Chapter 402: Banquet Host Ceremony
When the holy object is sealed, it will not show any obvious characteristics of the Tao.
Minister Griffith obviously has not yet completed the unsealing, otherwise this thing should be "exploded" from Lily's corpse.
Therefore, it is not surprising that the Arbitration Hall, the Inspectorate, and the Supervision Bureau have not found it after three rounds of investigation. After all, no one dares to touch the holy statue casually. They probably dare not touch it.
Although the number of Nine Pillars and Heavenly Officials is limited, the number of apostles is not small.
The Nine Pillars Church allows the worship of all current Nine Pillars and the apostles of the Nine Pillars, and does not restrict the belief in Heavenly Officials and Heavenly Officials Apostles. Only the dwarves, who are illegal to conduct formal sacrificial activities or simply initiate sacrifices to Heavenly Officials and Heavenly Officials Apostles.
——There are so many apostles, who knows which apostles are legal and which apostles are illegal?
Maybe an inconspicuous holy statue is actually the face of Heavenly Officials or even Nine Pillars in the mortal world, or an incarnation that has been used before!
For example, if there is a statue of the Silver Crown Dragon Arthur in the room, and then a statue of the Ursa Major is placed at a higher place to be level with the statue of another Nine Pillars God, it is undoubtedly blasphemy. And if you don't have a deep understanding of religious studies, you may mistake Arthur for a knight under the Silver Crown Dragon, and throw away the statue of Arthur and the statue of Ursa Major together.
No matter how you deal with it, it is easy to cause trouble.
So according to the process, this kind of thing is usually handed over to professionals from the Nine Pillars God Church to deal with it.
Now Aiwas came in to check under this name - there is no doubt that he is a professional.
It is very simple to search for evidence, even if there is no evidence. Aiwas knows this, and Ligeia knows it too.
Aiwas first had a big meal with Lily and Ligeia in Griffith Manor, so that he could feel full and drink a lot of wine until he could smell of alcohol.
When night fell, Aiwas asked Ligeia to seal all the doors and windows and draw the curtains. Thus, an artificial dim environment was created, with only a ray of moonlight falling in front of the holy image.
Then Ligeia and Lily were asked to retreat to a distance and remain alert.
Ligeia was obviously very interested in this.
She had discovered before that Aiwas had a deep attainment in religion and ritual studies. At least, ordinary priests would not be able to help her preside over the grand ceremony of "molting and rebirth".
Under the gaze of Ligeia and Lily behind him, Aiwas, who was smelling of alcohol, solemnly lit a candle, sprinkled a pinch of black pearl powder in front of the holy image, and then took off all his clothes in front of the candlelight and stood in the moonlight - this was a necessary step in the ceremony, and this process must be witnessed by multiple witnesses of the opposite sex.
Two people are already the minimum situation.
Aiwas can choose the best candidates, that is, Ligeia, who can actually be his grandmother, and Lily, who is too familiar with him.
And there are many ways to unseal a holy object. You can use some complicated rituals to force it to be unsealed, or you can directly call the apostle himself to unseal it. In those folk knight stories, the brave man obtained the holy sword and was recognized by the holy sword. In fact, the knight himself noticed and recognized the brave man's perseverance and courage, thus completing the unblocking.
In the game, it is a not-too-troublesome unblocking task.
But as long as you can get this task from the apostle himself, it is actually a preliminary unblocking. At least this one itself can be used and equipped, but the equipment attributes and suit attributes are not fully liberated.
- In other words, Aiwas now only needs to call Sister Sasha to come in person.
Minister Griffith, a law mage and blood mage, can't do this, but it's easy for Aiwas, a priest.
Aiwas took out a glass of excellent quality red wine - this was also taken from Griffith's house. Because it was of the best quality, Aiwas deliberately didn't drink it, but left it to Sister Sasha.
Then, Aiwas bit his left middle finger and injected a drop of blood and two points of light attribute mana into the wine.
The middle finger symbolizes ether, while the left middle finger belongs to light. When mana is injected into this non-mana storage material, it is easy to lose it quickly. Therefore, Aiwass immediately drank half of the blood wine and poured the remaining half on the holy image.
Soon, the black silk covering the holy image was soaked with blood and wine.
While the holy image also exuded a slightly tipsy smell, it also began to faintly shine with dark golden light.
At the same time, Aiwass began to chant: "I solemnly call you, the solo dancer of the three phases!
"The god of the holy number of one, the god of death and rebirth, the god of long-seeing ignorance - like the moon, I am constant! "
As Aiwass sang, a very strong fragrance suddenly emanated from his body.
Like the best barbecue and the best wine, Lily and Ligeia, who were watching from a distance, suddenly felt a strong attraction. If they had not already had a full meal, they would probably be ravaged by their strong appetite and crush their reason.
A dark red light shone in Aiwass's pupils, and cold sweat broke out on his back, all of which were light red liquid like fine wine.
"I beg you to descend into the moonlight!
"I am Aiwass Moriarty! I am the sweetest fruit and the strongest wine.
"Please peel off the skin and drink the wine goblet. I will stand alone in the moonlight and dance alone in the thorn bush.
"Please ask me and his apostle banquet master to respond to me——"
Evans prayed: "Please give me desire and blood!"
Prayers to Hengwo have multiple directions, just as the path of love has multiple branches such as the blood field and the shadow field. And Evans prayed in a full and drunken posture, and he specifically asked the feast host to respond, so at this time, only the feast host could respond to him.
Because Sister Sasha is not a real apostle, the sacrifice cannot be directed to her directly.
But the feast host can see Evans praying in front of Sister Sasha's statue at this time, so he knows that Evans is not looking for Him. So he will let Sister Sasha come in person.
Sure enough.
Evans immediately felt dizzy, and the whole person fell forward and immediately lost consciousness.
Lily subconsciously rushed over and wanted to support Evans.
But she stopped after just a few steps.
The holy image in front of Aiwass shone with dazzling blood light. The next moment, a translucent nun with a gentle breath emerged from it and held Aiwass, who was leaning forward, in her arms.
——It was not a spirit-descending posture, but a real body coming directly!
She wore a black silk eye mask, black silk gloves, and a heavy nun's uniform.
She gently held Aiwass in her arms and straightened his head.
Then she gently touched his head, from the back of his head to the back of his neck. A burst of blood-colored light flowed into Aiwass' body along with her touch.
Then, Aiwass was vaguely awakened.
He was "woke up by holding back".
He felt that his mind was clear, his blood was full and boiling. The whole person was like taking stimulants, full of vitality and desire, and the blood vessels in his scalp and neck were obviously bulging and beating. And rationality was obviously weakened a lot, and the speed of thinking and calmness had obviously decreased. This is temporary fatigue, and it will take more than a day to recover.
His whole body turned red, like the cheeks of a very shy person; or it could be said that he had opened the Eight Gates of Ninjutsu. Under the high-speed agitation of the abundant blood and qi, Aiwas's muscles bulged high and even had obvious physiological reactions. Fortunately, he had his back to Lily and the others, so at least no one would see him doing anything rude.
And the moment Aiwas opened his eyes, Sister Sasha had disappeared like an illusion.
The ones who could confirm that she was not an illusion were Ligeia and Lily who were watching nearby!
This is why this ceremony must have witnesses - if there were no witnesses, Aiwas would only have a big dream, and waking up would have no other effect except temporarily consuming rationality to restore blood and qi to the peak state as much as possible.
But at this moment...
Where the nun disappeared, on the holy statue... there was a pure white butterfly dancing alone.
Under the moonlight, it reflected the purest and most holy white light.
There was only a beam of moonlight pouring in, and on the walls of the room, countless butterfly-like reflections of the moonlight were reflected, making it look like a group of butterflies dancing together.