Lord of Mysteries: The Color of the Stars

Chapter 66 Lend Me a Hand

In other words, Julian has found a way to exploit the bug, allowing him to make calls in a safer manner.

The power of "Starry Night".

With his extensive knowledge of ritual magic and his "Scholar's Legacy," he could easily deceive himself and create enough fear to trick "Starry Night" into believing that the "container" he was in was about to be destroyed.

In this way, he can temporarily break through the blockade of the "True Creator" to come out and help Julian, and then return to the shadows to sleep.

"I need to remind you that this is only a temporary measure, and it is not without risk."

Seeing Julian's furrowed brows relax, Ariana timely reminded him, "You should have noticed that the power of the one within you is restraining both the 'Audience' and 'Mystic' pathways—if it weren't for the fact that the 'True Creator's' current status is higher, this kind of sealing through shadows would be almost impossible to achieve."

Judging from your first experience with the Four-Colored Awakener potion, your compatibility with Him will increase as you advance in your cultivation.

"Therefore, as you advance, the effect of this shadow seal will also decrease—I personally expect you to lose this protection at Sequence 4."

"At that time, having acquired divinity, you will face unprecedented pressure and the danger of His resurrection within you, which should be the time when the true Creator—"is expected to go to that so-called sanctuary—to find Him."

After saying that, Ariana shook her head: "Of course, as long as you don't do anything to harm the Church of the Goddess, you can still get protection—but we still know too little about the 'Four-Colored Awakeners' path, and no one can predict what will happen then."

"By the way, speaking of which, do you know the name of the Sequence 8 potion?"

"understood."

Julian nodded: "The name of the Sequence 8 potion is Annotator."

"Commentator — an interesting name, and it seems to explain something as well."

Upon hearing the name of the potion, Ariana pondered for a moment before speaking.

"Regarding what you just said about Sequence 4—it's too early to talk about that now. Just the materials for a Sequence 8 potion are almost draining all my savings. If there really were Sequence 4 potion materials, I don't think I could afford them."

Julian sighed.

"This is not my responsibility; the Holy Church will take it into consideration."

Ariana seemed to realize that Julian was trying to get money from her, but she didn't make any promises. She just smiled and changed the subject.

Then, he disappeared again without a sound.

By the time Julian came to his senses, the colors in the room had returned to normal.

"—You left so suddenly. I was originally planning to inquire about the situation of the Antigonus family's ruins."

"Well, I just got a short rest and now I have to get busy again."

Julian sighed, went out to the coffee shop across the street and bought a sandwich and a cup of Dipsy coffee. After eating them at home, he began to design the ritual magic that could induce the "Starry Night".

"The shadow is closely related to the astral body in a mystical sense—therefore, this fraud must be directed at the astral body."

"The astral body is highly connected to the subconscious plane of the mental body, so the simplest approach is to bury a strong fear of death in my subconscious."

"As long as I can summon this fear at any time, and combine it with Chris Jacob's ring, the ritual can be completed."

Julian took out a silver plaque and began etching various symbols related to the subconscious onto it.

In addition, there was an ancient Hermes incantation on it, which Julian had set for himself as a "trigger" to trigger his fear.

This is one of the ritual magic structures that the "Guardians of Knowledge" are good at. It is called simplified ritual magic, which means that one or more originally complex ritual magics can be preset by combining some elements in advance.

Under certain conditions, these ritual magic spells can be activated anytime, anywhere, to exert their corresponding effects.

Everything is ready, except for the last step —

Julian frowned slightly: "I need a psychologist" to reinforce my fear of death, and at the same time, implant the appearance of this plaque into my subconscious through psychological suggestion or hypnosis.

"However, I don't know the audience." The extraordinary individuals in the middle sequence of the "However, I don't know the audience" pathway are currently only Sequence 9, so I can't count on them for now.

After a moment's thought, Julian suddenly slapped his forehead: "That's right, that pendant!"

He recalled the "psychiatrist" who had been killed at Viscount Oakley's mansion, who possessed a pendant-like seal that corresponded to the "Hypnotist" sequence 6 of the "Audience" pathway.

If nothing unexpected happens, this item should still be kept behind the Charnis Gate in the crypt of St. Serena's Church in Tingen.

If Julian can temporarily obtain the right to use this item—even if other "Night Watchers" use this sealed object to perform hypnosis—then the final piece of Julian's ritual magic puzzle can be completed.

Time was of the essence, and Julian wasted no time. He immediately took a horse-drawn carriage to Zotland Street and found Dunn Smith, who had just finished his vacation.

Good morning, Dunn.

Julian sat down opposite Dunn and greeted him.

Good morning, Julian.

Dunn responded in kind, and then poured Julian a cup of Marquis tea: "You did a great job with what happened with Selena Wood yesterday."

"Because this matter involves the Aurora Society," and may even involve the true creator, and Klein has only recently become an extraordinary being—so he's really been a huge help."

"It's my duty."

Julian shook his head: "I happened to be there, so I helped out."

"I believe that if it were just Klein alone, he should be able to handle the situation on his own. That guy is quite capable and intelligent."

That being said, yesterday's "magic mirror divination" was indeed a completely different concept from the original story.

Julian even suspected that Ince used 0-08 to orchestrate the whole incident, attempting to eliminate him by guiding him to look directly at the image of the "true creator."

If it weren't for the existence of the "Starry Night" and the "True Creator's" ulterior motives, Julian might have actually fallen for their trap.

"Did you come to see me today because of something special?"

In response to Dunn's question, Julian nodded slightly: "Yes, there's something I need your help with."

"I would like to hear the details."

Dunn nodded slightly, then picked up the hot tea and took a sip.

"I would like to borrow a Level 2 sealed artifact from behind the Charnis Gate."

Upon hearing Julian's request, Dunn nearly choked on his water.

"What, borrow the sealed artifact?"

Dunn looked at Julian with some surprise: "You're not talking about the pendant we got from Viscount Oakley's mansion, are you?"