Chapter 15: Ritual Magic
Hurried back to his home, and waited until he was seated in the room, Bernard breathed a sigh of relief, this kind of fire is really not easy to do, although he is sure that Dumbledore has his own principles and will not attack him, but before everything happens, no one can guarantee it.
Finally, now that the dust had settled, not even Dumbledore could break into a well-furnished wizard's home, and now he was safe. After waiting for so long, I finally got what I wanted.
Looking at the box placed in front of him, Bernard felt indescribable joy in his heart, Voldemort's soul was what he was most looking forward to in the whole process. Because after the fusion with Bernard's soul, Lin Le found that Bernard, who could only be said to be gifted well, suddenly became talented, which reminded Lin Le of the discourse on the origin of the soul in some schools in his previous life.
After experiencing it myself, this perception is even more profound. In the later black-and-white wizarding war, Bernard joined it as a French Auror and fully tapped his talent, but it was not enough, because Bernard found that even if he reached the peak state, he was only at the same level as Mad Eye Moody, but wizards of the level of Voldemort and Dumbledore could easily suppress three Moody's characters, and if it was a battle between the two of them, the others would not even have a chance to intervene, which made Bernard very uneasy, That's why there are a series of plans for the future.
Although his dream is to climb to the peak of magic, but the necessary protection measures are still essential, of which magic is a very key one, in the case of modern wizards have lost their inheritance, magic is no longer very important, but in this era there are Dumbledore and Voldemort two freaks, no, and Grindelwald. It is with them that the entire wizarding world is not at peace.
It's not that Lin Le hasn't tried some meditation or breathing methods in his previous life, but in addition to feeling that he can better control his magic power and operate it more freely than other wizards, Lin Le didn't find that his magic power had increased even the slightest, which also made Lin Le complain for a long time.
However, it was in the exploration of the knowledge of the previous life that Lin Le discovered an interesting thing, that is, each secret society or school in the previous life would hold a very grand initiation ceremony after officially joining, and in the previous life, Lin Le only regarded this behavior as a very mysterious ritual, but after the world really came into contact with magic, Lin Le found that this was not the case, especially after capturing many dark wizards.
Since ancient times, people who have been exterminating their families have been able to take one or two valuable things with their hands, and this sentence is also applicable in the wizarding world. In the process of fighting dark wizards, Bernard naturally came into contact with some hidden knowledge, or knowledge that the modern wizarding world deliberately forgets, that is, black witchcraft.
But after studying carefully, Bernard discovered something very interesting, that is, the ritual he knew in his previous life seemed to have something to do with black witchcraft, or more precisely to be related to soul-related black witchcraft.
In the years that followed, Bernard devoted himself to research. Thanks to the Big Bang of World Science in the previous life, no one believed in these occult knowledge, and Bernard was able to find the initiation rituals of so many sects on the Internet, and after a period of research, Bernard finally discovered the mystery.
That is, these rituals that claimed in previous lives to be able to improve the ability of the members are really useful, and through the rituals, the seniors in the sect will share their own soul power with the new members, so as to achieve the purpose of opening the source of power.
Don't think that these seniors are really selfless, according to Bernard's own speculation, for people who can preside over the initiation ceremony, that trace of soul power is just a drop in the bucket for them, but everything can be selected by them to attract them, which one is not extremely talented, and can promote the progress of a school. If this were not the case, the loss-making business would have been done a long time ago, and these schools, the secret society, would have died out long ago.
And now, Bernard combined the knowledge of the two worlds and his own experience to design a very strange set of ritual magic, which combined the advantages of the initiation rituals of various schools in the previous life and the content of some sacrificial rituals and blessing ceremonies, and then combined with the soul magic and alchemy of this world, and finally, there was such a set of genius designs.
In Bernard's calculations, as long as the ritual is successful, the soul origin of the sacrifice object can be refined, and finally applied to the blessed person through the blessing ceremony, and the only thing that is still lacking is that such a huge ritual requires a lot of precious resources and energy, which are all problems.
In the period that followed, Bernard traveled all the places his network could reach, relying on the face of his mentor Nick Lemay and his own influence. Bernard had traded a lot of precious and scarce materials, and now, only one last question remained.
After kissing his grandmother goodbye, Bernard travels to a small town in the south of France, where his mentor Nick Lemay lives in retreat.
"Coming" his mentor was not surprised that he would come, it seems that his arrangement was still discovered by Dumbledore, but fortunately he did not attack on the spot, Bernard thought to himself.
"Yes, Mentor, I'm here." Now that everything is ready, Bernard can only face it, after all, this is the path he has chosen, so his tone reveals firmness.
"Do you have to do it?" The tutor continued.
"Yes, Mentor, it was my dream to climb the heights of magic, and now these are the necessary means." Bernard continued to reply firmly.
After a moment of silence, the mentor continued, "You are a very talented child, and your previous actions have also shown that you are a good boy who is jealous and hateful, so although you have made some small moves this time, Dumbledore does not intend to pursue it, but I still want to ask you in person, what are your plans?" ”
Hearing this question, Bernard said without thinking about it: "My plan is very simple, mentor, I have discovered some mysteries of the soul in my research over the years, and I have found that the soul and magic are directly proportional, so I finally designed this alchemy ritual, hoping to enhance my soul origin." ”
With that, Bernard took out a stack of manuscripts from his pocket, gently placed them in front of his mentor, and then stood aside and stopped moving. When the tutor slowly looked through it, he couldn't help but look at the tutor with his eyes.
Even if he collected the knowledge of the two worlds and lived for more than six centuries, even if he didn't ask Bernardo to wait, he could see the subtleties in a short period of time. I only heard the teacher say: "It's a genius idea, although it is very expensive, but if it really wants to be what you envision, then it is worth it, do you really want to do it?" ”
Although he agreed with Bernard's design, at the end, Nick Lemay couldn't help but ask again, and when he heard the mentor's words of concern, Bernard smiled and said, "Mentor, I am ready to dedicate my life to magic." ”
Hearing Bernard say this, Nick Lemay no longer stopped, but asked something that Bernard didn't expect, "Then if you want to borrow my Philosopher's Stone, have you figured out what price you will pay?" Well, the price of waywardness. ”
Mentor, when did you become so dark, looking at the smiling mentor, Bernard asked the sky speechlessly. Eventually, after some haggling, Bernard's fortune was completely hollowed out by the ceremony.
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Although the enormity of the ritual could be seen in his disciple's manuscript, when he saw it with his own eyes, Nick Lemay felt that he had underestimated the ritual. I saw golden unicorn horns, star chips that emitted a dazzling silver glow, and white ghost crystals the size of a human head...... Nick Lemay suddenly felt like he should have asked for more. If Bernard knew that his mentor thought so, I don't know if he would be overwhelmed with grief and indignation.
On the floor of the Mithril fire, a large ring was carved by Bernard, and there were two small circles cut outward, in addition to the eye-catching three circles, there were also symbols such as unicorns, suns, swastikas, and six-pointed stars in the entire magic circle, and everything seemed so beautiful under the construction of these mysterious symbols.
This is also Bernard's original design, to use pure light energy to temper Voldemort or Quirrell's soul to achieve the purpose of restoring the soul to its original appearance, and now everything is ready.
Bernard said softly, "The treasure chest is coming", and a chest with delicate patterns flew from his pocket, and as the box was opened, the crystal containing the soul fragment trembled slightly, and there seemed to be a silent roar.
Ignoring this terrible scene, Bernard inserted the crystal into the tangent point of the two small circles, and then lay down in the relatively large circle, his eyes signaling that his mentor could start, and as Nick Lemay put the Philosopher's Stone into another small circle, the magic circle seemed to come to life and began to emit bursts of waves.
Nick Lemay, who was standing on the side, carefully observed the operation of the magic array, and thought of what his disciple had just said: "Mentor, if something goes wrong with the magic array and I am infected by Voldemort's soul, then please end my life without hesitation." ”
Alas, this disciple of his own, it's really a headache. Nick Lemay thought and rubbed his forehead. Fortunately, everything is developing on the good side now, and Nick Lemay, who was standing outside the formation, could see very clearly, as the huge magic power poured out of the magic stone, the unicorn and other runes representing purification began to activate, especially the golden horn, which exuded a dazzling brilliance.
These rays of light shone on the white ghost crystals that held Voldemort's soul fragments, as if they were burned by the flames, and the frequency of the crystals trembled faster and faster, as if they were about to fly out, but the rapidly trembling crystals were still firmly locked in place by a circle of golden runes, and it was difficult to break free.
After the light shone for a while, a milky white glow that was difficult to detect with the naked eye emanated from the white ghost crystals, and these milky white rays of light and translucent light seemed to carry all the beauty of the world.
These milky white rays of light were collected by some of the other runes and channeled into the white ghost crystal the size of a person's head, and as the pure white ghost crystal began to slowly swallow the milky glow, some more runes began to take effect, and they played the role of a second double purification, which was the double insurance designed by Bernard.
As if giving birth to life, the white ghost crystal shook slightly, and a milky white light was spit out, if the previous light was only light and translucent, with a happiness that is incomparable in the world, then this time, the milky white light seems to have become more supple, like water, there is a kind of motherly tenderness.
As the milky white brilliance was spit out again, the entire magic array entered the last step, and Nick Lemay's eyebrows outside the magic array wrinkled unconsciously, everything depends on this step, the previous steps are exactly the same as his disciple's speculation, and now it depends on this last step.
As the milky white light began to touch Bernard's head, the soul-calming runes depicted on Bernard's eyebrows and around his head began to work, and despite the help of these runes, Bernard was still in pain and happy.
Bernard, who had been running meditation, didn't think that why the meditation technique, which usually feels nothing, is a little hilarious in this state, like a drug? Can't figure it out! I can't figure it out!
Indeed, this step was something that Bernard had not expected, for the operation of the meditation technique was the result of the boredom of the whims he had been waiting there for, and now that it was opened, it was very deserved. Because as the purified soul essence began to replenish Bernard's soul, this meditation technique had been oscillating at a strange frequency.
With this oscillation, the process of soul growth, which should have been pleasant in Bernard's opinion, began to be less pleasant, and a sting from the soul tormented Bernard and Nick Lemay outside the magic circle.
His disciple's facial expression became more and more hideous, which made the old wizard's heart beat a drum, and he didn't know what he should do, and carefully looked at the operation of the entire magic array, everything was as expected, the white ghost crystal that played a secondary purification role has not changed color, the biggest loophole in this magic array is no problem, then the problem can only be his own disciple.
The old man guessed right, Bernard's idea was very right, the only thing he didn't consider was the problem of soul fusion, because of his own experience of crossing, Bernard saw soul fusion as too simple, but fortunately he had an idea to run the meditation technique, and under the compression of this special oscillation method, the soul origin that was added in was truly one with his soul.
And Bernard also found that the meditation technique that he had always thought was not working had actually been working, but he didn't know it, and the soul that he had always thought was well integrated actually still had certain problems, and it was his long-term operation of meditation over the years that smoothed these problems.
At this moment, Bernard was deeply glad that he was right, otherwise he would have had a lot of fun today, maybe he would have been strangled to death because his soul had eaten too much.
Everything was running in an orderly manner, and Nick Lemay remained quietly by the side, until three days later, as the white ghost crystal containing the fragments of Voldemort's soul transformed from cold black to pure purple, and no new milky white light was spewed out, which meant that everything would end perfectly.
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Bernard's gaze was a little dazzling, Nick Lemay and himself knew that this was entirely because the soaring soul power had not been able to be controlled, so Bernard decided to rest for a while, and in addition to his soaring soul power, there was also a surprise, that is, the white ghost crystal that transformed into purple, the nature of this crystal seems to have changed, and it seems to be able to have some new effects on the soul, which needs to be studied in the next step, and now, he just wants to take a good rest.