Chapter 400: The Rite of the Banquet Master
When the relics are sealed, they do not reveal any obvious characteristics of the path.
Minister Griffith has obviously not finished unsealing yet, otherwise this thing should have been "exploded" from the corpse by Lily.
Therefore, it is not surprising that the Arbitration Hall, the Inspectorate, and the Inspectorate have checked back and forth three times without finding out - after all, no one dares to do anything with the icon casually. They probably didn't dare to touch it.
Although the number of the Nine Pillar Gods and Celestials is limited, the number of apostles is not small.
The Church of the Nine Pillars of God allows the worship of all the current Nine Pillars God and the apostles to which the Nine Pillars God belongs, and does not restrict the belief in the Celestial Division and the Celestial Apostles. Only the dwarves are guilty of making formal sacrifices to the Celestial Division and their apostles, or simply initiating sacrifices.
- There are so many apostles, who knows which apostle is lawful and which is lawless?
Maybe some inconspicuous icon is actually the face of the Heavenly Division and even the Nine Pillars God in the mortal world, or the incarnation that was once used!
For example, if there is an icon of Arthur the silver-crowned dragon in the middle of the room, and then there is an icon of Xiong Tianji in a higher place, which is level with the icon of another god of the Nine Pillars, it is undoubtedly blasphemous. And if you don't have a deep grasp of religious studies, it is possible to recognize Arthur as a knight under the command of the Silver Crowned Dragon, and thus throw away Arthur's icon along with Xiong Tianji's icon.
No matter how you deal with it, it's easy to have a big accident.
Therefore, according to the process, this kind of matter is usually handled by professionals from the Church of the Nine Pillars.
Now Iwass came in in under that name — and there was no doubt that he was a professional.
It's easy to search for evidence, even if there is no evidence. Ivas knew that, and so did Lygia.
Ivas first feasted with Lily and Rigia at Griffith Manor, filling himself to a full stomach, and drinking a lot of wine until he smelled of it.
When night fell, Ivas told Regia to seal all the windows and doors and draw the curtains. This creates an artificially dim environment, allowing only a ray of moonlight to fall in front of the icon.
Then he told Lizia and Lily to retreat away and stay on guard.
Lygia was clearly intrigued, too.
She had already discovered that Ivus was very knowledgeable in religion and rituals. At least help her preside over the big ceremony of "molting and rejuvenating", which ordinary priests will definitely not be able to do.
Under the watchful eyes of Lygia and Lily behind her, Ehuas, who smelled of wine, solemnly lit a candle, sprinkled a pinch of black pearl powder in front of the icon, and then removed all his clothes in front of the candlelight, and stood in the moonlight—a necessary step in the ritual, a process that must be witnessed by multiple witnesses of the opposite sex.
Two people is already a minimum case.
Ivas was able to choose the best candidate, that is, Lygia, who could actually be his grandmother, and Lily, who was too familiar with him.
And there are many ways to open a holy relic. It can be forcibly unsealed using some complex rituals, or it can be directly called to the apostle himself to unseal it. In those folk knight stories, the brave man obtained the holy sword and was recognized by the holy sword, in fact, the knight himself noticed and recognized the perseverance and courage of the brave, so as to complete the unsealing.
Put it in the game, it's a task that is not too troublesome to unblock.
But as long as you can receive this task from the apostle himself, it can actually be regarded as a preliminary unsealing. At least this one itself can be used and equipped, but the equipment attributes and suit attributes are not completely liberated.
- In other words, Ivas now only needs to call for Sister Sasha to come in person.
This is something that Minister Griffith, as a lawyer and blood mage, can't do, but it's easy for Ivus as a priest.
Ivas took out a glass of fine wine—the same he had taken from Griffith's house. Because it was of the best quality, Evaste did not drink it, but left it to Sister Sasha.
Then, Ivus bit the middle finger of his left hand and poured a drop of blood and two points of light-attribute mana into the wine.
The middle finger symbolizes the ether, while the middle finger of the left hand belongs to the light. Mana injected into this non-storage material is very easy to drain quickly. So Evas immediately drank half of the wine of blood and poured the remaining half on top of the icon.
Soon, the black thread that covered the icon was soaked with blood and wine.
While the icon also exuded a slightly drunken aura, it began to shone faintly with a dull golden glow.
At the same time, Ivus began to chant: "I solemnly call to you, soloist of the three phases!"
"The god of holy numbers is one, the god of death and fertility, the god of ignorance for a long time - like the moon and the eternal me!"
As Ivus chanted, he suddenly had a very strong fragrant smell on his body.
Like the best barbecue and like the best wine, Lily and Lygia, who were watching it all from a distance, suddenly felt a strong attraction. If it weren't for the fact that they had already eaten a full meal, I am afraid that they would now be ravaged by that extremely strong appetite and crush their reason.
Ivus's pupils lit up with a dark red glow, and cold sweat soaked from his back, a liquid as pale red as fine wine.
"I beg you to descend in the moonlight!
"I'm Ivas Moriarty! I am the sweetest fruit and the strongest wine.
"Peel off the skin and drink to your heart's content. I will be alone in the moonlight, alone in the bushes of thorns.
"Pray me and the Lord of the Apostolic Feast to answer me—"
Evas prayed, "Please give me lust and flesh!" ”
Prayer to the Eternal Self has many directions, just as the path of love has multiple branches such as the Blood Realm and the Shadow Realm. And Ivas prayed in a well-fed and drunken manner, and he called the feaster to respond, so that he could only respond to the feaster.
Because Mother Sasha was not a true apostle, it was not possible to point the sacrifice directly at her.
But the host of the feast was able to see Ivas praying in front of the icon of Mother Sasha, so he knew that Ivas was not looking for him. So I asked Sister Sasha to come in person.
Sure enough.
Ivas immediately felt dizzy, and the whole person fell forward, and immediately lost consciousness.
Lily subconsciously rushed over, trying to hold Ivus back.
But she had barely taken a few steps before she stopped.
The icon in front of Ivus shone with a dazzling blood light—and the next moment, a translucent, gentle nun emerged from it, holding Ivas in her arms, who had fallen forward.
- It's not a séance, it's a real body coming directly!
She wears a black silk blindfold, black silk gloves, and a heavy nun garment.
She embraced Ivus tenderly and straightened his head.
Then he gently touched his head, from the back of his head to the back of his neck. A burst of blood-colored light flowed down her touch into Ivus's body.
Immediately afterward, Ivus was vaguely awakened.
He was "awakened".
He felt his mind clear, his blood full and boiling—his whole being was like a stimulant, full of vitality and desire, and the blood vessels in his scalp and neck were visibly bulging and beating. Rationality, on the other hand, has weakened significantly, and the speed of thinking and the degree of calmness have decreased significantly. This is a temporary exhaustion that will take more than a day to recover.
The whole body became red, like the cheeks of a very shy man; Or it can also be said to be the general of opening the Eight Doors Dunjia. Under the high-speed agitation of the abundant qi and blood, the muscles of Aihuas's whole body bulged high, and even had an obvious physiological reaction. Luckily, he had his back to Lily and the others, so at least he wouldn't be seen as rude.
The moment Ivas opened his eyes, Sister Sasha had vanished like a hallucination.
The ones who can confirm that she is not hallucinating are Lizia and Lily, who are watching from the sidelines!
That's why the ritual must have witnesses - without witnesses, Ivas would only dream big and wake up with no effect other than temporarily depleting his reason to restore his blood to its peak state as much as possible.
But at the moment......
In the place where the nun disappeared, above the icon...... But there is a pure white butterfly dancing solo.
In the moonlight, it reflects the purest and most holy white light.
Only a beam of moonlight poured into the walls of the room, reflecting countless butterfly-like moonlight reflections, which looked like a group of butterflies dancing together.
(End of chapter)