Cardinal Galatea's opinion has no practical significance, but at least it can be regarded as a step for everyone - so that they do not have to surround Aiwass and admire the miracles he has summoned, but can continue to move up.
As Aiwass became the Sin Beast, the illusion previously released by Cardinal Galatea on him was broken.
Now people have clearly seen the true face of this "Mr. Pope" - although before that, everyone had actually guessed his identity, and it is impossible to return this "son of a candle"-like attitude.
Others have taken control...but now we can really open up the skylight and speak out.
Aiwass did not continue to waste mana to maintain the transformed state.
After finishing his transformation, he put on his clothes again. After a complete prayer to restore his mana, he once again placed the blessings of "Group Protection Curse", "Group Death Protection Barrier" and "Group Order Shield" on everyone
, and then they planned to move on.
This eighth floor is far from the top - it is impossible to know how many floors there were at the peak of the Tower of Babel. But since it is interrupted by the middle, and this eighth floor is not open to the air, it means that there must be more above.
With more space, it is entirely possible that there will be more and stronger demon clusters.
Therefore, it is prudent to make some defensive preparations in advance to prevent being attacked and plotted. You cannot completely trust the warning of the Drifter - you cannot put your eggs in one basket. After all, it is entirely possible that powerful enemies that cannot be predicted or detected will appear.
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After Sine was resurrected, he had no clothes to wear, so Professor Bard enthusiastically lent him his coat. The two of them were about the same size, so they could be used interchangeably.
On the one hand, the old mage was sincerely grateful for Professor Bard's kindness and generosity, but on the other hand, he was frowning and feeling uncomfortable... As a chief mage, he had never worn such poor clothes since he was born. If it hadn't been for him
Knowing that Professor Bard is an Avalonian, I'm afraid he might think that he is deliberately humiliating himself.
Although he disliked it very much, he was too embarrassed to say it. It would make him look very humiliated - which made him frown, mumble and sigh. It looked like he had encountered some problem.
But in fact, he just felt that the rough clothes were scratching his skin like a rag. He also felt a vague smell of sweat that made him feel vaguely nauseated.
This made Aiwass, who knew the inside story, almost laugh.
This is a typical cultural difference.
In the archaeological circle of Avalon, and even in the entire academic circle, Professor Bard is famous for being frugal. This dress has been worn for at least ten years, and it is specially used for field archeology. Because it is cheap
It's strong and sturdy, so you won't feel bad if it gets broken. Even though it was clean when you went out, it's definitely covered in sweat after running around for a long time.
Even if you use magic to clean it, you will still feel unclean psychologically.
And this kind of "stingy" situation is impossible to occur in Xingzhi and Narcissus.
Avalon scholars are almost all proud of their frugality. This can be regarded as a kind of political correctness... mainly due to the contempt for Lloyd's in the academic circle.
As we all know, Lloyd's Club was formed by the richest people in Avalon. They like to "sponsor" others - whether they are sponsoring scholars or knights, in order to buy influence through money.
Therefore, if a scholar is rich...unless he has money in his own family, people will probably think that he has received sponsorship from Lloyd's - some Avalonians will call it a "bribery", even though these
Scholars have no power at all.
On the other hand, if a scholar is poor enough, there are only two possibilities.
One is that Lloyd's looks down on him, and the other is that he refused Lloyd's sponsorship. The former is a representative of incompetence, while the latter is noble and noble that everyone can see. So in Avalon,
As long as a scholar or knight is in a high position, most of his life will become poor.
For example, the Great Guardian does not have many servants in his home, and he does not buy many villas and estates in other places. He does not have any expensive accessories or clothes in his home, and he has never taken little Barton on a trip.
It's not that he doesn't have money - for him, money is just a number to him. No matter what he wants to buy, as long as he mentions a number or makes a request, whether it is the old queen or Isabel, they will be satisfied.
Most of his wishes. For a big shot at this level, his wealth is basically connected to his internal money.
The reason why he is so simple is just to avoid having too bad political influence. Even if he does not receive a penny from Lloyd's, he has never looked down upon these businessmen, but as long as he looks rich, he will naturally give in.
People were worried that he had been corrupted. Old Meg always had fun with the people, and that was why she hung out in beer halls and fried chicken restaurants - even though she really liked beer and fried chicken.
The same goes for Haina - when she was in school, she also thought about buying some fashionable cosmetics or clothes, or going out for shopping. But she had no money at that time. But now she is rich and has a pretty good life.
Salary, but it is not convenient to buy the things I want.
Because of the influence of Lloyd's, an arbiter looks too rich... which is always not a good thing in people's minds.
This is not the case in Star Antimony and Narcissus. As a noble scholar, of course you should have status and money... If your life is too simple, it will appear that no nobles are willing to sponsor you, or no mage lords are optimistic about you.
.That means you have not passed the "test of the market" and have no "real talent and practical learning".
So here, the scholars led by the mages will try their best to live a prosperous and decent life. There are even many young mages who will borrow money to make themselves fat and attend various social occasions to express themselves.
Very rich. In this way, other sponsors can have more trust in him.
After all, alchemists want to make money very quickly, but this is not the case for mages - even though the top projects belong to mages, mages are famously not fond of monetizing projects, which will make them ignored by other mages.
I despise it. But research costs money...there has to be some wrongdoer to shed some blood.
In order to make the resentful people "give something, give something", the mages will even spend a large part of their future research funds on purchasing outfits to make themselves look like the mysterious temperament of the legendary archmage.
——In fact, in Aiwass' view, Professor Bard is somewhat evil-minded.
He may not be ignorant of the customs of Narcissus. He may just think that Sine is too arrogant and ignores other people, which makes the children feel uncomfortable, so he bullies the old mage with evil intentions.
In terms of effect, it is also very good.
"Do you need my help...Mr. Sine?"
The kitten looked at Sine and sighed, then cautiously approached him.
After all, it is her duty in the team to maintain mechanisms and detect traps.
Sine just glanced at her and said calmly: "The problem is not big, I can solve it... I will call you if you want to help."
This stubborn and proud tone made the kitten feel flattered for a moment.
When she met Sine on the first day, she accidentally grabbed a handful of his sleeves when he came up to talk to her. Sine snatched them back, slapped his sleeves repeatedly, and checked to see if there was any shadow left by her.
Mark, or maybe something was stolen by her. He even ignored her greetings at all, just glanced at her with disgust and caution, and left silently, reserved and distant.
This made her very hurt.
Although Trap Master is an advanced profession for assassins and thieves, she is not the kind of street thief who likes to "touch" and steal things.
She was from the Hawkeye organization. She had indeed killed people, but they were all "fallen" who were colluding with the Sons of the Moon. However, she had not performed many missions before she was recalled to the headquarters because of her talent for trap assassination.
Trained.
Now she had just left the army and was planning to come to the Narcissus Territory to hunt for the Sons of the Moon. As a result, the Narcissus Principality became independent before she could kill a few. She even sealed the customs with Iris and activated the Mage Tower to search for eagle-eyed assassins in the country.
Her movement in Narcissus was severely restricted, and she could only find ways to take orders and make some money - even so, she had never stolen anything.
...But now, after dying once, Mr. Sine looks much normal. Could it be that the resurrection of His Majesty the Pope cured his personality by the way? Or is it that the state of not communicating with others at all is considered a kind of
Disease?
"It's fixed."
Sine suddenly spoke.
Everyone gathered towards him, and Sine explained to Aiwass: "It's not a structural damage, it's a procedural error... The external tracks above the ninth floor are seriously damaged. In other words, you can only go to the ninth floor at most.
, and even the ninth floor itself may be derailed. Considering the safety margin, the lift locked the way to the ninth floor."
"In other words, if you go to the ninth floor elevator, it may be damaged?"
Aiwass translated his words.
Everyone looked at each other, and then looked at Master Chongbo.
"Oh, it's not a big problem."
The wanderer suddenly said: "It's only nine floors... If the elevator is broken, I might as well jump down. I thought it was so high."
"This floor is only thirty or forty meters high, and there are ten floors outside the top. You can't just jump off if you want."
Sine warned: "This is not the residential buildings outside. Think about it first, do we have to go up there... maybe there are traps above that cannot be dispelled, and maybe there are more powerful enemies."
"That's only less than three hundred meters," Drifter asked, "don't you have a spell that can help us solve this problem?"
"Oh, how is that possible!"
The old mage's voice suddenly rose: "It's only three hundred meters, can this be considered a difficult problem? Don't be kidding me! Even the second-level new mage can come up with at least seven or eight ideas. Who are you looking down on? Ha, Yu
Falling technique, storm channel, spring space, flexible air wall... If you want to hear it, I can tell you until tomorrow!"
Hearing this, the corners of Drifter's mouth slightly raised.
He laughed, shrugged, and looked at everyone: "Then the problem is solved, everyone. It seems that country people like me don't understand the power of magic, hahaha..."
Just now, Drifter realized through intuition... Although Sine had repaired the elevator, he didn't really want to continue going up.
Maybe it was because dying once was too painful, or maybe it was because the clothes made him feel uncomfortable. Or maybe it was because Sine had been distracted by the sapphire in the white-haired cardinal's hand... He seemed to want to go back and do it.
Something, so he always seems a little absent-minded, and he doesn't even put on airs - compared to the arrogance at the beginning, now this is his true character in his natural state.
So the wanderer took the initiative to speak up and set up Sine, preventing him from bringing up the matter of "I want to leave."
Although the subsequent path may not require this mage, this end cannot be opened.
If Sine can really walk, then others can also walk. Then if Encyclopedia wants to go and Kitty wants to go, then "Don't Say No Look" will also follow... In the end, I'm afraid there won't be a few people left in this team at all.
It would be better to just break up and be done with it.
So he kept fighting, and used a clown-like attitude to force Sine to show his "necessity". After doing this, because the old mage wanted to face him, he would not swallow his words back. This would be detrimental to other people.
It is considered safe for people.
Although Drifter is not the captain here, he is the only person who carefully looked at everyone's expressions after Aiwass revealed the form of the son of the candle. A real adventurer in his forties and fifties, and these
The extraordinary beings who occasionally come out to take orders have essentially different experiences.
Although the Pope is here, they can be resurrected even if they die... But the Drifter heard clearly that the Pope called Sine's body a "light death". In other words, resurrection is not absolute, but certain.
Difficulty varies. To say the least, if something went wrong with the Pope himself, all of them would probably die here.
Take Encyclopedia as an example - he has been wiping his sweat after he realized that Aiwass was the Eternal Pope. If he had a chance to run, he would definitely run away immediately, lest the blame would fly to his head out of thin air if something happened to the Eternal Pope.
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Think about it... The most powerful leader in the world came over to shake hands with you, went out to play a board game, and then suddenly fell to the ground and died. This would make anyone sweat profusely.
If he were outside, he would definitely be tired of being with His Majesty the Pope, but this is a dangerous relic of the Amber Age. Within half an hour after entering the door, he encountered a group of more than 600 fourth-level demons... This is not enough to escape.
Run as far as you can?
Drifters can understand him.
But the problem is that the more people run away, the more dangerous the remaining people are.
In this case, no one can run away or take advantage of others——
The Drifter's eyes, which looked drunk but were actually extremely clear, were always scanning everyone's expressions like a hawk.
——The most unstable among them is Master Sine, who has become impetuous since seeing the gem.
"Then it's up to you."
Before Sine could get angry, Aiwass continued what Drifter said: "You are the only mage here, protect yourself."
"...Well, thank you."
Sine did not dare to lose his temper with Aiwass, so he immediately calmed down and became well-behaved, and even his voice became calmer from the state of being about to break: "Thank you very much for your concern, Your Majesty the Pope. I feel sorry for myself
I am proud to be able to help you and will do my best for you.”
Aiwass smiled and nodded at Drifter.
Then he turned back to look at Sine and reminded him vaguely: "Our agreement can only be implemented after we all go back. I can choose many people, and the specific partners have not been determined yet.
"...I think that when this person does something, he has to finish this order now before he can consider the next order, right? Otherwise, I wouldn't trust that person to hand over the work to him, what if my work is also put on hold?
You think so, Archmage."
"Yes, you are right."
Sine suddenly became awe-inspiring and nodded seriously. It was as if he was not an old mage, but had returned to his youth and was being lectured by his teacher.
