Volume Dragon: Start by obtaining the Infinity Gems

Chapter 175 The Key of Solomon and the Holy Medal

"A fresh acanthus twig, cleaned of its medulla, and a strip of parchment made of hare skin is inserted into each end. On this parchment, certain characters and spells are to be written in the blood of a black hen."

Nemesis sat in the laboratory of the Mage Tower, studying the "Key of Solomon" in his hand with fascination.

Ever since exchanging books with Fazi in the Throne Room, Nemesis couldn't wait to return to the Mage Tower and began studying day and night.

Of the two books, he first chose "The Key of Solomon", and the much mysterious knowledge contained in it opened his eyes.

In this book, spellcasters tend to use a variety of simple materials to construct symbols and magic circles with mysterious meanings, and seek power from upper-level idols to realize magic.

For example, the eighteenth chapter of the first volume that Nemesis is reading now mainly talks about the role and value of the holy cards. These holy cards are mainly used to intimidate and subdue spiritual creatures, making them submit to the will of the caster.

Chapter 18 also teaches the viewer how to make the holy cards.

Holy medals are usually made of the metal corresponding to the planet. You can also use white paper that has been exorcised and write the corresponding symbol and name according to the color of the specific planet.

The stars in the sky play a vital role in mysticism. In ancient times, wizards were also called "stargazers". They observed the mysteries of the movement of celestial bodies in the sky day and night, and used this as inspiration to create various spells.

Nemesis was not interested in those ritual spells. This primitive spellcasting principle was too complicated and far less concise and efficient than the spell model.

In Faerun, most spells can be cast by simply uttering incantations to activate spell models in the magic network. Only a few extremely complex spells (such as weather manipulation) require rituals to be performed.

Therefore, there is no need for Nemesis to learn most of the ritual spells in the Key of Solomon. At most, he can write down their principles and functions and develop the spell model of the ritual spell by himself.

But the holy medal is different.

This kind of magical item can shock and subdue creatures from the spiritual world. In Nemesis's opinion, the so-called "creatures from the spiritual world" are most likely various creatures from other worlds.

Don't forget that the dark earth world where Fazi lives is located in the plane of the Shadowless Underworld, where there are all kinds of monsters that do not exist in the main material plane.

From this perspective, the practical effect of the holy medal is very great.

As the level of the sorcerer increases, the gap becomes smaller for higher-level creature summoning spells.

The monsters summoned by the highest level nine-ring spell - [Ninth Level Monster Summoning] will be comparable to those of level 13/14 professionals.

The reason for this is that the will of the higher alien creatures is too strong, and spells can only summon them but cannot control the will of their followers.

Therefore, the creator of the ninth-level monster summoning technique did not want to summon more powerful creatures, but under the condition that the caster has absolute command, monsters of this level are already the limit.

Any higher and the caster loses control over it.

For example, the eight-ring spell [Higher Alien Binding] and the nine-ring spell [Gate to Alien World]. The former can randomly summon high-level alien monsters. Usually, these monsters are completely out of the control of the caster. In order to prevent the summoning of demons and devils that can destroy the caster himself, the spellcaster usually casts the spell in a well-sealed room to restrain the summoned monsters.

This is why the Mage Tower needs a [Binding Room].

The latter [Gate to Another World] is the same, or even worse. Although the caster can summon monsters that he is familiar with according to his own will, this is completely uncontrollable!

The other party not only has the right not to obey you, but even has the right to refuse your call!

Normally, a spellcaster can summon creatures of no more than twice his or her level by casting [Gate to Another World]. These higher-level creatures are not easy to deal with. Without the temptation of gold coins or moral constraints, they will not listen to the spellcaster's advice. Even without any restraints, the evil creatures may directly kill the spellcaster and return to their original place.

When Nemesis was fighting against the wolf-snake demon, he summoned the alien god servant who hated evil. It was not because he did not know that there were more powerful monsters than him. In fact, there were many creatures more powerful than the alien god servant.

However, apart from these angels who hate demons, Nemesis has no confidence that the other creatures he summons will obey his commands!

But it would be different if you had the holy medal.

According to Nemesis's research in the past few days, if the holy card is manufactured, it can have extremely strong suppressive power against alien creatures, which is almost equivalent to a mobile enhanced version of the [Binding Room]. It can not only intimidate summoned creatures, but can even simply command them.

This gives Nemesis the possibility to build an army of summons in the future!
Because the monsters summoned by the nine-ring spell [Gate to Another World] can stay there permanently until the task is completed, as long as the caster negotiates the reward and task with it, unless the summoning link is interrupted by [Exile].

By then, with enough holy cards, Nemesis can raise an army of summons at no cost!
This is not a useless summon like the monster summoning that disappears in an hour and can't even march, and can only deal with sudden battles. Instead, it is a long-term summon that can stay for a long time and continuously accumulate in number!
"Well, the alien creatures with the concepts of kindness, heaviness, and earth need to use the metal corresponding to Jupiter, which is iron, to make the holy medal."

"The caster needs to perform a sacred exorcism and blessing ceremony on them, empowering and sanctifying the tools through specific spells to enhance their effectiveness and purity in magical practice."

"Most importantly, ask for the help of the three archangels, Michael, Midael, and Mirael, as well as the leaders of the heavenly army, so that these three idols of God can bless the holy medal."

"In other words, it requires a power similar to divine magic? Well, this is not surprising. After all, compared to magic, divine magic is better at expelling and summoning creatures from other worlds."

"These three so-called 'archangels' should be the high-level sources of power that spellcasters on Dark Earth pray for. It seems that world is not simple either. At least there are high-level beings who can bestow divine magic."

"It should be possible to replace it with the magic network, but the best effect is to use the magic power bestowed by Oghma to bless it. Hmm, the power of the six-ring magic seems not enough. It seems that we need to add the power of multiple magics to amplify the holy card."

Nemesis was studying the book obsessively and taking notes carefully. He had to admit that this ancient king named "Solomon" did have extraordinary wisdom.

The so-called title of being able to control the "Seventy-two Demons" is probably not false. At least in Nemesis's view, once the power of the holy card is built up, controlling the wolf-snake demon will be a piece of cake.

A pseudo-legendary demon with the ability to destroy a city could indeed be called a "demon god" in ancient Earth.

(End of this chapter)