Shepherd Tantra

Chapter 788: The Sloth Mark and Mathias

"The existence of Lingbo is related to 'taboo'. You can understand that the spine is actually 'snake bones'."

The black-haired girl smiled and said, "As for the relationship between Him and Amber...do you really want to hear it?
"Many of the concepts of the Dusk Path today did not belong to Amber from the very beginning. Instead, Ling Amber thought that they belonged to Amber. The higher you go on the Dusk Path, the harder it is to walk. This is also partly the reason... because the higher you go, the further you deviate from Amber's Path and the closer you are to Ling Amber's Celestial Master."

This situation actually also exists in other paths... We can even say that the main reason why we cannot reach the sixth energy level nowadays is because of this.

The Snake Father didn't really care about things, so the Fallen Angels, who worked diligently every day to dig people out manually, became the absolute mainstream on the path to transcendence.

The path of transcendence known to those demonologists was actually the "path of fall and transcendence" from the very beginning.

Their path becomes narrower and narrower because they want to fit in with the existing path while also leaning towards the "real path" in their cognition.

Of course, if the Fallen Angels succeeded in ascending to the throne, then these demon incarnations stuck at the fifth energy level would be promoted collectively. But obviously they didn't have that chance.

The higher divine arts were full of this kind of "dark history", and spreading it casually could easily offend the gods. And the more Aiwass read, the less he feared the gods... It can only be said that distance really creates beauty.

But even if Aleister didn't say it directly, Black Phase would definitely be able to guess most of it.

The Dusk Path has no ability to pray, nor can it communicate with the great beings in the dream world, so its intelligence is quite backward.

And Huanghun Daotu is a well-known taciturn person. He will never tell you anything if you don't ask me, and he probably won't tell you even if you ask me... As a result, they can only make judgments by guessing.

After all, the two professions of Necromancer and Preservator are two choices split from the same inheritance. They all belong to Lingbo Tiansi and have nothing to do with amber.

Seeing Adolf frowning and lost in thought, Aleister was very satisfied.

So she mercifully stopped being a riddle teller and directly announced the answer:
"The sea monster body that Lingbo left in the material world was the 'forbidden' power that was completely cut off by Him. After the forbidden shell gradually faded away under the scouring of time, which represents the power of balance, only the skeleton immersed in the power of dusk was left.

"He ascended to a more intelligent form, making his appearance consistent with the emerging races such as elves and giants... This is actually a kind of separation from his true self. Even you don't know that Lingbo is actually a giant snake with a human face, so there are even fewer people who don't know.

"——This is a kind of necromancy, isn't it? Reshaping corpses to achieve one's own goals... Of course, modifying one's own soul is also included in it."

"That's true."

The Dark Phase nodded and spoke in a quite authoritative voice: "This is necromancy. Preservation and necromancy are two sides of the same coin.

Preservators of the Twilight Path can also learn necromancy, and necromancers can also learn preservation.

Although the gap between Demonologists and Ritual Masters is not particularly large, and Botanists and Alchemists have similar abilities, at least their teaching materials are completely different.

As for the Preservator and the Necromancer, which side they choose to lean towards is entirely based on personal will.

Even between each other, they can jump to the next level... just like a necromancer can become an amber craftsman at the fourth level. In other paths, the advanced profession is closely related to the initial profession... at least a demon cannot be advanced to a demon incarnation.

"The so-called necromancy is actually 'treasure digging' in essence. We call it necromancy simply because the materials we most often use are the remains of various dead animals.

"Just like in the heavy snow, an experienced hunter can always find nuts buried by squirrels... the same is true for necromancy. It is the other side of preservation, so if these two are learned separately, the extraordinary person will never be able to reach a high position.

"If the essence of preservation is to 'extend the death of all things', then necromancy is to 'use dead things'. Whether it is medicine in the path of adaptation, cooking in the path of love, tailoring in the path of beauty, etc., they are essentially extensions of 'treasure digging'."

This is Hei's understanding of necromancy.

To put it bluntly, necromancy is the art of "making use of waste."

——Don’t worry about how it became waste, just tell me whether it was used in the end.

"Actually, it's almost the same," the fourteen or fifteen-year-old girl nodded, her tone as mature as an adult, "Lingbo borrowed the power of amber through some means, sealed the 'taboo' and wrapped it in a layer of amber shell... This is why 'amber' and 'lingbo' sound and behave so similar, because from this perspective, Lingbo is a creation of amber.

"Preservation and necromancy are both skills passed down by Amber. If necromancy is considered to be invented by Him, then preservation is the power He gained from Amber.

"From this relationship, Lingbo is a celestial official, but in fact he is Amber's apostle. It's just that Amber doesn't accept apostles at all, so there is a situation like Lingbo who first jumped out to become a celestial official, and then came back as a celestial official to do the work of an apostle.

"Lingbo directly distributes the profession of amber preserver to mortals, just like the sand clock directly distributes the power of amber to the god of death - the gods in the dream world seem to be accustomed to not asking for amber's opinion."

It's no wonder people misunderstand or make mistakes.

Because "admitting mistakes" is the purpose of Lingbo Tiansi. When Lingbo deliberately touched porcelain and Amber said nothing, it was natural for people to confuse these two gods.

With a very positive attitude - in terms of the level of positiveness in the Path of Dusk - he took the initiative to name himself "the spokesperson of Amber".

"With Amber saying nothing and doing nothing from beginning to end, she helped Him do many things. This also included promoting 'preservation', a profession that sounded like it belonged to Amber... People felt that they were related, and that was natural.

"——After all, it is possible that the Pillar God can give birth to offspring."

Aleister, who had "just given birth to offspring", said this in a somewhat subtle tone.

Zhu Tiansi is the son of Sizhu, Xi Tiansi, the sun god, is the son of Hengwo, the moon god, and Huan Tiansi, the Ouroboros, is the son of "Snake Father"... Their abilities are similar, and their holy names have already demonstrated this relationship.

Then people would naturally reason like this: Is Lingbo Tiansi also related to amber?

“…We really think so.”

Adolf's expression was a little subtle: "Even the principal has always believed that Lingbo Tiansi is a relative of Amber."

——There are also people who are eager to pretend to be the grandson, which is really strange.

When Aiwas was learning advanced divine arts, he complained about what kind of dog Lingbo was... But after Aiwas saw Amber's true appearance, he felt that Lingbo Tianshi was most likely a pervert.

Not to mention stealing the power of amber directly and distributing it in his own name as a favor... This is simply an evil servant.

Holy cutting, fraudulent publicity, plagiarized profession, perennial bootlicker, triggering amber condensation, actively pretending to be a grandson... Once Aiwas knew what Lingbo Tiansi had done, it would be difficult for him to respectfully call him "Lingbo Tiansi".

This is called "knowledge is toxic." Once you know something, your perspective has been irreversibly changed.

"No wonder he was dragged down by Ah Huan..."

Aleister complained.

This place is different from Aiwass.

As a transcendent individual, Aleister actually understands Huan Tiansi's thinking after witnessing Xingti's degeneration and absurdity.

Sometimes, you still have to bang. You can't do without bang!
The Great Western King has put forward guiding opinions. The Fallen Heavenly Master, Shadow Heavenly Master, Amber Heavenly Master, Abyss Heavenly Master... these veteran Heavenly Masters who were fired by the Dream Realm HR are indeed somewhat unworthy of their positions.

Instead of letting them occupy the position of heavenly officials, it is better to pull them down and distribute the power to all living beings!

Thinking of this, Aleister became more and more accepting of the Tail Ring Ceremony.

——If there is no Tail Ring Ceremony, how long will it take to gradually replace them in the dream world without the elimination mechanism of the Fallen Angels? Their coming will certainly cause disasters, but don’t they have other bad influences in the dream world? The Fallen Angel has been stealing souls and creating demons for so many years. Which of the evil deeds done by him and his demons or the disasters caused by his coming to the stars has killed more people?
Is the disaster itself "the sum of all the adverse effects that broke out prematurely"?
You know, in another world line, Zhu Tiansi, who took the initiative to descend into the world through the Tail Ring Ritual, did not cause any damage to the Church. This shows that the Tail Ring Ritual is not directly related to the disaster.

The copy of Zhu Tiansi was because He saw that the Path of Transcendence had been promoted, and if the Path of Dedication had not been promoted, He would not be able to suppress the others...so He took the initiative to come down.

His original purpose of coming down was to protect the Church from other celestial officials, and his subsequent purpose was to die.

The battle itself was more like encouragement, training, and a test. The failure condition in other Tiansi battles was "all players died", while in Zhu Tiansi's copy it was "all players were eliminated".

There is only one difference...

Generally speaking, the person in charge of "human resource optimization" should be optimized after firing all those who should be fired...

May 5th, the ring of the tail...

It seems like there is only one and a half months left.

For a moment, Aleister's adoptive father's theories of "early death" and "controlled fire" emerged in her mind... She was actually secretly looking forward to the arrival of the Tail Ring Ceremony.

A short pain is worse than a long pain——

“…No, that’s not right.”

Aware of the distracting thoughts in his mind, Aleister suddenly felt a chill in his heart and temporarily blocked all his thoughts.

But now she was a little confused... Was this a distraction on the path of love, or a righteous thought that transcended the path? Or was it nothing, just a wavering of her own will?

Aleister is still incomplete after all.

Without the lofty divinity of the path of dedication to help her maintain her self-esteem...she eventually became confused.

——Is my idea just a naive idea because I have little experience? Is the theory of my adoptive father and Loki correct? Will the theory that I dislike now become my guiding principle in the future?

Unconsciously, she stopped chatting with Hei Xiang and fell into loss and confusion.

An inexplicable fatigue and laziness enveloped Aleister's spirit.

She began to think, to be afraid, to doubt herself, and to stagnate...

——When Aleister entered the Ziggurat, the mark of laziness was silently imprinted on her heart.

"Need help, kid?"

At this moment, a voice that seemed to ring in the void suddenly sounded in Aleister's heart.

Aleister was stunned for a moment, then suddenly woke up.

With some kind of gratitude, she asked politely: "Who are you...?"

Although I have guessed the other party's identity, I still have to show the necessary courtesy.

He was able to sneak into Aleister's mind silently, and even made Aleister still unaware of the other party's existence until he spoke... There are only two strong people of this level in Xingti.

"My name is Matthias Grunewald. You can just call me Matthias, or you can call me 'Principal' like everyone else."

The first generation Black Phase Mathias made a hollow but gentle voice: "Don't be too scared when you see me."

Leviathan suddenly arched its body in response to stress and roared, and the scales all over its body suddenly exploded like a cat with its fur standing on end.

Just as Aleister was about to comfort her, he suddenly felt a strong fear from the bottom of his heart.

The extreme fear that seemed to tighten her heart instantly cleared all her previous distracting thoughts.

What surprised Aleister the most was that even the little crow in her arms seemed to sense the fear, making a rough cawing sound and flapping its wings violently, and feathers made of shadow energy flew everywhere.

“——Fear aura!”

Aleister blurted out.

Moreover, it can make the Night Demon react, which means...

This is the aura of fear that is powerful enough to penetrate the sixth level of spell resistance!

The next moment, the figure of the first generation Black Phase appeared silently in front of Aleister.

It was not the removal of invisibility or instant teleportation. Instead, it was the gradual "infiltration" from another plane overlapping with reality to this side.

——Aleister immediately thought of Aiwass at this moment.

What appeared before Aleister was a skinny humanoid skeleton. He looked ordinary, without any dignity, and could even be described as ordinary and poor.

There was not a single muscle or fat on his body, and the pure white bones were wrapped in a tattered black robe. In his deep, hollow eye sockets, a steady, dim flame flickered.

He didn't even hold a staff or wear a ring.

The only thing on his body that could be called equipment was a chain - a chain made of dark green jade, which was locked around his ribs and collarbone in an extremely casual manner, looking like a lock on a bicycle.

The three jade locks made of white, green and yellow looked like some kind of ornaments, hanging near his right clavicle, at the corner of his sternum, and inside his left chest.

"I hope I didn't scare you, kid."

Mathias, who was wearing a black robe, said gently.

(End of this chapter)