Shepherd Tantra

Chapter 1142 I Don’t Want a Future Without Siliaix

In fact, Chloë had every chance to assassinate Isabel back then.

She had already touched a position only a few meters away from Isabel, and there was no "big-name" extraordinary person present. Aiwass's healing ability at the time was far from enough to heal the fatal injuries caused by the fourth-level assassin...

——She only needs to move her fingers slightly, and the course of history will change because of her.

It can be said that the future of the entire world is in the hands of a small person.

In this case, Chloe missed her only chance.

It sounds a pity, but it is inevitable. Because that was not her mission, and in her opinion, it is impossible to be detected by shadow sneaking, so she certainly won't bother to be more cautious. And for her, killing the royal family is meaningless - this is the task of her mentor "Bone Sculptor", and she trusts Bone Sculptor enough. As an assassin who adapts to the Tao, she will focus on survival.

——It seems that luck or coincidence dominates everything, but in fact it is the inevitability created by countless details.

That's not a mistake, or even fate. It's just a misinformation.

Today, her grandfather Thomas is facing exactly the same situation -

Master Assassin Thomas actually had the opportunity to execute Aiwass.

Although the Sinthorn Arrow is not fatal to Aiwass, the son of the Candlelighter, the concentrated Sinthorn contained in the Sinthorn Arrow will greatly increase Aiwass's conversion rate.

The conversion rate of the sin beast is not that easy to improve. Aiwass consumed a lot of mana by treating the blood slaves, but even so, the increase in conversion rate was still less than 1%.

Aiwass's conversion rate is still 55% - this is because Aiwass used the Sinthorn to prey on his adoptive father and obtained all the sins in Professor Moriarty's soul, otherwise his conversion rate would be far less than half.

But now, just three arrows of sin have directly raised Aiwass's health to over 60%...

In other words, if Master Thomas fires nine arrows of sin in one go, he can increase Aiwas' conversion rate to more than 70%.

When the conversion rate reaches 70%, Aiwass will permanently transform into a "pure deer man" form. If you can delay Aiwass's time to remove the Sinthorn Arrow, you may even be able to increase the conversion rate to 80%, thus expelling Aiwass from the material world.

At that time, Aiwass was a genuine demigod. As long as he got the fragment of Tiansi, he would directly become Tiansi. Even if he was expelled from the material world, he might be directly possessed by the fragment of Tiansi born from the Source River.

At that point, Aiwass would not be able to return to the material world unless he was pulled down by the Ring of Tail.

Once he was promoted to a pure devotion path celestial master, it meant that Aiwas could no longer use dreams to improve the level of transcendence path. The path was completely unbalanced and could not fuse the power to transcend nothingness and reach miracles.

He also completely lost the ability to fight against nothingness.

——For a moment, the direction of history was once again in the hands of the little people.

But just like his granddaughter...Thomas' mission itself is not to "kill Aiwass at all costs."

In his opinion, it was impossible for anyone to survive being hit by the arrow of sin.

That was the power that Cardinal Loki had prayed for using high-level divine arts. Cardinal Loki had used Sinthorn to attack Aiwass. And Aiwass had also used Sinthorn to kill his adoptive father.

——If an arrow hits a vital point when alone, even the Eternal Pope can be killed with one attack.

The more powerful the extraordinary person is, the more powerful the mana in their body is, the greater the damage to the body will be caused by the corruption of the mana in their body by the sin thorn. It is just like hitting an ordinary person who is not an extraordinary person with a large-caliber bullet. The cavity effect will directly shatter the person, and the damage caused is not as small as the hole that penetrates the body.

Once the body is hit by the Sinthorn, the Sinthorn that invades the soul will contaminate the supernatural power and make it impossible for the person to heal himself.

In order to prevent Aiwas' heart from growing on the right side, Master Thomas shot an arrow in each of his chests, and finally added an arrow in his head.

This arrow was an absolutely fatal attack. Although the first two attacks were fatal, a damaged or even missing heart would not necessarily lead to instant death. However, after the first two arrows sealed the extraordinary power that could be used for defense, the third arrow that arrived almost at the same time would directly penetrate the head that was no different from that of an ordinary person. The sin thorns that erupted in the head would melt and tear the brain directly. Even the Son of the Moon would be killed by this arrow.

——In fact, Thomas knew he had successfully killed Aiwass the moment the arrow was released. Just like an excellent basketball shooter, he can confirm whether the ball will hit the target the moment it leaves his hand. An excellent assassin never needs to confirm the status of the person being assassinated. The moment he pulls the trigger, he has already confirmed the success of the assassination.

That was the true family skill that he had not taught Chloe...nor was willing to teach her.

——"White Rainbow Tantra".

That is the real trick that can defeat the strong with the weak and kill everyone in the world.

Although it is a tantra adapted to the path, it requires the mana of the path to drive it. Pause time, burn one's soul and life, squeeze everything to burst out a dazzling white rainbow.

The stronger the enemy you need to kill, the higher the price you have to pay and the higher the determination you have to hold.

If the white rainbow can just penetrate the sun, it means that the determination and price are enough, so it can skip the process, ignore the defense, and directly hit the weak point. If the white rainbow is staggered, it means that this attack cannot be completed through the secret sequence, but it can also rely on this move to establish an advantage.

When he assassinated Aiwass just now, he relied on a similar ability to ensure that the attack hit the target.

——And just now the white rainbow has penetrated the sun.

This shot is sure to hit.

At that moment, the hatred was ended.

But Thomas did not feel happy, he just felt empty and confused.

He did not retreat immediately, nor did he even hide in the shadows. Instead, he just lowered his hands, hid his crossbow in his sleeves, and stood at the intersection in a daze.

His attack was flawless. The passers-by didn't even notice that he had attacked the carriage, and the carriage was completely undamaged. The driver probably didn't even feel the impact. If the driver had reacted slower, he probably wouldn't have realized that the passengers were dead until they reached their destination.

Aiwass's head and chest will explode, and countless black and hard thorns will grow out. The lower body sitting in the carriage will be intact and look like a potted plant.

At that moment, the old man felt an inexplicable emptiness and regret in his heart.

--Perhaps it would be better not to kill Aiwass, he thought.

Is it really a better option for Iris to completely intensify the conflict to the point where it cannot be reconciled?
Or...does he really love Chloe?

If he really loved Chloe, would he allow her to join Hawkeye? Would he allow her to go abroad and "gild" herself outside his control? When Chloe died, why did he not take revenge directly in the name of "considering the overall situation"? Now that everything has settled, why would he take action at this time and kill Aiwass at all costs...even willing to provoke a war?
Is this revenge born out of love, or is it the despair caused by the extinction of the Siliaix family?
Compared to the love of "not wanting Chloe to get into trouble", was he closer to the glory of "wanting Ciliax to live forever" from the very beginning? Did he really want to "kill those scum" and make Iris clean again? Or... did he love Iris that much?

"……I see."

The old man suddenly realized and murmured in a low voice: "That's how it is..."

At the moment he killed Aiwass with his own hands, the old man, who had come to his senses and understood everything, felt it was ridiculous.

He just deceived himself... and deceived the leader in the name of love.

——Thomas just doesn't want the Hawkeye organization to have an easier time "without the Siriax family."

He may want to make the iris pure, because that was Thomas's original belief in becoming an assassin; but from another perspective, Thomas would not feel too much regret if he accidentally brought destruction to the iris.

Because that is a future without Siliaix.

(End of this chapter)