Chapter 457 Baseline World Line (7000 Words, Two-in-One)

When the camera gradually zoomed in, enlarged, and finally stopped on Queen Sofia's half-open, solidified, gray pupils, Aiwas thought the CG was over.

The camera did go black.

——But then, another clip appeared.

Aiwas was seen wearing a bishop's red robe, pacing in the study of Moriarty Manor. He seemed a little anxious.

He took a book from the bookshelf restlessly, as if he wanted to read it.

But before he could read the book, he suddenly heard the sound of thunder outside.

Aiwas immediately walked to the window and saw that the sky was darkening at a speed visible to the naked eye.

In the distance, large groups of white-feathered griffins took off, and the pure white sky seemed to be stained with ink, spreading from the Silver and Tin Palace to the surroundings. Thunder roared, and the howling storm swept across the streets, instantly blowing away the fallen leaves on both sides of the streets in autumn.

In an instant, countless dead leaves were flying in the air. A visible storm swept in.

When the camera stopped here, the strong wind blew a fallen leaf and hit Aiwas in the face.

Aiwas was stunned for a moment before he realized that the CG had ended and he could move.

"... Seamless transition?"

When he realized this, a sharp and unpleasant hoarse voice like nails rubbing against a blackboard suddenly sounded in his mind:

"You are Aiwas Moriarty. At the age of nineteen, you became a bishop recognized by the Nine Pillars Church, and you are also the youngest bishop in Avalon.

"Your sister Yulia Moriarty is the egg of the phantom demon, but fortunately, with the care of your adoptive father James, her condition has been well controlled. Under your treatment, her condition is even getting better and better.

"But not long after you were promoted to bishop, Yulia was suddenly kidnapped by a group of people. When you found Yulia, she had lost control and turned into a phantom demon.

"You think there may be a conspiracy behind this matter, and you are secretly investigating and planning revenge. Not long ago, with the help of the famous detective Sherlock Hermes, you finally found out that the murderer behind the scenes was Minister Droste, who was a spy of the Star Antimony.

"At the same time, you also discovered another conspiracy - Star Antimony and Avalon are organizing a marriage recently, but there are abnormal troop movements at the Star Antimony border.

"There is only one day left for the engagement banquet, and it can no longer be stopped, so you decided to split up into two groups - you report to the great guardian stationed at the border, and detective Sherlock decided to go to the Silver and Tin Palace to report the matter to Queen Sophia in person. At the same time, because you met Princess Isabel at the promotion ceremony, you thought about it again and again and sent her a warning letter.

"Now a day has passed, the princess has not sent a reply, and Sherlock has not come back to find you. You realize that bad things seem to have happened again..."

The next moment, a few lines of words jumped out in front of Aiwas.

[Required tasks——]

[Continue to play as Aiwas Moriarty, and do not be discovered or exposed by anyone other than your teammates (points: 100)]

[Evacuate Princess "Isabelle du Lac" to the Eternal Theocracy safely (points: 500)]

[Additional tasks——]

[The Heart is the Sanctuary: Do not choose to hide in Moriarty Manor, and take the initiative to go to the Temple of Silver and Tin (points: 100)]

[Trial·Will of Candlelight: The total vitality lost by healing others exceeds the sum of all your own vitality (points: 100)]

[My Unforgettable Nature: Effectively heal others and keep the target alive (points: 10 per person, up to 500)]

[Save Continuation of the Heart: Send as many family members and friends as possible away from Avalon safely (points: up to 500)]

[Trial·Life Watcher: Produce as many effective treatments as possible (points: up to 500)]

[Save Detective Sherlock: Ensure the survival of Sherlock Hermes (points: 500)]

[Love Oath of Revenge: Kill Charles Droste (points: 500)]

[The Day of Destruction is Coming: Survive to the end without evacuating or leaving Glass Island (points: 500)]

[Trial·Beacon of Hope: Save the dying (points: up to 1000)]

[What Only I Can Do: Stop Xingti's conspiracy (points: 1000)]

[? ? ? ? : Complete ? ? ? ? ? , and make the survival rate of Glass Island civilians exceed 70% (points: 1000)]

Two necessary tasks, eleven additional tasks.

Even if the three trial tasks required for job transfer are deducted, there are still eight additional tasks.

Without a doubt, this was the time when Aihuas had the most tasks in the promotion ceremony.

According to Aihuas' experience in the promotion ceremonies, the tasks given by the Snake Father were full of extremely difficult tasks that could not be completed normally, while the tasks given by the Twin Mirror were full of fun, and the various huge points were simply filled randomly, just to encourage you to do things.

The best tasks were given by the Sand Clock... His tasks themselves were a kind of guidance and hint. Even if Wei Zhe messed up in that promotion ceremony, the Sand Clock was trying to organize the ideas of the promoted people.

The points given by the Lord of Scales and Feathers in the two tasks were very conservative, and only one or two extremely difficult "additional questions" were given high scores. The others were tasks that could be completed with the naked eye... As long as you do it seriously, you will definitely be able to complete it.

This is the case for Aihuas, and it should be the same for others.

Because of this, it may not be so easy to increase the score difference in the Scale Feather Lord scenario. The tasks that can be completed must be completed.

Aiwass looked at the dark clouds gradually spreading outside the window and silently analyzed these tasks.

The three trial tasks are all required for job transfers - among them, [Beacon of Hope] is a trial task required for the advancement of the Illuminator and the Guardian Monk, and at least one-third of the progress must be completed.

And the task [The Day of Destruction is Coming] is obviously in conflict with the necessary tasks.

This should be a common task prepared for those promoted who do not intend to help Isabel evacuate, and it is a task that all paths have.

Because the necessary tasks must be completed, in principle, no points are given. The extra 500 points for helping Isabel escape need to be made up with other tasks - and it is obvious that the Avalon disaster is coming, and evacuating to other countries is the safest choice. The second is to leave the Glass Island and hide in those small towns.

Aiwass doesn't know how big the map of this promotion ceremony is, but judging from this task, it is at least larger than the entire Glass Island.

Slightly integrate the mission requirements, that is, send Isabel to the Theocracy. In the process, rescue as many people as possible and send them to a safe place.

Sherlock needs to be rescued as soon as possible. He may have been caught when he reported the news, and it is hard to say where he is imprisoned.

Then... Aiwass has to kill Minister Droste again.

——I have to say that this is the most satisfying mission for Aiwass.

The last chance was given to Lily, and this time he can finally do it himself.

Although Aiwass knew that Droste murdered Queen Sofia before, he still didn't know how he did it...

Because the Shadow of Avalon Ritual was only missing the last head... But after Queen Sofia was assassinated, the ritual did not start.

This shows that Queen Sofia's head was not counted in this ritual for some reason. When Queen Sofia explained the Shadow of Avalon Ritual to Aiwass, Aiwass had doubts.

Before that, he always thought that the heads were missing two. The queen filled in the second to last one, and the last one was two years later, when the Fallen Angel descended and the stars split. The puppet Isabel, who had awakened the human heart, sacrificed Isabel's brother John, and used the child's life to complete the ritual and try to summon Lancelot.

But the queen said that there was only one head left.

Now that Aiwas has seen the complete CG, he finally understands what happened at that time.

The queen said that there were only three people who knew about this counterattack ritual besides her. Meg and Arius, as civilians, did not know about this ritual.

Since the "big-name" civilians of Avalon did not know, and even Meg, the person Queen Sofia trusted the most, did not know, then Janis, as a foreigner, Queen Sofia should not tell her the deepest secret of Avalon. On the other hand, Isabel obviously did not know.

In addition to George and Shafia, the last person who knew about the ritual might be Prince Albert, Isabel's father. It could also be Sherlock's father or brother, or the Privy Councilor Camelot.

George died in that famous charge, and Shafiya was the one who escaped with Isabel. But when Isabel went to the Theocracy, she was no longer around, and most likely died at that time.

This ritual requires the blood of twenty-one Du Lacs who died of murder.

The key is "blood".

The Du Lacs who were cursed and poisoned before are obviously included in it. In other words, as long as you get the blood, it will be fine... But at that time, no one knew that blood needed to be taken from the queen's body to activate the Shadow of Avalon ritual.

Maybe Shafiya knew, so she might have tried to go back and snatch the queen's body... but she failed in the end. This can also explain why she died quietly, while the puppet Isabel was able to get relevant information.

Moreover, this promotion ceremony also had an invisible and coded task for the first time.

However, although this task was coded, Aiwas felt that the blurred column should be the length of "Shadow of Avalon".

——This explains why it is necessary to make the "survival rate of civilians on Glass Island exceed 70%".

In the original "Cruel Autumn" incident, although Glass Island was attacked by the Gargoyle Army, the Colossus and the Army did not advance at all. The main casualties were the extraordinary people who tried to resist, and the Star Antimony did not directly attack civilians.

From the perspective of civilians, this story is that the assassin Isabel poisoned Queen Sophia, and then the Star Antimony took the opportunity to invade, wiped out the Griffin Army of Avalon and eliminated all the fifth-level extraordinary people, making the Avalon people feel fear.

At this time, Princess Isabel succeeded to the throne and ceded a lot of interests to make peace, and continued to marry Star Antimony. So Star Antimony withdrew smoothly... During the whole process, although the civilians were seriously frightened and many cities were damaged on a large scale, there were actually not many casualties among the civilians at this time.

They did not know that it was Minister Droste who poisoned the queen, and the real Isabel had already escaped, and they did not know that the Knights of the Round Table Hall fought each other and those who stayed were all from the Star Antimony side.

After all, at least half of the founding family is intact, and the Round Table and the entire Avalon government are still operating normally. They will only think that the rest of the people died in the invasion, and they don't know that the entire upper class has been replaced.

From the perspective of the Theocracy, it was Minister Droste who poisoned the queen, and the rebellion in Avalon was initiated by the ministers from within. Although Star Antimony secretly instigated, it did not let the extraordinary people directly attack the queen, nor did it hunt down Isabel, so it did not break the bottom line of the Theocracy.

Moreover, the people of Avalon at that time recognized the puppet Queen Isabel because she brought "peace" - after the Avalon people realized the power and cruelty of Star Antimony, the hard-won peace was more cherished, even if the puppet Isabel continuously delivered various benefits to Star Antimony and caused people's dissatisfaction, no one dared to oppose it.

- After all, they were really scared by the Star Antimony people.

Even if they continued to sign unequal treaties one after another and continued to draw blood from Avalon, no one dared to resist Star Antimony. Because Avalon had been disarmed, it was impossible to resist.

After the Theocracy recovered, they could not directly interfere with the puppet rule of Star Antimony. Because that means eradicating all the upper rulers of Avalon, including even most of the founders' families.

This is simply impossible.

Because Avalon is essentially a joint rule of the founders' families, the Du Lac family is the only compensation for Lancelot not becoming an apostle in the first place, but staying in the world to rule Avalon for the Silver Crown Dragon.

But in principle, the ruling power of Avalon is divided equally among the founders' families.

It was not until the advent of the Fallen Angels that Isabel defeated the Fallen Angels with the support and help of the Theocracy, and the people of Avalon began to doubt their puppet queen. And after the puppet Isabel was out of control, she gradually found herself.

It was precisely because the puppet Isabel tried to summon Lancelot to save Avalon that Avalon was truly destroyed -

because the Shadow Angels destroyed everything equally.

Whether it was the Round Table Hall or the Temple of Silver and Tin, or those knights and founders of the old times... whether they were inclined to Star Antimony or Avalon, they were all equally destroyed.

Complete the Avalon Shadow Ritual without killing civilians... Is this possible?

Aiwass fell into deep thought, but soon realized the way out.

"... It seems that it can be done."

Aiwass murmured.

The key point is time.

Because when [Necessary Task 2] is completed, the promotion ceremony will end immediately and be settled.

That means that at that moment, no matter what state he is in... Aiwass can return immediately.

Because the requirement of [Necessary Task 2] is to "make" Isabel evacuate, not "with" Isabel.

In other words, he does not have to evacuate together.

Aiwass must complete the Avalon Shadow Ritual before Isabel evacuates to complete this task!

And as long as the Shadow Tiansi descends, both the two fifth-level strongmen and the gargoyle army will be swallowed up together. [Something Only I Can Do] can also be completed by the way.

... The only problem is that Aiwas will probably die there.

This necessary task does not require survival, which means... it can be completed even if you die.

But this ritual is very difficult. If you die, you may die in reality, and your soul will definitely be damaged. Once the soul is damaged, it will increase the difficulty of future promotion.

No, it's too risky.

Moreover, if he doesn't follow Isabel, he may not be able to let her arrive at the Church safely.

Unless "Lulu" also descends on her, the two of them can cooperate and have a little bit of fun.

"... But if the Avalon Shadow Ritual is not completed, how can we "stop Xingtan's conspiracy"? "

Aiwass fell into deep thought.

How about a way to kill the prince and the queen?

Such an idea suddenly popped up in Aiwas' mind.

When watching the CG just now, Aiwas was very unhappy with the two people... Even though he knew that the prince was just a minor role and "Isabel" who was nominally married to him was just a ball-jointed puppet, Aiwas still felt uncomfortable.

Whether it was his possessiveness towards Isabel or his desire to protect her, his anger at the Queen being poisoned and Isabel being wrongly accused, his heartache for poor Isabel... and his worry about "Lulu" seeing this CG, all of these made Aiwas' hatred for those two people grow.

——If they could be killed, perhaps Xingti's conspiracy could be stopped.

No, that's not right.

Aiwas faced his true heart.

He didn't need to deceive himself with points and tasks, he could just look at his true heart.

To be precise, whether killing them could stop Xingti's conspiracy or not, Aiwas wanted to kill them - even if they were not the targets that had to be killed in this promotion ceremony, killing them was not only risky but also had no points reward.

Aiwas simply wanted to do this.

Thinking of this, Aiwas began to check his status and the abilities he could use.

... But he soon felt depressed.

In addition to the Flame of the Rebellious Butterfly and the four sacred skills of the priest, he could only use "Shepherding", "Sunlight Fire" and a small number of simple rituals.

The good news is that the body of the "Aiwass" he used was undoubtedly his own body. Aiwass was not awkward to use at all, it was very comfortable and smooth.

It’s just that his mana pool is ridiculous.

He has a full 87 points of light attribute mana, and only 29 points of fire attribute mana!

Aiwass calculated for a while and figured out that this should be the standard panel of a level 29 priest, and then added a mana pool created by two levels of light containers and a level one flame container. Because the container entry acts on the body and cannot take effect in a dream, this should be this body... which is the entry that Aiwass himself chose when he was promoted in this world line.

In other words, it is the mana pool allocated to Aiwass by the Lord of Scale Feathers.

"Isn't this too weird to add a little bit?"

Aiwass couldn't help but frown, confirming one thing - that is, this Aiwass was definitely not himself as a time traveler.

Even if Aiwass is a single-class priest, he cannot raise the level of the light container so high... In other words, if he does not have the adaptability to transcend the path, and does not have the mana pool needed to make the mortal sin card, he may not even Can click on the container entry.

Because the dilution of container terms is the most obvious, the higher the level, the lower the income.

Unless there is a special profession that can convert mana into combat power, such as a sin scholar who just needs mana, a mage who can convert mana into each other, and a blood mage who can convert mana and life into each other, the container entry is only available. meaningful.

Even if one of the three container entries is "Container of Burning and Glory", that means at least two entries for the promotion ceremony have chosen containers. When Aiwas reaches the third energy level, he can only have one other entry at most.

With such a high amount of mana...does it mean that you don't want combat power at all and just want to heal others?

etc……

"...No adaptability beyond the path?"

Aiwass murmured.

He finally realized why he felt so strange when watching the introduction of the plot——

He subconsciously thought that he was promoted through dedication, so the mana pool belonging to other professions in Aiwass was blocked.

But now it seems...this should be another possibility for Aiwass.

This is Aiwass on the path of pure devotion!

His urge for the road did not occur, so he focused on the path of the priest from an early age.

Then he wouldn't have dropped out of school like crazy to study demonology at home, he wouldn't have secretly written letters to contact Noble Red, he wouldn't have become a demonologist, and he wouldn't have been tied up and sacrificed.

He would not have been exposed to the Pelican Bar case and got the letter sent by Minister Drost's secretary. In this way, the details of the "Red Stone" case would not have been known, and Aiwass would not have been silenced and attacked at the commendation ceremony.

Because Aiwass selected all the container entries and received sufficient comfort and treatment from Aiwass, the Paraflame Butterfly, who has the same memory and similar personality as Yulia, will not make a fuss, but will grow and develop with peace of mind. . As a result, Yulia's health will improve a lot, and the seal will not expire prematurely, and she will not lose control and turn into a phantom.

Because he is not exposed to this series of things, Aiwass can study with peace of mind.

Finally, he reached the third level one year after enrolling, passed the church examination and was promoted to bishop.

——But also, Aiwass in this world line missed all opportunities to come into contact with the Noble Red.

So Aiwass would not know that the person who kidnapped Yulia was Noble Red.

The Giant Prince was not eradicated in time by Aiwass, and both Noble Red and Lloyd were in complete condition. Then the succubus Emma does not need to pass the order from Griffith, but can directly order her students to take Yulia's blood.

When Yulia is dying, the fully developed Flame-Resisting Butterfly will burst out of her belly - the giant prince must have drained Yulia's blood, causing the Flame-Resisting Butterfly to hatch out.

"……I understand!"

Aiwass suddenly brightened up.

He figured out the fundamental difference between the two world lines.

Aiwass's impulse to transcend the path was not entirely inherited from his grandfather. A large part of the reason comes from "divine entities". It was precisely because of Huan Tiansi's influence that Aiwass lost his mind and did those things.

His parents are still dead, and he is still adopted with Yulia, which means that at least the first half is the same. But I don’t know why, the sacred entity in Aiwass has never been awakened...

In other words, this is a world line in which Huantiansi has no influence on Aiwass!

If there is a "baseline" world line, this should be the "cleanest" possibility!

In this world line, there is no existence of "players", no information about travelers, and no influence exerted by Huan Tiansi. Aiwass was not exposed to the influence of any other special being.

In this world line, Aiwass and Isabel are not even familiar with each other, they are just strangers who have met each other once. Instead, he became friends with Sherlock.

He didn't know Haina at all, and Lily might have died inexplicably. Meg was not saved, Chloe was not caught, and the bone sculpture successfully completed all his tasks.

Lloyd's is not liquidated, Tommy Lloyd still survives, the Noble Red establishment is intact, and the Giant Prince may even have obtained the Book of Law. The Round Table Hall has been completely corrupted, and Isabel is still cowardly and powerless.

...Thinking of this, Aiwass's mood became subtle.

Huan Tiansi did nothing, but things turned out to be worse...even worse than a future where there were no time travelers and players, but Aiwass was affected by the divine entity.

At least in that possibility, both Lloyds and Noble Red will be punished, the corruption of the Round Table Hall is not that serious, and Aiwass and Isabel have also become friends - Aiwass, who does not have the heart to transcend, is not Maybe he took the initiative to contact Isabel.

Aiwass chose so many container terms, obviously he chose them for Yulia.

Could it be that this is also a part of "evolution"?

Let things change, creating new possibilities...

Aiwass has a deeper understanding of Huantiansi. Thinking like this, his mind was a little confused for a while.

He subconsciously reached out and held the necklace on his chest in order to gain peace of mind.

He had already developed the habit of touching the "Isolde's Tears" that Isabel gave him when he was thinking.

But the unfamiliar touch within reach made Aiwass startled.

Aiwass clenched it subconsciously. Although I held it tightly, I didn't dare to use force... for fear of accidentally breaking it.

——He already realized what it was without lowering his head.

Along with a burst of involuntary sadness, Aiwas's tears burst out uncontrollably.

Perhaps because the soul and body were too in tune, he directly felt the sadness that filled "Aiwass"'s body...

After watching the CG before, the anger suppressed by reason burst out instantly. His body was shaking like a cold, and his free left hand suddenly clenched into a fist.

Aiwass was silent for a while, then silently wiped away his tears and looked down seriously.

He saw a ruby ​​necklace emitting warmth lying in his palm, like a butterfly, a maple leaf, and a flame.

Even if you hold it in your hand, it still exudes that familiar heat... like someone's body temperature.

It's so familiar yet so strange. Aiwass has only seen it in the game.

"Fortunately... this is just a dream." He whispered in a sleepy voice.

——It is the remains of Yulia.

Seven thousand words of update! But it’s not suitable to divide it into two chapters, so I combined them into one~

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