Shepherd Tantra

Chapter 237 He pulled the trigger
Aiwass did not interrupt Isabel, but quietly listened to the information she brought.

After Isabel gathered her energy and told everything she had seen in detail, she breathed a sigh of relief, fell down and fell into a coma.And Aiwass hugged her like a real father.

He let her sit on his lap, patted her back and said softly: "Thank you, Lulu.

"Leave it to me next."

He used his chin and throat to feel the hot temperature of Daya's forehead.It felt like it was even scalding, but he didn't let go of the other person.Because Aiwass knew that the pain Isabel was suffering must be much higher than what he was suffering at the moment.

Just by feeling the trembling and swaying of Daya's body before, and looking at her somewhat absent-minded pupils, he knew that Lulu's body and will had reached their limits.

Her body was wrapped in a rolling heat wave, as if she were outdoors in summer.Aiwass felt that the corners of his clothes were being burned by the heat.

And that feeling is all too familiar to Aiwass.

——Exactly the same as when Yulia was ill when she was a child.

It's not a fever in the usual sense, but the body is gradually being torn apart by the high temperature.Just like glass bursting and cracking like a spider web under high temperature, young bodies are easily unable to withstand the power of the phantom.

Children tend to be unable to bear the pain and cry loudly.And if they do this and want to "vent", the power of the phantom will seep out from this crack.Not only will it cause huge damage to the surroundings, but it will also damage your own body.

At this time, Yulia usually huddles up in a corner.Keep a quiet fire burning within yourself.

She was able to endure the pain quietly without letting Aiwass or the adults at the orphanage worry about her.But he couldn't go out and take action despite the pain.

Aiwass looked at the purple light shining in Isabel's cracked pale skin and took a breath.

...Purple light.This represents the power beyond the path.

——It's a dream monster.

At that moment, all the information was connected in Aiwass' mind.

In the legend of Merlin in Room 201, the long-dead little girl outside the window was carrying a weapon for hunting demons. Jacob, who was still the leader of the Scaleless Hand but went to such a small place, was carrying a weapon for hunting demons. The brand-new banknotes, the people who gathered together inexplicably and forgot why they came, and these overlapping dreams...

Why is Merlin the participant in Beyond the Path?In other words, why did Weizhe ask him to preside over this ceremony?

At this moment, Aiwass finally understood everything——

"...the nursery rhyme Lulu heard, "Lock Her Up with the Key," is about a classic wrong ritual spread among the people."

Aiwass spoke slowly and explained to the others: "Not just Avalon - in all countries where rituals are not popular enough, people tend to believe that if a child is buried in an inn or a bridge before it is completed, , can prevent earthquakes or collapse due to unknown reasons.

"But in fact, it's a wrong ritual, or it's only half right...

"Because this ritual is actually used to make the Earthbound Spirit."

Earthbound spirits will create hallucinations or dreams to kill people passing by and absorb their souls to strengthen themselves.If this continues, it will become a "haunted hotel" or a "haunted bridge", and the building itself will become a ritual venue.

Aiwass directly saw through this through the ritual knowledge that Teacher Iben had just taught him.

But even if you don't know this, you can guess all this from the story hinted in "The Wise Man in the Oak", the brick walls on each floor, and the occasional hallucination of the little girl.This is obviously a part modified by Weizhe to provide reminders to those who are promoted.

"...so cruel."

Jacaranda sighed unbearably: "Ignorant and backward people..."

Huo Yin, who had been quiet for a long time, rarely spoke and said calmly: "This is a tragedy caused by lack of knowledge."

Chunbai just shook his head without saying a word.

The old supervisor was silent for a while and then said: "In this case, the 'child who was pushed down the stairs of the sealed space and fell to death' played by Miss Lulu should be the earthbound spirit of this haunted hotel."

——That’s why this dream specifically emphasizes the “zero layer” and the “negative layer” because the negative layer symbolizes death.

After Isabel brought the intelligence and Aiwass analyzed it, they did not continue to target Aiwass, but began to cooperate.

Chunbai first said: "My introduction story and mission told me that I was ordered by my superiors to come here to investigate the situation."

“But in this day and age, Avalon didn’t have telephones.”

Aiwass continued: "So the news you received should be delayed. But your room is right next to us."

The term "telephone" only became popular when Aiwass was seven or eight years old.It was almost the time when Aiwass was first raised by James.

This was 60 years ago, and there were no instant messaging devices in Avalon.It can be said that all correspondence is based on writing letters.

"——So, my memory and the introduction of the plot are all fake."

The old supervisor played by Chunbai said in a deep voice: "I didn't receive the order from my superiors to come here to investigate at all - otherwise I would not have brought the gryphon with me. I know that the supervisor of Avalon went on a combat mission Always riding a gryphon.

"And I didn't bring a gryphon, but I wore armor and carried a weapon...so I'm actually here to collect taxes."

When he said this, he suddenly covered his forehead and stared blankly ahead.

"Then my memory may not be right either..."

Jacaranda and Huoyin on the side looked at each other and finally said, "In my impression, we seem to be here for vacation. But in that case, we can't bring so many medicines... This is terrible It’s hard to move around, especially with the storm outside.”

"You don't come to haunted hotels when traveling. Because you already have ghosts in your heart."

Aiwass replied calmly: "Your smuggled drugs are either expensive or easily broken glass bottles. In this stormy weather, your packages are dry. This shows that you lived in here.

"And I noticed that there is more than one such package in your room. So this is most likely the place where you sell medicine, or... this is one of your warehouses."

As he spoke, he took out the Zuimeng Tincture in his hand and handed it to them.

Jacaranda and Huoyin no longer remember that they just sold the medicine to Aiwass.

Huo Yin picked up the medicine, opened it and sniffed it.

He said with certainty: "This medicine is real and has not expired - it should be a new medicine within two years."

"Yes, I just smelled it too. It doesn't look like the concentration that expired medicine should have."

Aiwass held Daya in his arms and asked her to change her position so that she could lie in his arms better, and then continued: "It has an expiration date written on it, just so that it can be sold at a reasonable low price without messing with it. People are suspicious. So it is either a fake drug or a smuggled drug.

"You may not even be a couple at all, but accomplices - you think you are a couple in your cognition. It is most likely because Daya saw that you are closely related and subconsciously thought so. Because of her cognition Here, only couples can live in one room..."

Following Aiwass's voice, Jacaranda and Living Silver also showed expressions of headache.

He was silent for a while and said in a low voice: "And I am definitely not a teacher or a kidnapper... both identities are false."

There are nine seats on the round table.Even including Merlin, there was still one missing among the seven, but it would be just right if we added the little Earthbound spirit girl.

——Originally, it was supposed to be from the ninth level, which is a pity.

Merlin said this as he entered.Looking back now, that might have been the tip he gave.

It seems that each of them is in a dream.But the reality layer is not empty of people...

The further down Isabel goes, the worse her condition becomes.

Then I'm afraid what's in the zero layer, that is, the reality layer, is the out-of-control dream demon in her body.The person in the negative layer is the little girl's earth-bound spirit - the earth-bound spirit is also good at making up dreams and hallucinations.

One of the two little girls attracts them and controls them; the other creates false memories and identities for them.The storm outside is to prevent them from leaving here.It was also to make Daya’s fever reasonable.

——So even though everyone theoretically came in despite the storm, she was the only one with a fever!
These people all remember Agni as a kidnapper - but how could the kidnapper have a weapon specifically used to hunt demons?
And that fresh banknote is more like a reward than a ransom...

Moreover, if he was really a kidnapper, he would definitely break up the deal after getting the money in this stormy weather.

Moreover, his father was shot in the back without any struggle; Agni took off the other man's clothes and put them in his bag.Putting them randomly together with those expensive white crown coins, there is no fear that these money will be contaminated by blood stains.It's as if he doesn't know the value of the money at all...

To sum up, there is only one possibility——

When he realized the truth, Aiwass suddenly felt a headache.

And the old man's solemn voice also sounded in his heart:

"You realize your identity, and the blocked memories awaken in your body...

"Daya Camelot's father realized that his daughter had become a demon egg, but he was concerned about his own image and identity and did not dare to hand over Diya directly to the Inspectorate, nor did he dare to continue to raise her.

“So he contacted you…a demon hunter.

"He took Dai Ya to Muwan County in the name of tourism, where supervision is weak. He gave you a generous deposit and asked you to sneak Dai Ya away as a kidnapper and make her disappear from society. .

"After this incident was reported in the newspaper, he secretly contacted you again and gave you an astonishingly generous amount of child support. He hoped that you could take Daya to the countryside and raise her - if she loses control, she will turn into a child. The Phantom killed her before. And if she had grown up normally, then he would have come to see him secretly.

"But when you were trading in the woods, Daya discovered you. She couldn't understand what she saw, and she suffered a strong mental shock. The dream demon in her body woke up and lost control - you two were easily killed by the dream demon. You controlled her mind and killed her biological father.

"She wanted you to play her father. So you put on his clothes. She wanted you to be a good father who wouldn't abandon her, so you carried her through the storm.

"But she kept using the power of the incubus, causing the loss of control to become more and more intense. After you arrived at the hotel, Daya finally completely lost control -"

The next moment, several tasks appeared in front of Aiwass' eyes.

[Father's Love: Find a reasonable way to cure Daya (Points: 500)]

[Father’s Protection: Prevent Daya from being killed by others (Points: 500)]

[The real me: Recall my true identity (Points: 1000)]

After these three tasks were blurred, they became something new——

[Free Will: Escape from Daiya’s mind control (Points: 500)]

[Morals and Responsibilities: Execute the out-of-control Dai Ya before the phantom is fully hatched (Points: 500)]

[Extra people: Kill the people possessed by the earthbound spirit "Alice" (Points: 1000)]

"This is……"

Aiwass subconsciously hugged Daya tightly in his arms, and his mood became complicated.

Isabel has passed out.She did not tell Aiwass what her mission requirements were.

Although Merlin said that he wanted them to stay on the zero level... but in fact their real necessary task was to [return to reality].And staying at level zero is just their way of returning to reality.

The question is, back to reality - does this include dying in reality?
But dying in reality will lead to falling into the negative layer...

...If he kills Phantom Dia, will Isabel's mission fail?
It was obvious that she had gone through so much trouble to bring the information down, but the content of the information was to kill her...

No one understands the dangers of phantom seeds better than Aiwass - Daiya's phantom transformation at this moment is like pressing the pause button.As soon as she returns to reality, she will irreversibly begin to lose control, collapse... and then kill everyone present.

If Aiwass and Isabel truly return to Level Zero and do nothing... then everyone will fail together.

But if Aiwass doesn't go back, then they will still fail.

Unless Isabel is left on this level.But then only she failed.

——Is this worth her hard work?

Aiwass suddenly raised his head and looked at Merlin with sharp eyes: "Is this the show you've been waiting for?"

"Yes."

Merlin stopped pretending to be a detective and returned to his previous tone, smiling and saying, "So, what would you choose?"

Aiwass was silent for a while and took a deep breath.

Forget it, no matter whether we can win this way or not...

"...It will be fine if she and I both die once."

Aiwass said calmly, turned the muzzle of the gun and pointed it at Daiya's temple.

boom!
One shot.

Then Aiwass put the muzzle of the gun against his chin, tilted his head slightly and looked at everyone around the round table.

His gun was clearly aimed at himself, but it was as arrogant as if it was aimed at everyone present.

"If you can't lose at all, it's not called gambling... If you want to gamble, you can't be afraid of losing. If you want to win, then don't think about winning.

"——No big deal, just go to the first floor with her and take a look."

Aiwass smiled freely: "No matter which level this is now... I'll see you later, everyone. Or see you in hell."

He pulled the trigger.

　Although there are two chapters today, it is still an update of more than 7000 words~
　　The copy ends tomorrow!No need to raise it!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)