Now, the shadow demon summoned from the ritual lies in the shadow at Aiwas' feet.
He sat in a wheelchair not because his legs were sacrificed and he couldn't move, but because if he stepped on his own shadow, it would immediately wake up the shadow demon and make it materialize.
This wheelchair was what Aiwas asked the old butler for after he woke up.
Because right now, his shadow affinity level is too low.
Shadow Fiend is a high-ranking demon. Shadow affinity must be at least level 3 to control Shadow Fiend, and level 5 to merge with Shadow Fiend. Before that, he can only draw a part of Shadow Fiend's power to use "superpowers". Although Shadow Fiend will not harm him and will even protect Aiwass based on the contract, he is completely unable to restrain Shadow Fiend's behavior.
From this perspective, a demonologist who contracts a low-level demon is like walking a dog; and Aiwass is like the dog walking the man.
How to seal the Shadow Demon was not something that Aiwass should know. It was a memory from another world.
Aiwass Moriarty, Tao, Demonologist, Kingdom of Avalon... This is the world in a MM game called "Ouroboros".
This game was published and operated by their company "Faceless God Studio".
Although it is called "their company", the output of this game has nothing to do with Aiwass, because he is not a staff member in the R&D position. He is a new human resources manager, commonly known as HR.
Three years ago, Aiwass resigned and became unemployed. He was stuck in a non-compete agreement and couldn't find a job in the same field... so he was dragged into the trap by his best friend.
That brother is the game copywriter of this company. He keeps recommending the game to me every day, talking about the many Easter eggs he designed.
In the end, Aiwas couldn't stand it anymore, and at the same time, he was out of games, so he played it for a while and felt that it was indeed a good game. The downside is that it is quite laborious - but it is a good way to kill time when you are unemployed and at home.
Later, I heard that the "Faceless God Studio" was recruiting HR. It happened that Aiwas had passed the restriction period, so he directly submitted his resume and came for an interview.
As a result, he was still in the process of handing over his work, and just because he was crossing the road to reply to messages on his way to work, he was sent to this world by a dump truck.
… If he had known that he would be transported to this world, he would have asked more about the company’s internal information, or read more plot discussion posts on the forum!
This is the biggest mistake.
Because Aiwass is essentially a hard-working player who doesn't pay much attention to the plot and doesn't care much about the characters.
Although he learned a lot of secret settings, character backgrounds, and future main storylines that ordinary players didn't know when chatting with friends, and also heard some early plots from the group, he never cared about the main storyline, but the side stories of various characters were much more interesting.
Aiwass started playing in the 3.0 era. As soon as he defeated the first raid boss, he used the main story book to complete all the old main stories up to the beginning of 3.0 with one click. Not only that, he skipped all the plot animations that could be skipped during his upgrade and the beginning of the dungeon. If there was really no way to skip it, he fast-forwarded it by left-clicking, left-clicking, left-clicking, left-clicking.
As a result, Aiwass can't remember what the early main storyline was. Instead, he was more impressed by the later plots, because the plot performance of the main storyline group was quite good. Even if he didn't watch the previous plots carefully, he could guess the general idea through the performance of the group story that could not be skipped.
At the very beginning of the main storyline, "Aiswas" appeared.
In the winter of 1890 in the Libra calendar, he was kidnapped and taken to the altar for a ritual. A passing "player" accidentally broke the barrier that drove away passers-by and saw the cruel sacrifice scene. In an emergency, he pretended that he had reported it to the Supervisory Bureau and was leading the Griffin Knights of the Supervisory Bureau, which scared the two people away.
Aiwass was rescued from the ritual altar by a "player", and then invited the homeless player, who had his wallet and ID stolen, to his home for food, drink and rest.
After that, Aiwass will go to school with the player, grow up together, and continue to investigate the case together. It turns out that the case is getting bigger and bigger, and even involves the high-level officials of the kingdom...
And because Aiwass was in mortal danger, his sister Yulia suddenly lost control - under the catalysis of the blood crystal, she turned into "Phantom Demon·Rebellious Flame Butterfly", the first BOSS of the eight-man dungeon.
That was also the first phantom demon that players saw in the game.
Her body curled up into a ball, wrapped in the amber-transparent butterfly chest and abdomen, and the butterfly wings made of fire essence protected her. Because the dungeon level is low, this eight-person dungeon is the easiest to get among the daily random dungeons. On average, Yulia will be played three or four times a week.
Because Yulia didn't want to hurt Aiwass, she was a classic entry-level BOSS with no mechanics and no desire to attack. You could just hit whatever came out and dodge whatever came out. If you were high enough, you could just ignore the mechanics and just attack the main body and barely get through. If you take the main storyline book after defeating Yulia, you can get some appearance rewards.
In the end, she was killed, lost most of her spirit and shrunk into a flame butterfly, and was contracted by Aiwass to become his first familiar. Aiwass used this method to preserve her spirit, hoping to find the legendary "Insect Amber" master who mastered the resurrection technique and revive her.
It was not until the main storyline of version 5.0 that Aiwass mastered a new ability. He was able to seal the theoretically unkillable phantom demons into cards and equip his familiars with enhanced equipment. Finally, Aiwass received a great enhancement that was unique to him.
Then he no longer accompanied the players in the game, but became a plot-killing method to end the Phantom-type BOSS in the CG.
"… elder brother?"
Just as Aiwas was thinking of this, he suddenly heard a childish voice.
He was suddenly startled.
Haina, who was excitedly chatting with Aiwass about "Sherlock and Reasoning", heard the voice and turned around subconsciously.
I saw a little girl standing silently at the door.
"When you woke up yesterday, I was sleeping. After I woke up, you fell asleep again."
She had just woken up in the evening, and said with some grievance and surprise: "Brother, why are you... sitting in a wheelchair
"—who is she?"
She was wearing the same pure white fluffy pajamas as Aiwass, with shoulder-length silver hair and deep red eyes that reminded people of roses. Her facial features were delicate and soft, reminiscent of a white cat or rabbit. She was completely different from Aiwass's brilliant handsomeness. Whether it was her eyebrows, hair color or eye color, it was enough to prove that the two were not related by blood.
If there is one similarity between the two, it is the sense of frailty that is passed down from generation to generation.
She had a similar sense of sickness to Aiwass, but it was more obvious than Aiwass's.
The girl's skin was a sickly, almost transparent white. When she stood at the door, she would unconsciously hold onto the door frame on one side, and her body would slightly tilt to deflect her center of gravity and reduce the pressure of standing straight.
—What a cute girl!
Haina's eyes lit up.
It was like seeing a cute pet. She wanted to get close to it, but she was worried that she would scare it.
"It's okay, Yuri. It's only temporary. This is Senior Haina, I need to ask you something."
Aiwass smiled and called the girl by her nickname just as he remembered it, but for some reason, he felt that the nickname was a little awkward.
It's like not calling friends by their names for a long time, but by their nicknames. Then one day when you suddenly call them by their full names, it always feels like it's not their names.
After a moment of trance, he opened his arms slightly towards Yulia: "Come and hug me."
"… Um."
Yulia walked over obediently, staggering over. She looked like she had just woken up, and she felt so weak that she was worried she might fall.
When hugging Yulia who was leaning against him, Aiwass suddenly became dazed for a moment.
At this moment, he was hugging Yulia, but it seemed like another "Aivaz".
As the memory of "Aivas" in this world, after receiving the prophecy of the future, he suddenly felt a certain fear.
Yulia will become a monster... and then, die.
—At this moment, Aiwass’s memory overlapped with reality. They completely merged together, and the memory of his double life became clear. It was like a person who was suddenly awakened by a nightmare and finally figured out whether he was dreaming or not.
Two days after awakening his past life memories, he finally realized that he was not dreaming, but had truly traveled through time.
I came into this world at a very young age, and only remembered who I was until the day before yesterday.
However, he also clearly realized another thing - that the plot is different now.
The Aiwass in the game definitely does not have a contracted shadow demon.
Because this time the ceremony was interrupted by the players, it did not succeed at all.
This probably means that there are no "player characters" in this world.
In an epic fantasy game, the player usually plays the role of a one-time savior; if the game is an online game, the player is usually a continuous, high-frequency, low-tolerance savior.
For every major version, you have to save the world once.
… Then he’d be in trouble.
Because the "player" is set to be the descendant of the Snake Father, who once controlled the "Way of Transcendence" and was one of the Nine Pillars. Because of this, the player can have "experience points" and "levels", and can continue to become stronger without any threshold or talent. In the setting, the player actually did not queue up for the game, nor did he form a team, but defeated all the enemies alone.
But Aiwass, even though he is also an important character, the world-destroying disasters such as the "Fallen Angel", "The Disaster Dragon" and "The Shadow of Avalon" cannot be defeated by "strong people" in the conventional sense.
Aiwass knew that something bad would happen to the Kingdom of Avalon in about half a year.
Although he didn't remember the main storyline clearly, he at least remembered key points such as version changes.
What he told Haena was not a lie. The Kingdom of Avalon would indeed face a catastrophe in half a year, and it was closely related to the demonic ritual incident they were experiencing now, which no bigwigs cared about.
But now, Aiwass still has a chance to change all that.
Change Everything—
He subconsciously hugged Yulia tightly, and the girl keenly noticed something: "Brother?"
"… nothing."
Aiwass smiled calmly: "Yes, I had a very long dream yesterday... I dreamed that Yulia left me."
However, at this moment, he suddenly felt that Yulia's body in his arms suddenly tightened.
… Um
Aiwas' heart moved slightly.
As if to cover up, Yulia suddenly asked, "Brother's wheelchair... How long will it take?"
"About... a year, right?"
Aiwass said, looking at the old housekeeper beside him: "Isn't that what the doctor said?"
"Yes, Master Aiwass."
The old housekeeper asked without hesitation, "So, you want to take a year off? You've already taken three months off anyway."
This is a lie.
And on both sides.
There was no doctor who asked Aiwas to sit in a wheelchair. This was Aiwas's own request. The demonologists who had contracted the Shadow Fiend would use this method to seal the Shadow Fiend when they were still unable to control it.
In addition to using a wheelchair for daily movement, one must also try to avoid strenuous actions and slow down one's movements to lower one's heart rate - this is a common method of suppressing demons.
In addition, you can also take some drugs to suppress your heart rate to put the demon sealed in your body to sleep.
"No need," Aiwass said, "I will go back to school after this incident is resolved."
"…Is this incident resolved?"
Haina realized something belatedly.
She instinctively realized that at that moment... Aiwass's attitude seemed to have changed.
She was quite familiar with that feeling.
When she was a freshman, Haina was still naive and thought she was still a genius in that remote town. But in the final exam that year, she barely passed the astrology course, which made her break out in a cold sweat.
But it was also because of this that she started to take it seriously and realized that she was not as good as she thought in the most advanced school in the Red Queen District of the Glass Island in the capital. At least... she was not a pure genius, but a genius who worked hard.
If she continued to study casually like before, she might fail even without being absent... She could graduate with a seven-petal flower seal representing full marks, precisely because Professor Moriarty's red three-petal flower seal representing "pass" had woken her up.
For ordinary students, this was a sign of being released from prison, worthy of celebration; but for the proud Haina, it was like a slap in the face, burning and leaving her silent and with a blank mind.
This was the feeling that Aiwass gave her at the moment.
When I saw the report card, I felt like I was awakened from a dream.
"Yes, I will take part in the investigation."
Aiwass suddenly became serious. "If they kidnap me once, they will do it again. I can't leave home without clearing out the cultists. Similarly, I can't stay at home and wait for an investigation result that I may not accept. So I have to participate in the investigation."
Hearing this, Haina felt a little embarrassed. This was undoubtedly a reference to the extremely slow investigation efficiency of the Supervisory Bureau.
The Supervisory Bureau is very particular about "rules". Everything must be reported to the superiors and everything must follow standard procedures. This is the rule of the knights in the Senate.
Because they can hardly find anything, they even need to ask detectives for help. The "Sherlock" mentioned by Haina before is a detective who has recently become quite famous in the newspapers.
Sherlock graduated from the Royal Law University many years ago, but he did not choose to join the Supervisory Bureau, the Law Court, or the Arbitration Hall. As a result, he is now a special consultant of the Supervisory Bureau. His investigations are not bound by the various regulations of the Supervisory Bureau, and he has solved several major cases in succession. His status is much higher than that of his old classmates who joined the Supervisory Bureau after graduation.
"If Miss Haina can't make up her mind, you might as well report my words to your boss and ask for his opinion."
Aiwass crossed his arms and said calmly, "Anyway, according to the rules, you have to submit all the contents of this conversation to your superiors, right?"
For some reason, Aiwass at this moment reminded Haina of the interviewer from the Supervisory Bureau.