Chapter 42: Ritual Magic

The three-way deal is complete, and Miss Justice can't wait to ask the next question:

"Excuse me, what are the follow-up potions of the 'audience' called? Where can I find clues to the recipe? ”

This is beyond my knowledge......

Angel shook her head secretly, and she looked at the hanged man who had provided the "audience" potion, expecting him to give an answer.

The hanged man did not disappoint her: "I can answer this question without cost, after all, I let you go on the path of 'audience'." ”

"The audience's follow-up potion sequence 8 is 'Mind Reader', sequence 7 is 'Psychiatrist', you may have to find a way to get the specific recipe from the 'Psychological Alchemy Society', I just learned the name of the potion from one of their members."

"Can you introduce me to that member?" Justice asked eagerly.

"It's a pity that he is now at the bottom of the sea near Sunia Island, and I sank him with my own hands."

There was silence in the gray fog for a moment, and Justice opened his mouth, but he didn't know what to say.

Psychological Alchemy, Mind Reader, Psychiatrist...... Angel memorized these keywords.

The names of the potions in the audience path are in the same vein, all related to psychology, and the names of the extraordinary organizations in the way are very close to the imagery of potions.

On the other hand, if the "instigator" in Sequence 8 can be regarded as a bit of a relationship with the "Assassin", and they are all experts in causing tragedies and causing bloodshed, Sequence 7 "Witch" is too abrupt, and it is impossible to find any connection with the pre-potion.

Of course, judging from Mrs. Sharon's behavior, most of the roles of "witches" and subsequent sequences are not good citizens.

While Angel analyzes the assassin sequence potion, the exchange between Justice and the Hanged Man continues, the latter believes that the members of the Psychological Alchemy Society may gather in the big city, and influence the behavior of the upper nobles of the kingdom through the ability of the "audience" channel, but the more specific goal is not known, and from his gloomy tone, the member of the Psychological Alchemy Society who was sunk in the sea should be a guy with a relatively strict mouth.

Mr. Fool, who was silently watching the exchange, didn't seem to have any intention of adding, and Miss Justice had no choice but to give up the question.

"That's the last question."

Her tone suddenly became softer, as if she was a little shy.

"What if, I mean, a normal animal, like a canine, drinks a Sequence 9 potion?"

Miss Justice, your thinking is dangerous......

Angel looked at Justice in surprise, the other party must have asked the question with a purpose, such as planning to feed a certain dog a potion of "spectators" that she only knew.

Unexpectedly, Justice was so rich that she was ready to use potions worth a few hundred pounds for animal experiments, or was she going to let animals take potions and verify the authenticity of the recipe before using it herself? This is reasonable, after all, rich people are life-saving, and Miss Justice's character should not use humans for experiments......

The upside-down hangman also sat up straight, and after a while, he replied: "After taking the potion, you need to meditate to fight the influence of the residual spirit, ordinary animals can't do this, after taking the potion, there is a high probability that it will die on the spot or lose control and become a monster, if it is lucky to survive, there should be a probability of becoming an extraordinary creature, many wild transcendent creatures are born by ordinary creatures accidentally swallowing extraordinary items or characteristics." ”

Miss Justice seemed relieved, and she replied briskly, "Thank you, Mr. Hanged Man, I have no other questions. ”

The upside-down hangman also shook his head: "Me didn't either." ”

Angel wanted to echo, but suddenly remembered the human trafficking of the "Labor Mutual Aid Association" in the dock area of Tingen City, which he had discussed with Dunn in the morning, hesitated for a moment, and asked, "Have you heard of human trafficking in the Kingdom of Rune...... Or the slave trade? ”

"The slave trade? The entire Northern Continent has banned human trafficking. Miss Justice asked curiously, "If you find that someone dares to carry out these illegal transactions, you should report it directly to the police or the church, right?" ”

I'm sorry, but we're the police and the church, and we're worrying right now......

Angel wiped the non-existent sweat from his forehead and looked at the upside-down hangman, expecting what the "captain" who traveled from sea to sea would know.

"I've heard some rumors in the southern continent, in recent years, many aboriginal tribes over there have been looted, no one cares about their property, but all the people, regardless of the old, the young, the sick and the disabled, have been kidnapped." "But they didn't show up on the plantations and mines of the various places, which were the terminus of the old slave trade routes," replied the hanged man. On the contrary, many plantations have reported slave escapes, and there have even been slave riots in some places, where they disappeared en masse after killing the guards. ”

Originally, Angel thought that at the moment when the slave trade was banned in the Northern Continent, the slave traders should trade with those plantations and mines in the Southern Continent that still used slave labor legally, but he didn't expect that those places not only did not buy, but even the existing slaves were missing one after another.

Coupled with the plundered aboriginal tribes in the southern continent, it seems that there is a buyer with a huge appetite who is absorbing these slaves, so that there is a strange phenomenon of "only going out but not entering" in the two continents.

According to this scale, the president of the "Labor Mutual Aid Association" is only a certain tentacle of this buyer, and even the organization behind him that sent "assassins" to regain the ledger should only be a node at the middle level, even if they are caught and chopped off this tentacle, it will not be able to hurt the entire trading network.

This kind of complicated matter should be left to the Church of the Night Goddess to worry about, the church's believers are all over the kingdom, and there are night watchmen stationed in every city, and it is more convenient to cooperate with the police to investigate the case......

Angel thought to herself, thanking the hanged man and signaling that she had no other problems.

The three of you look at me, and I look at you, all in a posture of waiting for the fool to announce the end of the meeting.

At this moment, there were several knocks on the edge of the table at the head of the long table, and the deep tone of the fool: "Now that we have finished communicating, I need your simple cooperation in one matter. ”

The last time he made a "simple attempt" was to pull the three of them into the gray mist space at the same time, what would it be this time?

Angel looked at the other party with a little nervousness, although since the three tarot meetings, the fool has not been disadvantageous to several people, and even provided a lot of convenience, but the divine will is unpredictable, who knows if this "simple cooperation" will make them do something that endangers themselves?

"Don't worry, it's just a small thing, if you can succeed, you can ask for leave in advance every Monday afternoon in the future if you are in an inopportune situation."

"That's exactly what we're hoping for." Miss Justice also tensed up just now, looking at the fool, and only now did she relax.

"What do we need to do?" The hanged man asked cautiously.

"It's simple, you can try a ritual magic in your free time, it doesn't need to be very formal."

The Fool introduced the trio to a simple ritual magic, surrounding the altar with four new sandalwood-scented candles, placing paella, white bread, Fenerport noodles, and Dicy pie clockwise from the bottom left corner, and creating a spiritual wall with a ritual dagger......

"Excuse me......" Justice was cut off by herself as soon as she spoke.

"It's okay, Miss Justice, if you don't understand something, you can ask questions at any time, I said, this requires your cooperation." The fool was not angry, but said kindly like a university lecturer.

“…… How do you create a spiritual wall? ”

As if not expecting Justice to ask this question, the fool was rarely silent.

As half of the teacher who guides the righteous to become extraordinary, the Hanged Man explained in detail how to use a dagger or ritual knife in meditation to channel her spiritual power and create a spiritual wall that can be used to isolate the ritual environment from other forces.

Seeing that Justice nodded in understanding, the Fool continued to talk about the ritual magic that required their cooperation.

After creating a sealed environment through the ritual dagger, a mixture of moonflower, golden mint, deep sleeping flower, golden mandarin, and rock rose is extracted into essential oils, and the candlelight is dropped, and then the incantation is silently recited:

"Fools who don't belong to this era......"

"The Mysterious Juggernaut ...... above the Grey Mist"

"The Yellow and Black King of Good Luck ......"

Listening to the ritual incantations that the fool recited one by one in order to make it easier for several people to remember, Angel's eyes gradually widened, and a storm set off in his heart.

Although she is not a "soothsayer" or similar sequence who is well-versed in the occult, she is not ignorant of ritual magic since she inherited Cole Granger's memories, especially since she has been making "Storm Convergence" bullets every day, using such syllogisms to pray to another being, the goddess of the night, for her favor.

If this description can actually point to the "fool", it means that his existence is almost equivalent to that of the seven gods, including the goddess of the night!

"I pray for your help."

"I pray for your favor."

"I pray that you will let me have a good dream."

"O Deep Sleep Flower, the herb that belongs to the Red Moon, please pass on the power to my spell."

"O goldenhand, herbs belonging to the sun, please pass on the power to my mantra.

……

Regardless of the hearts of the people at the table, the fool still recited all the incantations in his deep tone, and only at the end did he smile and ask, "Everyone, do you remember clearly?" ”

"Ah......" exclaimed Miss Justice, "yes, I already remember. ”

Angel and the Hanging Man also hurriedly made a statement, and the Hanging Man even showed the parchment on which he had recorded the incantation, and in the eyes of several people, the image of the "Fool" at the head of the long table was completely different from a few minutes ago, and no one dared to disobey his request.

"Very well, this week is no later than Wednesday, and I want you to finish this ceremony."

The fool seemed satisfied with the attitude of the crowd, nodded and continued to command.

"Follow your will." The three replied in unison.

"Well, that's the end of today's meeting."

The crimson light flashed again, and Angel returned to her study, sitting in her chair in her original position, with a copy of Russell's diary on her desk, and she couldn't even believe what had just happened if it weren't for the hour hand on her pocket watch, which was already pointing to four o'clock in the afternoon.

How did you get involved with a god again?

Frightened, she hurriedly pulled a blank piece of paper, and while the fresh memory had not faded, she immediately wrote down the ritual magic and incantation that the fool had just imparted.

A fool who does not belong to this era, a mysterious lord above the gray mist, and a king of yellow and black who rules good luck......

In a manor house in Queens Beckland, in a ghost ship on the Sea of Sunia, the same incantation appears in the pen of two other Tarot members.