Shepherd Tantra

Chapter 915 Demonic Disaster
Aiwass didn't know exactly when Isabel and Julia would go to Xingtan.

But Aiwass had already contacted Isabel before - when Yulia went to Xingtan, Isabel would bring the Queen's Guards with her.

This is to suppress the Moon Children who now "rule" the stars.

Although the Red Prime Minister was dead, the Red Castle remnants and the demonologists of the Rosicrucian would not give up the idea of ​​using Yulia's blood to open the Herasil Vault. Isabel brought the Queen's Guards with her mainly to make them give up this dangerous idea... and if someone still didn't give up and planned to take forceful action, it would just give Avalon and the Theocracy an excuse to intervene in the situation on Star Antimony.

...However, this plan was prepared without the arrival of the Fallen Angels.

Now, for some unknown reason, the Rosicrucian has gone mad and suddenly started the Tail Ring Ritual ahead of schedule, causing the Fallen Angels to descend...

The Fallen Angels were not afraid of the fifth-level Pope Guards, which were now the Queen's Guards. These mass-produced fifth-level guards without special priority were of no use to the Fallen Angels.

That's the angel who came to earth!
Even if the level is suppressed to the sixth energy level, it cannot be solved by "quantity".

What's more...it is impossible for them to be the party with the advantage in "numbers".

That vast army of demons was exactly the army brought by the Fallen Angels after they came to the world.

In another world line, when Shadow God descends on Avalon, he will transform the entire Avalon into the Kingdom of Shadows. In this "cursed" territory, all rules will gradually overlap with those of the Kingdom of Shadows.

It is equivalent to these celestial officials overlapping their own domains with the real world.

And their apostles, servants, and legions can naturally be summoned here at will.

——In other words.

As long as the Fallen Angel wants, the number of demons he summons can be "all".

The souls of all the fallen from before the birth of mankind to the present day!

And Isabel is still pregnant and it is not convenient for her to fight!
Now Aiwas had no idea what had happened to Xingti... In order to prevent something from happening there and him from being able to make it in time, he could only rush to Xingti first.

Fortunately, this was originally a port, and it doesn’t take long to take a boat from here to Xingti.

Aiwass had no time to eat or rest - he could only pick up some food and pack it quickly, then take Zhu Tang, Mu and Cardinal Galatea to Xingti.

This is just in case.

As for contacting Isabel... I can just wait until I dream at night and ask her what the situation is like over there.

And the other side.

——When the Ring of the Tail took effect, Xingti was, in a sense, separated from this world.

Although people can still enter and exit normally, whether by land or sea, without any hindrance, the inside and outside are completely cut off from telephone, telegraph, radio, and even ceremonies.

Therefore, even though something happened in Xingti, other places basically knew nothing about it.

At most, I thought that there might have been an earthquake there, and the earthquake might have caused something to break, which was why the sky briefly glowed with purple light. Or maybe it was a sign of some kind of disaster.

Now that the earthquake has subsided and the purple glow has gradually dissipated, people have lost interest in discussing this matter. On his way to the port, Aiwass saw many people planning to take a boat to Xingtan.

Aiwass knew that it was impossible to stop them.

But he could do something—

This time he came to Base Port on the elf warship of the Church. Therefore, he did not need to wait for anyone or find a ship. He boarded the elf warship directly and headed to Leipzig at full speed.

Aiwass set out just as it was getting dark.

In today's archaeological expedition, both Aiwas and Zhu Tang have almost exhausted their magic power.

After eating, Zhu Tang took the opportunity to fall asleep.

In order to prevent him from being unable to sleep or sleeping well due to insomnia, which would result in him not being able to recover much of his magic power, Aiwass also gave him a piece of Dream Intoxication Tincture.

Although it is not the time for the promotion ceremony now, it is a bit of a luxury to use this thing to sleep - but the most correct way to use Dream Intoxication Tincture includes helping with sleep.

As the most mainstream sleeping pill at present, the advantage of Drunken Dream Tincture is that...it causes relatively little harm to the body.

The "Archetype Dream Intoxicant Tincture" that had not yet been demystified by alchemists hundreds of years ago would make people unable to distinguish between reality and dreams; and some other sleeping pills of the same period either caused addiction or were extremely toxic.

After the dream-intoxicating tincture was demystified and diluted, its hallucinogenic effect was much lighter, and its toxicity was roughly equivalent to that of weaker poisonous mushrooms. It was no longer addictive and irreversibly toxic. Even if an ordinary person took it, at most it would only cause abdominal pain or dizziness after waking up.

Of course, its only function left is "dream immediately".

Zhu Tang obviously had never used this thing.

Under Aiwass's instruction, he dissolved it with the strong liquor he brought with him and drank it. He fell into a deep sleep almost immediately.

Aiwass planned to see what the situation was like outside first. On the way, he prayed to the Master of Candle and Scale Feathers and began to recover his mana. He also reported his itinerary in detail to his boss.

At ten o'clock in the evening, the warship had arrived in Leipzig.

Aiwass was sitting upright in his chair, with his fingers clasped together and placed in front of his forehead.

——Now, when praying, you don’t need to kneel even when facing the Pillar God Aiwass. This is the privilege of the Pope. Although the real Pope has now become pure white, Aiwass still enjoys this privilege.

The prayers to restore mana ended shortly after boarding the ship.

What Aiwass was doing now was a true prayer.

"I would like to worship Si Zhu, the god whose holy number is three, the god who binds the body with sin thorns, the god who burns the body to chase away the darkness..."

Aiwass murmured in a low voice: "My father, the Stag of the Candle. Please watch over the children who are suffering from the disaster and prevent the demons from taking their souls.

"I respectfully invite the Heavenly Officials of Rebellion, the Heavenly Officials of Justice, the Heavenly Officials of Vengeance...

"Please give the courage of a knight to the frightened, and strength to those who are brave enough to do what is right.

"I call upon the silver-crowned dragon, the god whose sacred number is seven. The god who will not be disobeyed, the god who wears a crown and holds a sword.

"Please give people reason and don't let them go crazy because of fear and despair. Please protect those who maintain order so that they will not be killed by the evil people who take advantage of the situation..." Aiwass prayed non-stop.

Now he no longer had the Holy Crown, nor the privilege of being able to directly connect with all the Pillar Gods without praying. But he was still a fifth-level clergyman, the former pope who had served for a very short time—and the son of the Candlestick.

——It was as if Aiwass called one by one and shook the hands of all the pillar gods and heavenly officials who might be able to help.

Whether or not they are willing to help, or even able to help, is not the point - but the call still has to be made.

Because that’s what “prayer” means.

If no one wants this to happen, then the Pillar Gods and Celestial Officials' direct interference in the material world is equivalent to destroying the balance between the two worlds. It's like a country sending troops to invade another country's territory without any reason, which is considered an act of aggression in any case; even if there is no need to send troops directly, just providing a large amount of arms or funds to one of the parties is considered interference in the internal affairs of another country.

However, if the civilians on one side have a strong desire and hope for assistance from international forces, then the power of intervention can be slightly greater at this time.

The priest's "prayer" is such a skill.

No priest - strictly speaking, even including high-level divine arts - even the cardinal of the theocracy, can force the pillar gods, celestial ministers and apostles to use their power. However, most gods have the desire to interfere with the material world to some extent, but it is difficult for them to do so.

On the one hand, it is because these gods are personal gods, and they have their own things they want to do. The celestial beings with multiple paths have complex personalities, and the personalities of the pillar gods are more extreme because of the purification of their paths.

On the other hand, although the Pillar Gods do not need any power of faith... they need to expand their influence in the material world.

In other words, they do not need people to believe in them from the bottom of their hearts, but they need believers to be willing to help them do something.

The expansion and disappearance of concepts cannot be accomplished from the dream world. The dream world is a gathering place for information. It cannot generate new information, and existing information cannot suddenly disappear. It can only be exchanged, copied, and integrated.

The Flame Master may also become the Mechanical Master, and the birth of the Winter Master is directly derived from the ceremony of Valentine VII - this is an expansion of the concept and an upgrade of existence.

The Fallen Angels also need to let more people embark on the path of depravity in order to obtain more demons; the Shadow Angels will also send their own witches and fairies to seduce strong warriors and hunters into the Kingdom of Shadows... These are the resources that the gods get from the material world.

Whether they want to expand their own concepts or gain more souls, they need to expand their influence in the material world and shape the world in the direction they want. The prayers of the priests give the gods a channel to release their power.

And Aiwass's prayer is extremely powerful.

At the same time, the eighty crew members serving as sailors on the ship are all priests of the third level.

Inspired by Aiwass, they all spontaneously surrounded Aiwass.

They half-knelt on the ground like knights, clasped their hands in front of them, and began to pray devoutly.

“May our voices reach the heavens…”

"May the souls of the innocent be protected..."

"Make the weak less noticeable, and make it so that the demons can't find their hiding places..."

The pillar gods, angels, and apostles who heard the prayers were all carefully selected targets by Aiwas.

They either don't get along well with the Fallen Angels in the first place, or they will definitely take action if they encounter such a situation.

Although the fifth-level prayer can only summon the fifth-level power, and the third-level prayer can only play a minor auxiliary and shielding role... However, the prayer of the crowd is a grand ceremony. As long as it is a ceremony, it can see the big picture from the small and leverage greater power.

Rays of path power of various colors penetrated into the star system that was being transformed into the territory of the Fallen Angels.

A large group of panicked guests were trapped in an underground bar in Leipzig. Outside, a large number of winged demons flew by - these demons were all lower-level demons, and their strength was not even at the second level.

They were not branded with the mark of sin by the Fallen Angel himself, but were souls taken away by devil's contract, or were the souls of villains plundered by devils in the material world.

The souls of these people are not of much value. Even if they enter the source river, they will only be crushed and become the nourishment of new souls... and they have all been wiped out of self-awareness and turned into lower-level demons without mind. They serve as the cornerstone of the demon army and become the weak demons summoned by low-level demon scholars first.

But when they gather together, let alone ordinary people, a group of second-level demons can pose a threat to a team of third-level extraordinary people. Although there are a few extraordinary people among the customers in these bars, they have no way to fight against this demon army that is like a locust swarm covering the sky.

Those passers-by who failed to hide in time have been captured by them, and the fear of being discovered at any time has thrown those hiding here into chaos.

But before the internal fight was about to break out, they were inexplicably soothed by a force and their hearts became calm.

They were not discovered until the demons flew past.

In another university, a group of students who have just become extraordinary people are bravely trying to fight against the devil.

Some gargoyles without stone shells, together with some demon dogs without metal shells, surrounded a group of students who had been separated from the main group.

They had no consciousness, but were only thirsty for flesh and blood, and were ordered to bring back souls. But for these students who were at most the third level, they could undoubtedly threaten their lives.

But at this moment, some of the students suddenly blossomed with miraculous brilliance——

They suddenly gained mysterious benefits, and their strength and speed suddenly doubled!
If there were a teacher here, he would know that this is the gain gained from the prayers of a third-level priest!
With the blessing of the third-level priest, their strength suddenly increased dramatically - the sword blades were like hot knives cutting through butter, directly severing flesh that could not even be cut through before!
Amid people's encouragement, the balance of battle tilted towards the other side!

As for those who had been killed and had their bodies shattered, their souls were wailing silently in pain.

After they were captured by the little demons, they were offered to the demons' manager and leader - the demon of punishment.

Those were real high-level demons, and they nailed lightning chains to the backs of these souls, packing the souls into groups—these could serve as food and fuel for demon evolution, and could also potentially transform into new demons.

Originally, for demons, souls were an extremely expensive material that could only be obtained by fulfilling a contract... Even the soul of an ordinary person required complex means of fraud, deception, and corruption, and it would take several years or even decades to obtain one.

——And now, all these things are free!

The streets are full of them!

For humans, it is like money and jewels scattered between heaven and earth, and they can get them at any time by just raising their hands. This is enough to drive the demons crazy.

However, at this moment, several rays of light fell from the sky - the phantom of a knight emerged from the Rainbow Bridge and cut off the chains with electric light. In the siege of demons, he grabbed these souls and quickly ran back to the dream world.

"alert--"

At this moment, the Pope's guards on the warship suddenly issued a warning: "The devil is approaching!"

The demons realized the source of these strange powers almost immediately. It might be because there were wise men among the demons, or it might be that the eye demon's clairvoyance locked onto the source of the power of prayer...

——The devil tide rushed directly towards Aiwas!
(End of this chapter)