"I say, old thing."

Oswald on the side squinted his eyes and said without a beginning or a tail: "Although you also have your difficulties, this time it is a bit too much." We're going to have to write it down. ”

"It should."

The upright face of the national character face elf just nodded solemnly: "Anyway, I've already worked hard, and the rest has nothing to do with me." ”

At this point, he looked at Ivus and whispered, "Be careful lately, Bishop Moriarty. If there's nothing special, don't go out...... Churches don't have to go either. Where the candle flame shines, it is the sanctuary of the candle. ”

Although it seems strange that a butler is pointing out the church and faith to a bishop...... But if you know that the other party is the papal guard, then this seems very reasonable.

"Don't always talk about young master. Be careful yourself, old thing......"

Oswald walked over and unceremoniously pressed Diomedes on the back, as if pushing him away.

Diomedes obediently followed Oswald away...... If nothing else, when they left Moriarty Manor, Oswald should have asked him something.

And when the old butler left with the other butler, old James looked back at Ivas with interest: "Did you notice something?" Can you tell your dad when you felt something was wrong? ”

Ivus didn't answer, but asked, "Then why didn't you attend the banquet?" ”

"Don't answer questions with questions, Evas."

James' body leaned back against the couch, the corners of his mouth slightly raised.

But he still gave the answer in a good temper.

"Because those things are too troublesome for me. Since the invitation has been declined, it is not good to eat and drink again. ”

The corners of Professor Moriarty's mouth rose slightly, and he said calmly: "Dad, did this satisfy your curiosity?"

"So back to the question just now - when did you notice that something was wrong, and why did you refuse so firmly?"

Eivas's heart was suddenly clenched by invisible pressure.

From Professor Moriarty's words alone, it seems that he is just talking about the engagement banquet of the royal marriage.

What he refused seemed to be just an invitation from Queen Sophia......

But Ivus could understand what he meant:

What old James rejected was the rebellious invitation of the Droist men.

But even if he made his position clear and did not stand on the side of those traitors and rebels, Drost still did not dare to do anything to old James...... That performance can even be said to be jealous.

And from another point of view, the adoptive father is not on the side of the royal family.

In the plot of the game, James is also hidden throughout the whole process. At least until version 4.0, there was nothing wrong with James. After Ivas and Isabel fled to the Church, Oswald, James, and Edward disappeared without realizing it.

Since then, Edward has been with James throughout.

And the speed at which his strength is increasing is almost the same as opening a hang...... There are always some special benefits to be gained from the catastrophe of the end of the world.

- When Edward becomes a supporting character with lines and dubbing again, he will already be the main boss of version 6.0.

Although the adoptive father is theoretically the final boss, strictly speaking, the adoptive father has not entered the book at all - he is a mechanical kill outside of combat.

That was the last mainline quest in version 6.0, and the last quest played before Ivus crossed over.

Ivas remembers the performance of that copy, and still remembers it clearly.

The final boss of that dungeon is the blackened Edward.

He fused the dragon heart of the Calamity Demon Dragon, held the tainted broken sword "Sword in the Stone", and absorbed three Celestial Fragments to become extremely powerful.

After the players fought hard to defeat the extremely strong Edward, what no one expected was ...... Professor Moriarty, who was previously thought to be a conspirator, suddenly appeared and easily intercepted the player's mending.

But James was not as deep and gentle as usual, but became crazy and gloomy, and his originally straight back became rickety.

He claimed that Ivas had been his man from the very beginning, and tried to persuade Ivus to rebel.

The professor states that "his great work" is nearing the end and that there is no longer a need for "player" - the "player" here will show the player's own name, apparently referring to the player.

But at this time, Ivus seemed hesitant. He wants to go with James, but tries to intercede with the player.

This cowardly act of hesitation annoyed the somewhat insane James.

He attacks the player directly, trying to kill them and take something from him.

Professor Moriarty's power is unusually powerful - his attacks freeze time and turn the whole world into an "anti-color".

The player uses the artifact given by the Sandwatch to prop up the shield in order to circle a small area with difficulty and fight against him.

At this moment, Edward, who had just recovered from his near-death state, directly overdrew his strength and used instant death spells to launch a sneak attack on the player.

That instant-and-death sorcery was a core mechanic in Edward's dungeon.

Edward had a sevenfold self, that is, six clones that appeared and disappeared at any time. Any damage inflicted on the main body will be spread over all the other parts present, and the main body will not lose health if it is invincible.

Although it can deal damage to clones, if the clone dies, Edward will channel and re-summon a new full-health clone.

Players must use the twin mirror's artifacts to create overlapping and chaotic spaces, and not allow Edward's other spells to destroy those fragile spaces, which can be destroyed by the ray if the angle of the mirror is too large.

The instant death ray, which is only released by Edward's main body when it is finally induced, hits another doppelganger of Edward who is present at the same time after repeated refraction.

If hit by this ray, the player character will instantly die ignoring the resistances and cannot be revived in combat.

Since the rays disappear when they kill a person, you can block the rays by sacrificing a minion if the mirror angle is not right or there aren't enough of them.

However, even if it is a summoned creature, it cannot be summoned again in this battle after blocking this ray and dying. In terms of the game setting, it is "permanently killed".

Based on this feature, this mechanism can be cracked - the clone hit by this ray will also not be able to be summoned by Edward again. This will result in a clone being permanently killed.

Repeat this six times to remove all clones before you can damage the main body. After that, Edward will become a dragon with a stronger desire to attack...... But without the special mechanic, it was much easier to fight, and it was quickly killed by the players, and then it entered the unskippable settlement CG - that is, the part where James appeared.

The power of Edward's Deathray came from the Calamity Dragon, the corrupted self that the Silver Crowned Dragon had been tainted and cut off. His power is unrivaled even by the artifact given by the Sand Chronometer.

And at this moment, Ivus, who was standing next to him and didn't know what to do, suddenly noticed this scene.

He could interrupt the spell by killing the dying Edward directly, but Ivus was unwilling to kill Edward and had no ability to block the spell.

This is because the Twin Mirror artifact that can refract death rays is on the player's body, not on "Ehuath".

After hesitating, Ivus resolutely blocked the player's body at the last moment, using his body to block the attack.

Professor Moriarty is furious, and before he can go berserk, the player is urgently teleported back by another friendly boss - in the plot, there is only one player, and there are no player "people". All of these enemies were actually killed by the player alone.

Therefore, after the death of Ehuas, there is only one person left in the team, and there is still a chance if one person is rescued. So at the moment when Aihuas's internal and external protection was shattered, he was teleported away by the friendly boss.

- That's all the details that Ivus remembers about the death of Ivus.

It was engraved in Eivus's mind like a knife and an axe.

Ivas didn't really know Professor Moriarty's purpose and abilities. This is obviously 6. The content of X's follow-up plot...... But when Ivus crossed, the game hadn't been updated to this part at all.

If he had to confirm that he was dead with his own eyes, he wouldn't even be able to confirm that "Ivus" was dead - because the player didn't even have time to hold Ivus's corpse and shout a couple of words, only saw the back that instantly became tattered and shattered......

Players generally believe that Ivus is dead, mainly because the BGM at the time suddenly became sad and gave a slow-motion close-up.

Although the death was very sloppy, the atmosphere was set here, and it would be rude if he didn't die in the end.

Ewas, who was almost a prophet of the future, knew nothing about his adoptive father. And the unknown brings fear.

So since Ivas awakened the memories of his previous life, he has been very wary of his adoptive father.

Edward, who was in the current world line of Ivance, was not taken away by Professor Moriarty.

As a result, he looked like a mediocre fourth-level lawyer, and he didn't see anything special at all.

Then it was obvious that the special man was Moriarty, not Edward at all.

Now it seems that Professor Moriarty was also involved in the "Cruel Autumn" incident in the past.

Was it because his adoptive father suddenly faked his death and left Avalon because he saw through Ivus's changes and didn't intend to get involved in the plan again? Or did he want to leave Ivas so that Ivas could play freely and observe his changes?

Seeing that Ivas didn't reply for a long time, Professor Moriarty only showed a gentle smile: "Well, then I understand."

"—do you need me to help you, Evas?"

Now hearing his adoptive father's words, Ivas only felt a chill all over his body.

He must have guessed!

He may have even guessed that he was another "Aihuas......

Now all he needs to do is reveal his identity as a promoter, and he will die for it.

Professor Moriarty in this promotion ceremony immediately realized that Ivas was wrong just because his tone of refusal was too resolute. But he was still kindly asking Ivas what he should do. It's like a father who plays games with his kids......

Since Professor Moriarty has been simulated, he can easily see that the "Ivus" whose core is also Ivas has been replaced.

So, Professor Moriarty in reality......

…… Would he really not realize that Ivas had awakened the memories of his past life that day?

Ivas recalls that when he had just awakened the memories of his past life, and had not even sorted out the memories, he asked his adoptive father to help him find the ropes on the gallows and the nails on the heads of the deceased who had been tortured by the chariots, claiming that they were "the ritual of sealing the Shadow Demon from an ancient book".

He was complacent about his understanding of the Transcendental, believing that his adoptive father couldn't have known how to seal the Shadow Fiend - because even the Star Antimony people didn't know.

At that time, Eivus acted quite arrogantly and unscrupulously. It wasn't until his adoptive father and Sherlock faked their deaths one after another and Oswald disappeared that he began to feel the pressure and restrain himself a little.

…… But now that I think about it, my adoptive father specifically hinted to him at that time not to use human materials, which would trigger the sin of "heavenly sin".

At the time, Ivas could only understand that it was a coincidence.

Now think about it......

Perhaps back then, the adoptive father should have realized that Ivas was wrong.

It's just that he didn't say anything.

Just like now, he smiled calmly and looked at Eivus.

Don't you care?

Or can't Ivus influence him?

Or is it all under his control?

Ivas didn't know how strong his adoptive father was, what he was going to do, or what he knew. He drove Diomedes away, partly to protect Ewas, and partly to hope that only he would know about it.

…… Such a strong sense of oppression.

Ivus felt like she was going to sweat.

He didn't even know whether he should respond to Professor Moriarty's inquiries.

If such Moriarty is a chess player...... And who will he play against?

For some reason, Ivas's grandfather's name popped into his mind.

—Jacob.

If there is someone that the professor can't predict or control, I'm afraid it's the only one......

Ivus hesitated for a moment, but nodded slowly and spoke: "There are indeed some ...... If the father wants to. ”

"Say it, Iwas."

Professor Moriarty smiled softly, "If you can, Dad will try to help you." If not, you can't ......"

Speaking of this, he smiled and said slowly, "Dad will also tell you why not."

"Mr. Ivas Moriarty...... My cute little key. ”

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