Chapter 350: Transformation Ritual I
The porcelain jar in Rod's hand is heavier, and the reason for this is not because the porcelain jar itself has a large weight, but because of the mercury inside.
After opening the jar, Rhodes carefully poured mercury over the previously placed material, as recorded in the ritual.
When the mercury falls to the ground, it does not flow rapidly in all directions like a normal liquid, but forms a state of multiple small round balls.
The small beads form a special imprint that connects the position of the material. Even if the material has been placed at the place where the mercury is poured, the mercury does not cover the surface of the material, but quickly slides off the edge of the material and falls on the ground, forming multiple tiny beads.
As Rhodes poured out, the imprint formed by these silver beads grew longer and longer, finally connecting all the materials for the ceremony.
These mercurys act as a link to the ritual materials.
With Rod's movements, the magical energy in the entire underground space seemed to have been induced by the ritual, whether it was Rowling or Elon on the side, they could clearly feel this, as if a special change was about to appear.
Soon, Rhodes used mercury to complete the arrangement of the ceremony. At this time, in Rod's hands, the weight of the porcelain jar had been lightened by half.
In the porcelain jar, there is still a lot of mercury left. In order to ensure the success of the ritual, Elon will only provide more shares of the base materials required for this ritual, and will not cut them.
Seeing that there was still a lot of mercury left, Rhodes sealed the porcelain jar and put it in the space ring.
At this time, the entire spiritual suppression ritual has been arranged, and if Rod needs it, he can activate the ritual at any time to complete the suppression of the creatures in it.
In the game, through the study of occult arts, mages are able to learn a variety of common rituals. Similar to the Fusion Ritual, which is completely classified into demonic arts, the prerequisite for a mage to master them also requires a certain level of occultism.
Among these rituals mastered by mages, although the effects of the rituals are different, there are several points that are the same.
The arrangement of the ceremony requires a lot of rare materials. Elon was able to easily take out these materials because he was the city lord of Silver Cliff City, and he had this identity. For ordinary mages, just the gold coins needed to perform the ritual require a period of accumulation before they can be achieved.
Of these rituals, few are directly used on the battlefield. Even dungeons with the most rituals of hex will not be arranged in the middle of battle.
Similar to the spiritual suppression ritual that Rhodes is arranging now, after consuming a lot of materials, it can only work on the creatures that are at the center of the ritual from the beginning.
With the exception of the most central creature, any creature outside of the ritual can easily destroy the structure within the ritual, including the materials placed by Rhodes, thus destroying the ritual.
For mages, even if they take the time to master these rituals, they can only be used in rare cases.
Within Bracadada, there are very few mages who have mastered the arrangement of rituals, except for those who are alchemists. In the eyes of those mages, it was pure magic that could make the most difference.
After completing the arrangement of the ceremony, Rhodes tried it a little, and after confirming that he could activate the ritual at any time, he turned his gaze to the light pot in the center of the ceremony.
All the preparations before the ceremony have been completed, and the next thing for Rhodes is to transform the Death Knight.
After the mercury is arranged, in a short time, Rhodes does not have to worry about the dissipation of the mercury. The mercury dissipates slowly, and Rod should be worried about this unless too much time has passed and the transformation ritual is still not complete.
As for the time it will take to complete the transformation ceremony, Rhodes is also not sure whether his mana can maintain the qi thaumaturgy for such a long time, which is also what Rhodes needs to consider.
Rhodes stood in the circle surrounded by the Revenant Crystal, and at the same time was outside the spiritual suppression ritual, and began to activate the entire transformation ritual through his legendary spiritualism.
Compared to the spiritual suppression ritual, the arrangement of the transformation ritual is not complicated. In the transformation ritual, in addition to the Revenant Crystal, which provides death energy, the most important thing is the necromancer who guides the operation of death energy in consciousness.
When facing the corpses of lower-ranking heroes, if the necromancer's level of spiritualism is not enough, even the necromancer who channels death energy can be replaced with high-quality revenant crystals as the core of the ritual. It's just that in the end, because it can't bear the oppression brought by the ritual, the revenant crystal will be completely shattered.
The Death Knight's transformation ritual requires more relaxed conditions. Compared to those alchemy rituals that can be considered a complete failure if they make a slight mistake, the transformation ritual is extremely simple.
However, the relaxation of the conditions of the transformation ritual is also for those normal heroic corpses. Even if a hero dies, there are still some marks on their corpses.
In the corpse of the hero, it also contains a series of spirits from his lifetime, and it also retains the blessings brought by the hero template.
In this case, a simple transformation ritual can transform it into a Death Knight, thanks to the peculiarity of the hero's corpse.
However, what Rhodes needed to transform was not the corpse of a regular hero, but a special relic, a container for a monster hero, plus its elemental core.
Due to the absence of physical existence, the transformation ritual cannot get the bonus of the hero's corpse, and can only rely on Rhodes' control to complete the entire transformation ritual.
It can be said that once there is a little mistake in the process of Rode's guidance, then the entire ritual will be completely stopped, which will directly lead to the failure of transformation.
At this time, the difficulty of the transformation ritual is no less than that of an ordinary alchemy ritual.
As Rhodes activated the ritual, all of a sudden, all the surrounding Revenant Crystals began to produce a slight vibration, and at the same time, a large amount of death energy overflowed from these Revenant Crystals, filling the entire underground space.
On the side, thanks to her expert-level spiritualism, Rowling was able to clearly perceive the death energy generated around her. Even Elon, who had not mastered spiritualism, could feel this.
Realizing this, Elon's eyes froze. Elon knew that if his wish could be granted, it would depend on whether the transformation ceremony would be successful.
If the ritual fails, not to mention how much gold it will cost to collect these materials again, Elon will feel a great loss in his heart. Elon didn't dare to imagine what it would be like after the ritual failed, so he could only put his hope entirely on Rhodes.