Shepherd Tantra

Chapter 677 The true image of the nine-pillar god
Circle 21, the end of the endless corridor. It was a rotunda as sacred and glorious as a cathedral.

After entering the door, the first thing Aiwass saw was this scene——

The wooden floor was red, and the ceiling was dark red. It looked like the heart of some giant monster.

Thousands of white candles of different heights were burning in the room, and the room was filled with light, sacred incense.

The statues of the Nine Pillars are surrounded by fans in order and embedded in their respective square shrines. It looks like huge paintings, but these paintings are sunken into the wall, and the nine-pillar sacred statues in the "paintings" maintain different postures and appear in square frames of different colors. middle.

Different sacrifices are placed in the left and right corners of each "picture frame". Basically, there are different flowers, different gems, and candles of different colors, placed in different orders of quantity.

From left to right, the nine pillars are arranged according to their sacred numbers.

It is known that the Nine Pillars have different incarnations. But the Theocracy has its own unique definition of the "official image" of the Nine Pillars.

Although there will be religious paintings in churches in other countries, they will not have complete statues, and any form of painting without permission is not allowed - this is the "right of permission" and "right of discourse" controlled by the Theocracy. ". Only a few temples dedicated to a certain pillar god will enshrine icons.

Generally speaking, only here can you see the highest level icon of the Nine Pillars at the same time.

Even the offerings placed on the left and right corners of the shrine are completely symmetrical.

He looked like a beautiful woman sitting on a chair.

The pillar god "Amber" who only saw the twilight path is actually a white-haired girl wrapped in twilight crystals.

Aiwass murmured: "Amber turned out to be a harpy..."

Aiwass quickly passed over the pillar gods he had seen, including the Silver Crowned Dragon and the Snake Father, and looked at the last one, Amber.

She had extremely long straight black hair, and her face could not be seen clearly because she lowered her head. The long hair hangs down to the ground, mixed with the calves and feet. But the hair that touched the ground turned into black snakes.

The image of the Pillar God should be closer to that when they came to power - of course, there is no evidence for this, it is just a conclusion that Aiwass inferred from experience and intuition. But if you say so, then Kohaku is too young...

——Judging from the several pillar gods Aiwass has met, at least the gap shouldn't be particularly big. The most different one is the boss...but considering that the boss is also the god of concealment and change, it is obviously normal to show a special image to the outside world.

She was kneeling on the ground, facing the lake, her hands folded against her chest or shoulders. There was almost no clothing on her body, only translucent black crystals shaped into the shape of tentacles, which bound her tightly from behind and covered her key parts.

His whole body was hidden in the shadows, and he could only vaguely see the swaying green feathers and dark blue scales. His image seemed to be constantly changing, one moment it was green, the next moment it was blue. But because of the large group of shadows, only a little bit of the exposed features can be seen.

She curled up like a baby, and seemed to be trying to hold something in her arms. The long snow-white hair naturally curved, as if it was about to wind up into a cocoon, vaguely wrapping her inside. But this crystal doesn't seem to be a crystal, because the long hair in the crystal can actually float slightly, as if floating in the amniotic fluid.

Two people who looked almost identical, with the same light blond hair, were sitting back to back on high-rise cake-like chairs. They looked like butterflies replicated horizontally by the mirror.

The sixth Lord of Scales and Feathers showed a different appearance than what Aiwass recognized.

She was closing her eyes slightly and singing a melodious hymn in a low voice. It is sacred music that is enough to cleanse the soul. Just listening to it will make you feel healed - this is not an exaggeration. People suffering from diseases may actually be cured if they hear this song.

The girl's body is so white that it is almost transparent... In other words, what the sculptor wants to express is this kind of looming "transparency". Compared to her body, the three pairs of pure white wings attracted more attention.

Aiwass also saw with sharp eyes a pair of small pure white wings extending from the position of the amber ears. Two large pure white wings extended from her back, overlapping forward and covering her long hair that could hardly block anything. On the sides of the feet that the wings did not cover, there was a pair of wings about the same size as the sides of the ears.

To the right of the eternal self is the twin mirror.

And one more place to the right is the most common Si Zhu.

This gave Aiwass some hesitation.

His mouth was as dry as an old man's and seemed to be sewn shut with black thread. The old man's right hand was lowered, as if hiding something in his sleeve. And his raised left hand held up a stone slab, on which ancient words like lightning were dancing. From his raised left arm, you can see the muscles hidden under the robe.

Weizhe is an old man with a stooped figure. He wore a hooded robe, and his eyes were deeply sunken. One of his eyes was pure white, but his other dark blue eye was extremely deep, like a bottomless ice lake.

He was wearing a yellow robe, had a white beard and white hair, and his slightly long and thin old face looked extremely serious. Behind him is a huge hourglass that is constantly flowing sand, and his hands are in the cuffs in front of him.

In front of these nine holy statues, there is an extra long table than usual.

Sand Timepiece is also an old man, but he looks much more energetic.

And the tentacles that surged out from the depths of darkness like vines spread all the way to the crimson vortex behind her. The part of the tentacle close to the vortex is blood red, and a wolf-like dark gold vertical eye appears faintly from the vortex.

At this moment, the pure white saint did not kneel in front of the Nine Pillars God as usual, but sat in the middle of the long table, facing Aiwass and his group who were walking towards the holy statue.

——Hengga on the far left looks like a plump young girl.

This was the first time Aiwass had seen the images of these two pillar gods. So he looked at them carefully and remembered them in his heart.

Aiwass didn't know how long the harpies lived, or whether they looked younger or older.

But the image of the twin mirror is not a mirror.

This was the first time Aiwass saw Amber - there were no icons or paintings enshrining Amber in the Candlestick Cathedral in Avalon. He didn't even know whether Kohaku was a boy or a girl, or what race he was... Considering that Kohaku became the Pillar God in the "Cicada Slaughter" incident, he should be divided into genders.

The man curls his left leg up on the chair and relaxes his right leg downward. His left fist was supporting his cheek, and he looked relaxed and lazy, with his head and eyes lowered.

Amber...as the "god of the highest peak, the god of perfection and eternity", why does he look so young?
He still remembered that Kohaku had been the strongest Pillar God since the cicada incident.

"...Is this what Amber is like?"

Si Zhu is a huge red crystal stag with bifurcated antlers on its head. And there was a white candle burning on each antler - it was no different.

The Silver Crowned Dragon is a white dragon sleeping on the iceberg. He wears a majestic and sacred silver crown on his head, and his wings are also a brilliant silvery gray. The cold air visible to the naked eye is like dry ice melting at room temperature, still flowing outward from the shrine...

The saint's position is sitting in front of the sand clock and in the middle of the entire circular room.

But judging from Amber's facial features, it seems that she can still see a childish feeling. From a human point of view, she looks about fifteen or sixteen years old at most.

The female twin mirror is just the opposite. She curls up her right leg and playfully kicks her left leg forward. She raises her head slightly, with the index and middle finger tips of her left hand touching her chin, holding her head high. They all looked sideways out of the screen, the smiles on their faces seemed friendly and a little playful.

She didn't have any accessories or clothes on her body. She looked like she was sealed and buried here.

They have the same shawl hair, the same green eyes, and the same beautiful appearance. But it can be seen from the details of some expressions that the person on the left is male and the person on the right is female.

There are only three seats on the other side of this long table. The seat to the right of the saint is empty.

The person on the left side of the saint was none other than Master Yanis, who looked at Isabel in surprise.

"...Why are you here?"

Yanis whispered.

The corners of Isabel's mouth raised, she put a finger in front of her lips, and replied silently: "This is a secret." Although she was responding to Yanis, Isabel's gaze was almost uncontrollably captured by the pure white The saint attracted her.

To be precise, he was attracted by the chest of the pure white saint that was placed on the table.

At this moment, the index, middle and ring fingers of the pure white saint's hands were pressed together, forming a pyramid shape on the table. But this is not a false pyramid... rather, she is resting her arms on her chest.

Isabel:? ? ?
So, so big...

The young half-elf queen opened her eyes wide and exclaimed silently.

——Is it really reasonable to be so big?

She puffed her cheeks and issued a silent question to nature.

She quietly turned her head to look at Aiwass, and found that Aiwass was not staring at the pure white saint, but looking sideways at the Pillar God Amber, and then secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

After seeing Aiwass, the pure white saint nodded slightly to her left side and motioned Aiwass to go this way: "In front of the Lord of Scales and Feathers."

"I understand, Your Highness."

Aiwass said, pulling Isabel to the side.

Soon, Aiwass found his position directly in front of the Scale Feather Lord.

On the back of the huge seat, which looked like one used in a promotion ceremony, "Aiwass" was written in elven cursive script. There is also a small chair on the left and right sides.

When the three Aiwass sat down, several little elf girls also wearing nun uniforms soon came over to serve them drinks.

It was a crystal clear liquid like ruby.

Aiwass sniffed.

——This is Holy Tree No. 1.

He judged the taste of this wine just by its aroma.

After the little girl with long gray hair poured three glasses of wine attentively, Aiwass smiled and whispered to her: "Thank you."

The girl was slightly startled, and then looked at Aiwass with a smile on her face. Only then did she finally see the young cardinal's face clearly.

"...human, human?"

The girl's originally expressionless, doll-like face now subconsciously showed a hint of surprise and joy. Her eyes showed a strong desire "I want to touch him". But she subconsciously glanced at the photographer at the door of the room, and finally suppressed her desire.

"You're so cute."

The girl whispered: "Your Majesty Cardinal."

Then, the girl bowed her head slightly and saluted. Then he turned around and left with a slight smile on his face.

After the girl left, Isabel asked in a low voice: "Who is she? Is she the Pope's maid?"

"No," Aiwass said softly, "If it weren't for us...she would be this generation's candidate saint."

"...Such a young child?"

"Even though she is young, she should be close to it even if she is not over 100."

Aiwass said casually, then raised his head and looked around.

From here you can hear Her Majesty the Holy Virgin singing up close. And the drink is the best wine in the world, Holy Tree No. 1 brewed with the blood of the apostles... I have to say, it is really delicious.

He arrived early, so there weren't many people around Aiwass yet. Only the section between the eternal self and the twin mirrors had more people, and he was the first to come here.

Suddenly, Aiwass felt someone push his shoulder gently from behind.

He turned around with his right side and saw that Lily had turned back and was looking at him.

The young man behind was smiling and waving to Aiwass.

He put on pure white robes, so that Aiwass didn't recognize him for a while. Later, looking at his bright smile, I realized that this was the cardinal codenamed "Topa", Siegfried.

He was followed by a woman with long silver hair and a strong man with brown hair. Both are pure-blood elves.

"My wife, Kriemhild."

Siegfried said with a smile, putting his arm around the male's shoulders: "This is my brother. Which one is your wife?"

"this."

Aiwass chuckled and said, pulling Isabel's hand: "Her name is Isabel."

"Half-elf..."

Siegfried looked at Isabel thoughtfully and said, "She seems familiar to me."

Humans have the same cuteness bonus as cats and dogs for elves - but if they are half-elves, they will immediately lose this special allure.

Although in human aesthetics, half-elves may even be cuter than pure-blood elves. Because they have both the noble and delicate appearance of elves and the round cheek contours of humans. But in the elf aesthetics... half-elf is probably equivalent to a kind of Furui. Among extreme elf sects, it may even feel weird to the point of nausea.

Only a few elves are particularly fond of half-elves, and Siegfried is clearly not one of them.

This is actually the reason why it is difficult for half-elves to gain a high status in the Theocracy - even elves also like to look at their faces. It's just a different aesthetic.

"Do you always bring your wife here?"

Avas suddenly felt confident.

Originally, when he brought Isabel here, he was worried that it would break the rules.

"Not necessarily, for example, Cardinal Favna..."

Siegfried whispered.

At this moment, Cardinal Favna came over.

(End of this chapter)