Based on the orthodox summoning rituals described in Auroel's witchcraft notes and the occult knowledge of the "belattered ones", Lumian recited in a deep voice in the ancient Hermetic language:

"The 'fools' who do not belong to this era;

"You are the Lord above the Grey Mist;

"You are the king of yellow and black who rules good fortune.

"I pray for your favor;

"Pray for your gaze;

"Me!

"In the name of the great 'fool' I call:

"Strange creatures roaming the upper realms, mysteriously severed hands, blue and swollen throat breakers."

This is a summoning spell that Lumian designed himself based on the information of "abscess severed hand", because this ritual will be protected by the object of prayer to a certain extent, and "abscess severed hand" is not dangerous, so he removed the description of "weak" and "friendly", and added other phrases to make sure that it accurately pointed to the target creature.

The candle flames, already dyed with a blue-black hue, suddenly swelled and intertwined to form an illusory gate covered with mysterious patterns, and a thin gray mist had already filled the surroundings, full of unsettling meanings.

The door slowly opened, and out flew a bruish-black severed hand that was swollen and pus-draining, two sizes larger than Lumian's palm, as if it could crush a human head.

The abscess' severed hand hovered in front of the mysterious illusory gate, its fingers spread out, aimed at Lumian's neck, but it did not attack.

Lumian took out another military flask of a different color, unscrewed the lid, and poured some liquor in the direction of the altar to the location of the "abscessed severed hand".

The liquor had fallen to the ground halfway through, but with a flash of light on the gorse-shaped brooch, the "bribe" was quietly completed.

Lumian opened his mouth, his throat resonated with his chest, and he spat out strange-sounding words.

The words he had never learned before, all from the occult knowledge that came with the "Contracted One", which gave him a direct grasp of pronunciation and meaning.

They belong to the "secret language of fate" and are part of this language.

As Lumian's voice stirred up air, silver-black words like symbols were sketched out of thin air.

They landed one after another on the imitation parchment placed on the altar, forming a short but eerie contract.

At the same time as the contract was generated, Lumian developed a subtle bond with the Abscessed Hand, just as he used the Dance of Tricks to attach it to himself.

In this way, Lumian grasped the general abilities and characteristics of the "abscess severed hand", and sensed its craving.

The latter is the price that Lumian has to pay:

"Find my body, or you'll never get your divinity!"

It is possible to advance the payment, and the cost is owed first...... Is this "bribery" having a certain effect? No, it's not, once I sign the contract, I will immediately pay the price, but it is the "fate of becoming a demigod", and when I find the rest of the body of the "abscess severed hand", the reward will naturally replace the price...... Now it is equivalent to giving enough collateral first...... Thoughts flashed through Lumien's mind, and he roughly understood the essence of this contract.

At the same time, he found the "spiritual shuttle" he wanted from the abilities and traits of the "abscess severed hand", including "anti-divination", "difficult to destroy", and "can pinch the neck of the godless".

This was a trait rather than an ability of the Abscessed Hand itself, and the effect was slightly worse than Lumian had expected, but within the limits of what he could accept.

Because "decent" can only be used for a quarter of an hour, the cost is bearable, and the ability is barely up to the mark, Lumian wastes no time in summoning another alternate creature, and directly promises in Old Hermes:

"I'll help you find your body, until then, I can't get divinity."

These words blended with the surrounding environment, turning into a trace of blue-black mist, which seeped into the imitation parchment.

The "abscessed severed hand" then fell, leaving a yellow, bloody pus in the blank space of the contract.

The contract spontaneously combusted in an instant, burning out multiple silver-black symbols and words.

They joined each other end to end in an illusory intricate pattern that swooped into Lumian's shoulders.

Although there was clothing to cover it, Lumian's mind naturally came to mind the situation at the position of his right shoulder.

There's an extra weird stamp-like black thing.

Lumian instinctively believed that as long as he activated this contract mark, he would be able to borrow the trait of "abscess severed hand" to travel through the spirit world, and unless one of the two died, the contract could not be dissolved, which was a predestined fate.

Ignoring the experiment of "Spiritual Travel", Lumian ended the summoning and began a new ritual:

......

"In the name of the great 'fool' I call:

"The resentful spirit that wanders in vain, the bride who has lost her head, the curse of the clan's bloodline."

The mysterious, illusory door reappeared from the interweaving of blue and black firelight, and a cold wind blew out of it, making the summer evening look like a winter night.

Lumian saw a figure emerge from the illusory gate, dressed in a long, bright red, festive dress embroidered with a large number of patterns in golden thread.

There was no doubt that the figure had no head, and the intense resentment and hatred were substantially spreading outward.

Lumian followed the process just now, "bribed" with wine, read out the contract, and sensed the price demanded by the "headless bride":

"Sacrifice a blood relative or friend."

"Thank you for your hard work." Lumian chuckled self-deprecatingly and ended the summoning directly.

This time, he actually gained a little bit from the ineffective summoning, that is, he confirmed that "bribery" can have a certain effect:

The "headless bride" was supposed to ask only for blood relatives, but after being "bribed", the conditions were relaxed to friends.

Lumian's next target is the "Face Mantis", and the summoning phrase he designed is:

"A resentful spirit wandering in vain, a mantis-like hunter, a human face that is good at changing."

With a strange swishing sound, a large, translucent cyan mantis crawled out from behind the illusory gate.

Its head is topped by a young, handsome, sunny face, which makes people subconsciously relax their guard.

Sensing the summoner's presence and gender, the mantis quickly transformed into a beautiful woman in a black evening gown.

Lumian secretly "heh" and went through the complete process of "bribery", recitation and induction.

There are three kinds of "sacrifices" that the "human face mantis" asks for, and only one of them has to be paid

"The reproductive organs of the contractor; the contractor's ability to lie; Burning at the stake of the contractor. ”

After being "bribed", the conditions were relaxed, and one or two more options were added? There is really only one thing this guy wants, and that is "torture of humans...... The first one corresponds to the jealousy of those men, and if I were a woman, this choice should not have arisen...... The second corresponds to the detractor and the false accuser, and the third corresponds to the burning at the stake to which he himself was subjected...... Lumien quickly made a judgment.

As an "arsonist", he felt that the third price was perfectly fine, on the one hand, he himself had a strong resistance to flames, and on the other hand, enduring pain was his forte.

If he didn't have this choice, Lumian was going to give up and go back and find a few similar spirit creatures to summon, after all, depriving him of the lie would significantly weaken him, and even make it impossible for him to survive in a place like Trier, and he was not sure if he would be able to come back at six o'clock in the morning after the genital sacrifice, and he didn't want to take the risk.

He quickly found the "Face of Nisser" he wanted from the series of abilities of the "Face Mantis".

"Nisser" is the name of the human-faced mantis before its death, and the essence of this ability is closer to illusion than to the change of flesh and bones of the body, but as long as it does not have the ability to restrain it, and does not possess divinity, it is impossible to see through illusions.

This time, a black mark landed on Lumian's left shoulder, and with it a crimson flame rising from the soles of his feet.

Unaffected by Lumian, they set his clothes on fire and scorched his body.

Lumien seems to be back with Susanna. As Matisse fought, he felt a flood of familiar and unfamiliar pain rush over him, trying to drown his mind.

He hurriedly threw all the valuable items on his body to the side and held the "decent" brooch in the palm of his hand.

The burning lasted a full three minutes, and Lumian was burned to the ground with untouched skin, and his body was covered with scorch marks from his clothes.

For the "arsonist", such an injury cannot be considered fatal, not even serious, and he even has the energy to prepare for the next summoning.

"Strange creatures roaming the Upper Realm, fleshy chunks with plenty of eyes, participants in deep nightmares."

As the incantation was pronounced, a mass of flesh and blood rolled out of the illusory gate, and each piece of flesh had a white and black eye.

After being seen by these countless eyes, Lumian, who was holding an aluminum-white military flask, suddenly collapsed and fell asleep.

I don't know how long it took, but he woke up and found that the ritual had ended naturally, and the "Thousand-Eyed Evil Thing" had returned to the spirit realm and had not really attacked him.

When you see it, you fall asleep, and you can't communicate at all...... And this degree of influence is not in the protection of the ritual itself...... Lumian let out a sigh and picked up the pocket watch from the Breeze Ballroom that he had just thrown to the side to confirm the time.

Fortunately, I only slept for a few minutes, and it looked like it was about three minutes...... Lumien reinvigorates the ritual and summons the "Screaming Shadow":

“......

"A spirit that wanders in vain, a combination of many shadows, a maker of unconscious screams."

The mysterious illusory door opened, and instead of a strange tangle of shadows, Lumian saw a blur of shadows covered in pitch-black armor like fish scales.

The surface of its scales, unlike all the armor Lumian had seen in newspapers and magazines, seemed to seal in a tiny wriggling shadow with each scale.

Belch...... Is this a lack of precision in the summoning spell, resulting in similar spirit creatures? It should also have a squealing squeal, so let's see if we can sign a contract...... Lumian probably understood what was going on, and began a new round of "bribery", chanting, and induction.

The sacrifice that this Armor Shadow wants is:

"Blood sacrifices of more than ten people or gold worth 100,000 fergins."

Because of the "bribery", the conditions were relaxed to three months to sacrifice or suffer the backlash of the contract.

That could lead to loss of control and even death.

100,000 Filkin...... Lumian felt that this was barely acceptable, and sought out the unconscious screams from within the abilities and traits of the Armor Shadow.

Flying through it, he discovered an ability with a strange name:

"Hum Ha Technique."