Shepherd Tantra

Chapter 803 A Time of Ambition

When Aleister, who looked like Bayard, rode the ghost Pegasus to tear through the snow curtain and rushed into the Schiardo Manor, the alarm of the barrier being invaded by foreign objects continued to sound.

But this former prince was so pitiful that he didn't even have a guard around him.

After watching him for a long time, and finally rushing over in a mess, Aleister, who was riding on the ghost horse, couldn't help laughing: "This is the first time I have seen such an embarrassed prince. Facing a possible assassin, he can only rush out with a bottle of medicine..."

After seeing clearly who rushed in, Prince Szijjártó breathed a sigh of relief and put down the petrifying potion he was holding tightly in his hand.

He tried to defend himself: "It's just that I can't find anyone else...

"... But speaking of which, when Fenrir set up the barrier, he should have set you as a friendly target..."

Probably because of this "ghost Pegasus".

Aleister thought.

Although it looks like an ordinary ghost horse, it is actually the incarnation of the King of the Wild Hunt. Just like the Flame Butterfly is the incarnation of the Flame Butterfly, and the Night Raven is the incarnation of Venus... It is understandable that the barrier would frantically sound the alarm when such a large group of extremely high-energy foreign objects hit it.

At this moment, the voice of the honey badger came from behind: "Of course it's because I know who is coming back..."

She looked at Aleister, who had just picked up a ghost Pegasus after being away for a few days. She was no longer surprised by Aleister's habit of picking up things when he brought home.

"Guess who's here?"

The honey badger chuckled and looked at Aleister.

"Lily, I guess."

Aleister replied, looking towards the corner of the room, the corners of his mouth slightly raised.

“——That’s right.”

Along with the sound of the honey badger, Lily emerged silently from the wall.

She smiled shyly at Aleister: "Long time no see... Miss."

Compared to her intimacy with Aiwass, she was relatively more polite and distant towards Aleister.

"I didn't realize it before, this kid is simply an assassin genius..."

The honey badger couldn't help but praise.

It can be seen that she is really happy, and she even talks more than usual: "I feel that it will only take a few months to train a powerful assassin for His Holiness the Pope... Speaking of which, what happened outside?"

As she spoke, she asked Aleister who had just returned from outside: "Such heavy snow... Such a strong dusk power, was it created by the Spiritual Tower?"

"The Winter Girl has completed her promotion."

Aleister did not answer the question directly, but replied: "Now, we should call her Dong Dong Si."

"...Why are they promoted one after another?"

Prince Szijjártó murmured, "First the host, then Lady Winter... The host is fine, after all, he is such a powerful apostle. But Lady Winter..."

He clenched his fists, feeling happy yet inexplicably finding it hard to accept.

Of course he knew the Winter Girl, a rather young apostle. In terms of kinship, she was even somewhat related to "Valentine" and Szijjártó himself, so she could barely be considered his ancestor.

——Because she is the last daughter of Valentine I and a real "princess".

Her mother was a half-elf, a disciple of the first Dark Phase when he was still a human. When Valentine I gave birth to this child, his oldest child was almost thirty years old.

Perhaps because the adaptability of the Twilight Path was too strong, she had traces of amber when she was sixteen. Valentine I had tried every possible way to save her life.

Valentine I was known for his gentle character when he was young, but he quarreled with many people over this daughter.

Winter girl was tired of the endless quarrels and didn't want to wait for Ningpo. She didn't want people to quarrel because of her, so she ran away from home in an unprecedented heavy snow... and died quietly in the coffin she made for herself.

After her death, this soul was noticed by Lingbo Tiansi, who promoted it to become his apostle.

——However, before her death, the Winter Girl was not even an extraordinary person.

Is this fair?

We are from the same country, the same origin, the same blood...

I tried my best in alchemy and tortured myself. I concentrated on reading books and doing experiments every day. I didn't even have the energy to fall in love or go out to play. I burned all my energy, but I could only tragically touch the limit of my talent.

He clearly realized that he could never become a great alchemist, let alone complete the "Alchemy of Star Antimony". He could not become a fifth-level transcendent, and he could not even get his father's approval...

As for the Twilight Path... the Winter Girl did nothing in her life. She simply died and became an apostle. And now, she has not completed any great deeds, but has been promoted to a celestial minister.

That's the Celestial God! A god that can be worshipped by people, a genuine candidate for the Pillar God!
The living are worse than the dead...

Prince Szijjártó had to admit that he did feel jealous.

"A season of ambition..."

Aleister glanced at Prince Szijjártó and the corners of his mouth rose slightly.

She naturally sensed Siejaldo's jealousy - Aiwass had already reminded her that she had been branded with jealousy by the Fallen Angels, so Aleister's perception of jealousy became even more acute.

According to the Pope's observation, the power of the Snake Father has officially reached the same level as Amber and has reached the limit of the world. Now the transcendent power of the entire world is restless.

An originally honest person may become impetuous and start to envy others; an originally good-tempered person may also be unable to stop getting angry; an originally loyal minister may also choose to rebel...

If you think about it this way, perhaps Hong Xiang’s rebellion is also related to this incident.

"I don't know how long this heavy snow will last. Don't go out unless necessary." Aleister warned: "This sudden snow will block sight and sound, dividing society into isolated islands. I don't know how many people will die in this snow..."

The promotion of any celestial official will inevitably disrupt the world.

The material world is too fragile, and any change in the dream world may lead to huge changes in the material world.

Just like the promotion of the host, people all over the world got drunk for a few hours. Some people would definitely get into trouble due to sudden intoxication, such as various traffic accidents, or people who were undergoing surgery or working on projects at high altitudes... Some people might even fight because they were too excited, not to mention people who were allergic to alcohol.

When Tiansi toasts you, it is impossible not to drink.

But compared with the visions brought by Dong Tun Si, the visions brought by Yan Tian Si can be said to be quite mild.

This kind of heavy snow that can block sound and vision... is not so difficult in the city, as it is not that difficult to run to a place where you can hide from the snow. But for adventurers or merchants in the wild, unless they can find a place to hide from the snow in the dark, this snowstorm is absolutely fatal to them.

As for Dong Tung Si, who inherited Lingbo Tian Si's concepts of "necromancy" and "dead spirits"...

If I died in this snow, I'm afraid my body would turn into a ghost.

"If the snow only lasts for a few hours, it will be fine. If it lasts for a few days, it will be a disaster... I will ask the Dark Phase later. He may know something about this snow. If it doesn't end today, it will be a natural disaster covering the whole world."

Aleister narrowed his eyes slightly.

...Could it be that Lingbo Tiansi intends to use this method to let Dongtunsi attract the firepower of the Tail Ring Ritual?

This is not impossible. After all, Lingbo Tiansi is the type of thief who hides his head and shows his tail.

The Lingbo Tianshi's innate skill is necromancy, which is "the art of using corpses." Just like Lingbo Tianshi stole the power of amber... perhaps to him, the motionless and unresisting amber itself is a "corpse."

As the other side of this art, excavation is closer to the style of the Winter Maiden - digging out usable things from the vast snow that covers everything. It is closer to waste recycling and the use of "no one's property", but it is still essentially the same.

Then, the Winter Girl who is dead and speechless is also a "corpse".

When the Winter Girl attracts all the attention of the people, they will forget about Him...so He will push the Winter Girl to become Winter Master at this critical moment.

You know, the celestial officials of the Dusk Path are the largest group: the Rock celestial official of the Dusk Path, the Abyss celestial official of the Forbidden Path, plus the Amber celestial official that spans both the old and new paths, and now the newly born Winter celestial official... Now that the influence of the Snake Father has just taken effect, there are actually four celestial officials in the Dusk Path at the same time!
There is only one Heavenly Master on the Path of Wisdom now.

Aleister shook his head vigorously, trying to clear his mind which had become confused as soon as he entered Star Antimony.

She put down the somewhat frozen Leviathan and waved for Lily to come over: "Where's Selene?"

Lily sat behind Aleister, her arms around her waist. She shook her head slightly and did not answer the question.

Aiwass and Aleister have a very close relationship, but Lily and Selene are different.

When Selene was like a child before, it was obvious that Lily didn't like Selene, but Selene still liked to stick to Lily. After Selene gave birth to her first "child" as a moon witch, her personality immediately became mature... As a result, Lily's boredom with Selene became more and more obvious.

Even Aleister didn't know what Selene would think of Lily now.

"……I am here."

Selene's voice sounded from outside the door: "I've been here."

She had obviously been leaning there the whole time and just didn't want to be in the same room with Lily.

"Is it all right?"

She pushed the door open, trotted in, and hugged Leviathan with some heartache.

"……Eh?"

As a result, the lamb Selene slightly widened her pupils and unexpectedly discovered that Leviathan's condition was not as bad as she had imagined - although its skin was abnormally cold and its bones were stiff, the blood in its body was still vigorous.

Aleister, who was riding on the horse and had turned into Bayard, chuckled: "It's fine. Even if I'm in trouble, it won't be in trouble."

Leviathan's "daughter" is one of the marks she left in the world as Aleister.

She might be jealous of colleagues like the Flame Butterfly and the King of the Wild Hunt who can always accompany Aiwass, or she might be jealous of Lily, Selene, and Julia who have always been with Aiwass and protected by him... but she attaches great importance to Leviathan.

The path of love is a selfish path. But when she was fighting the King of the Wild Hunt, she would rather be torn to pieces several times than let Leviathan suffer even a single attack.

If Aleister likes Aiwas 100% and Isabel 90%, then Leviathan and Vines, who used to be Bayard, also have at least 60% "love".

Her true identity was "No. 14". The reason why this identity existed was because she saw Bayard during the promotion ceremony. From this point of view, Bayard was closely related to her birth... and she still remembered everything in the promotion ceremony very clearly, including how she seduced Bayard as a blood servant.

"You two come with me," Aleister stretched out his hand and lifted Selene in front of him, "I will solve your problem first."

Now the influence of the Snake Father is getting stronger, two Heavenly Officials a week. The Gray Heavenly Official might be resurrected someday...

Fortunately, the Black Phase did say that he had a way to solve this problem.

——Whoever dares to stop me will die.

The increasingly strong influence of the Path of Transcendence made Aleister uncontrollably agitated.

The red and purple in her pupils overlapped and rose up, and Aleister's emotions became uncontrollably excited.

The lamb Selene looked back at Aleister in surprise.

Because she felt Aleister's fingers tremble slightly.

It wasn't cold or scary, but more like... a restless feeling.

——Of course she remembered this feeling.

When she was Lily, when her murderous impulse came, she felt this way.

(End of this chapter)