Shepherd Tantra

Chapter 1215 Red of Disaster: Grand Opening Promotion!
Two days have passed since Red of Disaster was promoted to Pillar God.

The first to be hit is Avalon, where most of the government agencies are composed of extraordinary people of the authoritarian path.

Just as the throne of the highest heaven collapsed in the past, the power of the professions such as "Berserker", "Warrior", "Challenger" and "Fighter" also melted away, like new snow in the sun.

In just one night, he fell from a transcendent being to the level of a mortal.

The lawyers have lost their accustomed legal magic - the ability to scold, arrest, and execute others according to legal rules, and to bring future trials and executions forward to the "present" and complete them in an "instant" manner. This has completely become ineffective.

As for the Griffin Knights... their martial arts and physical fitness were still preserved, and their physical fitness was even somewhat enhanced. They just temporarily lost their mana pool and also lost the perception of their own Griffins.

In other words, the "contract" between them and the griffins was severed.

Without the telepathic communication with their companions, the pupils of the griffins all turned scarlet, and their tempers became obviously irritable. However, although their relationship had been completely terminated, the griffins still missed the friendship of the past, and none of them left the knights who raised them.

From another perspective, the Avalon Air Cavalry and the Griffins have finally established a new, truly pure friendship.

It was not because of any contract, nor was it because of the utilitarianism of "I can only upgrade if you upgrade". It was also because of the requirements of the Pillar God, the influence of the Tao...

It's just pure... pure friendship that is not tainted by any Taoist power.

The career advancement path from Supervisor to Arbitrator can perhaps be said to have suffered the least loss in the succession of Pillar Gods - it can also be said that they were the first to complete "localization".

First of all, they lost the supernatural ability to control others like the Law Master, but their physical fitness was strengthened, including various martial arts and swordsmanship, which were stronger than before.

They just lost their mana... or rather, they were unable to open their own mana pool.

But fortunately, this situation is not unsolvable.

After all, although the power of the extraordinary comes from the resonance of the Tao, it is not "borrowed".

The power of the Tao truly acts on their own bodies, and the power of the Tao that has been obtained is still stored in their bodies.

Just like the giant prince who was imprisoned by Avalon before... He has been imprisoned for so long, and there is still some power of the Supreme Heaven left in his body.

This feels more like a "system update" that completely updates the system to a new version, so programs that are still on the old version and are not compatible will not be able to run. It's also like porting a console game to the PC.

This power needs to be decoded again into the correct interpretation of the Tao today, and compatible transplantation must be done before it can be used normally.

In this process, functionality loss is inevitable - for example, a function that worked normally in the old version may not work in the new version.

For example, functions such as gyroscope and auto-aiming that may exist on the host side may not be available on the PC side.

At the same time, there are some things on the PC that the console cannot do... For example, "on the PC, you have no control over what clothes you wear."

This is the manifestation of gaining new professional abilities after transferring to a new path.

As for the change from authoritarianism to war, the compatibility conflict is obviously not as great as that from power to authoritarianism.

Or rather... Red of Disaster did not want to completely cut off the part of the Silver Crown Dragon from its body.

Just like he let go of those Knights of the Round Table who did not submit to him - he ate the existence of the Silver Crown Dragon, which meant that he had integrated the memories and emotions of the Silver Crown Dragon.

But compared to the Disaster Dragon, who had stayed in the Dream World and went nowhere before defeating the Supreme Heaven, and was frozen in the mountains by the Silver Crown Dragon after defeating the Supreme Heaven...the Silver Crown Dragon was the one who adventured with people, made friendships with people, and left traces in this world.

——His life is far richer than that of the Disaster Dragon!
Now that the Disaster Dragon had eaten the Silver Crown Dragon, it was like pouring a glass of liquor into a bowl of juice. Now it was hard to tell whether it was liquor or juice, but it was obviously no longer pure juice.

This is also the reason why the Silver Crown Dragon did not devour the Disaster Dragon.

If the Silver Crown Dragon eats the Disaster Dragon, his path will definitely be deviated!

Compared to the Calamity Dragons that tend to follow the Path of Love, the Silver Crown Dragons are obviously smarter - or rather, those on the Path of Love are generally not very smart.

Arthur was once a warrior of the Seventh River, and later became an ascended warlock of the Eighth River.

It was in order to defeat Supreme Heaven that he cut off the purest part of the "Seventh Source River" from his body... and if he were to eat it back, it would undoubtedly mean that he had regained the essence of creation from the Seventh Source River.

He will naturally deviate to the Eighth Source River... because "the clone replaces its creator", which itself conforms to the principle of transcendence.

And now, the Calamity Dragon has eaten the Silver Crown Dragon...it is essentially the same.

If they merge again, it means that the Pillar God of the Seventh River has deviated from the path - compared to the authority that brings order to everything, the chaos brought by the war is obviously more inclined to the Source of Change that transcends the path.

War itself means a change of power, and chaos is the ladder to power.

From another perspective, this also foreshadows the process of "barbarism conquering civilization" in the material world.

After the warlike barbarians invaded and conquered a civilization, they were eroded by the opponent's cultural traditions and eventually became the carriers of the opponent's culture.

Just like the powerful Disaster Dragon defeated the weak and helpless Silver Crown Dragon, and then accepted the allegiance of the Knights of the Round Table, but had no intention of punishing the professionals left behind by the Silver Crown Dragon, but wanted to absorb them all under its own command.

In fact, except for those absolutely fanatical followers of the "authoritarian" path, for everyone else... life is not fundamentally different.

Just as authority includes power, war also includes authority - without sufficient power and prestige, it is impossible to launch or command a war. Therefore, the power to make people obey is also necessary, but all those abilities that are too weak and slow need to be modified -

Arthur didn't like the term "mage", or to be more precise - he didn't like Merlin.

Therefore, he changed the profession of Law Mage to "Commander". The ability to control others through laws was returned to him, but now he no longer needed to refer to the law, but could control others as he pleased.

The Red of Disaster also gives the commander the power to provide group benefits, and can also command others through telepathic communication. The promotion of this profession is completed at the third energy level. By cultivating the ability to multitask, you can advance to the "Chief Commander" and gain the ability to directly control the bodies of others.

Friendly forces with a lower energy level than the commander can choose to actively transfer their command authority to the commander, allowing the commander to perfectly control multiple people and turn a group into a perfectly functioning "living monster."

Once the command is transferred, the owner of the body cannot return. This means that the commander can manipulate them to perform dangerous tactical actions without worrying about the opponent's resistance - this is undoubtedly a remnant of "authoritarian" power.

The "Light Cavalry" and "Air Cavalry" classes have basically not changed. They just freed the designated mount "Griffin" and can freely choose any other phantom or monster as a mount.

Today's professions are renamed "Knight" and "Grand Knight" - this advanced profession can also be translated as "Great Knight" or "Crown Knight" in languages ​​other than Avalon.

The Supervisors were the last group of Transcendents to complete their transformation. But although it was called the last day, it was actually the third day... one day later than the other Transcendents.

——Considering the work efficiency of the Pillar God, this is quite amazing.

Perhaps only a god like Red Disaster, who is so desperate that he wants to seize the throne, would prepare for his career so seriously and deal with the mess left by his "predecessor".

The Overseers were transformed into "Millionaires" by Red Calamity, while the corresponding advanced profession, the Arbiters, were transformed into "Royal Guards".

The "Mandala" has similar abilities to the Overseer - a strong body, a strong spirit, resistance to control abilities, and the ability to cast spells while swinging a sword.

However, they did not use the system that was biased towards gain like the commander, but the "command technique" that was very close to the law technique of the command system. They used words to send out strong mental interference, forcing the opponent to execute their orders, and in this way they gained an advantage in battle.

On this basis, the Royal Guards gained a stronger body, swordsmanship, resistance to spells, and quite practical direct damage spells.

He also put in an extra effort to build the most popular "soldier" profession, and defined its third, fourth, and fifth level advanced professions as "lieutenant officer", "colonel officer", and "general" respectively.

This is actually a warrior who is adapted to the Tao, or it can be said that this is the "warrior" profession he originally wanted to create.

It's just that the Lord of Scales and Feathers has already seized the origin of the warrior from the High Heaven, and the transfer of this source of power has been agreed upon by the Pillar God Silver Crown Dragon at the time, so Red of Disaster can no longer construct the concept of "warrior".

So he just made a copy of it - using the Scale Feather Lord's warrior as a template, he copied a degraded version of the "soldier". This profession is not particularly different... It has no unique spells, nor does it match the characteristics of the source river. The only advantage is that it has the talent to learn all "weapons". The threshold is low enough... As long as you are in the "war", you can work in this profession.

——To put it more simply, as long as you gain "Military Merit" by killing people in war, you can change your job... and accumulate "Military Merit" to be promoted. It is the simplest extraordinary profession. Just like "Warrior", you don't need any talent to change your job.

In a sense, this can also be regarded as a system that can be stably upgraded by "gaining experience"!
I have to admit, Red Disaster's brain isn't very useful.

The "professional" system is a valuable system created by Wei Zhe. Professionals are different from inheritors - if the spiritual qualifications of the inheritor change, not only will they be unable to continue, they may even lose the power they have gained.

The opposite is true for professionals - their own minds and personalities will in turn be infected by their profession, influenced and shaped by the power of the path.

The gods use the career system to subtly "educate" a group of people who fit the Yuanhe philosophy, so that their development direction is closer to their own direction. This is possible in most cases - acquired education and guidance can indeed determine most of a person's character.

Just like... although they are all on the path of transcendence, the Snake Father, the Ring Heavenly Master and the Fallen Heavenly Master are obviously three completely different directions.

The most popular profession is the Fallen Angel, which is equivalent to "educating" all the extraordinary people who tend to transcend the path into a fallen posture. Therefore, the more emphasis is placed on education, the more power is often granted to the profession... In this way, they compete with other Angels on the same path for "students", thereby slowly increasing the number of their own apostles and preventing competitors from becoming stronger.

The only ones who completely ignore their profession are probably Snake Father and Amber.

Amber was not awake at all, but Snake Father didn't care about this at all - if it weren't for Sand Clock's request, he might not even keep his job.

Because for the Snake Father, whether or not one has the qualifications to become a transcendent is itself a kind of "natural selection." He does not believe that a mediocre person can go far on the path of transcendence, nor does he believe that a person who can be easily deceived can go far. As the saying goes, a forced melon is not sweet, and the power gained by controlling the weak is meaningless to him.

He will not actively preach like the Fallen Angels, but advocates "believe it if you want, get out if you don't", and only teaches the art of defying the heavens to those with great determination, wisdom, and perseverance.

Even though the Lord of Scales and Feathers had once stolen the "Eight Trigrams" from the Snake Father, he had never been angry with the Lord of Scales and Feathers. The Snake Father's indifferent personality made him completely indifferent to everything except himself.

It is precisely because of this purity that he can become stronger and stronger... and it is precisely because of this kind of thinking that the civilization after Snake Father became the Pillar God began to evolve and upgrade. Before Snake Father, the scaly and winged people maintained a tribal civilization for a long time. Everyone lived in a daze, without any idea of ​​"getting better" or "becoming better". As long as they could survive until tomorrow, they would win.

The inheritance of the "art of defying the heavens" bestowed by the Snake Father is the prototype of the rituals used by today's great wizards.

The Red of Disaster is completely opposite to the Snake Father——

He is probably the pillar god who is most eager to gain people's recognition.

Because the Path of Authority has been completely hollowed out - the evolutionary authority of the "Rain of Prey" of the Path of Food was obtained by the Snake Father, and later stolen by the Lord of Scales and Feathers; the "anti-civilization" violence of the wasteland as the King of the Earth was perhaps taken away by Yan Tiansi; and the right to worship Supreme Sky, who ate the corpse of the Sky-Eating Beast and put on the bear skin, was handed over to the Snake Father by Sand Time; the warrior essence of "fighting for survival" was also taken away by the Lord of Scales and Feathers...

——The path of war is in an unprecedented state of weakness.

But because of this, he could not expose his weakness.

As the weakest Pillar God... the newly ascended Red Disaster has mortgaged more than half of his power to the professional system, endowed a large number of professions in one go, and divided enough power among them. He was even willing to be lenient and convert the extraordinary people who were originally on the authoritarian path to the war path - the "difference" in the middle was made up by Red Disaster himself.

At the same time, all professions in the Path of War are much stronger than those in the Path of Authoritarianism.

Red of Disaster hopes to use this method to conceal the fact that "the Path of War is at an unprecedented level of weakness" and make people willing to embark on this path with peace of mind... He believes that he won the position of Pillar God by defeating the Silver Crown Dragon head-on, and believes that the Path of War is far more powerful and more correct than the Path of Authority!
Just like the super-discounted card application during the "opening promotion", the initial capital pool is built by fully overdrafting the income and issuing excessive benefits.

But it was obvious that he couldn't even hide it from Aiwass.

Aiwass didn't even need to ask the Lord of Scales and Feathers to know what Red of Disaster was thinking.

——As for overdrawing so much, what should I do in the future?
We'll talk about the future later, of course.
(End of this chapter)