Chapter 29: Preparation for the Ceremony
When leaving the Forbidden Prison, Angelo selected a team of more than a dozen elite mages from the prison garrison, and also borrowed a set of heavy magic armor from the garrison, and then asked Naxi to put it on.
Although Naxi didn't quite understand Angelo's intentions, he still put on the bulky magic armor. It made him look like a clumsy bear, and he followed the crowd in discord to the place where the sacrificial summons were about to take place.
The location of the ceremony was chosen on the emptiest training ground in the Valhalla Academy, and it was the only place where the entire summoning array could be exposed to the crimson moonlight. If given a choice, Angelo would have liked to find a better place outside.
However, he was afraid that if he did that, the ceremony would be ruined by the patrol who had rushed to hear the news, so he changed the location to Valhalla. You must know that the current Valhalla Academy is almost his own place, and no matter how arrogant those Ye Falan garrisons are, they will not rush in rashly.
On the empty training ground, someone had already prepared the things needed for the ceremony.
On the stone table at the edge of the training ground, the blood of hundreds of people was placed in a black vessel, and the glowing handicap indicated that a magic that could keep the blood fresh was at work.
The stone table was also filled with all the things that had been learned in the rituals: black candles, all kinds of animal entrails that smelled of disgusting blood, and some things that Naxi didn't realize for a while.
In the center of the training ground, two people who were obviously not dressed in Valhalla were using magic to draw an unusually complex double-ring magic circle on the ground. In the middle of the double ring is a six-pointed star, as well as some strange totems. The unfamiliar symbols displayed inside the double rings reminded Naxi of one of his biggest headaches, Abyssal Language.
Abyssal is the lingua franca of the Abyss, and ancient mages have communicated with them in order to gain great power. Although mages no longer need to know the awkward languages of their predecessors, they still have to rely on the obscure abyssal language at times.
Since it is to summon a demon from the Abyss of a Thousand Pupils, the summoning ritual must use the Abyss language.
"How long, Alec!" Angelo shouted to the two men who were still drawing the ritual magic array, "I want you to finish it soon." ”
Angelo couldn't wait, and if he missed the Scarlet Moon in the sky, he would have to wait five years.
"Mr. Angelo, what can be done with this, we snuck in after dark, and it's good to have this degree of completion. What's more, this is not an ordinary magic array, and there must be no accidents. If those Yefaran patrols knew that our two brothers were doing this kind of thing, we would be caught and sent to prison in a minute. The black-robed man named Alec stopped what he was doing and grumbled in distress.
Angelo was obviously dissatisfied with this kind of pushing: "You and Yarrow hurry up, if this moonlight leaves this clearing, I will have to wait another five years." ”
"Okay, you're waiting fifteen minutes, we're almost done, you have to trust our two brothers. Alec pointed to the things stacked around the stone table, "All we need to do now is put the black candles and the entrails in their proper places." ”
As he spoke, Alec glanced at Katrina, who was tied behind Angelo's back, and said, "I said, Vice Dean, you really can do it." Where did the damn one-eyed demon Tetarot offend you to use such a water beauty as a sacrifice?"
"Shut up! she's my daughter, not a sacrifice!" Angelo was enraged by this delusional speculation, "The damn one-eyed Tataro has taken control of my daughter, and I'm going to kill him with my own hands." If you dare to talk nonsense, I'll tear your mouth apart!"
"Alright, alright, I apologize!" Alec stopped babbling, fiddling with the candles and bloody entrails of the sacrificial ritual.
As he tinkered with the things, Alec pulled out a book with a dark coat and flipped through it to see if he had made a mistake.
"Yarrow, you idiot, that totem is wrong, can you grow some eyes"
Looking at the two stupid-looking black-robed men, Naxi couldn't help but ask Malfoy, "Senior, where did these two teases come from?"
Malfoy said: "Two brothers from the Brothers bookstore in Yefaran. They claimed to be experts in the study of the Abyss of a Thousand Pupils, and they had heard that their research in the abyss was much better than that of the full-time mages of many academies. A large part of the books we seized from Katrina came from their small bookstore. ”
"Why did Mr. Angelo bring them here, they look like two liars. Seeing their clumsy appearance when drawing the magic array, Naxi really wanted to go up and help them draw it herself.
"What else can be done then. Malfoy sighed, "There is no one in our Valhalla Academy who knows the Abyssal Language, and the act of summoning demons to kill them is illegal in Yefaran. We can't go to those shrewd ** divisions, isn't this a clear blow to the muzzle? As long as they can really summon the one-eyed Tarot, they will be right now. ”
Although she was tightly tied, Katrina looked at ease, as if she was watching a comical dress rehearsal. As everyone was discussing how to deal with the approaching one-eyed demon Tatarot, she even forced back the smile that welled up in her face.
Naxi couldn't care about what Katrina was thinking, and he was a little nervous and remembered something from two days ago.
It was also on this field that Angelo made some tactical arrangements for Naxi and Malfoy to deal with the one-eyed Tataro, so as not to reduce possible casualties.
Having become an intermediate battle mage, Naxi was already proficient in using the demonic shield, and the flow of magic flowing around him could provide him with a strong protection. After putting on the heavy armor of magic defense, combined with Naxi's own terrifying magic resistance, this triple protection can withstand the soul rays released by the one-eyed demon Tatarot.
Therefore, Naxi's task is very simple, that is, to stand at the front and block the three rounds or so of Taitaro's soul ray attacks with those war mages who are also wearing magic defense heavy armor, and then the next thing is that Angelo and the others will find the opportunity to kill the one-eyed demon Taitaro.
According to the two Alec brothers' interpretation of the abyssal books in Katrina's hands, it is none other than Tetaro, known as the One-Eyed, who controls Katrina's mind. In the past, he was also a frequent visitor to the world. However, the one-eyed demon had always had bad luck, and was kicked back not long after being summoned each time.
After putting all the information together, Angelo felt that killing the entire demon in front of Katrina one more time made her face up to the fragility of the true god she believed in. It was the only means Angelo could think of to save his daughter's mind.
Brother Alec wiped his dirty hands and said, "Mr. Angelo, our brothers have finished their work, can you settle the money for us?"
"What's the hurry, the sacrifice hasn't arrived yet. Angelo hated Alec's two brothers.
Alec ignored Angelo's annoyance, they took out another one and said, "It's too dangerous to summon demons on the spot, and our two brothers are really afraid of death, this is the abyss language I translated for you." In fact, those summons are all written superficially, as long as you put the sacrifice on it, and then activate the entire ritual array, the demons staying in the abyss of a thousand pupils will sense your summons. ”
Later, Alec gave Angelo a detailed tutorial on how to activate the magic circle. Angelo, a high-level magician, quickly learned. He pulled out a small bag of gold coins and tossed it to the two Alec brothers, then sent them away.
Flipping through the simple Sacrificial Summoning manual, Angelo, who had studied the Abyssal language for years, knew that they had not deceived themselves.
Now everything is ready, just waiting for Yekov to arrive with the sacrifice. Angelo looked back at the dark woods, and the sound of hurried footsteps was coming from the trees.
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