The Shepherds Are Dense – Chapter 1287

Chapter 1285
Come, all of you!
Jacob’s expression turned solemn.
He took the staff from Morgan’s hand, planted it on the ground, faced east, and began the most forbidden chant: “Come, all of you—”
As Jacob chanted, the “Angel Eivass” behind him was activated and spread its wings.
He repeated Jacob’s chant in a slightly delayed, synthesized voice. The Geometric Heavenly Envoy beside him stared intently, trying to record and replicate the ritual.
“—Come, all of you!”
As Angel Eivass also recited the chant, a slightly unclear, slanted glass appeared between him and Jacob, dividing the entire world into two halves.
“This is the secret that should be revealed but has not yet manifested. I am the one who dwells among the starry lights, and here I ignite the fire of divinity!”
As Jacob chanted, the Geometric Heavenly Envoy controlled his limbs to detach from his body, transforming into four different geometric shapes.
Fire Tetrahedron, Earth Hexahedron, Wind Octahedron, and Water Icosahedron.
They flew to Jacob’s front, back, left, and right, emitting radiance and establishing an extremely sturdy ritualistic field.
“This is the flame of creation, this is the light of destruction!”
Jacob continued to chant: “I am the axis of the primordial, extending across all universes and worlds. You shall glimpse the truth, yet I remain unknowable.
“Behold—the Ritual of the Old Ones is as defiled as the deepest night. The Prophet shall bring forth good laws and reach the gate of truth!
“I am the fire in the hearts of all people, the flame of the cosmic core. I am the origin of life, the bestower of life! Therefore, those who understand my true nature shall glimpse the secret face of death—”
He chanted this supremely great ritual in the primordial language, the very words used by the first “civilization.”
Angel Eivass’s voice gradually became mechanical, turning into the voice of those with scales—the initial language of this world, the prototype of the ancient Anxi Language: “I am the unquenchable flame burning in the heart of all people and in every stellar core. I am life, and I am the giver of life, therefore to know me is to know death.
“I am the revered one who casts spells, and also the lord who expels demons;
“The axis within the wheel, the square within the ring.
“‘Submit to me’ is truly foolish talk—for the eternally moving one is myself!”
As Jacob chanted, the surrounding environment was thoroughly sanctified.
There was no need to pray in a shrine, for the shrine itself could move—wherever one stood was the sacred place where the divine manifested.
At this moment, the slanted “glass” between Angel Eivass and Jacob grew increasingly dazzling.
Looking from either side towards the other was like looking through a frosted glass lens, rendering things unclear. It was as if they were not in the same world, but in two different worlds.
As Jacob’s chanting continued, Angel Eivass’s chant gradually synchronized with his, no longer lagging by half a beat.
When they were perfectly synchronized, Jacob raised his staff.
Since the “mirror” was tilted forward, when the staff was raised, its tip, the crystal ball containing the White Dragon, entered Eivass’s plane. It was as if it had pierced into the mirrored world.
And the crystal ball was imperceptible in the other world, so the little White Dragon broke free from the crystal.
It roared, growing in size as it met the wind.
Howling cold winds instantly swept across the land, and snow fell from the sky. All of this was contained by the Geometric Heavenly Envoy within a small ring, not affecting anything outside.
However, on the other side of the slanted mirror, only roaring, surging, world-ending tsunamis could be seen.
Finally, Angel Eivass no longer just repeated Jacob’s ritual but preceded him in chanting: “Now, cover the holy shrine!
“This is the principle of light that devours people: the light of truth blinds people.
“To the fool, I am 9; to the upright, I am 8, and also 1 within 8.
“The blind see me as black, those who can see see me as blue and gold—”
The ritual of the Ouroboros Ring was not essentially a curse that caused the gods to descend to the mortal realm.
—It was “Truth” and “Hope.”
And his true Sacred Number was 11, signifying miracles.
Miracles were the possibility within the impossible; exceptions that resolved all inevitability.
“My hidden name contains brilliance, just as the child of midnight is the sun.
“Spread your wings and awaken all the brilliance within your heart—”
At this moment, Angel Eivass and Jacob uttered the same voice.
It was the command to start the ritual, and also the secret spoken for its success:
” “—Come, all of you!” ”
Angel Eivass spread his wings, becoming incomparably radiant, dissolving into light. Jacob also smiled, turning formless, and vanishing without a trace.
This was a one-time ritual that required the simultaneous sacrifice of two individuals closely connected in the Material Realm and the Dream Realm.
The last to be sacrificed by this ritual were Arthur and Calamity Red.
This was why Arthur had handed over the throne to Lancelot.
And now, Lancelot once again held this Holy Sword.
However, the sacrificers had become the Disciple Jacob and Angel Eivass.
One turned into light, the other into nothingness.
Between the two, only the slanted mirror remained. One side held infinite light, while the other side was reality.
As Jacob’s chant had said—you shall glimpse the truth, yet I remain unknowable.
They completely melted into the ritual, becoming the light that gouged out eyes and devoured people!
Upon hearing the summon, the Knight Heavenly Envoy stepped forward, reaching into the light and grasping the flawless radiance.
As he slowly drew out the sword, the other side of the mirror no longer overflowed with light but transformed back into a sky full of snow.
—It was the scene of the Dream Realm.
From a specific angle, one could glimpse snow rapidly covering steep crimson cliffs. And two dragons, one white and one red, roared and fought in the sky.
After the radiance was grasped by the Knight Heavenly Envoy and pulled to the Material Realm side… it was constrained into form and became a pure white blade. The slanted mirror gradually dissipated.
He had actually drawn a Holy Sword of pure white light from the infinite light that Angel Eivass had transformed into!
—True light, like a blade.
The Knight Heavenly Envoy resolutely faced the tsunami and took a step forward.
Aiming at the roaring Abyss Heavenly Envoy, he tilted the blade.
He swung the sword, cutting!
—It was an invisible sword energy.
There was no radiance of any Path, no oppressive air currents, nor scorching flames.
Only a blackly distorted trace, as if space had been sliced, appeared.
It cleaved the sea and struck the Abyss Heavenly Envoy.
Unexpectedly, this blow did not inflict any fatal damage on the Abyss Heavenly Envoy.
However—
As the black distorted space trace gradually faded, the entire world was divided in two by the “mirror” Jacob had created!
At this moment, with Knight Heavenly Envoy as the dividing line.
Looking at him from the left side, one could see Guinevere, holding the Holy Sword, riding a white horse, her gaze resolute. Her expression surprisingly held a trace of Haina’s temperament.
But looking at Knight Heavenly Envoy from the right side, one would see Lancelot, holding the Holy Sword and clad in silver armor.
The space where Guinevere was was the Dream Realm, where the White Dragon and Red Dragon fought.
The roaring storm and snow, and the crimson mountain range scattered with countless swords.
The world where Lancelot was was the Material Realm, where the Abyss Heavenly Envoy rode the surging tsunamis.
—Yes.
At this moment, the Great Abyss was split in two by this strike!
It appeared to only have half its body remaining, and no matter how it moved, it remained as half.
From the left side of the mirror, it was seen as a Red Dragon, while from the right side, it was seen as a great whale!
And no matter how the Red Dragon and the great whale moved… even if the world spun, the blade of the mirror still bound them together—the focus had been fixed here.
Although Calamity Red was not fully pulled into the Material Realm, the Material Realm and the Dream Realm had been completely opened up at this moment!
At least at this time, in this moment, in this place.
The Material Realm and the Dream Realm had already overlapped.
The Red Dragon and the great whale had also overlapped.
—This scene was exactly the same as the ritual Arthur had performed to conquer Supreme Heaven in the past.