Secret: I can play two paths

Chapter 42 The Formation of the "Gate of Summoning"
After Star prepared the things and presented them to him, Klein made the objects that materialized in front of him disappear, extended his spirituality to wrap himself, and simulated the feeling of falling rapidly.

After returning to the bedroom, he yawned, forced himself to be alert, drew out the ritual silver dagger, sealed the entire room with the spiritual wall, cleaned the desk, and placed a mint candle in the center.

He placed his right hand on the candle wick and ignited it with spiritual friction.

In the flickering dim light, Klein dripped corresponding essential oils, hydrosols, and herbal powders into the flame.

A tranquil and leisurely fragrance instantly filled the air, and the room was sometimes bright and sometimes dim.

Taking two steps back, Klein looked at the candle that symbolized himself and whispered in Giant language:
"I!"

Then he switched to Hermetic language:
"I call in my name:"

"The Fool who does not belong to this era, the mysterious master above the gray fog, the King of Yellow and Black who controls good luck."

As soon as he finished speaking, he felt the flickering yellow candlelight and the peaceful and leisurely fragrance around him blend into an illusory vortex, madly absorbing his spirituality.

"O dormant flower of the red moon, please pass your power to my spell..." Klein endured the pain of having his spiritual power drained away and finished reciting the rest of the spell.

At this time, he saw that the candle flame stopped shaking, stood there quietly, and turned grayish-white, stretching out to the size of a palm.

"I didn't summon anything... Yeah, Star said that I need to go above the gray fog to respond. I'll take the talisman he gave me and try to bring the thing down..."

"If this works, I won't have to spend spiritual materials to bestow things upon myself in the future..."

Klein pinched his forehead, which was aching from emptiness, and forced himself to cheer up.

He paused for more than ten seconds, took four steps backwards, and came to the top of the gray fog again. He saw circles of light patterns spreading out from the top of the ancient long table.

This comes from the strange symbol on the back of the high-back chair - a strange symbol composed of the "eye without pupil" that symbolizes secrecy and the "twisted line" that symbolizes change.

Klein just made a gesture of reaching out to touch it, and immediately his ears rang with the sounds of spells such as "I! I summon in my own name," "The fool who does not belong to this era," and "The mysterious master above the gray fog." He also saw the surging spirituality and the spreading light patterns mixing to form an illusory, unformed door.

The door was shaking and trying to open. Klein immediately had an inspiration and had a strong intention to push it open.

He wanted to see if he could open the door by himself and complete the ritual of "summoning oneself".

Almost instantly, the boundless gray fog and the magnificent palace were suddenly pulled in, creating barely visible ripples.

The ripples circled one after another, surging towards the illusory, unformed door.

However, no matter how hard Klein pushed, the door could not be opened, and all the movement eventually returned to silence.

"Because the 'Gate of Summoning' has not been fully formed?" Klein retracted his thoughts and analyzed the cause of the failure with a frown.

——This is the name Star gave to the illusory door.

“Well, my spirituality is insufficient, and I am unable to construct a complete ‘Gate of Summoning’… When I advance to Sequence 8 and get through the dangerous initial stage, I can try again. Perhaps there will be no problem then…” Klein nodded slightly, roughly understanding what was going on.

Is it that "Please come back to explore the area ahead later"? "But in that case, how can these spells that Star mentioned help me?"

Klein picked up the talisman that Star had offered as a sacrifice, carried one of them on his body, and then chanted in ancient Hermetic to the other talisman:

"tamper!"

In an instant, a force that did not belong to the gray fog appeared out of nowhere.

Unlike in the original book when he was divining the mutated sun holy emblem belonging to the Eternal Blazing Sun, Klein's entire body was burning and turned black, and the bronze hall was also destroyed.

This piece of space just had a slight violent tremor, as if something strange had mixed in.

This scared Klein, and he thought the divination result was wrong.

Fortunately, the reaction of the gray fog space quickly subsided under Klein's gaze.

Then Klein felt as if his spirituality had gained some temporary expansion.

He took a deep breath, used meditation to steady his mind, and reached out to touch the target.

Almost at the same time, he heard the summoning spell he had just recited, and saw the surging spirituality and rippling light patterns blending together to stretch out an illusory door.

Compared with the last time, this door is completely formed and covered with mysterious patterns!
And these patterns are connected in the center to form the strange symbol behind the high-back chair of "The Fool", a strange symbol composed of part of "eye without pupil" and part of "twisted line".

Looking at the illusory door that was shaking and about to open, Klein concentrated his mind and gave it a strong push.

Silently, the unchanging gray mist and the majestic ancient palace seemed to be thrown into a stone lake, creating circle after circle of ripples that surged towards the direction of the "Gate of Summoning".

A heavy friction sound suddenly rang out, and the illusory, strange door suddenly cracked open a tiny gap. Through it, one could vaguely see that behind it was an extremely dark and deep world, with countless transparent shadows of indescribable shapes, and one after another bright light of different colors, which contained endless knowledge.

At this moment, Klein felt an unimaginable and irresistible suction coming from inside the door, and he was thrown over involuntarily.

Oh my! No room for consideration? Just as he was shocked, a figure passed through the gap and disappeared into the darkness behind the door.

The extreme dizziness in his "head" and the nearly crazy roar gradually subsided, and Klein finally regained his self-awareness.

He saw a young man in front of him wearing a worn shirt, with black hair and brown eyes, and ordinary facial features. He was of medium height and thin, but seemed to have a lot of strength. He had a distinct scholarly air but did not look gloomy at all.

...Isn't this me? Klein was no stranger to such scenes. He encountered similar things every day when he looked in the mirror and sorted his clothes.

He nodded imperceptibly and looked around with understanding. He saw his bed covered with white sheets, the coat rack with a half-high silk hat, a tuxedo and a thin black windbreaker hanging on it, the shelves with many books, the desk that was tidy except for a candle, and the candlelight emitting a grayish-white halo.

Now he was floating in front of the palm-sized gray-white circle, and he couldn't help but open his mouth wide.

How does the Stana spell work?
(End of this chapter)