Shepherd’s Secret Continuation

Chapter 45: Are you in pain? Are you hungry?

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Aiwass returned along the same route.

Climb over the barren mountains and cross the dirty rivers.

It was another half an hour after he arrived at the abandoned warehouse where the stones were stored... before Aiwas was cursed.

A strong discomfort suddenly came from deep within his body.

Just like when you have a cold and fever, your body starts to feel cold and shiver uncontrollably. Then your limbs start to become weak, your breath becomes burning, and your skin starts to hurt - that's because the nerves under your skin are beginning to be damaged by the curse.

What a familiar feeling.

“… You’re so slow. You’re here just now.”

Aiwass murmured softly, and his steps forward gradually became slow and heavy.

He felt his eyes becoming red and swollen, and his head gradually becoming dizzy and aching.

He murmured to himself, "It's like returning to my childhood."

This was the "Fever Curse," the same curse he had exorcised from little Aiwass.

This was also the curse that Aiwass was cursed with when he was a child.

It is on the same level as the "Poisonous Food Curse" that caused Lulu to vomit blood, but slightly weaker than the "Stained Blood Curse".

"…a demonologist who specializes in the curse faction."

Aiwass knew the other party's identity clearly in his mind: "This doesn't look like a Star Antimony person."

As a demonologist from Xingti, his best skill is actually ritual studies, followed by demonology.

However, curse studies are not included in official textbooks.

Because even the Xingtan Kingdom, which allows the existence of demonologists, does not want anyone to curse and kill their nobles and officials easily.

The Hook Demon isn't a very useful demon.

Its low intelligence and single attack method mean that many tedious tasks cannot be assigned to the little devil; and because of its low energy level, the demonologist cannot strengthen himself by signing a contract with the shadow demon to gain attribute affinity like he did with Aiwass.

Generally speaking, the demons that demonologists sign contracts with are stronger than themselves. Otherwise, there is no point in selling your soul.

-Selling your soul to sign a weakling with a bad temper, why don’t I just accept a hardworking disciple

This demonologist was proficient in using many kinds of curses, which meant that his level was definitely not low. At least he was at the upper second level, or even at the third level. But the demon he contracted was obviously weaker; the fact that he always hid in the dark and didn't come out to attack in person showed that he was probably not as good at rituals as Da Zi.

Demonologists who are particularly good at cursing are a characteristic of the Eastern desert people. In the high-intensity desert wars for sacred water sources and oasis areas, cursers who can attack important enemy figures through vicious means are very important talent resources. In the resource-poor desert, it is difficult to gather enough materials for complex rituals, so ritual studies have not developed among the desert people.

This also fits with him working for the Mastermind, and is more consistent with Jack the Ripper's ending where the Master eventually leaves Avalon and heads east of the desert.

—The curse master from the desert came to the Kingdom of Avalon. He took refuge with a big shot and was paid to "curse and kill" for him. He earned money and profit by cursing designated targets for a fee. After making enough money, he ran away and returned home. This is probably the whole story.

… This shows that the big shot is quite kind. He knew so many of his secrets, but he didn't kill him and let him go.

Of course, it is also possible that he has been silenced, but Jack doesn't know.

This hook demon is just a part of the mature curse ability system of the murderer behind the scenes.

After he weakens his target with a curse, he sends the Iron Hook Demon over to finish the job. The Iron Hook Demon is only his ability to finish off his enemies, but it is not the core of his ability.

—No wonder he didn’t specially train the Iron Hook Demon.

He had the knowledge, but he didn't do it himself.

Because there is no need.

This demon was originally just a tool - this could be seen from the fact that he could abandon it at will to a student he had just met.

If one cherishes this demon too much and strengthens the Hook Demon through rituals, like Jack the Ripper did, one may become too famous.

Although after the Hook Demon was strengthened, Jack was able to temporarily put his consciousness into the Hook Demon and use his brain to control this little demon, which was mentally retarded but very tough and dealt high damage.

But this strengthening ritual carries its own risks.

Because for a curser, being famous is not a good thing. Just like Sherlock removing his own curse... When a person knows that he will be cursed, then the curse will not be so scary. Because different curses have corresponding solutions.

Success and victory lies in the existence of the curser being unknown to others.

"The target died in an accident" is the highest compliment.

"So... my biological parents died like this."

Aiwass murmured.

The increasingly severe fever made his mind confused, but his memory was gradually sorted out.

Judging from the Jack the Ripper incident, this combination of the Curse Master and the Hook Demon should also exist in real history.

When Aiwas was a child, he was cursed with a fever, which caused him to faint and lose consciousness. That's why he doesn't remember what happened afterwards.

But as a fragile child, he suddenly suffered a high fever and lost consciousness, but he did not die in the end - there is only one possible answer, that is, his curse was dispelled.

The difference is that it was not Julio who dispelled the curse, but Bishop Mathers.

In real history, he would not be banned because his level was too much higher than this copy, and Julio could have come into contact with Mathers.

This also explains why Mathers was so concerned about Aiwass and was so enthusiastic when they first met... He was even willing to lend him the key to the chapel. He said that he was repaying Professor Moriarty for his help, but I'm afraid the real reason should be Julio.

When they first met, he recognized Aiwass as the child of his student Julio Alexander, because Aiwass had obvious traces of "Julio" and "Annie".

He felt regret and grief for not saving his student. In order not to repeat the same mistake, he made up his mind to protect Aiwass at all costs.

From his attitude, Aiwass could make the opposite judgment - it was because Bishop Mathers thought he could solve the incident but ultimately failed to do so that he felt so regretful.

Combined with the requirements of this mission.

They needed to leave the cathedral and head to Legal Square.

—This place name could not have appeared out of thin air. And first of all, it could not be the location of the curser, because there was no space to place a complex ritual platform; then this could only be a place related to the death of Aiwas's biological parents.

In other words, after the curse on Aiwass was dispelled, Julio chose to go to the Legal Square for some reason.

By this time, Aiwas had fallen asleep, so he didn't know what happened next.

The story that follows should be the same as what is happening now.

The difference was probably that the other ritual participants who had nothing to do with the Aiwas family were not cursed by the curser—just like Anne could not be a transcendent of the Path of Beauty in the correct history; and of course there would not be a newsboy who was a wizard. On Glass Island, it was even more impossible for there to be so many transcendents of different paths.

The only ones who should be cursed are the Aiwas family.

Perhaps one of them was cursed first and killed, or perhaps they were cursed together. In the end, the sleeping little Aiwass was put aside, and the two of them led the enemy away.

This shows one thing. The murderer didn't want to kill Aiwass or his cousin at all - his target was Julio or Anne, so Aiwass survived and was safely sent to the orphanage.

Now there's just one problem.

—Why on earth did he kill his parents

"It seems that I can only go and ask in person..."

Aiwass murmured in a low voice, his downcast eyes becoming gloomy: “I wasn’t planning on doing this.

“But you are so incompetent.

"You're really causing me trouble. I gave you so much time, but you started cursing me when the ceremony was almost over..."

—Are you still trying to kill the bone sculpture

He stared at the corner of the abandoned stone warehouse, where traces of crimson were gathering.

The terrifying red outline of the Iron Hook Demon had partially appeared. Aiwass saw it giving him a ferocious smile full of murderous intent. Each of its four arms had long iron hooks that were enough to easily tear the body apart.

There were obvious frostbite and frost on its body, which were signs of damage caused by the power of the Dusk Path.

"Ah, hello. Child..."

Aiwass greeted it politely, without any fear or disgust.

He opened his mouth and asked slowly: "Are you in pain

"are you hungry?"

Without waiting for the hook demon to fully appear or for it to respond, Aiwass easily pulled out a paper cutter.

He took the initiative and inserted his backhand into his neck!

—Blood gushed out!