“…… Well?! ”

When Nefertari heard this, he was taken aback.

The first two secrets were completely unexpected, though.

But this is nothing compared to the shock that the third secret brought her.

- Annan Rindong?

As a student of Seti the Bone Healer, she certainly knew the name.

And she knows a little more than ordinary people......

Annan was the youngest son of Grand Duke Ivan's favorite, the future Grand Duke of Winter and the true inventor of the internal combustion engine.

At the same time, he also has a close relationship with many righteous gods. He is "the love of the cup", "the patron of the red of war", "the one protected by the dice", "the silent one", "the monster that leaves no trace", the candidate of the saint recognized by the [Patient Eye], and the "young dragon" that the old grandmother loves the most.

He is known as the most gifted ceremonial master of all time. Before the soul is purified, he has reached the highest realm of the ritual master.

This is absolutely impossible in theory.

Ceremonists are a group of people who have attained extraordinary power through "wisdom", "perseverance" and "luck" alone.

The path of ritual is far more dangerous than the path of the transcendental...... Because the power they control is much higher than the level they are in. Any failure of the ritual comes with irreparable costs. This allows the ritual master to have no cost of failure.

Generally speaking, the strength of a ritual master depends on the level of ritual they are capable of mastering.

Even the highest-level ritual masters, even those who are able to perform the "miracle of creation", do not necessarily mean that they will not fail when performing low-level rituals.

Whether it's being cursed for bad luck, shaking hands from an injury, or having your mind affected...... Even the end of the ritual master's reach.

- The soul of a mortal cannot afford to be overburdened with mystery.

The path of ritual is not entirely a "mortal skill" in itself. At least at the beginning of the development of this path, the soul of its practitioners was not so weak. It was later discovered by the people of Yaseran that this path allowed those who did not have extraordinary talent to use their supernatural powers...... That's why ritual masters appeared on a large scale.

During the time of the Yaseran Empire, "rituals" were even mandatory for the official transcendents. Just because you're good at using a firearm doesn't mean you don't need to practice martial arts.

It was only later that the empire was destroyed, and with the fall of the "Great Library of the Firmament" into the deep sea and the demise of the elves, the ceremonial master lost its most orthodox inheritance. This has led directly to the majority of ritual masters, and the lineage has become broken and full of holes.

As the son of the Grand Duke, Annan Rindon's education would certainly be more complete than the folk ritual knowledge.

But as a rule, such big men would rather take the path of transcendence than the path of ritual. They will only learn about some of the rituals they use on a daily basis, and then about some of the rituals that might be used against themselves......

Because ritual is the power of no "failure" to speak of.

Annan, however, was different.

Before he became an Transcendent Being, he had already used the Great Ritual of the "Creation" level several times.

Ritualists are not as hierarchical as transcendents - it is not uncommon for "amateur ritualists" to possess only high-level occult knowledge but lack knowledge of low-level common sense.

But the ritual itself is hierarchical.

Generally speaking, the hierarchy of mystical rituals is based on the weight of the occult knowledge that is the "key".

The heaviest knowledge is the secret of the beginning of creation, and if it is spoken, it will change the world. It is said that the secret of "mystical knowledge" is "knowledge that will be forgotten when you speak" and "knowledge with power" is hidden in the secret of creation.

Below that, there is the "core knowledge" about the other world, which can also be called "otherworldly" knowledge. Whether it is the world on the other side of the dream world, the imaginary world, or other worlds that are not directly connected to the "fog world", as long as it involves the knowledge of the nature of the world, its power is enough to destroy the reason of mortals.

For example, about mantras, the true Philosopher's Stone, and the marrow of dreams...... And so on, these secrets about the nature of the world are not something that mortals can bear. Nefertari only knew the names of these things. I didn't dare to know more, or even think about it.

Just knowing a few words about the other world can make people fall into nightmares constantly. You may even be able to summon otherworldly objects in your dreams.

Further down is the knowledge before the Second Age. That is, knowledge about "history".

The mystical knowledge of those ancient gods was at this level, which was the highest level that mortals could bear. For example, the true names of the twelve righteous gods, and what they did before the Second Age.

At this level of knowledge, just reciting it is powerful. It can be used as a substitute for valuable materials in rituals, and can also have a higher-order impact. If a mortal carries too much, the soul will be destroyed by the weight of knowledge.

For example, if mortals know the real name of the old grandmother. He would often dream of a winter blizzard and wake up to the house covered in snow and ice. You will hear the howl of the wolf more and more often, and once you leave, you will not come back.

And if mortals knew the secret of the flint, they might burn the quilt themselves while they slept, and their creativity would gradually increase. Occasionally, scorch marks appear on the skin as if they had been struck with a hot hammer...... It may even burst into flames without warning, and the whole person will be reduced to ashes.

Only transcendents above the silver level can hold this mystery for a long time.

After that, after the Second Age, it involved the knowledge of "truth". For example, the true names of new gods such as Paper Hime, the true names of the Book of Truth, and the secrets of the Old Gods from the Second Age onwards.

At this level of knowledge, at most, people will only hallucinate, auditory, and touch hallucinations.

Even ordinary people, as long as they are mentally tough enough, can carry a considerable amount without worrying about whether their reason will be destroyed.

After the Second Age, the information below the truth is no longer "mysterious."

The last knowledge is the kind of knowledge above, which is derived from the "pseudo-canon" after being understood by mortals for the second time as a "custom". For example, the secrets of funerals, the secrets of blacksmiths, the secrets of locksmiths, it sounds like a story made up, or a strange custom in a place.

Generally speaking, someone has deliberately or unintentionally modified a part of the "truth-level" knowledge. In many places, it is indeed practiced as a folklore...... Occasionally, strange phenomena occur.

With the exception of a few coincidences where the ritual conditions are met, most cases are mere visual or auditory hallucinations.

- And Annan is obviously an ordinary person.

At best, he could only recognize his grandmother's real name......

According to rumors, he really performed the "creation" level ritual -

Even Seti, the Bone Healer, had lamented Annan Rindong's gift for rituals to his students...... Presumably it was a real story.

By that time, Nefertari had already graduated.

She just went back and had a look......

But even with Seti's knowledge and approval of Nefertari, she wasn't even qualified to know the name of the ritual.

Because as long as the name of this ritual is known, it is possible to deduce part of the mystery of creation from it. As a mortal soul, she would be hit hard by it.

- But as a mortal, how did Annan perform that ritual?

Nefertari wanted to ask rhetorically.

But she still coaxed and didn't dare to talk back.

However, since it is Annan Rindong.

Then it is not surprising.

As a candidate for the saint who had been on the radar of the Patient Eye two years ago.

It was only natural that he would be able to purify the Spore Mill;

He was able to clear the erosion of his subordinates and resurrect them, and he did not go beyond Nefertari's knowledge;

It was only natural that he could be the leader of the ancient organization of the Hidden Eye.

It is reasonable that he can create a fake body and a fake name for himself;

Now he has embarked on the path of transcendence...... Spells that can deflect the silver tier are not unexpected by Nefertari.

- Yes, all of them.

He's the Annan Rindon...... You get the idea, right?

Nefertari was fearless.

With Annan Rindong's knowledge of rituals, he would not have a problem in any nightmare. I'm afraid that whatever he gets, he can use it to set up the ceremony...... With a casual sentence of creation-level mystical knowledge, you can directly kill a strong enemy in a nightmare.

I see.

Then there is nothing to be afraid of.