Shepherd Tantra

Chapter 1195: Twin Snakes Devouring Their Tail, Eternal Reincarnation

After knowing what Hassan and the Red Hand were doing, Aiwass realized... this might be a big deal.

——I can no longer turn a blind eye to this.

It’s not that Aiwass wants to interfere and choose which side to stand on without doing any on-site investigation…

It was because he clearly realized an inevitable possibility——

If things continue to develop like this, Yuan Tiansi may suddenly arrive at any time!
There is no doubt that the Red Hand Gang will never stop in the first place.

They were a group of dedicated lunatics whose families had been destroyed, twisted to near madness by hatred, and willing to sacrifice themselves to achieve great things. They had no weaknesses at all, and they firmly believed that they were walking on the path of justice.

It is different from the radical and extreme situation of "premature death" which seems to be a substitution of concepts. If they adhere to the concept of premature death, they will regard those who are killed by them as "necessary sacrifices", reducing their value to zero, and thus reducing their own "sin" to a minimum.

It is precisely because those who hold this idea have too high moral standards that they need to use this method to force themselves to believe.

But the Red Hand Party does not have such a need.

For these desert people, morality is a luxury. They do not think that everything they do is right, nor do they think that everything they do is a "necessary evil."

Instead, he clearly knew that this was an unforgivable sin, and knew that he was guilty of the same sin as the good masters. In this situation, he used human lives as fuel to ignite a fire that destroyed everything - he would rather bear such a serious sin and degenerate into a demon after death, so that he could bite off a piece of flesh from those good masters.

This is precisely the view of devotion based on revenge.

They would rather - even want to destroy themselves - to make the good people wail in hell.

There is no Ennead Church in the desert to popularize common knowledge about the dream world, so the people of the desert have their own simple religious view of "reincarnation after death".

They believe that most ordinary people will become happier people in the next life after death because of how much suffering they have endured in their lifetime. Over countless lives, the ratio of happiness to misfortune will gradually tend to be 50-50 - in simple terms, it is a reincarnation-style ELO mechanism.

As for becoming a transcendent, they do not think it is a happy thing, but rather that they have touched upon the "knowledge of demons". This is actually quite normal, because ordinary desert dwellers are most likely to be exposed to knowledge beyond the Way, and are most likely to resonate with the concepts of the Way beyond, which are likely to include demonology, curses, and rituals... They do not look like serious things.

In the perception of the desert people, once one comes into contact with the knowledge of the devil... there is no afterlife.

They will become demons after death, suffering and fighting forever in hell until their sins are redeemed - regarding this, some desert people believe that the unit is 500 years, some believe it is 3,000 years, and some believe it is 96,000 years... But in general, "the extraordinary people are not worth envying."

Although in a sense, their understanding of the dream world was not wrong... and even somewhat related, but this simple view of afterlife obviously made the desert people even more afraid to resist. Because they were suffering in this life, and they would probably enjoy happiness in the next life, but if they resisted, all the suffering they had endured before would be in vain.

The rebels all decided to rebel with this kind of understanding in mind - this kind of will and determination is completely different from those of the Loki believers in the Theocracy who acted on the theory of "premature death".

The fear of death when a person knows that he will enter the dream world and become an apostle after death is completely different from the fear when he thinks that he will enter hell and suffer eternal torture after death.

He is not afraid of death, and he is not even afraid of eternal torture after death... In this case, it goes without saying how crazy these people are.

Under such circumstances, the Red Hand Party was able to continue to expand. This in itself proved that this fourth water war was completely different from the previous three.

The first three water wars were suppressed because their appeal was for "water." Therefore, even if they were able to win a local war, they had to control the living benevolent master to maintain the water source.

Attacking and defending are actually two completely different things. To capture a city, you only need to capture the good master alive, and his army will naturally disband. But if you want to defend a city, that's difficult... Especially since slaves often lack the ability to resist rituals and curses.

Other good leaders can even send assassins to kill these captured good leaders - killing one good leader means the collapse of a city-state, and in turn means the destruction of a supply point and transit station.

Therefore, the longer the front line drags on, the more disadvantaged they will be.

Every time a water war breaks out, it is extremely fierce, just like the rising sun, shining its light on the earth.

But every time it would be like the sun, which would pass the highest point and then slowly fall down unstoppably.

——But this time it’s different.

The Red Hands that appeared in the Fourth Water War simply disdained to capture the good master alive. They believed that "free people are slaves of the good master" and therefore did not think it was necessary to rebuild the oasis... Without considering the safety of the "hostages", they would definitely dare to summon the Yuantiansi when the war situation was unfavorable, and let half or even the entire ancient Parthia be buried with them.

Because they don't want to free the slaves at all, but to annihilate the good masters.

And the same goes for the good lords - they are also unlikely to give in.

The fact that the benevolent rulers have powers beyond those of the monarch is not a tradition in Parthia since ancient times. After all, Parthia itself has a monarch, and it is only because the monarch is now completely silent that these benevolent rulers can divide the country like warlords - it is actually a country that has degenerated from a feudal system to a slave system.

In fact, many people know about this incident, and this history has not been erased by good people.

Unlike slaves who had no access to knowledge, the education, culture, and technology of the ancient Parthian Empire were not backward. In fact, they were at the world's leading level in mathematics, astronomy, medicine, and other fields. They had a respect for knowledge and truth that was completely opposite to the personal rights and life rights that were completely controlled. It is for this reason that the "white punishment" that erased all records and all traces of existence became the highest level of punishment in the Parthian Empire. Various ancient magic spells that were lost in the outside world can still be passed down in the Parthian Empire.

——It is precisely because "erasure" is something uncommon and unacceptable that it becomes a punishment.

But even though scholars knew about this, no one dared to mention the past history. Even though the King of Parthia remained silent, the slaves and free people still respected their monarch who might no longer exist.

All good rulers know that if they give in a little - even the smallest step - they will be transformed from a supreme slave owner into a water-making machine that obeys the orders of the monarch.

Therefore, no good master dared to compromise, and no good master was allowed to compromise... If anyone showed the slightest hesitation or cowardice, the other good masters would kill them immediately.

The coercion of the Red Hand was undoubtedly effective. Even the brainwashed Paradise City could not accept the end of the oasis being gradually burned to ashes. If the good leaders of other oasis city-states knew that Hassan the Flaming Fist had returned and the expansion and madness of the Red Hand could no longer be stopped... they would definitely choose only one future.

That is to summon Yuan Tiansi and use the infinite sea to suppress all flames - it would be best if he could kill Yuan Tiansi, so as to completely monopolize the power to control water and open up a new energy level limit.

——Double Sixth Path, how wonderful! Even the Eternal Pope cannot defeat it!
By then, there would be no need to even consider the face of the Theocracy - those high and mighty elven bishops could also be captured as slaves!
On one side is revenge, on the other side is ambition.

On one side are the suicidal people who crave reckless, hysterical mutual destruction;
On the other hand, there is a staggering arrogance and stupidity, and unshakable confidence in his own plans and strength.

They are destined to be lost in this madness.

No matter who falls into a bad situation, they will definitely choose to summon Yuan Tiansi.

Just like two snakes biting each other's tails, although they are moving, they are still.

——The fruit of destiny has been locked here.

It's just like the Colosseum in ancient Rome, with two people who are fighting to the death put in - they will never be able to leave here without paying the price of one life.

And the bet behind it is none other than the endless battle between the "Red Dragon" and the "White Dragon" in the dream world.

It was a struggle between barbarism and authority, a fight to the death between the avenger and the king.

They were like the spectators in the arena, shouting and roaring with red faces.

Huan Tiansi is the owner of this arena - he is looking down on everything coldly from a higher place.

In his opinion, these people are so stupid and short-sighted, but their life and death, madness and obsession can all be transformed into his own wealth.

When Aiwass realized this step, he knew...it was impossible for him to choose to bet on either side.

Two chess players are playing chess, and a group of chess pieces are fighting. And even the chess players are just puppets in the hands of others.

He had to jump out of the chess game - even if he couldn't knock the puppeteer to the ground with one punch, he had to at least reach the level of the chess player and gain the right to freely control the chess pieces. Otherwise, he would just be at the mercy of others and couldn't even see the direction of his fate.

But now, the battle between Heaven City and the Red Hand Faction has been going on forever. It is impossible to evacuate those people before the arrival of Yuan Tiansi - the war has already begun, and the good masters will not allow such a large population to leave the city-state at will... That itself, like what the Red Hand Faction did, touched the real weak spot of the good masters.

On the other hand, Aiwass simply had no place to accommodate such a huge population of tens of millions.

And even if he did, those freemen would not be willing to follow Aiwass and leave the city-state. That would be tantamount to rebellion against the good master, and the result would be no different from joining the Red Hand Faction. So why don't they join the Red Hand Faction, an organization they are familiar with, and have as much fun as possible before their inevitable death?

After settling the chief, Aiwass stayed alone and thought for a long time.

Isabel also quietly closed the door from the outside, refusing to be disturbed by anyone except Sherlock, so that Aiwas could think seriously.

Aiwass deduced this situation many times and found it to be impeccable.

——This situation is almost unsolvable.

This was obviously a dead end designed by Huan Tiansi.

Presumably, in Huan Tiansi's opinion, Aiwas had no way to untie this knot. Even before he accidentally got the information from the Great Chief, he couldn't know all this - and in order to get this information, he had to get Lucifer's legacy, otherwise the harpy would not give him absolute trust and loyalty.

In other words, Aiwass knew the truth which was beyond the plan of Huantiansi.

So, let’s start from the beginning and deduce it again -

What would have happened if Aiwass hadn't known about this?
(End of this chapter)