The auction that followed went smoothly. 「」

The lots prepared by the organizer for this auction were unexpectedly good, and there were several of them that even Lin An was very interested in.

After all, she is a wild monk, although there are many good things on her body that others can't get in their lifetime, but in fact, there is no good teacher and guide, and many necessary things have to be prepared by herself, including the aquamarine stone staff she is using now, which should have been eliminated as early as after being promoted, but due to various reasons, Lin An has not been replaced.

Although the wardens had prepared a lot of good things for her, the first two layers of spatial seals were mainly things like books and secret magic formulas, and as for the finished products, except for a few that they thought were necessary, most of the real good things were in the seals of the later layers, after all, with their vision, it was impossible to look at the kind of transitional magic equipment that could only be used for a period of time.

It's just that Lin An is most lacking now, even these.

"135 standard gemstones! Guest No. 100 will get 135 standard gems! Is there anyone else offering a higher price? This rare ritual knife is about to fall into the hands of Guest 100! Is there anyone else paying a higher price? ”

Salin watched the audience for a moment, and when he saw that no one made a sound, he shook the golden bell,

"Okay, deal! Guest No. 100 gets Lot 15, the Ancient Enchanted Ritual Knife! ”

Box 100.

"What do you want this ceremonial knife for?"

Sidney asked Lin An, "Since you took this ritual knife, why didn't you shoot the previous set of ritual altars and kits?" If you take it all, although it is more expensive, at least no one will rob you like just now. 「」”

The ceremonial knife is a typical magic prop. It works similarly to a wand, but can only be used in certain rituals or summoning rituals to concentrate energy, draw circles, purify energy, and more.

However, this kind of magic ritual that requires a special ritual knife and ritual kit is a preparation for a large spell. It is very rare nowadays, and most of it was popular in the days of the Ancient Magic Dynasty, where mages now perform magical rituals. Rituals are rarely used anymore, instead with wands, and even among most mages, the method of performing magical rituals using ritual knives has been lost.

Therefore, the ritual knife auctioned by Lin An can be said to be the unpopular among the unpopular, if it weren't for the fact that a ritual altar and a complete set of ritual kits were auctioned before, and this ritual knife seemed to be the same set as the previous two, I am afraid that no one would rob Lin An at all. It is even less likely that the final price will rise to 135 standard stones.

Now that the other two parties and Lin An's opponents are bidding for the other two sides to give up the bid, it does not mean that they have given up this ritual knife, I am afraid that they have paid attention to other things.

After all, before Lin An, Sidney also auctioned a will talisman and a bottle of holy water, and the price was very expensive. The connection shot is eye-catching, and I'm afraid someone has already targeted them.

Of course, this really didn't matter to Lin An and Sidney - they generally wouldn't take the initiative to ask for trouble if they didn't have an inevitable goal, but they couldn't be blamed if someone else came to trouble them.

"You also think this ritual knife is a white ritual knife?" Lin An smiled.

“…… Isn't it? Sidney tilted his head in confusion. 」

"Of course, you've been deceived by its appearance!"

Lin An watched as the silver-white ceremonial knife was covered with velvet cloth and taken backstage. Knowing that it would soon fall into his hands, he was in a good mood, so he explained to Sidney.

"The exterior color of this ritual knife, although it is very similar to the silver altar and the silver ritual kit in front, looks like a complete set of ritual utensils has been split into three parts, but who will sue you. Silver-white ceremonial knives and they are a set? ”

Lin An paused, and then said, "In the same way, a silver-white ritual knife is not necessarily a white ritual knife. ”

Sidney's eyes lit up slightly, "Could it be the Black Ritual Knife?" ”

The so-called ritual knives are divided into white ritual knives and black ritual knives according to the rituals to which they are applied:

The white ritual knife master purifies, and the black ritual knife master summons-

This is because the ancient summoning is unstable, often summoning powerful alien race creatures and even demons of the abyssal plane, and the probability of failure is very high, and if the summoned object that is not bound by the contract is accidentally released, it often causes quite bad consequences.

Therefore, in people's minds, summoning is an evil ritual.

Even in the eyes of most mages, summoning is a kind of unorthodox and tricky way, because summoning can sometimes make a person ascend to the sky overnight, and it can also make a person fall to the ground in one fell swoop, which is very different from the mainstream way of gradually cultivating one's own body. 「」

There is very little in the books and materials given by the wardens, which deal with callings:

First, it has long been lost, otherwise they will directly grab a powerful enough summon to sign a contract with Lin An, so there is no need to worry so much about her safety;

The second is that this method is not beneficial to Lin An's advancement, but will drag down her a lot of energy and make her indulge in this kind of misdirection.

But what they don't know is that in fact, Lin An has gone much farther than all of them on this wrong path-

Witches are the most closely related to the original summoning profession in the legend, at the beginning they passed on the summoning method to the mage, and the devil they contracted, free to travel to and from the human heart, not restricted by the rules of the plane, in most of the planes belong to an extremely special and rare race, so far no one can say what the essence of the devil is.

Lin An has hundreds of years of knowledge and experience of the Dark Girl, although for witches, summoning is also a very advanced and dangerous method, but in the life of the Dark Girl, she has also set foot in this field and understood a lot, so as soon as she saw the shape of the ritual knife and the ornament depicted on it, she knew that this was a summoning ritual knife, and it was likely to be the ritual knife used by the witch.

In the main plane, the witch's inheritance is still handed down, and now it is basically hidden behind the bottomless poisonous fog and mire of the Death Swamp, and it is rarely seen in the present world.

But from the perspective of inheritance and continuation, the vitality of the witch's inheritance seems to be much stronger than that of the mage, because it is obvious that the witch has existed in the distant era of Lin An's hometown and has been passed down to the present;

And the magical civilization of the Magic Dynasty. "A demonic catastrophe almost destroyed most of the inheritance, only a small half of the magic era, less than three thousand years.

Lin An is now majoring in magic, and her bloodline and magic power are unlikely to be compatible with the witch's power system. Therefore, the knowledge and experience of the Dark Maiden are not of great use to her at the moment, after all, witchcraft and magic are already quite independent and complete systems, and the essence is very different.

But. This did not prevent her from borrowing the system of witchcraft and borrowing knowledge of witchcraft.

In particular, this ritual knife is quite quaint, and it seems to have passed through the hands of many people, if he is lucky, Lin An may be able to find one or two stable and safe summoning coordinates or breath from it;

Even if it doesn't, just because of the actual effect of this ritual knife, this transaction is a transaction that does not lose at all.

"Yes, I'm 100 percent sure. This is definitely a black ritual knife, and it is a dedicated summoning ritual knife. ”

Lin An replied firmly.

Sidney's eyes lit up, as if out-of-focus, silver-white eyes seemed to emit a light.

After summoning was later integrated into the spell system, the two most closely related to summoning were necromancy and spells.

However, the essence of the spell system is to use the spell as a medium to summon magical elements and obey the instructions of the spell, except for the deepest one, which involves the summoning of the elemental plane. The essence has strayed very far from the calling.

In contrast, the legendary spell of the necromancy, the Scourge of the Dead, has a great reputation and is inextricably linked to summoning, and of course, the mages of the two are also difficult to call brothers, and both are discriminated against and excluded from the current mainstream system. 「」

Sidney can't learn the Undead Scourge now, but the main summoning is also an important faction among the necromancers, and Sidney's mental talent is not used to summon skeleton brothers and create a sea of bones. It's a bit of a waste.

"Don't be too happy, I didn't say I wanted this knife for you,"

Lin An said with a smile, "This knife has a history, I may be useful, if I run out of use, it will be useless." I can give it to you- hehe, I didn't see that this was a black ritual knife, I regret it! ”

Sidney's paralyzed face didn't show any regret, and he only looked at Lin An before saying:

"This ritual knife will fall into my hands sooner or later."

Lin An was so angry that he laughed instead.

Although it was her duty as a follower to deal with her followers' weaponry, it was also rare for a follower like Sidney to ask for something directly, and even though she knew that Sidney was because she could see that she didn't care about the ritual knife itself, his direct reaction made her angry and funny.

However, Lin An was happy to see Sidney's statement, which showed that the relationship between them had gone further, at least Sidney had now truly faced up to his identity as a follower, unlike before, when the two of them were more like coercive cooperation than like followers.

"Okay, for the sake of the first time you proposed, even if I use this ritual knife, I will get it for you in the future, which is no worse than this one," Lin An said with a smile, "No matter how bad it is, I will help you refine one myself." ”

Refining it yourself?

Sidney looked at Lin An with some confusion - it wasn't that he doubted, but a good ritual knife was not refined, but passed down.

The more successful the ritual knife is, the more special aura will be attached to it, which will help increase the chances of success of the ceremony.

For example, if he can get a ritual knife that has been used by a necromancer, and the necromantic aura left on it will help him easily track down the summoned undead, and the familiar aura will also make it easier for the undead to get close and communicate, reducing the cost of his summoning and increasing the success rate.

- In short, summoning is like running a shop in another world, and rituals with an ancient atmosphere are like old shops, even if they are trafficking in human beings from another world, the reputation of the old store is much better than that of the new store.

Therefore, for summoning, inheritance is very important, of course, it is not only the ritual knife, the altar and other ritual utensils that can contain the breath, but also can have a similar effect, but the effectiveness of the ritual knife is the best, especially now that the usage and manufacture of the ritual knife are basically lost, the appearance of a black ritual knife can basically be determined to be an old thing with breath.

Sidney hadn't taken a fancy to it because he thought it was a white ritual knife.

"What, don't you believe it?"

Lin An smiled with a smiling face, "Actually, this ritual knife is not very suitable for you to use, I think its system should be used by witches - don't forget, in this world, it is not only necromancers who can summon, witches are the ancestors of summoning." ”

Lin An pointed out all the details of the ritual knife, as if the characteristics of the knife were vivid.

“…… So the history of the knife is old enough, but it may not be suitable for you, with your current level, unless it is to summon some powerful undead creatures across levels, the aura on this knife is too thick and powerful, I am afraid it will scare your summon object away-"

Lin paused, "Well, of course, if the aura is strong enough, you can also use this aura to scare your summon target, but whether you get a submissive summon target or a frightened coward depends on your luck." ”

Sidney listened intently, and many incomprehensible things about the summoning in his heart suddenly opened up in what Lin An said casually, and a trace of doubt flowed through his heart:

Lin An inadvertently revealed his familiarity with summoning and even the group of witches, and the kind of natural familiarity that came easily between speaking and commenting could not be pretended, in the context of the decline of summoning in this world, even he, a necromancer, could only rely on the Book of the Undead to raise the undead, which was very rare and abrupt.

But he calmed down his doubts in an instant, because he remembered Lin An's true identity:

There is such a strong person behind Lin An, and her own spiritual talent is so unique, maybe she has already been exposed to summoning at the beginning of the introduction of magic - even if she has not studied it in depth, but with that kind of background, her vision will never be mixed with the people she usually sees nowadays.

Such a person, even if she doesn't mention her background, her own knowledge and background are easy to attract people, even if you exclude the existence of the follower contract between them, with Sidney's arrogance, I have to admit that Lin An is one of the few peers in the world who can be recognized by him above him.

This is already a very big recognition on the psychological level for Sidney, even if he is defeated by the demon leader in the Tower of Babel, he only thinks that it is the defeat of the timing and environment, and the two are actually only between the two.

Lin An didn't know Sidney's mental activity, but she saw a trace of Sidney's psychological closeness, obviously there were some cracks in the embankment caused by the contract in his heart, and he couldn't help but be happy in his heart.

Sidney is not her first follower, he and Angelia are completely different in her mind, but the importance of Cheng dù is no less than Angelia, after all, the physical problem is not revealed at the moment, but it is also crucial in the future.

If Sidney can take the initiative to identify with her and move closer to her, it is certainly better than coercing it with contract.

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