Chapter 70: Magical Prayer Technique
Although Withering Rose is also a legend, she specializes in necromancy.
The legendary boon of Death Gaze allowed her to amass a large army of undead in the Underdark. She has always focused on the study of necromancy and has dabbled little in other areas.
Amberxiu is different. He is the type who is curious about everything and wants to try everything. He cannot settle his mind, otherwise he would not have thrown away the power of the School of Prophecy.
Before he was promoted to Legend, he was interested in everything related to magic.
Thanks to the various ways to prolong life in this world, when the youth potion was not too expensive, Amber had enough time to satisfy his curiosity. He spent more than ten years studying alchemy, magic construction, necromancy, prophecy, evocation, divine arts, etc. He might not be able to reach the pinnacle in a certain magic, but in terms of the breadth of knowledge, there were few people in the nine kingdoms who could be better than him.
Therefore, Amber recognized at a glance that the structure of the sewer was a modified magic circle of prayer.
The reason why it looks like alchemy is that this group of crazy people have made drastic changes to the magic circle, turning magic that was originally performed by individuals into a huge ritual, trying to simplify the difficulty of casting.
After carefully studying the blueprint, Amber Xiu came to a conclusion: "It's a genius idea, but only a madman would do this."
The art of prayer is the most powerful spell that anyone under the gods can master, bar none.
The most advanced spells often only require the simplest method of casting. Casting a wish requires only a simple action, and does not require any sacrifices or preparations for casting, and even magic power is not necessary.
It sounds like the cost of casting the spell is disproportionate to the result, it's simply a miracle.
But in history, few people have been able to successfully perform the art of wishing, because the principle of the art of wishing is to make a wish to the whole world and put forward your own requests, and the laws of the world will give you a test in return, which is about your understanding of the laws of the world.
The difficulty is almost equal to the "Millennium Mathematical Problem" that Amber Xiu had seen before traveling through time. It is a century-old problem that countless geniuses in history have been unable to solve.
Is mathematics difficult? If you can do it with a piece of paper and a pen, it is not difficult.
The same goes for the test of the prayer technique. You say it's difficult, but you don't need to pay anything. As long as you can answer the difficult questions given to you by the laws of the world, it's fine. You say it's not difficult, but there's no way to cheat. If you know how to do it, you know how to do it. If you don't know how to do it, you don't know how to do it. No matter how much wealth you have, how high your status is, or how powerful your power is, it can't help you in the test of the prayer technique.
The only thing that can help is your own wisdom.
This is the special feature of the art of prayer. Anyone can perform it, but no one among billions of people can truly understand the nature of the world.
Only a small number of gods can use prayers without restrictions because they are part of the laws of the world.
The consequences for a mortal who fails in performing a wish spell are very tragic, the kind that is written in the book and has an age limit.
But even if you are lucky enough to answer the difficult questions posed by the world, it does not mean that your prayer will be successful.
The wish spell and the perfect wish spell are two different things.
When your wish comes true, the way it is realized is often not satisfactory.
The Law of the World is an administrator who strictly abides by the rules but does not like loopholes. The art of wishing is a loophole in the rules. The Law of the World will try every means to make your wish cause side effects as a punishment.
For example, if you make a wish to resurrect a dead relative, they will be resurrected, but it is hard to say at what age or state. If you don't make it clear when you make the wish, there is a high possibility that they will be resurrected directly to the time when they were just born and have no memories, or when they are old and frail and are about to die.
If you wish for the death of your enemy, but don't specify the specific method of death, you will most likely be thrown into the future hundreds of years. Your enemy will have many children and grandchildren and die of old age, while you will have skipped these hundreds of years and be out of tune with everything.
All in all, the wish spell is a pitfall. People who are courting death like Amber Xiu will not try the wish spell. Regardless of success or failure, there is a high chance that something will go wrong.
The crazy people in Alchemy City set their sights on the art of prayer, and boldly transformed it into a ritual magic.
Amber studied the various structures on the blueprint and roughly guessed the effect of this ritual magic.
The first is to extend the casting time.
The prayer technique takes effect instantly, just like a math problem, if you know how to do it you will get it, and if you don’t know how to do it you won’t get the result in an instant.
However, this ritual magic prolonged the time to solve the problem. Amberxiu could not tell by how much and at what cost, but he was sure that this magic needed to be cast continuously.
Can the solution be solved by extending the time? Just like some people give you hundreds of years to solve a math problem, the time to solve the problem has never been the focus of the prayer. Amber Xiu didn't know what these crazy people were thinking, but this function occupied the vast majority of the magic circle and should be the basis of all other effects.
The second effect is sacrifice.
Flesh, soul, magic power, strong emotions, etc., almost anything can be used as a sacrifice for this ritual magic. It is impossible to achieve the effect of "accepting everything" if the magic circle is large enough. Different sacrifices have different corresponding magic circle structures. This design of overlapping and non-interfering with each other is a masterpiece of ingenuity.
No wonder those crazy people in Alchemy City cheated fate and forged a prophecy.
This is to attract ambitious people from all over the continent to adventure in the sewers of the Alchemy City, and everything they have will become a sacrifice for this ritual magic. Even if they are lucky enough to escape, their emotional fluctuations during the adventure will provide power for this magic circle.
It's really amazing. It's not just a genius idea. In order to achieve this outrageous effect, I wonder how much these lunatics spent on research and improvement. Decades or hundreds of years, tens of millions or hundreds of millions? Only those alchemists can do such desperate madness.
Amber Xiu quickly took out his notebook to copy it down, and also wrote down a lot of notes. These were all invaluable knowledge.
There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!
But after copying it, Amberxiu fell into deep thought again. Is there any use for sacrificing these things for the prayer technique?
According to the principles of magic, only wisdom is required for prayers. What is the use of sacrificing more flesh, blood and souls?
Amber Xiu looked at the incomplete drawing and felt itchy all over his body.
If this ritual magic could be perfectly cracked, how much would it be worth if sold! All the spellcasters in the nine kingdoms would be crazy about it!
In addition to these two most obvious effects, there are also auxiliary effects such as stealth, stability, illusion, etc., which are used to maintain the operation of ritual magic. The drawings are too rough and Amberxiu can't figure out all the details.
These crazy people turned the entire sewer into a magic circle for wishing, and it looks like the magic circle is already in operation.
So the question is, what did they wish for? Considering the prophecy of the destruction of the Alchemy City, did these lunatics make a mistake when they made their wishes? Were they punished for not completing the test of the wishing technique, or were they not describing their wishes accurately enough and were severely manipulated by the laws of the world?
There is too little information, and Amberxiu can't draw any conclusions now.
Sensing danger, Amber decided to discuss the matter with Withered Rose, hoping that the undead queen of the Underdark could give her some advice.
But before he could send another message, an origami phoenix with flapping colorful wings flew in front of Amberxiu.
The letter automatically unfolded, and it was a formal document from the Alchemy City, requiring him to hand over Alan and the other holy warriors. At the end of the document, there was a sentence: "The wishing machine is ready and can accept your wish at any time."
Amber looked at the official document, then at the incomplete ritual magic drawings, and a bad premonition came to him.
Damn fate, it seems the time has really come for me to lose my head.
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