Shepherd Tantra

Chapter 698: Ruoan Eternity
"What Aiwass said is right."

At this moment, a soft and intelligent childish voice sounded.

Accompanied by a burst of rainbow light, a girl with white hair and white eyes, dressed in a black and red robe, appeared out of thin air behind everyone along with a wave of nothingness.

When Aiwas saw her, his expression was a little complicated for a moment.

So this was the pure white he had seen before...

He nodded slightly and greeted softly, "Your Holiness."

"Don't call me Your Holiness," the young Eternal Pope said with a smile, his voice as gentle as a mother or a teacher, "Just call me Juan from now on."

Once out of the fight, her voice softened.

Her sharp and tough tone before was like a teacher who was trying to stop a child from doing something dangerous. It was like a lactating mother animal protecting her cubs, with red eyes, as if she would go crazy and bite the other person if he approached her again.

As she calmed down completely, this seemingly slender little girl began to exude a gentle and quiet temperament.

That was a completely different style from Ligeia's carefree old lady style - even if Ligeia pretended a little, outsiders could easily see that she was not of this age group. But even though the Eternal Pope had a gentleness and steadiness beyond her age, she did not look out of place at all.

At this moment, the ceiling of the temple belonging to the Silver Crown Dragon had been broken by the Perfect Man, and the sunlight shone directly on her. Ruo'an's too fair skin reflected a pure and intoxicating radiance under the light.

"Ruo An..."

Aiwass muttered.

He had heard this name from Si Zhu before.

"My name is Joan Eternal."

There was a strong sense of joy in her voice, as if she had finally retired with honor: "When I step down as Pope, I will become a saint... Then, I will have to call you Your Holiness the Pope."

"Please just call me Aiwass. After all, I am not the real Pope. So, should I call you Ms. Joan?"

Aiwass nodded soberly and politely, then complained in a low voice: "Why did you leave directly..."

"I have to save those who were attacked and tortured."

The Eternal Pope put his hand on his chest, a holy glow appeared on his face, and his long eyelashes fluttered: "As for you... I believe in you."

"...I don't really believe in myself, Your Holiness."

Cardinal Dominic on the side complained: "That's a perfect man of the sixth energy level - that is, he is not good at fighting, otherwise we would all die here."

"When I saw him use that move, I knew you couldn't lose."

The Eternal Pope explained, "I have seen that move when I was a child. It is the 'art of creation' that extracts the essence of life. Once it is launched, it cannot be interrupted... just like high-level prayers and rituals, they cannot be easily interrupted. Once interrupted, the caster will suffer backlash, and this is especially true for the art of creation.

"That guy is a real idiot. I believe you can handle this not-so-smart guy."

"really."

Aiwass nodded in agreement.

In a one-on-many battle, suddenly using this kind of channeled spell that cannot be forcibly interrupted... The Eternal Pope is still too ladylike. We usually call such people idiots.

Aiwass didn't even summon the little crow - he still had enough energy to kill this guy by surpassing his level.

Although the damage was mainly caused by the honey badger, Aiwass did have a way to deal with him.

Even the honey badger couldn't help but laugh: "To be honest, this is the first time I've seen someone who didn't react after being hit by Shadow Attack three times..."

"Because idiots like this usually die in the first move, right?" Aiwass raised the corner of his mouth.

"Yes!"

The honey badger couldn't help laughing: "Didn't he notice that if there was fire in front of him, there would definitely be a shadow behind him?"

"After all, he is a believer of Xiong Tiansi...which is quite appropriate." Aiwass joked.

"...Are there still people in Avalon who believe in Xiong Tiansi?"

The honey badger couldn't help but gasp: "That's true, he believes in Xiong Tiansi, so everything he does seems reasonable."

Obviously, the honey badger also knows the origin of Xiong Tiansi.

Ruo An took advantage of this opportunity to introduce the much more relaxed Honey Badger: "The man in front of you, the current interim pope, personally participated in the fall of Xiong Tiansi not long ago."

The honey badger suddenly widened its eyes and looked at Aiwass in disbelief.

Tiansi’s… fall?
Is this really something that a supernatural being in the material world can do?
You are only at the fourth level, right? !

"What Aiwass said is right," Juan's expression became more serious. "We won't kill you. It's too rough to kill you just to keep a secret. It's not civilized at all and it's too wasteful."

The honey badger pursed his lips and said nothing.

...After all, this is how Hawkeye always treats people who might leak information.

When in doubt, kill the person first.

After all, they are an organization that is purely adapted to the Tao. The smartest people in the organization are a bunch of liars who are not sure whether they can be trusted. There can't be many truly smart people, but there are quite a few cowards.

In order to avoid leaking secrets and thus affecting themselves, colleagues who might leak secrets or betray were secretly executed almost every day. There was even a master assassin who was specifically responsible for killing his own people.

...And now, she has come to the real civilized world, and for a moment she is a little uncomfortable.

but……

"waste?"

The honey badger was a little confused: "Does the Church need a fifth-level person like me?"

"Of course we have," Ruoan said patiently, "but we lack a Moon Child expert like you. We have been paying attention to the harm that the Moon Child has caused to humans for many years."

Hearing this, the honey badger's eyes suddenly lit up.

She asked anxiously, "Is the Theocracy finally going to take action against the Moon Children? Are they going to punish the Moon Children in Iris?"

"Unfortunately, that's unlikely."

Joan shook his head.

"Why not..."

The honey badger found it hard to understand: "The Sons of the Moon are usurping human kingdoms one after another! They can always infiltrate easily and quietly corrupt those nobles and wealthy businessmen who are afraid of death. They always help each other on the basis of race and open the door to their own people - isn't this a violation of order? Once the rulers of various countries are in danger, the Theocracy will intervene... But what about the Sons of the Moon?"

"Because the Theocracy has always had a principle... the principle of voluntary protection."

Ruo An said patiently: "The Son of the Moon did not forcibly capture those nobles and force them to transform. Rather, those people were greedy for immortality, so they transformed voluntarily regardless of everything. This was their own choice, so in the end, whether it was the destruction of the country or the extermination of the clan, it was just a matter of course.

"The theocracy is merely a watcher, not a protector. Although the Son of the Moon has squeezed the living space of mankind, this incident seems to us like a rebellion launched by rebels within the kingdom, rather than an invasion of supernatural forces from foreign enemies. All we can do is educate them - warn them not to believe the persuasion of the Son of the Moon."

"But persuasion alone won't do the trick!"

Honey Badger was a little excited: "We have tried it a long time ago, but it's useless. Not many of those nobles really care about their own souls and selves. Even if we tell them that the Son of the Moon is just another person, only a few people will be shaken. The temptation of eternal life is too great. We must rely on strong power to supervise and prevent the infiltration of the Son of the Moon! Just like Avalon-"

"—Because you have to understand one thing, Ms. Honey Badger."

Aiwass on the side continued: "What the Church represents has never been natural justice and absolute fairness.

“In other words, the theocracy represents the interests of the church.

"And the church represents the interests of the Ennead Gods."

(End of this chapter)