Chapter 94: Rituals(2)
He didn't just stop there however with his reading but moved onto the next section that was about obligatory rituals. The way these worked was both similar and different to sacrificial in that much like sacrificial ritual something was traded for something else. The difference however was that sacrificial ritual's were one and done affairs while obligatory rituals required one to do or give something multiple times or even indefinitely to keep whatever they got. The best way to explain the concept was that one would sacrifice wood at regular intervals to keep a fire going after they obtained it.-
Some of these rituals seemed useful but tedious in Nick's opinion such as the one that needed one to sit under the full moon for the entire night every month to maintain an internal clock. A useful thing to have but otherwise a tedious process to carry out. Nick read through all the rituals for this type given before directly moving onto the next section of the book that was about finite rituals. These as it turned out were basically just temporary buffs that were obtain via a series of actions. Things that would get you funny looks from those not in the know like dancing with a rabbits foot in the morning for a boost of luck throughout the day.-
This sounds ridiculous but it was apparently a very real thing and did in fact work in some cases. The author expressed a profound level of disdain for this particular category of rituals and only gave a single usable example before going directly to the next type. Fusion rituals were as the name suggested made up of multiple types of rituals in a single ritual. The example given for this section of the book was the ritual of all hallows eve.-
Nick only got halfway through one of them before it was time for dinner so he stored the rest in Greed and left the library. Still he had made a list of three rituals that he wanted to perform to give him a serious edge. The ritual of reflexes , the ritual of night eye and the ritual of breath. The first had already been explained but the second required the eyes of a bat and the eyes of a beetle and allowed one to have night vision. The final ritual was a bit special however as it required the lung of a dragon and the blood of the caster in order to give the ability to draw in the magic in the air to replenish their own with every breath.
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