The last time Old Man Kiprin cast his magic was to start the Enhancement Ritual at midnight. After that, he gradually felt the magic slowly departing from his body, as if there was a hole in the barrel somewhere that could not be seen, and the sweet wine was drained away. At the same time, he felt more and more that his body was aging, and the end seemed to be getting closer and closer.

The goddess missed me, and she told me to leave the mortal world and go to serve in heaven.

Old man Kiplin has always thought like this, so he has been secretly preparing for his own aftermath. Urging Fei Qi to learn divine arts, he also knew that he was in a hurry, but time may be more anxious than him. He thought that he would die in the Holy Three Fortress, so he would be buried there directly, and he would not be used to see the sad expressions of everyone in the Ice Peak Fortress at his deathbed, which was simply in line with his heart. But he really didn't expect that he would completely lose his divine power, and he didn't lose his life before that.

"I can still be answered in prayer, my piety is unwavering, and I am not a breaker. Old man Kiprin said slowly, "Blasphemy against the goddess or serious violation of the teachings of the faithbreaker will lose their magic and corresponding abilities in an instant, and they will be immediately struck physically and mentally. The goddess is merciful and does not put to death, but only gives them a profound lesson, in fact, she still hopes that the faithbreakers will repent and atone for their sins. Although I don't know why the goddess took my magic and kept me in the mortal world, it was not some kind of punishment. ”

"Maybe the goddess has something else to do with you?" Feige guessed.

"I don't know, I don't dare to guess, I just keep praying and listening to the echo. I'm going to do it until I get guidance, or until my life ends—either way, I'm glad to accept it. Old man Kiplin looked at Feige and sighed slightly: "Kid, I know that there is an irregularity in reporting the official members in advance, but I really want to fight for a good future for you." All along, it was I who asked Kailie to train you strictly to the highest standards, hoping that you would endure hardships and have a better road in the future. If it weren't for this standard of training, you would have been able to perform the enhancement ritual a long time ago. You're all good boys, and I'm willing to take the risk for you, but I didn't expect to end up needing Feige to solve the problems I left behind. ”

Feiqi understood the old man's good intentions, and he would not shirk the matter of the enhancement ceremony again. It's just a good thing that something went wrong, and it's not a trap to hurt a few young people. He nodded vigorously at Old Man Kipling, then turned to look at Tron, Wumama, and Ramsden.

"Give me three days and I'll prepare. Three days later, I will begin the enhancement ritual for you. Ramsden, your potion of enhancements is relatively weak, you come first, followed by Witch Mama and Tron. I'll do my best to solve the problems related to healing spells and rituals, but if there are still problems at that time, we'll have to grit our teeth and survive!"

"Just this little thing, don't procrastinate. Tron stretched out his hand and placed it among several people: "If you want me to say, every time I go to hunt monsters and carry out tasks, isn't it all risky and hardworking? Compared to venturing out alone, now I am in the fortress, surrounded by comrades, what is there to be afraid of? Where does not work hard?"

Wu Mama put her hand on it and said simply, "You won't harm me." ”

Ramsden hesitated for a moment, and after Wu Mama glanced at him, he hurriedly put his fat hand up as well: "I agree, I just feel a little nervous on the first one. Well...... Can I make a request? I want you to watch me the whole time, then I'll dare to be the first!"

"Of course we're going to do it together, whoever is in the ritual will be praying. Feige folded his hands on top, and under the palm of his hand was a heavy trust: "Success!

"Succeed and become stronger!" the four said in unison.

Once this matter was settled, the three people who were going to participate in the ritual went to recover their strength, adjust their spirits, and bring themselves to the best condition. Kylie and Giles took care of the fort's defense and chores, while also taking care of the old man Kipling. The old man had no magic and no energy to read, so he prayed all day in the meditation retreat at the highest point of the tower. He barely shows his face except for being helped down by Giles during mealtime.

The four young men decided to face the augmentation ritual together, but Fitch broke his promise when he turned his head. Without the ability to heal, it means that he is unable to channel the power of the goddess in the aspect of "goodness", and the enhancement ritual is bound to be lame. He claims to change the situation, but Feige himself knows that it is absolutely not enough to become "kind" in three days. Feige has no method or clue at the moment, let alone time to think and research.

Since the augmentation ritual is bound to be lame, Feige decides to change his mind. It's like a bug in a program that can't be avoided, which will cause the program to work or not. There is no way to get rid of this bug right now, but that doesn't mean there is no way to deal with this program. As long as you can understand what a program looks like when it goes wrong, and then patch it for how it behaves after the error, so that the error is tolerable, then the program can still be used. After all, imperfection doesn't mean useless!

Based on this line of thought, Feige went to the augmentation ritual room under the fortress alone, preparing to use the augmentation ritual on himself. This is obviously a violation of the promise of "four people together", but this promise has not formed a formal contract anyway, so why should a devil keep it? Besides, he is not prepared to use any potions of enhancement - in fact, there is no superfluous - and he has the ability to resurrect through hell as insurance, so he dares to boldly toss himself.

In order to prevent being seen in case of death and resurrection, he only brought the ghost cat at midnight. Of course, you don't need a cat to preside over the ceremony, and this is not a meow meow teaching, but you can use the emotional link between the mage and the demon pet to observe the ritual from an extra angle. Fei Qi found enough materials from the ritual manual to draw dozens of ritual runes. These things are kept in the warehouse, and because they are not valuable, they are in large quantities, and they do not alarm anyone when they are taken.

"Briquettes, just stay at the door, don't run around. Tell me if you hear movement outside. ”

According to the ritual's records, the ritual can still be activated without an enhancement potion, and the "transformation" will still be activated, but it will not be able to increase the function of the body. In other words, there are risks and pains that need to be endured, but there will be no effect, and they are all in vain. For those who need to get stronger, the risk is pointless, but if Feige wants to know what the consequences of presiding over the ritual will be, then this is what he has to do.

The place where the potion was placed was now empty, and Feiqi only needed to focus on arranging the ritual runes. Although "there should be no effect", the thirty-six runes still have to be arranged well, and they can't be nonsense. Feige thought about it, the first time he did such an experiment, it was better not to cause himself to die, and it was better to start with the weakest way first. He chose a scheme that optimizes more than changes, consolidating overwhelming enhancements.

"Even if there is an enhancement potion, this rune array ...... It has to be the most cowardly person to put it out. Feige stood in the center with a hint of anticipation, gave a thumbs up to Midnight, and began to pray.

The prayers are all fixed. The priest invokes the power of the goddess, and then uses divine magic as a medium to channel the blessings of the goddess down. Fei Qi called sincerely, the holy emblem in the palm of his hand glowed and became hot, and the sound of divine response echoed in his ears. He could hear a long-term, graceful, but at the same time a sonorous rhythm hidden in his bones.

This is the feedback of divine magic, which other spells do not have. The closer the mind is to the kingdom of God, the clearer and more beautiful the sound will be. What Feige hears is not so clear and beautiful, but like a radio station with interference, full of intervals and accents. However, as long as the power of the divine magic comes down, the ritual can be activated.

The arc began to jump, biting down on Feiqi's body, and the tingling sensation pierced like a needle. Feiqi's face was contorted, and he really wanted to jump outside the ritual circle in one step.

Without the good part of the divine arts, the ritual really became even more unbearable. The last time Feige performed the augmentation ceremony, it didn't hurt so much, and it was presided over by Old Man Kiplin. Fortunately, the enhancement ceremony is only carried out once in a lifetime, and Tron and the others have not had the same experience as him, so they can't make comparisons. Feige decided to "tell the truth" and tell them that the ritual was super painful, and not to say "it hurts more than normal", which they didn't know anyway.

The pain can be endured, but the ritual cannot be stopped. Feige must first and foremost ensure the integrity of the ceremony. He gritted his teeth and held on in the ritual array, bearing one electric shock after another. He can definitely pat his chest and assure that the electric shock will only make people more irritable and painful, and there is absolutely no ability to heal. Due to the very simple design of the rune function of this ritual, it ended after three hours.

"It can run down!" Fei Qi let out a long sigh of relief, and his body was still emitting a faint green smoke, and he staggered out of the circle. While the memory and wound were still "hot", he seized the time to record the injuries in his body, and then combined with the memories of midnight, he talked about the more important changes in the ritual and recorded them.

Then he began to repeat the experiment. This time, the rune arrangement has not changed, it is exactly the same. After another three hours, he frowned as he looked at the apparently lighter wound on his skin.

"During the whole ritual, the runes and electricity behaved exactly the same, why didn't the wound be so serious? This body is just an ordinary human body of Feiqi Hall, and it is not a contract demon, so it should not have the ability to resist. ”

Originally, he was supposed to change the runes and start a new experiment, but this phenomenon made him decide to start all over again. After another three hours of electric shock, the wound became lighter, and even if the previous wound was continued to participate in the ritual, the weakening was still very noticeable.

"Since that's the case......" Fei Qi thought for a while, changed the rune, and put out the rune array that he had enhanced the ritual at that time. The last time, he had been inside for a full twelve hours before he came out, and he needed a comparative test to test his idea.

Six hours later, the ritual ended, most likely without the effects of the potion. Feige is almost roasted from the inside out, which shows that the absence of good ingredients does lead to more serious damage. He had to commit suicide once to repair his body's wounds by consuming his soul.

Afterwards, he went out to dinner, pretended to be nothing, said jokes, and then hurried away under the pretext of "I'm going to continue researching". He was standing in the circle of enhanced rituals again, and he saw Midnight sitting across from him, looking at him with slanted eyes.

"I'm not masochistic, really. It's the spirit of exploration!"

He started the ceremony again.