Knight and Wand

Chapter 86: Neti's Card
Walking to the corridor platforms on both sides of the rotunda, Leon easily found the stairs to go up.

But before stepping onto the steps, he couldn't help but look at the side of the stairs.

There, there was a pulled-up iron gate.

The space behind the door can accommodate two or three people, like an old-fashioned and exquisite elevator?

He was immediately shocked by the advancement of this wizard tower.

I just don’t know what the internal structure of the elevator is. It shouldn’t be a real “electric” elevator, right?
"Can we go upstairs by taking the platform behind the fence?" Leon asked Laura curiously.

".I'm afraid the power end has no magic, and the towing winch hasn't been maintained for a long time. You'd better climb the stairs obediently."

Laura obviously didn't recommend that he use the facility in a dilapidated building.

Leon had to give up the plan of trying the magic elevator in the other world. If something unexpected happened, he couldn't call the emergency hotline here.

He walked obediently up the stairs from the entrance and followed the spiral staircase to the upper floors of the Mage Tower.

The second floor above the rotunda is the reception room and daily activity space.

The third floor is where Lady Aphrodite's bedroom and living area are located.

The fourth floor was a spacious library with huge circular bookshelves against the wall, filled with densely packed tomes and files, which made Leon feel dizzy.

The fifth floor is the storage warehouse, which is filled with various materials and tools that Leon cannot understand. He also wonders if they are still useful after being left in this area for so long.

But the things in the corner of the warehouse that looked like gold and silver ingots and some beautiful gems that Leon couldn't recognize really made him jealous.

Leon climbed all the way to the sixth floor before he found the wizard workshop and laboratory that Laura had mentioned.

There was another level above, but it was just an empty tower platform.

In the not-so-messy workshop, Leon quickly stopped in front of a large table piled with manuscripts under Laura's instructions.

What the wizard lady wanted was not difficult to find. After all, those papers that looked like notes and manuscripts were clearly spread out on the table.

Scattered next to the manuscript paper were some cards similar to the gold-framed crystal cubes in Leon's hand.

Those crystal cards were of different sizes and colors, and some even had no borders. They were probably unfinished defective and failed products.

These things were deliberately piled together, as if Lady Aphrodite had hoped that visitors would see them.

Picking up the white paper manuscript that had been on the table for who knows how many years, the tough touch made Leon feel inexplicably emotional again.

Everything in this wizard's fortress has a very different "style" from the outside world. From what he has seen so far, Leon feels that the world seems to have experienced a major technological discontinuity.

His eyes turned to the manuscript paper covered with strange structures, magic patterns, runes and notes.

Well, I really can’t understand it.

It wasn't just the research content shown in the manuscript notes, but every character on the paper that Leon couldn't understand.

He was sure that the beautiful words written by Ms. Aphrodite on the paper were neither Ferru nor Uriah, but some of them were very similar to the runes that Laura taught him to carve on the ground.

Of course, Leon didn't need to understand these complicated manuscripts. He came here just to be a human camera for Miss Lola.

He pulled out a chair and sat down, and according to the instructions of the wizard lady, he looked through the drawings and notes on the table.

At first, I was afraid that Laura couldn't see clearly, so I scanned each one carefully from top to bottom.

But Laura's reading speed could not even be described as ten lines at a glance, and she almost immediately urged him to read.

Only then did Leon realize that what really limited Miss Mage's reading efficiency was actually the speed at which she turned the pages.

He immediately activated the quantum reading mode, and his eyes accelerated to "scan" the information in front of him. Before long, the hieroglyphic manuscript had been turned to the end.

Laura sighs
She understood Aphrodite's dangerous attempt.
No wonder they not only relied on the power of the spirit world, but also held such a ceremony to the Dead Sea Dragon.

However, what has disappeared can never be truly restored.

"This guy is still the same, seemingly smart, but actually the most unrealistic and stupid one"

"Uh." Leon couldn't help but say: "In the video left by your disciple in the past, she wanted to meet you so much, even though you were separated from her by life and death. I am a little moved as an outsider. It's not good to belittle her like this, right?"

Recalling the ethereal prayers and obsessions of the purple-robed lady, Leon even suspected that she had an ambiguous master-disciple relationship with Miss Lola during her lifetime.

Laura's voice was stunned: "Disciple? What disciple?"

Hearing the strange tone of the wizard lady in his heart, Leon couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.

"Isn't that Ms. Aphrodite called you Teacher Ilariel? Isn't your last name Ilariel?" Leon scratched his head.

Ah, was this just my assumption?
——That’s right, since Laura said it was just a magical illusion, the first words of the lady on the throne were naturally pre-recorded images, rather than being spoken to Laura in real time on the spot.

The so-called impression of seeing through Laura's soul in my body was probably just an illusion caused by my overactive imagination when I faced those unique eyes.

Leon scratched his head. He originally thought that the so-called magic illusion was triggered because he entered the tower with Laura's soul consciousness, but it seems that this is not the case.

He immediately wanted to apologize for his preconceived notion of the relationship between the two.

But before he could finish his words, Laura said, "Of course my last name is Ilarial. But, disciple. Well, it's not wrong to say that."

"?"

What happened?
Leon was confused by Miss Mage's attitude.

But Laura did not continue to dwell on that meaningless name with Leon.

"Well, I now understand what this is. What Aphrodite took so much trouble to make is indeed a masterpiece.

Although I don't think it can achieve the result she wants in the end, it is undoubtedly valuable to you." Laura suggested: "Would you like to try it while I can still guide you in using it? I hope you can use this to take me back to Rolandar as soon as possible."

Leon smiled bitterly in confusion: “Ms. Laura, please take care of my ignorance as a non-professional and ask what this card is used for?”

Laura was not impatient and explained patiently: "Its prototype is a magic container, which can only store some simple magic.

But because of some bizarre ideas that someone had in the past, Aphrodite used that as inspiration and tried to combine rituals, necromancy, and alchemy to create a great magic that could summon any concept that had ever existed in the world.

To put it simply, this one and this one, well, forget it, let’s just name it after her last name.

This 'Neti card' can use the medium of specific conditions as a base, and with the help of the power of the spirit world and the Dead Sea, it can bring the spirit that the caster desires back to the world.

But it is far more thorough than calling back the dead from the Dead Sea. Aphrodite hopes to separate the annihilated people whose souls have dissipated from the upper reaches of the River of Time and bring them back to the world."

At this point, Laura's voice gradually deepened.

"However, she failed in the end. She was willing to be tainted by the corrupted power and create a powerful ritual at the cost of her soul. Even I have to admire her, but it is still far from achieving her ultimate goal."

Leon suddenly grasped the most meaningful point for him: "I understand, you mean this 'Neti Card' can summon the dead whose souls are still alive?"

This magic card is like some kind of summoning spell, which can resurrect some dead souls that have existed?
Laura replied, “Yes, I can modify the ritual so that the summoned spirits of the dead can serve you.

However, you have never learned magic, and the magic in your body can only transform a small amount of magic power. You cannot support the existence of souls that are too powerful.
Well, let me think about it. If we use the huge spiritual power of the earth veins under the Mage Tower, it can be used as a stopgap measure.

But then you can only use this card on leyline nodes."

Leon listened with a half-understanding, and couldn't help but interrupt: "Can anyone use this card? What about Corvis's magic power? Can he summon a more powerful soul?"

Laura said: “If you give it to that child, he can maintain some relatively powerful ghosts, but you have to think carefully, there is only one card now.

I can't make the soul contained in Neti's card loyal to both you and him at the same time. If I give him the card, you won't be able to use it. So, do you trust others so much?"

"You saw it too. That guy didn't want to implicate us before, and was so stupid as to want to lead the enemy away alone. How can I not trust such a person?

Besides, he and I have a good relationship now, so it’s okay to lend him this card. When I ask him for help, can he refuse? "Leon shook his head, not worried.

He also didn't want this magical item, which sounded very powerful, to not be able to reach its maximum effectiveness due to his limited abilities.

Summoning the spirits of the dead as familiars sounds very powerful. If you can only summon a few random people, you might as well let Corvis try to summon some powerful dead souls.

Of course, it's not that I don't have other thoughts.

In fact, Leon had already had the idea of ​​recruiting Corvis in his mind.

He had suffered a lot from magic on this journey. If he had a warlock advisor by his side, he would not be without a plan if he encountered magic-related conflicts in the future. It would be worthwhile to regard this card as a favor to keep the young man by his side.

Although Miss Laura is reliable, she can't give me advice every moment.
Ok?
No, wait. Summon the dead?
Leon felt as if he had almost missed a use that could have maximized the value of this item.

".If the child is allowed to use the Neti card, with the magic power he can maintain, the body of the Flame Sun Guard that you specially carried here can be put to use. Both the body and the soul are there. In this way."

Leon said carefully before she finished speaking: "Ms. Laura, I hope you don't feel offended. You said before that you had passed away a long time ago, right? Then this Neti card. Can it summon you out of my body?"

Laura's voice chuckled.

"Oh~, I thought you wouldn't mention it."

Hearing the tone, Leon felt happy and felt there was hope.

He didn't dare to dream of using this magic card to control the other party.

After all, even how to use it and how to make the undead loyal to her has to be taught by the other party. The wizard lady is not a fool, so how could she voluntarily condescend to become her own "familiar".

Leon just felt that if he could get this mysterious and powerful lady wizard to appear regularly and communicate with him, the help he could get would definitely be far greater than that from any other undead fighters.

Leon still remembered the terrible noise caused by the illusion of Lady Aphrodite just now.

Regardless of whether this Miss "Lola Ilaril" is the other party's teacher or not, she must not be much weaker than the lady in purple.

"It's not impossible to try summoning me into this container. If this card left by Aphrodite was originally intended to carry 'her', then the strength of the material should be enough to accommodate my soul."

Laura seemed eager to try, but she gave a final warning: "But I have to remind you, even if you can successfully summon my spirit from your body into this card, you and the child outside the tower... no, any spellcaster you have seen so far, will not have enough magic power to use this card of mine.

This means that even if I can use the power of the earth veins here to briefly appear, I still cannot freely leave the area where the spiritual power gathers under the tower. You have to think it through. "

"I've thought about it, Miss Laura. This thing was originally a relic of Ms. Aphrodite. It's just right for you to use the treasure of your old friend.

Besides, just talking to you has helped me more than anything else. Since this area is about to disappear, I don’t know how difficult it will be to communicate with you in the outside world. "Leon flattered him with his words, which was of course the truth.

"Besides, didn't you say you would be willing to teach me the way of magic if you have the chance? It just so happens that if this works, I can learn magic from you in the future."

There was little room for hesitation.

Leon suppressed his excitement and went to the storage room on the fifth floor of the tower as Laura requested, where he found the various ritual materials needed by the wizard lady.

Then, he took the professional magic pattern drawing tools from Ms. Aphrodite's workshop and went up to the empty tower on the top floor.

According to Miss Lola, the top floor of the tower is the easiest place to manipulate energy.

The top of the tower is a special place for casting spells.

Normally, when mages build their towers, they will deliberately measure the height of the site to find the most natural place where the magical vortexes of the surrounding environment converge.

It was designed in advance as the location where the top of the tower would be built. This not only took safety factors into consideration to reduce accidents during spellcasting, but also conformed to the principles of most magical rituals.

The concepts of up and down are not just about the direction centered on oneself in various magic rituals.
Although he had not yet successfully summoned Miss Lola, Leon already felt as if he had been taught a lesson.

Under the careful guidance of the wizard lady, Leon followed the drawings of complex magic pattern structures and used the professional tools in the workshop to quietly create the basic rituals required for the ceremony.

(End of this chapter)