Shepherd Tantra

Chapter 940 Merlin's Summoning Ceremony

After obtaining the fragments of the red-handled sword, Aiwass began to prepare the ceremony to summon Merlin.

In fact, there was no such ceremony. However, when Aiwass met Merlin before, Merlin gave Aiwass the prayer to call him, which was considered an exchange of phone numbers.

Although Aiwass was not a great wizard, his attainments in rituals were definitely beyond ordinary people.

With this prayer as the core of the ritual, Aiwass can directly construct a ritual to summon Merlin:

The core information is that Merlin is a "knight", a "half-demon", and also a "mage".

For this reason, the key numbers for summoning Merlin are 4 for wisdom, 7 for strength/authority, and 8 for transcendence. Combined with the information that Merlin likes mysterious, beautiful things and traveling, he likes food, beautiful women and fine wine, and the word "Merlin" means "Prime Minister" in some places, the materials for constructing the ritual are determined.

Aiwass prepared flowers with four, seven, and eight petals, mixed them together, and planted them in fresh soil. He also repaired the broken white cane of Minister Hermes, who was the Minister of the Palace when Isabel ascended the throne, and moved a statue of Sister Sasha that Aiwass had used before.

When the time reached four in the morning, Aiwass began the summoning ceremony.

He added sapphire powder, which deepened the resonance with the path of wisdom, to the transparent wine and sprinkled it on the statue of Sister Sasha. He sprinkled the remaining little bit on the cane.

At the same time, face the direction of the rising sun and chant in a low voice: "Respond to me!

"Apostle of the Great Master, wise man of the round table!
"A traveler who is never bound, a wise man who advises the king in his dreams, a person who loves everything in this world and is loved by the world—"

Aiwass chanted, sticking the cane into the ground.

As the ceremony progressed, the flowers, which were now somewhat dry, came back to life and held their heads high.

The wine separated from the cane and the statue of Sister Sasha, and the transparent liquid mixed with sapphires turned into a tide as blue as the sea.

The little bit of wine expanded to dozens of times its volume. The seawater that gushed out from nowhere surrounded the flowers in a circle, but did not disperse them or submerge the soil. Instead, it condensed into a ring and gradually bulged into a tornado-like posture.

"I call upon you in my name, Aiwas Moriarty, son of the candlelighter, former pope of eternity, to come immediately!"

“…Yes, yes, here I come.”

A somewhat helpless and lazy voice sounded: "There's no need to call me by such a big name... If I didn't come for something, Lord Weizhe would scold me again..."

The vortex seemed to have gained life, splitting and dissipating. But they did not disappear into thin air, but turned into a few jumping rabbits, looking around, and were startled by the man who appeared in the middle, and then jumped away faster.

Merlin appeared among the flowers.

A young man who looked to be in his early twenties, not much different in age from Aiwass, was smiling bitterly.

He has messy short black hair and a round monocle on his left eye. He holds a staff in his right hand and a short sword hangs on his right waist. He wears a dark blue robe, and the long sleeves completely hide his left hand in the dark.

He looked like a scholar who had not seen much of the world, but his deep eyes gave people an unpredictable and dark feeling. His wry smile looked like he was in real trouble, but his expression seemed inexplicably frivolous - like a handsome guy touching his nose and smiling perfunctorily when he was late for a date.

"I say... Former Pope. From now on, you should just call me by your own name. If it's not urgent, I will definitely come when I hear you. It's just a matter of time."

Merlin complained: "Even if I didn't respond to the call immediately, given our relationship, I would have teleported to you as soon as I was free."

Once the ritual is established, the person being called will feel it.

Even if Merlin didn't respond to the call, he could still be teleported over afterwards... just like seeing a missed call and calling back to ask about the situation.

"I don't think we have a very close relationship, Mr. Merlin."

Aiwass complained: "It is because it is safest to summon you during the summoning ceremony."

——Otherwise, who knows when Merlin will reply.

Even Wei Zhe himself has a hard time catching Merlin - this apostle who roams around the world is, just like his summons, an "unfettered traveler". It is entirely possible that he is so carefree as to "read but not reply".

Looking at Merlin now, Aiwass sighed.

The “young Merlin” I saw in the promotion ceremony was so cute and honest...how come he has turned into a greasy scumbag now?

There is a kind of good student who seriously participates in various extracurricular activities, never skips classes, and even listens carefully to meaningless meetings in his freshman year. However, in his junior and senior years, he chooses to skip required courses and must skip elective courses. When he is scolded, he is like a piece of meat on the chopping block, saying "You can say whatever you want, I won't change it anyway."

I don’t know if it’s Arthur’s problem, Lancelot’s problem, or Wei Zhe’s problem… “Hmm…”

Merlin did not deny what Aiwass said, but narrowed his eyes proudly: "That's true. You are quite smart, Aiwass. After only meeting me a few times, you understand the hopeless nature of this bastard.

"——By the way, what's the matter with summoning me here all of a sudden? I have a date at Iris."

"Date? With whom?" Aiwass suddenly became interested.

"An ordinary shepherdess, born from a romantic encounter."

Merlin spoke of his itinerary without hesitation: "It is better to be an ordinary person with mixed desires than those witches, sorcerers, and fairies on the path of love. I am afraid that I am a butterfly, and the heavy air will suppress me and prevent me from flying."

"……All right."

Aiwass shrugged and said nothing.

Mainly because of being lenient - Vivian is now taking care of Bishop Mathers's sister, her nominal adoptive mother; and Morgan gave Aiwass a "dream world property". These two fairies of the lake, who have a bad relationship with Merlin, both have a deep relationship with Aiwass, so he really can't follow Merlin in saying bad things about them.

So Aiwass skipped this topic and went straight to the point: "I hope you can help remove its seal."

"Ok?"

Hearing this, Merlin was a little confused at first - he was not very good at breaking curses, so why was the seal specially summoned for him to break it?
But he soon reacted.

What he needs to remove... must be the seal he set up himself.

Because Merlin wasn't very good at sealing, his sealing techniques were often rough and chaotic.

It's like an extremely complex and redundant program that makes people dizzy and has no comments - this is to make it difficult for others to crack it. Because at a glance, you can't see where the valid statements are. It will make people who try to remove the seal want to strangle him to death.

Only the Dream Demon bloodline can see through the "redundancy" he set up. It is easy for others to keep going in circles.

The sealing technique set up by ordinary people is like a sophisticated and strict anti-theft system. In most cases, it relies on monitoring and alarm systems, locks that are too complicated to be unlocked in a short time, and a small number of trigger mechanisms to prevent intrusion. However, it is easy for a skilled thief to crack it.

Merlin, on the other hand, had simply dumped the safe in a huge maze, and merged the maze with the downtown area. Under the rush of huge traffic, the winding maze would make it difficult for people to find the right path, let alone get close to the real treasure.

Merlin looked at the key that Aiwass took out and recognized it immediately: "I see... the red-handled sword. This sword is indeed powerful.

"I guess... you plan to repair this cursed holy sword to fight against the Fallen Angels?
"I declare in advance that this sword contains the curse of the Eternal Self, and only the most determined and pure people can wield it. Among the entire round table, only Galahad can use it. Even Lancelot dared not use it, and another knight, Balin, was cursed and went crazy because of using this sword.

"As long as you have evil thoughts when using this sword, wanting to kill someone or do something evil, this desire will be permanently magnified, making you crazy and paranoid.

"Do you think you're...appropriate?"

Merlin's words were not meant to be subtle.

His meaning was clear - he didn't think Aiwas had the heart to wield the red-handled sword.

"Why does this sword bear my curse?"

Aiwass asked back: "Or, why would I curse a sword like this?"

“I happened to have studied this issue.”

Merlin immediately answered: "Because the power of this sword actually comes from its 'red handle'. And the ruby ​​that makes up the handle is a crystallization of part of the beast master. Maybe it's his bones, maybe it's his eggshell, or maybe it's something else... But in any case, it retains the original power of the First Source River.

"Strictly speaking, this is not a curse. It's just that this power contains the 'beastly nature' of the beast's way, and only the purest 'love' can suppress it.

"Because it was not cursed, I thought it could not be broken. That's why I smashed its blade into pieces, making it 'unsharp' and blunting its sharp claws. I also destroyed its scabbard, removed its fur and scales that protected it, and forged a prison with amber and sacred wood to imprison it.

"——So I wasn't actually 'sealing a magic sword', but imprisoning a vicious monster."

Merlin said seriously: "That's why I'm warning you - it's definitely not just a 'master-killing magic sword'."

(End of this chapter)