Shepherd Tantra

Chapter 1257 Mahidfraun and Ismail
no doubt.

Inanna is the last and strongest beast of sin of Aiwass, and also the strongest phantom card of Aiwass...there is no other.

Not only does the summoned entity have extremely superior performance, the entry effect alone can provide unconditional, non-recharging permanent group control, with a considerable amount of permanent defense and resistance reduction... This control state even has the ability to resist dispel, and must be dispelled twice in a row to be released.

No matter how you look at it, this is a skill that only a very difficult BOSS would have!
Even in the most difficult dungeons, it is a high-risk system where you have to use special skills to barely resist and cannot eat. It is the kind of system where if you make a mistake and a few people accidentally eat it, the whole team will be wiped out, so it is better to just restart.

Moreover, even if Aiwass does not summon Inanna's true form, the upright effect of this card alone is powerful enough -

It is equivalent to a large-scale, long-term group preservation spell that only requires five mana points to use once. In addition, its other effect is actually the key point: everything within the range of the light is considered "touched".

——This means that as long as the field of vision is wide and can be illuminated by this light, Aiwass can directly use powerful phantom cards such as Star Ice and Charming Aura that require close contact to use at a considerable distance... or directly summon the Flame Butterfly or the King of the Wild Hunt behind the enemy!

"After all, in a sense, it can be considered as the juvenile Amber..."

Aiwass held the card with great satisfaction and couldn't put it down.

Inanna's body is at level 59 - this is the highest level existence that Aiwas has seen so far.

You know, this is the extreme level of the sixth energy level!

Before the arrival of Yuan Tiansi of the Twilight Path, the theoretical limit of the Twilight Path in the material world is only level 50.

——In other words, as a phantom demon on the path of dusk, she is even nine levels higher than Yuan Tiansi who is about to be pulled down by the Tail Ring!
This power has completely exceeded the limit of the Wall of Balance!
And this is not the strength of Amber's body - if it is calculated based on the body, this level is too low. Many high-level phantom demons in the dream world have the strength of the sixth and seventh energy levels. When the Fallen Angel was still alive, any leader-level demon would be higher than this level.

If Amber's strength were calculated using data, it would have to be level 99... at least it would have to be at the tenth energy level limit to be worthy of her status.

But in fact, using energy levels to measure the abilities of pillar gods is itself quite meaningless.

The so-called "energy level" refers to how deep the soul's projection can penetrate into the corresponding path and how much power it can leverage when it is in the dream world. The deeper it penetrates, the more it can resonate with the corresponding path.

But the Pillar God himself is the existence that opens up and leads this path. Even if the energy level is very, very high, that is, the degree of resonance is infinite, then at most it is infinitely close to the Pillar God himself.

It is impossible to defeat the Pillar God just by relying on the power of the Tao. Just like Hengwo overwhelmed the Beast Master not by relying on the power of the Beast Tao; the Silver Crown Dragon defeated the Supreme Heaven not because his power Tao was higher. This is either the power from other Taos, or he has penetrated deeper into the source river than the contemporary Pillar God and obtained a more essential interpretation right.

Therefore, as long as it is a Pillar God, in principle, there is no concept of energy level. If the Pillar God must have a level, it actually corresponds to "how many levels others need to tap into all the power in this path."

For example, the "level" of the Silver Crown Dragon and the Red of Disaster is definitely much lower than that of the other Pillar Gods... maybe even more than one level lower.

but……

However, Aiwass vaguely guessed why Inanna's level could surpass the Wall of Balance.

Amber is a pillar god who was born in the future and died in the past.

So for Inanna, perhaps cause and effect itself is reversed -

For example, although Yuan Tiansi has not descended yet, Inanna has already obtained the power after Yuan Tiansi's arrival. And she is only level 59, which may mean...

"There will be no second round of the Tail Ring."

Aiwass murmured softly.

At least in this reincarnation, until Amber reaches her own end, the power of the Twilight Path in the material world will only reach its upper limit once. This is the answer given by Amber herself.

This meant that Aiwass either won or died - he had no chance to slowly operate and try to turn the tables after failing and escaping. There was only one chance.

Aiwass became increasingly aware that the end of the world was approaching.

This made Aiwass happy, but also a little more calm and cautious.

He began to think about a special possibility -

What if I trust Inanna's power too much and choose to summon her as a trump card in the battle with Yuan Tiansi... but then I find that Inanna cannot be summoned correctly because her power exceeds the Wall of Balance, or she will be expelled instantly after being successfully summoned, what should I do?
Aiwass didn't think that he couldn't defeat Yuan Tiansi just because he lacked Inanna's power. But if he regarded this power as a trump card, he would easily miss the opportunity when he really encountered a problem because of carelessness. It would be better not to take this power into consideration from the beginning.

"……Um?"

At this moment, Aiwass suddenly heard some sound and frowned slightly.

He held the card in his palm and looked out the door.

As Inanna was completely sealed, the dusk power that had previously surged in Aiwas' body like a tidal wave finally subsided again.

The house that was completely blocked by the power of dusk and had completely turned amber in appearance was finally unblocked at this moment.

As the unusual color faded, the sound outside the house suddenly poured in like a tsunami.

——That was the sound of a fierce quarrel.

Many people gathered at the door, shouting and cursing, and they seemed to have seen the vision of the house being lifted, so they became even more excited.

Aiwass glanced at Plotinus with some confusion: "Here to cause trouble for you? Do you want to call out your guards?"

After all, this is the house rented by Plotinus, and Aiwass has only been here for two days.

Earlier, when Aiwass was performing the ceremony to prepare to hatch and seal the amber egg... in order to avoid suspicion and also to keep it secret, Plotinus stuffed all his guards into the house.

Plotinus obviously didn't think he could offend anyone in his daily life.

He scratched his head in confusion, and suddenly realized a possibility: "Maybe... they came to find you? Then they ignored their instinctive warnings and forcibly attacked the house protected by the barrier?"

The power of amber, even if it is just a residual one, has a strong deterrent effect.

This kind of deterrence is the opposite of dragon might - weak mortals may not be able to feel it, but any extraordinary person will definitely sense the abnormality. And the higher the level of the extraordinary person, the more they can feel a powerful threat from it.

Only if you face this kind of threat and can tell at a glance that the house is already inside some kind of barrier, and still try to touch the house forcefully, you will be counterattacked and petrified by the barrier set up in advance by Aiwass.

This is a very reasonable and even gentle means of defense. Just like when a ritualist is setting up a ritual, in order to prevent the ritual from being disturbed, he will place some curses around it. If someone tries to approach at this time, the curse will suddenly attack them, making them lose the ability to disturb the ritualist's ritual.

In a sense, this protective ritual is more like the sign hanging on a public toilet: This location is occupied and in use.

Although the toilet door was closed, it actually could not keep people inside safely... just like these defensive static curses or temporary barriers, they could be easily broken by hostile ritualists.

If you really want to come in, you can kick the door open with one foot, but considering that the people inside may use enchanted projectiles to attack at any time, at least a large number of people with nothing to do can be dissuaded. Unless there is a real life-and-death feud, they will try to sneak in and launch a surprise attack at this time.

——Of course, this is the case for normal people. "In this magical land of rest, anything is possible."

The old ritualist Iben, who was sitting nearby, said sarcastically, "Who knows, there might be some big shot somewhere...who would regard this sense of crisis as a challenge to his own status.

"After all, this is a land where those who seek human dignity will be sentenced to death. Those who have 'rented' dignity through various means and with the grace of the benevolent Lord would rather die than lose it for even a moment."

"Someone is petrified at the door, Master."

At this time, Lily had already gone outside for a walk.

A cold but pleasant voice came from Aiwas's shadow: "More than one or two. A total of six people were petrified. There was a man sitting on a boat, arguing with a woman riding on an elephant. Judging from their attire, both parties should be good people."

——Isn’t this the chance to test the cards?

Aiwas' heart moved, so he stood up and walked over.

He stood at the door, and Lily appeared and quietly opened the door for him.

This place is not like Moriarty's house, with its iron gate and garden for outsiders to admire. This place is more like the small house that Isabel gave to Aiwass at school - just open the door and you will be standing directly at the street entrance.

Haina was a little late and rushed over, but she did not appear outside. Instead, she hid far behind Aiwass and observed his every move.

"Beautiful Mahidefrau! I'm warning you for the last time. Get out of my way!"

The male benefactor was already furious at this moment.

Obviously, those petrified people were his followers.

"How dare you attack the residence of another good Lord!"

The female philanthropist riding on the elephant chose to support Aiwass without hesitation, even at the cost of confronting another philanthropist.

And she looked extremely angry at the moment: "I have already said it - this is absolutely forbidden, brave Ismail!"

"Hmph! A bunch of trash!"

Ismail roared in anger, looked at the petrified followers, and then saw Aiwass who opened the door.

He was stunned for a moment, then sneered and said, "It seems that our colleagues from Avalon have finally finished praying. Is the evil dragon about to break the seal?"

However, the female philanthropist Mahidefraun did not stand up to support Aiwas at this moment. Instead, she glanced at him and shut her mouth.

Aiwass vaguely sensed her subtle attitude——

Rather than not wanting him to bother her, this was more like anger at him for ignoring her advice.

Their name sounds a bit awkward, but this is actually the special way of naming by the good master.

Because of the naming mechanism of Parthia, the probability of them having the same name is actually quite high.

In order to distinguish their identities, ordinary people would choose a long name.

A title is added before the name, which is roughly equivalent to a nickname. The title of the good master has a special, meaningless suffix to distinguish them from ordinary people. If this suffix is ​​forcibly translated, it can be called "的", "之" or "者".

Aiwass also quickly understood the identities of the two people in front of him:

The female benefactor with beautiful long red curly hair is Mahidefraun, the "Beauty" of Carnival City; and the other male benefactor with short golden hair, dark skin, and exposed six-pack abs is Ismail, the "Brave" of Ark City.

These were all well-known benefactors, whose international status was no less than that of a king of a small country. They were not from small cities like Rock Cellar City, but from large oasis cities that had about 60% to 70% of the population of Paradise City.

Aiwas had even heard of the name of the seemingly weak female ruler in Iris. An artist adapted her story into an opera - she killed her father who was on his deathbed, married her cowardly brother and usurped the throne. She was a very beautiful and weak ruler, but countless people died at her hands.

The reason is very simple. Carnival City's business is casinos, circuses and brothels.

In this desert, there must be something exciting to stir people's nerves. This kind of straightforward stimulation is the best way out. "Fraudster" or "professional gambler" is a profession that emerged from her.

The "brave" Ismail was indeed a brave man. His most famous feat was when he was eight years old and was thrown into an iron cage by his father. He fought a lion with a table knife - and he won.

He remembered this duel for more than 20 years. When he became the Good Lord at the age of 35, he sealed all the magic power of his elderly father and threw him into the lion cage. This time he gave his father a sword, and he had to face three lions.

But this was not just revenge... Because when his father also defeated the lion, he laughed and pulled his father out of the lion cage, and asked the doctor to treat him, and then they reconciled. Later, he claimed that he had the blood of a brave man, was born to be a strong man, and should be a good master. But Aiwass knew that the "man" could not be his real father. Because when he inherited the seal of the good master, his father had already died.

With his bravery and sincerity, he commanded the Ark City inherited from his father.

Ark City is different from all other oasis cities - it is a mobile city.

This city was built and piled up from a large number of abandoned wizard tower bases. This was once a gathering place for ancient wizards... It is said that the materials used in most of the wizard towers today were originally created here.

It is much lighter than it looks, so the main job of countless slaves is to drag the huge desert ark forward in the desert with ropes.

In addition, his slave knights did not just ride camels. They would drive a floating device that looked like a flying carpet, traveling at high speed in the desert, plundering supplies from other city-states, as well as travelers and free people lost in the desert.

This can probably be considered a kind of nomadic people.

It’s just that what they herded were not cattle and sheep, but travelers.

This also came from the abandoned base of the Mage Tower... It was like the backward wild areas didn't quite understand the principles of these technologies, but at least understood some of their uses, so they formed a belief in technology - those "slaves who pulled the city" were extremely loyal to their good masters. Because they believed that this unreasonable miracle just demonstrated the great power of their masters.

The saying “Without learning math, physics and chemistry, life will be full of myths” is reasonable in a sense in this world.

Although he only heard a few words, Aiwas had roughly understood the situation:
The "brave" Ismail probably wanted to "summon" him for some unknown purpose, so he sent someone to call him. His men realized that something was wrong and came to report the situation to Ismail, and Ismail probably lost face in front of Mahidfrau, so he forced the other party to open the door.

The result is naturally death.

Mahidevran was also angry because her opinion was not respected, so the two sides started arguing in front of their own door.

——How ridiculous.

Aiwass didn't feel angry. He just felt pity.

(End of this chapter)