"A level … level six arcanist!"
Relph stared at the familiar Beaulac in shock, as if he were looking at a complete stranger. No, he was a complete stranger! No matter how well Beaulac had hidden himself, there was no way that he could become a senior-rank arcanist at such a young age and without leaving Antiffler!
It must be a senior-rank sorcerer or an archmage who disguised himself as Beaulac and used a special method to hide from Nuremberg, Count Beck, and sneaked into the underground palace to look for the secrets left by Sun King.
Suddenly, a scene from before flashed through his almost blank mind.
When Relph was proudly showing off the existence of another secret chamber, where the secret of Sun King's power was hidden, and how he knew how to open the secret chamber, Beaulac answered him sincerely, "Thank you, Mr. Beaulac.
Thank you for telling me the secret. "
"I'm so stupid, really …" Relph raised his lifeless eyes and muttered to himself.
Although he wanted to shout out loud and remind the princess, Deniz, and Arthen that "Beaulac" was a fake senior-rank arcanist, and he wanted to vent his anger on "Beaulac" by casting spells on him. However, he also knew how terrifying a senior-rank arcanist could be. A senior-rank arcanist could easily kill him with a single glance or a wave of his hand.
Even if all the arcanists on the scene put down their hatred and joined hands to fight back, they would still be killed by this senior-rank arcanist in less than half a minute.
The only way was to submit and wait for Metatron, the Glorious Crown, to make his move at the agreed time.
"How come a senior-rank arcanist sneaked in here? It's like a lion sneaking into a flock of sheep! "
Relph was extremely upset and scared. His body was trembling, and he could not gather his spiritual power. Although he had the dream of standing on the top of all sorcerers like Sun King, his power as a second-circle arcanist still reminded him that the most important thing right now was to become a middle-rank as soon as possible.
He had to take one step at a time. Even though he was about to get the secret of Sun King's power, the biggest hope he had was to become a sixth-circle sorcerer and become a senior-rank arcanist like the Gorse Duke. He had never dreamed of becoming a legendary arcanist. After all, Sun King also grew up bit by bit.
However, the person standing in front of him was the senior-rank arcanist that he had been dreaming of. How could he resist?
A senior-rank arcanist usually meant a seventh-circle or eighth-circle sorcerer, or even a ninth-circle archmage!
"Very wise," Lucien looked at Relph, whose face was pale and sweaty, and smiled.
Relph nodded dumbly. Then, he saw that in the blue eyes of 'Beaulac', the seawater became more and more tranquil, more and more profound, and more and more tranquil …
Relph, who was already out of control, was easily controlled by Lucien.
The fifth-circle illusion, Dominate Human!
After learning that the demon incident in Bertren Castle was a test from his teacher, the Lord of Storm, Lucien also learned that the abomination he met was actually played by Alferris. However, it did not mean that the abomination was just a figment of Lucien's imagination. Both the summoning ritual and the abomination were real, and they were closely related to Pain Fable!
According to Fernando and Alferris, Lucien learned about the seven mysterious demons in the deepest part of hell, as well as the lack of research on them.
According to the speculation of the two experts, when the negative emotions accumulated over a long period of time and could not be vented, a projection of the corresponding demon would be generated in one's mind without the help of any ritual. The ritual steps after that were mostly to strengthen the projection and let it grow by absorbing power. Therefore, there was no real magic meaning in the ritual. All that was needed was for the person who held the ritual to believe in it from the bottom of his heart.
That was how the most ridiculous and bizarre ritual could be used to "summon" the devil.
Among them, the Pain Fable was the most important step in the early stage. People who enjoyed reading it and immersed themselves in the twisted, desperate, painful, decadent, and bloody atmosphere created by it could easily accumulate negative emotions to a critical point after a long period of time. Then, they could form a mysterious connection with the strange demons such as pain, hatred, and jealousy. At that time, if there were no external events or ritual steps, the person would probably only have a twisted personality and would do things that hurt others or themselves, but they would not be able to gain the mysterious power.
In other words, the steps of the ritual did not matter. What mattered was the ritual itself. Without the ritual, the projection of the demon would not be able to grow by absorbing power. At the same time, what mattered most was the accumulation of negative emotions in the early stage. Otherwise, even the projection of the demon would not be able to be summoned.
When Lucien "abducted" Beaulac, he chose Greed, one of the seven demons, and he made up a funny ritual according to the games on Earth that he used to trick girls.
At that time, Lucien was very sure that Beaulac and Frederick, who had witnessed the ritual, would not be able to summon Greed according to the ritual. After all, they did not have the key step like Pain Fable, and they did not have the long-term accumulation of Greed.
However, at this moment, Frederick successfully summoned Greed with the ritual of peeling apple and gained the power to become a Celestial Knight!
Although there was still a gap between him and a real radiant knight, Lucien's power had skyrocketed, and the creepy look on his face made Lucien completely convinced that this was the work of the demon, Greed.
It was totally out of Lucien's expectation. It had only been a month. Where did Frederick, who was still normal, accumulate such strong and unquenchable greed?
Was it because he believed in the ritual from the bottom of his heart after he saw Beaulac "successfully" summoning the demon of greed, so he let go of all his guard and resistance? Or was there something else in the underground palace?
Whatever the reason was, Lucien had to hurry up. He had to take action even if his identity was exposed.
Even though there was nothing else in the underground palace, according to Alferris' experience in fighting the demon, Alferris would probably become more and more powerful as time went by. Maybe in a few minutes, Frederick would have the power of a radiant knight. Alferris could not let himself be in danger.
Therefore, it was the best choice to eliminate the hidden danger.
Lucien thought to himself that he still had three to four minutes to spare. Lucien should activate the magic circle first so that he could finish the mission after his identity was exposed. Also, he could explore the secrets of Sun King without worrying about anything else. After controlling Relph, Lucien confirmed that neither Relph nor Metatron had found the other secret passage and the inner part of the palace through the Secondary Telepathic Bond. Lucien then checked the bloody chamber carefully and made sure that there was nobody in it.
While Sophia was busy casting spells to help Frederick, Lucien used Permanent Phantom and Vaporized Form to sneak into the chamber.
Compared to Frederick, Lucien was more worried about Metatron. Now that Metatron was not in the chamber, things would be much easier.
As soon as Lucien entered the chamber, the smell of blood and the stench was so strong that it made him want to throw up. However, Lucien was not affected at all. He gently landed in front of the portrait of the first Gorse Duke and began to cast a long spell in a low voice. He also made some complicated hand gestures.
Due to the incessant sounds of metal clashing outside, and the smell of blood keeping the others away from the secret chamber, no one heard the barely audible incantation in the secret chamber for a full thirty seconds.
After finishing the spell that Rhein learned from solving the magic circle at the entrance of the secret passage, the transparent Lucien directly flew to the portrait and merged into it.
The secret passage was not very long, and it was opened by hand gestures and spells. Without any obstacles, Lucien entered the inner part of the palace. The inner part of the palace was exactly the same as the hall above.
In the center of the hall, there was a sun altar, and on the altar, there was a statue of Thanos, the Sun King.
The statue was a middle-aged man with his head held high. It seemed that nothing was worth his attention except for the boundless starry sky.
'He' was wearing a solemn magic robe with red patterns on a black background and a magic crown inlaid with many gems. The magic crown was so vivid that it was almost as brilliant as the sun.
At the same time, the golden-haired and blue-eyed "Thanos" reached out his right hand, as if he was holding something invisible.
Lucien only needed to put the Gorse Brooch back on the statue to perform the complicated magic ritual. However, at this moment, he frowned and stopped.
"Why can't I sense the air of the World of Souls?"
Lucien suddenly wondered. According to his experience in the mausoleum of Sphinx, the three places that Rhein chose should all be closely related to the World of Souls. Why couldn't he sense anything here?
After thinking for a few seconds, Lucien took out Sun's Corona and put it on.
Immediately, Lucien's eyes blurred, and the statue started to change strangely.
Above the right hand, a weird ball of light suddenly appeared. It was transparent and light white, but at the same time, there seemed to be all kinds of colors that were invisible to the naked eye. Also, the ball of light kept changing and contracting, like a beating heart.
The ball of light gave Lucien the same feeling as the rust-colored ball of light that he saw in Sphinx's mausoleum in the World of Souls. It was right in front of his eyes, but he could not touch it or approach it, as if it did not exist in this world at all.
Inside the ball of light, there was a tiny black crack that was twisting like a worm, disgusting and hideous.
"A crack in the World of Souls?" Lucien finally sensed the feeble air of death spreading out from the tiny crack.
It was covered by the ball of light. No wonder he could not sense it directly.
Since there were still a few minutes left, Lucien was not as nervous as when he was in Sphinx's mausoleum. He was very curious about what the ball of light was!
Calming himself down, Lucien cast a few detection spells in a row, but all of them went through the ball of light as if it were just an illusion.
Thinking for a while, Lucien added a few layers of defense on himself. Then, he gritted his teeth and summoned his courage, reaching out his hand to the ball of light.
His long fingers slowly touched the edge of the ball of light.
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