But she was silent for a while, then took a deep breath, bit her lip and nodded: "Maybe, you are right..."
At this point, there is no point in deceiving oneself and others.
She was just avoiding the problem, or...she was just looking for death.
After realizing his mistake, Noelle did not continue to choose to escape.
"...Maybe I don't just have courage left."
She spoke in a low voice, and her words cut into her vital points like a sharp scalpel: "It would be better to say... on the contrary, I am looking for courage through this method - if I can even survive this kind of near-death crisis, I may
You can persevere from that despair to the dawn of time. After all, cutting flesh with a dull knife will always hurt more than a sharp edge."
"Huh, just understand."
Aiwass looked at Noelle, who was excited again, and raised the corners of his mouth slightly: "But, this is a new moon ceremony. Let me declare in advance that I will not let you - when it is time to kill you, I will kill you."
"It doesn't matter, it should be like this. But let me declare in advance that I will never lead anyone to be killed."
Princess Noelle raised her head, looked at Aiwass and said seriously: "When you say, 'I no longer need to cooperate with you,' we will start a war.
"But I can swear that I will never attack you...I also hope that you will not do this to me."
"I swear in the name of Si Zhu."
Aiwass nodded and answered seriously.
After he said that, he turned back to look at the guests.
After Andrea was petrified by him, the guests regained their composure, but their faces changed from "happy" to "unhappy" and they no longer danced on the dance floor.
Obviously, the portrait has tilted towards "Friends Who No longer Laughter", and the music has once again regained its original sadness and soothing.
And this level of abnormality is itself a reminder——
If the banquet is allowed to continue as usual, completing [Celebration and Carnival] corresponds to "Laughing Friends" or "Endless Banquet", which means that the story is determined to be "everyone reveling together to celebrate the promotion of the host of the banquet to an apostle";
And if everyone is killed, completing the mission of [Madness and Killing] corresponds to "Friends Who No longer Laugh", that is, "After the death of Zagreus, those who killed him, or those who came to celebrate
These guests were attracted and all were killed”…
——So what does [Funeral and Sacrifice] correspond to?
"Wait, sacrifice..."
Aiwass suddenly looked at the pure white bust of Si Zhu, and his pupils shrank slightly.
He realized what that choice was -
If Cain is fake and Sasha is fake, but they appear at this banquet at the same time... In addition to this being a "hoax to lure everyone and kill them", there is another
an opposite explanation.
Sasha's appearance is also different from Sister Sasha... It can be understood that she is indeed not Sasha, but "the actor who plays Sister Sasha"!
So following this line of thinking, we can explain why Cain is so weak.
Because this is a grand ceremony in itself.
The essence of ritual art, a mysterious skill that transcends the path, is to replace the weak with the strong.
Through low-level "symbols", the information between the two is confused in a specific field, thus serving as a substitute for high-level things in the dream world that only looks at information!
[——Imitate what others do until they do what you do and others cannot tell the difference between the two]
Aiwass still remembers that this is the basic principle recorded on the title page of "General Rituals".
Although he has been able to use great rituals for a long time, and the Sin Scholar himself has the ability to enhance rituals, Aiwass rarely has the opportunity to use rituals. Basically, the rituals he opens are either promotion rituals or
Auxiliary ritual to seal the phantom.
Because he does not have the need to "defeat the strong with the weak." If so, the phantoms he sealed would be enough to fight against them, thus making himself the "stronger one".
Now Aiwass recalled a lot of knowledge about rituals in his mind.
A funeral is a sacred ceremony in itself.
In this way, extremely powerful souls can be put to rest. Even the dead of the fifth or even sixth level can be buried by completing the funeral ceremony.
So here comes the question...a ritual that can affect the sixth energy level in the material world, what is it imitating? And what is it confusing?
Where did the sleeping ritual used to prevent the birth of the dead come from?
Who was the first deceased to be buried? Why did its soul rest in peace? Why was the earth able to seal its soul?
"……amber."
Aiwass murmured.
——The first thing to be buried on the earth was "Taboo".
The so-called earth where the soul can rest is [Amber]!
If you put it that way... the little winged girl curled up and sleeping in the amber crystal is most likely not amber.
But [taboo]!!
The shell surrounding her is amber!
Even the taboos were buried in silence, so mortal souls naturally cannot resist this natural principle.
Since the sacredness of "funeral" is enough to involve the realm of the Pillar God... and even be a reenactment of the Pillar God's events. That means that the funeral ceremony itself can involve the Pillar God...
Thinking of this, Aiwass took another look at the pure white bust of Si Zhu with a strange smile.
"I see……"
Aiwass took a deep breath and felt a little palpitated for this promotion ceremony.
He suddenly took a few steps forward, stood under the statue of Si Zhu, and said to the silent guests:
"The host is dead... now I will host the funeral."
The young pope said in a deep voice.
Hearing this, the guests' faces once again burst into smiles.
Aiwass looked at the eldest princess Noelle: "Please give me a silver knife."
"Ceremonial knife? Okay..."
Although Noelle didn't quite understand what Mr. "Sun" was going to do, she still touched the silver plate on the table.
Her pupils shone with bright yellow light, and the silver dinner plate melted into a sharp silver ceremonial knife in her hands.
Aiwass looked around, then used it to cut his own wrists.
When the guests saw this, they became excited.
They gathered around Aiwass, but Noelle had no idea what was happening.
But the next moment, she suddenly screamed in panic——
——I saw Aiwass suddenly inserting the ceremonial knife into his eye socket and gouging out his own eyes!
"As the host of the banquet, I offer my compassionate eyes..."
Aiwass's voice became pitiful and ethereal.
Suddenly, a branch emerged from his right eye and a white flower bloomed.
"And we will offer our flesh and blood to the host of the banquet."
People said in unison: "Go to the endless feast!"
Someone knelt in front of Aiwass, guiding the blind Aiwass, and put his hand on his neck.
The next moment, Aiwass wiped out his neck with one knife.
His blood did not fall to the ground, but instead a trace of golden divine blood flew up - it was drawn out and sprinkled on the white bust of Si Zhu!
The candle icon was stained with just a little bit of blood, but it radiated brilliance.
This is definitely not something that mortal blood can do.
Noelle's pupils trembled: "This is... why?"
"Because they have eaten the flesh and blood of the host."
While Aiwass was mechanically drawing the knife to behead people, he took the time to reply in a low voice: "Now is the time to repay."
This is the ceremony of lighting candles.
"The host of the banquet wanted to go to the dream world, so he showed great mercy and held the last banquet in his life-distributing his flesh and blood to the guests."
Aiwass replied, also describing his understanding of the painting: "He held a dragon-slaying ceremony and died in a fierce battle. His flesh and blood were eaten by the dragon-slaying heroes in accordance with his last wish. That is the dragon clan's
...'Heroes' Banquet'.
"They had no hatred towards the host of the banquet, but instead admired his generosity. So after Sister Sasha completed her self-sacrifice and ascended to the dream world, these friends who had tasted dragon blood and dragon meat in the past gathered together.
"In order to allow each other to ascend to the dream world together and participate in the 'Endless Banquet' convened by the host of the banquet, they prepared a ritual - imitating and recreating Sister Sasha's ritual.
“A holy burial…a sacrifice of oneself.
"And since it is a ceremony imitating Sister Sasha, someone must be the blind host.
"She is not here to host the ball, but to bring the souls of the guests into the banquet..."
In this way, the host of the banquet will become complete again.
All the flesh and blood sacrificed in the past have been returned, and He will become more holy than before.
There's just one difference.
A piece of the host's liver was secretly hidden by one of the guests, so he never reached Consummation.
——That is not the "liver of a fool", but the "liver of the host"!
"This is not a painting with wrong details, but it is indeed 'history' that happened... I am too arrogant."
When all the guests were killed, Si Zhu was still not covered in blood.
The guests that Andrea killed did have an impact on Aiwass - without that blow, it would have been just fine.
Aiwass sighed.
He handed the blood-stained ceremonial knife to the already frightened eldest princess, and said calmly: "Have you ever skinned it? Do me a favor."
"...No, no..."
"It doesn't matter, it's not difficult. Cut off my hands, cut off my feet, peel off a piece of skin from my back, and then kill me - the remaining blood should be enough. My sacred
Sex should be enough to satisfy this ritual."
Aiwass said gently: "Don't worry, this is not your backstab... This is my own request."
"...Are you, are you preparing to be resurrected?"
The eldest princess held the ceremonial knife tightly, her hands trembling: "Kill me to...resurrection?"
Her remaining sanity prevented her from understanding Aiwass's crazy behavior: "Do you just...want to win so much?"
"If you don't have the determination to win, how can you face all the difficulties in this world?"
Aiwass asked rhetorically.
He showed an encouraging smile: "If you don't want me to get up from your body, then just try to live.
"——If I can't wake up, I will also bless you in the dream world, madam."
