Ring of Fate

Chapter 1077: The Ritual of the Weather Warlock
Remembering the information about the "Post-Apocalypse Book", Lumian decided to pretend that he did not see the prophecy currently displayed.

No matter what, things will have to proceed at your own pace!
At this moment, the "Post-Apocalyptic Book" turned another page, with new content:
"I saw that Lumian Lee was crazy."

These mercury-colored texts are all written in ancient Hermetic language.

Lumian raised an eyebrow, snapped the ancient parchment-bound book shut, and pressed it hard.

He then looked at the top of the long bronze table:

"Mr. Fool, how do I seal the Book of Post-Revelation? Can you help me?"

Mr. Fool, who was shrouded in gray mist, waved his hand, and the "Traveler's Bag" that Lumian had left behind on the battlefield flew out from behind the huge stone chair and flew towards its owner.

After Lumian reached out to take it, he discovered that a vast space had been isolated inside the "Traveler's Bag" that could accommodate a city.

There is also an ordinary twenty-sided dice placed in the center of this space.

I thought the material used in this "traveler's bag" couldn't bear the city-level space required to seal the "Post-Apocalypse Book", and needed to be customized separately... Did Mr. Fool remake it? Lumian put his hand on his chest and lowered his head slightly:

"Thank you, Mr. Fool."

When he raised his head, he found that the Beyonder Characteristics originating from Ohaize had been crushed and reorganized into one Beyonder Characteristics of Sequence 4 "Mystic" and two Beyonder Characteristics of Sequence 5 "Astrologer", and they were all simply sealed up.

Seeing this, the "Hermit" lady across from him immediately said:

"I will provide the potion formulas of 'Mystic' and 'Astrologer'.".

The Magician sighed and continued:

"I will offer a drop of blood from a mythical creature."

What a comprehensive service! The goal is to allow the "professor" and his men to advance one level each. The reward for the task is really generous... Lumian thanked the members of the "Curly-haired Baboon Research Society" on behalf of them.

He then began to ponder the recipe for the Weather Warlock potion that Mr. Fool had just given him:
“Name: Weather Warlock;

“Sequence: 2;

“Main materials: skull of weather giant, core of cloud jellyfish;

“Supplementary materials: 30 ml of blood from three people who died in different extreme weather conditions, 500 strands of hair from a weather giant, five crystals of a cloud jellyfish, a branch of a tree struck by lightning, and 20 ml of water from the first snowfall in a region each year.

“Promotion Ceremony: Forcibly change the weather in an area in a very short period of time without relying on external help.

"Note: After the Quaternary Period, weather giants and cloud jellyfish no longer exist."

In other words, all "weather wizards" exist in the form of angels or sealed objects? Lumian was not surprised by this.

"Hunter" is the path to war. The corresponding magical creatures or extraordinary species are difficult to hide completely, and are likely to cause disputes and disasters, which makes them easy to be noticed.

Moreover, after the fighting in the previous four eras, even if there are still magical creatures corresponding to the "Weather Wizards", they should be true gods with a complete set of extraordinary characteristics, that is, angels.

Lumian then turned his attention to the ceremony:
"Without external forces, this ritual is a bit difficult. The area must be the Trier region. Relying on the frost power of the 'Immortal Witch', it will take a certain amount of time to affect the city of Trier, and no one can stop it...

“It’s easy to rely on external forces…

"Is the core of this ritual to let me master the secret of weather changes and use a small force to pry open large-scale changes? Just like a hurricane at sea, it is not that scary at the beginning and can only be regarded as a cyclone. Then it gradually strengthens and slowly sweeps across a sea area and regions...

“We can consider this, but it doesn’t meet the condition of a very short time. Do I need to speed it up by myself?
"Oh, I have to study again. According to the words in the Dream City, the person who leads the war must know everything about astronomy and geography...

"In fact, there are also ways to cheat in this ritual. For example, Sequence 3 of the Sailor Path is called Sea King, which can completely change the weather in an area and cause a heavy rainstorm. In this case, if I kill him, won't the weather change? This doesn't rely on external forces, and no one helps me... Well, I can't use items during the battle, otherwise it would be considered borrowing external forces...

"Haha, there is indeed a hidden shortcut to the promotion of 'Hunter'. Hunting, fighting, war..."

While Lumian the Chariot was thinking, Mr. Fool answered several questions from the Major Arcana cards including Ms. Hermit.

Lumian thought for a moment and said:

"Mr. Fool, why was the Hidden Sage revived by the Great Mother?"

This is not to say that the "Great Mother" looks down on the "Hidden Sage", but how is this possible?
——From the mystical knowledge taught by the "Magician" lady, it can be deduced that in the Fourth Epoch, this world's defense against evil gods was still very strong.

Mr. Fool said in a calm voice:

"The problem lies in the Western Continent."

Western Continent? Isn’t there another layer of Heavenly Seal on the Western Continent outside the barrier? Before Lumian could ask his question, Mr. Fool said:

"The Hidden Sages call her 'Great Mother', not Her true name."

What does it mean? Yes, with the level of "Hidden Sage", he is definitely qualified to know the full name of "Great Mother" and is not afraid of being deeply contaminated. Why does "Him" still use a pseudonym? It can't be that he is afraid of affecting Mr. "Fool", right? Lumian felt that Mr. "Fool"'s words contained very important information, but he couldn't interpret it.

Mr. Fool did not explain further, but nodded slightly and said:

"This party ends here."

"Your will is our will." The Major Arcana cards present stood up at the same time.

…………

Trier, in that luxurious villa.

Seeing Lumian walking down the stairs and into the living room, Franka asked curiously:

"How about it?"

Although her tasks were mainly to contact, persuade and protect key personnel, and her contribution was not that great, this did not prevent her from being interested in the gains and specific distribution of the war of gods.

Lumian told all he could, and concluded:
"Do you want to exchange for a Level 1 Seal?"

“Of course we have to exchange them!” Franka said without hesitation, “Even if we only keep one third of those low- and mid-sequence Beyonder characteristics and magical items, it will be enough for us to develop subordinates in the Trier region, maintain believers, and even become wealthy!”

She was embarrassed to say "spread the faith" because in the Trier region, even the Church of Fools could not actively spread the faith. This area belonged to the Church of the Eternal Sun and the Church of the God of Steam and Machinery.

What Franka thought was that she would focus on finding and fighting against the hidden cults, and developing the believers who could still be saved to join herself, Lumian, and the future Janna.

“Which one do you want to change into?” Lumian asked his two companions what they wanted.

Franca and Janna exchanged glances.

Janna said carefully:

"'Witch' is good at mysticism. If we choose 'Mystic' or 'Master of Prophecy' as the Beyonder Characteristics, the Sealed Artifact cannot make up for the shortcomings or enhance the strengths. As for prophecy, we have spiritual intuition, 'Magic Mirror Divination', and 'Post-Apocalypse Book', so it is not urgent."

"Yes." Franka agreed. "If it's a living 'mystic' or 'prophet', I can tell them ancient myths and secret knowledge. As long as some of it is true, it can help them create powerful fairy tale magic or myth magic. But sealed objects can't do that. Sealed objects won't listen to me or accept my teachings. The spell effects they produce will only be fixed to the original ones."

Franca hesitated and said:
"Of the remaining two, I prefer 'Palm Bearers'.

"Just from the name, you know it must have the power of the death realm, which can make up for the weakness of me and Janna that, besides the curse and 'full force attack', the single attack is not lethal enough and the burst is not high. Moreover, this belongs to the 'cultivator' path, so it must have healing ability, which can be used to respond to believers and drive away diseases. Well, with its assistance, my progress in creating the mystical bacteriophagy pathogen will be greatly accelerated.

"But the problem is that this is a divine item from the Cultivator Path."

The "Cultivator" Path is also called the "Earth" Path and the "Mother" Path.

Franca looked at Lumian:
"Mr. Fool said that you need to stay away from your mother. Didn't you ask Lugano to try not to contact you before, and the only contact was through prayer? Well, it's not that you need to stay away, it's the disaster that needs to stay away from your mother. Janna and I are also on the same path of disaster."

Lumian thought for a moment and said:
“Since Mr. Fool didn’t say that we can’t choose this Sealed Artifact, then there shouldn’t be any big problems…

“So, when you pray to Mr. Fool and express your willingness to exchange one-third of the low- and medium-sequence Beyonder characteristics and magical items for a Level 1 Sealed Artifact, you can directly ask the Beyonders of the two paths of disaster whether they can choose the Sealed Artifact that corresponds to the Coffin Bearer.”

"If that doesn't work, I can only choose 'Mystic Scholar'..." Franka's eyes gradually lit up, "That's fine too. This is Sequence 3 of the 'Generalist' path. I can look for the 'Physician' Beyonder characteristic and assemble a fully automatic treatment machine to help me respond to those who pray to get rid of the disease. The mirror self will be responsible for the distribution. In the future, maybe I can even drive a Gundam..."

After confirming this, Lumian was about to ask Janna or Franka to pray to Mr. Fool, but Franka stood up and said with a bright smile:

"It's time to distribute the spoils to the 'Professor' and his men!"

It’s better to be happy with others than to be happy alone!
…………

The "Professor" and others had been brought back to Trier by Franca a long time ago, and were currently gathering in a garden house rented by "Hela" as instructed. Their families and the wizards from the "Curly-haired Baboon Research Society" who had been summoned earlier were all here.

Seeing the Hidden Blade and the hooded and masked Muggle coming out of the mirror, the Professor, the Periodic Table, and the Prototype who were resting in the living room stood up at the same time:
"When can we go home?"

Before they finished speaking, they suddenly saw three objects floating in front of "Muggle" and "Hidden Blade":
One is an illusory gem that has a restrained glow and emits a dark aura, as if there is a gaze peering out from inside to examine everything; the other two are spherical crystals dotted with many dazzling, rather illusory objects.

This... The gazes of the "Professor" and others froze.

(End of this chapter)