Shepherd Tantra

Chapter 21 Sacred Art: Sacrificial Fire

At least in this matter, Aiwass can be sure that Bishop Mathers has more information than himself.

Although Aiwass had completely forgotten the plot, the [Letter from someone to the Noble Red Society] obtained at the Pelican Bar mentioned some key information.

The letter generally mentioned that the demon scholars sent by the Noble Red Society this time should be "a group of people", not just two. "That adult" will cooperate with their actions and continue to create cases in various parts of Glass Island in advance to distract the attention and manpower of the Supervision Bureau.

In the same way, the mysterious person who wrote the letter also issued a warning to the Noble Red Association with an attitude of almost an equal partner-to the effect that the accounts he can allow the association to take on credit are limited.If the association still does not give him what he wants this time, then he will also "with a heavy heart and firmly carry out some unkind acts that neither of us wants or wants to see."

The two "pen pals" who came to meet Aihua Siji actually arrived ahead of time after breaking away from the main force.

The motivation is also well understood.

They've been running the Aiwass line for a long, long time.And maybe they think that Aiwass will die in this continuous turmoil; or maybe they think that their superiors will come to snatch Aiwass this resource; Hua Si's reserve grain to supplement important resources.

Perhaps it was for the name of the "Moriarty" family at the beginning, but when Aiwass became a priest and still trusted them, he himself became a special value.

Noble blood, pure heart, transcendent soul, voluntary sacrifice—perhaps some other factors.But Aiwass's specifications as a sacrifice are very high.

Because the sacrificial ceremony is not a ceremony for summoning shadow demons, but any high-level demon can come.As a result, the ceremony had just begun, and the shadow demon came over after smelling it.

Aiwass used half of his life force as a sacrifice, and signed a contract with Shadow Demon—this is actually the correct price.

The correct sacrifice price is "half".No matter how much you give, the demon only takes half, and usually the renewable half.Because the essence of this ceremony is "equal distribution".

Equitable sharing of property, equal sharing of power, equal sharing of benefits, and equal sharing of risks-such two parties can be called collaborators.If the quality of the summoner can satisfy the devil, the summoner can get a symbolic 1% more to tell the difference between "master and servant"; if it is very reluctant to just summon, it is usually half and half.

But in fact this is not binding on the actions of the devil.It's just the difference between whether the verbal address is "master" or "partner".

Demon scholars are legal professions in countries other than Avalon and Eternal Theocracy.If the use of sacrificial skills must kill one's own sacrifices, then the demon scholar must be a murderer, and this profession cannot be legal.And if a demonologist sacrifices himself, it is directly tantamount to suicide.

The sacrifices of demon scholars in the Kingdom of Avalon are accompanied by massacres, which are not actually the needs of demons, but the needs of killing, robbing, or preparing ritual materials.

In the case where the spread of mysterious knowledge is limited, most ordinary people don't even know what extraordinary professions there are beyond the Dao, and they don't even know the official title of "demon scholar", but "warlock" in short He is a master who can cast spells", which is used as a folk name.

But in fact, the magic ability of the demon scholar is not strong, and the types of spells that can be used are quite small.

Compared with the mages of the path of wisdom, the necromancers of the twilight path, and the sages of the adaptive path, they are far inferior, even inferior to the law masters of the path of authority—the main strength of the demon scholar comes from "rituals" and " demon".Many spells need to rely on rituals, need to be prepared in advance, and are far more powerful than normal spells.

For example, Veronica's "cursed baby" requires a baby cursed to death by the caster as a ritual material.The destructive power of the ritual spells guided by a demon scholar at the second level is enough to threaten or even instantly kill the front row occupations at the third level.

If you don't have the right materials at hand, and don't have a sufficiently strong demon to contract, the demonologist will be very weak.

But on the other hand, if demon scholars plan secretly and prepare in advance, they can completely exert destructive power far beyond their own level.

Now I am in the light, and they are in the dark.

If Aiwass only uses his Demon Scholar ability to fight, it will be a double disadvantage-not only is it easy to reveal his identity, but he is also completely unable to cooperate with his teammates.

Mix will not mix.It's not easy to lie down.

Originally, Aiwass planned to obtain the priest professional level as soon as possible, but he didn't expect it to be so soon.Before he told his adoptive father about it, Bishop Mathers thought of it in advance.

In the morning, the Supervision Bureau called to make an appointment - saying that they planned to come to Moriarty Manor in the evening.The adoptive father was very happy, saying that he wanted to give Aiwass something like a commendation order...but Aiwass was not very interested in this.

What good things can the Inspectorate give?In the game, the players are busy before and after, and finally get nothing at all.The benefits are all shared among themselves.

Moreover, Aiwass was worried that it was Hayina's idiot who came this time, so he came several hours in advance.So he didn't dare to go out today.

Originally planned to accompany my sister to read at home.

As a result, Bishop Mathers invited him to the Candlestick Cathedral at nine o'clock in the morning.

But now Aiwass has no dissatisfaction in his heart, he is very devout and serious.

——Just kidding, this is a professional skill instructor!
And strictly speaking, he walked through the back door.Without passing the exam, and without doing the long and smelly list of "approved tasks", you are directly qualified to learn the sacred art!

The old bishop spoke slowly: "The so-called 'sacred skills' are the most practical and practical skills selected by the church based on the principles of 'safety', 'health', 'easy to learn' and 'benefiting people'. The safest and easiest way to master the mysterious skill of the dedication path. After passing the corresponding qualification examination, the bishop will teach the corresponding skill for free until you learn it."

What I understand is Yusanjia.Charmander, Squirtle, and Frog Seeds...the one that stands out is easy to use and easy to raise.

Aiwass thought brokenly in his heart, feeling urgent and impatient.

And Bishop Mathers still said without haste: "There are four kinds of sacred skills that the bishop can master.

"'Prayer', 'Sacrificial Fire', 'Illumination', 'Blessing'. Special attention should be paid to the fact that the essence of mysterious skills cannot be understood in a literal sense."

The old bishop explained: "The so-called 'sacrificing fire' refers to a technique for strengthening the body and restoring oneself.

"Human life is like a candle, and the soul is fire. Those of us who walk in the way of devotion will share our own light and fire. This also means that we will gradually become deficient.

"I specially created such an unhealthy state for myself to show you."

As he spoke, the old bishop nodded his unnatural white hair on the sideburns.

Aiwass knew what he was going to say, but still nodded obediently.

To put it simply, the spells of the way of devotion all burn one's own blood.

Even if it is treatment, it is burning one's own blood to regenerate blood for others - since this is the case, then the path of dedication must have a stable means of regenerating blood.

This is the art of "sacrificing fire".

"First, light a new candle. Any color will do, it doesn't matter—and when you're good enough, a pack of matches will do."

The old bishop said, stretching out his left hand: "I don't know how much you understand the mysterious knowledge, so I will start from the beginning.

"Among the five fingers of the hands, the thumb symbolizes fire, the index finger symbolizes air, the middle finger symbolizes ether, the ring finger is earth, and the little finger is water. The four basic elements have two corresponding fingers, and light and darkness are the left and right hands respectively. .So we usually use the left hand for fire sacrifices - and the elements of the devotion path are light and fire, so our most important fingers are the thumb and middle finger of the left hand.

"Until you can use it proficiently and engrave it into your instinct, I don't recommend you use your right hand for any operations."

As he spoke, a cluster of white flames ignited on the old bishop's left thumb, lighting up the candlestick in front of him.

There was a thick, long white candle arranged in advance.The light after lighting instantly illuminates the entire space.

"In order to facilitate your first visualization, I have chosen the brightest model."

Bishop Mathers explained, motioning for Oswald to push Aiwass' wheelchair over.

"Come on, raise your left hand. Do it with me..."

His movements are very slow: "Imagine that in front of you is not a candle that is within reach, but a golden sun that is far away.

"No matter how bright the fire is in front of you, imagine it shining extremely brightly - a light that fills every corner of your perspective, fills your entire perspective, without a single shadow. Imagine that it can penetrate you The palm of your hand, even if you open your hand, your hand should be as transparent as glass."

Aiwass did so.

And when he just stretched out his hand.

A pop-up window suddenly popped up in front of his eyes:
[Samuel Mathers is teaching you the "Sacrificial Fire", do you want to pay 1 public experience to master this mysterious skill? 】

The moment he saw the pop-up window, Aiwass was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously looked at Bishop Mathers.

In the game, if a certain mysterious skill of the player is obtained through a task—that is, not through reading books, but through one-on-one teaching after brushing up the personal favor of a certain NPC.The experience consumed to learn this mysterious skill is directly proportional to the level of the skill and inversely proportional to the level of the instructor.

In other words, the easier it is to learn this mysterious skill and the higher the level of the instructor, the less experience the learner will consume.

In the game, this setting doesn't make much sense, it's just to show how strong this person is.Because players actually don't lack this bit of experience - this broken game has no physical limit, and it doesn't take much experience to learn mysterious skills.

However, when online orcs discuss "who is better than whom" and "who can surpass whom", they will use this as a basis to infer the corresponding occupational level of this NPC.

When the players learned the sacred skills back then, it took seven points of experience to learn uniformly—and no matter how weak the teaching NPC whose name Aiwass forgot was, he was at least a certain bishop.

So what's the situation with you old man? There is such a high level in version 1.0, why have I never heard your name in the game?
——It’s broken, I ran into a sweeping monk. This is it.

　Today is still more than 6000 words, remember to read after the new book issue~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)