Chapter 46: Wall-building whiz!

Two days later!

Outside the Necromancer High Tower, beneath a small bone hill.

Ta Ke built a small ritual platform from a pile of bones with three skulls stacked on it.

The red candlelight was not a candlelit dinner.

It was a wizard's ritual.

On the ritual platform lay a source stone crystal, a cup of high-purity liquor, and an extra 20 grams of black swan feathers.

"Basically, aside from the source stone crystal being a bit pricey, the other materials are very cheap."

After preparing step by step, Ta Ke slowly chanted the ritual incantation.

"O great wall that protects the world, I am your most devout follower!"

"I am willing to offer my faith, praying for your descent."

"Your existence shelters me from wind and rain..."

"Your existence..."

As Ta Ke chanted, the wind vortex suddenly surged.

The candlelight spread rapidly.

In the flames, Ta Ke saw the vast, boundless great wall.

He saw the majestic ridge that separates the world.

Even the clouds could only weep beneath His feet,

The stars were merely His adornment.

When you gaze into the abyss, the abyss gazes back at you.

And when you gaze upon the world's mighty wall, the wall couldn't care less about you.

After a long while, Ta Ke finally withdrew his gaze.

"Never mind the living beings that dwell beneath it gaining faith; even I, merely observing through the ritual, was utterly shocked."

In the wind vortex and firelight, the crystal, liquor, and feathers were all swept in and vanished.

Immediately, Ta Ke focused his mind and began seeking the wall that matched him.

Soon, Ta Ke felt something different.

Deep within the vast wall layers, Ta Ke, following the precise flow, could touch the deeper wall rampart.

"Can precision correction also play a role in this ritual wizardry?"

Ta Ke burst out laughing.

No fear of it working; only fear of it not working.

Since it's tied to talent.

That makes it easy.

"Rampart!"

Ta Ke followed the flow and began probing deeper dimensions of the rampart.

The wind vortex continued.

The candlelight flickered, sometimes nearly being blown out.

Amanti and the Black Sheep Ta Ni Lu.

Not far away, they were watching all this.

Amanti was a little worried.

And the Black Sheep Ta Ni Lu instead made a sarcastic remark.

"Guiding rampart power is difficult; at the very least you need a devout heart."

"The first time, you can only get familiar with it."

"To accomplish the guidance, you need to perform the ritual several more times and offer more resources."

"Moreover, even if you can guide it, the rampart is extremely fragile and won't last long."

"To build a thick and sturdy rampart, you need a sufficiently high level."

"The difficulty of ritual wizardry is the highest among all wizardry."

The Black Sheep Ta Ni Lu said confidently.

"Well... how many times have you completed the guidance?"

"Third time."

The Black Sheep Ta Ni Lu said very confidently.

"Just this is already a high talent."

Of course, the Black Sheep Ta Ni Lu didn't say that.

Although he managed to channel a little power on his third attempt, it was only a trifle and even dissipated before forming a wall.

After more than ten attempts, he barely managed to complete the wall's construction.

"Really?"

Amanti wasn't quite convinced.

"Of course!"

Just then.

Ta Ke's surroundings saw a vast expanse of bones stir.

The trembling bones collided, forming a torrent like a symphony.

As the bluish-black light curtain fell.

Whoosh—

Large areas of skeletal remains, as if they had come to life, were drawn in and absorbed, gathering together.

They intertwined, merged, settled, and solidified.

Like tough skeletal ropes, they constantly coupled and twisted, finally coalescing.

Soon.

At one point, a skeletal wall about three meters high, five meters long, and roughly thirty centimeters thick, and very solid, appeared before everyone's eyes.

And the iron-blue radiance made the entire skeletal wall shine brightly, illuminating the surrounding large area.

"Iron Coupling Source Wall?"

Tanilu instantly jumped up, his eyes almost popping out.

"Impossible…… This is absolutely impossible……"

He walked dazedly toward the wall bursting with iron-blue light.

Even his trembling four legs walked unsteadily; he didn't mind falling over.

As he walked, he kept muttering.

"How could anyone summon an Iron Coupling Source Wall on their first use of the bulwark ritual?"

"This must be an illusion……"

"He must be deceiving me with some kind of blinding witchcraft……"

"Thud!"

The sheep's head and the Iron Coupling Source Wall collided, producing a dull thud.

"This isn't an illusion; it's…… real!"

Tanilu, examining the iron-blue wall, was completely dazed.

The wall extended infinitely to both sides and upward within his field of view.

Soon Tanilu's world was completely submerged in the depths of the Iron Coupling Source Wall.

Watching the black sheep kneeling at the wall's base, weeping.

Amante glanced curiously at Taku.

"He…… what's wrong with him?"

"The sinking of ecological faith!" Taku said bluntly.

"Ah! What does that mean?"

After glancing at Tanilu, Taku then slowly elaborated.

"The ecological world constituted by the wall."

"There exists a great wall holy spirit, and also tradition and faith."

"Through ritual magic, one can summon the seed of a mighty bulwark wall, then forge with one's own source energy an anchor for one's own wall ecology, making one's extraordinary ecology more stable."

"In short, the bulwark is merely a part."

"But…… in order to resist the pollution of the dark sun, it seems he has stacked too many bulwarks."

"Thus affecting his sequential ecology, and then affecting his soul's will."

"And my 【Iron Coupling Source Wall】 is a higher-level bulwark compared to his 【Source Pattern Bulwark】."

"A higher-level wall will affect a lower-level wall."

"So……"

Taku looked at Tanilu and found that Tanilu had already begun frantically licking the Iron Coupling Source Wall, a physical-level frantic licking.

The scene began to become abstract.

"Is your Iron Coupling Source Wall impressive?"

Amante was amused by this scene.

"Just a bit higher than his wall." Taku said lightly.

"Really!" Amante somewhat disbelieving, could a little higher make Tanilu like this?

Taku stepped forward to prepare to dispel the wall.

If this continues, Tanilu might end up completely anchored by the Iron Coupling Source Wall.

Becoming a sheep-like bulwark devotee that can't be dragged away even if beaten to death!

In the submersion of the wall world, Tanilu frantically licked the great wall.

"Slurp…… slurp……"

Soon, Tanilu came to his senses.

He felt his own rather abstract, bizarre manner of movement.

"Ah…… ptooey ptooey ptooey……"

Tanilu quickly stepped back, then glared angrily at Taku.

"Damn bastard, he definitely did it on purpose."

When he looked again at the wall,

the iron-blue radiance was gone.

but the sturdy wall built of skeletal remains still stood there.

Iron Coupling Source Wall!

It inherently possesses the ability to shape wall forms.

Naturally, it's a little expert at building walls.

And his 【Source Pattern Bulwark】 lacks this ability; it can only attach to existing walls.

He inspected the wall whose Iron Couple Source Wall had already dispersed.

In Ta Ke's mind surfaced the bulwark deeper in the wall world that the 【Precise·Correction】 had probed.

Above the Iron Couple Source Wall, there is an even stronger bulwark.

But Ta Ke's current strength is still too weak.

It cannot be guided over; even if it could be guided over, it is like water dripping from a faucet, accumulating drop by drop.

And the Iron Couple Source Wall's effect is already good.

With a bit more time, Ta Ke can completely construct a strong bulwark.

More importantly.

The seed of this ritual witchcraft, 【Witchcraft·Bulwark】.

Having already been through this contact, it has already silently manifested in Ta Ke's ecology.

Ta Ke has formally mastered the ritual witchcraft 【Witchcraft·Bulwark】.

However, Ta Ke did not go check his newly obtained ritual witchcraft.

Instead, he looked toward the entrance of the Undead High Tower Skeleton Passage.

"What a rare guest!"

Ta Ke softly spoke.

Only then did Amanti and Tanilu look over.

Only seen, the steam knight 'Xiluoer' bathed in steam stood there silently.

And before that, they were completely unaware.

(End of Chapter)