Shepherd Tantra

Chapter 1264 Chain of Friendship
Benevolent Lords from all over the world are now gathered in the fourth circle of Holy Spring City.

Their mounts and followers were left outside, and only the main body quietly arrived at Aimaer Nur's residence through the lifting platform inside the waterfall.

The Parthians imitated the Eternal Theocracy, the Fourth Ring of the City of Holy Springs, in every detail. Whether in structure, function, or even name, it was built in imitation of the Eternal Theocracy's Twenty-Second Ring.

The "Forgiver" Aymar Nur, the last and only Grand Vizier of the Parthian Empire, now exiled himself to the top of a tower above all living beings, just like the eternal pope, just like a god far away from the mortal world. On weekdays, no one can easily see him... Just like the Pope of the Theocracy, he relies entirely on heralds to convey his wishes.

But from another perspective, the Fourth Ring is significantly different from the Theocracy...that is the level of luxury.

As the former capital of the ancient Parthian Empire and the place where all wealth is gathered, the luxury of the Fourth Ring is enough to easily surpass any place in the world - this is not even the wealth of mankind since the birth of the world, but includes the wealth taken away by the Winged Ones and the Scaled Ones after the collapse of the Tower of Babel.

The 22nd ring of the Theocracy basically only has a bed and a small room.

However, in the fourth circle of Holy Spring City there is a palace that is actually made of crystal.

Everyone here has only one purpose, one mission, and one goal, which is to serve Aimaar Nur and try their best to meet all of Aimaar Nur's needs while keeping him here as little as possible.

The road surface here is even paved with gold, and each brick is engraved with dense patterns. An outstanding gold craftsman needs five years to carve a brick. This is the result of the hard work and life of the craftsmen, who have contributed to the empty prosperity of the Fourth Ring for generations.

The magnificent palace did not even use earthly materials. The glowing white crystal was the same material used by the Atlanteans to build the underwater palace. There were not many of them in the entire world, and Anxi was the largest reserve - and they were all used to build the palace for Aymar Nur.

If a Star Crystal person came here, they would find that this palace was almost identical to their home in the seabed, except for one thing: the "King of Scales" originally carved on it had been replaced by the image of Yuan Tiansi.

The king of the scaly ones is a long feathered serpent.

As a noble sea god, his body is beautiful and elegant - at the front of the slender snake tail is white skin with eight abdominal muscles, his body is covered with coral-colored scales, his eyes are closed, and his long platinum hair spreads in the water, looking extremely gorgeous.

Every scale on its beautiful body is like the most gorgeous gem, the dragon horns on its head form a crown, and the feathers on its back are like broken glass. If someone can get close to the bottom of the sea, they will find that as long as they change the distance and angle from the palace, the king of scales on the outer wall of the palace will seem to swim.

The same technology was replicated and used to build the palace of the Good Lord - judging from the level of the craftsmen alone, Parthia is worthy of the title of an ancient country.

However, Dayuan's appearance is far less gorgeous and noble than that of the Sea King.

It was a huge and ferocious sea monster that looked like some kind of giant squid. Its strong and powerful tentacles clung to the outer walls of the building, and every pillar was entangled by the tentacles, as if it had been parasitized.

The most notable feature of Yuan Tiansi is that he does not have a "head" in the traditional sense.

The place where his head should have been originally was bursting in all directions as if it had exploded. The bursting flesh and blood connected with each other, forming a ragged flesh and blood prison. And trapped inside it was a dark figure.

This little black man is pure black, and his outline cannot be seen at all... He is always changing unpredictably, like a phantom.

He held the prison cell tightly with both hands, as if he was locked inside, or as if he was driving the joystick.

This crystal palace, which looked like heaven, was entangled by the abyss carved from crystal. Even if one turned the view slightly, one could feel the tentacles moving; and the little black man in the prison cell at the top of the palace would also change his outline as the distance and angle changed.

This is the ritual site originally intended to be used to summon Yuan Tiansi.

At this moment, an old man with a kind look was standing in the middle of the room.

He wore a white turban with a string of gems on his head, and a loose golden blue robe that looked a bit like a bathrobe in a bathing center. He had an extremely fluffy white beard that hung all the way down to his chest. He also had a gem chain hanging on his shoulders, just like the long shoulder straps that the clergy of the Church wore on their shoulders.

The chain was made of a series of diamond-shaped gems, alternating between light blue and light gold, and was the same thing that was wrapped around the turban on the head.

This is Aymar Noor.

He looked like one of the greatest white wizards, or a white-robed wizard from Middle-earth.

Unlike his kind face and demeanor, his slightly narrowed pupils were completely dim yellow vertical pupils. Just trying to look at them would make one feel uncontrollable fear - those were the eyes of a dragon.

Aymar Nur looked around and said in his surprisingly resonant voice, "We all know that the current Pope named Gray was only a saint half a year ago. At the same time, she was not chosen as Pope because of her own talents...

"We all know that the reason why 'Ewass of Hope' was able to become the Pope was because of the conflict between the cardinals and the saint. It was precisely because Gray lacked the ability to convince the public that the cardinals had their own opinions and ambitions. According to the prophecies of the prophets, at least when she ran for the Pope, Gray was far from reaching the pinnacle of dedication.

"That is to say, even if she wears the Holy Crown, she cannot reach the sixth energy level like the previous Eternal Pope. Brothers and sisters, we all know... the Holy Crown is not as powerful as the rumors outside. It does have the power to allow people to cross energy levels, but the prerequisite is that the user must have reached the end of the path. Otherwise, it can only enhance the resonance of the path a little bit - this is also the test left by Zhu Tiansi."

At this point, Aymar Noor gently stroked the jeweled shoulder strap on her shoulder and said, "Compared to this... this is the real treasure."

"——【Chain of Friendship】."

Aymar Nur said slowly and seriously: "As a token jointly made by the King of Winged Ones and the King of Scales, this is the real artifact.

"Now, the King of the Scaled Ones has become the Deep Heaven Lord, and the King of the Winged Ones has become the Fallen Heaven Lord. As an ancient jewel that houses the power of the Winged Ones and the Scaled Ones, its power must far exceed that of the Holy Crown.

"As the national treasure of Anxi, I come today to show you its power and to strengthen your confidence in victory."

Amid the amazement of the benevolent people around him, Aymar Nur demonstrated this power in public:

As the magic power of the Path of Transcendence and the Path of Dusk were injected respectively, it floated up spontaneously, forming a sun-like ring at the back of the head.

The golden jewels echoed with a sacred glow, while the blue jewels reflected the ripples of the water. The huge and pure power surged and surged - it was even impossible to look directly at it. Behind Aimaer Noor, a brilliant rainbow-like glow shone, and he looked even more sacred than the true God who came to the world, making people unable to control their desire to kneel down and worship!

"It has two functions, and is granted divine power by the King of Winged Ones and the King of Scaled Ones respectively.

"One is called 'Faith Barrier', which can gain material power through the power of the user's mind. As long as the heart is firm and pure, and calm, it can spontaneously form a barrier of light that blocks all material attacks. While the barrier is maintained, even the full force of the Heavenly Master cannot kill me. All destructive power will be transformed into a disturbance to the state of mind... Even the Pillar God can only drive me crazy before killing me.

"——Yes, every generation of Aymar Nur lives in the Fourth Circle for a long time, staying away from people all year round and avoiding all unnecessary social interactions, just to maintain a pure state of mind when using this artifact."

Aimaar Nur's expression was solemn and his eyes were clear and peaceful.

He looked around and continued, "The second one is called 'Heart of Heresy'. As the inheritance of the King of Scales, it is also a forbidden spell that can transform tangible power into intangible power... Whether it is the damage resisted by the 'Barrier of Faith', or the destruction avoided by the preservation spell, barrier, or any form of sacrifice, it can be transformed into pure mana.

"This efficiency gained through sacrifice is far better than the sacrifice of witchcraft. Anyway, when the abyss descends, its water waves will destroy all mortal lives... Therefore, before that time, I will completely sacrifice the entire Holy Spring City.

"The mana it generates is enough to drive the ritual spell of killing gods. I have been preparing this ritual spell for a long time. It requires at least ten powerful ritualists and a huge amount of mana that is almost impossible to obtain to complete. Its power is enough to sink the continent - replicating the blow that ended the Atlantis civilization in the past.

"And the reason I told you this is because I didn't want you to panic and terminate the ceremony due to lack of mana.

"Ritual spells require wizards to maintain them, and the best wizards are you. In other words, we already have a solid barrier that is strong enough to resist the power of the Abyss, as well as endless and huge mana.

"That young pope hasn't even mastered the sixth level of power, but we already have it. Her artifact can't help her deal with Yan Tiansi, but our artifact can cleverly target Dayuan's two major characteristics - nearly invincible destructive power and vigorous vitality. According to intelligence, she went to the Dwarf Mountains alone without any reliable helpers, but I have you.

"She can use high-level divine arts to pray for the power of the Pillar God, and we also have the help of the Red of Disaster—"

"——Red of Disaster?"

Hearing this, the "brave man" Ismaili finally couldn't help but speak: "Isn't that the new pillar god of the war path? He must be the supporter behind the Red Hand Party."

"No, what He wants is war. A bigger war, a more sacred war. After all, He has not yet completely defeated the Silver Crown Dragon. Just like the Silver Crown Dragon did not completely defeat the High Heaven in the past."

Aymar Nur shook his head. "Compared to the 'war of slaves defeating good masters', the 'war of mortals defeating gods' is undoubtedly more in line with His preferences. I have already contacted the Red of Disaster, and He promised to provide us with blessings when the time comes."

"…So what are we still missing?"

Another good master asked in confusion: "Why are we gathering here?"

Hearing this, the "brave" Ismaili's heart skipped a beat.

He vaguely realized something.

as predicted--

Aymar Noor said solemnly, "Because we still have an enemy that we must defeat—Aivas. Aiwas Moriarty, Aiwas of Hope, the good lord of Rock Cellar City and Paradise City."

"You're not even afraid of Dayuan, but you're afraid of a kid who hasn't been weaned yet?"

A strong, dark-skinned benefactor sneered, "Why, are you afraid that he will morally condemn you?"

The other good masters also laughed.

But only Mahidfraun and Ismail did not laugh - they had just witnessed Aiwas's powerful strength not long ago.

Although it is unknown which power is stronger, that power or the artifact held by Aymar Nur, it is undoubtedly a divine power that can end all wars.

"He who lives forever and longs for death will always be the king of kings."

Aymar Noor whispered a resting proverb.

It means that if a person has everything and is willing, even eager, to give it all away, then his will is unstoppable.

But few people know that... this sentence is also a prophecy for the people of Sabbath.

"He is the king of kings and the savior predicted. He is here to destroy us."

Aymar Nur, the Forgiver, said slowly: "Destroy the history of Parthia, destroy the future of Parthia - we must seize our own power and freedom from this unprecedented opportunity, and free ourselves from the fate of being bound by the abyss. Only in this way can we truly become our own masters, the masters of this desert and this land.

"In this way, Parthia can be considered a true revival - I will become the new King of Parthia, and you will all be my viziers! The ancient kingdom comes now and prospers in the future. This is how fate is broken!

"He wanted to destroy slavery, which meant destroying our common future. But, alas..."

Aymar Noor looked around and said word by word: "There is a traitor among us."

Ismail was shocked.

(End of this chapter)