Aiwass has already performed the art of shepherding essence once, and now Aiwass's transcendent power is far stronger than before. Therefore, the preparation for this ceremony has become much smoother.
He entered the underground ritual room of the Palace of Silver and Tin and carefully carved the magic circle engraved on the Book of Laws.
On the eight-pointed star formed by two overlapping squares, the name of any nine-pillar god was not engraved. Instead, "Aiwas" was written on each corner in eight different languages.
In different languages, write words of praise for Aiwass above or below each side.
The ceremonial wine was also cooked by Aiwass himself.
Different from the previous ritual wine used by Shadow Demon, the essence of this pastoral care is fire attribute, and the intensity is higher. Therefore, cinnamon no longer meets the requirements of the ritual - this time Aiwass found a barrel of good sherry.
, throw it into the cauldron.
After half an hour of slow cooking over low heat, ginseng, dried Sichuan peppercorns, dried chili peppers, and phosphorus powder from the Flame-Contrary Butterfly were added to it.
The originally yellow wine liquid now turned as bright red as blood.
Aiwass put the scalding wine into the crystal wine glass and threw the amethyst eight-sided die carved by himself into it.
After blessing Lily before, some dark stains appeared on the die. They didn't seem to be stains, but they looked like they had been stained with blood.
At that moment, the wine made a hissing sound like quenched metal.
A sun-like golden glow bloomed from it, and the dice seemed to have become the core of the sun.
Aiwass placed another chair in the middle of the ritual array - when the wine cooled down and the light ceased, the ceremony was ready.
There are no candles or other sources of light.
In the dark space, Aiwass sat naked on the chair, closing his eyes to adjust his emotions.
Aiwass tried hard to make himself arrogant and aloof - he imagined in his mind that he was blooming with light like the sun, illuminating the darkness.
So, even though Aiwass didn't use lighting at all... his body gradually began to glow.
It's not pure white like lighting, it's reminiscent of a soft and delicate light like milk.
It's like the colorful light that separates after the sun passes through the glass window.
The light was much weaker, even a little dim.
Aiwass slowly opened his eyes, his temperament becoming sacred and solemn.
——At this moment, I am God.
The beast is the apostle.
He looked like a glazed tile mural in a church, exuding light with broken colors.
At this time, Yulia knelt obediently in front of Aiwass, holding the wine in the wine glass with both hands, and simultaneously injected fire-attributed mana.
When the wine was filled with energy, it once again emitted brilliant light. At this time, the colorful rainbow light on Aiwass' body became more and more conspicuous, and a halo of light even formed behind him.
Aiwass took a deep breath.
He raised his hand slightly and caught the Flame-Contrary Butterfly.
Put it in your mouth.
As Aiwass chewed slowly, the flames that his body could not bear completely burst out from his body.
Aiwass's body was washed out with cracks, and the golden-red eternal fire ignited from his body surface, as if he was wearing a flame cloak. The wooden seat under him was also ignited and turned into flames.
throne.
At this time, his eyes were burned by the out-of-control flames until they melted, but Aiwass did not cry out in pain.
Because at this moment Aiwass only felt like he was dead - his perspective appeared above and behind "Aiwass", floating in the air, almost completely separated from the perception of the body.
He tried to reach out his hand forward, and the hollow body below also raised his hand simultaneously.
"I am your shepherd, so that you will not be in want."
A brilliant and hollow voice in the void overlapped with the hoarse whisper of the body below.
A thorn as black as carbon was drilled out of Aiwass's right eye, and a white flower was pulled out from it.
He pinched the vine hard, drew it out with dark red sticky blood, and pulled it out of his brain!
The white flower suddenly burst into flames, but the black thorn remained as silent as ice.
Aiwass turned it over, like holding a quill, and pointed the black thorn at Yulia.
He wrote the name "Aiwass" on Yulia's forehead.
Yulia watched Aiwass the whole time.
There was no worry or heartache that should have appeared in her eyes - the ritual required her to look up to Aiwass like a believer looking at a god, and no other distracting thoughts should appear in her mind.
Yulia, who is rational, can perfectly fulfill the requirements of the ceremony.
Along with the writing, there was a wisp of sparks, and it burned after all the words were written - and also set Yulia's pure white hair on fire, but it did not hurt her.
Yulia didn't feel any heat or pain, only warmth.
Aiwass, whose body was almost burned into the shape of rotten wood, let go slightly.
The burning white flowers in her hands fell into the sun-like wine glass held in Yulia's hands.
The black thorns disintegrated in the wine, while the white flowers burning with flames suddenly expanded——
Golden-red flames burned from the wine glass!
"Here, I give you grace, hope, and bliss."
The sound made by Aiwass's body is getting closer and closer to the laziness of the Paraflame Butterfly. The sound overlaps with the sacred and glorious sound in the void, declaring: "Asking for nothing in return."
The next moment, the most powerful flame burst out from the wine glass with a roar.
Like fireworks, they bloomed on Yulia’s face!
In an instant, the flames began to spread from her body in all directions.
The entire ritual array was ignited with flames. Every name of Aiwass and words of praise for Aiwass were burned together.
In the space, it seemed as if countless overlapping prayers were echoing at the same time - as if countless Yulias were chanting Aiwass's name and praising Him in different languages at the same time.
——The essence of the art of shepherding essence is the method of false gods.
Simulate gods, simulate apostles, simulate believers who worship gods.
At this moment, Yulia is not "a" believer, but the representative and incarnation of all "believers of Aiwass".
Therefore, the power she was given was also the sum of these believers——
Yulia was not afraid of the flames in the cup, but suddenly raised her head and drank the still burning flames in the cup!
She held the eight-sided dice in the wine in her mouth - and at this moment, the burning white flowers were wrapped around the dice.
The white flower was outside Yulia's mouth, and it looked like she had bitten a flower.
And in the fierce flames, the white flower gradually withered and closed up. At some point, it turned into a butterfly cocoon.
The next moment, a flame butterfly struggled out of the cocoon shell turned into white flowers, and the cocoon shell turned into ashes.
——That is the Flame-Contrary Butterfly!
It is as bright as a heated metal that is about to be forged. Even in the sea of fire, you can see it shining.
It flew and landed on Yulia's head. It looked like a butterfly hairpin on her white hair.
Through this ceremony, Yulia and the Butterfly of Flame Rebellion once again established a close connection.
Then, Yulia put down the wine glass. At the same time, she lowered her head and spit out the dice in her mouth.
The eight-sided dice turned gurglingly and finally stopped on the number "8".
——Compared to before, the black marks on the dice have expanded a bit.
At this time, the moment the dice stopped, a dark red mark representing "infinity" appeared on the ritual array. Two rings suddenly enveloped Aiwass and Yulia, and the flames in the entire room
Everyone was sucked into the mark, including Aiwass and Yulia.
When all the flames are sucked into it, the mark disappears immediately.
The ceremony was a success.
The next moment, Aiwass and Yulia formed a strong sense of bondage in their hearts.
Just like the feeling between Aiwass and Lily - even stronger. There is no need for the Paraflame Butterfly to pass the message like a night devil, Aiwass can directly sense Yulia's state, and even initiate a fight with her.
comminicate.
...just like the relationship between gods and believers.
As if going back in time, Aiwass, who was almost burned into a skeleton, ignited a pure white fire of regeneration, and his skin and flesh regenerated rapidly. The traces of the ritual array being roasted by the fire gradually disappeared, and only the chair under Aiwass changed.
Turned into blackened charcoal.
And Aiwass also "landed" back to his body from the groggy feeling of healing.
After a while, he gradually woke up from the indifferent perspective of being like a god.
Only then did he realize that Yulia had immediately put a cloak on him.
...Is this child actually worried that he will catch a cold?
Aiwass was a little helpless, but also a little moved.
"How about it, Yuri?"
He opened his mouth and asked Yulia who was happily experimenting with her new power.
The girl was as excited as if she had gotten a big toy, and her eyes were bright: "I have to try again, brother!"
"Okay, you guys get along well."
Aiwass was very pleased.
At this time, the Flame-Contrary Butterfly stayed on Yulia's head, disguised as a bow.
He randomly drew a card and summoned the Night Demon out of habit.
The next moment, Aiwass was suddenly stunned.
——Because the bow on Yulia’s head has not disappeared.
