The Secret Master

The so-called "interruptive" ritual magic refers to the fact that when an extraordinary person conducts a ritual, they can interrupt it as needed, complete other tasks first, and then return to continue, and still achieve the desired effect. This is a technique derived from the development of ritual magic over thousands of years. After all, many high-level rituals require numerous steps and may take an hour, two hours, or even half a day to complete. It is difficult to guarantee that there will be no interruptions or accidents during the process. Through the lessons learned by generations of predecessors and the feedback from repeated failures, the "interruptible" ritual magic has become mainstream at a high level and has indirectly influenced the lower-level part. However, being able to "interrupt" does not mean that one can interrupt whenever they want or how they want. One must follow the theories of mysticism and master the corresponding techniques; otherwise, the ritual will fail and there is no way to avoid it. Even it may bring terrifying retribution. According to Klein's understanding, when you successfully gain the gaze of a deity and while He is waiting for you to state your prayer content, you suddenly say, "Wait a minute, I need to go to the bathroom first," then congratulations, you will never need to go to the bathroom again. ... Klein let out a breath and kept himself calm. Although he has held many "transmutation rituals" and designed corresponding procedures for "Justice" and "The Hangman" to try, the real, compliant ritual magic was practiced for the first time today. Looking at the silver-handled cane leaning against the bed edge, Klein picked up the third candle and placed it in the center of the desk, symbolizing himself. Immediately after that, he placed Selina's ritual in a silver bowl in front of the third candle, replacing the large cauldron with a holy emblem, on the left were pure dew and essential oils containing moonflowers and deep sleep flowers, on the right was a dish of salt, a small silver dagger, a piece of parchment paper, and a feather pen dipped in water. Fortunately, Selina's things were relatively complete, otherwise it would really be impossible to complete the arrangement. And Old Neil's rapid ritual was not something a "diviner" could do... So it seems that Selina is a more experienced mystic enthusiast... Well, not an experienced one, but she couldn't have caused such a disaster... She is only sixteen years old, and she has been exposed to this for at least a year... Who introduced her to this? As Klein's thoughts flew, he picked up Selina's cup from the bedside and filled it with water, placing it beside the coarse salt. Taking out his watch, he snapped it open and glanced at it. He didn't waste any more time and quickly sketched layers of light balls in his mind and entered meditation. In the room filled with floral fragrance, suddenly there was an invisible wind swirling. With his watch taken off, Klein's eyes suddenly darkened from brown to black, as if he could see the souls of every watcher. He extended his palm and placed it on the candle at the upper right corner, silently reciting: "Night Goddess, you are the Red Queen!" During the recitation, Klein extended his spirituality, rubbed the wick, and after several times, that candle suddenly caught fire, with a slightly peaceful pale blue light. "Night Goddess, you are also the Queen of Perils and Fear!" Following the same method, Klein successfully lit the second candle at the upper left corner. "I am your loyal guardian, the shield against danger in the night, the spear that pierces evil in silence!" Ting! The third candle symbolizing Klein began to burn. In the candle with no flickering flame, he picked up the silver knife, imitated Old Neil's manner, and completed the sanctification with incantations and salt, water, and a feather pen. Then, he let the spiritual energy accumulated in his body burst out from the tip of the silver dagger and merged with nature. Holding the silver knife, Klein walked around the bedroom (the position of the bed, he used his knees instead of his feet), sealing this place with an invisible barrier. The light from the street lamps outside vanished instantly, but the crimson color still shone peacefully. Klein returned to his desk, picked up the quill, and with the spirit blending with the ink, drew the incantations and symbols to avoid the disaster. After completing all this, he put down the things in his hands and dropped a drop of pure essence, flower essence and essential oil into each of the three candles. Zhi! A faint mist spread, and the room suddenly felt a bit mysterious. He then burned several kinds of herbs one by one, stepped back in the mixed fragrance, and recited the incantation corresponding to the "Interrupted" ritual magic: "Night Goddess who is more noble than the stars, and more enduring than eternity;" "I pray for your favor;" "I pray for you to favor a faithful believer of yours." "I pray for the power of绯红;" "I pray for the power of the disaster and fear;" "I pray that your faithful believer, Selina Wood, can be freed from the contamination of evil and the entanglement of the disaster." "I pray for you, wait for a moment, wait for that unfortunate girl." ... "Moonflower, the herb belonging to the Red Moon, please transfer your power to my incantation!" "Deep Sleep Flower, the herb belonging to the Red Moon, please transfer your power to my incantation!" ... After reciting the incantation, Klein closed his eyes and repeated it in his mind seven times. Seeing that there was nothing unusual on the altar, he once again grasped the silver dagger, stepped back one step at a time, and retreated to the door of Selina's bedroom. He tapped his chest four times, drew a crimson moon, then turned around and raised the silver dagger. Once again, spirituality burst forth from the tip, cutting out the shape of a door on the invisible wall. Klein knew that at this moment, even if he opened the door, it would not affect the tranquility and sanctity of the altar. He took out the silver pocket watch with the vine pattern, checked the time, and rehearsed the subsequent procedures. ...... In the living room on the second floor. Elizabeth, her body trembling slightly, would glance up from time to time to look at the wall clock, silently calculating the time in the light of the two gas lamps. Almost done... While whispering to herself, she turned her head to look at the lively young girl with her wine-red hair. The girl had deep dimples and a bright smile, and could chat well with everyone around. But the more she did this, the more frightened Elizabeth felt. The cold and terrifying "Selina" in the mirror seemed to always exist in her mind and was impossible to forget. Can't wait any longer! It's time to act! Elizabeth suddenly stood up, blushing and smiling awkwardly in the astonished gaze of everyone: "Selina, I, I have a surprise for you. For you and me, let's go out for a while." "Really? You didn't give me a birthday present before?" Selina placed the mirror back on the table and followed up, looking quite surprised. "The surprise is... there won't be, there won't be any, any signs at all." Elizabeth felt that she simply had no acting talent. She didn't say anything more. She walked ahead towards the entrance of the living room, and Selina followed behind with a puzzled smile. Melissa watched the two friends leave, and her eyebrows unconsciously furrowed: Today's Elizabeth is so strange... After she met Klein, she became even stranger... She suddenly ran out just now, saying she was in a hurry to go to the bathroom, but why did her expression look so panicked... ...... At the entrance of Selina's bedroom. Elizabeth took a deep breath and said to the girl in front of her: "We are going into your room." "Elizabeth, I sense that you are very nervous and scared. Why?" Selina looked at her friend in confusion and noticed that her body was trembling uncontrollably. "Excited, yes, excited!" Elizabeth glanced at the mirror in Selina's hand and turned her body slightly, knocking on the door with a long and two short knocks. "Why are you knocking... " Selina was even more bewildered. Creak, her bedroom door was opened, and Klein, dressed in a black tailcoat and wearing a half-high silk hat, appeared in front of the two girls. "Surprise? This is the surprise?" Selina's mouth was half-open, her mind was in a fog. At this moment, Klein suddenly reached out, grabbed her wrist, pulled her into the room, and Elizabeth was stunned in place. Meanwhile, Klein's silver dagger emitted a burst of spirituality, quickly filling the cut-out door-shaped passage. The intangible spiritual barrier sealed the room again, hiding Selina's screams inside. Bang! Klein slammed the door shut and without even looking at Selina, quickly walked back to the desk in front of him. The girl with red wine-colored long hair stopped screaming, raised her head, and looked around the room. Her gaze quickly turned cold, her skin gradually became pale, and her ten fingers quickly grew sharp and white nails. And at this time, Klein had already returned to the meditative state, dripping a drop of moonflower extract oil onto each of the three candles and loudly reciting: "O supreme crimson lord, great Queen of Peril and Fear;" "I pray that you bestow favor;" "Favor upon your lost lamb, Selina Wood!" In the incantation, he picked up that parchment paper and brought it close to the candle symbolizing the supplicant. Oh! He felt the cold wind behind him and the heavy force approaching. The parchment was set on fire, and Klein threw it into the silver bowl. He himself had prepared in advance and crouched down low, avoiding the fatal grab. Whew! The wind became extremely intense. Klein felt as if a tide of spiritual energy was surging out of him, and he couldn't stop it. He saw the parchment in the silver bowl burning into a calm, deep black, and heard the sound of something heavy hitting the ground behind him. Plop! Bang! In the two almost simultaneous sounds, wisps of black-green invisible gas poured into the silver bowl and disappeared into the illusory deep black. Klein rolled to the side, then stood up, drew out the left revolver from his armpit, but as he looked, he saw the lovely young girl Selina with her fiery red hair lying on the ground, and the silver mirror on the blanket had shattered into countless pieces. And those fragments no longer reflected Selina, but presented the ceiling and Klein's silhouette truthfully. At this moment, without closing his clairvoyance, Klein saw that the strange black-green aura within Selina's energy had completely disappeared, and everything returned to normal, just much weaker. Huh... He had just let out a sigh of relief, but then felt a sharp pain in the center of his forehead and his head, and the pain spread throughout his body, making him want to roll all over the floor. Klein's fist suddenly clenched tightly, the veins on the back of his hand stood out clearly, all black, as if they were moving worms. At the same time, he heard an inaudible cry and a whisper tearing at his own spirit. After more than ten seconds, he finally recovered, feeling cold sweat all over his forehead and chest. "The ritual magic drained my spiritual energy, almost causing my extraordinary power to go out of control?" Klein roughly assessed the situation. And this incident also made him realize that his body seemed to have digested quite a lot of the residual spirit from the potion, because if calculated based on the initial strength after taking the potion, he felt that he couldn't have held out at all and would have collapsed into a monster directly. "The role-playing spell" is still very useful... Klein tapped his forehead and wiped his sweat. He turned to face the altar, marked four times on his chest, and spoke loudly: "Hail the Goddess of Beauty!" Then, he extinguished the candles one by one, quickly tidied up the altar. He casually put the items back on the desk, and used a silver dagger to remove the sealed spiritual wall. Oh! The wind echoed, the silence faded away. Klein let out a long sigh of relief and was deeply frightened by what had just happened: "Thanks to my rehearsal of the procedure and my successful completion of the ceremony, things would have been much worse... And I still don't know who my opponent is, who the enemy is... Fortunately, well, fortunately, the floor of the room is carpeted, and my rolling didn't damage my clothes..." He shook his head and reached out to open the wooden door of Selina's bedroom. "How is it?" Elizabeth stepped back two steps, nervously asking. Klein looked at her frightened expression and took off his half-high silk hat, smiling gently: "I have corrected the mistake in her magic mirror divination, and the matter is resolved."