The Righteous Player(s) Chapter 45: Ritual: Communication with the Skeleton Lord

Before Annan entered this advanced dungeon, he never thought about the biggest gain from this dungeon...

...It was actually these banned books I saw in Amos's study.

Due to time constraints, Annan first briefly browsed through the book "Belief in These Gods Is Dangerous" and quickly found the entry about Skeleton King.

Then he learned this information:

"... The Bone God is a new false **** who appeared in the Third Age. Due to the change of eras, a lot of information has been lost. But what we can know from archeology is that the Bone God was at least in the Fourth Age - or In the last era, he had a friendly relationship with the protector of January, the **** of death and the earth, the main **** "Bone Burial Granny".

"But in the fifth era, the Bone Lord was inexplicably alienated from the Bone Burial Church and other righteous gods, and was even denounced as a false god. The General Church in the United Kingdom was also forcibly disbanded by Yaweng's order, and was Forced to go underground.

"According to the author's investigation, perhaps it is because Lord Skeleton is related to the great barrier collapse incident at the beginning of this century..."

This information was something Annan had never seen from his senior before.

Especially the chronology of the "Third Era" and "Fifth Era", I have never seen it before. The statements about the Great Barrier are also vague.

When Annan saw this, he couldn't help but open the title page.

Then he saw the author's name.

A name that gave him a sense of déjà vu...

"...Gryaznuha Winter."

Annan read this somewhat convoluted name twice more and remembered it in his heart.

This doesn't seem to be the name of Annan's father, the current Grand Duke... is it his uncle or grandfather?

He didn't think too much and just turned the book back to that page.

Annan quickly found the Bone Master’s ritual—because it was marked with a wavy line:

"The ritual field of Bone Bones involves the fields of death, mystery, hiding, and art, so it needs to avoid the January protected by the Bone Burial Granny, the February protected by the mysterious lady, and the April protected by Ya Weng.

"If it is a long-term ceremony, it is recommended to perform it in May and cut off from January. But if it is a short-term borrowing of power, then March is also OK. April 1st is a good termination day, Yaweng is the artist's protection Or, you can use Yaweng's holy light to cut off the ritual connection with Bones. This is a technique to break free from the shackles of the ritual.

“Because Bone Bones’ rituals are all deceptive, the price you pay will gradually increase every time you perform a ritual. And once you become dependent, you will definitely die.

"No matter what kind of power you pray to the Skeleton Lord, it usually comes at almost no cost the first time. But the second time, he will ask you to pay 'half of your conscience' or 'friendship from now on' ', this is a trap: you must choose the former, because the latter means that the person performing the ritual will be hated by everyone for no reason. In order to eliminate this state, they must perform a third ritual that is useless...

"In the third ceremony, Lord Skeleton will ask for 'eating a certain part of someone's body' or 'remaining half of one's lifespan'. This is still a trap. Because what he needs is not half of one's lifespan. The back half...but the front half, and the other half is calculated based on the maximum lifespan, that is, no disease or disaster.

"Since in the previous requirement, both 'person' and 'part' are designated by the Skeleton Lord, and are usually fatal. Therefore, it is recommended that before the ceremony is held, the person performing the ceremony must permanently sever ties with his parents and children, divorce his current husband and wife, And use a silver ceremonial knife to injure all your friends and lovers, at least with blood on the blade, to show your severance and never communicate with each other again.

"After that, you need to find a suitable victim for the ritual marriage three months before the ceremony, and be inseparable with him within three months. In this way, you can deviate from the original sacrifice target. But The best choice is still not to perform the second and third rituals - Lord Skeleton is a very generous pseudo-god. If you only perform the ritual once, you will almost only get benefits.

"The author recommends: people should be content."

The author warns.

This is the end of this book about Bones. Just by looking at the content and knowledge, you know that this is knowledge that is absolutely impossible to make public.

Annan frowned slightly.

He remembered...the part he coughed up when he was in the gallery.

It was an emerald green eyeball.

...I'm afraid, those are Ai Lei's eyes.

Did Amos perform a third ceremony with the Bone Lord without performing a sacrifice transfer ceremony?

But it is clear from Ailei's diary that he has a very close relationship with Ailei. There is no way he would let Ailei be selected in the ceremony...

With this question in mind, Annan opened "The Complete Collection of Ceremonies".

This book is searched according to the field as keywords in a dictionary-like manner. Annan searched one by one according to the keywords of "death", "mystery", "hidden" and "art", but could hardly see anything. The entire dictionary was foggy, and only a few rituals could be seen. ……

Annan originally wanted to use his powerful memory to forcefully write down the rituals in this book. However, the information on these rituals is the same as what Klaus taught Annan before. It does not just require memorizing the words.

This knowledge is valuable——

After Annan tried to understand the first ritual in the realm of death [Curse of the Living], he gradually lost consciousness.

When he woke up again, he suddenly found that nearly fifteen minutes had passed - you know, it didn't take him so much time to search and read the information about the Skeleton King.

He immediately realized it was a trap. As long as you are obsessed with watching other rituals, you will have no time to investigate the truth. And as long as he fails the mission, these memories will be deleted...

So Annan no longer hesitated and just continued reading. In the end, he found the ritual belonging to the Bone Master in the entry in the field of "art":

He lost consciousness again... and this time, when he lost consciousness, the characters of the system appeared in front of his eyes:

[True God Communication-Skeleton Lord]

[Ritual requirements: Black bull’s tailbone, ram’s horns, complete ribs of a boar that died of natural causes, palette/carving knife/strings/pen that have been used for at least ten years (core offering), Fragments of artwork created by the ritualist (destruction must not exceed three days)]

[Requirements for ritual performers: Artistic professionals~IndoMTL.com~Age no less than thirty years old]

[Ritual income: career-related blessings, usually physical gifts]

【Carrying the Curse: Nightmares and Whispers】

[Nightmares and Whispers (persistent curse): Before the ritual connection is severed, the ritualist will fall into nightmares from time to time at night, and will hear whispers from unknown sources from time to time during the day]

"So that's it..."

Annan regained consciousness and realized that more than twenty minutes had passed this time.

He murmured quietly and wrote down the second ritual he saw today.

"Ailei, Ailei...hehe..."

But just as he was about to open the third book, he suddenly heard a woman's chuckle...or rather, a sneer.

The light in the study suddenly became dim, and strangely colorful smoke slowly rose.

"Where is your mother?"

Annan gave elegant feedback immediately.

Without any hesitation, he picked up the kitchen knife at hand and threw it in the direction of the laughter.

The laughter instantly turned into a scream of pain:

"——Ah!!"

The smoke dissipated instantly.

Annan immediately saw that it was a painting - a portrait that had been hanging opposite him, motionless and smiling gently at him.

At this moment, a kitchen knife was stabbed precisely in the center of the painting, and the woman in the painting looked at Annan angrily.

Blood slowly flowed down the kitchen knife.