Shepherd Tantra

Chapter 965 Mori) (Artie
As Old James' voice fell, the space in front of him suddenly began to distort and blur.

The surging thunder condensed into a giant blue and white bird in front of him, discharging electricity and making noises like bird calls.

——Summon Thunderbird!
This is a fourth-level spell that invokes thunder to summon a giant thunder bird that can spontaneously seek out enemies. It is considered an elemental life form and will automatically dissipate after the energy in its body is exhausted.

Aiwass stood there calmly.

His nimble fingers kept fiddling with the cards, like a dealer performing magic tricks, making the cards appear and disappear between his fingers.

When he saw this symbolic attack, a card silently emerged from between his fingers.

Before the Thunderbird came upon him, a rainbow-colored ice wall rose from the ground in front of him—

Blue and white forked lightning struck the ice wall, but not even a trace of debris fell off.

But in the next moment, the thunderbird flying in the sky suddenly made a cry and inexplicably froze into ice!
It had already frozen when its scream sounded, and it fell from the sky and shattered into a flash of electricity on the ground like a flash bomb.

"...It doesn't count as the summoner's attack?"

Aiwass thought.

——If old Moriarty’s spell directly hit the “Star Ice”, he would be frozen by the power of dusk contained in it.

I have to say... Old Moriarty is really cautious.

Even though he was saying things like "You've already defeated me" and "You'll be Moriarty from now on", he even let the summoned creatures do the attacking!
But Aiwass was not disappointed.

Because Aiwass also guessed that Moriarty would most likely not be hit by such a simple counterattack spell.

Before, Aiwas didn't know whether Moriarty had any equipment that could increase his priority, so he didn't use the power of "Yin and Yang Harmony" to cast the spell five times to get a higher priority.

This was just a test, so the mana consumed was not too much. Even if the counterattack failed, it was not a loss - at least a cover was successfully created.

Aiwass stood behind the transparent ice wall and observed the situation.

As the lightning exploded, old Moriarty still stood steadily in the same place, chanting spells in a low voice.

But Aiwass was keenly aware that the old man's position had subtly changed.

He didn't seem to be in that position before the burst of lightning.

...Is it teleportation? Or an illusion?
Or...

As Aiwas was thinking, the Book of Law appeared in his left hand.

At this moment, the Flame-Butterfly is still watching the camp, helping Isabel play the role of Aiwass... If the Flame-Butterfly disappears out of thin air, it may cause more trouble.

But Aiwass never dared to look down on his adoptive father.

He didn't know how many cards old Moriarty had left, so it was best to make a quick decision - to kill him before he ran out of cards!

There was no wind, but the Book of Law was flipping at high speed.

"I came roaring—"

Heleqin's deep voice sounded.

He did not turn into twilight, and thus is still a heroic spirit riding a white horse.

He was not holding the Thunder Halberd in his hand, but the Dragon Spear that Cardinal Fafner had remade for him!

It was a three and a half meter long silver spear.

Only this elf warrior riding on a Pegasus can easily control weapons of this scale!

He casually ignited the spear on the ground like a match, and it actually drew an arc of unceasing fire on the stone slab.

The golden-red flames wrapped around the front half of the spear, turning the silver-white spear into a translucent material that was almost amber in the fire.

While Heleqin was staring at the other party, the summoned Wild Hunt soldiers behind him were gradually gathering.

"...This is Heleqin, the King of the Wild Hunt in Eagle Point Village."

"Old James" was still chanting a spell, but a voice of praise came out of nowhere in the air: "Although I know you can summon the Wild Hunt, this is the first time I've seen it with my own eyes."

Heleqin frowned slightly and pulled the reins.

He suddenly turned into a bolt of lightning and without any warning launched an arc charge towards the "open space"!

Because the distance is too short, it is more like a "jump" than a charge.

He first smashed the "Old James" who was chanting a spell, then turned a corner and landed at the place where James made the sound!
The storm was torn apart by him, making a whistling sound like ghosts and wolves howling, and the surrounding stone walls were torn into cracks by the hurricane.

When it landed, a shock wave visible to the naked eye condensed and then spread outward!
The ground around him was shaking violently, and it could be felt even kilometers away, and the ground around where he landed had already turned to powder!

The cracks spread throughout the entire courtyard, and then the walls of the monastery began to crack. Streams of yellow earth-colored smoke echoed in all the surrounding buildings, making a sound of being overwhelmed.

Heleqin didn't know which one was correct, the "Old Moriarty" who was chanting the spell or the direction from which the sound came...so he attacked two places at the same time!
However, the voice that was chanting the spell did not disappear.

The exposed "Old James" was hit hard and turned into bubbles and dissipated, but the collision shook out an "Old James" from that position...

But the "feel" is not right.

The "Old James" who was shaken out, after enduring the shock wave when he landed, actually turned into a butterfly and shattered!

Both old James are fake!

And just then.

Suddenly, Aiwass felt a strong pressure - an invisible force pressed on Aiwass's back, almost making him kneel on the ground!

He felt as if his legs were wrapped in mud and sand, unable to take a single step or lift his hands. His back was bent by the gravity that appeared out of nowhere, his neck made a sore sound from being overwhelmed, and his internal organs kept falling and pulling, sending waves of severe pain.

His vision became blurry, and his ears felt strangely swollen. Everything in front of him began to distort, losing color and gradually turning gray, and his brain began to feel dizzy. His heart felt extremely heavy, and even breathing became difficult - every time his lungs expanded, he felt a tearing pain.

What Aiwass is fighting against is not just the "weight" that has been added out of thin air, but his own body!

…No wonder even the fifth-level Director Cornelius was controlled for a moment. The spell to control gravity is so terrifying…

Is this really only five times gravity?

I'm afraid the gravity change must be seven, eight or even ten times!

Aiwas' body, which had been strengthened by the fifth level of dedication, actually felt the premonition of death the moment he endured it.

But Aiwass was no ordinary man. His brain was slowing down, and in the instant when his thoughts almost stopped, he had already thought of a solution:

If this move is used against a fifth-level wizard, this move alone is enough to crush the opponent... However, Aiwas's body, which is ignited by the fire of dedication, can quickly adapt to this abnormal gravity!
In two seconds at most, he can start thinking and moving normally. In more than ten seconds, he can regain his mobility and start walking or running slowly!
——But he couldn't have these three seconds.

Just like the previous attack on Director Cornelius...

So what's next? Double Spell?

Is it freezing or lightning?
Aiwass didn't dare to gamble.

Therefore, he immediately activated the [Shadow Cloak] which had not been used for a long time!
——The moment Aiwass was bearing the gravity and his body movements were deformed like a zombie, a thick shadow force seeped out of his body!
A pitch-black cold storm roared out, completely blackening the entire space. A hemispherical shadow barrier appeared out of thin air on the ground, and the wind inside twisted and howled like a spiral.

But even the shadow cloak could not release the control over Aiwass!
The Shadow Cloak can release five control states: seal, freeze, burn, bind, and petrify. The control caused by gravity change is not among them.

——However, the knockback caused by the Shadow Cloak instantly shook out eight old Moriartys from the void!
The moment they were shocked, Aiwass became completely invisible and disappeared from their sight. The spell that needed to be maintained was terminated because the target was lost, and Aiwass instantly regained his ability to move.

But the moment of weightlessness caused his entire upper body to turn red - a large area of ​​his skin turned red and bled, and blood was flowing from all his orifices.

But this level of injury was not a problem. For a mere physical injury, Aiwass didn't even need to use the Fire Sacrifice to treat it. His body regenerated and recovered at a speed visible to the naked eye with every breath!

When Aiwass shook out these "Old Moriartys", Heleqin also turned around and launched a sweep! He didn't know which one was real, so he just took them all seriously!
However, at this moment, dense gray spider webs appeared out of nowhere!
One, two... In an instant, hundreds of spider webs as thick as buckets covered the sky and the earth, turning all the surrounding buildings into spider nests in an instant!

This spider web seemed to have some kind of magic, even the King of the Wild Hunt was entangled in it, and it took him two or three seconds to break free! And the real Moriarty had already disappeared again.

There is no doubt that it is a spider web made of "lies". Anyone who is likely to be deceived by lies will be bound by the spider web... And Heleqin died because of deception and betrayal, which can be regarded as a small restraint.

But as the King of the Wild Hunt, a sixth-level upper-level phantom demon, he should not be affected by any spells from the material world - after all, in terms of spell resistance alone, Heleqin is on the same level as the Fallen Angel who has come to the world now!
In other words, this control trick of old Moriarty is even effective against the Fallen Angels!

That could only be the power from the Heavenly Master—even the Heavenly Master’s fragments!

——Gray Sky's spider web!
Aiwass asked sternly, "Has Gray Sky Master revived in you?"

“He is not worthy yet.”

Moriarty's calm voice resounded in the void again, repeating: "He is just a dead celestial being... Even the Pillar God is not worthy of controlling me."

His words were filled with cold contempt for Hui Tiansi.

In complete contrast to his usual gentle, tolerant, pious and calm attitude, he no longer concealed his attitude towards the Celestial Master and the Pillar God.

but……

When exactly was the spider web summoned?

Lily also has Spider Silk, and Aiwass knows the conditions for activating this ability.

This spider web will probably solidify only after a lie is told. Its toughness is determined by the fragility of the lie, its toxicity is determined by the toxicity of the lie, and its stickiness is determined by the persuasiveness of the lie.

But old Moriarty didn't say a word! What triggered it?
Aiwass's mind was working rapidly.

He suddenly remembered that these spider webs appeared at the same time when Aiwass shook out those clones.

Then he realized the truth instantly.

“——It’s a paradox!”

Because Moriarty's illusions were so realistic, neither Aiwass nor Helechin could tell "which one was the real Moriarty" - his clone could even make sounds, feel things, and cast spells! Before being "killed", there was no way to be sure it was a fake!
Therefore, when multiple Moriartys appear at the same time and cannot be distinguished, it is equivalent to triggering an indestructible lie!

——We can’t delay it any longer!
Although Old Moriarty didn't know, Aiwass's Phantom Card had a limit on how many times it could be used. If things dragged on any longer, the situation would only get worse...

"Herqin, keep shaking the ground!"

Aiwass ordered immediately.

Helechin immediately understood Aiwas's strategy.

He led the Wild Hunt Legion and launched a charge into the air - with Aiwass as the center, crushing all the surrounding buildings and ground like a millstone!
The wall was smashed, and the battlefield spread out from the courtyard. The next moment, the outer courtyard wall was also smashed.

The Wild Hunt waved their weapons to cut the spider webs, and began an endless charge around Aiwass!

No matter where Moriarty is invisible, as long as he launches attacks evenly and sweeps the ground again and again, he will at least not be able to stand still and chant spells!
Since you can't see him, just attack every position!
——This is the inevitable weakness of the caster!

"You can't win by just hiding!"

Aiwass said loudly: "There is no need to waste time!"

"Indeed, I didn't mean to waste my time."

Old Moriarty's voice came from the void.

A Wild Hunt immediately launched an attack on that location, knocked out a Moriarty, hacked him to death, and watched him disappear in flames.

"Come to think of it... we've never had a proper fight. After all, you're too sensible."

Moriarty's voice was heard again in another location, and was immediately found and crushed.

"I don't really want our fight to be less than honorable... but I also don't want you to think of me as nothing more than an incompetent, hysterical, and foolish father who can do nothing but scheme. I mean, if you can still regard me as a father."

The other Moriarty was also shattered and turned into flying petals.

"So I've prepared something nice... that will impress you."

Another Moriarty emerges.

At this moment, the chanting sound that had been existing in the air disappeared.

But this time the situation is different -

The Wild Hunter swung the giant sword in his hand and chopped, but blood was flowing!

The moment old Moriarty finished speaking, he was brutally cut in half by a Wild Hunt soldier!
The body suddenly broke into two parts, the left arm was cut off from the forearm, and the right arm was the shoulder.

At that moment, both Aiwass and Helechin were stunned.

Even the Wild Hunt soldier who cut Moriarty in half was stunned for a moment.

How... is it true?

Why is it true this time?

——The charge stopped.

Aiwass walked forward quickly, while the dying old Moriarty, who had been cut in half, just had a faint smile on his face and looked up at the sky.

"The battle is not over yet."

Old Moriarty whispered, still looking at the sky: "The spell I prepared is complete."

"……what?"

Aiwass was stunned for a moment, then realized something.

He looked up at the night sky.

I saw a huge black shadow emerging in the sky.

It was night so I couldn't see clearly, but the oppressive feeling was real.

The clouds were pushed aside.

The ground was shaking.

That was a...fallen star.

A huge meteorite.

Covering the sky and blocking out the moonlight.

"——The attack range is 50 kilometers in radius. This is my most powerful spell... I have been preparing for many years to pull this asteroid. It was originally used to threaten Gray Sky Master. If He dares to descend on me, I will pull the meteorite to destroy us together.

"So He dared not. He could only lend me the power, but He dared not resurrect from me."

With only the upper half of his body left, old Moriarty coughed up blood and stared at the sky. His voice gradually became weaker.

As a wizard and astrologer, his power of the path cannot strengthen his body. His body is not much stronger than that of a mortal. This injury is already an irreversible and fatal injury to him.

He said lightly, his voice gradually becoming lower: "I know you can escape easily. But think about it, there are residential areas around.

"You said I was wrong, so let me see...what you are going to do correctly."

His gray pupils stared at the night sky, as if he was expecting something.

(End of this chapter)