318.Chapter 312: What kind of cow ghosts and snakes are these?

Chapter 312: What kind of cow ghosts and snakes are these?

It was like being transformed into a fetus and returning to the mother’s womb.

It was also like relaxing one’s whole body and mind and immersing oneself in a hot spring …… That moist and warm liquid was so mesmerizing that even one’s mood became tranquil.

When Ivars regained his waking consciousness again, he heard the brushing sound of the rising and falling of the tides around him.

The strong smell of blood came along with the sounds of people talking.

He opened his eyes and saw a toothy black remnant of the moon hanging above the black and red sky.

At their feet, the sea of blood was foaming, ebbing and flowing like the sea under the moonlight.

In the center of them was a huge brass organ dancer. She stood gracefully with her arms folded in front of her. Behind her back were butterfly-like wings, which were not insect wings, but feathers made of countless thin gears and metal pieces.

Ivars and Lily appeared almost simultaneously.

This time, Ivars didn’t directly let the Shadow Demon attach itself to his body and cover his entire body.

Instead, she used a different kind of camouflage-

Anyway, Aywas’s hair was long nowadays, it was just usually tied up in a ponytail. Now that he had untied his hair, put it all down, and put on Lily’s clothes – when the shadow demon covered his body again, Ivars could only see the black shadow that looked like a “character not unlocked”, and it looked like a woman.

Lily, on the other hand, took on the opposite disguise.

She changed into one of Ivars’ men’s jackets, and put on a large brimmed hat – it just so happened that Ivars had brought a gray trench coat and bowler hat with him when he went out this time. Now it was just right for Lily to use.

Although Lily’s long curly gray hair still fell uncovered to her waist, she skillfully switched her stance to that of a man. Just by looking at the way she crossed her fingers, leaned back on the back of the chair, and folded her legs, it was hard to think of Mr. Gray as a woman.

Because according to what Ivars said before, Ms. Aleister was actually a woman.

Although the fact that Aleister is Ivars has been known to some people …… such as Her Majesty the Queen, and the Great Guardian. But it was still a hidden secret that outsiders didn’t know after all.

–Maybe this bit of intelligence fallout will suddenly be useful at some point in the future. Therefore, Ivars simply changed into Lily’s clothes and planned to play the identity of “Ms. Aleister” to the end.

He didn’t need to do anything anyway, not even makeup – he couldn’t see his face during the promotion ceremony, and his voice would be distorted to a certain extent, so he could only judge the other party’s true identity from their posture, clothing, tone of voice, and hairstyle.

As for speaking –

Originally, Aleister was also in charge of opening his mouth to speak by the Shadow Demon.

Now it was just a matter of having him adjust from that dry, raspy, monster-like voice to that assassin lady’s voice.

Compared to that ……

Ivars looked up, watching the crowd with interest.

–He and Lily were actually the seventh and eighth fillers.

Six people had already arrived before they appeared. Judging by the level of enthusiasm in the conversation, they seemed to have been there for a while.

This indicated that it was highly likely that the main site of this ceremony was not in Avalon.

Instead, the ninth person who appeared right after Lily was a short and withered looking old woman wearing a large green brimmed hat.

Her body was hunched and shriveled, and she didn’t look like a human. Rather, it looked like a gnome.

When the six people from before saw that the people had arrived, the man sitting in the first place among them looked over and asked with interest, “Which one of …… the three of you is beyond the path?”

“Before asking someone a question, you should introduce yourself first, right?”

Aiwas did not open his mouth.

But then Assassin Lady Croai’s pleasant and gentle voice that was like honey iterated over a rough and sharp triple echo that rang out.

“And indeed, what you say, miss.”

The man nodded slightly, very politely.

He brushed his right hand against his chest and bowed slightly, “I am [Ban], Mighty Dawnguard.”

He looked bloodthirsty and physically strong. Around his early thirties, his voice was loud and clear.

“[Philosopher].”

The man in the second row said coldly with his hands clasped over his chest, his attitude a stark contrast to the ban.

He looked like he had an aura as cold as winter, with a sense of arrogance that towered over him. His age should not be small …… Although he could not see his face, it seemed to be able to tell that he had already shed a large portion of his head. I am afraid that he should be at least forty or fifty years old.

“You can call me [Stranger], and I am still an alchemist who is still at the apprentice stage today.”

The man who was also in his forties replied mildly.

“I’m [Furnace Casting], Dedication Roadway, how are you guys.”

The fourth person to open his mouth was an older Dwarf sister – or it could have been an older mom or grandma. Because of the general premature aging of dwarves, it wasn’t very easy to see the exact age. But her attitude was quite friendly.

“I’m Janet.”

Speaking immediately after, was a woman who was suspected of using her real name.

She spoke with a smile, “Janet Platman, the Way of Love …… But I’m not a witch oh little sisters?”

“…… Shades.”

The sixth person to speak bowed her head, looking like she was on the verge of falling asleep, and let out a raspy, low voice.

And Ivas was silent for a moment, cocking his head slightly.

Immediately afterward, Crowe Ai’s voice came out, “Ale. You may call me Ale. As you can see, I am a Transcendent.”

“Ash.”

Lily made a low, raspy sound with her pseudo-voice technique.

Because she pronounced only one word, there was a long silence in the waiting hall.

It was only when the old woman in the green hat finally snapped out of it and opened her mouth to let out a sharp voice, “I am …… the Hatter. The Way of Beauty Way.” Sure enough, it’s worthy of the Crescent Moon Ceremony. Ivars thought to himself.

What kind of bull**** is this ……

With a quick glance over, he saw at least three of them in smaller sizes.

To be able to pull in the group’s own and Lilly s complement …… would indicate that the master of ceremonies judged that if they pulled in loose rows of transcendents at this point, the intensity would no longer be in the same class as them. It would be unfair to them.

It shows that the Crescent Moon Ceremony does have a lot of trumpets.

Prohibition, Philosopher and Stranger, odds are that they are on the same team, and should all three probably be trumpets.

I can’t say much about the Furnace Caster, but I think it’s a Dwarf Blacksmith. This kind of auxiliary profession is easy to find teammates.

One of the teammates she found was Janet Ptarmigan. Shady Soul wasn’t sure if it was one of their group.

Ivars knew this person.

Janet was actually an Avalonian.

A well known goblin scholar – she entered the goblin kingdom once and gained healing abilities from the goblins …… an ability to create something like a witch’s salve. However, this ability is very unstable, working on and off, and at other times turning into a poison or mischievous potion.

However, she was not ultimately arrested for healing people, but rather for her work as a journalist, who has been arrested for her many public statements about politics – including, but not limited to, “The fact that the royal family is being killed one after another and the royal family is not in a hurry at all suggests that this is a tactic the Queen wants to use to pass the throne on to someone! “, “Avalon can’t actually beat Star Antimony at all, and if a Star Antimony person hits it, it’s sure to break at the touch of a button”, “Griffins are useless, they’re better off as motorcycle Luminaries”, “Avalon’s Avalon’s alchemy has not developed at all, and all those technological breakthroughs are useless” and other sharp comments.

Although nowadays it seems that there are a lot of truth …… in it, but in fact she does not have any evidence, it is a pure blind guess.

And she also writes stories that are certainly not true.

For example, she claimed many times that Sherlock Hermes became a famous detective because he set up all those cases. For some reason, she has a very strong animosity towards Sherlock and has publicly criticized him many times.

But then she was still victimized for her talkativeness – she was taken in and stomped on a treadmill for six months, and when she got out, she ran off to Star Antimony.

If all six were from Star Antimony, it would explain why the first thing they said when they opened their mouths was a direct question about which one of us was the Transcendent.

The Yin Souls are mostly Twilight Pathways, and the Stranger is an Alchemist. These three paths dominate absolutely on the Star Antimony side, much like Might and Devotion on the Avalon side. It’s basically unlikely that they’ll fill the position.

If there was no Transcendent among the three of them, that meant that someone in the remaining group must have lied – and because of that, Aiwas was able to confirm that these six people were not at least on the same team.

The Crescent Moon Ceremony had a maximum of three victors, and failure was easily costly. That’s why there was a maximum of three people on a team.

These six would have to be split into two or three teams, but they were all in Star Antimony. That’s why the Ceremony grabbed myself, Lily, and the Hatter, who was probably a Goblin, to fill in.

–After leaving the radiation range of Avalon, even the proportion of different races has increased.

Ivas tried, and reached out to press his hand on the armrest. Shadows obscured Ivas’s movements, and a card emerged from his palm.

[Shadow Blade], [Cloak of Shadows], [Earthbound Spirit].

–As expected, the Butterfly of Paradoxical Flame cannot be summoned.

It was unclear whether it was because none of the great sin cards could be used, or whether the Butterfly of the Paradoxical Flame, which had been assigned to the Path of Devotion, could not be used.

This one was also simple. After the little butterfly also reaches the fifth energy level, Aywas can draw her power to make some weaker cards then.

Just wait until the next Crescent Moon Ritual advancement to see if these cards drawn from the little butterfly can be used.

After everyone had introduced themselves, the pleasant sound of an octave suddenly came from this waiting room filled with blood.

The brass dancing velvet in the center danced to the sound of this light music as its wings flapped slightly.

The dance immediately attracted everyone’s attention, and everyone was engrossed in it. Just by watching the dance, one felt spiritually healed.

Her dance became more and more intense and wild. Finally she opened her eyes, and they were as beautiful as the most beautiful emeralds, so beautiful that they dazzled the eyes.

Finally, her dance settled down. At the end of the song, she closed her eyes again and returned to her original, motionless state.

“I am Thelepsichore.”

Her ethereal voice rang out in everyone’s mind, “The Muse of the Twin Mirrors.”

Beyond that, she did not utter another word.

[This time, there are seven advanced people with plural paths, but please note: only advanced path abilities and transcendent objects of your own making that correspond to the paths are allowed to be used during the ceremony.]

This ceremony is limited to sixteen hours, with a ratio of eight to one.

You must survive until the end of the ceremony, or fulfill a special victory condition in the early settlement.

Since this is a new moon ceremony, points will be awarded for kills, and the winner will be chosen at the end of the ceremony in descending order of points.

[There are three regular winners in this ceremony, and there is a special victory condition.]

[The special victory conditions for this ceremony are: “Secret Reflection” and “Twin Victory”]

[Secret Reflection: All advanced players in this ritual are the opposite gender of the character they are playing. If you recognize the true identities of all of the advanced players except yourself, and do not allow your true identity to be recognized by any of the advanced players, you will win regardless of the victory conditions.

[Dual Life Victory: At least two Advancees must be present at the end of the ceremony. If only one of them survives, the winner will be the one with the most points among the deceased Advancees].

[The difficulty of this ritual is “Difficult Challenge”, if you die during the ritual, you will be weakened for ninety days, there is a small chance that your soul will be damaged, and there is a very small chance that you will be disabled] [The dream world of this ritual is made up of the dream worlds of the two advanced players.

[The dreamscape for this ritual was constructed by ‘Amber’, and the script and bonus points are handled by ‘Twin Mirrors’.]

Immediately afterward, Thelpsichore paused. Chanting softly as if telling a story:

[1580, Herasl Empire ……]

Update complete!
Ah to follow up on the last chapter, it’s been three days since my nose has been breathing hot air, and after two days of taking ibuprofen it’s still not clearing up. Every night when I go to bed I feel hot, cold and sweat like crazy, but when I wake up I take my temperature and it’s normal, a very standard 36.5, absolutely.

Today I woke up and drank some oral antiviral, the dry throat problem is almost gone, I coughed instead, but not too much. Nasal mucus also began to become more, nasal congestion reduced and the most critical thing is that although the weakness but not headache and fever …… really evil ……

I don’t want to go to the hospital because I don’t have a headache, and I think it would be worse if I went to the hospital and got infected by other people.

But if I get up tomorrow and it’s not better, I’ll have to go to the hospital tomorrow afternoon, and on the 30th, the operator, Jar Jar, will be coming to play with the cat, so I’ll have to get up and not fall down—.

(End of chapter)