Shepherd Tantra

Chapter 865: Half Deer, Half Human Aiwass (asking for monthly ticket)
When the Pure White Saint headed for the 22nd ring, she had no idea what she would see.

Of course, Gray also knew that this was the day when Aiwas held his promotion ceremony.

Rather, Gray heaved a sigh of relief when she received the news.

——At least our Pope came out alive, didn’t he?

While the promotion ceremony from level 5 to level 6 was just a legend, level 4 to level 5 was basically the top level promotion ceremony in the world. The New Moon Ceremony made it even more difficult, and it also became disadvantageous to the path of dedication.

Gray was even mentally prepared to take over the Holy Crown in an emergency.

After all, she herself is a candidate for the Eternal Pope, and she has the ability to wear the Holy Crown.

The reason why he was not elected Pope was simply because of political reasons.

An amber elf succeeded the Eternal Pope - this is still too sensitive for the current theocracy.

——This is like the Prince of Avalon rebuilding Lloyd's; Star Antimony denying the declaration of "the competent shall prevail" when the country was founded; the mages who guarded and imprisoned the Moon Child under Narcissus became the Moon Child themselves; the Iris, a symbol of freedom, began to rebuild the aristocracy and secret police; the Black Hawk's mercenary corps openly betrayed their employer; the slaves of the ancient country of Parthia launched a large-scale uprising for the fourth time...

What, all these things happened?
Ah, that's okay.

As expected, the Church is still too traditional, unlike other countries that are brave enough to boldly accept challenges to tradition...

But anyway... Gray, who could have been the Pope, gave the Holy Crown to Aiwass, just to prevent the Church from internal strife or even division.

If Aiwass met with an accident, she would definitely wear the Holy Crown to continue to maintain the survival of the Theocracy, even at the risk of the Theocracy splitting.

——Even if she was criticized, it would not hinder her determination. This is also one aspect of the principle of dedication.

But it was good that Aiwas survived. Therefore, after receiving Aiwas's communication, Gray's first reaction was to strongly ask Aiwas to inform the other cardinals first and let them know that he was safe.

but……

"...Solve the amber problem? Is there really such a thing?"

Gray was very worried about Aiwass.

Could it be that this child chose a path characteristic that would help cure the amber disease during the promotion ceremony?

If that's the case, then it's really a favor that I can't repay...

But all these thoughts had disappeared when Gray actually saw Edwards.

She looked at Aiwass now, and her eyes suddenly widened.

As the most outstanding candidate for the Eternal Saint, Gray has certainly learned a great deal of historical knowledge.

Of course, she also knew that the first Pope of the Eternal Kingdom was not a woman, but a man... Not only that, he was a little different from all the subsequent Eternal Popes.

——The first Pope “Ann Eternal” himself was the son of the Candlelighter!
His relationship with the Pillar God is closer than that of any Pope!
Although he is an elf, he has antlers on his head. After entering the dream world, he first became an apostle of Sizhu... and soon after that, he became independent and became Tianshi. At that time, he had become half man and half deer, making anyone who looked at him feel that he was quite similar to Sizhu. Even in some remote areas that the Nine Pillars Church could not reach, people would confuse Sizhu with Zhu Tianshi and think that Zhu Tianshi was an incarnation of Sizhu.

This is undoubtedly a crime of usurpation.

As "Zhu Tiansi", all of his abilities basically come from Sizhu.

But Sizhu did not have any hostility towards him... You have to know that Sizhu has never been a kind person. Sizhu's apostle "Eternal Pioneer" Carsten Ning has always led Sizhu's apostle army to fight in various places.

——Only when one has the strength can a voluntary contribution be called a contribution. Otherwise, it is just an excuse for the loser who is being plundered to comfort himself.

But as for Zhu Tiansi, Sizhu never attacked him.

Not only that, Sizhu's other apostles were also quite polite and friendly to Zhu Tiansi.

Even in the secret knowledge of the higher divine arts, there is no mention of the truth of this situation. It can only be understood that Zhu Tiansi's independence from Sizhu was Sizhu's wish.

Then who can say that Zhu Tiansi and Sizhu have no relationship?

However... according to the basic rules of the source river of "creation", gods and mortals cannot have offspring. Otherwise, it will violate the "unforgivable sin".

How could Sizhu, who has existed since ancient times and opened up the nine source rivers, have mortal descendants? Who could have given birth to Zhu Tiansi with Sizhu? Or was Zhu Tiansi's mother another god or apostle?

To this day, this remains an unsolved mystery even in the Theocracy.

And now...

Gray clearly saw a small bump on Aiwas's head.

It looked like only two or three centimeters. It had a texture similar to jade or emerald… The lower part was jade white, while the upper part was a translucent red. Because Aiwass's skin was very fair, if one's eyesight was poor, one might have thought that he had two bumps on his head.

But Gray immediately realized...

Those are the antlers!
——It’s the kind of deer antlers on “An”’s head!

"His Majesty the Pope!"

In an instant, the clever Saint Gray realized the truth: "Have you... become the son of the candlelight master?"

It turns out that being the son of Sizhu is not a bloodline, but a special identity that can be granted!
"Yes."

Aiwas nodded happily and admitted: "I have obtained the power given by Sizhu... With this power, I can heal almost all injuries. This naturally includes the Amber Disease."

"…But haven't we already verified that amber is not a disease, but an out-of-control blessing?" "Then make it controllable again."

Aiwass said firmly without hesitation: "There is no such thing as 'out of control' in this world that must exist."

Gray closed her mouth and did not continue speaking.

But she felt a strange sense of familiarity in her heart.

Compared with Pope Aiwass, who was as selfless as a saint, the current Aiwass made her feel as if she saw the human boy she first met.

Optimistic, enthusiastic, cheerful, indomitable... as dazzling as the sun.

Ever since he came to the Eternal Kingdom, he has made this quiet and boring land lively.

"How is the research on the Fruit of Sinthorn?"

Aiwass asked.

Gray calmed herself down and looked up, saying, "There is good news... but in a sense, it is also bad news."

"Oh?"

Aiwass was very interested: "Tell me more about it?"

"According to Freya's analysis, the power contained in the Sinthorn Fruit is similar to that of the Sinthorn. The Sinthorn has a power that can almost ignore any obstacles and cause damage. It is similar to the power of balance, but completely different from it. The power of the Sinthorn Fruit is closer to a kind of 'power of the Sinthorn after being digested'.

"It is milder, but much less aggressive, and can weaken the out-of-control blessings in the body. For elves that have already produced amber, the Sinthorn Fruit can only alleviate their amber symptoms at best. But it cannot completely make them disappear... In other words, it can only suppress, but not heal."

At this point, Gray glanced at Aiwass and said, "But we have already started to let more priests advance to Enlighteners, and the output of Sinthorn Fruit we get for research has also increased significantly. So there is no need to trouble you.

"But it still cannot be mass-produced or widely used. There are currently two main research directions. One is to analyze more Sinthorn Fruits and find a way to obtain the alchemical formula that can transform Sinthorns into Sinthorn Fruits, thereby greatly reducing costs. The other is what I proposed.

"Since the Sinthorn Fruit can weaken the blessings in the body, can it be used as a weaker preventive potion?"

"…Use the extract of the Sinthorn Fruit to synthesize the vaccine for 'Amber Disease'?"

Aiwass thought about it carefully and felt that Gray was a genius: "I think it might work."

Compared to taking too much medicine, simply and roughly eliminating the power of Lingbo Tiansi... turning the Ningbo elves into short-lived humans, these two ideas are much milder. Whether it is suppressing the pain of the late stage of Ningbo disease or preventing the occurrence of Ningbo disease in advance, its significance is obviously greater than "completely curing Ningbo disease and dispelling the blessing of longevity".

"so……"

Gray said this, looked at Aiwass, and hesitated: "Your Majesty... do you still want to cure my amber disease in advance?

"But if you have become the Son of the Candlelighter... then what right do I have to become the Eternal Pope?"

But she did not forget that the Eternal Pope was originally the successor of "Zhu Tiansi"; and Zhu Tiansi himself was the spokesperson of Sizhu.

Now that a new "Son of the Candlelighter" has appeared again, how could her legitimacy be higher than that of Aiwass?
“So it doesn’t have to be made public.”

Aiwas nodded and said: "After I heal you, I will give you the Holy Crown.

"And at this moment... you are the acting pope. How about keeping the Holy Crown for me?"

Aiwass said gently.

He took off the Holy Crown on his head and gently placed it on Gray's head.

Then he took off his clothes as the Eternal Pope and put them on Gray.

Under Gray's gaze, blood suddenly seeped out of Aiwas' body.

His body seemed to be cracking, and blood was dripping out.

Then, light condensed on the two young horns on Aiwass's head. They stretched out and formed a pair of glittering white deer antlers, while Aiwass's body gradually transformed into a half-man, half-deer posture.

Only his upper body was human, and on his head appeared a pair of glowing antlers that were much smaller than Sizhu and Zhu Tiansi. They looked to be less than 20 centimeters, and much more obvious than the two small bumps he had before. And at the tips of the antlers, each was burning with a cluster of pure white flames.

Below the waist, Aiwass's body became the agile and streamlined body of a white deer.

His abdomen, that is, the chest of his half-deer, half-human body, had black lines like a sun disk. The places on his body that had been cracked and bleeding before also condensed into mysterious but ominous black lines. These lines connected the human body and the deer body, looking like some kind of suture line, or like a totem painted on the body.

And Aiwass's pupils turned into a strange and sacred light.

It looked like a cluster of golden-red flames burning in an almost transparent light purple crystal.

The firelight formed the shape of vertical pupils, so beautiful that it was hard to take your eyes off.

Aiwass, who was originally shorter than Gray, has now become almost as tall as Gray. If the antlers are included, he is even taller than her by a head.

This is……

"Like Zhu Tiansi..."

Gray murmured, "Is this... the legendary mythical posture?"

Indeed...it's as sacred and inviolable as if it came out of an ancient myth.

(End of this chapter)