Cardinal Galatea's opinion has no practical significance, but at least it gives everyone a step up - so that they do not have to surround Aiwass and admire the miracles he has summoned, but can continue to move up.
As Aiwass became the Sin Beast, the illusion previously released by Cardinal Galatea to him was broken.
Now people have seen the true face of this "Mr. Pope" - although before that, everyone had already guessed his identity, and this "Son of Sizhu" It's impossible for anyone else to master such a gesture...but now it's time to really open up the skylight and speak out.
Aiwass did not continue to waste mana to maintain the transformed state.
After finishing his transformation, he put on his clothes again. After a complete prayer to restore mana, the blessings of "Group Protection Curse", "Group Death Protection Barrier", and "Group Order Shield" were once again given to everyone, and then they planned to move on.
This eighth floor is far from the top - it is no longer known how many floors there were at the peak of the Tower of Babel. But since it was interrupted in the middle, and the eighth floor is not open to the air, it means that there must be more space above, and it is entirely possible that there will be more and stronger demon clusters.
Therefore, it is prudent to make some defensive preparations in advance to prevent being attacked and assassinated. You can't completely trust Drifter's warning - you can't put all your eggs in one basket. After all, it's entirely possible that powerful enemies that can't be predicted or detected will appear.
Sine had no clothes to wear after his resurrection, so Professor Bard enthusiastically lent him his coat. They are both about the same size, so they can be used interchangeably.
On the one hand, the old mage was sincerely grateful for Professor Bard's kindness and generosity, but on the other hand, he was frowning and feeling uncomfortable... As a chief mage, he had never worn such a pair of clothes since he was born. Poor clothes. If he hadn't known that Professor Bard was from Avalon, he might have thought that he was deliberately humiliating himself.
Although I dislike it very much, I am embarrassed to say it out loud. That would make him look very shameless - which made him frown, mumble, and sigh. It looked like he was encountering some kind of problem.
But in fact, he just felt like the rough clothes were scratching his skin like a rag. He also felt a vague smell of sweat that made him feel vaguely nauseous.
This made Aiwass, who knew the inside story, almost laugh.
This is a typical cultural difference.
In the archaeological circle of Avalon, and even in the entire academic circle, Professor Bader is famous for his frugality. I have been wearing this piece of clothing for at least ten years, and it is specially used for field archeology. Because it's cheap and strong, it doesn't hurt even if it gets broken. Even though it was clean when I went out, I am definitely covered in sweat after running around for a long time.
Even if you use magic to clean it, you will still feel unclean psychologically.
And this kind of "stinginess""The situation is impossible to occur in Star Antimony and Narcissus.
Avalon's scholars are almost all proud of being frugal. This can also be regarded as a kind of political correctness... Mainly from the academic circle Contempt for Lloyd's Association.
It is well known that Lloyd's Association was formed by the richest people in Avalon. They like to "sponsor" others - whether it is sponsoring scholars or people. Knights, in order to buy influence through money
Therefore, if a scholar is rich...unless his own family has money, people will probably think that he receives sponsorship from Lloyd's. -Some Avalonians would call this "bribery", even if these scholars have no power at all.
On the other hand, if a scholar is poor enough, there are only two possibilities. .
One is that Lloyd's looks down on him, and the other is that he rejected Lloyd's sponsorship. The former is a representative of incompetence, while the latter is visible to everyone. Noble. So in Avalon, as long as a scholar or knight is in a high position, most of his life will become poor.
For example, the great guardian's family does not have many servants, and there are not many foreign purchases. There are no expensive accessories or clothes in his home, and he has never taken Barton on a trip.
It’s not that he doesn’t have money – for him, money means nothing to him. It's just a number. No matter what he wants to buy, as long as he mentions a number or makes a request, most of his wishes will be fulfilled for a big shot of this level. They are connected.
The reason why he is so simple is just to avoid having too bad political influence. Even if he does not receive a penny from Lloyd's Union, he has never looked down on these businessmen. Seemingly rich would automatically make people worry that he was corrupted. Old Meg always enjoyed herself with the people, and that was why she hung out in beer halls and fried chicken restaurants - even though she really liked it. Beer and fried chicken.
The same goes for Haina - when she was in school, she also thought about buying some fashionable cosmetics or clothes, or going out for shopping, but she had no money at that time. . But now that she is rich and has a pretty good salary, it is not convenient for her to buy the things she wants.
Because of the influence of Lloyd's, an arbiter seems too rich. Money... is always not a good thing in people's minds.
This is not the case in Xingzhi and Narcissus. As a noble scholar, it is natural that he should have status and money... If life is too much. If you are simple, it will appear that no nobles are willing to sponsor you, or no mage lord is optimistic about you, which means that you have not passed the "test of the market" and have no "real talent".
So here it is. However, scholars led by mages will try their best to live a prosperous and decent life. There are even many young mages who will borrow money to make themselves fat and attend various social occasions to show that they are rich. .In this way,To make other sponsors have more trust in him.
After all, alchemists want to make money very quickly, but this is not the case for mages - even though the top projects belong to mages, mages are famously not fond of monetizing projects. This will make them look down upon by other mages. But research costs money...there has to be some wrongdoing.
In order to make the resentful people "give something, give something", the mages will even spend a large part of their future research funds on purchasing outfits to make themselves look mysterious like the legendary archmages. temperament.
——In fact, in Aiwass’ view, Professor Bard is somewhat evil-minded.
He may not be ignorant of the customs of Narcissus. Maybe he just felt that Sine was too arrogant and ignored other people, which made the children feel uncomfortable, so he bullied the old mage out of spite.
The effect is also very good.
"Do you need my help...Mr. Sine?"
The kitten looked at Sine sighing, and then cautiously approached him.
After all, it is her duty in the team to maintain mechanisms and detect traps.
Sine just glanced at her and said calmly: "The problem is not big, I can solve it... If you want to help me, I will call you."
This is stubborn and proud. The tone made the kitten feel flattered for a moment.
When she met Sine on the first day, she accidentally grabbed a handful of his sleeves when he came up to talk. Sine snatched them back, slapped his sleeves repeatedly, and checked him. Was there any shadow mark left by her or something stolen by her? He even ignored her greetings at all, just glanced at her with disgust and vigilance, and left silently, reserved and distant.
This made her very hurt.
Although Trap Master is an advanced profession for assassins and thieves, she is not the kind of street thief who likes to "touch" and steal things.
She is from the Hawkeye organization. He did kill people, but they were all "fallen people" who were in cahoots with the Son of the Moon. However, she had not carried out many missions before she was recalled to the headquarters for training because of her talent for trap assassination.
Now she has just left the army and is planning to come to Narcissus Territory to hunt for the Son of the Moon. As a result, the Narcissus Principality became independent before a few were killed; it even closed the customs with Iris and activated the mage tower to search for eagle-eyed assassins in the country. Her movement in Narcissus was severely restricted, and she could only find ways to take orders and make some money - even so, she had never stolen anything.
...But now, after dying once, Mr. Sine looks much normal.
Could it be that the resurrection of His Majesty the Pope cured his personality by the way? Or is that state of not communicating with others at all considered a disease?
"It's fixed."
Sine suddenly said.
Everyone gathered towards him, andSine explained to Aiwass: "It's not a structural damage, it's a procedural error... The external tracks above the ninth floor are severely damaged. This means that you can only go to the ninth floor at most, and even the ninth floor itself is possible. Derailed. Considering the safety margin, the lift blocked the way to the ninth floor."
"In other words, the lift may be damaged if it goes to the ninth floor?"
Aiwass translated his words.
Everyone looked at each other, then looked at Master Chongbo.
"Oh, it's not a big problem."
The Drifter suddenly said: "It's only a ninth floor... If the elevator is broken, I might as well jump off. I thought it was too much." "It's high."
"This floor is only thirty or forty meters high. It's not like you can jump off the top ten floors."
Sine Warning. Said: "This is not the residential buildings outside. Think about it first, do we have to go up there... maybe there are traps that cannot be eliminated, and maybe there are more powerful enemies."
" That’s only less than three hundred meters,” Rogue asked, “Don’t you have any magic that can help us solve this problem?”
“Oh, how is that possible?”
The voice of the old mage suddenly rose: "It's only three hundred meters, can this be considered a difficult problem? Don't be kidding me! Even the second-level new mage can come up with at least seven or eight ideas. Who are you looking down on? Ha, Feather Falling Technique, Storm Channel, Spring Space, Flexible Air Wall... If you want to hear it, I can tell you about it until tomorrow!"
Hearing this, the corners of Drifter's mouth rose slightly.
He laughed, shrugged, and looked at everyone: "Then the problem is solved, everyone. It seems that country people like me still don't understand the power of magic, hahaha... ”
Just now, Drifter realized through his intuition that although Sine had repaired the elevator, he didn’t really want to continue going up.
Maybe it was because dying once was too painful, or maybe it was because the clothes made him feel uncomfortable. It may also be because Sine has been distractedly looking at the sapphire in the white-haired cardinal's hand... He seems to want to go back and do something, so he always looks a little absent-minded, and he doesn't even put on airs - compared to What started as arrogance is now his true character in his natural state.
So the wanderer took the initiative to speak and set up the sine. Don't let him bring up the "I want to leave" thing.
Although the subsequent path may not require this mage, this end cannot be opened.
If Sine can really walk, then others can too. If Encyclopedia is leaving and Kitty is leaving, then "Don't Say No Seeing" will also follow... In the end, I'm afraid there won't be many people left in this team at all. It would be better to just break up and be done with it.
So he kept on giving in, acting like a clown, forcing Sine to show his "necessity". After doing this, because the old mage wanted to lose face, he would not swallow his words back. That's rightIt's considered safe for everyone else.
Although Drifter is not the captain here, he is the only person who carefully looked at everyone's expressions after Aiwass revealed the form of the son of Zhu Zhu. There is a fundamental difference in experience between a real adventurer who is forty or fifty years old and these extraordinary beings who accidentally come out to take orders.
Although with the Pope here, they can be resurrected even if they die... But Drifter heard clearly that the Pope called Sine's body a "light death." In other words, resurrection is not absolute, but has degrees of difficulty. To take a step back, if something went wrong with the Pope himself, they might all die here.
As far as encyclopedia is concerned - he has been wiping his sweat after realizing that Aiwass is the eternal pope. If he had the chance to run away, he would definitely run away as soon as possible, lest the blame would fly to his head out of thin air if something happened to the Eternal Pope.
Think about it... The world's most powerful leader came over to shake hands with you, went out to play a board game, and then suddenly fell to the ground and died. This would make anyone sweat.
If he were outside, he would definitely be tired of being with His Majesty the Pope, but this is a dangerous relic of the Amber Age. Within half an hour after entering, he encountered a group of more than 600 fourth-level demons. ...Isn’t this just a matter of running as far as you can?
The Drifter can understand him.
But the problem is that the more people run, the more dangerous the remaining people are.
In this situation, no one can run away or take advantage of others -
The Drifter's eyes, which look drunk but are actually extremely clear, are always like falcons. Scanning everyone's expression.
——The most unstable among them is Master Sine, who has become impetuous since seeing the gem.
"Then it's up to you."
Before Sine went crazy, Aiwass continued what Drifter said: "You are the only mage here, protect us. Myself."
"...Well, thank you."
Sine didn't dare to lose his temper with Aiwass, so he immediately calmed down and became well-behaved, even in his voice. From a state where his voice was about to break, he became calm: "Thank you very much for your concern, His Majesty the Pope. I am proud of being able to help you and will do my best for you."
Ai Hua Si smiled and nodded at Drifter.
Then he looked back at Sine and reminded him vaguely: "Our agreement can only be implemented after we all go back. I can choose many people, and the specific partners have not yet been determined. .
"...I think this person has to finish this order now before he can consider the next one, right? Otherwise, I wouldn’t be able to trust that person and leave my job to that person. What if my job is also put on hold? You say so, Archmage. ”
“Yes, you are right. "
Sine suddenly became awe-inspiring and nodded seriously. It was as if he was not an old mage, but had returned to his youth.period, the same as when being lectured by a teacher.
While talking, the lift continued to rise.
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