Shepherd Tantra

Chapter 1035 Vendome's Destined Death
"…A curse in the blood?"

Aiwass frowned.

Why is it that other people's treatments don't work? Why is it that my treatments work?
The only answer he could think of was "priority".

There are actually two types of treatment - "injury" and "illness".

If a person's arm is cut off by a steel knife, then no matter whether the person doing it is a mortal, a third-level assassin, or a fifth-level warrior, the amount of mana consumed to heal the wound or reattach the limb is fixed, and even the weakest extraordinary person can do it.

Pure physical damage can ignore most resistances caused by energy level differences, but at the same time - wounds caused by physical damage can also be easily healed by the most basic means.

But there is another situation here...that is spell damage.

For example, the classic ritual spell "Cursed Infant". This powerful ritual spell, which requires a cursed dead infant as the ritual material, can be activated by only a second-level transcendent, and its power can even kill a third-level extraordinary person in seconds - the cause of death is a broken heart.

The victim's heart will be frozen and chewed by the cursed baby, causing sudden death within a short period of time.

——Then, if the injured person has a healer by his side, can he prolong his life or restore his heart before death?
If the caster is of the second level, then a priest of at least the third level is required to do this.

Because after the spell causes damage, the Dao power involved does not dissipate immediately, but entangles the body. So if you want to treat it, you either need to wait until the power completely dissipates, or you need to fight against this part of the power. And this part of the power itself will resist the treatment.

Although the second-level priests could also offset the damage from the spell, the death caused by the broken heart was too swift. Even if it took only three minutes to dissolve the powerful dark energy lingering in the heart, it would be too late to reshape the heart. To reshape an organ, the second-level priests needed at least ten units of mana and about ten minutes of casting time. Even if the heart recovered, the other organs were basically dead.

Only a priest of the third energy level can use the energy level suppression of healing magic to instantly dissolve the spell and quickly reshape the heart within two minutes, making it possible to save the heart.

——Although both are fatal injuries, severe anemia caused by multiple wounds is very easy to treat, and even a second-level priest can cure it easily; but being pierced through the heart or cut in half is difficult to recover, and even if recovered, there may be sequelae; and if someone is burned to death by a wizard, they may not even be able to get treatment... This is the reason.

For example, Bishop Mathers was able to eliminate the damage to Yulia's organs caused by her high fever while in the state of the Phantom Demon Egg, but he could not relieve her high fever. This was because the power of the Flame-Butterfly was constantly leaking out. As a high-level Phantom Demon, the Flame-Butterfly was at least at the fourth level when Yulia was still a child... Mathers's magic could not resist this power at all.

A priest can easily heal "injuries", but cannot heal all "diseases".

The "curse" that the Vendôme family endured was most likely from the fifth energy level. If they wanted to cure it, other fifth energy levels would have to take action.

If a priest can reach the fifth level, he will definitely become a cardinal. As a human noble, I am afraid I will never see him.

But...it's true that a fifth-level priest is hard to find, but is it also hard to find a fifth-level curser?

"Have you ever tried to get a fifth-level curse master to remove the curse?"

Aiwass asked.

"Of course I did."

Old Argon shook his head slowly: "But he said... this is not a curse. With his strength, he can't tell that there is a curse on us."

"Maybe it's not his problem."

Aiwass added: “I didn’t actually see it either.”

His right eye was still in a state of sacrifice, and he did not have normal vision... but a special vision that could directly see the power of the path. If it was a curse, he should be able to clearly see the black air on them... That was the power of the path used by the curse to maintain itself from being dissipated or dispelled, equivalent to a "self-powered battery".

But he did not see any curse on the two of them, otherwise when Aiwas saw Anne, he would have directly dispelled the curse from her.

but……

“Why do you say it’s a blessing?”

Aiwass asked doubtfully.

Even if the possibility of a curse is ruled out, the fact that the old duke described this anomaly as "not sure whether it is a curse or a blessing" is itself very abnormal.

"Because it gives us a possibility..."

The old duke said slowly: "So far...

"——All the 'Vendome' of every generation are extraordinary people."

"……all?"

Aiwass was surprised: "Even the nobles of Helasar can't do this... Although the inclination and impulse of the Tao can be inherited, it doesn't mean that the children of the strong will definitely become strong."

"Not just children," the old duke denied.

"Not just..."

Aiwass repeated, inadvertently glancing at Sherlock beside him, then looked at Arsene as if he had thought of something.

His eyes widened. “What do you mean…?”

"Whether you marry into the family or marry into the family, as long as you take the surname 'Vendome', in eight years at most... ordinary people will become extraordinary people and get this strange disease. And if you are already an extraordinary person... then you can resist it for a longer period of time. If you are on the path of beauty, you can resist it for even longer."

The old man sighed and said, "Everyone in Iris thinks that our family only chooses extraordinary people who are on the path of beauty to "marry" and recruit all the artists in Iris...but they don't know that we can only choose in this way. "All the artworks you saw on the way here were not purchased by us. Instead, they are the accumulation of generations of families.

"These masters of art either came directly from Vendôme or eventually changed their surnames to Vendôme."

"…Then, what if you get married?"

Hearing this, Aiwass couldn't help but blurt out.

Hearing this, Annie's expression became complicated and gloomy. She remained silent and said nothing.

Seeing Anne's expression, Aiwass thought of his mother again.

He thought of the Swamp People - could this be one of the reasons why Anne replicated herself?

Generally speaking, if people knew that they had such a perfect copy... they might be terrified or disgusted. But most of them would keep it secret... but Anne obviously told her father everything. It was for this reason that the old Duke could so easily accept the fact that Aiwass also had Vendome blood flowing in his veins.

"It is more than a cold," replied the old duke. "There is only one consequence of abandoning the name of Vendôme: death. Either by marriage... or by divorce."

"divorce?"

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"Yes. If you have ever obtained the surname Vendôme through marriage, regardless of whether you have caught the cold or not, you will die soon after losing the protection of your surname. This is why people who gave up the name Vendôme in history died quickly... People regarded it as 'the family's pursuit', but they did not know that it was a kind of sadness. It was a determination to rush towards death."

"How did you die?"

Aiwass couldn't help but ask, "Did he die of illness? Or...anything is possible?"

"They all die of weakness due to lack of energy and blood. First they become tired and weak, then they suffer from insomnia and loss of appetite. The strength of their limbs gradually weakens... In the end, they may even become paralyzed in bed. It's like the whole person is gradually freezing. It is precisely because of this kind of living towards death that so many...art masters were born among us."

The old man glanced at Yasen, and Yasen was so scared that he didn't dare to say a word.

“The desire to create is born from a chaotic impulse, which comes from many human experiences.”

He then continued: "The birth of art itself is the death of an experience, which means that it has reached its end. At the same time, it also means the reproduction of this experience...it will continue to move into the future.

"The death of all things is the inevitable result of their destiny. People are born and will die one day... No matter how a person's life deviates, he is always heading towards the only destination - death. Therefore, no matter how confused a person is, he will always get the answer."

There was an irremovable dead air in the old duke's words.

People usually can only sense that death is approaching when they are terminally ill.

But if death could be touched every day and every night...

Hearing this, a question suddenly arose in Aiwas' mind.

Seeing Aiwass's expression, Argon smiled and asked without waiting for him to ask, "Are you wondering... if there are any Vendome people who have become children of the moon?"

"……Yes."

Aiwass nodded slowly and admitted, "Since life is so painful... I also wonder if there are people who can't stand the temptation. Of course, I'm not saying that becoming the Son of the Moon is right..."

"——No, not even one."

The old man raised his head slightly, his words were as calm as ice but filled with undisguised pride: "Until now... every 'Vendome' has calmly faced his own destined death. No one has tried to prolong their life by becoming a child of the moon or a werewolf, and no one has ever set foot on the forbidden road to dusk.

"Because that is the wrong path... the wrong path is not feasible."

Hearing this, Aiwass was speechless for a moment and dared not speak.

He himself actually has an incarnation in the form of a moon child...

...Wait, that's how it is!

Thinking of this, Aiwass suddenly opened his eyes wide.

Aiwass suddenly realized why the Twin Mirror gave him this form.

The shadow demon Bayard at that time was Aiwass's "disguised self"; and now "No. 14" who is the carrier of Aleister is Aiwass's "dream self".

That Moonchild Aiwass is not the mirror image of Aiwas Moriarty at all!

But it is the mirror image of Aiwas de Vendôme!

He means "the impossible self"!
——They are all a kind of mirror.

It symbolizes the opposite of what Aiwass can never reach and will never become.

(End of this chapter)