Shepherd Tantra

Chapter 3 Edwards Moriarty

Now, the Shadow Fiend, summoned from the ritual, is in the shadows at Aiwass' feet.

He was in a wheelchair, not immobilized because his legs were sacrificed.Rather, if he stepped on his own shadow, he would immediately awaken the Shadow Demon and materialize it.

This wheelchair was what Aiwass asked for from the old housekeeper after he woke up.

Because now, his [Shadow Affinity] level is too low.

Shadow Fiends are high-ranking demons. Shadow Affinity needs to be at least level [-] to control Shadow Fiends, and level [-] to fuse with Shadow Fiends.Before that, he could only draw part of Shadow Demon's power to use the "power".Although Shadow Fiend would not harm himself, and would even protect Aiwass based on a contract, he could not restrain Shadow Fiend's behavior at all.

From this perspective, a demon scholar who contracts low-level demons is like walking a dog; and Aiwass is a dog walking a man.

How to seal Shadow Demon is not something that "Aiwass" should know.But memories from another world.

Aiwass Moriarty, Daotu, Demon Scholar, Kingdom of Avalon... This is the world in an MMORPG game called "The Ring of Omen".

This game is released and operated by their company "The Faceless God Studio".

It is said to be "their company", but in fact the output of this game has nothing to do with Aiwass, because he is not a staff member of the R&D department.He is a new human resources manager, also known as HR.

Three years ago, Aiwass resigned and lost his job.Because he was stuck in a non-compete agreement, he couldn't find a job with his peers...he was dragged into a trap by his best brother.

That brother is the company's game copywriter, and Amway keeps repeating in his ears every day, talking about many easter eggs he designed.

In the end, Aiwass was overwhelmed, and at the same time, he came into contact with the game and played it for a while, and felt that it was indeed a good game.The downside is that it's quite a mess - but it's a good way to pass the time at home when you're unemployed.

Later, I heard that "The God of Faceless Studio" was recruiting HR, and it happened that Aiwass had also passed the restriction period, so he directly submitted his resume and came for an interview.

In the end, he was still handing over work, but he was sent to this world by a dump truck just because he crossed the road on his way to work to reply to a message.

... If he had known that he would travel to this world, he would have asked more about the company's internal information, or read more plot discussion posts on the forum!

This is the biggest mistake.

Because Aiwass is essentially a hot-headed player who doesn't care much about the plot or the characters.

Although I usually know a lot of hidden settings, character backgrounds and future main storylines that ordinary players don’t know when chatting with friends, I also cloud some early plots from the group.But he has never cared about the main line, but the branch lines of various characters are much more interesting.

Aiwass entered the pit from the 3.0 era back then. Just after the first group boss, he ate the main line book and completed all the old main lines up to the beginning of 3.0 with one click.Not only that, but all the plot animations that can be jumped on his way to level up and at the beginning of the dungeon are all skipped.There is really no way to skip it, and it is also fast-forwarded by left-clicking and left-clicking.

As a result, now, Aiwass can't remember what the main line was in the early days.On the contrary, he was more impressed by the later plot, because the plot performance of the main line group is quite good.Even if you don't read the previous plot carefully, you can make a guess through the unskippable reunion plot performance.

At the beginning of the main line, "Aiwass" appeared.

In the winter of 1890 in the calendar, he was kidnapped and held a ceremony on the altar.Passing "players" inadvertently broke the barrier that drove passers-by, and saw the cruel sacrifice scene.In an emergency, he pretended that he had reported to the Supervision Bureau and was leading the way for the Griffin Riders of the Supervision Bureau, scaring the two of them away.

Aiwass was rescued by the "players" from the ritual altar, and then entertained the homeless players who had their wallets and IDs stolen to eat, drink and rest at their home.

Afterwards, Aiwass will enter school with the player, grow together, and continue to investigate the case together.It turned out that the investigation of this case got bigger and bigger, and even involved the high-level officials of the Kingdom...

And because Aiwass was in mortal danger, his sister Yulia suddenly lost control - under the catalysis of the blood spar, she became "Illusory Demon·Butterfly of the Flame", the first eight-person BOSS.

That is also the first phantom that the player sees in the game.

Her body was curled up into a ball, wrapped in the amber-like transparent butterfly chest, and the butterfly wings made of flame spirits protected her.Because of the low level of the dungeon, this eight-person book is the easiest to get in the daily random book. On average, you need to play Yulia three or four times a week.

Because Yulia didn't want to hurt Aiwass, it was a classic entry-level boss with no mechanism and no desire to attack.Even if the level is high enough, you can barely pass the level by directly hitting the main body regardless of the mechanism.If you eat the main book after defeating Yulia, you can get some appearance rewards.

In the end, she was killed, and after losing most of her spirituality, she shrank into a flame butterfly, and was contracted by Aiwass to become his first familiar.Aiwass uses this method to preserve her spirituality, and hopes to find the legendary master "Zongpo" who has mastered the resurrection technique in the future to revive her.

Until the main line of version 5.0, Aiwass has mastered new abilities.Aiwass, who can seal theoretically unkillable phantoms into cards and arm his familiars as enhanced equipment, has finally obtained a great enhancement exclusive to him.

Then he stopped playing with the players, but became the plot killer in the CG to end the phantom boss.

"……elder brother?"

Just when Aiwass thought of this, he suddenly heard a childish voice.

He was taken aback.

Hayna, who was excitedly chatting with Aiwass about "Sherlock and Deduction", heard the voice, and turned her head subconsciously.

I saw a little girl standing silently at the door.

"When you woke up yesterday, I was just sleeping. After I woke up, you fell asleep again."

She just woke up in the evening, and she said aggrievedly and stunned: "Brother, why... are you in a wheelchair?

"—and who is she?"

She was wearing the same pure white fluffy pajamas as Aiwass, with silver-white hair shoulder-length, and crimson pupils reminiscent of roses.Her features are delicate and soft, reminiscent of a white cat or a rabbit.It's a completely different type from Aiwass's brilliant handsomeness.Whether it is eyebrows, hair color or pupil color, it is enough to prove that the two are not related by blood.

If we want to talk about the similarity between the two, it is the sense of weakness that comes from the same strain.

She has a sickness similar to Aiwass, but more obvious than Aiwass.

The girl's skin is somewhat sickly, almost transparent white.When she stood at the door, she would unconsciously hold the door frame on one side, leaning her body slightly to deflect the center of gravity and reduce the pressure of standing upright.

——What a cute girl!
Hana's eyes lit up.

It's like seeing a cute pet, she wants to get close to it, but is worried that she will scare him.

"It's okay, Yuli. It's only temporary. This is Haina-senpai, I have something to ask."

Aiwass smiled and called the girl by her nickname as he remembered.But I don't know why, but I always feel that this title is a bit jerky and a mouthful.

It's like not calling friends by their names for a long time, but calling each other by their nicknames.One day when the other party's full name is suddenly called, I always feel that it is not the other party's name.

After a moment of trance, he slightly opened his arms towards Yulia: "Come and hug."

"……Um."

Yulia obediently walked over.Like just waking up, there is a feeling of powerlessness that makes people worry about falling.

Aiwass was in a trance for a moment when he hugged Yulia who was snuggling over.

At this moment, he was hugging Yulia, but it seemed to be another "Aiwass".

As the memory of "Aiwass" in this world, after receiving the prophecy of the future, he suddenly felt a certain kind of fear.

Yulia would turn into a monster...and then, die.

——At this moment, Aiwass' memory overlaps with reality.Completely fused together, the memory of the double life became clear.It's like a sleepy person who is suddenly awakened by a nightmare, and then finally knows whether he is in a dream or not.

After two days in this world, he finally realized that he was not dreaming.But really crossed.

Came to another world.

However, he also clearly realized another thing - that is, the plot is different now.

Aiwass in the game definitely does not have a contracted shadow demon.

Because this time the ceremony was interrupted by the player, it was not successful at all.

And this probably means that there are no "player characters" in this world.

In an epic fantasy game, the player usually plays the role of a one-time savior; and if the game is an online game, the player is usually a continuous, high-frequency, low-fault-tolerant savior.

Every major version has to save the world once.

... Then he will be in trouble.

Because the "player" is set to be the blood descendant of [Father Snake] who once controlled the "way of transcendence" and was one of the nine gods.Because of this, players can have "experience points" and "levels", and they can continue to become stronger without thresholds and regardless of talents.In terms of setting, in fact, the player did not arrange the book, let alone form a team, but defeated all the enemies alone.

But Aiwass, even though he is also an important role, the world-destroying disasters of "Fallen God", "Demon Dragon of Calamity", and "Shadow of Avalon" are not capable of being solved by a "powerful" in the conventional sense. defeated.

Aiwass knew that something would happen to the Kingdom of Avalon in about six months.

Although he doesn't remember the mainline clearly, at least he still remembers the key node of version change.

What he told Hayina was not a lie.The Kingdom of Avalon will indeed suffer catastrophe half a year later, and it is closely related to the demon ritual event they are experiencing now, which no big shots care about.

But now, Aiwass still has a chance to change all this.

change everything—

He subconsciously hugged Yulia tightly, and the girl was keenly aware of something: "Brother?"

"……nothing."

Aiwass smiled calmly: "That's right, I had a very long dream yesterday... I dreamed that Yulia left me."

However, at this moment, he suddenly and obviously felt the body of Yulia in his arms tighten suddenly.

……Um?

Aiwass' heart moved slightly.

As if trying to cover up, Yulia suddenly asked, "How long will my brother's wheelchair take?"

"Probably... a year?"

As Aiwass said, he looked at the old butler beside him: "Is that what the doctor said?"

"Yes, Master Aiwass."

The old butler asked without hesitation: "So, do you want to suspend school for a year? Anyway, it has already been suspended for three months."

This is a lie.

And on both sides.

No doctor put Aiwass in a wheelchair at all, Aiwass asked for it.Those demon scholars who have contracted the Shadow Demon will use this method to seal the Shadow Demon when they are unable to control the Shadow Demon.

In addition to using a wheelchair when moving, try to avoid strenuous actions and slow down your movements to lower your heart rate-this is a conventional means of suppressing demons.

In addition, you can also take some drugs to suppress the heart rate to make the demons sealed in the body fall asleep.

"No," Aiwass said, "I'll go back to school after this incident is resolved."

"...Is this incident resolved?"

Haina realized something belatedly.

She instinctively realized that at that moment... Aiwass' attitude seemed to have changed.

She was quite familiar with that feeling.

Hayina, who was still immature in her freshman year, thought she was still a genius in that remote town.As a result, in the final exam that year, he passed the line in astrology, and it can be said that he broke out in a cold sweat.

But it was also because of this that she became serious and realized that she was far from being as good as she thought in the highest school in the Red Queen District of the capital, Glass Island.At least... She is not a pure genius, but a genius who works hard.

With the same attitude of studying casually as before, she might fail the grade if she is not absent from work... Now she can graduate with the seven-petal flower seal representing full marks, precisely because of Professor Moriarty's The bright red three-petal flower seal representing "pass" woke her up.

For ordinary students, this is the mark of being released from prison, which is worth cheering and celebrating; but for the proud Haina, it is like a slap on the face, which is so hot that it makes people silent and their brains go blank.

Aiwass at this moment gave her this feeling.

When I saw the report card, I felt as if I woke up from a dream——

"Yes, I want to participate in the investigation."

Aiwass suddenly became serious: "Since they will kidnap me once, there will be a second time. I can't leave the house without getting rid of those cultists; similarly, I can't wait for someone I might Unacceptable findings — so I'm also going to participate in the investigation."

Hearing this, Haina was a little embarrassed.This is undoubtedly alluding to the extremely slow investigation efficiency of the Supervision Bureau.

The Supervision Bureau, which pays great attention to "rules", must report to the superiors in everything and follow standard procedures in everything.That's the order of those knightly gentlemen in the Senate.

Because they can hardly find anything, they even need to ask the assistance of detectives.The "Sherlock" Hayina mentioned earlier is a detective who has recently become quite famous in the newspapers.

Sherlock has graduated from the Royal University of Law for many years, but he did not choose to enter the Supervision Bureau, Law Court and Arbitration Hall.As a result, he is now a special consultant of the Supervision Bureau, and his investigations are not bound by various regulations of the Supervision Bureau.

"If Miss Haina can't make up her mind, you might as well report my words to your superior and ask for his opinion."

Aiwass crossed his hands and said calmly: "Anyway, according to the rules, you have to submit all the content of this conversation to your superiors, don't you?"

For some reason, Aiwass at this moment made Haina think of the interviewer of the Supervision Bureau.

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