Although the first two secrets were completely unexpected by her.
But this was nothing compared to the shock that the third secret brought to her.
——Annan Winter?
As a student of Bone Healer Seti, of course she knew this name.
And she knows a little more than ordinary people...
Annan was the most beloved son of Grand Duke Ivan, the future Grand Duke of Winter, and the true inventor of the internal combustion engine.
At the same time, he also has a close relationship with many righteous gods. He is the "Beloved in the Cup", "The Favored by the Red of War", "The One Protected by the Dice", "The Silent One", and "The Monster that Leaves No Traces"
”, a saint candidate recognized by the [Eye of Patience], and the most beloved “young dragon” of the old grandmother.
He is known as the most talented ritualist in history. Before his soul was purified, he had reached the highest level of a ritualist.
This is absolutely impossible in theory.
Ritualists are a group of people who obtain extraordinary powers by relying solely on "wisdom", "perseverance" and "luck".
The path of ritual is far more dangerous than the path of transcendence... because the power they control is much higher than the level they are at. Any failure of the ritual will bring an irreparable price. This allows ritualists to have no cost of failure.
Generally speaking, the strength of a ritualist depends on the highest level of ritual they can control.
Even the highest-level ritualists, that is, those who can repeat the "miracle of creation", does not mean that they will not fail when performing low-level rituals.
Whether it's being cursed with bad luck, or having hands shaking due to injuries, or having someone's thinking being affected...even the end that the ritualist will inevitably reach.
——The mortal soul cannot bear the burden of mystery.
The ritual path itself is not entirely a "mortal skill". At least when this path was first developed, the souls of its practitioners were not that weak. It was later that the Yaslan people discovered that this path could make
People without extraordinary talents use extraordinary power...that's why ritualists appear on a large scale.
During the Yasselan Empire, "rituals" were even a required test for official extraordinary beings. Just like being good at using guns doesn't mean you don't need to practice fighting.
It was only later that the empire was destroyed, as the "Great Library of the Sky" fell into the deep sea and the elves perished, ritualists lost their most orthodox inheritance. This directly caused the inheritance of most ritualists to become broken and full of loopholes.
As the son of the Grand Duke, Annan Lingdong would of course receive a more complete education than folk ritual knowledge.
But generally speaking, such big figures would rather take the extraordinary path than the ritual path. They will only understand some rituals that are used daily, and then some rituals that may be used against themselves...
Because ritual is power without "failure".
But Annan is different.
Before he became a transcendent, he had already used the "Creation" level ceremony several times.
Ritualists are not as hierarchical as extraordinary people - because it is not uncommon for "amateur ritualists" who only master high-level mystical knowledge but lack knowledge of low-level common sense.
But the ceremony itself is hierarchical.
Generally speaking, the levels of mysterious rituals are divided according to the weight of the mysterious knowledge as the "key".
The heaviest knowledge is the ultimate secret from the beginning of creation, which will change the world as long as it is told. It is said that the reason why "mysterious knowledge" is "knowledge that will be forgotten if you tell it" and "knowledge with power" is the secret.
Hidden in the secret of creation.
Under that is the "core knowledge" about other worlds, which can also be called "other world level" knowledge. Whether it is the world on the other side of the dream world, the virtual world, or other worlds different from the "fog world"
The directly connected world, as long as it involves knowledge of the nature of the world, is powerful enough to destroy the sanity of mortals.
For example, regarding the magic power, the real Philosopher's Stone, the Essence of Dreams... these secrets about the nature of the world are beyond the reach of mortals. Nefertari only knows the names of these things.
Don't dare to know more, don't even dare to think about it.
As long as you know a few words about the other world, you can keep falling into nightmares. You may even summon otherworldly objects in your dreams.
Further down, there is the knowledge before the Second Age. That is, the knowledge about "history".
The mysterious knowledge of those ancient gods is at this level, which is the highest level that mortals can bear. For example, the true names of the Twelve Gods, and what they did before the Second Age.
This level of knowledge is powerful just by reciting it. It can be used as a substitute for precious materials in rituals, and can also produce high-level effects. If a mortal carries too much, the soul will be destroyed by the weight of knowledge.
For example, if a mortal knows the real name of his grandmother, he will often dream of winter snowstorms, and when he wakes up, the house will be covered with ice and snow. He will hear more and more howls of wolves that only he can hear.
, once you leave, you will never come back.
And if mortals know the secret about Sui Fu, their quilts may burn on their own while sleeping, and their creativity will gradually increase. Occasionally, scorch marks will appear on their skin, as if they were struck by a hot hammer... maybe even
It will explode suddenly without warning, and the whole person will be reduced to ashes.
Only extraordinary people above the Silver level can hold this mystery for a long time.
After that, after the second era, it involves the knowledge of "truth". For example, the real names of the new gods such as Paper Princess, the real name of the Book of Truth, and the secrets of the ancient gods after the second era.
This level of knowledge will only cause hallucinations, auditory hallucinations, and tactile hallucinations at most.
Even ordinary people, as long as they are mentally tough enough, can carry a considerable amount without worrying about whether their rationality will be destroyed.
After the Second Age, the information below the truth no longer has "mystery".
The final knowledge is the above-mentioned knowledge, which is a "pseudo-code" derived from the second understanding of mortals as "customs". For example, the secrets about funerals, the secrets about blacksmiths, and the secrets about locksmiths, it sounds like
It's like a made-up story or a strange custom in a certain place.
Generally speaking, part of the "truth level" knowledge has been modified intentionally or unintentionally. In many places, it is indeed followed as folk custom... Occasionally, strange phenomena will occur.
Except for a very few coincidences that "happen to meet the ritual conditions", most cases are just visual or auditory hallucinations.
——And Annan is obviously an ordinary person.
At most, he could only recognize his grandmother's real name...
But according to rumors, he has actually performed a "creation" level ceremony——
Since even Seti, the Bone Healer, once lamented to his students the ritual talents of Annan Coldong...presumably that should be a true story.
Nefertari had already graduated by then.
She just went back to take a look...
But despite Seti's understanding and recognition of Nefertari, she was not even qualified to know the name of that ceremony.
Because as long as you know the name of this ritual, it is possible to infer part of the mystery of creation. As a mortal soul, her soul will be severely damaged by it.
——But as a mortal, how did Annan perform the ritual?
At that time, Nefertari wanted to ask this question.
But she was still too timid and didn't dare to talk back.
However, since it is Annan Winter.
That's not surprising.
As a candidate for sainthood, he has been noticed by [Eye of Patience] two years ago.
It is normal for him to be able to purify the spore mill;
His ability to remove the erosion of his subordinates and resurrect them was within Nefertari's knowledge;
It is natural for him to be the leader of the ancient organization "The Hidden Eye".
It is reasonable that he can create false identities and false names for himself;
Now that he has embarked on the path of transcendence... being able to deflect silver-level spells was not unexpected by Nefertari.
——It’s right, everything is right.
He is that Annan Lendong... you understand, right?
Nefertari suddenly felt no fear in his heart.
With Annan Coldong's ritual knowledge, he will not encounter any problems in any nightmare. I'm afraid anything he gets can be used to arrange rituals... Just a casual word of creation-level mysterious knowledge can directly create a nightmare in any nightmare.