Bishop Mathers had not been teaching the sacred arts for a long time.
Because after everything that needs to be said is said, the only thing left is continuous practice.
This kind of thing should not be rushed. In the final analysis, these mysterious powers resonate only because extraordinary people walk on their own paths and because they conform to the philosophical nature of the paths.
The reason why learning, practicing and using mysterious skills can improve the level of extraordinary professions is because when extraordinary people practice these skills, they are practicing their own paths.
Since it is a spiritual practice, it cannot be achieved overnight.
Unless it's opened like Aiwass.
In addition to "prayer", Aiwass has quietly mastered the remaining three sacred skills. Prayer does not need to be specially taught, because this is the teaching content of the seminary.
Aiwass's original "basic prayer" was that he had not yet learned the correct prayer words and prayer rituals. It was too long and troublesome to teach...and whether he mastered the correct prayer method or not, it would not affect his career advancement.
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The correct prayer can only draw in the power of the candlestick to heal the soul. Bishop Mathers also demonstrated it to Aiwass once.
Countless glimmers of light were seen, like larvae, flying towards Mathers from light sources in all directions. As he prayed, his body was gradually covered with a thin shell of light, and became brighter and brighter as time went by.
During this process, Bishop Mathers' light attribute mana was slowly recovering at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Generally speaking, the depleted mana pool can only be filled up after adequate sleep.
But spellcasters in their respective paths usually have other emergency supply methods.
The means that belongs to the path of devotion is "prayer".
In addition to general sleep, the path of consecration has two opportunities to pray during the day. During the continuous guidance of prayer, the light attribute mana pool will be slowly replenished, and up to half of the maximum value can be restored. Illumination spell
It consumes too much mana. If you don't use prayer to recover mana when out of combat, the mana will not be enough.
The greatest advantage of this mysterious art of prayer is that it does not require any materials or preparation, and it will never fail.
As long as you pray twice a day for a minimum of three minutes each time, you can steadily gain skill experience.
Skill level can steadily increase over time.
Even the time for prayer is very flexible. If you are very busy, you can do it two times before evening; if you are really busy, you can even not pray - that means you will not be able to enjoy this free and stable experience.
Later, Bishop Mathers specially explained the most important knowledge to Aiwass: "The Nine Pillars actually do not require belief.
"From a certain perspective, we are using faith and prayer to restrain the behavior of the Nine Pillars. In other words, we are like stakes driven on the land, and faith is the rope..."
But he didn't talk about the specifics.
That's something Aiwass shouldn't know yet.
In short, even if Aiwass does not master the correct prayer method, he just cannot use this skill to return to mana. When he gets more knowledge about gods and prayer procedures, [Basic Prayer] will naturally become [Prayer] of the same level.
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After that, Aiwass stayed in the chapel for a brief lunch. What he ate was the Holy Communion that was consecrated by the ceremony when Bishop Mathers demonstrated the [blessing] technique. After eating it, you can get it
A temporary BUFF can stabilize the mind and continuously restore physical strength.
In a sense, the lunch Aiwass had was his teaching material for today. It was guaranteed that nothing was wasted.
Aiwass also noticed that Bishop Mathers made no mention of Aiwass being in a wheelchair.
He didn't even specifically offer to help Aiwass heal his body and help him "stand up again."
For a healer of this level, he could tell with just a touch of his hand that Aiwass had strong vitality and was not sick or disabled at all.
So why does Aiwass use a wheelchair?
Bishop Mathers will definitely have such doubts in his mind. If Aiwass's adoptive father James hadn't specifically mentioned this to him, it would be that his emotional intelligence was directly at its peak - I don't know why, but you didn't mention me
Don't even ask.
It's better to do less than to do more. Just pretend you don't see it and don't know.
After that, Bishop Mathers took Oswald to what looked like a large football game.
The two sides are the "Unicorn Club" and the "Lake Sword Club".
The former is the Theocracy's team, while the latter is Avalon's.
Although Aiwass didn't know what it meant for these two high-level transcendent beings to watch a group of mortals playing football... but it seemed to be a very important game. That's why Oswald didn't send Aiwass back, and
She agreed half-heartedly and took him to the stadium with her.
Anyway, with the two of them protecting me, nothing will happen.
Although Aiwass was not interested in this, both of them were respectable elders, so they treated it as just hanging out with the old man.
So Aiwass also acted cheerful and cheerful. Judging from the results, it was obvious that he was accompanying him well.
The former defeated the latter 4-0, which was the kind of crushing game that even a layman who didn't know anything about football could see. Oswald seemed very happy, and Bishop Mathers had no special reaction, just complained.
"I have known for a long time that there is something wrong with the club manager of Huzhongjian". Generally speaking, everyone is happy.
However, Aiwass got a very strange piece of information from their chat -
That is Oswald, the old butler of the Moriarty family. Although he has been serving the Moriarty family since the founding of the Kingdom of Avalon, he has a deep sense of identification and affection for the Eternal Theocracy.
But even so, when Aiwass asked him tentatively, "Do you want to go back and take a look?" Oswald just shook his head.
There is no going back. The old housekeeper sighed and said casually.
"Everywhere in the Theocracy is good, but there is no home. It would be better not to return."
This is also the first time that Oswald, who is as taciturn as a shadow, has mentioned his past in front of "little masters" like Aiwass.
After that, Aiwass also became somewhat silent.
It was already evening when Oswald pushed Aiwass and walked slowly home.
The setting sun hung in the sky, and the lake in Moriarty Manor glowed like gold. And in front of the iron gate at the entrance of the manor, a thin young man with black hair and brown eyes was quietly leaning on him.
He looked through the dark golden book in his hand as if no one else was watching.
The page in his hand was emitting a mysterious blue-green light. The light was like crystal clear lake water.
He read forbidden books in front of Moriarty Manor openly and without any fear. He was obviously very familiar with this place and felt at ease.
Because Aiwass was sitting in a wheelchair, his sight was relatively low and he could see the name of the book in the young man's hand at a glance.
——"The Void Tantra".
Aiwass knew the book.
This is a mysterious skill from ancient times - in that era, the dividing lines between paths were not as clear as they are today. Therefore, many ancient skills may belong to multiple paths at the same time. But this book is an exception.
Its attributes on the path of wisdom are very strong. The "Sky Art" it describes is the origin of the later mysterious technique "meditation" on the path of wisdom.
In the game, the owner of this book should be Sherlock Hermes. It was a collection he acquired shortly after the beginning of the main storyline.
Shylock is a powerful transcendent with adaptability to the dual paths of wisdom and authority. In version 1.0, he had the dual professions of "lawyer" and "mage".
He can be regarded as a powerful helper outside the protagonist group.
Although he did not become the player's partner, he occasionally came to help solve several problems. After the destruction of the Kingdom of Avalon, he did not follow the player to the Theocracy, nor to the Star Antimony Kingdom. Instead, he accepted an invitation from the Iris Kingdom.
, held a government position for a period of time.
It can also be seen from the name that the prototype of this character is Sherlock Holmes.
But it is slightly different from the stereotype of Holmes' "pipe and cane" - Sherlock is half a member of the Glass Island Inspectorate, and he is also a high-level transcendent. He is much richer than Holmes in the original work, and
He became famous much earlier and did not have his own Watson yet.
At the beginning of the main plot, Sherlock was just 26 years old. At this time, he was already the "chief consultant" who even the Inspector General of the White Queen Division was polite to him.
As a lawyer who came from the authoritarian path, he also spends a lot more money on enjoyment.
He will buy the most expensive cigars he can afford instead of cheap pipe tobacco. He will not be frugal in food. He will invite players to restaurants every time they meet. He will also travel abroad to listen to the best
concerts. The gifts given to friends are also of high value - for example, the gifts planned to be given to players in his name are basically precious krypton gold materials.
This is a typical characteristic of the authoritarian path, only the best. Not for enjoyment itself, but to get "the best".
But after he quickly spends all the money he got, he will calmly downgrade his consumption, and live a life without money happily until the next event makes him rich again.
The biggest characteristic of Shylock is that he never saves money. He never considers the situation "in case he runs out of money in the future".
Because young Sherlock was full of confidence in his abilities. As long as he had his abilities, he could get a sum of money at any time - he didn't make money just because he was not interested.
He believes that if he thinks about what to do in the future, it is subconsciously implying that his talents will eventually deteriorate. Compared with the degradation of his quality of life, admitting that he will one day become stupid is more unacceptable to him.
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This kind of talented and extremely proud NPC, but at the same time friendly to players, has always been quite popular among players. There are also a large number of fanart, cos, peripherals and handwriting.
Until the main line of version 5.0, Sherlock was very active and had many highlight performances.
In the end, he died in the main plot of 5.1.
The cause of death was very bizarre - when the investigation of a certain case reached a critical stage, he was killed because he was investigating the case alone.
Although the plot is different from "The Last Case", it may be to hint at the direction of the next story. The name of that big chapter is "The Last Case".
Looking back now, the person who killed Sherlock may have been Aiwass's adoptive father, James Moriarty. Because it was after Sherlock's death that Aiwass's adoptive father reappeared in the plot.
At that time, some players said: "It's broken, the person who comes back from the 'empty house' is Moriarty."
Aiwass was extremely impressed by this incident.
Because when this suggestive main plot name was revealed, the discussion and enthusiasm on the Internet immediately exploded. When the plot finally came out, the reaction of the players was incredible.
Instead of being angry and sad, more comments were comments such as "How dare you give away lunch boxes", "Isn't it true that you are dead", and "Waiting for an empty house to come back".
I don’t believe it’s true, but I’m afraid it’s true.
It feels like a grade school boy saying "I'm really crying" after making a girl cry.
Even Aiwass specifically asked his screenwriter friend if Sherlock was really dead.
The response he received was also vague, "Probably."
But until Aiwass traveled through time, the "empty house" plot belonging to Sherlock still had not arrived. Instead, James Moriarty jumped out and showed his identity as the final boss of the main line of the version.
As if noticing the extremely complicated sight, Sherlock suddenly raised his head and looked in the direction of Aiwass.
Seeing Oswald pushing the wheelchair over, he smiled and put away the book in his hand.
"Good afternoon, Mr. Oswald."
He greeted the old housekeeper briskly and nodded to Aiwass with a smile.
Oswald obviously knew Sherlock and greeted him warmly: "Mr. Sherlock, why don't you come in and sit down? Professor, he has mentioned you a lot recently."
Aiwass knew that the old butler had a very proud character, with the characteristics of an elf's stubborn temper and a high-mindedness.
If it wasn't someone he recognized, he would never have given such a good look.
"Forget it, if I go in, the professor will nag me again. I'll just deliver the things and leave. I have something else to do - just say hello to the professor for me."
The black-haired young man politely refused.
"If you have something to do today, why don't you come to the family dinner tomorrow? I will ask the cook to prepare some good dishes in advance."
Oswald asked cordially, his attitude completely different from the indifference he showed when he saw Haina: "After all, Professor, he has indeed been talking about you for a long time - and Mr. Sherlock, you haven't visited the Professor for almost a year."
"I just have something to do tomorrow night...you know. When I'm free later, I'll send you a greeting card to formally visit you."
Sherlock was vague.
He and the old butler looked at each other, and Oswald nodded suddenly and stopped mentioning this matter any further.
And Aiwass also realized what Sherlock meant.
If there's anything big happening tomorrow night, it's probably going to be advancement.
His attitude is so vague, which means that this advancement is most likely illegal - he even dares to read occult books on the path of wisdom in public, but he is vague about this kind of thing.
That must be the secondary path he just obtained, the "mage" profession of the wisdom path, which is about to advance to the second level!
...just like myself.
Aiwass was stunned for a moment.
Good guy.
——We brothers are not going to meet in the dream world, are we?
Today is still an update of more than 6,000 words. I can’t control the word count at all...