Looking at the altar with candles, silver bowls and other items, Anthony asked with some worry and uncertainty:
"Can we really have our own messengers?"
His current occult knowledge and experience tell him that "messengers" are very rare, and only extraordinary people with special paths who have reached a certain sequence or high positions with divinity have this kind of special contract creature that can be contacted at any time and summoned by others.
Franka said with a smile:
"Other extraordinary people can't do it, we still have a chance.
"Owning a messenger requires three prerequisites: first, to understand the spirit creatures, to know which ones can be messengers, what characteristics they have, and what kind of spells can be designed to summon them more accurately, second, the spirit creature is willing to respond to the call and does not reject signing a contract with you to become your messenger, and third, there is a unique necromancer contract and a god who witnesses this contract to restrain the behavior of both parties and clarify their respective responsibilities.
"You see, these three are not limited to paths and sequences, but there are implicit constraints on them, but there is a way to bypass them.
"For ordinary extraordinary people, the most difficult thing is the first one, under normal circumstances, how can they have such a full understanding of the creatures of the spirit world, occasionally summoning one, they are all trembling, afraid that the spell will point to the vague, come to a monster that can kill and want to kill their whole family, maybe over time, they can rely on the notes of their predecessors and the experience of their predecessors to accumulate some relatively reliable summoning spells, but most of this has nothing to do with the messenger.
"We are different, we are members of the 'Tarot Society', there is Ms. 'Magician', an expert in spiritual biology, you have seen it before, there is a bunch of spiritual creature information in Shire, Ms. 'Magician' this time also selected 30 kinds of spiritual creatures suitable for being messengers, and there is also a certain willingness to be among the messengers of the extraordinary ones, so I directly skipped the most difficult level.
"Otherwise, the simplest example, the speed of the spirit creatures 'shuttling through the spirit world' is different, some messengers can run from the south of Intis to Trier in just a few minutes, some take ten minutes to half an hour, some may take half a day or a day, if you don't know anything, what is the point of signing a messenger that takes half a year or even a year to get this distance?"
"I don't call Charles anymore. Dubois." When Franka finished telling Anthony and Jenna, who were initiates to the occult world, about some of the knowledge, Lumian specifically reminded.
Franka laughed dryly:
"Isn't this a habit? When I met you, you were called Ciel, and I have been calling you for several months."
She continued:
"The second premise, we also have a way to bypass it, normally, it is necessary to have an affinity with the necromancer and other creatures in the spirit world, such as the 'corpse collector', to make them willing to be summoned, and it is possible to sign a messenger contract, and when it comes to the sequence of 'necromancer', they can even semi-forcibly make the target they fancy become their own messenger.
"And we are following Mr. 'The Fool', you have all heard the sacred scriptures of the church, you should know that Mr. 'The Fool' is the great master who rules the spiritual world, not strictly speaking, those spiritual creatures are under his control, as members of the 'Tarot Society', it will definitely be a lot easier for us to summon the spiritual creatures and sign a messenger contract with them, especially Charles, uh, Lumian, who has the power of the 'Fool' on his body, look at how he has failed to summon the spirit creatures before? At most, it points to vagueness, and what comes is not what you want.
"The third premise, Ms. 'Magician' has given Lumian a special Necromancer Pact, which is specially prepared for the Messenger, the witness was originally supposed to be the god of death, but it can be replaced by an angel from the underworld or the necromancer, and there is an 'angel of death' next to Mr. 'Fool's throne, He is the archon of the underworld!
"Actually, I think there's nothing wrong with using Mr. Fool's honorific name directly, and the creatures of the spirit world still want to obey the orders of the great lord who dominates the spiritual world?"
The information given by Ms. "Magician" contains a four-paragraph description of the underworld, which can be written as a witness.
Janna and Anthony listened very carefully and attentively, these occult knowledge are quite precious, and some of them can explain many problems when put into ordinary summoning rituals.
When Franka finished being a teacher, Lumian took out the stack of selected spiritual creature materials and said to Jianna:
"You come first."
"Me?" Jian Na pointed to herself with a blank and surprised expression.
At the summoning ceremony, she was a complete novice.
Lumian smiled:
"You have that lucky coin, which, according to Ms. Magician, has a certain connection to Mr. Fool, equivalent to his token, which will make you more likely than Franka and Anthony to summon specific creatures and complete the messenger contract.
"I should have a similar probability of success as yours, but I have a lot of messy things, and I am afraid that this will cause changes and ruin the rest of tonight's attempts, so I will be the last one."
Jane thought about it carefully and felt that Lumian was pointing out.
She muttered, took the information, and turned to the page she had chosen before.
It recorded a spirit creature that she was relatively familiar with:
"Rabbit of Knowledge".
Of course, this is not an ordinary "rabbit of knowledge", an ordinary "rabbit of knowledge" cannot be a messenger, this is a "rabbit of knowledge" that has absorbed some kind of knowledge and undergone special changes.
Jane Na had a good impression of the "Rabbit of Knowledge", thinking it was friendlier and willing to help humans, so she chose it from the beginning.
Of course, another reason is that she thinks the "Knowledge Rabbit" is very cute and stunned, which is quite interesting.
Jane pulled out the page of information and entered the altar, recalling Franka's teachings and the occult knowledge of the "witch's" magic potion, and quickly sanctified the ritual silver dagger and created a "spiritual wall".
After completing all the preparatory preparations, she took two steps back, looked at the candlelight, and uttered a short and powerful word in the ancient Hermetic language:
"Me!"
Immediately afterwards, she switched to Hermes:
"I call in my name:
"A rabbit-shaped spirit that hovers in the void, a friendly creature that can communicate, and a runner who chases knowledge."
In this spell, the original "weak" was changed to "runner" to point to the special "rabbit of knowledge".
The candle fire suddenly turned dark green and expanded to the size of a human head.
A transparent creature shaped like a rabbit came out of the dark green candlelight.
Its eyes were not as rigid and stunned as other "knowledge bunnies", but shone with wisdom, holding a blurred book with orange-red skin in its hand.
Its legs are strong and can run at first glance.
Jane Na was successful in summoning for the first time, and she was very happy.
She asked in ancient Hermes with some apprehension:
"Will you be my messenger?"
The mutant "Rabbit of Knowledge" glanced at Jane Na and asked rhetorically in Inthys:
"Have you ever scolded my kind as fools and fools before?"
"No." Jane Na said very sincerely, "I occasionally swear, but I don't target anyone, it's just an expression of emotion."
Occasionally? Lumian laughed at Jane in his heart.
The mutated "Knowledge Rabbit" observed Jane carefully and somehow confirmed that she was not lying.
Of course, this may just be a process, it is enough to have the answer that has never been scolded, it doesn't matter whether it is true or false.
The rabbit nodded up and down and said:
"You need to pay me, and every time you call me, you need to give me a book or an equivalent amount of knowledge, which can be given by you or burdened by the person who wrote to you."
This is agreed? I scolded before that I couldn't summon this rabbit as a messenger? It can't be summoned, and the special "Rabbit of Knowledge" that develops in the direction of the messenger should be just like this...... Lumian knew that the "Rabbit of Knowledge" was talkative, but he didn't expect it to be so talkative.
Jane Na glanced at the information placed on the edge of the altar, and there was a line of prompts on it:
"The knowledge you feed to the 'Rabbit of Knowledge' determines what it will become in the future."
Would showing it more mailman's books improve its consciousness and ability to be a messenger? Jian Na muttered in her heart as she replied:
"No problem, let's sign the contract."
According to the template given by Ms. "The Magician", she used the dark red absorbent fountain pen on the altar to quickly write the contract on the tawny parchment, including the content of the reward just agreed.
This is composed of the ancient Hermes language, every word seems to be connected to nature and the power of the spirit world, and Jane Na relies on her usual learning and the knowledge attached to the "witch" magic potion to master this transcendent language in the shortest possible time.
Immediately afterwards, Jane Na wrote a description of the occult corresponding to the underworld:
"The destination of all death, the hell hidden deep in the spiritual world, the testimony of the end of all things, belongs only to the kingdom of death."
As she wrote, she saw those ancient Hermitic words burning with dark green flames, and the original ones were no exception.
Finally, Jane recalled Lumian's previous prompt and deliberately fixed the summoning spell as "a rabbit-shaped spirit hovering in vanity, a runner chasing knowledge, and a messenger belonging only to the Seven of Cups."
She still didn't use her real name, because she was worried about being betrayed in the future, and someone who knew her messenger summoning spell would find out her original identity, which implicated her brother Julian.
After scanning the contract and confirming that there was no problem, Jian Na signed her code name.
The parchment floated up and flew towards the mutated "knowledge rabbit".
The "knowledge rabbit" picked up another pen and wrote his name:
"Xia Sa. Savio."
"Do you still have your own name?" Lumian was a little surprised.
He is also within the "spiritual wall."
"I took it myself after reading a book, and now it's my name." While Xia Zuotu answered, the bleak green flames on the parchment paper connected into one, burning the contract to ashes and turning it into an invisible force.
Jian Na breathed a sigh of relief without concealment, and after chatting with Xia Zuotu for a few more words, she said:
"Me!
"I end this call in my name."
Xia Zuo Rabbit returned to the spirit world, and Franka eagerly watched the "Spiritual Wall" be lifted and walked into the altar area.
Jane Na succeeded in making her feel confident in herself too.
However, she shamefully failed.
(End of this chapter)