Shepherd Tantra

Chapter 1100 Hermes and Hercules
Hearing this, Aiwass was stunned for a moment: "Then...how many wives does Hermes have?"

"Of course it's just me."

Haibasha said nonchalantly, "I have been with him since his teenage years, until he died completely. When I first knew him, he was about the same age as he is now."

Looking at the little girl who was not even as tall as his waist saying such words seriously, Aiwas was speechless for a moment.

I always feel a weird sense of dislocation.

——It feels like Sherlock’s ancestors deserved to be handcuffed.

Haibasha glanced at Aiwas and said unhappily: "I know what you want to ask - Sherlock's lineage's inheritance comes from Gray Tiansi.

"He inherited many powers of Hermes, including his art of deception and theft. He can transform himself into any appearance... whether it is a man, a woman, an old man, a child, a cow, a sheep, an insect, a bird, or a cloud of mist, a mountain, or a lake."

"Isn't Gray Tiansi your child?"

Aiwass was a little confused. Why did even Haibasha call him Gray Tiansi? "Why don't you just call him by his name? And... is he a man or a woman?"

Both Hypatia and Arthur referred to Gray Tiansi as "he", and the Lord of Scales and Feathers directly referred to him as "the son of Hermes". Aiwass also clearly remembered that although one of Gray Tiansi's forms was a beautiful woman fused with a spider... she was actually a man.

But before, Hypatia had called Gray Sky the identical twin of Croxus. Aiwass was not sure whether this was because Hypatia's understanding of "identical twins" was different from Aiwass's, or if there were other reasons.

After all, Lily almost became the vessel for the Gray Sky Master to come to the world. It was normal for Aiwass to be more concerned about this aspect.

"Not telling you is also for your own good."

Haibasha just shook his head. "Knowing his real name will automatically lead you into his lies - the same goes for his real gender. In other words, the deeper you get to know him, the harder it is to tell his lies. For those who know him well enough, everything they see may be false.

"It's just like a 'rumor'... unless his fanatical fans are actively spreading it, everyone else will instinctively suppress it. This is all to prevent themselves from falling for the lie one day."

"...Is it so strong?"

Isabel's eyes lit up when she heard this: "Is this some kind of illusion?"

Although her inheritance comes from Xi Tiansi, Isabel is also good at illusion manipulation.

To make the false true is what she is working towards.

"That is not just an illusion, Your Majesty."

When Haibasha heard this, he laughed out loud, ignoring the fact that Isabel had already been stripped of her status as queen. "If it was just an illusion, then the truth seekers would be able to see through it easily. But Gray Tiansi's lies are too profound, not to mention me... even the Pillar God can't see through them.

“Because it is your own heart that deceives you—when you firmly believe in a lie, even if you see more evidence or more flaws, you will never doubt your belief.

"The more steadfast your heart is on the path, the more you will be unable to escape from lies."

"…The more you know, the more vague it becomes, right?"

Aiwass chewed on these words and felt that the value of Gray Sky Secretary might be higher than he had imagined.

What does it mean if even the Pillar God can't see through his lies?
——At least in the field of "truth and lies", Hui Tiansi has reached a level comparable to that of the Pillar God.

From this point of view, his death at the time... was he really dead?
and many more……

Aiwass suddenly realized: "If Gray Tiansi is the son of Hermes, and Hermes is the follower of the Fool... then he participated in the Battle of Heaven Punishment and died in it, could it be that he did it for..." "That's right."

As Haibasha spoke, the doll in front of him, which was shining with pink and purple light, slowly floated up.

She looked at the pink and purple halo blooming in front of her eyes, and watched its outline gradually become clear within her fingers, but she did not feel the joy of reunion.

Melancholy was revealed in her eyes: "He wants to imitate the fool of the past and challenge the Pillar God.

"Because Hermes did not become an apostle or a celestial being. The Fool we follow did not want to follow any god when he died in battle, and did not accept the invitation from the Pillar Gods... He even had the opportunity to become a celestial being, but he completely gave up that opportunity as a sign of rebellion against the gods.

"But even such a fool was eventually caught by the feast master Zagreus and ascended together. Of course, I can understand Zagreus... He was unwilling to accept the reality that Dionysus would completely perish, and would rather be hated by the fool than let him live.

"But Hermes could never accept this fact. He didn't want to turn into a tree, nor did he want to condense into amber. He didn't want to be an apostle of any god, even if it meant returning to the side of the Sand Clock... So not long after completing the Foolish Songs Tantra, he chose to die completely - in a way that completely disappeared from the world. That tantra was his last work... and also the summary of his own life.

“The term ‘Ode to Foolishness’ in that tantra does not just mean ‘Ode to the Fool’s Song’, it also describes his own life – ‘Ode to Foolishness’, ‘Ode to the Unreachable Fool’.

"At that time, Gray Tiansi and I had not yet ascended. Gray Tiansi had already left behind descendants, and Hermes was already a grandfather. He gave his name to the child as his surname..."

As Haibasha spoke, the creation in front of her became clearer.

Countless runes condensed into flesh, and thoughts changed reality.

She was an elf who looked to be in her twenties or thirties. Her long hair had turned pink and purple, and she looked more mature than Isabel.

Aiwass looked at this scene and sighed silently.

——The “blue bird” in the game, the pet that players raise as their own daughter... If it is resurrected, has it grown this big already?
And Hypatia was still reminiscing about the past: “You must know another name…Hercules.

"The first generation of humans, the founder of the Herasil Empire - he once learned martial arts from Gray Sky Master."

"Gray Tiansi actually knows martial arts?"

Aiwass was a little shocked.

In his understanding, Hui Tiansi should be a pure mage, and a weak mage who is good at manipulating silk threads and illusions and full of yin energy.

"Of course," Haibasha disagreed, "He was born earlier than humans, and 'beasts' were also born earlier than 'humans'. The so-called martial arts were originally 'skills for survival', which were taken from the beasts hatched by the beast master."

"I see……"

When Aiwas heard this, he understood.

Just like the Hawkeye organization imitated the ability of Shadow Demon and obtained the shadow stealth technique. The original martial arts imitated the fighting ability of the beasts created by the Beast Master. Humans can easily master these techniques because humans and beasts are originally from the same origin.

Among them, Gray Sky Master, who can transform into any form and whose true identity is unpredictable, should indeed learn the skill of "martial arts" first.

"Hermes also taught Hercules some knowledge and gave Hercules a golden sword."

Haibasha said softly: "You should know... what it means. Former Pope."

(End of this chapter)