Chapter 360: The Master of the Path of Transmutation

When "Aiwass" in the game got this book, he definitely didn't have a single magic card in his possession.

In other words, he realized that this book had some "means to gain power", so he started making cards as the key to unlocking the hidden power of this book.

A long, long time ago, when Aiwass first started using Shadow Fiend to create cards, he actually had a doubt in his mind - why could he successfully create cards so easily?

Although as long as the "knowledge" is correct and the materials are good, cards can be made even if the energy level is not enough. This is the uniqueness of the ritual. It has the characteristics of "passing from generation to generation" and provides the possibility of "defeating the strong with the weak". This is a symbol of the origin of the snake father.

But what ordinary people can reproduce are only rituals that already exist.

If you want to create a new ritual, you must have the level of a ritualist to do it. Because ritualists can deconstruct the power of these paths, accurately capture the mysterious origin, and achieve symbolism through various miraculous means.

This is also the reason why Aiwass conducted experiments with Shadow Demon alone at that time and finally confirmed that he could save Yulia through this method.

If this is the ritual developed by Jacob...then everything is right!

Regardless of the "Aiwass" in the original plot of the game, the Aiwass in this world has been him from the very beginning. Despite losing his memory, he still has a mature soul. From a very young age, he was able to take care of Yulia like an adult, which is proof of that.

——But after Aiwass came of age, he suddenly started to crave knowledge beyond the path just like "Aiwass" in the game. Not only that, what he desires is not even rituals and curses...but "demon knowledge".

His grandfather, Jacob, was a conjurer.

Aiwass even thirsted for this knowledge to the point of irrationality, and was willing to take the risk of meeting a dangerous "pen pal" alone.

...thinking about it now.

If Aiwass had not become a demonologist at that time, he would not have been promoted to a scholar of mortal sin in the future.

And who does the knowledge of the Scholar of Sin and the Lord of Beasts come from?

——From the "divine entity" that Jacob saw!

Aiwass remembered that He appeared in a certain magic circle. In other words, He was most likely summoned by Jacob.

Shortly thereafter, Aivas Alexander was born.

That was the fourth year after Haina was created.

The so-called "holy entity" should be made of some of its fragments into the "Swampman", which may be Aiwass. Just like Haina was made from the fragments of Lancelot I.

...But thinking of this made Aiwass feel confused.

"He comes not from the east, nor from the west. He does not come from any house known to you."

What that divine being said sounded like a player and a time traveler.

But in the world line with players, "Aiwass" is not that special. "Aiwass" did finally master the power of the Lord of Beasts, but he still died - he took the initiative to block the player's gun and died.

In this world, there are no "player characters". Only Aiwass exists.

And Aiwass also met the condition of "not coming from the east, nor from the west. Not coming from any house you know", and he could indeed understand what he said.

…What if we change the angle again?

The reason why the players were able to arrive at the critical moment when Aiwass was in crisis and rescue him...

Could it be because "player" is actually inseparable from "Aiwass"?

The original NPC "Aiwass" cannot kill people and upgrade, which means that he does not have an "experience point" system. But he is "a child born from your heart and intestines", and he has indeed mastered the profession of the Lord of Beasts.

He was once saved by a player, and finally saved the player with his life. A cycle is formed.

Aiwass still doesn’t know what the main plot will be after the sacrifice of “Aiwass” – because he has traveled through time since then.

But if we say that Aiwass and the player are two sides of the same coin...a certain part of the sacred entity is used to make Aiwass, and the other part is used to make the player, then it becomes reasonable!

——However, Aiwass has never seen such a person. He gained the power to use "experience points" and now evokes the Book of Law on his own.

"So that's it..."

Aiwass murmured.

According to the setting, the player character is the son of the Snake Father. But "Ouroboros", Huan Tiansi, is also the son of the snake father.

In other words, in terms of seniority... the player and Ah Huan should be brothers.

But players have their own "origins". Their parents obviously do not have the blood of the Snake Father, so where does the title "Son of the Snake Father" come from?

Aiwass had an idea.

He made a bold guess.

——The "player" is most likely the fragment of Huan Tiansi!

In this way, it can also explain why the name of the game is called "The Ring of Endings".

Another fact supports this point.

In the original plot, shortly after Aiwass became the "Lord of the Beasts"...

The owner of "Beyond the Path", the Snake Father fell.

The one who replaced him was the former Ring Celestial Master, the Lord of the new path "Transmutation" - the Pillar God who inherited the holy number 8, the "Tail Ring". Neither the Great Sin Scholar nor the Great Beast Lord were harmed in this great change... because they all belonged to the profession of the Tail Ring.

"-- I am 9 to fools, and 8 to the righteous. I am also 1 in 8."

The voice of the sacred entity sounded in Aiwas's heart.

At that time, Aiwas didn't understand this sentence. But he understands now.

9 symbolizes perfection, eternity, and 8+1. It means greater than the father snake.

And 8 is the holy number inherited by the Tail Ring.

1 represents the constant self of the path of love, and is a symbol of original desire.

——"Transcendence" minus "desire" is "authority". And "transcendence" plus "desire"... is "eternity".

Transmutation represents the constant nature of the eternal change of all things. It does not require the weak to defeat the strong, but only requires never stopping. It is indeed a kind of eternity.

"So that's how it is."

Aiwass repeated his muttering, but his tone gradually became firm.

He raised his head, and his pupils shone with purple light.

- Do you want to use me as a pawn to ascend to the position of the Pillar God?

Use the Tail Ring Ritual to pull down the existences of the dream world one by one... so that the fragments of the Heavenly Master will be scattered in the world, causing a huge change in the world and thus breaking the old balance.

Let the transcendence be beyond the transcendence, and let the world become a mess.

This is exactly the "great achievement" that He wants!

Ring Heavenly Master!

If I am really your fragment...

You can do it, there is no reason why I can't do it!

Aiwass had an extremely clear thought in his mind.

This is something he has never thought about since he came to this world.

- I also want to ascend to the position of the Pillar God!

Take back your "transmutation" method!

Chapter 2, updated!

Ah, I was so tired from watching the game that I wrote this a little late... But I still updated as promised!

In a sense, the main storyline of this book has finally begun (x)