Shepherd Tantra

Chapter 994 The Key to Dreams
Alice explained her original purpose and what she wanted to do clearly to the powerful, terrifying, evil, but unexpectedly reassuring Moon Child. She even told him about the birthday party.

After saying it all in one breath, he glanced at Yasen with some caution.

And Yassen just smiled bitterly with some helplessness...but he didn't look embarrassed at all, and there was even a hint of admiration in his eyes when he looked at Alice.

Obviously, he also knew how the Hawkeye organization was using Alice - this must be related to her family's tacit consent. The protective items on Alice were related to these things.

Her family did not choose to let Alice cut off contact with the Hawkeye organization, and the Hawkeye organization was reluctant to send her to the front line, but let her "play house" in the back and equipped her with self-defense props... The answer is simple. They obviously have some kind of cooperation, and what Hawkeye has to do is to package more valuable tasks into simple, low-risk tasks like "playing house".

If you think about it carefully, you will know that Hawkeye, an underground organization that has been hostile to the giant organization that secretly controls Iris for a long time and has not been eliminated, how could it have so many missions without danger? So many experienced veterans have been discovered and executed, how could the organization let Alice, a pure novice with a sensitive identity, act alone?

Yassen's collaboration with the Hawkeye organization is only temporary.

Now, he could take this opportunity to let the child understand himself, which was a good deed... and it had nothing to do with him. Even if he was investigated, he would at least have an excuse.

"I could have sworn... I checked all my pockets before I packed them. There was no way this key was in there at that time."

Alice was still frightened, with strong disappointment and a hint of hostility flashing in her eyes: "There is only one time to put it in... when I put the suitcase on the carriage."

Someone must have quietly climbed aboard the carriage and stuffed it into her trunk.

——It can put this key in her pocket, and then put some prohibited items into her suitcase, or put a bomb in it. If the Hawkeye Organization intends to assassinate her father, they only need to quietly put a bomb in her body, and they will have a chance to blow up the Duke...

At this point, Alice had a new doubt in her mind: "What exactly is this key?"

"This is the Moonlight Key."

Aleister said faintly: "It is also called 'Blade of Separation of All Things'."

"…They sound like two completely unrelated things."

Alice complained quietly.

She had just entered the supernatural world and had been busy all the time. Her knowledge of supernatural knowledge was quite superficial... In addition, she had an assassin master as her mentor, so she could ask any questions she had on the spot, which also led to her not remembering any information.

But in fact, even if she studies the mysterious knowledge carefully, she probably won't know its value.

"——Moonlight is just a metaphor, describing the ability to become invisible in the moonlight. Just as ice can hide in water, it is the 'solidified moonlight' itself that can hide itself in the water-like moonlight."

The ritualist Iben spoke slowly, "In mysticism, we believe that the moon is a door and a lock. If you can find the door to the moon, you can enter the dream world.

"Just like there is an ocean between the land and the seabed...so from this perspective, the moonlight is the sea water - if you want to enter the dream world, you must separate the moonlight like you separate the sea.

"--This key is indeed a blade of separation that can separate almost everything. It can even separate the material world from the dream world, so it is the key to enter the dream."

Aiwass spoke slowly: "Although this key is only an extraordinary weapon, it is priceless. Because it has a special ability...

"——That is to interfere with other people's dreams. For example, during the middle stage of someone's promotion ceremony, you can forcibly insert the other person's perspective, take away the other person's control over the dream, or add an NPC of your own... I mean, send your own avatar into the other person's dream."

And it has another identity.

That was the sharp blade that Crown Tiansi used to cut himself when he performed the tail-cutting technique in the past.

It once separated the Crown Celestial Master into a white dragon and a red dragon. If the separation of the self is regarded as the demise of the old self, then it can undoubtedly be regarded as a true "God-killing weapon". Its divinity also comes from this... Just like the liver of the feast host has a special sacred meaning after he becomes the feast host, when the white dragon defeats the red dragon and is promoted to the crown master, it becomes a sharp blade that can cut through everything real and unreal.

In the game, it has another important existence significance.

It is one of the three necessary items needed to pull the sealed half of the Silver Crown Dragon - the Disaster Dragon into the material world, and is used to cut the passage between the material world and the dream world.

It is very difficult to dig a tunnel from inside the prison, because the prisoners' movements and possessions are severely restricted. However, it is possible to dig from the outside to the inside.

The moment he saw it, Aiwass knew where the plot was going.

Perhaps because the top leaders were completely divided from the beginning, the various factions of Iris have been able to let a hundred flowers bloom from the beginning. Even the old enemies of Moon Child and Hawkeye, who fought each other, gave birth to the strange flower of "love born from hatred".

Some of Hawkeye's assassins inexplicably "understood the situation of the Moon Children". They believed that the reason why the Moon Children did evil was because they simply had no good gods to believe in. In another world line, the Moon Children did not have the two choices of the Feast God and the Mist God, Sister Sasha's power was not enough to lend to them, and Hengwo would not pay any attention to them... Putting aside political stance, the Moon Children's only choice was the Bloody Angel. Although they were not like demons, after the Fallen Angel was killed, they immediately "leaked" - the existence or not of the Bloody Angel did not affect the life and death of these selfish Moon Children at all. The Moon Children's belief in the Bloody Angel basically comes from the fact that "he can give me good things."

Therefore, when Xue Tiansi was really pulled down by the Tail Ring and surrounded by players, almost all of these Sons of the Moon fled in all directions, and no Son of the Moon chose to stay to protect their "faith".

When he died, Xue Tiansi deeply hated the fact that he was betrayed, so he used his last strength to cast a triple curse on the Sons of the Moon - he cursed these Sons of the Moon to never be loved by others in their lives, and cursed them to feel pain for appearing under the sun, and that their luck would definitely be worse than that of ordinary people.

The Children of the Moon were very open-minded and did not feel sad about being cursed by their own god.

They soon found a way to break the curse - the "Key to Dreams".

With this key, they can find a way to rescue the disaster dragon.

It was the same idea as the northern dwarves - they wanted a patron god who could protect the dwarves, so they chose to "man-made a new god". The Moon Children thought the same way... since their father didn't want them anymore, they wanted to find a wild father for themselves.

The Calamity Dragon is a beast of love and transcendence, perfect for worship by the Son of the Moon!
Since there is no new celestial being who can protect them, they will create a new celestial being themselves!

——This is just like students hoping that their school will do better so that they can achieve an instant improvement in academic qualifications.

So the Son of the Moon wanted to release the Disaster Dragon and create an obedient new father for himself.

However, some Hawkeyes believed that the Disaster Dragon was also a part of the Silver Crown Dragon after all, and the Pillar God's half must be much stronger than the Celestial God... In addition, they did not think they could completely eliminate and exterminate the Sons of the Moon, so they advocated "it is better to guide than to block", that is, to guide the Sons of the Moon to believe in the new Celestial God.

The two groups came together and quickly connected the resources of the entire Iris Flower, found the "Key to the Dream"... and released the Disaster Dragon from the Dream World.

That is already the plot of version 4.0.

...But now Xue Tiansi is not dead yet, and there are also Yan Tiansi and Wu Tiansi. Why is the Son of the Moon still so radical?
Why does Arsene want the Key to Dreams?

He also said it was related to Sherlock...

Could it be——

Aiwass frowned slightly and asked without warning: "Sherlock is trapped in the dream world?"

"Yes."

Yasen looked at Aiwass in surprise, then nodded slowly: "I thought I would need to use many metaphors to make you understand the urgency of the problem... But since you know about the dream world, that's great. His body is still in the material world, and his soul is imprisoned in the dream world. Because of this, even if he is in the Duke's Mansion, I can't steal him out... If he is moved away from the dream ceremony, his soul may completely cut off the connection with the body.

"If you want to save Sherlock, you have to find a way to enter the dream world. This key can protect the body of the dreamer so that it will not be swallowed up by the dream world in an instant... I have reached an agreement with the Hawkeye Organization, and they are willing to lend me this key. The price is that I have to help them steal something."

"——Dream Mirror."

Aiwass said with absolute certainty.

Yasen's pupils shrank, and his throat gurgled. Then he nodded in awe: "That's right..."

"——That's a coincidence, call me when the time comes."

Aiwass smiled and said, "I happen to have a suite in the Dream World - it's just that I'm sorry that I can't let you in."

After he said that, he couldn't help laughing out loud.

As for Aleister, he burst out laughing the moment Aiwass opened his mouth.

Although he didn't know what was so funny about this sentence, Arsen felt inexplicably relieved.

This Son of the Moon seemed to know everything, which brought him tremendous pressure... but fortunately, the other party seemed to be a friendly force.

——Didn't Sherlock write a letter to Aiwass for help? Why are these strange people here? Are they the mercenaries hired by the Pope?
Or, could it be that...

Yasen's heart was moved, but he kept silent. Instead, he felt much more at ease.

(End of this chapter)