Shepherd Tantra

Chapter 957: The Spiritual Pollution of the Fallen Angels
Those mages from the Narcissus Principality had never anticipated that civilians would be turned into traps.

Even in the most brutal war they had ever experienced, the Shattering War that led to the division of Hellasr, the Star Antimony people had never used such an "inhumane" way of fighting.

Because not long ago, civilians from all countries were all one family. Their culture, language and lifestyle were basically the same, and there was no deep hatred at that time.

That was the "most meaningless war" caused by the unwillingness of both sides to surrender when Hercules died. In this situation, if someone did whatever it took to survive, it would only create trouble for their future rule. After they became part of the Star Antimony, it was even more impossible to let these noble wizards touch the front line.

They also lacked experience in warfare. When they saw civilians running towards them with fear on their faces, they not only did not drive them away vigilantly, but instead tried to ask about their situation.

As a result, those civilians exploded one by one——

——Fortunately, those who landed first included the Sons of the Moon, and among them were two Blood Lords.

The Moon Children did not have as strong a heart as the Tower Mages, but had the most malicious assumptions about everything around them. Therefore, when they saw these civilians suddenly approaching, they secretly raised their guard.

Because they did not see the emotion and excitement of being "saved" on the faces of these civilians, but instead saw "fear".

It was a fear that was all too familiar to them.

So they all held the protective spell in their hands - and when the first explosion occurred, they immediately cast it!
——Advanced protective barrier!
——Reject the iron wall!
Blood was drawn from their bodies and condensed into two hemispherical barriers, one white and one black.

Because this was not a "targeted defense," they were completely blown to pieces by the continuous explosions the moment they appeared... but thanks to them blocking for a while, there was not much remaining explosive power when it penetrated the protective barrier.

Except for the three friendliest people who were seriously injured at the beginning, the others were only injured but not in danger of life.

——And the three mages who had become bloody and dying, suddenly recovered their health under three golden lights that flashed one after another!
That was Aiwas's "Glow" spell. As the Enlightener, his Lighting spell no longer required continuous casting or close contact. He only needed to cast the simplest blessing spell on the three mages to get a corresponding free long-range "Glow".

The mage's vitality is not that strong...it's just like his health bar is short.

Just one sip of milk can heal them instantly!

After realizing who had cast this level of healing magic, the mages who had been bewildered by the attack immediately calmed down.

"Is it okay!"

Aiwass came hurriedly, followed by Saint John.

Both of them were sent here by the Great Guardian's griffin.

"I come."

Saint John has a serious expression and his hands are clasped together.

The golden halo condensed into three halos around her and then spread out one after another.

——This is Zhu Tiansi’s magic, the healing ring!

Ordinary priests can only condense one ring through prayer, but bishops can condense two rings. And Ruoan didn't even say a word, and he instantly condensed three rings.

The three halos spread out one after another, rushing through everyone's body. When the first halo rushed through, most of the mages' injuries had been healed. When the second halo swept through, everyone had recovered. The third halo had no effect at all.

In the end, no one died - which made Aiwass feel relieved.

"I will escort you," Aiwass said seriously, "Protect yourself! Don't contact any strangers, use spells to isolate them outside the formation!
"——Keep the formation, we are rushing to the Mage Tower at full speed!"

"Then I will provide you with acceleration..."

Ruoan said, raising his hand and waving.

An hourglass symbol vaguely appeared above her head, then turned upside down.

Everyone's movements suddenly doubled in speed - it wasn't that their speed increased, nor that their strength increased, but rather that the flow of time seemed to speed up!
Aiwass recognized it... This should be the advanced divine art of the Sand Clock. The time authority that originally required altars and rituals to obtain was granted to everyone by Saint John with a wave of his hand.

Then, a strong pulsating feeling of life came, and Aiwass felt as if he could sense the pulse of the earth - this was the gain that Aiwass was familiar with, a blessing that allowed people to not feel tired when traveling long distances or crossing complex terrain.

"Let's guard the port here for a while."

Aiwas turned around and whispered to the Great Guardian, "With the Son of the Moon here...if we are attacked ahead, they can hold out for a long time. By then, with Philip's speed, we can rush over in an instant."

"Ok."

The Great Guardian said solemnly: "I will be on standby at any time."

But at this moment.

A human look of confusion appeared on Philip's bird-like face.

"Any questions?"

Aiwas keenly caught this hint of confusion and immediately asked, "Mr. Philip, if you have any ideas, just tell me directly."

Those demons did not act like the demon army in his memory. They seemed to have a commander... In this case, Aiwas thought that any opinions were valuable for reference.

"…No, nothing. Not a big deal."

Phillip’s middle-aged man’s calm voice said: “I just have some doubts…

"——Why don't we come from Iris? When we attacked the Star Antimony Capital before, didn't we build a temporary fortress on the border between Iris and Star Antimony?

"It only takes two days to get to the Ziggurat from there, so we should be able to make it in time. Or we can send the Black Phase here first and have it drive the Ziggurat to our side... I mean, is this possible?"

As the favorite of the Crown Lord, the griffin's reverence for the Pillar God is much greater than that of ordinary creatures.

The pure-blooded griffin obviously did not dare to disobey the son of the candlelight master, so he was quite cautious when giving his opinions.

But when Aiwas heard this, he was slightly stunned.

He originally wanted to say that in that case they would not be able to control the Ziggurat in the first place - but Philip's next idea of ​​"letting the Black Phase drive the Ziggurat over" immediately blocked his idea.

Aiwass felt his brain was confused for a moment, and he had a hint of doubt.

...Yeah, why didn’t I think of that?

In other words, why did I want to attack by sea in the first place?

Aiwass thought about it for a long time before he found an answer that surprised him. ...Because that was the original plot.

The troops that originally fought against the demon army of the Fallen Angels were the reinforcements that Queen of Flowers Isabelle brought from the Theocracy.

Although there were coalition forces at that time, they were basically composed of Star Antimony's own soldiers - because Star Antimony had not yet split at that time, and the Narcissus and Black Hawk soldiers who joined in now were originally the previous Star Antimony Army.

Those Star Army soldiers were originally on Star, and were gradually incorporated into the Church's army!
The first landing force was only the Paladin Legion that landed under the cover of the "Cruel Preacher", which originally had only one ship!

Because the Theocracy did not like to interfere with other countries, and the initial force was less than 2,000 people. Therefore, it was very reasonable for them to choose to rush over by water - the supplies for these 2,000 people could be carried by ship.

At that time in the main storyline, the resistance encountered by the coalition forces after landing mainly came from Count Leipzig who defected to the Fallen Angels.

At that time, Leipzig was called the "City of Blood Feast", and the Count of Leipzig was called the "Lord of the Blood Feast". Up to this point, there were almost no demons encountered, and the resistance came from those fallen extraordinary people who were corrupted by the money of Leipzig.

After the players defeated the "Blood Feast Master", the next mainline dungeon was the Spirit Tower - not the "Thousand-Year Vengeance Spirit Tower", but the "Closed Library Necromancer Academy", where the boss was a young male necromancer with two fat stitched corpses. Because there was no mechanism, Aiwas had even forgotten his name.

After defeating the Spirit Tower, you will gradually advance into the territory. You will successively encounter the "Four Heavenly Kings" sent by the Fallen Angels, which are four human upper demons transformed by him... In the original plot, it was only at this point that the player gradually learned about the "Tail Ring Ceremony".

——Of course, in the original world line, Avalon would not help Xingtan. Because at that time, Avalon was already a puppet state of Xingtan. Not only had it entered a state of warlord separatism, but it also had a strong hatred for Xingtan.

By that time, the Griffin Legion had already been annihilated... and because of this, the air supremacy was always controlled by the Demon Legion. The coalition had no air force, and the only powerful mobility came from the mass teleportation of the Mage Tower.

But it's different now.

The Griffin Legion, under the command of Aiwass, has bombed the capital of Xingti once!
In order to facilitate their advance, their military camp was built on the border of Iris - that is to say, this was originally a base that could be used!
Moreover, the number of their coalition forces is large enough, which means that if the war is delayed, the transportation of logistical supplies will also encounter resistance.

"…Damn it, how could I have made such a big mistake!"

Aiwass reacted with a start and was immediately horrified.

——Isn’t that right?

He turned suddenly and looked at the Great Guardian.

The Great Guardian is the one who set up the fortress. Others may not know or forget, but he himself cannot forget!
Then why did the Great Guardian say nothing when he sought advice?
“I don’t think it’s a big problem.”

The Great Guardian looked very relaxed.

He had just killed more than one succubus with his own hands, which made him extremely excited - the shame of the past was still engraved in his heart, and he had an almost hatred-like hostility towards succubus.

His face was full of smiles, and his eyes were faintly red: "Anyway, isn't the result good?

"--Although some ships sank, except for the Moon Children, the others who fell into the water could still be rescued. The number of soldiers killed by the lightning was not many, and it was definitely much less than the casualties caused by the slow advance from the land. As for those Moon Children..."

The Great Guardian sneered here and didn't continue.

“I think that’s OK.”

Saint John's tone was full of maternal love, and he soothed Aiwas's emotions as if he was taking care of a child: "Anyway, that Miss Night Devil can take good care of everyone, right?"

At this moment, Night Demon had been assigned to the rear by Aiwass. She ignored the possibility of being discovered by the Fallen Angels and fully expanded her domain. In the dark red clouds, she was like a demon.

She set the target of the curse to "all demons in the area" and cast the "mental handicap curse" on all demons, including herself!
This was the curse that Aiwass had used on Sherlock, to cool down his overheated, unstoppable brain.

The curse cast by the sixth-level Night Demon is enough to make the cursed person's brain temporarily retarded!

Under this level of interference, it was almost impossible for the demons to launch an attack immediately when they were teleported over. During this period of delay, they would be torn apart and pierced by the cruel blood rain because of the curse they had endured!
If the cursed were to bathe in the blood rain, it would be like being pierced by countless steel needles. Perhaps only demons like Berserker, Labyrinth, and Blade could withstand the damage, while for fragile demons like Winter, Succubus, and Nightmare, their lives could be taken away in the moment they were stunned when they appeared.

——And for those who are not cursed, this blood rain is nothing more than sticky and smelly rain.

The situation has actually stabilized at the moment, so it seems that it is indeed just a matter of details.

The number of soldiers killed in the demonic raid was unexpectedly small, and in the eyes of the Great Guardian this could even be considered a great victory!

But Aiwass felt a growing sense of uneasiness.

The inexplicable feeling of fear gradually calmed him down - what he cared about now was not even the casualties or the marching route, but "why he arranged it so naturally".

And until now, no one has reminded Aiwass.

The only one who realized that something was wrong was the griffin in the Great Guardian's house!

Is one griffin smarter than everyone else?

…Are people too afraid of the Pope? Are they afraid to voice their opinions?

I'm afraid that's not the case - he has a good relationship with the Great Guardian and respects this elder very much.

There was no reason for the Great Guardian to be afraid of him. And the Griffin should be the one who was afraid of him.

...And, according to Aiwass's impression of the Great Guardian, the Great Guardian is a silent, gentle and fair person.

George's attitude towards war is disgust but acceptance. He would never be as excited as he is now, and he would never say something like "the casualties aren't that much anyway."

Even though he hated the Son of the Moon - after all, the one who controlled him to attack Isabel was both a succubus and a Son of the Moon...

But Aiwass felt that he would not do something like deliberately harming his allies.

…It was as if the hatred in his heart had become fresh and magnified countless times.

It is even more impossible for the former Pope St. John - this mother-like person should have loved every life.

Now he has become a complete supporter of Aiwass, not denying any of his suggestions, and even trying to excuse Aiwass who obviously has problems.

But they had only met a few times!

Aiwass suddenly realized that it might not just be him - even the former Pope's mental state might have problems!
...And why is it that the griffin is fine?
"Is it because..."

Aiwass murmured softly.

...Because the Griffin is a "winged being"?

(End of this chapter)