Chapter 25: Two Rituals

Chapter 25: Two Rituals

Above the gray fog, within the ancient palace, Klein’s figure appeared.

At that moment, seated in the high-back chair belonging to The Fool was a “person” shrouded in grayish-white fog.

As Klein returned to Sefirah Castle, that “person” instantly collapsed, turning into transparent, twisted Spirit Worms that flew toward Klein and burrowed into his body.

Fortunately, 0-02’s restrictions were only that I couldn’t leak secrets or return. My connection with this portion of Spirit Worms keeping watch over Sefirah Castle wasn’t severed. Otherwise, they would already have gone out of control and become monsters… Klein inwardly sighed. Then he sat in the position belonging to The Fool and picked up The Fool card that had already been sacrificed earlier.

Because this Card of Blasphemy had already been activated, he did not need to search for an additional incantation. Merely by pouring spirituality into it, he could see the corresponding changes appear.

The Fool card rapidly transformed into a miniature, illusory book. Guided by Klein’s thoughts, it continuously flipped backward until it reached the final two pages:

“Sequence 1: Attendant of Mysteries.

“This is an angel who serves Mysteries. It has preliminarily grasped the authority of the corresponding domain. It can awaken the ‘Spirit Body Threads’ originally existing within objects and combine many physical entities or abstract concepts together…

“The potion formula is as follows:

“Main ingredient: one Attendant of Mysteries Beyonder characteristic;

“Supplementary ingredients: nine kinds of spirit world specialties;

“Advancement ritual: establish a town formed purely from marionettes, and design a fate trajectory for every marionette. Through their interactions with one another, have them perform a sufficiently realistic tableau of life, thereby giving birth to the corresponding region in the spirit world.

“The larger this town is, the more marionettes there are, the more detailed the daily routines, and the more vivid, real, prolonged, and enduring the different fates, the better the ritual’s effect.”

“Sequence 0: The Fool.

“This is a true deity. In a certain sense, He is the embodiment of the corresponding authority… He is adept at fooling all things through various methods and displaying all manner of inconceivable miracles…

“The potion formula is as follows:

“Main ingredients: The Fool’s Uniqueness, and the remaining two Attendant of Mysteries Beyonder characteristics outside oneself;

“Supplementary ingredient: control at least one-fourth of the fog of history;

“Advancement ritual: fool time, history, or fate once.”

As Klein read on, his brows gradually furrowed. He silently muttered to himself,

“Compared with the advancement ritual of Attendant of Mysteries, The Fool’s is far too abstract… What counts as fooling time, history, or fate? And how does one determine whether it succeeded?

“Controlling at least one-fourth of the fog of history is still relatively simple for me. On one hand, I know enough ancient secrets and have lit up quite a few historical fragments. On the other hand, I can directly influence the fog of history through Sefirah Castle…

“Let’s not consider becoming The Fool for now. The current focus is Attendant of Mysteries. The road must be walked step by step. Uh, of course, some lucky people can fly directly…

“Nine kinds of spirit world specialties should be easy to find. Whether I ask Miss Messenger for help or consult the Seven Lights, that won’t be a problem… That advancement ritual resembles the conditions surrounding Zaratul and the ancestor of the Antigonus family. It also matches what the Seven Lights said about it being closely connected to the spirit world. We can preliminarily judge that it is indeed real.”

Thinking of this, Klein removed the yellow crystal pendant wrapped around his left wrist and used divination to confirm the authenticity of the Attendant of Mysteries potion formula.

It was not…