Chapter 579: The Sacrifice Ceremony Begins! (Two in One)
"No, I'll go out and buy the materials now and start trying immediately!"
Gervis couldn't wait to give it a try, so he silently memorized the materials needed for this elementary sacrifice method, then simply closed the Manual of the Undead and put it into his space ring, ready to go out to buy materials.
As for whether Gervis has the black magic power required to cast undead magic.
For Gervais, this was no problem at all.
In fact, what type of magic an ordinary person can cultivate is determined at the moment of birth and will not be affected by acquired factors.
Because what people can do after birth is just to learn meditation methods and start meditating to sense the existence of magic.
It is only at this time that people can know which type of magic they are suitable for practicing.
For example, someone who is suitable for practicing fire magic can sense fire magic when he practices meditation, and the fire magic will naturally approach him and get close to him.
But the magic of other types was indifferent to him, and it was useless even if he tried to capture and communicate with them by force.
This means that this person only has an affinity for fire magic. If he wants to become a magician, he can only practice fire magic.
For example, Adela has an affinity for both light and undead magic. When she meditates, these two types of magic will automatically come to her, allowing her to practice both types of magic at the same time.
And the stronger the affinity, the higher the talent.
As for Gervis, he is even more amazing.
Once he began to meditate, magical powers of various colors, such as red, yellow, blue, green, black and white, swarmed towards him.
Instead, it is Gervis himself who needs to choose which type of magic to practice during meditation.
So Gervis can be said to be a full-time magician. As long as he is willing, he can practice any type of magic.
It is of course not that Gervis is born with such a natural talent, it is actually thanks to the kiwi fruit.
When Gervis won the orange kiwi fruit that increased affinity in the lottery, he thought that the kiwi fruit only increased personal charm and was only effective on humans. Later, after thinking about it for a long time, he found that affinity was also effective on magic.
Of course, Gervis had only eaten an orange kiwi, so his affinity for each type of magic was not balanced.
Gervis had originally compared learning fireball magic with learning healing magic.
His fireball technique was practiced twice as fast as his healing technique, which meant that he had a higher affinity with fire magic than wood magic, making it easier for him to control and learn.
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After walking out of the study room impatiently, Gervis first went to the bedroom to put on his magic robe, and then walked out of the manor.
"Master Harry, where are you going?"
When Gervis arrived at the gate of the reception area, a guard captain immediately stepped forward respectfully and saluted to inquire.
"I'm going to the city to do some shopping!"
"Master Harry, do you need me to send someone to buy it for you, or send two people to follow you?"
Although Gervis is still an unlicensed wild mage, he has now become a guest of Lach and has a great chance of becoming a regular mage in the future, so the guards are very respectful to Gervis.
In fact, if Gervis really needed something, he didn't need to buy it himself. He just needed to open his mouth and the servants in the manor would arrange everything.
However, everything Gervis bought was used to practice necromancy, so it would be better to hide it during this period of time.
After all, he could not explain where he got the sacrificial method from, which could easily arouse other people's imagination.
"No, I don't buy much!"
"Okay, then take care, Master Harry!"
Seeing that Gervis refused, the captain didn't say anything else. He said goodbye to Gervis and respectfully stepped aside.
Next, Gervis passed through the two gates of the City Lord's Mansion without any obstruction and soon arrived outside the City Lord's Mansion.
The Holy City of Heka is a large city with a population of one million. Although it is located on the edge of the Holy Alliance, it is generally very prosperous.
After entering the city, Gervis went directly to Cassia Street in the Holy City of Heka.
This Cassia Street is considered the aristocratic district of the Holy City of Heka. Organizations such as the Magician's Guild are located here, so things related to magic fighting spirit are generally sold here. After all, these two types of things are high-end stuff, and ordinary civilians have little chance to afford them.
When Gervis arrived at Cassia Street, he first walked into a high-end store that sold all kinds of rare treasures.
"Master Mage, what do you need?"
When the waiter in the store saw Gervis coming in wearing a magician's robe, he immediately came forward to greet him warmly.
In this holy continent, those who dare to go out on the street wearing a magician's robe are real magicians. This is the understanding of everyone in the holy continent.
After all, it would be tragic if an ordinary person wore a wizard's robe and was mistaken for a wild wizard.
"Are you buying Deep Sea Pearls here?"
Gervis didn't waste any time and went straight to the point.
He came here to exchange the deep-sea pearl for money. He had no cash on him, and practicing the magic of the dead would require a lot of money.
"Deep Sea Pearl? Master Magician, of course I'll take it!"
"Very good, take a look at how much this deep-sea pearl of mine is worth?"
Gervis nodded, pretended to rummage in the wide sleeves of his robe, then took out a deep-sea pearl and handed it to the servant.
"Master Magician, please sit here and wait for a moment. I will go and call my boss out now. This deal is too big for me to make the decision!"
Seeing Gervis take out the deep-sea pearl the size of a lychee, the servant did not dare to take it. Instead, he bowed respectfully to Gervis and then quickly ran into the shop.
After just a short wait, the owner of the shop came out.
"Master Magician, I tell you the truth. The quality of the deep-sea pearl in your hand is of upper-middle quality. According to the market price, it is worth at least 700 gold coins."
"However, if you want us to buy it, we can only offer you 400 gold coins! Do you consider continuing to sell it?"
After the shop owner came out, he took a look at the wizard's robe on Gervis, then took the deep-sea pearl, examined it, and straightforwardly quoted the purchase price.
And because of Gervis's identity as a magician, he even told him the price difference and did not hide it from Gervis at all.
Because in this world, magicians are noble beings, so neither civilians nor merchants dare to provoke magicians.
"Can!"
Although there was a price difference of three hundred gold coins, Gervis had no choice. If he took the time to find the right buyer, he could naturally sell it for seven hundred gold coins.
But I am in a hurry to spend the money now, so I can't wait that long.
Moreover, there are more than 20 similar deep-sea pearls in the space ring. I am just selling this one to save the emergency, so I won’t care about it anymore.
After determining the price, Gervis quickly completed the transaction with the store owner.
"Goodbye, Master Magician. Welcome to visit us next time!"
With the shop owner's attentive greeting, Gervis received four hundred gold coins and left the shop contentedly.
After leaving the shop, Gervis rushed to the store selling magic materials.
"Master Mage, is there anything I can do for you?"
The servant in this shop selling magic materials was obviously different from the servant in the previous shop. He must have been used to seeing magicians, so this servant was less timid.
Although he was still respectful to Gervis, his smile and behavior were more relaxed and calm.
"How do you sell these obsidians?"
Gervis soon found the obsidian in the store. The obsidian was piled on a shelf and had been divided into thumb-sized black stones.
"Master Magician, this obsidian is produced in the Sunset Forest. Although the quality is only average, each piece costs one gold coin!"
The attendant replied with a smile on his face.
"oh!"
Gervis nodded, and then asked, "By the way, do you have cave demon bat claws for sale?"
"Yes, Master Mage, are you preparing a sacrifice of the dead? In addition to the claws of cave demon bats, we also have monster blood and monster meat for sale, all of which are of dark attributes."
"For example, the blood and meat of blood-thirsty rats. I heard that they can increase the probability of a successful sacrifice."
"Is there such a thing?"
Gervis really didn't know there was such a saying. After all, he had just learned the method of sacrificing the undead a few minutes ago, and the sacrifice method did not introduce this knowledge in detail.
And this servant did not deceive Gervis. The monster meat with dark attributes could indeed slightly increase the success rate of the sacrifice.
However, this is only effective for the lowest level of undead sacrifice, because it can reduce their vigilance towards sacrificial food and make them more willing to accept sacrifices.
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Next, Gervis bought the materials needed for the sacrifice directly in this shop, and bought ten quantities at one time, which cost Gervis more than forty gold coins.
"It seems that learning necromancy is quite expensive. I heard that the success rate of the sacrifice method is not very high. If it fails once, it will cost several gold coins!"
Walking out of the door of the magic material store, Gervis couldn't help but sigh in his heart. If it weren't for his big harvest this time, he would have no money to practice undead magic.
Although summoning skeleton soldiers is very cool, you need to spend money for each successful sacrifice.
Fortunately, these dark creatures such as skeleton soldiers are not easy to kill. If they are just damaged, as long as they are not completely broken apart, they can be put back into the dark world. After a while, these skeleton soldiers will recover on their own.
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After leaving the magic material store, Gervis bought some daily necessities on the way as a cover, and then returned directly to his manor.
After returning to the manor, Heweiss locked himself in the training room on the second floor and told the servants not to disturb him. Then Gervis began his first dark sacrifice of the undead.
"First, use the blood of the monsters to draw this six-star magic circle!"
Gervis took an animal hair brush and began to act according to the detailed description in the Manual of the Undead.
Only seven or eight minutes had passed, and Gervis had used a long straight wooden stick to draw the magic circle needed for the sacrifice.
Even though Gervis learned so quickly, it was because of his experience in learning mathematics in his previous life.
Not only does he have experience in drawing these geometric shapes, he also has a high level of familiarity with them.
However, there is no such thing as mathematics in this alien world. These patterns have a natural cognitive disadvantage for the natives who have never been exposed to mathematics.
Moreover, they are required to draw, which is impossible without long-term practice.
However, this sacrifice has extremely high requirements for the pattern of the sacrificial array, because the pattern of the sacrificial array seems to be in line with certain laws between heaven and earth. If the painting is not standardized, the sacrifice will not be successful at all.
After the magic circle pattern was drawn, Gervis took out the sacrifice that had been prepared long ago.
After placing the claws of the magic bat, about a pound of magic beast meat, and obsidian in the correct positions, Gervis sat cross-legged outside the sacrificial array.
"Come on! My little skeleton!"
After sitting down, Gervis took a deep breath and then began to inject magic power into the sacrificial circle.
Buzz!
A magical thing happened. After magic power was injected into the sacrificial array, the dark red blood that was originally outlined on the ground suddenly emitted a black and gray light.
As the light of the six-star magic circle continued to flash, it seemed to have finally touched a certain place in time and space, and suddenly Gervis felt a different feeling.
At this time, the undead magic around his body became more intense.
Crunch! Crunch!
About four or five seconds later, Gervis was surprised to find a dark world looming in front of him, as if it was projected in front of him by a projector.
And in that gray world, a six-star magic circle shining with a little light appeared, and the monster meat had appeared in the center of the sacrificial magic circle, and a skeleton was slowly approaching it.
“Here it comes!”
Gvis' heart was suddenly shaken, knowing that his first sacrifice was successful.
Although the skeleton soldier looked like the lowest grade gray-black, Gervis didn't mind.
When the skeleton soldier came closer, walked to the six-star magic circle, picked up the monster meat and started to eat it, Gervis finally took action.
Gervis quickly mobilized his mental power and rushed into the skull's head in an instant.
The skeleton soldier who was originally eating the monster meat froze up and stopped biting after his head was invaded by Gervis.
However, this pause only lasted for a second or two, and the next moment the skeleton soldier's movements returned to normal.
"Stop eating and wait over there!"
Feeling an extra connection between his thoughts, Gervis knew that he had successfully imprinted a spiritual mark in the mind of this skeleton soldier.
So Gervis immediately gave the skeleton soldier an order. Because he had seen two more skeleton soldiers coming over not far away, obviously attracted by the meat he had sacrificed.
After receiving Gervis's order, the skeleton soldier who had signed a contract with Gervis immediately put down the monster meat in his hand, walked aside and stood still.
(End of this chapter)
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