Shepherd Tantra

Chapter 859: Eating My Remains
The time that had frozen in front of Aleister's eyes gradually resumed its flow.

The Flame-Butterfly is about to launch a flaming charge that will destroy everything - and if she is severely damaged, she will not hesitate to detonate herself and destroy everything around her.

The King of the Wild Hunt raised his blade against his colleague without mercy... He also had absolute loyalty to Aleister.

But looking at the Flame-Defying Butterfly charging without hesitation... at that moment, Aleister felt a strong sense of jealousy again.

The Flame-Butterfly, Leah.

The most special beast of sin, the half of Yulia...

She always accompanies Aiwass... Among all the Sin Beasts and even all the Phantom Cards, she is the only one who can be used and manifested during the Dedication Path. She has no scruples or thoughts and can fight for Aiwass with all her heart.

"……so good."

And this time, Aleister could no longer suppress his jealousy.

She took a deep breath and completely let go of her natural desire to pursue the path of love.

Aleister did not unscrew the glass bottle and drink the soul inside... because she didn't know whether it would be effective immediately.

Just to be on the safe side -

She directly used the index finger of her right hand to pierce her chest and tear a wound!
Insert the glass bottle containing the liquid soul into the wound of the heart, and then crush it with your fingers!
"Make me...whole again!"

Aleister stared at the angel and screamed hysterically.

Feeling his dry soul quickly filling up, Aleister felt completely unsure.

Because she had no idea whether her idea would succeed.

But if you want to [transcend] fate, [transcend] the current predicament - you only have one chance.

Even if it’s just for a moment—

Please, Sizhu...

Bless me!

Must succeed!

"to this end……"

Along with the whistling cold wind, an ancient and cold long-handled sickle suddenly appeared in Aleister's right hand.

That is - the death of desolation.

A scythe with special attack capabilities against undead creatures such as Moonchild.

This was the first time Aleister had used it.

...And the current Aiwass is obviously not the Son of the Moon.

The reason for taking it out is also very simple——

Aleister turned the blade of the sickle and gently placed the reverse-edged sickle on his neck.

[——My holy number is 11, that is the number of people who belong to us]

Huan Tiansi's voice rang out from Aleister's heart.

The prophecy that had long been clear now became even clearer:
Devotion is three, transcendence is eight, and the sum of these numbers is eleven.

Love is one, nothingness is ten. The sum of their numbers... is also eleven.

"Our people" refers to Aiwass and Aleister!

[——To fools, I am 9. To the righteous, I am 8, and 8 among 1.]

For fools who cannot escape the cycle of reincarnation, this repetitive cycle of reincarnations means eternity; but for "Ewas the Righteous", His existence only means being surpassed - it is just one of the most "desirable" holy numbers on the path of transcendence!

[——There is light in my hidden name, just as the son of midnight is the sun]

Hengwo's son is Xitiansi, who is also her separated old self.

And the "light" separated by Huantiansi is Aiwass!
【——Spread your wings, call forth all the light within you——Come to me! 】

Huan Tiansi's voice rumbled and shook.

It is like thunder and the sound of heaven.

——From the very beginning, Huan Tiansi did not hide his purpose.

Since the host did not stop the ceremony, it means that it is still under control. In other words, Sizhu hopes to reveal the true face of Huantiansi through this promotion ceremony...

That's why Sizhu appeared and said those words to Aleister.

[——I just came to see you, Aleister]

[——Perform well... This ceremony may be very important to you]

...It is indeed important. Aleister realized one thing.

——The essence of Aiwass’s desire for dedication is actually “nothingness”.

Before the separation, Aiwass was completely unaware of this, because this sense of nothingness was part of his personality.

But after being separated into two groups of love and transcendence, devotion and nothingness, their shortcomings at the personality level became so clear...

When Aiwass suppressed his inner "desire for love", he was actually constantly strengthening the desire for nothingness in his body.

The essence of that increasingly selfless divinity is self-nihilism!
If we are unable to face up to this incompleteness - if we are still driven by a "sense of nothingness" to pursue dedication and by "desire" to pursue transcendence, then both dedication and transcendence will inevitably be incomplete!

How can he make further progress? And how can he break free from this fate?

Holy Ten-Eleven.

That is a source river that does not exist, and it is also a holy number that does not exist.

The sacred numbers themselves have power, because they have corresponding source rivers. Therefore, the sacred number 11 means the power "outside the source river", that is, the power "not belonging to the source river".

The Holy Number Eleven means freedom.

Free from any constraints, free from any restraints... This is the power that Yi Tiansi once pursued in the past and Huan Tiansi is still pursuing now.

Transcending the Pillar God and Source River systems, this is a power that is completely your own!

"Only... the desire for devotion driven by the soul of transcendence is the true Holy Eleven."

Aleister murmured in a low voice: "I seem to have...had such a day before."

——That was at the very beginning...

When he had not yet tamed the Shadow Fiend, when he was feeding the demon with pain.

When he slit his throat and sacrificed his life during his first promotion ceremony.

...When did I forget the original intention of using pastoral care?
Since when did... pastoral care become a means of simply training summoned beasts, training subordinates, and increasing their strength?
That kind of me...

What is the difference between him and the shepherd and the celestial ruler?
"Eat in silence, my Lamb..."

Aleister's voice was trembling and low.

Two lines of tears couldn't help but fall from my eyes.

She didn't want to be forgotten.

She didn't want to disappear.

She wants to become a phantom demon.

She wants to become the beast of sin...

Aleister was so real and greedy, breathing the air of "life". He wanted to live from the bottom of his heart, and was jealous of all the lives that could exist naturally from the bottom of his heart...

——That’s why.

The more painful the pastoral care, the stronger its effect.

Since there was only one chance, in order to ensure that Huan Tiansi's pastoral method could be 100% covered... Aleister gambled everything he could without hesitation.

When the charging Flame Butterfly collided with the King of the Wild Hunt, Aleister pressed down the scythe without hesitation.

This will be the first life taken by [Death of Desolation].

"Feed on my remains... and then become one with me.

"Be whole again, Aiwass—

“—I am the sacrament, and this is mercy.”

At this moment, Aleister truly understood...

What is "kindness"?

Her eyes became compassionate, but her tears could not stop falling.

"Just consume everything I have... and drink it like sweet wine!"

Accompanied by Aleister's trembling chant.

The next moment, Aleister was completely transformed into an ice sculpture soaked in blood.

Then, it suddenly shattered!
The ice particles stained with blood did not shatter and scatter on the ground.

Instead, it floats in the air in a manner that defies common sense of physics, condensing into one incomparably dazzling bright red pearl after another.

Those pearls seemed to have life as they flew towards the angelic Aiwass and became one with him again!
(End of this chapter)