Based on the orthodox summoning rituals described in Aurore's witchcraft notes and the occult knowledge of the "Goddessed", Lumian recited in ancient Hermes:
"The 'fools' who do not belong to this age;
"You are the master above the gray mist;
"You are the king of yellow and black who is in charge of good fortune.
"I pray for your favor;
"Pray for your gaze;
"Me!
"In the name of the great 'fool', I call:
"A strange creature roaming the upper realm, a mysterious severed hand, a blue-black and swollen throat crusher."
This is a summoning spell designed by Lumian based on the information of "Abscess Broken Hand", because this ritual will receive a certain degree of protection from the prayer target, and "Abscess Broken Hand" is not dangerous, so he removed the descriptions related to "weak" and "friendly" and added other sentences to accurately point to the target creature.
The candle flame, which was already dyed with a blue-black color, suddenly expanded and intertwined, forming an illusory gate full of mysterious patterns, and the surroundings were already filled with a faint gray mist, full of unsettling meaning.
The door slowly opened, and a blue-black severed hand rotten to the point of swelling and oozing pus flew out, which was two sizes larger than Lumian's palm, as if it could directly crush a human head.
The abscessed severed hand was suspended in front of the mysterious illusory gate, and its five fingers were spread out, aiming at Lumian's neck without attacking.
Lumian took out another military wine jug of a different color, unscrewed the lid, and poured some strong liquor towards the altar where the "Abscess and Broken Hand" was.
The wine fell to the ground halfway through, but with the flash of the plantagenet-shaped brooch, the "bribe" was quietly completed.
Lumian then opened his mouth, his throat resonated with his chest, and he spat out words with strange pronunciations.
Those words he had never learned before, all of them came from the occult knowledge of the "Godfather", which allowed him to directly grasp the pronunciation and meaning.
They belong to the "secret language of fate" and are part of this language.
As Lumian's voice stirred up the airflow, silver-black words like symbols were outlined out of thin air.
They fell one after another on the imitation parchment placed on the altar, forming a short but eerie contract.
At the same time as the contract was generated, Lumian established a subtle connection with the "Abscess and Severed Hand", just like using the "Dance of Recruitment" to attach it to himself.
In this way, Lumian mastered the general ability and characteristics of the "Abscess Broken Hand" and sensed its desire.
The latter is the price Lumian needs to pay:
"Find my body, or you will never be able to attain divinity!"
You can actually advance the remuneration, but the price is owed first...... Is this "bribery" having a certain effect? No, no, once I sign the contract, I will pay the price immediately, but what I pay is the "fate of becoming a demigod", and when I find the rest of the body of the "abscess and severed hand", the reward will naturally replace the price...... Now it is equivalent to giving enough collateral first...... Lumian had thoughts flashing through his mind, and he roughly understood the essence of this contract.
At the same time, he found the "spiritual shuttle" he wanted from the abilities and characteristics of "abscess and broken hands", including "anti-divination", "indestructible" and "can pinch the neck of an atheist".
This is a trait of the "Abscessed Broken Hand" itself, not an ability, and the effect is a little worse than Lumian expected, but it is also within his acceptable range.
Because "Decency" can only be used for a quarter of an hour, and the price is bearable, and the ability barely meets the requirements, Lumian wasted no time summoning alternative creatures and made a promise directly in Old Hermes:
"I will help you find your body, before that, I cannot obtain divinity."
These words blended with the surrounding environment, turning into a trace of blue-black mist that penetrated into the imitation parchment.
The "abscess and severed hand" immediately fell, leaving yellowish and bloody pus in the blank space of the contract.
The contract instantly ignited spontaneously, burning out multiple silver-black symbols and words.
They were connected end to end, forming an illusory intricate pattern that slammed into Lumian's shoulder.
Although it was covered by clothes, the situation on Lumian's right shoulder still naturally appeared in his mind.
There was a strange seal-like black thing there.
Lumian instinctively believed that as long as he activated this contract seal, he could borrow the characteristics of "abscess and broken hand" to travel through the spirit world, and unless one of the two died, the contract could not be broken, which was fate.
Regardless of the test of "Spirit World Shuttle", Lumian ended this summoning and began a new ceremony:
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"In the name of the great 'fool', I call:
"The resentful spirit that lingers in the vanity, the bride who has lost its head, and the source of the curse of the clan's bloodline."
The mysterious illusory gate appeared again due to the interweaving of blue and black fire, and the cold wind blew out from inside, making the summer night like a winter night.
Lumian saw a figure walk out of the illusory gate, wearing a bright red, festive dress with a large number of patterns embroidered with golden silk threads.
There is no doubt that this figure has no head, and strong resentment and hatred have spread outward in substance.
Lumian followed the process just now, "bribed" with wine, read out the contract, and sensed the price demanded by the "headless bride":
"Sacrifice a blood relative or friend."
"Thank you for your hard work." Lumian chuckled self-deprecatingly and ended the summoning directly.
This time, he actually gained a little from the ineffective summoning, that is, he confirmed that "bribery" can have a certain effect:
The "headless bride" was originally supposed to only ask for sacrifices to blood relatives, but after being "bribed", the conditions were relaxed to friends.
Lumian's next target is the "Face Mantis", designed with the following summoning statement:
"The resentful spirit that hovers in the vanity, the hunter who looks like a mantis, and the human face that is good at changing."
In the strange whooshing sound, a huge, translucent cyan mantis crawled out from behind the illusory gate.
Its head has a young, handsome, and sunny face, which makes people subconsciously relax their guard.
Upon realizing the summoner's presence and gender, the human-faced mantis quickly transformed into a beautiful woman in a black evening gown.
Lumian secretly "heh" and completed the complete process of "bribery", recitation and induction.
There are three types of "sacrifices" that the "Face Mantis" asks for, and only one of them is required:
"The contractor's reproductive organs; the contractor's ability to lie; The contractor's burning at the stake."
After being "bribed", the conditions were relaxed, and there were one or two more choices? This guy actually wants only one thing, and that is "torture of humans"...... The first one corresponds to the jealousy of men, if I were a woman, this choice should not have appeared...... The second corresponds to the slanderer and the false accuser, and the third corresponds to the burning he himself suffered...... Lumian quickly made a judgment.
As an "arsonist", he feels that the third price is completely fine, on the one hand, he himself has a strong resistance to flames, and on the other hand, enduring pain is his strength.
If there is no such choice, Lumian plans to give up and go back to find a few similar spirit creatures to summon, after all, depriving him of lies will significantly weaken him, and even make him unable to survive in a place like Trier, and he is not sure if he will be able to come back at six o'clock in the morning after sacrificing his reproductive organs, and he doesn't want to take risks.
He quickly found the "Face of Nisser" he wanted from a series of abilities of "Human Face Mantis".
The essence of this ability is closer to illusion than the change of body flesh and bones, but as long as there is no ability to restrain it and does not possess divinity, it is impossible to see through the illusion.
This time, the black mark fell on Lumian's left shoulder, accompanied by crimson flames rising from the soles of his feet.
Unaffected by Lumian, they set fire to his clothes and scorch his body.
Lumian seems to be back with Suzanne. When Matisse was fighting, he felt a tide of familiar and unfamiliar pain rushing in, trying to drown out his mind.
He quickly threw all the valuable items on his body aside and held the "decent" brooch in his palm.
The burning lasted for a full three minutes, and Lumian was burned to an unintact skin, with scorched marks from his clothes on his body.
For the "arsonist", such an injury could not be considered fatal, not even serious, and he even had the strength to prepare for the next summons.
"Strange creatures that roam the upper world, with a large number of flesh pieces of eyes, participants in deep nightmares."
As the spell was read, a mass of creatures composed of many flesh and blood rolled out from the illusory gate, and each piece of flesh and blood had a white and black-eyed eye.
After being seen by these countless eyes, Lumian, who was holding the aluminum white military wine jug, suddenly fell down and fell asleep.
I don't know how long it took, but he woke up and found that the ritual had ended naturally, and the "Thousand Eyes Evil Thing" had returned to the spirit world and did not really attack him.
When I see it, I fall asleep and can't communicate at all...... And this degree of influence is not in the protection of the ritual itself...... Lumian exhaled, picked up the pocket watch from the Breeze Ballroom that he had just thrown next to him, and confirmed the time.
Fortunately, I only slept for a few minutes, and I still have about three minutes...... Lumian stacked his spirit, restarted the ceremony, and summoned the "Screaming Shadow":
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"A spirit that hovers in vanity, a combination of many shadows, a maker of screams of coma."
The mysterious illusory door opened, but Lumian saw not a tangled ghost of strange shadows, but a blurred shadow covered in black armor like fish scales.
Its scale surface was different from all the armor Lumian had seen from newspapers and magazines, and each scale seemed to block a miniature wriggling shadow.
Belch...... Is this the summoning spell not accurate enough, and it brought in similar spirit creatures? It should also have a coma and scream, try to see if you can sign a contract first...... Lumian probably understood what was going on and began a new round of "bribery", chanting, and induction.
The sacrifice that this armor ghost wants is:
"Blood sacrifice of more than ten people or gold worth 100,000 felkin."
Because there is a "bribe", the conditions are relaxed to sacrifice within three months, otherwise you will suffer the backlash of the contract.
That could lead to loss of control and even death.
10 Fairkin ...... Lumian felt that this was barely acceptable, so he looked for the scream of the stupor in the abilities and characteristics of the armor shadow.
In a quick browsing, he discovered an ability with a strange name:
"Hum Ha's technique."
(End of this chapter)