Chapter 8: The Messenger Ceremony
Looking at the altar with candles, silver bowls, and other items, Anthony asked with some worry and uncertainty, "Can we really have our own messenger?"
His current occult knowledge and experience tell him that "messengers" are very rare, and only those who have reached a certain sequence or a high position with divinity in a special way can have this kind of special contract creature that can be contacted at any time and can be summoned by others.
Franka smiled and said, "Other extraordinary people can't, we still have a chance."
"There are three prerequisites for having a messenger, one is to know the spirit creatures, know which ones can be messengers, what kind of characteristics they have, what kind of spells can be designed to summon them more accurately, the second is that the spirit creature is willing to respond to the call and does not exclude signing a contract with you to become your messenger, and the third is that there is a unique necromantic contract and the gods who witness this contract to bind the behavior of both parties and clarify their respective responsibilities.
"You see, these three do not have a limited path and sequence, but there are implicit constraints on this, but there is a way to bypass it.
"For ordinary extraordinary people, the most difficult thing is the first one, under normal circumstances, how can they have such a full understanding of the spirit creatures, occasionally summon one, they are all trembling, afraid that the spell will be vague, come to a monster that can kill and want to kill their whole family, maybe over time, they can rely on the notes of their predecessors and the experience of their predecessors to accumulate some relatively reliable summoning spells, but most of these have nothing to do with the messenger.
"We are different, we are members of the 'Tarot Society', there is Ms. 'Magician', an expert in spiritual creatures, you have also seen before, Charles has a bunch of spiritual creatures there, and Ms. 'Magician' has also selected thirty kinds of spiritual creatures that are suitable for being messengers this time, and also have a certain willingness to be messengers of the extraordinary sequence, and directly skip the most difficult level.
"Otherwise, the simplest example, the speed of the spirit creatures 'shuttling through the spirit world' is different, some messengers can run from southern Intis to Trir in just a few minutes, some take ten minutes to half an hour, some may take half a day, a day, if you don't know anything, sign a messenger that takes half a year or even a year for this distance, then what's the point?"
"I'm not called Charles now. Dubois too. When Franca had finished explaining some of her knowledge to Anthony and Jane, beginners in the occult world, Lumian reminded him.
Franka laughed dryly, "Isn't that customary? Your name was Charles when I knew you, and you've been calling for months. ”
She continued: "The second premise, we also have a way to bypass, normally speaking, you have to be with the necromancer, other creatures in the spirit world and other ways of the 'corpse collector' and other ways to make them willing to be summoned, it is possible to sign a messenger contract, to the sequence of the 'necromantic mentor', and even semi-forcibly let the target of the fancy become their own messenger, there is no such special, often can only rely on the person to suppress and deter.
"And we are following Mr. 'Fool', you have all heard the holy scriptures of the Church, you should know that Mr. 'Fool' is the great master who dominates the spirit world, not strictly speaking, those spirit creatures are under his control, as a member of the 'Tarot Society', it will definitely be a lot easier for us to summon spirit creatures and sign a messenger contract with them, especially Charles, uh, Lumian, has the power of Mr. 'Fool', you see that he has failed to summon spirit creatures before? At most, the point is vague, and the thing that comes is not the one you want.
"The third premise is that the 'Magician' lady has given Lumian a special necromantic contract, which is specially prepared for the messenger, the witness should have been the god of death, but it can be replaced by an angel from the underworld or the necromantic realm, and there is an 'angel of death' next to Mr. 'Fool''s throne, he is the archon of the underworld!
"Actually, I don't think it's a problem to directly use the honorific name of Mr. 'Fool', and the spirit creatures still want to disobey the orders of the great master who dominates the spirit world?"
The material given by the "magician" lady contains a four-paragraph description of the underworld, which can be written down as a witness.
Janena and Anthony listened attentively and attentively, and this occult knowledge was quite valuable, and some of it could explain a lot when put into ordinary summoning rituals.
When Franka finished being a teacher, Lumian took out the stack of selected spiritual creature materials and said to Jana, "You come first."
"Me?" Jaina pointed at herself with a blank and surprised expression.
In the summoning ceremony, she belongs to the complete novice.
Lumien smiled, "You have that lucky coin, according to the Magician, it has a certain connection to Mr. 'Fool', which is equivalent to his token, which will make you more likely than both Franca and Anthony to summon certain creatures and complete the messenger contract."
"I should have a similar probability of success as you, but I have a lot of messy things on me, and I'm afraid that this will cause a change and ruin the rest of tonight's attempt, so I'm the last one."
Janna thought about it and felt that Lumian had a point.
She muttered, took the paper, and flipped to the page she had chosen.
It was a spirit creature she was relatively familiar with: the "Rabbit of Knowledge".
Of course, this is not an ordinary "rabbit of knowledge", an ordinary "rabbit of knowledge" cannot be a messenger, this is a "rabbit of knowledge" that has absorbed some kind of knowledge and undergone a special mutation.
Jaena had a good impression of the "Knowledge Rabbit", thinking that it was friendly and willing to help humans, so she chose it from the beginning.
Of course, another reason is that she thinks the "Rabbit of Knowledge" is very cute and quite interesting.
Jana pulled out the page and entered the altar, recalling Franka's teachings and the occult knowledge of the "witch" potion, and quickly sanctified the ceremonial silver dagger, creating a "spiritual wall".
After all the preparations were made, she took two steps back, looked at the candlelight, and uttered a short, powerful word in the ancient Hermetian language: "I!"
Immediately afterward, she switched to Hermesian:
In my name I summon: "A rabbit-like spirit that wanders in vain, a friendly creature that can communicate, a runner who chases knowledge."
In this spell, the original "weak" has been changed to "runner" to point to that particular "rabbit of knowledge".
The candle flame suddenly turned dark green and swelled to the size of a human skull.
A transparent creature resembling a rabbit stepped out of the gloomy candle flame.
Its eyes are not as rigid and dull as the other "rabbits of knowledge", but they shine with wisdom, and in their hands they hold vague books with orange-red skins.
Its legs are strong and powerful, and it is particularly capable of running at first glance.
Janna was very happy that she was summoned the first time.
With some trepidation, she asked in Old Hermes, "Will you be my messenger?"
The mutated "rabbit of knowledge" glanced at Jaena and asked rhetorically in Indisian, "Have you ever called my kind a fool and a fool before?"
"Nope." Janna said sincerely, "I occasionally swear, but not at anyone, just an expression of emotion. ”
Occasionally? Lumian laughed inwardly at Jana.
The mutated "Rabbit of Knowledge" watched Jaenna carefully, somehow confirming that she was not lying.
Of course, this may just be a process, it is enough to have that answer that has not been scolded, and it doesn't matter if it's true or false.
The rabbit nodded up and down, "You need to pay me, and every time I am summoned, I need to give me a book or an equivalent amount of knowledge, which can be given by you or burdened by the person who wrote to you."
That's what you promised? I've scolded before, can't I summon this rabbit as a messenger? can't be summoned, the special "rabbit of knowledge" that is developing in the direction of the messenger should be like this...... Lumian knew that the "Rabbit of Knowledge" was easy to talk to, but he didn't expect to be so talkative.
Janna glanced at the document placed on the edge of the altar, which had a line of prompt: "The knowledge you feed the 'Rabbit of Knowledge' determines what it will become in the future."
Would it be better to show it more postman's books and to be a messenger? Janna muttered in her heart as she replied, "No problem, let's sign the contract."
She quickly wrote the contract on tawny parchment using the dark red absorbent pen on the altar according to the template given by the "magician" lady, containing the content of the reward she had just agreed upon.
It is composed of the ancient Hermetic language, each word seems to be connected to nature, to the power of the spirit world, and Jane has been able to master this transcendent language in the shortest possible time by relying on her usual study and knowledge attached to the "witch" potion.
Immediately afterward, Janna wrote a occult description corresponding to the underworld: "The destination of all death, the hell hidden in the spiritual realm, the testimony of the end of all things, belongs to the realm of death alone."
As she wrote, she saw the ancient Hermetic words burn with a dark green flame, and the original ones were no exception.
Finally, Janna recalled Lumian's previous prompt, and deliberately fixed the summoning spell with a clause to "
A rabbit-like spirit wandering in vain, a runner chasing knowledge, a messenger who belongs to the Seven of Grails."
She still doesn't use her real name, because she fears betrayal in the future, and someone who knows about her courier's summoning spell will find out her original identity, which will affect her brother Julian.
After scanning the contract and confirming that there were no problems, Jane signed her codename.
The parchment floated and flew towards the mutated "rabbit of knowledge".
The "rabbit of knowledge" picked up another pen and wrote his name: "Xia Zuo. Savio. ”
"Do you still have your own name?" Lumian was a little surprised.
He is also within the "spiritual wall."
"I picked it myself after reading a book, and it's now my name." As Natsu answered, the miserable green flames on the parchment joined together, burning the contract to ashes and turning it into an invisible force.
Jian Na breathed a sigh of relief without concealment, and after chatting with Xia Zuotu for a few more words, she said, "I!
"I end this calling in my name."
Natsu returned to the spirit realm, and Franka watched the "Spirit Wall" lift and walked into the altar area.
Jana's success with such ease made her confident in herself.
However, she shamefully failed.