Shepherd Tantra

Chapter 900: Eyes of Wei Zhe
Above the increasingly dark sky, countless dark clouds rolled in with a roar.

The dense blue lightning did not dissipate at all, but remained in the air as normal. It was like the blood veins protruding from the skin, or like the dry and cracked earth after years of drought.

A violent storm was blowing in his face, and Aiwass's long golden hair whistled and fluttered behind him like a flag.

He stretched out his arms to block in front of him and tried to take another step, but felt tremendous resistance.

Cardinal Galatea, who was standing beside him, tilted her head slightly, her pupils as cold as a puppet's calmly looking at Aiwass. Her long hair also fluttered wildly backwards.

Before they knew it, the two of them had fallen out of the team.

They had no intention of looking for the Amber of Light, but were very interested in another thing.

Those who continued to follow the team had become illusions. Because of this, Galatea no longer needed to maintain the illusion.

“Before the disenchantment of ‘language’, it was a power that belonged to great philosophers.”

Galatea squinted her eyes and looked up at the sky: "That is the power held by those who once betrayed us."

When writing was still controlled by the priest class, it was a monopoly of the right to interpretation.

In the age without written language, poetry and songs were sacred. They were a kind of primitive beauty, and also a kind of "mystery".

"...Weizhe is the god of silence."

Aiwass said: "He must have seen something, so he chose to keep silent."

"I know," Galatea replied immediately, "and I know that it is the secret of the First Sun.

“Although the Great Master remained silent, He told the snake the secret.”

[——The blind see me as black, the seeing see me as blue and gold]

[——I am the intoxicating snake that gives knowledge, happiness and glory! If you want to worship me, you need to drink wine and the secret medicine I told my prophet until you are drunk]

The words of Huan Tiansi in the past echoed in Aiwas's mind.

Knowledge……

Forbidden knowledge, intoxicating intoxication, happiness, and glory...

Aiwass stretched out his arms to block the storm, staring at the growing thunder in the sky, frowning slightly.

...Before Huan Tiansi chose to cut himself off, he should have been a true savior.

Because of this, Sand Timepiece taught him, the Lord of Scales and Feathers became his friend, and even the "silent" Wei Zhe told him the secrets he kept... At that time, he would definitely be on the road to saving the world.

Until he chose to cut himself off.

Having lost his [dedication], he regretted the plans he had made in the past.

In the past, Aiwas didn’t quite understand it, but now with Aleister’s memories, he can already understand what that feeling is like.

"I am not a snake."

Aiwass suddenly said: "He has turned away from our path. And I am still on the road."

"I know."

Galatea sighed, "That's why I told you this. Because I don't want you to lose... I don't want the lying 'snake' to win in the end. I don't know what he wants to do, but no matter what he wants to do, I want to destroy it.

"—I am the last Atlantean...if I can still be considered human.

"Your Holiness, I'm sorry that I can no longer give my all. I'm no longer a puppet, I've recovered my memory... I have new responsibilities, and I need to survive. Even if it's just to be a recorder of history, as proof that the Atlanteans existed. Therefore, I will not directly participate in your fight with the snake, but if I can help you in other places, I will be happy to do my best.

"I am no longer pure. So after this return trip, I will resign as cardinal."

Her voice was soft and cold, as if she was singing a melancholy song: "I want to return to the bottom of the sea... I want to see how many ruins of Atlantis are left."

Aiwass sighed and said in a gentle tone: "This is a good thing.

"You have found the meaning of your existence, haven't you? This can be considered a kind of dedication... not for others, but for the 'continuation of civilization'. Forget about resigning. I will grant you an indefinite long vacation and you can find a replacement. When you want to come back again, you can come back.

"…but there are 'taboo' things at the bottom of the sea, so be careful." "I know. Those things can't hurt me."

The girl with snow-white hair nodded and breathed a sigh of relief.

After she asked for leave, her tone became much lighter, and her strange attitude towards Aiwass, which was half-warning and half-trusting, finally turned into pure affection.

Galatea pointed to the sky, as if she was looking at the stars in the summer night sky, relaxed and romantic: "Look! The sun is dying."

In the direction she pointed, the thick curtain of dark clouds gradually dissipated.

Just like a magician opening a handkerchief to reveal the wonderful scene inside——

The previously blazing and huge sun had now expanded in size by at least twice.

The sun became extremely huge, but it could no longer emit much light.

Its light at this moment is not even as bright as the street lights at night. Even if you look directly at it, it won't feel glaring. Compared to the sun, it is more like the moon.

And just then.

Above this sun, countless azure runes appeared——

They look like the vast ocean, or like holes seeping out of the surface of the moon.

They gathered together and condensed into a ring on the sun.

The sun at this moment...

"...Like, an eye?"

Galatea murmured, somewhat confused.

After all, she had never seen this scene with her own eyes.

She had just left the Tower of Babel when it was destroyed by thunder. She was also affected by the aftermath and lost consciousness and even her life. Her soul was rescued by her tribe and made into a Star Crystal Person according to custom.

Every Atlantean who died would be made into a star crystal person - they did not want their souls to be crushed into pieces by the Source River after death, and there was no god willing to protect them in the dream world, so they had to fend for themselves.

But when Galatea was awakened, the Atlantis civilization had disappeared.

It was no longer known how long that was after the death of the second sun, but the world had already entered eternal night, and even a race of "those with breasts" appeared.

Aiwass did not reply.

He opened his eyes wide in astonishment.

...Because he had seen that eye.

That was when he was in Eagle Point Village, facing the giant prince hanging upside down and starting the Trial of Odin!
The sky was like it is now, full of thunder and storms. A huge single eye opened in the sky.

It’s exactly the same as the sun in front of us!
As the storm became more violent, countless thunderbolts finally overflowed - violent thunderbolts fell like rain, sweeping across the entire land. One of the thunderbolts even fell straight into the Tower of Babel!
However, at this moment, a thin layer of light film suddenly appeared above the ninth floor of the Tower of Babel, easily blocking the power of thunder.

At this time, azure runes continued to fill the surface of the sun, like azure iris. It looked more and more like an eye, not a "sun" or a "moon".

The many stars that had always existed in the sky but were obscured by the blazing sun were also lit up one by one at this moment.

A bright yellow halo spread out in all directions from the eye.

The originally faint starlight now became extremely bright.

Looking up, I saw a vast star map!
Under the cover of the violent rain of thunder and lightning that seemed to be destroying the world, bright yellow light pillars rose from the ground and reached the sky.

Every time a beam of light rose, a star in the sky would suddenly light up brightly and then go out.

Maybe silver, maybe gold, maybe rainbow.

...Fuck.

The list of gods!
Aiwass almost blurted it out.

(End of this chapter)