Shepherd Tantra

Chapter 25 "The Last Case"

Aiwass and Oswald came back very late.

Bishop Mathers has not been teaching sacred arts for a long time.

Because after all the things that should be said have been said, the rest is to persevere in practice.

This kind of thing should not be rushed.In the final analysis, these mysterious powers resonate because extraordinary people walk on their own paths, and because they conform to the philosophical essence of the paths.

The reason why learning, practicing, and using mysterious skills can increase the level of extraordinary professions is because when extraordinary people practice these skills, they are tantamount to practicing their own paths.

Since it is a practice, it cannot be accomplished overnight.

Unless it is opened like Aiwass.

Apart from "Prayer", Aiwass has quietly mastered the remaining three sacred skills.Prayer doesn't need to be taught specially, because that's what the seminary teaches.

Aiwass' original "basic prayer" was that he hadn't learned the correct prayer words and prayer rituals.This is too long and troublesome to teach... and whether or not he masters the correct prayer method will not affect his career advancement.

The correct prayers are only able to receive the power of the candlestick to heal the soul.Bishop Mathers also gave Aiwass a demonstration.

Countless shimmering lights were seen flying towards Mathers from the light sources in all directions like larvae.As he prayed, a thin shell of light gradually covered his body, and it became brighter as time passed.

During this process, Bishop Mathers' light attribute mana was slowly recovering at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Generally speaking, depleted mana pools can only be refilled after sufficient sleep.

But spellcasters of their own paths usually have other means of emergency supplies.

The means belonging to the path of devotion is "prayer".

In addition to the general sleep, the consecrated path has two opportunities to pray each day during the day.During the continuous prayer channeling, the light attribute mana pool will be slowly replenished, up to half of the maximum value can be recovered.Illumination consumes too much mana. If you don't use prayer to return to mana in the out-of-combat state, the mana is simply not enough.

And the greatest advantage of this mysterious skill of praying is that it does not require any materials, does not require any preparation, and will never fail.

As long as you pray twice a day for a minimum of 3 minutes each time, you can gain skill experience steadily.

Skill levels can grow steadily over time.

Even prayer times are flexible.If you are very busy, you can do two-in-one before evening; if you are really busy, it’s okay if you don’t even pray—that’s because you can’t get this free and stable experience.

Afterwards, Bishop Mathers specifically explained the most important knowledge to Aiwass: "The Nine Pillars God actually does not need belief.

"From a certain point of view, we are using faith and prayer to restrain the behavior of the Nine Pillars God. In other words, we are like stakes on land, and faith is the rope..."

But he didn't talk about specific things.

That was something Aiwass wasn't supposed to know yet.

In short, even if Aiwass didn't master the correct prayer method, he just couldn't use this skill to return to mana.When he gets more knowledge of gods and prayer rules, [Basic Prayer] will naturally become [Prayer] of the same level.

After that, Aiwass stayed in the chapel for a brief lunch.What they ate was the sacrament sanctified by the ceremony when Bishop Mathers demonstrated the [blessing] skill.After eating, you can get a temporary BUFF, which can stabilize the spirit and continuously restore physical strength.

In a sense, the lunch that Aiwass ate was his teaching material for today.Make sure nothing goes to waste.

Aiwass also noticed that Bishop Mathers hadn't mentioned Aiwass' wheelchair at all.

He didn't even specifically propose to help Aiwass heal his body and help him "stand up again."

For a healer of this level, he can roughly feel that Aiwass has a strong vitality in his body, and he is not sick or disabled at all.

So why is Aiwass in a wheelchair?
Bishop Mathers must have such doubts in his mind.If it wasn't that Aiwass' adoptive father, James, specifically mentioned this to him, it would be that his emotional intelligence was full—although I don't know why, but if you don't mention it, I won't ask.

The less trouble, the better.Just pretend you didn’t see it, don’t know it.

After that, Bishop Mathers took Oswald to what looked to be a huge football game.

The two parties are the "Mistletoe Club" and the "Sword in the Lake Club".

The former is the Theocracy's team, while the latter is Avalon's.

Although Aiwass didn't know what the two high-level transcendents were interested in watching a group of mortals play football...but it seemed to be a very important match.That's why Oswald didn't send Aiwass back, but agreed half-heartedly, and took him to the stadium with him.

Anyway, with the protection of the two of them, nothing will happen.

Although Aiwass is not interested in this, these two are respectable elders, so they should just go out to play with the old man.

So Aiwass also showed a happy and cheerful look.From the results, it is obviously a good company.

The former played the latter four to zero, which is the kind of crushing game that can be seen by laymen who don't understand the ball at all.Oswald looked very happy, and Bishop Mathers didn't have any special reaction, he just complained that "I have known for a long time that there is a problem with the club manager of Sword in the Lake".Generally speaking, everyone is happy.

However, Aiwass got a very strange information from their chats——

That is Oswald, the old steward of the Moriarty family, although he has served the Moriarty family since the founding of the Kingdom of Avalon.But he has a deep sense of identity and affection for the Eternal Theocracy.

But even so, when Aiwass tentatively asked him "Do you want to go back and have a look", Oswald just shook his head.

Can not go back.The old butler sighed and said casually.

"Anywhere in the Theocracy is good, but there is no home. It's better not to go back."

This is also the first time that Oswald, who is as taciturn as a shadow, mentioned his past in front of "little masters" like Aiwass.

After that, Aiwass was also a little silent.

When Oswald pushed Aiwass and walked home slowly, it was already evening.

The setting sun hung in the sky, and the amber in the Moriarty Manor shone like broken gold.And in front of the iron gate at the entrance of the manor, there was a thin young man with black hair, brown eyes, and a thin figure leaning quietly.

He flipped through the dark golden book in his hand as if no one else was there.

And the pages in his hands were emitting a mysterious blue-green light.The light was like a crystal clear lake.

He read banned books in front of the Moriarty Manor without fear.Obviously, he is very familiar with this place and very relieved.

Because Aiwass was sitting in a wheelchair, he saw the name of the book in the young man's hand at a glance with his lower eyesight.

- "Empty Ming Tantra".

Aiwass knew the book.

This is a mystical art from antiquity - a time when the dividing lines between paths were not as sharp as they are today.Therefore, many ancient skills may belong to multiple paths at the same time.But this book is an exception.

Its wisdom path attribute is very strong.The "emptiness art" it tells is the origin of the mysterious art "meditation" of the later path of wisdom.

In the game, the owner of the book is supposed to be Sherlock Hermes.It was a collection he acquired not long ago at the beginning of the main line.

Sherlock is a powerful transcendent with wisdom, authority and dual-path adaptability. In version 1.0, he had the dual professions of "law master" and "mage".

He can be regarded as a powerful helper who is free from the protagonist group.

Although he has not become a player's partner, he occasionally comes to help solve a few problems.After the kingdom of Avalon was destroyed, he did not follow the player to the Theocracy, nor did he go to the Star Kingdom.Instead, he accepted the invitation of the Iris Kingdom and held a government position for a period of time.

It can also be seen from the name that the prototype of this character is Sherlock Holmes.

But it is a little different from the stereotype of Sherlock Holmes' "pipe and cane"-Sherlock is half of himself in the Glass Island Inspection Bureau, and at the same time he is a high-level transcendent.He is much richer than Sherlock Holmes in the original book, and he became famous much earlier, without his own Watson.

Sherlock is just 26 years old when the main storyline begins.And at this time, he was already the "Chief Advisor" to whom even the Supervision Director of the White Queen's Division would treat him politely.

As a lawyer from the authoritarian path, he also spends a lot of money on enjoyment.

He would buy the most expensive cigars he could afford, not cheap pipe tobacco.He will not save money on food, and will invite players to eat out every time they meet.He will also travel abroad to listen to the best concerts and give them to friends-for example, the gifts he gives to players are of high value.

This is typical of the authoritarian path, only the best.Not for enjoyment per se, but for getting the "best".

But after he quickly spends the money he got, he will calmly downgrade his consumption and live a life without money, until the next incident makes him rich again.

The biggest characteristic of Sherlock is that he never saves money.He never considered his situation "in case he ran out of money in the future".

Because the young Sherlock was full of confidence in his abilities.As long as he has his own ability, he can get a sum of money at any time-he doesn't make it just because he has no interest.

He believed that if he thought about what to do in the future, it would be tantamount to subconsciously implying that his talents would eventually degenerate.The admission that he would be stupid someday was more unacceptable to him than the downgrade in his quality of life.

This kind of talented and extremely proud NPC, but at the same time friendly to players, has always been quite popular among players.There are also a large number of fan pictures, cos, peripherals and manuscripts.

Up until the mainline of version 5.0, Sherlock was very active with many highlights.

In the end, he died in the main plot of 5.1.

The cause of death was very strange - when the investigation of a certain case reached a critical point, he was counter-killed because he was investigating the case alone.

Although the plot is different from the "last case", it may be to hint at the direction of the next story.The title of that big chapter is "The Last Case".

Looking back now, the person who killed Sherlock at that time may have been Aiwass' adoptive father, James Moriarty.Because it was after Sherlock's death that Aiwass' adoptive father reappeared in the plot.

At that time, some players said: "It's broken, the one who came back from the 'empty house' became Moriarty."

Aiwass was extremely impressed by this incident.

Because when this suggestive main line name was exposed, the discussion and popularity on the Internet exploded immediately.When the final plot really came out, the reaction of the players was unbelievable.

Compared with anger and sadness, more comments are comments such as "I really dare to give out box lunches", "I'm not really dead", "Wait for an empty house to return".

Can't believe it's true.But I'm afraid it's true.

There is a feeling of "I'm really crying" after a primary school boy makes a girl cry.

Even Aiwass asked his screenwriter friend if Sherlock was really dead.

The response he got was also vague, "Probably."

But until Aiwass crossed, the "empty house" plot belonging to Sherlock still hadn't come.It was James Moriarty who jumped out and showed his identity as the final boss of the version's main line.

As if noticing the extremely complicated gaze, Sherlock suddenly raised his head and looked in Aiwass' direction.

Seeing Oswald pushing the wheelchair, he smiled and put away the book in his hand.

"Good afternoon, Mr. Oswald."

He greeted the old butler briskly, and nodded to Aiwass with a smile.

And Oswald obviously knew Sherlock, and greeted him warmly: "Mr. Sherlock, why don't you go in and sit down? The professor has often mentioned you recently."

Aiwass knew that the old butler had a very proud character, with the characteristics of an elf's stubborn temper and eyes above the top.

If it wasn't someone he recognized, he would never have given such a good face.

"Forget it. If I go in, the professor will nag me again. I'll leave as soon as I deliver the things, and there are other things-you can just say hello to the professor for me."

The black-haired youth politely refused.

"If you have something to do today, why don't you come to the family dinner tomorrow? I will ask the cook to prepare some good dishes in advance."

Oswald asked kindly, his attitude was completely different from the indifference when he saw Haina: "After all, the professor has indeed been thinking about you for a long time—and Mr. Sherlock, you haven't visited the professor for almost a year."

"I have something to do tomorrow night... You know. When I am free later, I will send a call letter to visit officially."

Sherlock was vague.

He and the old butler looked at each other, and Oswald suddenly nodded.Don't continue to mention this aspect.

And Aiwass also realized what Sherlock meant.

If there is any big event tomorrow night, it is likely to be advanced.

His attitude is so vague, which shows that this advanced step is probably illegal—he even dared to openly read the mystic books on the path of wisdom, but he was vague about this kind of thing.

That must be the secondary path he just obtained, the "mage" profession of the path of wisdom is about to advance to the second level!

...the same as myself.

Aiwass froze for a moment.

Good guy.

——It’s not like we brothers will meet in the dream world, right?
　Today is still an update of more than 6000 words, and I can't control the number of words at all...

　　Happy 61 Children's Day!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)