Annan frowned slightly and his expression became serious.
He did not ask Citalopram "Did you really hear this name?" or "Are you sure?" or other useless questions - if there really was an old ritual master there, Citalopram would have come back alive.
It's not easy.
The path of ritual... This is another way for this world system to obtain extraordinary power.
There is no doubt that they are far more dangerous than the extraordinary ones.
There is always only one end point on the path to transcendence - to master the truth and sublimate and grow the living.
But in this world, there are always some people who are nostalgic for the human world, addicted to the luxurious life and the benefits that are visible to the naked eye and within reach, but do not hope for the distant eternal life, truth and authority.
For them, extraordinary power is just a useful tool to obtain glory and wealth.
Since it is a tool... naturally we must consider cost-effectiveness.
The iron rule of this world is that if you want to gain power, you must endure the corresponding curse.
But if you only rent it for a short period of time, you can save a lot of money.
--Yes.
Ritualists are not like extraordinary people who choose to sublimate their souls and improve their life levels. They will not even enter the path of extraordinary people at all... In this way, the gray mist cannot stop their actions.
They just use mysterious knowledge to satisfy their endless desires.
Use those unspeakable secrets about the true names of the gods, rituals and the secret relationships between them to "rent" extraordinary power through rituals.
During the entire process, the curse will not flow into their bodies; 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 understand how to use the influence of gods to eliminate the pollution of their souls... and how to pollute their souls.
The sanity of others can drive people crazy without even realizing it.
They are just mortals, but they hold incomparably powerful power in their hands - power that is completely uncontrollable.
Extraordinary people fully understand the price they must pay to obtain power, and they know that those with insufficient abilities are not allowed to touch the taboos of stronger curses.
After the soul is sublimated, extraordinary people often have room for failure in rituals...but ritual masters do not.
The power they control is far higher than their own level.
This makes them fearless.
For them, the difference between the failure of different levels of rituals is like "explosives that are close at hand that can destroy a building" and "explosives that are close at hand that can destroy a city."
As long as you lose control, you will die anyway, there is no difference.
The only difference is how much trouble the remaining aftermath of the ritual will bring to others after one's own death.
And people who take this path are unlikely to care about these things in the first place.
Because if you want to become a ritual master, you must first have the awareness to pay any price and take advantage of anyone - and there is often the possibility of offending the righteous god.
Ritualists have no respect for power at all.
Therefore, all ritual masters are naturally wanted criminals.
Even if they have not committed any crime, they must always be monitored, arrested and even assassinated silently. Because everyone knows that once the ritual gets out of control, the ritual master has no ability to eliminate or suppress the ritual.
But it is different from the transcendent beings who have different levels.
No one knows how much mysterious knowledge is stored in a ritualist's mind - because they have no way of knowing when they became a ritualist and when they started collecting mysterious knowledge.
Perhaps when you were very young, you read the secrets collected by your parents; perhaps when you were young, you got the secret book recording a certain ritual from the belongings of the deceased old ritual master; maybe even in middle age or old age
It was only when I was lucky that I came into contact with this world.
Contrary to the official attitude...the so-called barefoot people are not afraid of wearing shoes, the false god church, which has no fixed abode and wanders around, will not be afraid of the danger of ritualists.
They often hire ritualists to help them perform ceremonies.
Different from the extraordinary road and the ritual road...the road of faith is the fairest road.
There is no emphasis on talent, talent and morality, and there are not so many internal and external dangers. As long as you pay, you will gain, and as long as you work, you will be rewarded.
But the price is loyalty.
It is not a mortal loyalty to the monarch, it is just a three-sentence promise, which is common to all gods.
For example, the priests of Lord Silver swear this oath when they join the association:
"I swear to never destroy and try my best to continue the symbol of Silver Siren - the silver coin;"
"I swear to try my best to follow the way of trade and walk on the road that Silver Lord once walked;"
"I swear to never betray or get close to other Eternals."
——That's all.
The first two are just "try your best", but only the third is mandatory: you can use your own original rituals, you can use the rituals of the gods you believe in or the gods you follow (if it is a true god), but you cannot use it.
Rituals left behind by other gods.
As for why this is, Annan still doesn’t 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-competition agreement.
If there really is a ritual master in Roseburg, Annan's previous plan will be completely overturned.
Because this means that there may be no followers of Rofu in Roseburg... The previous "ritual: your heart will ring without being touched" and those summoned objects may even be summoned by the same person.
And he was just employed by a corrupt man.
So the corrupt forces in Fort Ross may not be as big as Annan imagined—they may even have all evacuated.
"Things are starting to get complicated..."
This is no longer just a novice trial for Si An Ke and Citalopram.
It is even related to the safety of the entire Roseburg, the survival of the Geraint family in the royal capital, and even the succession of the throne of the Kingdom of Noah——
"I'd like to trouble you to run an errand... first call Jiu'er back. Then notify Si Anke that the trap can be set. Once the trap is set, retreat directly and use the trap to delay their departure."
Annan narrowed his eyes slightly: "I'll go back to get some things. Just wait for me here... I'll try to come back within forty minutes. If they leave, you and Si An Ke should at least be adorned with that ritual master - others
People can ignore it.
"Your test is temporarily over. I will make other considerations later. In order for you to be bold and effective in tracking, I will first give you the ability to contact each other and resurrect."
Following Annan's words, two reminders flashed before Citalopran's eyes: resurrection and forum functions were unlocked.
Annan planned to take action himself - he wanted to capture them alive.
Of course, it is also necessary to gather online players, send out a temporary main quest, and grant temporary unlimited resurrection privileges...
If nothing else, at least it can help Annan share the firepower.
And these two new players with stealth assassination capabilities...maybe be a surprise to Annan.