Chapter 120 - A Ritual Of Exchange And Communion (1) (2/2)

However, who would have known that such a thing would happen...

To be honest, even a former sage, Jeremy wasn't aware that his own dantians couldn't attract inferior mana particles because such a bizarre case had never happened before in history.

Still, there was no cry over the spilled milk...

After all, Jeremy had advanced to the very peak of Journeyman Mage, with only one more push, and he would eventually become a True Mage.

So, Jeremy was not feeling regretted in the slightest...

Soon, the bright light had almost died down completely, now only leaving a dimmed light to shine like a reflect clothing when it was shone upon with a dull glow.

Upon seeing so, Jeremy thought momentarily about the following steps,

'The next process is inputting the runes inside the arrays and setting a code to activate the spell... Still... The problem is that I cannot use any elemental energy yet... But that shouldn't be a problem as I've already had the offering anyway...'

'Well... Hopefully, the offering will give me enough time in exchange to write the elemental runes...'

While thinking so, Jeremy promptly turned his head to look at the tiny transparent crystal lying on the ground beside the animal leather.

The crystal was clearly the same one Jeremy retrieved from the spider forsaker's brain.

As for why Jeremy was unable to use any elemental energy, it was simple...

In fact, for a mage to use elemental energies or spells, the mage needed to become a class-1 True Mage first as per a particular condition...

Obviously, the condition was also applied to Jeremy as he couldn't use the elemental spells right now.

Regarding the condition, it was that before a person could use any existing element in the universe, the person had to fuse the elemental energy with a dantian inside the body first and foremost.

So, in Jeremy's case, he was currently a peak Journeyman Mage, which was still one step away from becoming a True Mage, and he clearly didn't fuse his three dantians with any element just yet.

Due to being unable to wield any element right now, Jeremy had to rely on a ritual to cast elemental spells or inscribe elemental runescripts.

'Alright, let's proceed with one of the loathful customs of those prideful mages, the ritual...'

Upon thinking so, Jeremy suddenly thought of something funny and smiled amusingly at the fleeting faces of his subordinates when they saw him practicing ritualism in the mage tower.

It was such a sight to behold, after all...

The prideful sage, Lakota, practiced a loathful ritual...

After they accidentally saw him practicing the ritual, his subordinates had to put their utmost effort into covering things up.

Or else, if the information regarding such nasty conduct of humankind's greatest mage were to be disseminated to the outside world, their reputation might get a heavy hit, and it might even become the darkest blemished history of all mages.

On the contrary, Jeremy didn't think ritualism was a bad thing at all...

Furthermore, the strong could do anything they wanted without caring about the weak's opinions anyway.

Those two were the reasons why Jeremy practiced ritualism so openly in the first place.

All the more, he even had a notion of making ritualism legal and traditional in the mage society at the time,

However, it was such a drag to put himself in the position of having to convince and change other people's faith, so he discarded the thought down the drain in an instant and only practiced it alone by himself.

At this time, Jeremy finally finished reminiscing about one of his amusing pasts as he shook his head slightly to throw away those useless thoughts.

Afterward, Jeremy brought out another brown leather from the left glove...

It looked like he had prepared quite a sum of them before coming here as this one shouldn't be the last animal leather either.

Now, talking about ritualism...

Typically, most rituals comprised four main components: the offeror, receiver, medium, and condition.

However, some rituals could also have fewer or more components according to the related rules, circumstances, and some other factors.

Regarding which one Jeremy was going to do, it was simply a ceremony called 'ritual of exchange and communion'...

The so-called ritual of exchange and communion that Jeremy chose was undoubtedly categorized in a usual ritualistic type incorporated of four constituents like most rituals.

This genre of ritual encompassed forms of sacrifice and offering meant to praise, please, placate, or trade with the 'great' powers of which could be anything that had the 'authority' to comminate with another being in the faraway place.

If Jeremy commenced the ritual this time, it would be considered the second time 'in this life' already that he had done such a thing.

As for the first time, it was clearly when Jeremy created the two space storage gloves he wore on his hands right now. At that time, Jeremy also used ritualism to call forth a 'helping hand' to enchant his gloves.

Currently, after bringing out the animal leather from his glove, Jeremy proceeded with the ritualism without further delay.