Lord of the Mysteries 2: Circle of Inevitability

Aurore looked at the slightly stained white tablecloth, turned her head and smiled at Lumian:

"If the object of ritual magic is you, it doesn't matter if the altar is dirty, but if you want to pray to gods and hidden existences, I suggest you change to a cleaner cloth, or simply remove the cloth and wipe the table."

"It doesn't matter if you pray to yourself, right?" Lumian couldn't help but joke.

Aurore chuckled:

"'Casual' mainly focuses on the environment, materials, and utensils. The entire ritual process and corresponding incantations must strictly follow the regulations of occultism."

After saying that, she took out an orange candle from the secret bag:

"It's a blend of citrus and lavender candles. It's not about their territory, it's about what I love."

She first placed the candle above the "altar" in front of her:

"Remember, the candles representing the gods are placed in these two places, and they can be left empty now."

Then she placed the candle close to herself:

"Remember, this is 'my' place."

After placing the candles, Aurore went to the kitchen and brought a glass of water, a dish of coarse salt and a small bowl made of steel:

“The next step is to create a clean, undisturbed ritual environment, remember, it is spiritually clean, and this must be constructed by ourselves.

“The specific method is to enter meditation, concentrate, guide spiritual power through auxiliary items, and build a spiritual wall around the altar.

"For 'Peepers' and 'Soothsayers', this is very simple, while 'Hunters' need the help of other items before Sequence 7, such as an incense that can make you feel peaceful and ethereal, or, A crystal ball that can help you feel more spiritually active and focused.

"Well, the meditation I taught you before was incomplete. It only had the first step. It can only be used to collect your thoughts and calm down. I will tell you the rest of it later."

Was your previous meditation method incomplete? Then why can I stimulate the dream to be special and make those two symbols stand out? Lumian was slightly surprised.

Aurore took out a silver dagger from the hidden pocket of her clothes:

"Now you carefully watch how I build the spiritual wall."

Lumian was stunned and said subconsciously:

"Why do you have so many things on you?"

First there were various spellcasting materials, a retractable monocular telescope, a miniature ink bottle to store the "blank paper" of spiritual creatures, and candles used for rituals, and now he took out a dagger.

Aurore sighed helplessly:

"Do you think I do? This is where the 'wizard' is inconvenient.

"I have to change each set of clothes myself for a long time. Sometimes, I even suspect that I am Doraemon. I can get whatever I want."

"What Daramon?" Lumian didn't understand the word his sister said in other languages ​​in the last half of the sentence.

Aurore was stunned for a moment, then answered with a slightly complicated expression:

"you do not need to know."

For some reason, Lumian suddenly felt that his sister was a little bit sad.

Aurore quickly recovered her emotions and reached out her right hand to the orange candle that represented herself.

"In ritual magic, candles cannot be simply lit. Of course, sometimes lighting them with ordinary methods will be effective, but this is often not a good thing." Aurore began to explain, "The correct approach is to extend spirituality and The wick rubs, igniting it.”

As she spoke, the candle burned with an orange flame.

The dining table and the surrounding area, which serves as the "altar", are instantly illuminated, adding a bit of wonderful depth.

Aurore's light blue eyes had darkened at some point, and there was an invisible wind swirling around her.

She inserted the silver dagger into the coarse salt and recited a mysterious incantation:

"XXX, XXXX!

"..."

Lumian looked confused when he heard this. He could only watch his sister pull out the silver dagger after the spell was completed, insert it into the glass of water and lift it up again.

Aurore pointed the tip of the dagger outside and walked around the altar. With every step she took, Lumian felt invisible power spurting out from the silver dagger, which was lively and agile.

They combine with the air to form an invisible wall that the wind cannot penetrate.

When Aurore finished walking around, she seemed to be in another world in front of Lumian.

"Did you see the steps clearly?" Aurore's voice was a little "distant" than before.

Lumian nodded honestly:

"I can see it clearly, but I can't understand what you are reading."

Aurore couldn't help but laugh:

“You are truly illiterate in the field of occult science, literally.

"That's Hermes, and when translated, it probably means:

"I sanctify you, the pure silver blade!

"I cleanse and purify you so that you can serve me in ritual!

…

"www.youxs.org,

"You are sanctified!"

Lumian scratched his head:

"Sounds ordinary."

"This is how it is translated. The focus is on the meaning of the spell itself and the language used." Aurore's eyes rolled up, "You can use Intis language to read it naturally, but you can use it to mobilize supernatural power. Hermetic, Ancient Hermetic, Elvish, Dragon, Giant, that’s different.”

Lumian asked curiously:

"Only these languages ​​have the power to communicate mysteriously?"

"That's not true. There are many similar languages ​​in the field of mysticism, each with its own special features. For example, it is specifically for the undead, but most extraordinary people will never use it in their lifetime, unless they want to study a unique and rare field. Or hold a corresponding ceremony." Aurore explained casually.

She further explained the incantation just now:

“During the consecration ceremony of the silver dagger, the penultimate sentence should have been in the name of a certain god or a hidden existence, but we are wild Beyonders, so we should try not to use it if we can, so as not to cause unnecessary trouble.

"As an extraordinary person, it is actually enough to sanctify an ordinary item in your own name. Although the effect is not as good as the original one, it can still be used."

Lumian nodded first, and then thought of a question:

"My name was chosen by you later. Can I use it in the ceremony?"

"Okay." Aurore was very sure, "It's not good to choose a new name, but you have been using this name for several years, and it has a connection with mysticism."

She paused and then said:

"When consecrating items, if you are in the wild and don't have that many materials, you can just use coarse salt or clean water to complete the process."

After saying that, Aurore took out a silver-black metal vial that was less than the height of her index finger from the hidden bag.

"This is the essential oil I mixed myself. It's called 'The Wizard of Oz'. What stands out is that it smells good." She then dropped three drops of light green liquid on the candle that represented herself.

With a hiss, the light of the candle dimmed, and a faint mist filled the air, making Aurore and the altar in front of her look quite mysterious.

"The next thing is the important point." Aurore took out a small piece of imitation parchment from the secret bag, "If you are performing ritual magic to pray to the gods, you need to draw the symbols of what you are asking for on the paper. above and burned in the ceremony.

"The mantra is divided into several parts. The first part is that I pray for the power of so and so. The 'who and so' needs to be filled in with a certain symbol of the god, a certain honorary name or the domain of rule. For example, I pray for the power of the sun, I pray for the power of order. Remember, there are two sentences in total, which correspond to the two candles representing the gods.

“The second part is ‘I pray for God’s favor.’ Remember, don’t call him by his name. Doing so in the ceremony is blasphemy. ‘Eternal Burning Sun’ can be referred to as God or Father.

“The third part is what you want to pray for, it must be short, say it in one sentence.

"The fourth part is to give the spell more power, similar to 'Sunflower, an herb belonging to the sun, please transfer power to my spell.' You can pick two or three based on the materials used.

"After reciting the incantation, add a drop of essential oil to each candle, and burn the paper on which the symbols were drawn. When the paper is burned out, the ceremony is over. Then thank the gods and press 'me' first and then 'gods'." ', extinguish the candles in the order of right and then left, and remove the spiritual wall. Well, the order of lighting the candles is first left and then right, first 'God' and then 'I'."

Lumian hummed twice:

“What about praying to yourself?”

Aurore smiled and said:

"The incantation is simpler. I'll use summoning spiritual creatures as an example:

"The first part only has one word, 'I', which needs to be shouted out in a low voice. Remember, Hermetic cannot be used here, it must be ancient Hermetic, or Elvish, Dragon, or Giant language.

“The second part is ‘I call in my name,’ and from here on it can be in Hermetic.

"The third part is the specific description of the spiritual creature you want to summon."

"What is the specific description?" Lumian asked.

Aurore explained quite seriously:

“The specific description can only have three paragraphs, and its function is to help us identify the spiritual creature we want to summon.

"Let me give you an example. A stranger came today and said that I was looking for 'the prankster king of Kordu Village, www.youxs.org, a frequent visitor to the old tavern.' Then do we know exactly what he is looking for? Who is it?"

"I understand!" Lumian suddenly realized, "Without knowing the target's name, appearance and address, use his characteristics to help find him."

Auroer said seriously:

“That’s the principle, but there are a lot of troubles in actual operation.

"When we summon creatures from the spiritual world, the first sentence is often fixed. It is either 'spirit wandering in illusion' or 'spirit wandering in the upper world.' The function is to point to the spiritual world and make it clear that what we want to summon is spirit.

"The second sentence is also very general. If you think about it, if we summon spiritual creatures not to kill ourselves, then we must limit the ones that come to us to friendly creatures. And sometimes, we have to add the restrictive word 'weak' because Some spirit creatures may be truly friendly, but their very existence can pose a great danger to you.

“With these circumstances in mind, the descriptions were settled on, ‘Friendly creatures to be driven’, ‘Friendly creatures to be consulted’, ‘Weak creatures to be driven’, and so on, and so on.

"Just relying on these two paragraphs of description is still very broad and does not reflect our needs. We cannot specify what kind of spiritual creatures are coming. Therefore, the third paragraph of description is very important. You need to explain it clearly in one sentence. What kind of creature do you want to summon?"

"It's difficult." Lumian felt a headache just thinking about it.

Aurore nodded:

“It’s not only difficult, it’s dangerous.

"When the pointing is vague, it may be a spirit you don't need, or it may be a creature that brings danger. You have to remember that in many cases, being weak does not mean that it cannot kill you, just like being friendly does not mean that it cannot kill you. It won’t pose a threat to you.”

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