Chapter 337 : Prayer Summoning
Chapter 337: Prayer Summoning
"Grrrr—"
Janna, who was still meditating to recover her Spirit Power, had to interrupt her meditation due to the hunger gnawing at her stomach.
"Looks like, even after evolving into a Semi-Elemental Lifeform, regular meals are still necessary."
After advancing to a Third Tier Wizard Apprentice, Janna’s lifeform was no longer purely human but had become a Transcendental Lifeform existing between flesh and elemental essence.
From what Janna understood, Wizard Apprentices who evolved into Semi-Elemental Lifeforms often experienced significant changes in their habits. For example, Water Element apprentices, in their elemental form, could survive solely by absorbing moisture.
As a Plant-Affinity apprentice, Janna, in her elemental form, could also maintain her health by relying on what plants required—
Water sources, soil, nutrients, sunlight·—
In short, it wasn’t necessarily more convenient than simply eating and drinking.
"It’s said that after becoming a full-fledged Wizard, one’s bodily functions completely transcend those of ordinary creatures, making it possible to absorb Magic Power in place of traditional nutrition."
Taking out slices of bread from the fridge, Janna simply spread some blueberry jam on them and sat beside the workbench to eat. Only after the hunger in her belly subsided did she wash it down with a bottle of intensely bitter black coffee with a high caffeine content.
"Before officially performing the 【Ancient God Contract】 ritual, I need to prepare the ritual materials mentioned in the scroll in advance."
As a specialized branch of the high-level summoning ritual—【Prayer Summoning】—the materials required for the 【Ancient God Contract】 weren’t particularly complicated. Besides the usual Spiritual Candle and Silver-Faced Round Mirror, a ritual platform cast from pure Yin Obsidian was also necessary.
If this had been a purely White Wizard Academy, Janna would have needed to go out of her way to find an alchemy shop to custom-order such a ritual platform.
However, in any Wizard Academy within the wizard gathering site of Turin, a pure Yin Obsidian ritual platform was a rather common experimental item.
After all, whether it was various cursing rituals or summoning rituals involving Undead or Shadow elements—all forms of negative energy summoning—none could do without the aid of an Obsidian ritual platform.
Thus, Janna didn’t even need to leave campus. She could easily complete the exchange within the Magical Crystalline Wall on the first floor of the Magic Tower.
"I wonder how Vivian is doing now... Logically, with her Constitution, she should be completely healed after a full night’s rest."
Thinking of this, Janna tossed the now-empty coffee bottle into the trash, changed into her Wizard Robe, and left the dormitory."That should about do it."
Late at night, Janna had blocked out all sources of light inside the room. She now sat solemnly beside the Obsidian ritual platform, lighting the Spiritual Candle placed at the center of the platform with phosphorescent fire.
As the dim blue flames flickered on the candle, her pupils also flickered between light and shadow.
That afternoon, after leaving the dormitory, Janna had gone first to Vivian’s dorm. But upon reaching the door, she discovered Vivian had already returned home.
So, Janna had no choice but to store the cake she had bought for Vivian and head to the first floor of the Magic Tower instead. There, she bought all the materials needed for the 【Ancient God Contract】 ritual from Black Cat Bell.
"Drip, drip—"
As the dim blue flame rapidly burned, translucent candle wax dripped down onto the center of the ritual platform.
"Next, it's time to lock onto the coordinates of the 【Ancient God】."
The moment Janna finished engraving the ritual array, a ripple like a water wave spread across the surface of the Silver Mirror.
Seeing this, Janna retrieved the white feather gifted to her by the Seraph 【Lucifer】 from her Thorn Bracelet.
The activation conditions for the 【Ancient God Contract】 were not simple. Besides requiring a pure Yin Obsidian ritual platform, it had to be performed at the darkest and most Yin-heavy hour of the day—midnight—while chanting Ritual Chants in Mykethan until the ritual activated.
At the same time, the Summoner had to prepare in advance a medium capable of connecting to the flow of history and locking onto the 【Ancient God's Coordinates】 in order to call forth the 【Ancient God】 hidden within the river of time and space—and establish the contract.
This was, by far, the most difficult and least successful step of the entire ritual.
Normally, 【Ancient God Species】 were immortal beings with incredibly long lifespans. Their strength wasn’t always overwhelmingly powerful, but their wisdom was invariably far beyond that of ordinary beings.
With such wisdom came thought and discernment. If the Summoner’s rank was far below theirs, these 【Ancient God Species】 would generally ignore the summoning entirely—let alone enter into a contract.
In essence, compared to the luck-based nature of 【Contract Summoning】, the process of the 【Ancient God Contract】 was more like a game of fate.
After all, only those with a special rank or destiny could receive a response from an 【Ancient God】 while still weak in power.
Otherwise, one had to wait until they mastered a 【Law】 and became a full-fledged Wizard, and then rely on the elevated rank granted by the Law to resonate with an 【Ancient God Species】 within the same Law domain.
As for why Janna chose the feather gifted by 【Lucifer】 as the medium, it was not only because the 【Fragment of the Law of Purification】 she possessed originated from the same source as 【Lucifer】—but also because she hoped to borrow a bit of the high-ranking fate once held by 【Ivrecia】, the former wielder of the 【Law of Nature and Life】.
"Oh wise sage hidden beyond the river of time, under the witness of the eternal stars, please traverse the corridor of time and space and answer my call———"
Quickly chanting the Ritual Chants in the long-toned Mykethan language, Janna’s crisp and rhythmic voice was soon accompanied by a brilliant radiance blooming from the Silver Mirror placed on the ritual platform.
"It responded this quickly...?"
Seeing the radiance on the Silver Mirror, Janna was pleasantly surprised. Her chanting voice grew faster and more urgent.
"Spirit Phase Travel—"
At the peak of the mirror’s glow, Janna immediately activated her [Spirit Phase Travel] talent, allowing her spirit form to follow the guidance of the "feather" and enter the Silver Mirror.
"Hm? Where is this...?"
The moment Janna opened her eyes, she realized the place she was in was not the 【Holy Realm of Heaven】—but a pitch-black starry sky where no light could be seen.
"Whoosh whoosh whoosh—"
Just as Janna prepared to take out the "feather" to locate the Ancient God’s coordinates, suddenly, the starry sky lit up. Countless meteors, each trailing silver-white flames, surged rapidly toward her—