"... Ritualist?"
Annan frowned slightly, his expression became serious.
He didn't ask citalopram "did you really hear the name" or "are you sure" and other useless words-if there is really an old ritual master there, citalopram can come back alive. A no-brainer.
The road to ritual... This is another way for this world department to obtain extraordinary power.
There is no doubt that they are far more dangerous than Transcendents.
There is always only one end point of the extraordinary road—that is to grasp the truth and sublimate to become a living being.
But in this world, there are always some people who are nostalgic for the world, addicted to the extravagant life of the mortal world and the benefits that are visible to the naked eye and within reach, and do not hope for the distant eternal life, truth and authority.
For them, supernatural power is just a useful tool to obtain prosperity and wealth.
Since it is a tool... it is natural to consider the cost performance.
The iron rule of this world is that if you want to gain power, you must bear the corresponding curse.
But if it's just a short-term rental, you can pay a lot less.
-Yes.
Ritual masters are not like extraordinary people who choose to sublimate their souls and improve their life levels. They won't even step into the path of transcendence at all... In this way, the gray fog can't stop their actions.
They just use mystical knowledge to satisfy their endless desires.
Use those unspeakable secrets about the real names of the gods, rituals and the secret relationship between them to "rent" extraordinary power through rituals.
During the whole process, the curse will not flow into their bodies; and the effects of the ritual can be used as raw materials for other rituals.
Therefore, they will not become short-lived, nor will they become long-lived; they will not fall into nightmares, nor will they have the desire to change. They even learned how to use the influence of the gods to decontaminate their own souls...and how to pollute the minds of others, driving them insane without knowing it.
They are mere mortals, but they hold immense power in their hands—power that is completely uncontrollable.
Extraordinary people are well aware of the price they must pay to gain power, and they know that those with insufficient abilities are not allowed to touch the taboo of a stronger curse.
After the soul is sublimated, the transcendent often has room for failure in the ceremony... but the ritualist does not.
The power they possess is far higher than their own level.
This makes them fearless.
For them, the difference between different levels of ritual failure is like "a close-up explosive that can destroy a building" and "a close-up explosive that can destroy a city".
As long as it is out of control, it is dead anyway, no difference.
The difference is just how much trouble the aftermath of the ritual will cause to others after one's own death.
And people who take this path, it is impossible to care about these things in the first place.
Because if you want to become a ceremonial master, you must first have the consciousness to pay any price and use anyone-even often have the possibility of offending righteous gods.
Ritualists have no awe of power at all.
Therefore, all ritual masters are naturally wanted criminals.
Even if they have not committed any crimes, they must be constantly monitored, arrested and even assassinated silently. Because everyone knows that once the ritual is out of control, the ritual master has no ability to eliminate or suppress the ritual.
It is different from the supernatural beings with distinct levels.
No one will know how much mysterious knowledge is stored in a ritual master's brain—because they have no way of knowing when they became ritual masters and when they began to collect mysterious knowledge.
Maybe it was when I was very young that I read the scriptures collected by my parents; maybe when I was young, I got the secret book that recorded a certain ceremony from the belongings of the dead old ritual master; maybe even when I was middle-aged or old. Only when I was lucky enough to touch this world.
Contrary to the official attitude... the so-called barefoot people are not afraid of wearing shoes, the Church of Pseudo-God, who originally lived in no fixed place and wandered around, would not be afraid of the danger of ritual masters.
They often hire some ceremonial masters to help them perform ceremonies.
Different from the extraordinary path and the ritual path... the path of faith is the fairest path.
Not paying attention to talent, ability and morality, and not so many internal and external dangers. As long as you pay, you will gain, as long as you work, you will be rewarded.
But it comes at a price—loyalty.
It's not the mortal's loyalty to the monarch, it's just a three-sentence promise, which is common to all gods.
For example, the clerics of Silver Knights swear like this when they join the club:
"I swear to never destroy and to do my best to perpetuate the silver coin, the symbol of the silver knight;"
"I swear to do my best to follow the road of trade, and walk on the road that Silver Lord has walked;"
"I swear I will never betray, nor associate with other Eternals."
— that's all.
The first two are just "try your best", only the third is mandatory: you can use your own original rituals, you can use the rituals of your own gods or their gods (if they are righteous gods), but you can't use Rituals left behind by other gods.
As for why this is, Annan still does not know.
After all, this is not too harsh... and this is not a requirement for "believers", but a requirement for "priests".
It's roughly equivalent to a non-compete agreement.
If there is really a ceremonial master in Fort Rose, Annan's previous plan will be completely overthrown.
Because this means that there may be no believers of the rotten man in Fort Rose... The previous "Ritual: Your Heart Beeps without Touching" and those summoned objects may even be summoned by the same person.
And he was just employed by a rotten man.
Then the rotting forces in Fort Rose may not be as big as Annan imagined—maybe they have all been evacuated.
"Things are starting to get complicated..."
This is not just a novice trial of four dark moments and citalopram.
It is even related to the safety of the entire Fort Rose, the continuation of the Geraint family in the capital, and even the change of the throne of the Kingdom of Noah—
"I'll trouble you to run some errands again... go and call Jiu'er back first. Then inform Si Anke that the trap can be set up. After setting up, retreat directly and use the trap to delay their departure."
Annan narrowed his eyes slightly: "I'll go back to get some things, you guys just wait for me here... I'll try to be back within forty minutes. If they leave, you and Si Anke should at least put on the ritual master—others can No matter.
"Your test has come to an end for the time being, and I will make another consideration later. In order for you to follow up boldly and effectively, I will first give you the ability to connect with each other and resurrect."
Following Annan's words, two reminders of citalopram floated in front of his eyes: the resurrection and the unlocking of the forum function.
Annan is going to do it himself - he wants to catch the living.
Of course, gathering online players, sending out a temporary main mission, granting temporary unlimited resurrection privileges... Naturally, it is also necessary.
Among other things, at least it's okay to help Annan share the firepower.
And these two new players with the ability to stealthily assassinate... Maybe it will be a surprise for Annan.