Shepherd Tantra

Chapter 122 Antlers and Thunder

Dark and damp.

As if submerged in a warm but viscous liquid, Gordon's consciousness was gradually dragged into a deeper level.

When Gordon woke up again, he found that someone had already arrived.

"Long time no see, Commissioner Gordon..."

A deep middle-aged woman's voice sounded: "Is it time to call you Inspector Gordon?"

Gordon slowly opened his eyes, and appeared in a space filled with bright red light.

It is different from the waiting room of the full moon ceremony.It's not pure darkness here, it's like being in the sea.

A dark waning moon hangs above the nearly black crimson sky.And under their high enough chairs, there is a sea of ​​blood that ebbs and flows rhythmically like a sea, with a lot of white foam.

And in the middle of the nine chairs is a huge stone sculpture of a silver-white knight fully armed.It looks about five or six meters high, with both hands holding the giant sword in front of the body, like a stone tablet that runs through the sky and the earth.

But its legs in the sea of ​​blood, as well as the tip of the blade, were stained red with blood.It looked shocking.

This is also Gordon's first crescent moon ritual.

He didn't like the smell of blood that filled the environment.He subconsciously frowned slightly and looked to the left.

There were two people who arrived before me.

This shows that both of them are in Avalon, and their overall level is higher than his.

The first one was a white-haired old man in a simple black suit sitting upright.His belly was so big that it bulged even in just the suit.The old man's hands were on his knees, and just this gave people a slight sense of oppression.Seeing Gordon appear, he nodded slightly to Gordon.

The second one is a middle-aged woman with a simple ponytail.She was wearing a gorgeous red dress, as if she was going to a banquet.But what didn't match her temperament was the hideous wild boar mask on her head.

——They are all acquaintances.thought Gordon.

Although they didn't have the chance to meet each other during the ceremony...but with just one glance, they could recognize who they corresponded to in reality.

We are all supernatural beings of the authoritarian path.Now, there is actually a chance to meet in the promotion ceremony...

"...Yeah, long time no see, Mrs. Hong. We will be colleagues of the Inspectorate from now on."

Gordon also took advantage of the situation and asked, "Which path are you planning to take?"

"Love. Power leads to desire, and I have reached the time of derivation."

Madam Hong replied without hesitation: "Also, you should call me [Hong] here."

"Then you should also call me [Thunder]."

Gordon responded: "By the way, your code name doesn't seem to make any sense. You can be recognized just by this dress."

"'Red Lady' is also a nickname, I don't need to use a nickname to hide another nickname. Besides, I don't need to hide my identity—just like you."

Madam Red replied.

After all, she looked at the old man and said meaningfully: "Minister Drost...how should we call you here?"

"antlers."

The Minister of Trade whose surname is Droste said in a deep voice: "I am going to be promoted this time to the Twilight Path.

"Although we are mortal enemies at this time, this is only the first advanced New Moon Ceremony after all, and there is no price for failure. There is no need to fight to the death - we are both on the path of authority, and we know each other's real identities , How about we make a temporary alliance? First exclude others, and then we will win internally."

"It's not impossible."

Madam Hong nodded: "Then let's not announce each other's true identities and paths to the outside world, and just call them by code names."

"Anyway, the New Moon Ceremony only has three promotion places at most," Gordon agreed. "It's better than falling on foreigners...By the way, my promotion this time is the path of dedication."

"The path of devotion? Then do you know the lighting technique?" Madam Hong asked.

"How is that possible?" Gordon shook his head. "I'm not from a church. I don't want to cause trouble."

"Then do you know other healing abilities?"

"Neither."

Gordon replied without hesitation: "But I can protect you."

——Then you have the nerve to say that you are dedicated to the Dao?

This was the first time she had heard that a transcendent person who was dedicated to the path would not heal at all.

Madam Hong's words lingered in her throat for a while, but she swallowed resentfully.

When she heard that Inspector Gordon was going to be promoted to the path of devotion before, she thought that she would have the opportunity to enjoy the assistance of a healer in the New Moon Ceremony—the extraordinary professions of the path of love usually have self-destructive characteristics, which is why Decides that it is very healer dependent.

Sure enough, those who dare to participate in the New Moon Ceremony alone are not serious devotees.

At this moment, blood mist began to rise from the fourth seat.

The three of them immediately stopped communicating and looked back at the seat.

"This is……"

Gordon's eyes widened quickly.

On the fourth seat, a sticky shadow flowed and condensed into a black figure in a blood robe.

"Ho ho ho..."

A deep, roaring, and hoarse voice, like a lion just waking up, sounded from the fourth seat: "Everyone arrived quite early..."

"...You are a demon scholar."

Gordon was very sure, and said in a hostile voice, "A member of the Noble Red Society?"

He was attacked by the Noble Red Society not long ago, and now his nerves are extremely sensitive.

He could tell at a glance that the color of this man's red robe was exactly the color of blood.He even smelled a stench.The materials for the new moon ceremony are not easy to come by, but the materials obtained from the human body can replace six of them.It's much easier to just get the wax figures, snakes, and mirrors.

It's just dark now, and the only ones who can enter their ceremony at this time are in Avalon...even Transcendents who are located on the Glass Island.

Demonologists have a habit of killing people to obtain ritual materials.According to Gordon's understanding, the advanced profession of the demon scholar, "Devil Incarnation", must kill a large number of people, and extract materials from living people to perform rituals before it is possible to advance.If you don't do such cruel things, a demon scholar can only be a "scholar" at best.

It is very tempting to be reincarnated as a powerful demon who is immortal and immortal. Those demon scholars who walk on the path of transcendence are almost unable to resist the call of the power of the path in the end. .

...However, even Gordon, who is well-informed, has never seen a demon scholar who can make such a movement during the first promotion ceremony.

Even if he has an extraordinary level in other paths, but as an advanced step beyond the path, he can only use the power beyond the path.

How could a first-level demon scholar have such a powerful demon?
"You are the Demon Scholar of Planet Antimony."

[Antlers] made an old and calm voice: "Who is your mentor?"

At this moment, Aiwass, including his hair...his whole body was covered by liquid Shadow Demon.

The shadows dripping from the Shadow Fiend in flakes made his originally short hair look like long black hair.

And Aiwass, who just woke up, just raised his eyebrows.

You old guy, quite experienced.

He actually knew that demon scholars from the Orthodox Kingdom of Star Wars were able to contract high-level demons in advance - they were summoned by powerful demon scholars, and then asked their apprentices to sign the contract.Whether the apprentices can control it is their own problem.

Those powerful demons who were tricked into making a contract with the weak must be dissatisfied.Their disobedience and malicious intent to escape from their master will bring great pressure to those young demon scholars.

If they don't want to be backlashed by the devil, these young people can only do their best to show their talents.But these demons are already far stronger than their level, so no matter how they display, it is difficult for them to be recognized by the demons.

It's like being chased by a ferocious beast—these young demon scholars will be constantly squeezed by the sense of crisis, forcing out the potential that belongs to the transcendent path to the greatest extent.

If you can't control it in the end, you will just abolish a student, and such people are everywhere in the planet.Countless people yearn to become demon scholars, change their own destiny, and dominate the destiny of others.Anyway, the summoned demon is still there, just give it another owner.

After such repeated selection, every demon scholar cultivated in the end controls a demon far stronger than himself, and has an extremely strong desire to surpass.

"Tell him, 'I don't know what mentor. Hand over your identity or I won't answer any of your questions'."

Aiwass told Shadow Fiend from the bottom of his heart: "Remember to be fierce, it's better to appear reckless and arrogant—pretend to be the kind of person who seems to have low intelligence and is easy to use. Make a distinction from me."

Shadow Demon immediately responded in the voice of Miss Assassin in his heart: "Okay, master."

Afterwards, the black liquid on Aiwass' body resonated synchronously with the sound, making a deep and echoing sound like a lion's roar:
"You lack the most basic manners, old man. I don't need a mentor—say your name now, or I'll let the devil eat your flesh!"

As "Aiwass" spoke, the sticky shadows on his body began to flow, condensing into a hideous monster head.A black flower bloomed on his raised face, and countless sharp black teeth were entwined with a dense black air.

"...Oh, no. You are not a demon scholar, you are a demon."

And the old man said with great interest: "A demon possessed by a shadow demon is really rare. We in Avalon actually have such an extraordinary person.

"Anyway, there's still time, why don't we get to know each other, Mister Shadow Demon. I'm Antler, this is Thunder, and that's Red... Are you a newcomer? If that's the case, maybe we can cooperate. Let the others be excluded first... how?"

Demons are different from Demonologists.If a demon scholar contracts a powerful demon, then he probably has a mentor.

But it is completely random for a demon to be possessed by a demon—that is to say, it is also possible for a pure newcomer without a mentor to be possessed by a powerful demon.

When Antlers realized that the "demon" might be a newcomer, he immediately realized that Aiwass could be used.So his attitude immediately became very sincere, and it seemed that he didn't discriminate against transcending the Dao.

"Thunder" and "Red" at the side didn't say a word, just watched the antlers performance quietly.

——You want to make a show, don’t you?

Aiwass realized that the confrontation of the New Moon Ceremony had already begun at this time.

"Old man, your attitude is very good. Then just pretend that I didn't say anything before."

So he narrowed his eyes slightly, and let the Shadow Demon wrapped around his body reply in a very natural manner: "Then you can call me Aleister...that's my name.

"Yes, I am a newcomer. I am from the Noble Red Association, and I am participating in the promotion ceremony for the first time today."

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