Shepherd Tantra

Chapter 943 Aiwass: This is much more fun than a gun
After Merlin left, Aiwass played with the "short spear" in the garden with great interest.

He tried to inject his light-attribute magic power into it.

In an instant, brilliant light bloomed from the ruby ​​handle—

With a buzzing sound, a platinum-gold light blade, the same color as Aiwass's hair, pierced out from it!

When it thrust out, it first turned into a giant sword like a ruler. But as Aiwass thought, the sword shortened and narrowed, turning into a one-handed sword that fits perfectly in his hand. It was made entirely of light, condensing into a translucent texture like a glowing crystal.

The sword was as clear as glass, and its beauty was so great that Aiwas fell in love with it at first sight.

"...I'm super, lightsaber?"

Aiwass exclaimed, and gently reached out to touch the blade. Anyway, even if his fingers fell off, he could easily grow them back.

But it was different from what Aiwas had imagined... Perhaps it was because Aiwas did not activate the Holy Sword of Fire, the temperature brought by this lightsaber was not high.

It was just like a light bulb that had been on for a long time, slightly hot to the touch. It also felt warm, like holding a glass of hot water. He stretched out his hand and pressed the sword, and the area where he pressed turned into a slightly darker orange-gold color.

Aiwass swung it and felt extremely light. The sword had a little weight, and if he held the hilt back a little, his center of gravity wouldn't be too far back.

Aiwass was not good at swordsmanship, but his physical fitness was as strong as a superman. As long as he was fast and accurate enough, it would not affect the battle, but he did not have any martial arts that could increase his strength.

He kicked the bunch of flowers away with one foot - then the sword blade slashed through each petal as accurately as flowing water, and the golden mark cut them off in an instant, and it remained bright even after the sword blade left. Under the night sky, it was like a small handheld firework leaving clear light marks.

He swung his sword to cut off a branch, kicked up a piece of gravel and cut it off with his sword. Only then did Aiwas finally feel that he had "really cut something", but he still cut it off easily.

He put the lightsaber behind his back, and it was sucked behind Aiwass, floating at a distance from his back. Aiwass squatted down to check the small stone and found that its cross-section was extremely smooth and had turned into some kind of transparent glass. There was even some light that had not yet dissipated, like a charcoal fire that was gradually extinguished.

"……interesting."

Aiwass reached out and touched the stone with interest, only to find that there was a high temperature remaining on it that could burn an ordinary person.

Is it that it instantly becomes hot after being impacted? Or is there some other principle?
But in any case, this sword can be used as Aiwass's regular weapon.

It is usually a short spear about 30 centimeters long, but once activated it can instantly turn into a one-handed sword or a two-handed sword.

It might even be possible...

Aiwass pulled a card out of thin air and made it disappear into his hand.

The rainbow-colored ice condensed into a long handle, covering the "Handle of the Curse". In the blink of an eye, it stretched out and turned into a sword with a blade of more than two meters!

——Evans knows how to use this thing.

The memories from Heleqin allowed Aiwas to master the elf-style spearmanship. The weapon was the same length, so with a slight modification and the addition of a chopping motion, it should also be able to be used as a long-handled weapon to strike.

Moreover, the light blade on it can be deformed, and the ice blade can be shrunk or lengthened as Aiwas wishes - it is quite flexible!
The only problem is that the curse attached to it makes it vulnerable.

After the seal was lifted, the curse inside leaked out. Now, if he didn't use the holy sword technique, he would be more easily harmed by the curse just by holding the sword. But fortunately, the "Dissolving Soul" itself has a strong resistance to curses, and the side effects of Aiwas holding this sword have been greatly weakened.

Moreover, if the enemy is cursed with vulnerability, it will be easier for the Night Stalker to hurt the opponent!

Even its endurance has been greatly improved - the holy sword that originally consumed a little mana to temporarily activate for one minute, now it can always exist as long as it is not actively retracted, and its form has become more stable. Although it requires more mana to activate, this is obviously not a big problem for Aiwass.

For a moment, Aiwas had this thought in his mind: he didn't even need to use this sword as a medium to awaken the "Sun Knight", it would be quite useful just to use it as a weapon.

Aiwass was like a child who got a new toy. He played excitedly in the garden for nearly two hours late at night before returning to his room.

Isabel was very tired today and went to bed early. She still had government affairs to deal with tomorrow, so Aiwass did not disturb her.

It just so happened that Aiwas also had some questions to ask Vinies.

The crow-shaped Night Demon stood quietly on Aiwass's coat rack as usual. It had pure black feathers, and only its eyes were scarlet. It looked more like a shadow monster than a crow.

"…Moriarty family pledge? Let me think…"

Vignes chewed on this word with a sense of unfamiliarity, sorting out her already incomplete memories that she was about to forget. This was too far away for her, so far away that it seemed like a debt from a previous life.

Night Demon thought for a long time before giving an uncertain answer: "I'm not sure where the things are. After all, my parents are not the only Bayards. The family also has collateral branches... But without me, they shouldn't be able to take most of the things.

"After all, the Bayard family is a family of curse masters. Even our descendants dare not touch the things we leave behind."

After Vines' "disappearance" that year, the Bayard Group did not last long before it collapsed. They ultimately failed to survive the Rift War.

After that, these "pledges" that once served as the medium of the curse became bad debts.

"The nature of these pledges is that the nature of the curse is 'service'."

Vignes explained: "While some curses take effect immediately - such as cursing someone to death, most curses require long-term maintenance and upkeep.

"For example, cursing the Moriarty family for seven generations - a curse of this magnitude cannot be completed in one go. Not to mention how much power is needed to sustain it for such a long time... just the fact that a curse has expanded to this scale is entirely possible - even inevitable - to cause irreversible damage to the cursed."

"Do you still want to avoid harm?" Aiwass was quite surprised.

The curser also has to protect the cursed?
"I'm not sure because I was too young at the time. I hadn't been exposed to the family business yet."

Venis shook her crow head and uttered a hoarse, ethereal voice: "For example, in these seven lives - if someone never triggered the curse, the power could be preserved for so long. But what if someone triggered it in every generation? The power required for a curse that is never triggered and a curse that is triggered once in every life must be different.

"Then how can we be sure that it will last until the seventh life? If it is never triggered, the remaining power may last until the eighth, tenth or even later life... just like the Moriarty family. But if the trigger frequency is too fast, it may be gone in the third life, so it must be maintained frequently.

"Moreover, there are actually fewer curses that curse a family for several generations. The most common curses should be protective curses."

"A protective curse?"

Aiwass thought the word was novel and quite tasteful.

"Yes," Vines said seriously, "For example, graves are not to be dug by others. There are also treasures that are not to be stolen. People want to set up a forbidden area and do not allow anyone other than special people to enter or leave. Or people are worried about being killed, so they set a counter-curse for themselves in advance to kill the person who is plotting against them - this kind of business is actually the most common. Although rituals can do similar things, rituals are too easy to crack. In essence, they are traps. Curses are like poison. Even if you know what it is, you may not be able to solve it.

"And this kind of demand must be maintained for a long time, possibly for decades or even hundreds of years. So those who put in the business don't dare to just pay the money and leave it alone - what if subsequent maintenance is needed? So they only pay a deposit, and the balance will be paid at the end of the business.

"But the family is also afraid that the other party will default on the debt. After all, several generations have passed, and the younger generation may default on the debt or be hostile to the family. It is even possible that the other party's family is completely gone... There were many nobles who died out directly during the imperial period. In order to prevent this situation, they will collect collateral. Usually it is some kind of heirloom, or something that has special meaning to the family.

"Through these things as a medium, it is also possible to remotely view the remnants of the curse power."

Night Demon recalled: "But I was killed by 'me' at that time... No, it should be said that I, the Son of the Moon, was devoured by me, the Shadow Demon. Although it was the death of 'Bayard', it also meant the completion of myself. Therefore, rituals and prophecies cannot determine whether I am dead or not.

"It was also because they were worried that I would come back suddenly that the family didn't dare to touch the things I left behind. But after that, the Bayard family fled to various places, and I don't know if they took those things away.

"——I remember you met the man who claimed to be the son of Baron Bayard. He should be in Leipzig, so he may have been rescued to Avalon... Why don't you go look for him? If he knows the 'treasure location', I can open the seal."

"Ah, I remembered..."

Aiwass remembered.

That was also an Iris youth he met when he was acting as Aleister.

Because Xingtan promised them a baronial title, he and his father rushed to Xingtan from Iris.

As a result, Xingti exploded soon after it arrived.

He should be in Avalon right now!

"I remember his name was... Landon Venez von Bayard, right?"

Aiwass made up his mind: "I'll look for it tomorrow morning...Oh, that's not right."

He suddenly realized his identity.

He sat in the rocking chair, leaned back, and raised the corners of his mouth: "Let him come to see me tomorrow morning."

(End of this chapter)