That was indeed a large magic array disguised as ornate patterns, with a triple-nested structure in its main body.
It's almost finished.
Standing swaying in mid-air, I looked down at everything beneath my feet and couldn't help but marvel. Before the wisps of wind clinging to my ankles disappeared, I landed lightly among the crowd and gave a questioning look to the two people who were more familiar with the city than I was.
Miyuki, who had anticipated this, only showed a brief moment of surprise. In contrast, Stanley, who had been unable to calm down from the beginning, appeared more flustered.
"Wait a minute! Crazy...can a human really do something like this?"
He uttered random whispers that only one person could clearly understand, but after I focused my attention on them, I immediately realized that this was not the time to panic pointlessly. So I quickly gathered my thoughts and drew my attention back to the pattern in front of me: "The madman has gone mad! But... but, this really does look like those patterns I've seen in the central square, the refined and distilled shapes... Of course, it could also be because it's hand-drawn, so the texture feels a bit different, but... it really does look like them."
"They really do look alike..."
Even Miyuki fell silent a few seconds after opening her mouth, her lips trembling slightly despite being tightly pursed, revealing the turmoil in her heart after being subjected to such a strong shock.
"So, your claim is that they planted a magical spell in the central square using the paving stones laid during construction, which could produce a large-scale sound effect, and thus deceived the public?"
Of the remaining two, after excluding Alice, who was not very concerned about the current situation and only chose to participate out of curiosity and interest, the blind saintess, who remained calm, summarized our series of actions in a leisurely manner.
She pondered for a moment, perhaps because she couldn't directly see the scene before her, so the impact wasn't as great as on Stanley and Miyuki, or perhaps she was currently using those demonic eyes to peer into some corner on the other side of the dark world, and finally sent a question: "So, after all this preparation, what kind of result is this ritual ultimately going to achieve?"
“That’s exactly what I’m curious about,” I said.
It's not a spell that can conjure up delicious food and fine wine. Structurally, it's merely a spell that can create dazzling, attention-grabbing light effects. Why go through all that trouble and take such a long detour? Isn't that going too far?
They even added an extra condition, demanding that pure young girls be offered as human sacrifices... No, really, compared to the people here who are just trying to live a good life, those bastards went too far.
But no matter what, there's still one thing to do.
I glanced at the last page in my hand, the finishing touch, then let go of it, allowing the magical breeze to gently lift it and let it fall back to its place.
Once everything is perfectly in place, then... wait, why hasn't anything happened?
I stared in bewilderment at the seemingly unaffected scene before me. When I turned to look at the person standing closest to me, I could clearly sense the question in each other's eyes.
Why hasn't anything changed?
According to my predictions and speculations, as long as the center of the final ritual array is placed, even without actively injecting magic into it, a small, dazzling beam of light will be generated in the sky above the instantly connected magic array.
It was a magnificent sight where water vapor, controlled and constrained by a triple magic array, rapidly condensed into tiny ice crystals, which were then swept up by the wind into a line that swayed in the sky. The gathered light then illuminated the scene from top to bottom. It was a magical sight that those who only had a superficial understanding of magic could only marvel at, but could not comprehend at all.
So where exactly does the problem lie?
I checked every detail repeatedly to make sure nothing was overlooked, and I also checked that the patterns drawn on the paper did not overlap or contain any errors that could affect the composition of the ritual. After doing this many times, I finally found the hidden clasp on the last piece of paper that I put down.
"There should be something placed here..."
I frowned and looked at the very center of the ceremony. As the center point of all the circles, the palm-sized circle now gave off a more and more suspicious atmosphere, as if there should be something pressing down on it, but it was not there at the moment.
Hearing my murmurs, Shen Xue frowned and asked, "Do we need her to make another trip to the church backyard tonight?"
...I don't want her to appear so rushed. Besides, although her intrusion last night didn't attract much attention, the disharmony might have already raised some suspicion. Going over there now might just be walking into a trap. It would be better to take a more cautious approach.
Moreover... it seems I do have a way to solve the current problem.
I turned my neck, which was a little stiff from looking down for so long, and recalled the many details that had been mentioned when we talked about this topic before. Finally, I selected the most likely one: the Holy Grail, which contained the blood of the living sacrifice, was placed at the end of the ritual.
As for similar things, according to that guy who claimed to be an apprentice of the Frost Tower but who, with just one strike, stood there in front of me as if he were staging a staged accident, seemed to be entirely golden in color and inlaid with many jewels.
It looked familiar to me unexpectedly.
Delving deeper into my memory, I finally focused my thoughts on the treasure room I had happened to pass by while walking through the tunnel.
Alice collected almost all of the jewels, gold coins, and luxurious decorations, but left behind something that she claimed she couldn't fit... It was indeed something that looked similar to the description.
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