Shepherd Tantra

Chapter 459 Death of Aiwass

"I'm telling you, old guy."

Oswald on the side narrowed his eyes and said in a confused manner: "Although you have your difficulties, this time it's a bit too much. We have to remember it."

"It should."

The upright elf with the Chinese character on his face just nodded seriously: "Anyway, I have worked hard, and the rest has nothing to do with me."

When he said this, he looked at Aiwass and reminded in a low voice: "Be careful lately, Bishop Moriarty. If there is nothing special, don't go out... There is no need to go to the church. Where the candles are bright, you should be safe." It is the sacred place of the candle-master.”

Although it seems quite strange for a steward to give advice on church and faith matters to a bishop... but if you know that the other person is a guard of the Pope, then this seems very reasonable.

"Don't always talk about young master. You should be careful yourself, old man..."

Oswald walked over, stretched out his hand and pressed Diomedes' back unceremoniously, as if pushing him away.

Diomedes followed Oswald obediently... If nothing else happened, Oswald would ask him something when they left Moriarty Manor.

When the old butler left with the other butler, Old James looked back at Aiwass with interest: "Did you notice something? Can you tell me when you felt something was wrong?"

Aiwass did not answer, but asked: "Then why didn't you attend the banquet?"

"Don't answer questions with questions, Aiwass."

James leaned back on the sofa, the corners of his mouth raised slightly.

But he still gave the answer in a good temper.

"Because those things are too troublesome and not suitable for me. Now that I have declined the invitation, it is no longer easy to go out and eat and drink."

Professor Moriarty raised the corners of his mouth slightly and said calmly: "Did Dad's words satisfy your curiosity?

"So back to the question - when did you realize something was wrong, and why did you refuse so firmly?"

Aiwass's heart was suddenly tightly grasped by invisible pressure.

From Professor Moriarty's words alone, it seemed that he was just talking about the engagement banquet of a royal marriage.

What he rejected seemed to be just an invitation from Queen Sophia...

But Aiwass could understand what he meant:

It was the rebellious invitation of Drost's men that James Sr. rejected.

But even if he clearly stated his position and did not stand on the side of those rebellious officials, Drost still did not dare to take action against old James... That performance could even be said to be fearful.

From another perspective, the adoptive father did not side with the royal family.

In the plot of the game, James is also invisible throughout the whole process. At least before version 4.0, there was nothing wrong with James at all. After Aiwass and Isabel fled to the Theocracy, Oswald, James and Edward also disappeared unknowingly.

From then on, Edward followed James all the way.

And the speed at which his strength increases is almost as if he is cheating... and he can always get some special benefits from the world-destroying disaster.

——When Edward once again becomes a supporting character with lines and dubbing, he will already be the main boss of version 6.0.

Although the adoptive father is theoretically the final BOSS, strictly speaking, the adoptive father is not included in the game at all - he is a mechanical kill outside of combat.

That was the last mainline dungeon in version 6.0, and it was also the last dungeon Aiwass played before crossing over.

Aiwass remembers the performance of that copy and still remembers it clearly.

The final boss of that dungeon is the blackened Edward.

He fused the dragon heart of the "Disaster Dragon", held the contaminated broken holy sword "Sword in the Stone", and absorbed three Tiansi fragments, becoming extremely powerful.

After the players struggled to defeat the extremely powerful Edward, what no one expected was... Professor Moriarty, who was previously thought to be just a conspirator, suddenly appeared and easily intercepted the player's last strike.

But James is not as deep and gentle as usual, but has become crazy and gloomy, and his originally straight back has become rickety.

He claimed that Aiwass had been his man from the beginning and tried to induce Aiwass to defect.

The professor said that "his great achievements" are coming to an end, and there is no need for "player" anymore - the "player" here will display the name filled in by the player, obviously referring to the player specifically.

But at this time, Aiwass seemed very hesitant. He wanted to go with James, but tried to plead with the player.

This hesitant and cowardly move angered the somewhat crazy James.

He directly attacks the player, trying to kill the player and take away something from him.

Professor Moriarty's power is extremely powerful - his attack directly freezes time, turning the entire world into "anti-color".

Players have to use the artifact given by Sand Clock to prop up a shield, so that they can circle a small area of ​​​​the area with difficulty and confront him.

At this moment, Edward, who had just recovered from a near-death state, directly overdrawn his power and used an instant death spell to launch a sneak attack on the player.

That instant death spell is a core mechanism in Edward's copy.

Edward has a seven-fold self, that is, six clones that appear and disappear at any time. Any damage caused to its main body will be fully distributed to other clones present, and the main body's invincible state will not deduct blood.

Although it can cause normal damage to the clone, if the clone dies, Edward will guide and re-summon a new clone with full health.

Players must use the artifact of the twin mirrors to lay out overlapping and intertwined chaotic spaces, and not allow Edward's other spells to destroy those fragile spaces - if the angle of the mirror is too large, it will also be directly destroyed by the rays.

The instant death ray that was finally induced to be released by Edward's body was repeatedly refracted and hit another clone of Edward who was present at the same time.

If hit by this ray, the player character will die immediately regardless of resistance and cannot be resurrected in battle.

Because the ray will disappear when it kills a person, so when the angle of the mirror is wrong or the number of mirrors is not enough, you can block the ray by sacrificing a summoned creature.

But even if it is a summoned creature, after it blocks the ray and dies, it cannot be summoned again during this battle. Putting it into game settings, it means it has been "permanently killed".

Based on this characteristic, this mechanism can be cracked - the clone hit by this ray will also be unable to be summoned again by Edward. In this way, one clone will be permanently killed.

Repeat this six times to eliminate all the clones before causing damage to the main body. After that, Edward will turn into a dragon with a stronger desire to attack...but without the special mechanism, it will be much easier to fight. He will soon be beaten to death by the players, and then enter the settlement CG that cannot be skipped-that is, James Show up for this part. The power of Edward's death ray comes from the Calamity Dragon - the fallen self that was cut off by the Silver Crown Dragon after it was contaminated. His power cannot be resisted even by the artifact given by Sand Timepiece.

At this moment, Aiwass, who was standing nearby and didn't know what to do, suddenly noticed this scene.

He could directly kill the dying Edward to interrupt his spell guidance, but Aiwass was unwilling to kill Edward, but he had no ability to block this spell.

Because the twin mirror artifact that can refract the death ray is on the player, not on "Aiwass".

So after hesitating, Aiwass decided to stand in front of the player at the last moment and blocked the attack with his own body.

Professor Moriarty suddenly became furious, and before he went crazy, the player was urgently teleported back by another friendly boss - in the plot, there is only one player, and there is no player "we". Those enemies are actually all killed by the player alone.

Therefore, after Aiwass died, there was only one person left in the team. If only one person was rescued, there was still a chance. So the moment Aiwass's protection from inside and outside was broken, he was teleported away by the friendly boss.

——These are all the details that Aiwass remembers about the incident [Aiwass’ death].

It was etched in Aiwass's mind like a knife.

Aiwass actually does not know Professor Moriarty's purpose and ability. This is obviously the content of the subsequent plot of 6.X...but when Aiwass traveled through time, the game had not been updated to this part at all.

If one has to confirm death with one's own eyes, he can't even confirm whether "Aiwass" is completely dead - because the player doesn't even have time to hold Aiwass's body and shout a few words, just watch At that moment, the back became tattered and shattered...

Players generally believe that Aiwass is dead, mainly because the BGM suddenly became sad and gave a slow-motion close-up.

Although the death was very hasty, the atmosphere was set up here, and it would be disrespectful if he didn't die in the end.

Aiwass is almost a prophet of the future, but he only knows nothing about his adoptive father. And the unknown brings fear.

So ever since Aiwass awakened his past life memories, he has been very wary of his adoptive father.

Edward in the current world line of Aiwass was not taken away by Professor Moriarty.

As a result, he looked like an ordinary fourth-level law mage with nothing special about him.

It was obvious then - the special person was Moriarty, not Edward at all.

Now it seems that Professor Moriarty was also involved in the "Cruel Autumn" incident in the past.

The adoptive father suddenly faked his death and left Avalon. Was it because he saw through Aiwass's changes and did not intend to get involved in this plan anymore? Or does he hope to leave Aiwass' side so that Aiwass can play freely and observe his changes?

Seeing Aiwass's delay in replying, Professor Moriarty just showed a gentle smile: "That's right, then I understand.

"-Do you need me to do anything for you, Aiwass?"

Now that he heard his adoptive father's words, Aiwass felt cold all over his body.

He must have guessed it!

His adoptive father might have even guessed that he was another "Aiwass"...

Now he only needs to announce his identity as a promoted person, and he will die because of it.

Professor Moriarty during the promotion ceremony immediately realized that something was wrong with Aiwass just because Aiwass' refusal was too firm. But he was still asking Aiwass friendlyly what he should do. It's like a father playing games with his children...

Now that Professor Moriarty has been simulated, it is easy to see that "Aiwass", whose core is also Aiwass, has been replaced.

So, the real Professor Moriarty...

… Could he really not realize that Aiwass had awakened his past life memories that day?

Aiwass recalled that when he had just awakened his past life memories and had not even sorted them out, he asked his adoptive father to help him find the ropes on the gallows and the nails on the heads of the deceased who had been tortured by chariots. He claimed that This is "the ritual of sealing the shadow demon that I read in an ancient book."

At that time, he was quite proud of his understanding of the transcendent version, and believed that his adoptive father could not know how to seal the Shadow Demon - because not even the Star Antimony people knew it.

At that time, Aiwass acted quite arrogantly and unscrupulously. It was not until later that his adoptive father and Sherlock faked their deaths one after another, and Oswald disappeared, that he began to feel the pressure and restrained himself a little.

...but now thinking about it, his adoptive father specifically hinted to him at that time not to use human materials, as that would trigger the sin of "heavenly sin".

At the time, Aiwass could only understand that it was a coincidence.

Thinking about it now...

Perhaps as early as that time, the adoptive father should have realized that there was something wrong with Aiwass.

But he didn't say anything.

Just like now, smiling calmly and looking at Aiwass.

Don't you care?

Or is Aiwass unable to influence him?

In other words, this is all under his control?

Aiwass didn't know how strong his adoptive father was, what he was going to do, or what he knew. He drove Diomedes away, on the one hand to protect Aiwass, and on the other hand, he also wanted this matter to be known only to himself.

... Such a strong sense of oppression.

Aiwass felt like he was sweating.

He didn't even know whether he should respond to Professor Moriarty's inquiry.

If Moriarty like this is a chess player... then who will be playing against him?

For some reason, Aiwass's grandfather's name suddenly appeared in his mind.

——Jacob.

If there is anyone that the professor cannot predict or control, it is probably him...

Aiwass hesitated for a moment, then nodded slowly and said, "There are indeed some...if father is willing."

"Say it, Aiwass."

Professor Moriarty smiled gently: "If possible, Dad will try his best to help you. If not..."

At this point, he smiled and said slowly: "Dad will also tell you why not.

"Mr. Alwass Moriarty...my lovely little key."

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