"I'm telling you, old man."

Oswald on the side squinted his eyes and said in a confused manner: "Although you have your own difficulties, this time it's a bit too much. We have to remember it."

"It should."

The upright elf with the Chinese character on his face just nodded seriously: "Anyway, I have worked hard, and the rest has nothing to do with me."

When he said this, he looked at Aiwass and reminded in a low voice: "Be careful lately, Bishop Moriarty. If there is nothing special, don't go out... There is no need to go to the church. Where the candles are bright, go to the church."

It is the sanctuary of the candle-bearer."

Although it seems quite strange for a steward to give advice on church and faith matters to a bishop... but if you know that the other person is a guard of the Pope, then this seems very reasonable.

"Don't talk about young master all the time. You should be careful yourself, old man..."

Oswald walked over, stretched out his hand and pressed Diomedes' back unceremoniously, as if pushing him away.

Diomedes obeyed and followed Oswald away... If nothing else happened, Oswald would ask him something when they left Moriarty Manor.

When the old butler left with the other butler, old James looked back at Aiwass with interest: "Did you notice something? Can you tell me when you felt something was wrong?"

Aiwass did not answer, but asked: "Then why didn't you attend the banquet?"

"Don't answer questions with questions, Aiwass."

James leaned back on the sofa, with the corners of his mouth raised slightly.

But he still gave the answer in a good temper.

"Because those things are too troublesome and not suitable for me. Since I have declined the invitation, I can no longer go out and eat and drink."

Professor Moriarty raised the corners of his mouth slightly and said calmly: "Did Dad's words satisfy your curiosity?

"So back to the question just now - when did you realize something was wrong, and why did you refuse so firmly?"

Aiwass's heart was suddenly tightly grasped by invisible pressure.

From Professor Moriarty's words alone, it seems that he is just talking about the engagement banquet of a royal marriage.

What he rejected seemed to be just an invitation from Queen Sophia...

But Aiwass could understand what he meant:

It was the rebellious invitation of Drost's men that James Sr. rejected.

But even if he clearly stated his position and did not stand on the side of those rebellious officials, Drost still did not dare to take action against old James... That performance could even be said to be fearful.

From another perspective, the adoptive father did not side with the royal family.

In the plot of the game, James is also invisible throughout the whole process. At least before version 4.0, it is impossible to see anything wrong with James. After Aiwass and Isabel fled to the Theocracy, Oswald, James and Edward also

Disappeared unknowingly.

From then on, Edward followed James all the way.

And the speed at which his strength increases is almost as if he's cheating... and he can always gain some special benefits from world-destroying disasters.

——When Edward once again becomes a supporting character with lines and dubbing, he will already be the main boss of version 6.0.

Although the adoptive father is theoretically the final BOSS, strictly speaking, the adoptive father is not included in the game at all - he is a mechanical kill outside of combat.

That was the last mainline dungeon in version 6.0, and it was also the last dungeon Aiwass played before crossing over.

Aiwass remembers the performance of that copy and still remembers it clearly to this day.

The final boss of that dungeon is the blackened Edward.

He fused the dragon heart of the "Disaster Dragon", held the contaminated broken holy sword "Sword in the Stone", and absorbed three Tiansi fragments, becoming extremely powerful.

After the players struggled to defeat the extremely powerful Edward, what no one expected was... Professor Moriarty, who was previously thought to be just a conspirator, suddenly appeared and easily intercepted the player's last strike.

But James was not as deep and gentle as usual, but became crazy and gloomy, and his originally straight back became rickety.

He claimed that Aiwass had been his person from the beginning and tried to induce Aiwass to defect.

The professor said that "his great achievements" are coming to an end, and there is no need for "player" anymore - the "player" here will display the name filled in by the player, obviously referring to the player specifically.

But at this time, Aiwass seemed very hesitant. He wanted to go with James, but he also tried to intercede with the player.

This hesitant and cowardly move angered the somewhat crazy James.

He directly attacked the player, trying to kill the player and take away something from him.

Professor Moriarty's power is extremely powerful - his attack directly freezes time, turning the entire world into "anti-color".

Players have to use the artifact given by Sand Clock to prop up a shield, and then they can circle a small area with difficulty and confront him.

At this moment, Edward, who had just recovered from a near-death state, directly overdrawn his power and used an instant death spell to launch a sneak attack on the player.

That instant death spell is a core mechanism in Edward's copy.

Edward has a seven-fold self, that is, six clones that appear and disappear at any time. Any damage caused to his body will be fully distributed to other clones present, and the body's invincible state will not deduct blood.

Although it can cause normal damage to the clone, if the clone dies, Edward will guide and re-summon a new clone with full health.

Players must use the artifact of the Twin Mirror to lay out overlapping and chaotic spaces without allowing Edward's other spells to destroy those fragile spaces - if the angle of the mirror is too large, it will also be directly destroyed by the rays.

The instant death ray was finally induced to be released by Edward's body. After repeated refraction, it hit another clone of Edward who was also present.

If hit by this ray, the player character will die immediately regardless of resistance and cannot be resurrected in battle.

Because the ray will disappear when it kills a person, so when the angle of the mirror is wrong or the number of mirrors is not enough, you can block the ray by sacrificing a summoned creature.

But even if the summoned creature blocks the ray and dies, it cannot be summoned again in this battle. In terms of game settings, it means that it has been "permanently killed".

Based on this characteristic, this mechanism can be cracked - the clone hit by this ray will also be unable to be summoned again by Edward. In this way, one clone will be permanently killed.

Repeat this six times to clear all the clones before causing damage to the main body. Afterwards, Edward will turn into a dragon with a stronger desire to attack... But without the special mechanism, it will be much easier to fight, and he will soon be killed by the players.

, and then enters the settlement CG that cannot be skipped-that is, the part where James appears.

The power of Edward's death ray comes from the Calamity Dragon - the fallen self that was cut off by the Silver Crown Dragon after being polluted. His power cannot be resisted even by the artifact given by Sand Clock.

But at this moment, Aiwass, who was standing nearby and didn't know what to do, suddenly noticed this scene.

He could directly kill the dying Edward to interrupt his spell guidance, but Aiwass was unwilling to kill Edward, but he had no ability to block this spell.

Because the twin mirror artifact that can refract the death ray is on the player, not on "Aiwass".

So after hesitating, Aiwass decided to stand in front of the player at the last moment and blocked the attack with his own body.

Professor Moriarty suddenly became furious, and before he went crazy, the player was urgently teleported back by another friendly boss - in the plot, there is only one player, there is no player "we". Those enemies are actually

All of them were killed by the player alone.

Therefore, after Aiwass died, there was only one person left in the team. There was still a chance to rescue just one person. So the moment Aiwass's protection from inside and outside was broken, he was killed by the friendly forces.

The guy teleported away.

——These are all the details that Aiwass remembers about the incident [Aiwass’ death].

It was etched in Aiwass's mind like a knife and an axe.

Aiwass actually does not know the purpose and ability of Professor Moriarty. This is obviously the content of the subsequent plot of 6.X... But when Aiwass traveled through time, the game had not been updated to this part at all.

If death must be confirmed with one's own eyes, he can't even confirm whether "Aiwass" is completely dead - because the player doesn't even have time to hold Aiwass's body and shout a few words, just watch

At that moment, the back became tattered and shattered...

Players generally believe that Aiwass is dead, mainly because the BGM at the time suddenly became sad and gave a slow-motion close-up.

Although he died very hastily, the atmosphere was set up here, and it would be disrespectful if he didn't die in the end.

Aiwass is almost a prophet about the future, but he only knows nothing about his adoptive father. And the unknown brings fear.

So ever since Aiwass awakened his past life memories, he has been very wary of his adoptive father.

Edward in the current world line of Aiwass was not taken away by Professor Moriarty.

As a result, he seemed to be just an ordinary fourth-level law mage, with nothing special about him at all.

Then it was obvious - the special person was Moriarty, not Edward at all.

Now it seems that Professor Moriarty was also involved in the "Cruel Autumn" incident in the past.

The adoptive father suddenly faked his death and left Avalon. Was it because he saw through Aiwass's changes and did not intend to get involved in this plan anymore? Or was it because he wanted to leave Aiwass' side so that Aiwass could develop freely?

, so as to observe his changes?

Seeing Aiwass's delay in replying, Professor Moriarty just showed a gentle smile: "That's it, then I understand.

"-Do you need me to do anything for you, Aiwass?"

Now that he heard his adoptive father's words, Aiwass felt cold all over his body.

He must have guessed it!

His adoptive father may even have guessed that he is another "Aiwass"...

Now he only needs to announce his identity as a promoted person, and he will die because of it.

During the promotion ceremony, Professor Moriarty immediately realized that something was wrong with Aiwass just because Aiwass' rejection tone was too firm. However, he still asked Aiwass in a friendly way what he should do.

It's like a father playing games with his children...
To be continued...