After Aiwass drank the hallucinogenic coffee, the decoration of the originally forest-style cafe suddenly changed.
The surrounding tan wooden walls roared to become larger and higher in an instant, and all the decorations roared to pieces and gathered together again.
The original coffee shop now extended into a huge building like a giant's palace. The wooden building turned into solid masonry, and the light became dim.
The books on the bookshelf before were all transformed into completely different books through this fragmentary reconstruction. The light of the sunset also became as dim as the night... Several lamps from before were inexplicably lit in the room.
No candlelight at all.
Maybe it was because of the sudden change in perspective, or maybe it was a side effect of coffee... Aiwass only dared to stand up after the strong dizziness and weightlessness dissipated.
He looked back at Hypatia.
At this time, she was no longer the petite elf girl before, but a beautiful woman who was at least thirty years old and had a mature temperament.
She has long curly hair that is as brilliant as gold, with a few wisps of crimson like the sun mixed in like highlights. Her pupils are no longer amber, but a dark blue, twelve-ray light wheel that is constantly rotating.
The clothes she wore were completely different from before. She turned into a graceful and luxurious purple robe. The robe was covered with constellations connected with golden threads to form geometric patterns, and she held a long staff - the magic weapon in her hand.
The outer periphery of the staff is an eight-pointed star, and a constantly rotating icosahedron is suspended inside.
"You go pick out the books first."
When Hypatia spoke again, it had already turned into a mature and intellectual indifferent tone in Aiwass's ears: "If it's a gift... I have to prepare well.
"Don't worry, I will choose the best weapon for her - it is useless for me to keep weapons that are suitable for the road anyway. Even if it is a testimony of our friendly cooperation."
After that, her whole body turned into fragments and disappeared, just like the scrolled bookshelf before. Aiwass couldn't even determine whether this was because he was trapped in a hallucination, or whether she just turned into pieces.
Aiwass turned to look at the bookshelf.
I saw scattered red and purple lights shining on those huge bookshelves.
The small lights are like stars, and the big lights are like the sun.
However, Aiwass ignored them - because Aiwass was not here to find the tantra book for himself this time.
His own construction is already quite complete, and it is difficult to strengthen it by obtaining a tantric book.
Aiwass closed his left eye and only used his right eye to observe them.
After a brief period of darkness, the colorful colors lit up.
After he got used to it a little, he looked for the books that were shining with green light and confirmed their names.
——"Spider Corpse Fragments".
This seems to be Hui Tiansi's ability, maybe a degraded version of the Spider Silk Tantra...
——"The Tantra of Killing Thoughts".
Aiwass was also impressed by this. This is a tantra book that assassins must learn, and it is very powerful.
Since it is here in Hybasa, it should mean that it is now lost, which is good... at least it means that it has not been obtained by others.
——"Cat Fallacies".
This occult book records the "Cat Transformation Technique". Extraordinary people who are adapted to the path can obtain "Cat Walk", "Cat Swiftness" and "Cat Language" through training. Those who are proficient in it can transform themselves into a cat.
Lily might be interested, but maybe. After all, werewolves are dogs in a sense, and cats and dogs are incompatible...
——"Theory of Golden Shackles and Silver Locks".
This is a book by the author and screenwriter of The Path of Beauty.
"……found it."
Aiwass found the book he was looking for.
It was a thin picture book with detailed explanations.
——"Hell in Disguise·Deduction".
This book belongs to the Path of Beauty and is a occult book exclusive to the profession of "painter". It can greatly enhance the ability of illusions and can learn "painful illusions". This is an important reinforcement that Aiwass found for Isabel.
...With it, Isabel will truly have fighting power.
It is not considered a tantra, so it only takes up one free slot.
Aiwass picked it up first because it was actually a companion book.
When Aiwass raised the book, a green light gradually brightened in his eyes.
He walked straight there and took down the book.
——"Puppet Tantra".
This is the primary purpose of Aiwass' visit this time.
It doesn't look like a tantra book at all. "Appraisal and Conservation of Jewelry" is written neatly on its surface. If Aiwass's right eye hadn't seen it shining with a bright green light, he would have just thought
This is just an ordinary book.
And when Aiwass put "Hell in Disguise and Deduction" on top of "Puppet Tantra", both books changed -
They seemed to be stuck together. Aiwass tore apart "Hell in Disguise·Deduction" with force - and with a hiss, its name became "Hell in Disguise·Puppet Show".
The "Puppet Mask Tantra" is like a layer of skin being peeled off, revealing the inner structure.
This book is smaller than the previous disguised book. It is as white as ivory, and its surface looks like a human face or a white mask.
This book allows advanced professions "tragedian", "comedian", or all-rounders in the field of actors to obtain the mysterious skill of "puppet face" on the path of beauty.
Its functionality is simple.
Just create a unique mask.
If someone else wears their mask, that person can change into Isabel's appearance, and then their body can be controlled by her consciousness, and they can use Isabel's abilities.
And if you put on someone else's mask, you can transform yourself into that person's appearance, and your body can be temporarily controlled by that person's consciousness, and you can use that person's abilities for a short period of time.
——That is, "double act".
This is the strongest ability of an actor in this field. After using the mask change, you can control the opponent or not - if you don't control it, it is equivalent to creating a copy. And all the abilities that this copy can use are based on itself.
level of illusion.
Isabel already has [Strong Illusion] and the new entry [Cunning Spell].
If nothing else goes wrong, her ability construction will go all the way to illusion. Seeing that it is no longer possible for her to take over the inheritance of Bettinadia Flowers and become the Queen of Flowers in the original world line.
However, Yanis does not have a deep grasp of the illusion system. She is an art master who specializes in painting. She has some knowledge of other art fields but is not proficient in them.
In other words, Isabel can only rely on herself for the next step.
——But what good artistic inheritance can be found from Avalon?
Either go to Iris and cheat a few inheritances, or you have to come to the Theocracy to find the Tantra Book. The future of the latter is definitely brighter than the former - after all, if you get the Tantra Book, you can also cheat some skill inheritance, but if you get the skills
I still can’t get the tantra book through inheritance.
Aiwass put the two books away and put them back on the table, waiting for the effects of the medicine to wear off.
During this period of time, he was idle anyway... He found a few purple occult books and read them with peace of mind.
Sherlock was the first to drink coffee and was the first to escape from the hallucination.
Although Hypatia did not let him hear the previous conversation. But after Sherlock woke up, he looked around and found that the box was gone, and he roughly understood what had happened.
...Are the books here so expensive?
Sherlock was secretly shocked.
He had one in his hand, Lily had one in his hand, Aiwass had one in his hand, and two in front of him. Five books in total... Hundreds of thousands of White Crown coins were just gone.
Although Hermes can be considered a big family, their economic situation is not very good. In other words, all the knight families who do not take bribes from Lloyd's do not have much money.
This is the price of taking the right path.
And Aiwass casually took out tens of thousands of white crown coins for himself...
This made the proud Sherlock a little hard to accept for a while.
Although they are close friends, this is too much. A small manor in Avalon only costs four to five thousand white crown coins... Excluding the antiques and decorations inside, this is already equivalent to ten Hermes manors.
of value.
——Not even a great artist who keeps iris flowers can pay such a price!
But Sherlock knew that it was impossible for Aiwass to agree to let him put the book back. Instead, he might think that the relationship between the two was too unfamiliar, and he might be irritated.
...Is there any other way to help Aiwass save some money?
Sherlock thought seriously.
Even if Aiwass didn't care about the money, he couldn't accept such an expensive gift with peace of mind.
Or think of a way to get Aiwass some extraordinary items, maybe mysterious books...
At this moment, Aiwass also exhaled and regained consciousness.
He looked around and saw Sherlock first: "Which book did you choose?"
Sherlock opened the book for Aiwass to read.
——"Song of Foolish Tantra".
"Not bad, good taste. It suits you very well."
Aiwass gave a thumbs up in praise: "I have nothing more to say."
This was the first book he picked for Sherlock, and it is also the most valuable book here. Like "The Tantra of Killing Thoughts", it is the absolute core of the entire profession. Without it, playing would be very stiff.
The effect of "Song of Foolishness" is very invincible - to put it simply, after it is turned on, at the expense of increased mana consumption and increased cooling, it eliminates the casting elements of all chants and rituals on the path of wisdom, thus greatly reducing the reading time of almost all spells.
For most spells, the reduction is almost instantaneous. And many spells have no cooldown.
At the same time, this ability can be turned on and off at any time, which is very flexible. There is no need to worry about burning up the mana directly.
Sherlock, on the other hand, raised his eyebrows.
——I haven’t explained to you the use of the knowledge recorded in this book. How do you know the effect of this lost tantra book?
"Where's Lily?"
Lily handed the book to Aiwass and looked at it. The cover said "Egg Moon Tantra".
"...Do you have this book on Adapting to the Path?"
Aiwass touched his chin, and it took him a while to realize: "It seems to be a tantra book on the path of love?"
"If Master needs it, I can change it to something else."
Lily said without hesitation.
"No, this tantra book... In addition to necessary inheritance, it also depends on personal characteristics. Although I don't know why you chose this, there must be a reason. You must trust your intuition!"
Aiwass smiled.
He looked at Hypatia who was back behind the counter: "We have chosen, Ms. Hypatia."
Hearing this, Haibasa came over to check it out: "The Egg Moon Tantra... is also very suitable for you, the duality of love and adaptation. The Puppet Face Tantra? Did you bring it to others? Still
Yes, this..."
When she saw the book in Sherlock's hand, her eyes widened immediately: "The Tantra of Fool's Song?"
"...what's wrong?"
Sherlock felt a little uneasy.
"Oh, it's nothing. I'm just a little surprised that the level of the path of authority is so high. The fact that you were chosen by this book means that in addition to your wisdom and authority, you also have the adaptability to transcend the path, my child.
"
--What?
Sherlock was immediately shocked, and even felt guilty: I am so loyal and patriotic, how can I have the adaptability to surpass the rebels on the road?
Only then did he realize what the thumbs up that Aiwass had just given him meant.
This stinky fox! You know he has no words of praise on his lips!