Start with the Readers Chapter 16: Ritual magic

At three o'clock in the afternoon, in the house of Detective Essinger in Hillston District, Abner sat upright, listening intently to his teacher explaining the knowledge of mysticism:

"Readers hardly have the means to confront the enemy head-on at low-level, but our rich reading volume and profound knowledge make almost every reader an expert in ritual magic. Now I will teach you some basics of ritual magic." Operation and precautions."

"The low-sequence people themselves are not strong enough. Almost all ritual magic that can be performed is to pray for power and help from the outside. Therefore, only orthodox gods can be considered. Never try to communicate with unknown and unpredictable existences. Even if someone believes in them, even if the recorded promise is full of temptation!"

"As far as you and I are concerned, it is best to pray to the God of Knowledge and Wisdom. If you pray to the Lord of Storms or the Eternal Blazing Sun, there will be no good end."

"Well, in mysticism, the corresponding **** of knowledge and wisdom is Blue Star, which needs to use mercury, brass, lavender, pepper, and mint as materials...

"The blue star corresponds to Saturday, and the blue star time is from 0:00 to 1:00 on Friday, and from 11:00 to 12:00 on Saturday..."

"Although today is Saturday, it is a pity that the best time has passed... But for us Extraordinary, especially readers who are good at ritual magic, these are not needed, our vigorous spirituality, Our powerful astral body is the most critical element..."

Observing the ritual magic demonstrated by Detective Essinger himself, Abner carefully recorded the key points in his notebook, and secretly sighed: It is a lucky thing to have a reliable teacher in mysticism! If he had to rely entirely on his own reading and groping, even with the help of pure white eyes to analyze it, it would definitely take a long time to master the relevant knowledge.

After completing a basic ritual magic for healing, Essinger looked at his watch and found that it was already half past four, so he stopped explaining and said to Abner: "That's all for today... I see that your luggage hasn’t been brought yet, so go back to the East District to pack it up, and try to come back before dinner. After the meal, I will arrange for you to continue studying the ancient Fusak language.”

"Okay, teacher!" Abner replied politely.

However, he did not immediately go back to the East District as Detective Essinger thought. Instead, he made a detour on the road and bought a lot of items related to the ceremony and a pair of copper and silver inlaid glasses.

He intends to preside over a ceremony while the iron is hot, and endow the pair of glasses with the ability to block the vision of his pure white eyes. This not only allows him not to have so many worries when using the golden finger, but it is also a testament to the **** of knowledge and wisdom.

Abner's thinking is very simple, since that **** has probably noticed him, and has made a good 'investment' in him, why not just take the initiative to chant his name, and see Can I get some more wool...

After returning to his residence in the East District, Abner first prepared the symbolic objects for the ceremony with the things he bought, and then arranged the spiritual wall. The holy emblem of "God" - an all-seeing eye located on an open book, and a corresponding altar was prepared.

Inside the wall of spirituality, he lit a candle, picked up the prepared hydrosol extracted from lavender and mint, and dripped it on the quietly burning flame.

A fresh and pleasant fragrance permeated the air, and Abner burned several kinds of herbal powders in succession.

Then he took a pen and drew a special symbol on a piece of parchment in front of the glasses he bought

After finishing all this, he took a step back and said in Hermes language:

"I pray for the power of knowledge;"

"I pray for the power of reason;"

"I pray for the favor of the God of Wisdom;"

"I pray that you will bring this pair of glasses the ability to hide visions."

"Lavender, a herb that belongs to Blue Star, please pass on the power to my spell!"

"Mint grass, a herb that belongs to Blue Star, please pass on the power to my spell!"

……

Woo!

With the reverberation of the incantation, the atmosphere inside the altar suddenly became extremely mysterious. Except for the three candles, the rest of the brass holy dagger, refined salt dish, vial of hydrosol, paper and pen were all trembling slightly.

Abner waited nervously. He had seen such a situation in the afternoon, so he was not surprised, but he was a little worried about gains and losses.

After more than ten seconds, the flames of the three candles also shook together, dyed pale green!

Then, a series of complicated symbols suddenly flashed on the lenses of the pair of copper glasses, and those symbols suddenly disappeared after a few seconds!

At this time, Abner felt a tingling pain between his brows, which was the sequelae of too much extraction of spirituality. His strength is still too weak, even if he just used rituals to create a temporary Extraordinary item, it would take away about half of his spirituality.

After the ceremony was completely over, Abner put his glasses on the bridge of his nose, opened his pure white eyes to the half-length mirror in the room, and glanced for a second, then nodded in satisfaction, and said to himself: "On the surface, it seems almost There is no change in the pupils, and the effect is good! Well, according to the analysis results, its ability to block the vision is effective within three days, which is much better than I expected for one or two days.” It can save a lot of money, It's too expensive to come here once a day.

Of course, the most important thing is that the God of Knowledge and Wisdom answered this prayer, which is the best news for Abner! At least it shows that He really has no malicious intentions for the time being...

After tidying up the room, Abner did not rent out the one-bedroom apartment, after all, he would come here to preside over some ceremonies that needed to be completed behind his back.

After returning to Hillston District, after seeing Abner with an extra pair of glasses, Detective Essinger didn't suspect anything, but just laughed and joked: "Wearing glasses makes you look knowledgeable and temperamental." There are too many, it's just that your casual clothes don't match it, it seems that you have to buy formal clothes."

"A full set of formal clothes in Backlund costs 10 gold pounds..." Abner muttered to himself, but he had to admit that what the other party said made sense. His pair of glasses was only worth 1 gold pound and 8 soli, and now the whole set of clothes cost about the same.

For the next night, Abner was studying the ancient Fuysac language. Since the ritual consumed too much of his spirituality, he didn't open his pure white eyes to cheat this time. But his progress is still not slow, and such focused and careful study has consolidated the knowledge he has learned before.

"Reviewing the past to learn the new, indeed!" Before the break, Abner said with emotion.

……

Late at night, in the abandoned manor of Dill's family in the northern suburbs, a man wearing a white shirt and black vest, with an unusually pale face walked slowly on the stone road in the garden. However, the watchman who was supposed to keep watch at night seemed to be sleeping extremely soundly, and didn't realize that there was an unexpected visitor in the manor at all.

Suddenly, this man who seemed to be in his twenties seemed to sense something was wrong, stopped in his tracks, and frowned while looking in the direction of the shooting range.

At this moment, a figure suddenly appeared beside him, wearing a complicated black court dress and a small soft hat of the same color. A beautiful lady with light blonde hair and blue eyes.

The man was not surprised at the appearance of this female ghost, and calmly said: "Sharon, has someone been here again? Do you want to transfer immediately?"

"No, it's just an unrelated person who secretly came to practice shooting." Sharon said succinctly.

The man nodded, stopped asking, and talked about another matter: "There is news about the previous incident. Gore and Leah have been dealt with by the Punisher. Only Jason took the opportunity to escape. At present, it should be hidden in the south area of ​​the bridge or the Jowood area to recuperate."

"Maric, we need to find him as soon as possible, otherwise he will soon call another group of people to hunt us down..." Sharon said succinctly.

"It's true that it's a matter of using the Punisher to fight them. They are not fools. Although the Punisher is irritable, they are not stupid." The man named Maric nodded.

"You can actually quote Roselle?" Miss Sharron looked sideways.

The corners of Maric's eyes twitched, and he finally said: "I can also read..."

……

On the early morning of June 3rd, after training for an hour according to Professor Hugh's knight exercise method, Abner wiped the sweat from his brow, and then went directly to the small restaurant he frequented in the East District. Made an appointment with Hugh to meet here.

Speaking of ~IndoMTL.com~, after learning about Abner's physical fitness and gun sense before, Hugh felt that he didn't need to go to the manor in the suburbs every day, and it was enough to guide and practice alone twice a week. Although Abner guessed that this might be an excuse for Miss Hugh not being able to afford to practice bullets every day, after all, she was not reimbursed like Klein.

All in all, they agreed to only go to the manor on the morning of Wednesday and Saturday, and if they have something to look for each other on the rest of the day, they should come to this small restaurant to meet.

As soon as he pushed open the door of the restaurant, Abner saw Mr. Lian, a skilled worker whom he had met before, saluted Hugh respectfully, then stuffed a paper bag into Miss Hugh's hand, and said Constantly muttering meager words of praise.

It seems that Xio has seen this kind of scene a lot, just let go of his majestic aura, the gentleman opposite had to stop the flattery in his mouth, followed Xio's instructions, and left the restaurant in awe and gratitude.

At this moment, Xio breathed a sigh of relief quietly. After putting away the paper bag, he walked to the seat opposite Abner and sat down.

"It seems that Mr. Ryan's matter has been settled?" Abner said with a smile after taking a sip of coffee.

"Yes, I went to see the 'two-faced man' Rosen last night, he followed my persuasion very cooperatively, and let people waive most of the unreasonable interest this morning." Hugh also called He ordered a breakfast while eating.

As expected, Xio did not go to jail because of this matter... Abner just sighed in his heart, and then heard Xio say again:

"By the way, I have a friend who wants to meet you, do you have time at noon today?"

"Uh, why is it noon?" Can't it be now? Abner asked subconsciously.

"Because she might not get up until noon... No, if it wasn't necessary, she might not get up all day..." Xio thought weakly in his heart.