I witnessed how Ivus easily sealed the fifth-level Earth Binding Spirit into a small tarot card.

Sherlock, who was watching from the sidelines, was shocked.

One could even say dumbfounded.

“…… How exactly do you do that? ”

Sherlock was puzzled.

Because this is completely contrary to Sherlock's common sense - the transcendent path, the suppression of the superior over the inferior is very obvious.

Many abilities are significantly weaker across one energy level, and neutralized across two energy levels. Those cases of the so-called defeat of the strong by the weak either avoid the suppressed ability in some way, or in fact, the weak person holds the fragment or inheritance of the stronger one, and is stronger than the strong in a particular field.

But the ritual of Ivas can be said to be incompatible.

- That is clearly the "ceremony" of transcending the path!

I didn't see Ivus use any force stronger than the Earthbound Spirit to suppress her...... Ivas prayed to Amber, but it couldn't have been Amber himself helping him!

Even if the Earthbound Spirit had left voluntarily, it would have been nearly impossible to contain the power so perfectly.

All of her existence and power were confined to this small ordinary card, and nothing was leaked out. This is the perfect seal - the power of the Wisdom Path allows Sherlock to analyze keenly that as long as Evas does not take the initiative to lift the complex seal on this card, the Earthbound Spirit will never be able to get out.

And looking at Ivus's proficiency, this is obviously not the first time for him.

"How many of these cards did you get?"

Sherlock couldn't help but ask.

Ivus smiled and said, "Secret." And not to get, but to make. ”

- As long as Sherlock doesn't know that he only has four cards, he will look extremely tall and mysterious.

"Just as I have given you the rites of the conversion of Mithra. As you have also said, I also have the nature of the path of wisdom. But I knew about this ritual, but I didn't use it on myself...... That's naturally because I have better career options. ”

Ivas said seriously, "Aren't you curious about my career beyond the path for a long time? Scholar of Grave Sins – that's my profession. ”

Although Iwass is not yet now, he can take out a loan ruthlessly.

Anyway, it's just two more advances.

“…… The Scholar of Mortal Sins sounds a lot like the Demon Scholar. But it's different. ”

Sherlock muttered, "You don't have a natal demon, but you do have the ability to make cards." That card is the Grim Reaper of tarot cards, and I'm afraid you can have up to 22 of these cards according to this reasoning...... Summon the twenty-two Phantom Followers you have captured? The ceiling of this profession is so powerful......"

Although he couldn't see the attributes of the [Follower Card: Earthbound Spirit], judging from the previous conversation between Ivas and Alice, the Earthbound Spirit, he could probably guess that Ivas wanted to take the Earthbound Spirit away. And looking at his proud appearance now, you know that he must have succeeded.

But Sherlock breathed a sigh of relief when he heard that Ivas wasn't a demonic scholar.

He now recognized Eivers more and more.

When investigating Edward before, Sherlock didn't feel the thrill of getting closer to the truth. Instead, there is an inexplicable irritability...... It's as if something instinctively warns you to try to stay away from the truth.

At that time, Sherlock relied entirely on the persistent belief that the newborn calf is not afraid of tigers, and the rebellious psychology of anger - the more uncomfortable I am, the more I have to deal with this - and finally forcibly found out the black history and criminal evidence of the Moriarty family.

But he wasn't happy at the time.

That emotion, Sherlock argues, is called remorse.

Now, he was reluctant to investigate Ivace anymore. However, Her Majesty has been gracious to him, and the family has been loyal to Avalon for generations. It stands to reason that he should also guarantee that Ivas will not become the next Minister of Drost...... And now, he finally has an investigation that he can convince himself and give to the queen.

Ivus didn't shy away from Sherlock when he prepared the ritual materials, and even the process of collecting the swamp precipitate was with him.

Sherlock could clearly see that Ivas had not used any human materials the entire time.

- Compared to the evil and fallen demon scholars, and the dangerous and mysterious enchanter mages, it seems that the Mortal Sin Scholar is a cleaner profession on the way to transcendence.

Compared to this, it is not difficult to capture the illusion.

"Next time," Sherlock whispered, reaching out and pressing his newsboy hat, "I mean—anytime you need to come to me." I can help you get what you want...... Undead? Or I can help you investigate the information you want. ”

He wasn't quite sure what the scope of Aiwas's arrest was. Only judging by the results, Ivus can at least capture the undead.

Aihuas's eyes lit up: "That's good." ”

He didn't shirk it at all, but happily agreed.

Rather, that's what he shared his secret with Sherlock for.

Although Eivas occasionally seemed smarter than Sherlock by relying on his vision and intelligence advantages, Eivas still clearly knew in his heart how many pounds and taels he had. With the ability to analyze using the available intelligence, he is much weaker than Sherlock.

Moreover, Sherlock will further improve his level on the path of wisdom, and his brain will become better and better......

The smarter and more capable his secretary is, the easier it will be for Evas.

But before leaving, Ivas told Sherlock to try not to tell anyone else about his profession - Sherlock understood that "as much as possible" meant to be able to talk, but not to talk nonsense.

This is probably the reason why Ivas did not shy away from Liz the griffon the whole time.

Although Liz can't speak yet, she will soon be fully developed. What she knew by then, Haina must have known too.

After capturing Alice, Ivas flew back to Cape Eagle Village with Sherlock and Liz on him.

He had thought that he would have to walk the road into the village again, and that he would have to wait until dusk to enter the village...... As a result, I found that I could fly directly back to the village.

They didn't drag their way at all, and it was just noon when they flew back.

"Maybe it's because a villager invited us to spend the night, or maybe a villager just accepted us," Sherlock analyzed softly, "so we're identified as our own."

"This is more normal, otherwise it will be difficult for the courier to deliver a letter here - every time it arrives, it is dusk, it will always be detected as abnormal, and it is easy to run into wild hunts. Khaina, too, was obviously not dusk when she went home, otherwise she wouldn't have bought a train ticket to arrive early in the morning. ”

"That's right."

Ivas agreed.

The materials for the New Moon Ritual are much more difficult to assemble than for the Full Moon Ceremony. Although it can be replaced, it is not something that can be found randomly.

The standard crescent ritual requires a living petrel, the heart of a deer that just died today, a miniature wax figure of a philosopher, a snake, a handful of black salt, a penis of a horse, a fed mouse, an oyster, and a mirror.

Among them, petrels can be replaced by pigeons or sparrows, as long as they can fly; Oysters can be replaced with pearl oysters or other shellfish. A horse's penis can also be air-dried; The serpent does not insist on being alive, but it must remain soft...... Therefore, Ivus also bought a few sticks to soak in the wine, and brought them with them.

The most difficult to find is undoubtedly the heart of the deer.

But there is a substitute for the heart of a deer, and that is the heart of a lamb. Lily and Haina are going to bagpipe to buy sheep - catch some rats and come back, there are no rats in Eagle Headland. As a result, Ivas came back a little faster than they did.

Before they returned, Ivas and Sherlock began sketching out the circle needed for the promotion ceremony from the room on the second floor of Hayna's house.

There are three people to advance in this crescent moon ceremony - Ivas and Lily are two into three, and Hayna is three into four.

Three to four meant advancing her profession, and Hayna was going to move from Overseer to Arbiter.

Ivas also dissuaded Haina, telling her to wait for them together. I can't wait long anyway......

However, Haina reluctantly said that this was what her teacher meant.

Lycia requires her to pass a crescent moon ceremony alone in order to be considered a formal pass. Before that, Hayna had lived the full moon ceremony, and she had never experienced the new moon ceremony at all.

But Lygia believes that the difficulties that Hayna will face are far more dangerous and abrupt than that. She must have the ability to face sudden difficulties and solve them, and she must also survive the battle of wits and courage between people and the tragic battles.

At that time, Haina did not quite understand what she had to do in the future to be more dangerous than the three-in-four crescent moon ceremony...... But now she understands.

- If Haina is the successor of the "Great Arbiter", then she really needs to have such qualities.

If she can't even protect herself, won't she be so nervous that her stomach hurts when she protects a country?

In the face of that kind of responsibility, he was promoted from the Crescent Moon Field to the fourth energy level by himself...... It doesn't seem to be a big deal at all.

Haina needs to be stronger than that, far more personal than that.

Originally, Ivas thought that this might be difficult.

But when Ivas realized that Haina was the leader of the future Hyena Gang, and even had a small fragment of Lancelot I's soul in his body...... He also thought that Haina might be able to do it. Old Meg's eyes are indeed vicious, which can be seen.

Haina has that talent, but lacks some of the pressure that squeezes her talent out.

This time being alone in the face of a crescent moon ritual that she has never experienced before can give her this kind of pressure - the punishment of the crescent moon ritual is usually one level higher than that of the full moon ceremony, and the cost of "death" can already occur frequently in three and four, and the least is also the damage to the soul and the inability to advance to the fifth energy level in the future.

- In other words, Lygia is asking Hayna to kill.

Not for justice, not for Queen, not for Avalon, not in the name of law and protection. There is no excuse to shirk responsibility, but to kill others mercilessly – and as many as you can, as many as you can, for the sake of your own growth, your own interests, in the crescent moon ritual without partners.

The future arbiter must not be a soft-hearted and hesitant person.

She must be ruthless, iron-fisted and cold-blooded enough to be able to withstand internal and external troubles.

Iwass is looking forward to it.

Wait for the sun to rise tomorrow and come alive from this promotion ceremony...... How much growth there will be.

(End of chapter)