Mystery: The Returner of the Stars

Chapter 57

"The place used for sacrifices is no longer clean. The Lord likes cleanliness and hates dirtyness. He is the Lord who guides you to sleep. A clean and refreshing environment is suitable for His kingdom of God on earth." Earl Richard introduced with great piety. with.

Maric nodded, no doubt about him, Hastur secretly paid attention.

This time, Hastur and Maric came earlier, just in time for their complete sacrifice.

At the beginning, they all sat cross-legged on one side of the bonfire, closed their eyes and chanted songs praising the Lord.

"Wandering around the world, souls of the dead who have nowhere to sleep.

We need guidance, we need salvation, we need the gift of the Lord.

O Lord, Lord of Sleep in the Necrosphere.

Please cast your compassionate gaze, and bestow blessings to lead you forward..."

After reciting the ballad a full ten times, Earl Richard did not end the first session.

The second link is the summoning ceremony, which is presided over and completed by Earl Richard alone.

Surrounded by everyone, he drew a mysterious and complicated rune on the ground with a pious expression, a few curved lines with three circles, and four straight lines.

Hastur stepped forward to take a look, the corners of his mouth twitched slightly, and he retreated to the side holding back his complaints.

What kind of summoning rune is this? It is clearly an ordinary pattern drawn by Earl Richard who didn't know where he saw it, but it just looks very bluffing.

Earl Richard then took out three prepared candles. The black candle was placed in the upper left corner, the red candle was placed in the upper right corner, and the last ordinary candle was placed in the center.

This scene made Hasta surprised. The rune that was nothing just now made him think that Earl Richard's knowledge of mysticism was poor, but the placement of these three candles did meet the needs of ritual magic.

When he saw Earl Richard took out plants such as rotten grass, bone flower, evening vanilla, and deep sleep flower, and arranged them neatly and respectfully, he was inexplicably shocked.

He is now certain that Earl Richard must have mixed the God of Death and the Goddess of the Night to form what he thought was the Lord of the Dead.

Plants with a strong smell of death, such as carrion grass and bone flower, are loved and favored by the god of death.

Night vanilla and deep sleep flower are favorites of the goddess of the night.

Before it was over, Earl Richard carefully took out a fist-sized crystal ball from his pocket and placed it in the center of the three candles.

After preparing all this, Earl Richard began to chant the mantra devoutly.

"I!

I call in my name!

A spirit entrenched in the depths of the void, a mysterious creature who likes the night and peace, and an emissary who wanders in the world of the world and the world of the dead. "

When Earl Richard finished reciting the incantation in the ancient Hermes language, a strong wind blew up in the void, gloomy and cold, and the swinging candle was dyed with dark blue light.

Last night, the huge toad-like creature from the spirit world reappeared, coiled up, and looked down at Earl Richard and the others below.

Richard stood up and bowed respectfully to where the spirit creature was.

Among the participants in a circle outside, five people took out brass whistles and blew them by their mouths. Soon, five smaller spirit world creatures appeared.

The surrounding temperature dropped again, and a gust of wind blew up, making people feel cold all over.

"Licheng!"

After completing these, Earl Richard was very happy, and the surrounding participants also praised the Lord's gaze descending from the world of the dead.

Maric is also well-informed, but he was still surprised by this scene.

A ritual magic made a mess, but it still succeeded in the end?
He really wanted to know how this Earl Richard and this huge spirit world creature lived in harmony for so long?

There is no contract signed, but it can be successfully summoned every time, and no accidents have been encountered.

How lucky is this?
There are also five brass whistles that can summon five spirit world creatures. Could it be some kind of sealed item?
It's not right, if it is a sealed item, the negative effects alone are not something these ordinary people can bear.

Hastur was also shocked by Earl Richard's operation, what a talent!

The third link is to dance and sacrifice around the bonfire to please the gods.

Maric still didn't join in, and Hasta took the initiative to join the dancing team without waiting for Earl Richard to invite him, which made Earl Richard very satisfied.

There are three rounds of this sacrificial dance, and each round has its own symbolic meaning.

The first round of sacrificial dances is to please the gods, let the gods listen to their small wishes, and let the wishes be fulfilled.

The second round of sacrificial dance is for the relatives who have died, hoping to use dance to let their dead souls sleep peacefully.

The third round of sacrificial dance is for yourself. The dead souls need to sleep peacefully, and the people who are still alive still need to move forward. They need courage, blessings, and luck to complete their lives.

After the three rounds of sacrificial dances were over, Hastur and the people around him began to discuss the deeds of the god, Lord of the Dead, and their respective sad stories.

At three o'clock in the middle of the night, the grand and mysterious ceremony ended again, and Earl Richard once again sincerely invited Hasta and Maric to his manor.

"If I can witness a miracle tomorrow night, I think I should change my faith."

Hastur didn't talk too much, but just gave Earl Richard a signal that he might join.

"Yes, the Lord will perform miracles and give every believer equal blessings."

Earl Richard was very happy to lead his team to leave. Before leaving, they still put out the bonfire and cleaned up the scene.

"It's unimaginable, it's unbelievable that he can survive till now!"

With no outsiders present, Maric sent out a series of emotions.

Hastur hid his smile and asked puzzledly, "Is there any problem?"

"Of course there is a problem! The problem is still very big!"

"Could it be that Earl Richard was parasitized by some evil spirit?"

Maric waved his hand and said: "It's not that serious. He, how should I put it, is a lucky one. The main problem is not from him, but from that huge spirit world creature."

Hastur showed an open-minded expression of asking for advice, and Maric walked two steps back and forth: "There are indeed friendly creatures in the spirit world, but the ritual magic performed by Earl Richard did not specifically mention friendly and harmless creatures." wait for words."

"The spirit entrenched in the depths of the void, the mysterious creature that likes the night and peace, the messenger who wanders in the world of the world and the undead."

"Spiritual creatures that fit this description do exist, but they are not necessarily friendly, and more likely to be evil, terrifying creatures with evil intentions."

"Especially the emissary who wanders between the world of the living and the undead world. I have never heard of a friendly creature from the undead world."

"Hmm...you should understand ancient Hermes?"

Hastur said modestly: "I can understand part of it."

"Then you have to study harder. If you want to enter the extraordinary world, the ancient Hermes language is a very important mystical language. If you have the ability, you must also master the mystical languages ​​such as Elven Language and Giant Language."

"It's hard to find the right teacher."

Hastur sighed slightly. Although he knew some Giant language and Elvish language, he was limited to some and difficult to master. It was really difficult to find a suitable teacher for these two languages.

Maric thought for a while, "Sharon is very good at learning this kind of knowledge, much better than me, if she is willing to be your teacher..."

"With her personality, she won't be someone else's teacher casually. You should go to Backlund University and look for those old professors who specialize in languages."

Maric felt that it was very unreliable to ask Sharon to teach the mystical language.

According to her temperament, it is estimated that she will directly throw the relevant books directly in front of Hasta and let him study by himself.

Hasta also felt that with Sharon's personality, she would not be her teacher, alas, it was a pity.

"Do you think Earl Richard should be a Extraordinary of Sequence Number?" Hasta changed the subject.

"It will definitely not exceed Sequence 5, I reckon he should be around Sequence 7."

Sequence 7, a psychic from the death path?

This is very similar to the ability shown by Earl Richard.

He, who is not very proficient in mystic knowledge, was able to successfully advance to Sequence 7 without losing control. This is really good luck.

The two chatted all the way back to the lake. When they parted, Hastur specially guided them: "You said that Earl Richard and the others have to change places every time they hold a ceremony. Is there any special reason?"

Maric pondered for a long time and said, "Tomorrow, let's go investigate together."

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The next day, Hastur and Maric searched along the nearby dense forest, and soon found the third and fourth places where the ceremony had been held.

"Have you noticed that these four ritual locations seem to be in a circle?" Hastur guessed.

"Do you think the No. 13 ceremony will be in the center of the previous twelve ceremony locations?" Maric's face was a little more serious.

Following this line of thought, the two searched in circles, and they found the fifth, sixth... No. 12 ceremony sites in sequence.

Connecting these twelve points really looks like a circle, and the distance between the two points is almost the same.

This can already show that Earl Richard and his party did not choose the ceremony location randomly, but had already set thirteen ceremony locations at the very beginning of the ceremony.

"According to the order in which they performed the ceremony, they should go around counterclockwise."

Hastur also looked serious.

Counterclockwise and clockwise are also particular about occultism, for example, there is a difference between upright and reverse in Tarot cards.

If clockwise represents the passage of time, from the past to the future, then counterclockwise represents the exact opposite.

It can be understood as going back in time, from the present to the past.

The idea pursued by Earl Richard and his team is to let the souls of the dead sleep peacefully, and the souls of the dead are reincarnated after death, from death to new life, which should represent clockwise, because time flows normally.

On the contrary, counterclockwise represents the pursuit of resurrection from the dead.

This is completely opposite to the philosophy pursued by Earl Richard and others, and it is extremely dangerous.

He is a little suspicious now that Earl Richard may not understand the mystic meaning in it at all, and his actions are guided by external forces.

For example, the huge spirit world creature who couldn't see the depth clearly.

According to Earl Richard's description, it is the messenger who walks in the world of the world and the world of the dead.

So it should be a reasonable pursuit to escape from the world of dead spirits and show up in this world, right?

This can also explain why Earl Richard can accurately summon it every time, and has always been safe with the other party.

Because Earl Richard still has enough use value.

(End of this chapter)