Chapter 8: The Web of the World
Joksh leaned against the wooden wall of the bar, listening to the sound of flesh and blood colliding inside, one leg dangling in the air subconsciously, and picking at his fingernails in boredom.
The dilapidated wooden door was kicked open, and Raydal strode out, his head under his arm, ignoring the foul language and sobs, and threw him onto the roof of the bar.
"Hey! Did you buy what you wanted? Although he still has blood on his body, he doesn't know if it's the other party or himself, but Raidolph's interest is still very high, and to some extent, fighting and drinking are the two most enjoyable things in his life, so fighting in bars has become his biggest hobby.
Although each time Yokshi would symbolically tell him not to fight, it was usually more of a code between two people, and each time Yokshi would wait outside the bar for him to finish.
"I've already bought what I should buy, what about you, have fun." Joksh took a handkerchief from his pocket and threw it over, allowing Raydal to wipe the blood from his face, "But I was going to go to the bar and find someone nicknamed "Earth Pig" to buy some more things, but now it looks like I'll have to wait until next time." ”
Hearing the word earth pig, a trace of panic flashed in Lei Daoer's eyes, and he turned his head to the side, and his mouth started haha.
"yes, yes, I just beat someone inside, let's talk about it next time."
Joksh looked nervous and looked inside the bar. The drinkers were spotted carrying a short, fat man dressed in khaki clothes with a bloodstained face into the room behind the counter.
Joksh withdrew his gaze and looked silently at Raydal, who had already begun to pretend to whistle out of tune, and sighed with a smile.
"Let's go, don't be so nervous, I'm not going to be angry with you for something like this."
When Raydal heard this, he was immediately relieved, and walked out of the market with a smile on his face, and warmly invited Yorkshi to have another drink at home, but Yorkshi decisively refused, he didn't want to wake up early tomorrow morning with a hangover headache, and he had to face the work that was about to start.
And most importantly, he was going back and trying to make his first amulet.
After saying goodbye to Raydal, Joksh walked back home alone. After a brief preparation, he took out the carving tools and the amulet he had bought.
It is an amulet that prays for good luck and blessings, so it is engraved with occult symbols belonging to the goddess and the "7" and symbols that please the goddess such as roses, lemons, mints, moon flowers, night herbs and deep sleep flowers. Joksh looked at the amulet several times to make sure he understood what to pay attention to when carving, and then picked up the carving knife and prepared to start his first attempt.
Based on the knowledge he had gained after drinking the potion, he decided to try the simplest "seduction" amulet first, if successful, this amulet, after infusing it with spirit, could slightly attract the attention of the people around him, and was quite useful for dodging and escaping.
The iron plate needed to make the amulet was placed on the table by him, he took a deep breath, slowly directed his spirituality towards the tip of the knife, and slowly but firmly dropped his hand.
The first is two occult symbols, one representing chaos and entanglement, and the other representing destruction and rebirth. On top of all these symbols, it is necessary to have a symbol that has been crossed on one side at least three times, "tied" to the amulet like a rope, with constant scratches in the middle, and finally engraved with the Hermese language of the invocation, before the carving is truly completed.
After carving all this, Yorkshi let out a long breath and wiped the sweat from his head, he had almost forgotten all the Hermesian writing, and had to slowly carve it while comparing it with his notes from his previous college days. Fortunately, the final carved product does not seem to have any problems, and now as long as the final step is carried out, the amulet can be completely completed.
Jokshi took out a candle and cut it vertically, half in front of him and half across from him, placing the carved amulet in the middle. He lit the opposite half first, then took the other half and lit the candle in front of him, and then sprinkled the prepared essence into the candle flame.
In the diffuse aroma, he picked up the knife he had just carved, drew a small frame over the amulet, extended four lines around the frame, and finally poked the amulet with the tip of the knife.
A strange sensation spread, and Joksh knew he was not wrong, he cleared his throat and pronounced the prayer that came with the potion.
"The cocoon of origin that sustains all beings, the eternal spinning wheel that weaves all things, the web that binds and releases everything."
"I pray for your gaze, for your favor, to hang down one of your countless threads, and to give me the power to seduce others."
As Hermes pronounced word by word, Jokshi felt something slowly descend from the sky, and slowly fell on the amulet located between the two candles, the candle flames on both sides of the candles were attracted to the amulet by the unknown thing at the same time, and in the rapid flickering of the firelight, the spirit finally "froze" on the amulet, and everything returned to normal.
Joksh looked at the amulet lying quietly on the ground in disbelief, and although it was not obvious to him, he felt that this amulet was very different from the one he had bought. He picked up the amulet and after checking it to make sure it was no different from the beginning, Joksh finally dared to conclude that he had indeed succeeded.
"The first time I made a talisman, am I a genius!" York hoped for the amulet in his hand, and some couldn't help but be complacent, listening to the old man say, this kind of ritual that requires praying to the upper being, the probability of success is generally not too great, and not only did he make no mistake in carving the amulet for the first time, but even successfully got a response in the prayer, which really made him laugh.
However, he was also a little afraid, after all, since he began to learn occult knowledge, he had been warned in various forms not to pray to beings he had never heard of, so he kept muttering in his heart when he knew that when making amulets he needed to pray to the "haunting web" that he had never heard of before.
But no matter how you say it, this is also the knowledge given by the potion, and the knowledge in the potion will definitely not be changed, and it will not give a name that will die if you read it, plus the success of the current experiment, Yokeshi completely dispelled the uneasiness in his heart.
However, he didn't plan to pray to this "haunting net" too often, first, for fear of attracting the attention of the people around him and the church, and second, for fear that this "haunting net" was just casting a long line to catch big fish, so in addition to really needing, he still tried to avoid praying.
After making another amulet for Radoul, Joksh put it all away and hid it under the half-cocked, creaky floor under the bed. He took the two amulets in his hands and looked at them, this was the first time he had made a truly effective occult prop, and among the knowledge given to him by the potion, there were still three amulets waiting for him to experiment, he felt that he had truly stepped into the ranks of the extraordinary at this time, if it weren't for the fact that he was a wild extraordinary and might soon be wanted, it was really worth going to the tavern to get drunk and pester everyone to brag about until dawn.
As soon as he thought of the church's wanted matter, Yorkshi's face darkened again, and he decided to bring more money with him from tomorrow, and by the way, bring some useful medicines, obviously he had just become an extraordinary person who was beyond mortals, but now he was a fugitive, which was a little uncomfortable.
"Maybe I should talk to that cadre." Joksh lay on his back on the bed and stretched out a big stretch "Tell him about the church and let him solve it, or rather, let them attract the fire." ”
Yorkshy recalled that there was another lecture at No. 15 South Street in the past two days, and he could just take this opportunity to find the other party, and by the way, he could also ask if there was a formula for sequence 8, although the old man said that it would take an interval of time to determine between different levels of promotion, but it was also convenient for him to collect materials by getting the formula in advance.
After thinking about it, Jokshi decided to go to Raydal tomorrow and make an appointment with him to attend a lecture at 15 South Main Street
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"Old man, the spirit I left at No. 15 South Street reported that there was nothing abnormal, but there will be another lecture there in the next two days, should we take advantage of that time to see if we can find out anything." Leonard leaned back in his chair, put away the paper full of verses on the table, and put it in the cabinet next to the table.
"Well...... no matter who the other party is, according to the current situation, he has not directly attacked ordinary people, so there shouldn't be any big problems in attending the lecture." Pales's voice rang in Leonard's head, "Entering the house is also convenient for mobile phones to get more information, if you dare to take this risk, it's not impossible." ”
"Okay, but I heard from the Red Glove team here that they're going to attend that lecture too, so I guess I'll have to dress up in disguise." Leonard stood up and walked to the window, looked at the reflection on the glass, and couldn't help but joke.
"Old man, do you want me to find a magical object that can change my appearance, and simple disguise can't hide my handsomeness."
“…… If only you could think so quickly when writing poetry. ”
Seeing that Pales didn't answer his joke, Leonard touched his face with some embarrassment, and prepared to go back and continue writing poetry.
Just then, there was a knock on the door outside the room, and after getting permission, the person outside the door pushed open the door and walked in.
The vice-captain of the Red Glove Team greeted Leonard with stars on his chest, and casually took a document out of his pocket and handed it to him.
"Deacon Leonard, the captain said that you seem to be interested in this case, so he sent me to bring the latest information. If you're more interested, the captain is now assigning tasks in the conference room, and the captain has already made a request to the boss, so you can get involved in the next action. ”
Although it was not specifically explained, the meaning of praying for help was already on the surface, and Leonard nodded, and he could investigate with the team that had first-hand access to the information, and maybe there would be some additional discoveries.
"Then I'll trouble you, I'll go to the conference room with you now."