Shepherd Tantra

Chapter 739: The Rage of the Eighty-Year-Old Social Animal
Aleister looked at Count Dawn, who was frozen into an ice sculpture, and pinched his chin out of habit.

The honey badger, who was standing quietly nearby, suddenly shrank his pupils.

She had seen similar eyes before - the lustful eyes that the Moon Children showed when they looked at the young blood servants, just like a chef looking at a piece of good beef, thinking about how to cut it and how to cook it.

As a high-level demon, Winter Demon, especially one with special attack capabilities against a race like the Children of the Moon that has strong blood and energy, can be of great help to Aiwas's next actions.

If it is sealed as a Sin Card, it is not impossible... but it feels a bit wasteful.

If you only use one card to seal, there is only one card to choose from.

--grim Reaper.

Same card as Earthbound Alice.

The card "Death" has both dark and water attributes, and Winter Demon meets both attributes. Therefore, it is rare to create a dual-attribute card.

However, as a high-ranking demon, the Winter Demon was higher in rank than the Earthbound Spirit and even the Shadow Demon. The materials needed to seal it were also more scarce... To be on the safe side, Aleister did not use his ritual material-free ability, but instead made sure that the ritual could be established.

What if the seal fails and awakens the winter demon instead, and wakes up Earl Dawn who is hibernating in endless hallucinations?

"Mirror Demon."

Aleister suddenly spoke up.

"I am here."

The mirror was instantly covered with a layer of black mist, and a deep and echoing voice rang out: "Please give your orders."

Although the voice could almost be described as majestic, it sounded full of undisguised flattery.

"In order to ensure that I can kill your master, I will need some ritual materials, which may be difficult to find."

Aleister looked at the mirror that was possessed by the mirror demon and turned into a magic mirror, and said something that the honey badger felt was quite outrageous: "Maybe it is in the Earl's ceremony room, but it will be difficult to find it in a short time. Please help me find it."

"Please tell me, this is my duty."

The Mirror Demon agreed without hesitation, and even took the initiative to add: "Even if my former master doesn't have the materials here, I can find a way to get them for you as quickly as possible."

"…That's really troublesome for you."

Even Aleister was surprised by the Mirror Demon's enthusiasm in this matter, and how properly and thoroughly it handled it.

…Now Aleister seemed to know why Mirror Demon didn’t want to sign a contract with him.

It's probably been frightened by its owner.

Judging from its appearance, it was probably used as a butler. No wonder he was the earl of Xingti but didn't have a butler at home... Maybe it was because he didn't trust those mortals who could be bribed or controlled.

According to the Mirror Demon, it has been more than 80 years since it was summoned. As a noble, Earl Dawn must have his own demonology tutor. The Mirror Demon was probably bound when the contract was signed.

This advanced contract is obviously different from what ordinary demonologists can use - the fact that the mirror demon can leave him at will is proof of this. When Aiwass made the contract with the shadow demon, the shadow demon could not leave the shadow under Aiwass at all.

After Earl Dawn was promoted to the fourth level, the Mirror Demon could no longer make a move. From then on, as long as Earl Dawn was not dead and was unwilling to give up the contract, the Mirror Demon had to be bound to him and work endlessly.

Because the mirror demon can walk in front of different mirrors and peek at others from any mirror surface it wants to appear in; it can also take people and objects out of the mirror and seal them. It is really too convenient. I guess Earl Dawn has become accustomed to a life where he has to call the mirror demon whenever he has something to do...

...This is not even 996 work intensity, but 007. This level of high-intensity work has lasted for more than years...This is not a demon, it is simply an oppressed social animal. No wonder it took the initiative to appear in front of them after it realized Aleister's intention and said it could help them lead the way.

——On the other hand, if the mirror demon had no grudge against Count Dawn, it could even have seen Aleister's assassination plan in advance and escaped from the mirror with Count Dawn as soon as possible.

"No, it's my honor to serve you..."

Mirror Demon said very respectfully.

Aleister recalled the sealing materials of the winter demon. Relying on her vague and fragmentary memories and her in-depth understanding of ritual studies, she pieced together a set of more suitable materials: "I need thirteen different flowers that withered in winter but still have vitality, a rotten fish that has been frozen for more than thirteen years, and the first snowfall in the past three years.

"I also need a complete set of feathers from a crow, a complete skeleton of a third-level Dusk Path transcendent, a scorpion soaked in five kinds of toxins, a living snake that has just shed its skin, a living and energetic eagle, and a 300-year-old rotten mud that is at least enough to cover the living snake."

Even Aleister himself felt that the ritual materials she requested were too tricky.

So she took the initiative to add: "If it takes some time to collect these materials, you can tell us approximately how long it will take."

The implication was that she could take a nap first, and then come back to kill him after waking up.

But maybe it was because it was too anxious to get off work and go home for the holiday; or maybe it was because its will to kill its boss was as strong as a fire and it was hard to suppress it...

The Mirror Demon answered without hesitation: "It will only take half an hour at most. Please take a rest here."

As it spoke, the mirrors beside it turned into a pitch-black background, reflecting the ritual materials one by one: "Sir, please confirm whether these are the things."

After checking them one by one, Aleister nodded slowly: "Indeed..."

"Please wait, I am collecting. Please take a rest here. Or if you want to go shopping, you can walk around at will; if you want to visit the ceremony room or the study, I can teleport you there. I have put all the servants in the Earl's mansion to sleep, so there is no need to worry about being witnessed by anyone. I have also opened the seals of all the rooms and removed the warning and defense barriers in all the rooms.

"Also, if you don't want to rest on this bed..."

As the Mirror Demon spoke, Aleister's eyes suddenly flickered, and another set of luxurious and soft beds and sofas appeared: "This is a clean bed in the guest room, and there is also a sofa that has not been used yet.

"The refreshments have been prepared for you. I prepared them according to the previous owner's preferences. I can also bring other refreshments. If you want to drink, please feel free to tell me. The Earl's collection is very complete. If you like to mix drinks, I can also mix drinks for you in the mirror world. I have copied the skills of a bartender."

As soon as the voice fell, a cup of steaming black tea and a plate of snacks appeared in front of the sofa table. These were all things that the mirror demon had transported from other places to the mirror world and then processed.

"If you have no further instructions, I will leave for now. If you need me to, I can leave a clone behind to serve you wholeheartedly on my behalf."

"……hiss."

Aleister took a breath subconsciously, quickly hugged Vignes from his shoulders, touched the feathers to calm himself down.

She was silent for a while, then said, "No need. Please leave. I want some quiet time."

"Yes, then I will immediately withdraw from this room completely. Before I enter again, I will cover the mirror with black fog three seconds in advance to indicate that I will return soon, so as not to cause any interference with your secret.

"Have a nice rest."

The Mirror Demon's respectful and fluent voice fell, and then all the mirrors in the room that were emitting black smoke returned to their original state.

Now, even the Night Devil and the Honey Badger were silent for a moment.

(End of this chapter)