Shepherd Tantra

Chapter 918: The Fallen Angels’ Stage Play

Isabel's longing for Aiwass was so strong that she didn't even need to say a word, just her watery eyes made Aiwass soften his heart.

However, no matter how reluctant Isabel was to leave Edwards, she was no longer the little girl who could rely on him capriciously.

She buried her face in Aiwas's collarbone and breathed in Aiwas's scent deeply. Her somewhat cold hands reached into the sleeves of Aiwas's robe and hugged his back. Her fingertips gently touched his back and focused on outlining the marks of his spine.

It was not until her arm synchronized with the temperature of Aiwass's skin, which was much hotter than that of ordinary people, that Isabel reluctantly let go of Aiwass.

"Go, my knight."

Isabel said softly, reaching out to help Aiwass straighten his collar: “Go do what you want to do.

“But remember… no matter what, take care of yourself first.

"No one in this world has to be a savior, but you, Aiwass, are my savior. I just hope that my savior can be safe and sound... This is the wish I made to the stars."

"I will, Your Majesty."

Aiwass kissed Isabel gently on the lips and whispered.

Then, Aiwass reached out and touched his heart, as if he was giving Isabel a knight's salute.

As the heat flowed into his heart, the sacred power dispelled the hypnosis of the Lord of Scales and Feathers. Aiwas opened his eyes and woke up from his dream.

The Pope's guards, as well as Mu and Zhu Tang, were guarding him.

"How long have I slept?"

Aiwass asked immediately.

"It's only been half an hour."

Zhu Tang took out an iris-style silver pocket watch from his chest, took a look at it and gave the exact time: "Twenty-five minutes and thirty seconds - have you found the person you are looking for?"

"They are all safe and not on Star Antimony. This is undoubtedly good news."

A look of joy appeared on Aiwas's face, but he quickly said: "But there are others here who need to be saved..."

"...Wait a minute, my employer...No, my respected Pope."

Suddenly, Zhu Tang interrupted Aiwas.

His expression was very complicated.

It was a mixture of nostalgia, melancholy, seriousness - and even cruel determination.

He spoke slowly, "You should know that this is a natural disaster - its outcome is not determined by our will. We can't save everyone. We have seen the power of the Fallen Angels before, and it is not something we can contend with."

Obviously, Zhu Tang was very afraid that Aiwass would suddenly lose his temper and fight with the Fallen Angels, or try to rescue everyone.

The Cruel Preacher was indeed powerful, but it was not invincible. If it weren't for the Wild Hunt King driving away the punishment demons, those four punishment demons alone would have been enough to easily destroy the warship - that was why they dared to appear here.

With only the protective barrier created by Aiwass's prayer and the ship's own durability, the four punishment demons only needed three volleys to destroy it. One round took about six seconds, and a total of less than half a minute.

If they took too many people away, there might be retaliation.

"...I know, Zhu Tang. You don't have to treat me as some naive young man."

Aiwass nodded, somewhat helplessly: "I used to be a demonologist. I know something about demonology."

"...What?" Zhu Tang was stunned when he heard that.

He was a little surprised: "I thought you were a ritualist...Is that so? Then I understand."

Zhu Tang felt relieved immediately.

Since Aiwass was once a demonologist, he probably knew the command mode of the demon army. That means Aiwass must know what extent will anger the demon army...

In fact, Aiwass did know.

The devils' loyalty to the Fallen Angels is rather special - they don't worship the Fallen Angels devoutly, nor do they have their souls and wills twisted by the Fallen Angels. It's more like a gang... or, in other words, the kind of reward and punishment mechanism that only small businesses have, which is based on the mood of the big boss.

Although lower-level demons have no mind, higher-level demons all have, or have had, the mark of sin.

Just like when Night Demon Venis was still Shadow Demon, she reached a reconciliation with her Moon Child form, and her endless anger was eliminated, and she lost the qualification to hold the sin of wrath. The Sin Mark on her body was taken away by the Fallen Angels.

When she lost the mark of sin, she lost the qualification to continue to become stronger.

From the time they reached a reconciliation until she was summoned by Aiwass... hundreds of years had passed, and she had not become stronger at all.

——And for the "transcendent" phantom demon, having the "possibility of transcendence" cut off is undoubtedly an extremely painful thing.

Therefore, higher-level demons will want to maintain their own Sin Brands, or even want to obtain other types of Sin Brands, which will greatly enhance their strength and even increase the speed at which they become stronger; and demons that have been deprived of their Sin Brands will want to do their utmost to please the Fallen Angels - by discovering and luring powerful souls, in order to complete the "business" and get the "dividends".

Therefore, the large-scale rescue of people by Xingti is equivalent to a provocation to all the upper demons - just like when two restaurants facing each other are focusing on internal competition and confrontation, suddenly a group of people rush out and give each table of customers a stack of large discount coupons for food delivery software. Then the owners of the two restaurants will naturally unite and face the outside world together.

"So trust me, it's okay—"

Aiwass shook his head: "I know demons very well. The key to saving people lies in time, not space."

Because Aiwas knew enough about demons, he knew that the situation before him was rather special.

Looking at the puzzled Zhu Tang, Aiwas briefly described what these demons were doing.

According to the habits of the upper demons, they allowed the lower demons to attack the citizens after they descended, not actually for the sake of tasting their flesh and blood - for the upper demons, they had long since shed this barbaric habit.

They would do this, a small part of the reason is to capture souls to provide energy for the subsequent construction of demonic buildings, or to create more lower-level demons... and the other part, and the main reason, is to create horrific chaos.

The Fallen Angels are just too lazy to think, but they are not stupid.

He was once the Lord of the Tower of Babel, and also had the adaptability of the Fourth Source River. What he cut was his own kindness and love... Unlike the first generation of the Lord of the Tower of Babel, he cut his own brain.

If one wants to take advantage of the Snake's conspiracy and perfectly utilize the Tail Ring Ritual set up by the Snake... then one must make the rules of the material world adapt to the existence of the Fallen Angels.

Only if they destroy the existing order of the material world will people respect the Fallen Angels as their kings - but they cannot be the enemies of the Stars. That will only continue to inspire people's resistance.

So the demons are deliberately creating the soil for chaos.

The demons themselves destroyed order, causing the vast majority of people to lose their jobs, income, and purchasing power. They forced them to the point where they could not survive without committing crimes. Then they implanted the mark of great sin on those humans who first destroyed order and committed crimes, making them feared and hated by people, and gradually transformed them into powerful demons, allowing people to witness the power of the Fallen Angels.

At this time, the real demons will descend from the sky and use their overwhelming force to make the newborn demons surrender, and then give these ordinary people who have fallen into hell a "slightly better" orthodox evil order, and then they can become people's saviors.

No matter how bad the order is, it is always better than chaos - even if the person who brings this order is the culprit who caused the chaos.

——It was like a pre-choreographed, bloody drama of “the hero saves the beauty”.

(End of this chapter)