The eldest princess's hands were shaking a little.
Not only has she never skinned or cut off a limb, she has never even killed anyone.
Aiwass thought with some regret and some relief.
When her slightly trembling knife tip penetrated Aiwass's skin, Aiwass realized that she was a novice. The peeling was okay, although part of the flesh was also peeled off, which made Aiwass let out an extremely
She screamed in pain...but when it came to the severed limb part, she could hardly proceed.
Perhaps it was because Aiwass's scream was so miserable that she was so frightened that she was trembling all over and had no strength to cut off Aiwass's hands. She even started crying herself.
Aiwass had no choice but to give Noelle a bloody hug. He comforted and encouraged Noelle for a while.
"Don't you want courage?"
Aiwass said gently: "Then I will give you courage."
He did not mean to speak so gently, but because of the pain of being skinned by novices before, he became too weak and lost his strength. Aiwass's pain was not diluted or weakened, otherwise the pastoral method would be lost.
effectiveness.
"...What is your name in real life?"
It was obviously the plan proposed by Aiwass himself, but after hearing his screams, Noelle still softened--or was a little frightened.
She couldn't help but said: "I will find a way to compensate you..."
Aiwass just showed a mysterious smile: "That's not necessary, Your Highness. You can't give me any compensation."
In the end, Noelle decided to be cruel.
She used her ability to balance the path to strengthen the ceremonial knife in her hand. She quickly cut through the mess and cut off Aiwass's limbs, and then cut off his head neatly.
She just didn't want to hear the wailing anymore. But such quick movements actually made the pain less.
When Aiwass's head flew out, intense pain still remained in his brain.
But he was just praying with his eyes closed, and a line of blood and tears flowed from his empty left eye socket:
"I offer the wings of freedom to the host of the banquet...
"As the host of the banquet, I offer my pure wrist...
"As the host of the banquet, I offer my dancing feet..."
In Noelle's shocked eyes, she saw the remains of Aiwass's cut off bodies flying up one after another, surrounding the colorful statue of Si Zhu, exploding and turning into a blood mist that filled the sky, dyeing Si Zhu into...
Completely scarlet.
Aiwass' flying head drew a strange arc and landed on Si Zhu's head.
One of his eyes is closed, and a pure white flower grows out of the other eye, which looks strange and compassionate.
Strips of dark sinful thorns grew out of his right eye, wrapping around Si Zhu's body, which had turned red, and finally made up for the last bright red lack in Si Zhu's body. The white Si Zhu's originally weird and joyful smile
, even after being soaked in blood, he became compassionate.
Beautiful white flowers bloomed from the black thorns, completely hiding Aiwass's head from behind.
The next moment, all the candles on Si Zhu's head also lit up, igniting pure white flames.
The light that was enough to illuminate the heaven and earth revealed a hint of iridescent light in the blood mist, looking like a sacred halo.
The bodies of the guests and musicians killed by Aiwass burst into flames at the same moment - but it was a bright red flame.
Their burning corpses suddenly got up from the ground, raising their hands as if they were holding wine glasses; they bowed or touched their chests, paying tribute to the candlestick, or Aiwass on the candlestick's head.
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Afterwards, the guests embraced each other passionately in the flames, and the musicians played a cheerful and enthusiastic final song.
Dance, dance, dance crazily——
An increasingly wild dance, a completely desperate dance.
Noelle stared at this scene blankly.
This time, their dance had no rules and no skills at all. Everyone danced according to their own ideas, and the musicians' music was no longer in sync... But this messy feeling did not give people the feeling of chaos and noisy.
The feeling, on the contrary, gave Noelle an unusual sense of shock.
Suddenly, she was pulled into the center of the dance floor by "someone".
He was a blond young man in his twenties.
There was a huge wound on his neck, but there was a warm and cheerful smile on his face.
In the royal court of Star Antimony, Noelle had never seen anyone with such a smile except the clown Lalo.
Everyone seems to have some sad story, either frowning or keeping a straight face. Everyone is thinking about everything and is always quarreling with each other.
"...why is everyone so happy?"
The eldest princess, who was pulled into a funny dance, couldn't help but ask.
But the other party did not answer her.
However, the young man was not a mindless undead - he stretched out his hand, made a gesture on his face, stroked the corner of his mouth with one hand, and smiled upward.
Then, the other party pulled her into a carnival dance.
The flames on his body did not spread to Noelle... In other words, the flames only made her feel warm. It was like putting on warm and dry clothes after being exposed to the rain.
First, the clothes on his body burned and turned invisible. Then came the skin and flesh.
When the song ended, both the guests and the musicians were left with only skeletons.
The screen began to slowly slow down and become stagnant.
Aiwass watched all this.
Although his head was severed, he was still "alive".
His body is transparent and luminous, extremely conspicuous.
But now Aiwass was standing behind Noelle, but she didn't see Aiwass.
And on the other side...
Aiwass looked at the petrified Andrea.
But her soul did not float out.
Sure enough, as long as she is not completely "killed" but is controlled using petrification, freezing, sealing, etc., she has nothing to do with this promotion ceremony.
Just like the children of the moon in the material world.
The best way to deal with immortality is to seal them away.
"only……"
Aiwass sighed in his heart.
It is indeed a candle-wielding ceremony, and it really encourages the "death" of the self.
He did not choose to sacrifice himself because he deliberately tried to figure out the thoughts of the person who asked the question. But now he is benefiting because his choice coincides with Si Zhu...
In the stagnant world, a line of words appeared in front of Aiwass again.
【Why did the guest die?】
Immediately afterwards, three doors appeared around him.
The corresponding sentences also appear below:
——[Feast], [Killing], [Judgment].
Now, he has no doubts anymore.
Aiwass, in his spiritual state, pushed open the [Feast] door without hesitation.
The next moment, the whole world turned into light.
The entire world was stripped away and condensed into a complete painting.
The crimson candle wrapped around the sin thorn shines with a bright glow.
On the scarlet stage, skeletons burning with red flames are dancing passionately and playing music. The movements of each skeleton are completely different, more like a crazy and unscrupulous dance than a social dance.
There were also skeletons who raised their wine glasses and clinked them enthusiastically. The same scarlet wine was spilled due to the fierce collision of the glasses.
That was not a banquet.
But a carnival——
[All feasts have an end. Drink the blood of fools and eat the flesh of the feaster until the feast is successful and the guests leave happily. Then, the host of the feast will be perfect again and ascend to the position of heaven. The banquet they long for will end.
It will be held again, maybe in the dream world, maybe in the future]
[——Completed, "Endless Banquet"]
Such a childish and solemn voice sounded in Aiwass' ears.