Shepherd’s Secret Continuation

Chapter 62: I call upon the candlelighter, the god of the sacred number three

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After Edward left to go to bed, Aiwass was still a little worried.

He finally healed Yulia's body and mind separately, and absorbed that strange magical power again.

This time it was his right arm's turn, and half of it was blocked... But as Yulia's condition completely stabilized, Aiwass no longer felt the power being sucked back when he performed the illumination spell.

And as Yulia fell into a deep sleep, the violent power accumulated in Aiwas's arms began to dissipate. The swelling and pain were rapidly easing.

—That was the power of the phantom demon, Aiwass was able to confirm.

After the Flame-Rebellious Butterfly fell into a deep sleep, its power quickly dissipated like rootless duckweed.

Just like Aiwass couldn't use the power of Shadow Demon before he got the third-level shadow affinity... He certainly didn't have the fire affinity, so the power of the Flame Butterfly was equally deadly to him. Perhaps the process of him treating Yulia was invisibly in line with the "Pastoral Method", so there was a return of power - just like blood returning after a needle is inserted into a blood vessel.

… At this rate, it will probably take more than an hour for the swelling to completely go down.

Can't sleep yet.

Aiwas frowned, covered Yulia with a blanket, and gently pushed the wheelchair back to his bedroom.

Sitting at his desk, he lit a gas lamp.

Looking at the light, Aiwass fell into deep thought. He began to sort out his memories.

He remembered that in the original time and space, Yulia had not lost control in advance, but was in good condition. Until she took the initiative to go berserk, she was just a "cute little sister who was a little sickly".

It was even less likely that it would get out of control as seriously as it did today - so seriously that if Edward had discovered it a little later, the Flame Butterfly would have hatched prematurely.

Although there were "serial explosions", they continued to occur intermittently until the fourth one. And after Yulia's death, there were indeed no more explosions.

But at that time, these clues finally led to the Noble Red Society.

… Now it seems that that might have been the direction of the investigation that was artificially misled by Professor Moriarty.

In that time and space, Aiwass's adoptive father had never left Avalon at this point in time... With him keeping an eye on it, it was normal for this matter to be suppressed.

"Is it because of the butterfly effect caused by James leaving Avalon?"

Aiwass murmured in a low voice: "'Forget the seal'... Can this be believed?"

He believed that Edward had not deceived him.

But he couldn't say whether James had deceived Edward.

He didn't have any evidence, he just simply wanted to... As the final BOSS of version 6.0, it's unlikely that old James would forget such an important thing.

And Aiwass actually felt vaguely that his brother seemed to have some doubts about this. He just lied deliberately to reassure Aiwass.

But to say that old James did it on purpose... seems unlikely.

Edward was called away today, which was completely unexpected. His adoptive father left early in the morning, so he couldn't have known that Sherlock would take Edward to Lloyd's today and not be able to return home until the evening; nor could he have accurately confirmed that Yulia would lose control tonight.

Edward was right. Under normal circumstances, if he had gotten home in time, even if Yulia had lost control, she would not have been on the verge of death like she is now. He could have completed the seal in the first place.

In this case, this should be just a coincidence.

And Aiwass couldn't think of any benefit from doing this - if the situation got out of control, it would only cause trouble for the Moriarty family. This was obviously not conducive to his hiding.

When it comes to his adoptive father, Edward is a silent and reliable person. And Aiwass also knows a little about the spell of "Soul Shackles".

Edward's estimate of time should be correct. This seal will indeed be effective for at least a month.

But this incident sounded a wake-up call for Aiwas.

It is unreliable to have everything go according to plan... because there will always be emergencies and chain reactions.

So Aiwass planned to start making blank cards in advance.

Fortunately, he chose the path characteristic of "Container of Burning and Radiance" in the advanced ceremony, and now his fire attribute mana has 44 points. Two more points will be enough to make the minimum value of a blank fire attribute card - reserve four points in advance and use them all after the mana is restored the next day.

According to Aiwass's calculations, he only needs to reach level 13 to have 46 fire attribute mana.

This is not difficult.

Even without using experience, it is enough to only raise the level of each of the three mysterious skills by one level.

If Aiwas hadn't given the Flame-Butterfly some time to slowly recover its strength, he would have wanted to use his experience to level it up tonight. If the Flame-Butterfly didn't wake up, Aiwas wouldn't have been able to completely seal its consciousness into the blank card. If there was any residue left in Yulia's body by then, it would be bad.

Do what you say.

Aiwas decided to make an embryo tonight.

He picked out a tarot card suitable for sealing the Flame of the Rebellious Butterfly, then injected four points of mana into it and saved it. This was to save time, in case he had to wait until the next day to complete the production when time was tight.

However, he didn't know which card should be used to seal the Flame Butterfly.

He knew that a demon like "Shadow Fiend" could only be created using the Moon Tarot Card, because Shadow Fiend was a commonly used summoned beast in the later period. But he was not familiar with the Flame-Butterfly. After all, in the original historical line, the Flame-Butterfly was not sealed into the Tarot Card by Aiwass, but entered Aiwass's necklace.

In other words, there is no "Butterfly of Flame" summon in the game. This is Aiwass's sister, and she is about to be resurrected. How can she be your pet? Even though Aiwass died and was not resurrected successfully.

So before that, he had to do a simple test to predict the adaptability of the Flame-Bending Butterfly.

The material of the blank card is two different tarot cards. They are glued together to form a "blank" card.

The base card represents the essential characteristics of the phantom, while the symbol card represents one of the nine pillars, a card that can restrain and suppress this card.

Use the power of the Nine Pillars to suppress the phantom demon, seal it and turn it into a "big beast".

This is equivalent to using the guise of the Nine Pillars of God to let the gods suppress the phantom demons for oneself, while oneself can command the other party at will without worrying about rebellion - this method of "using the true God" is the unforgivable sin of the Scholar of Great Sin.

But I have to say, it is quite useful.

Theoretically, this kind of test should be done by the person concerned, or cracked by force using the exclusive mysterious skills of the Great Sin Scholar. However, after Aiwas treated Yulia, some of the power of the Flame-Bearing Butterfly refluxed in his body, and at this moment he could also be considered "Yulia", so he had another way to get it right.

That's divination.

Although Aiwass is not a person who adapts to the Tao and has no foresight, this kind of thing does not always need to be foreseen.

He is a priest and close to God.

—Just ask Sizhu directly.

A prayer ritual is also a ritual. The Demonologist's bonus to ritual skill also increases the success rate.

He has a good temper. He probably won't get angry if I knock on the window and ask him something occasionally...

Aiwass opened a brand new deck of tarot cards, shuffled them briefly, and spread them out in a line on the table, face up.

He lit a new candle, clasped his fingers together, and prayed a few words respectfully to the candlelighter in his heart as preparation.

Then, he drew out a new ritual knife and symbolically swept it across the candle flame on both sides, indicating that he had been purified.

Then, Aiwass used it to cut off his left thumb.

The extremely hot blood immediately gushed out like a punctured sunny-side-up egg.

Aiwass smeared his blood horizontally on the tarot cards that were spread out horizontally, from the first card to the last card, all of them were stained with a little bit of blood.

He did not heal himself immediately, but continued to shuffle the cards carefully and repeatedly while still bleeding.

"I solemnly call upon you, noble fire thief!

"The god of the holy number three, the god who binds the body with sin thorns, the god who burns himself to chase away darkness - the Stag of Candles!"

His pupils shone with a golden-red glow, and he prayed earnestly, "I beg you to descend into the candlelight!

"I am a follower of the Way of Devotion, a minister of the Ennead! I am Aiwas Moriarty!

"Please protect my soul, just as you protect the candle and fire in the corner; please light my light, just as you watch over all the candles in this world.

"I offer my blood now in prayer for truth. I swear that this blood is shed for the benefit of others. Please answer me, Candlelighter and his apostles..."

He said, and paused for a few seconds.

Because Aiwass suddenly felt a little dizzy. It felt like something was staring at him, and his back went numb and his heart skipped a beat.

The palms of his hands cracked silently without any injuries.

A large amount of blood seeped out, dyeing the Tarot cards completely red.

But Aiwass was not at all panicked.

This vision clearly shows that an apostle has descended into the material world.

Because his spiritual vision was not enough, he could not see the other party's existence. But this vision told Aiwass that he had arrived.

The other person was looking at him in the candlelight.

Without wasting the other party's time, Aiwass immediately began to inquire: "Please enlighten me about the essence of the power of the phantom demon in my blood."

"Please reveal to me the essence of the power of the phantom in my blood."

"Please reveal to me the essence of the power of the phantom in my blood."

Because Candlelighter is the god with the sacred number three, Ivory deliberately repeated it three times.

At this time, he had just finished a round of shuffling the cards in his hand.

Aiwass solemnly drew a tarot card from the top of the deck.

Sizhu will tell him three answers, which are three cards.

All three of these cards can serve as the basis for blank cards, but the power they bring will be slightly different.

—The first card stained with blood is the reversed Lovers.

After reading it, Aiwas placed the card on the candle flame, which meant that he would not tell anyone else the secret the apostle told him.

The blood-soaked Tarot cards turned into ashes easily.

And Aiwass immediately drew the second card.

—The Hanged Man in upright position.

He did not interpret it immediately - that would have been disrespectful to the apostle.

Aiwass cleared his mind and immediately drew the third card.

—Reversed Sun.