May 1st.

Avalon west coast, Midsummer County.

The war is about to begin, and armies from all countries are gathering here. The blood of the past gradually cools down, and a tense and depressing atmosphere permeates the surroundings.

Last night's emergency promotion was an absolute bargain in terms of the exchange ratio - nearly half of his soldiers were promoted to one level with an average exchange ratio of less than 1:2. From any point of view, this is a profit.

And it's a big profit, a bloody profit.

——But in fact, the sound coming from inside the legion’s garrison is not like that.

Obviously the winning rate has increased sharply, but instead there is an inexplicable panic spreading.

Because whether you are strong or not, it is not intuitive to fight; however, the soldiers can intuitively find that their companions and comrades have been injured on a large scale. Especially since this war has a somewhat "never come back" flavor, they

The act of withdrawing from the war because of trauma was condemned by some people.

——Is it possible that they deliberately participated in the promotion ceremony and avoided fighting by getting injured?

After all, the country where the devil descended was the Kingdom of Star Antimony, not their own country.

Not many people are willing to risk a fight to save the people of other countries - let alone a considerable number of them who were hostile to Star Antimony not long ago.

Iris has been facing oppression and threats from Star Antimony. Although there has been no war, economic, political and other pressures have continued for many years.

Not to mention, Narcissus and Black Eagle had just become independent from Star Antimony not long ago. Needless to say, Avalon - every passionate young man still remembers the fact that the royal family was cursed and the queen was assassinated. So even if the Griffin Knights have

After beating Star Antimony in the face for several months, there was still no sound of war weariness in Avalon.

Normally, the risks of the promotion ceremony would be high enough, and failure could result in disability or even death.

This promotion ceremony set a new record for the lowest mortality rate, and the losers just had the opportunity to leave this war that they were unwilling to participate in - so those soldiers who originally had the opportunity to be promoted but hesitated due to various reasons

I regretted it.

Some of them are afraid of death, and some feel that they are not completely ready. Only a small number of soldiers are in order to ensure their condition to face the enemy... However, almost everyone claims that they think so.

As a result, those who were promoted turned into selfish people - their purpose became "taking advantage of the general trend to get promoted" or "wanting to harm themselves to escape from service."

And the most unacceptable thing for them is... there are actually many people who think so.

Jealousy, anger, arrogance, laziness... all kinds of dissatisfaction boiled over inexplicably. People became more jealous and irritable than usual. Because the number of people who participated in promotions and those who did not participate in promotions was very close to 1:1, the situation became a stalemate.

, chaos spreads like fire.

Seeing that the war has not yet begun, a civil war is about to take place within each legion.

The few people who stayed awake sent the information calling for help earlier.

——At this point, I am afraid that only Aiwass, who organized people here, can stop this civil war!

At 4:30 in the afternoon, news came - Aiwass Moriarty was about to arrive.

As a result, the quarrels and chaos subsided a little and turned into confrontation and cold war.

After all, no matter which country these soldiers come from, they still respect Aiwass.

Not only because Aiwass, as a human being, became a cardinal and the eternal pope... but also because Aiwass himself is a devotee of the fifth level.

——For most middle- and low-level transcendent beings, their understanding of the path of devotion is “good people”; and the higher the level, the better the person is. The second-level devotees are the good people they can come into contact with.

He is a very good person, and the third level is obviously much better than the second level. He can be regarded as a representative of public opinion recognized and respected by almost everyone in the area... By analogy, what is the devotee of the fifth level?

They dare not even think about what kind of saint they are.

Only a very small number of extraordinary people know that high-level devotees are bound to turn against their will and are all crazy people. And these people are even more in awe of Aiwass - he won the position of the Pope from a group of top crazy people! Yes!

He is said to be the craziest among the mad, and a being who cannot be offended.

So as Aiwass approached, the coalition camp gradually became quiet.

When Aiwass actually arrived, all the contradictions seemed to disappear. People seemed to become friendly - no one wanted to embarrass themselves in front of the respected former pope. Even if they were pretending, they would pretend to be friendly.

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Louis Victor was an officer from Iris - technically, he was a marshal. The supreme commander of the Iris army.

Although he looks to be in his early thirties, he is actually eighty years old this year. Of course, his true identity is a Son of the Moon from the Blood Tiansi faction.

Although the Son of the Moon has almost controlled most of the top management in the Iris Kingdom... people still have a naturally hostile attitude towards the Son of the Moon.

That's not discrimination, that's fear.

Because of this, no matter who is considered by the public to be a child of the moon - for example, when a miracle occurs such as rejuvenation, sudden recovery from a serious illness, etc., they have obviously been transformed into a child of the moon, but they will always publicly deny their identity in newspapers. Even if they have a miracle.

Everyone knows that he is the son of the moon, but he will never admit it.

——Until now.

This situation has changed.

The demon army invades the material world - and the Moon Child, who naturally restrains demons, becomes the savior!

The Pope, the Theocracy, the Elves...the "holy ones" who were revered by people personally spoke out - asking the Sons of the Moon to join the war!

This initially caused dissatisfaction and complaints among the Moon Children, but the real superiors knew...this was an opportunity.

It’s a chance for Moonchild to clear his name!

Not to mention... His Majesty the Pope also promised research on the "perfect man".

After discussion, the children of the Moon of Iris came to the conclusion that this is a rare pope who has a friendly attitude towards the Children of the Moon.

Because of this, when he heard that Aiwass was coming to inspect, he waited early at the gate of the military camp, hoping to express a friendly attitude to him.

However, Aiwass did not go to the military camp, but went directly to the Temple of the Nine Pillars in Shengxia County.

When Louis knew about this, he hurried to the temple with his people.

This is a very important thing...after all, it is about the "perfect person"!

Although the Sons of the Moon are very united and consistent in their advancement and retreat, there are many factions within them. At least the Sons of the Moon in various countries, their positions naturally include some of the top leaders of each country - the Sons of the Moon of Iris, and the Moon Sons of the Narcissus Principality.

The interests of the children are definitely not completely unified.

They care about the species, but they care more about themselves. Whoever can establish a good relationship with Aiwass first will have a better chance of getting the "Secret of the Perfect Man"!

When Louis went to the temple, he discovered to his chagrin...it turned out that everyone thought so!

The Archmage of the Narcissus Principality, the Legion Commander of the Black Eagle Principality, everyone gathered here - even the Great Guardian of Avalon and his huge griffin!

——What does this have to do with you?

Oh, are you the driver? That’s okay...

I saw Aiwass concentrating on performing the sacrament.

Today is May 1st, which can also be regarded as the holy day of sand timepieces.

Although it is less sacred than May 5th, the priest still has to perform worship services.

As the former Eternal Pope and the son of the Candlestick, Aiwass no longer needs to kneel down and worship the Nine Pillars.

This is not the headquarters of the Theocracy, so what is enshrined in the church is not the real body of the Sand Clock.

But a huge hourglass——

The inside of the hourglass is made of sand made of topaz, and two trays extend out from both sides of it, which are empty.

"I pray to the god of sand timepieces, whose sacred number is five."

Aiwass placed his hands with the fingers interlocked in front of him, holding them up horizontally, with the palms facing inward.

The gesture is like offering incense or toasting.

He murmured in a low voice: "The god of Jedi heavenly power, the god of coordination...the hourglass of balance.

"The Fallen God has come to the world, and there is no peace. Give me the power of balance to defeat the Fallen God..."

As Aiwass prayed, the scales on both sides of the hourglass suddenly moved.

Clear water emerged out of thin air on one side, while flames ignited on the other side. It swayed for a while and returned to equilibrium.

And a strange bright yellow wave spread in all directions along the icon, covering the entire city!

When it entered everyone's body, no matter he was a human, an elf or a child of the moon, he felt a strange sense of warmth.

That is the balancing power of sand timepieces!

Everyone was stunned for a moment, and then a clear illusion appeared in front of their eyes——

No matter where they were, they all saw Aiwass standing in front of the hourglass.

He was wearing the cardinal's black robe. His hands were loosened and raised high, with the palms facing forward.

Then he turned back - that glance seemed to look at everyone from a distance across the broken time and space.

This is also the first time people have seen the young pope.

He wore a black bishop's robe inlaid with golden runes, and had a huge turquoise gemstone on his chest. On his head was a pair of jade antlers more than ten centimeters long, and his handsome and upright appearance was shocking and astonishing.

His green pupils gradually lit up with bright yellow flames - a proof of the overflowing power of balance that blessed him. A pair of antlers on Aiwass's forehead lit up with white flames... It looked like

Like a candlestick.
To be continued...