just a number to him. No matter what he wants to buy, as long as he mentions a number or makes a request, whether it is the old queen or Isabel, they will meet most of his wishes. For a big man of this level, his wealth is basically connected to the treasury.

The reason why he is so simple is just to avoid too bad political influence. Even if he didn't take a penny from Lloyd's, he never looked down on these businessmen, but as long as he looks rich, people will naturally worry whether he is corrupted. Old Meg always has fun with the people and hangs out in beer halls and fried chicken shops for this reason - although she really likes beer and fried chicken.

The same is true for Haina - when she was in school, she also thought about buying some fashionable cosmetics or clothes, or going out shopping. But she didn't have money at that time. But now she is rich and has a pretty good salary, but it is not convenient for her to buy the things she wants.

Because of the influence of Lloyd's, an arbitrator who looks too rich... is always not a good thing in people's minds.

This is not the case in Star Antimony and Narcissus. As a noble scholar, it is natural that he should have status and money... If his life is too simple, it will appear that no nobles are willing to sponsor you, or no mage lords are interested in you. That means you have not passed the "test of the market" and do not have "real talent and practical learning."

So here, the scholars headed by the mage will try their best to live a prosperous and decent life. There are even many young mages who borrow money to make themselves fat and attend various social occasions to show that they are rich. In this way, other sponsors can have more trust in him.

After all, alchemists want to make money very quickly, but this is not the case for mages - even though the top projects belong to mages, mages are famously not fond of monetizing projects, which will make them outclassed by other mages. despise. But research costs money...there has to be some wrongdoing.

In order to make the resentful people "give something, give something", the mages will even spend a large part of their future research funds on purchasing outfits to make themselves look like the mysterious temperament of the legendary archmage.

——In fact, in Aiwass' view, Professor Bard is somewhat evil-minded.

He may not be ignorant of Narcissus’s customs. Maybe he just felt that Sine was too arrogant and ignored other people, which made the children feel uncomfortable, so he bullied the old mage out of spite.

The effect is also very good.

"Do you need my help...Mr. Sine?"

The kitten looked at Sine and sighed, and then cautiously approached him.

After all, it is her duty in the team to maintain mechanisms and detect traps.

Sine just glanced at her and said calmly: "The problem is not big, I can solve it... I will call you if you want to help."

This stubborn and proud tone made the little cat feel flattered for a moment.

When she met Sine on the first day, she accidentally grabbed a handful of his sleeves when he came up to talk. Sine snatched them back, slapped his sleeves repeatedly, and checked to see if there was any shadow left by her. Mark, or something stolen by her. He even ignored her greetings at all, just glanced at her with disgust and vigilance, and left silently, reserved and distant.

This hurt her very much.

Although Trap Master is an advanced profession for assassins and thieves, she is not the kind of street thief who likes to "touch" and steal things.

She is from the Hawkeye organization. He did kill people, but they were all "fallen people" who were in cahoots with the Son of the Moon. However, she had not carried out many missions before she was recalled to the headquarters for training because of her talent for trap assassination.

Now she had just left the army and was planning to come to Narcissus Territory to hunt for the Son of the Moon. As a result, the Narcissus Principality became independent before a few were killed; it even closed the customs with Iris and activated the mage tower to search for eagle-eyed assassins in the country. Her movement in Narcissus was severely restricted, and she could only find ways to take orders and make some money - even so, she had never stolen anything.

...But now, after dying once, Mr. Sine looks much normal.

Could it be that the resurrection of His Majesty the Pope cured his personality by the way? Or is that state of not communicating with others at all considered a disease?

"It's fixed."

Sine suddenly spoke.

Everyone gathered towards him, and Sine explained to Aiwass: "It's not a structural damage, it's a procedural error... The external tracks above the ninth floor are seriously damaged. In other words, you can only go to the ninth floor at most. , and even the ninth floor itself may be derailed. Considering the safety margin, the lift blocks the way to the ninth floor.”

"In other words, if you go to the ninth floor elevator, it may be damaged?"

Aiwass translated his words.

Everyone looked at each other, and then looked at Master Chongbo.

"Oh, it's not a big problem."

Drifter suddenly said: "It's only nine floors... If the elevator is broken, I might as well jump down. I thought it was so high."

"This floor is only thirty or forty meters high, and there are ten floors outside the top. You can't just jump off if you want."

Sine warned: "This is not the residential buildings outside. Think about it first, do we have to go up there... maybe there are traps above that cannot be dispelled, and maybe there are more powerful enemies."

"That's only less than three hundred meters," Drifter asked, "Don't you have a spell that can help us solve this problem?"

"Oh, how is that possible!"

The old mage's voice suddenly rose: "It's only three hundred meters, can this be considered a difficult problem? Don't be kidding me! Even the second-level new mage can come up with at least seven or eight ideas. Who are you looking down on? Ha, Yu Falling technique, storm channel, spring space, flexible air wall... If you want to hear it, I can tell you until tomorrow!"

Hearing this, the corners of Drifter's mouth raised slightly.

He laughed, shrugged, and looked at everyone: "Then the problem is solved, everyone. It seems that country people like me don't understand the power of magic, hahaha..."

Just now, Drifter realized through intuition... Although Sine had repaired the elevator, he didn't really want to continue going up.

Maybe it was because dying once was too painful, or maybe it was because the clothes made him feel uncomfortable. It may also be because Sine has been distractedly looking at the sapphire in the white-haired cardinal's hand... He seems to want to go back and do something, so he always looks a little absent-minded, and he doesn't even put on airs - compared to What started as arrogance is now his true character in his natural state.

So Wanderer took the initiative to speak and set up Sine. Don't let him bring up the "I want to leave" thing.

Although this mage may not be needed in the subsequent path, this end cannot be opened.

If Sine can really walk, then so can everyone else. Then if Encyclopedia is leaving and Kitty is leaving, then "Don't Say No Seeing" will also follow... In the end, I'm afraid there won't be many people left in this team at all. It would be better to just break up and be done with it.

So he kept fighting, forcing Sine to show his "necessity" in a clown-like manner. After doing this, because the old mage wanted to lose face, he would not swallow his words back. This way it's safe for everyone else.

Although Drifter was not the captain here, he was the only person who carefully looked at everyone's expressions after Aiwass revealed his form as the son of the candlestick. There is a fundamental difference in experience between a real adventurer who is forty or fifty years old and these extraordinary beings who accidentally come out to take orders.

Although with the Pope here, they can be resurrected even if they are dead... But Drifter heard clearly that the Pope called Sine's corpse a "light death". In other words, resurrection is not absolute, but has degrees of difficulty. To take a step back, if something went wrong with the Pope himself, they might all die here.

As far as encyclopedia is concerned - he has been wiping his sweat after realizing that Aiwass is the eternal pope. If he had the chance to run away, he would definitely run away as soon as possible, lest the blame would fly to his head out of thin air if something happened to the Eternal Pope.

Think about it... The most powerful leader in the world came to you to shake hands with you, went out to play a board game, and then suddenly fell to the ground and died. This would make anyone sweat.

If he were outside, he would definitely be tired of being with His Majesty the Pope, but this is a dangerous relic of the Amber Age. Within half an hour after entering the door, he encountered a group of more than 600 fourth-level demons... This is not enough to escape. Run as far as you can?

Drifters can understand him.

But the problem is that the more people run, the more dangerous the remaining people are.

In this case, no one can run away or try to take advantage of others——

The Drifter's eyes, which looked drunk but were actually extremely clear, were always scanning everyone's expressions like a hawk.

——The most unstable among them is Master Sine, who has become impetuous since seeing the gem.

"Then it's up to you."

Before Sine could get angry, Aiwass continued what Drifter said: "You are the only mage here, protect yourself."

"...Well, thank you."

Sine did not dare to lose his temper with Aiwass, so he immediately calmed down and became well-behaved. Even his voice became calmer from the state where it was about to break: "Thank you very much for your concern, Your Majesty the Pope. I feel sorry for myself We are proud to help you and will do our best for you.”

Aiwass smiled and nodded at Drifter.

Then he turned back to look at Sine and reminded him vaguely: "Our agreement can only be implemented after we all go back. I can choose many people, and the specific partners have not been determined yet.

"...I think that when this person does something, he has to finish this order now before he can consider the next order, right? Otherwise, I wouldn't be able to trust that person and leave my work to that person. What if my work is also put on hold? You say so, Archmage."

"Yes, you are right."

Sine suddenly became awe-inspiring, nodded seriously and said. It was as if he was not an old mage, but had returned to his youth and was being lectured by his teacher.

While talking, the lift continued to rise.

The ninth floor is here.