The First Gospel Chapter 98 Life is about learning
"The first lesson in becoming a witch is to control your servants."
The witch said, "They will accompany you throughout your life, so please be careful when summoning them."
It is no secret that witches are weak. In order to overcome this weakness, Marian created a summoning spell. The summoned three-headed dog is enough to easily kill most demon hunters.
"Turn to page 18 of your spell book. There is a detailed summoning ritual and the required materials. The materials association has prepared them for you, but please remember that the three-headed dog you summon may not obey you."
Following the witch's instructions, An Ling turned the parchment book to the designated position. The book densely recorded the relevant steps and precautions of the summoning ceremony. She held the "Apprentice Manual" in her hands as if she was back in high school.
This world is truly full of suffering. Even if you become a witch, you cannot escape the fate of learning.
The five people holding the parchment book had different expressions, some were horrified, some were curious, and only An Ling had a look of reluctance on her face.
She didn't want to study or be a witch. She just wanted to go back to playing "Monster Hunter". During the day she was captured, she missed out on so much materials.
Damn witch!
Even though she was filled with dissatisfaction, An Ling had to continue reading. However, she soon discovered that she could understand all the obscure spells in the parchment book and could even recite them easily. So she couldn't help but study it for a while, and inexplicably felt a sense of gap from a poor student to a top student.
"So, who's going to be the first to try it?"
The witch's eyes swept over all the apprentices, and most of them subconsciously avoided her gaze.
An Ling understood the steps of the ritual and the meaning of all the spells. To her, the difficulty of the spells in the parchment book was on the same level as questions like “4×25=?”
It can be summoned, but it is not necessary.
No, it's not just unnecessary.
An Ling took another look at the appearance of the three-headed dog from a distance. She couldn't accept it from a physiological point of view - having her face covered with a torn bag was already the limit. When she thought of such a huge creature licking and rubbing against her, she couldn't help but feel a chill.
"I come."
The little girl next to her who looked younger than her spoke up. She was also one of the only apprentices who did not run away in fear when the three-headed dog fell from the sky.
After a day of contact, An Ling only learned that the girl's name was Luo Xin, and knew nothing about her other identity.
She didn't expect that this taciturn girl would be the first to step forward and break the deadlock.
"Very good, but you have to remember that in addition to the summoning ceremony itself, your thoughts and ideas during the summoning process will be reflected on the summoned creature."
The summoning ritual is directional, and only one creature, the three-headed dog, will be summoned. However, there are individual differences among the three-headed dogs. There are significant differences between the three-headed dogs summoned by different witches, and naturally there will be differences in strength.
Generally speaking, warlike three-headed dogs are powerful individuals, but also more difficult to control.
Luo Xin completed the ceremony with an expressionless face. His methodical movements showed that an old academic.
After completing all the steps, Luo Xin took out the small knife from her waist and cut the back of her hand without hesitation. The blood flowed along her fingers into the soil.
An Ling just watched silently from the side, and when she came to the part where the back of the hand was cut, she couldn't help but gasp.
The parchment book does mention the details that the summoning ritual requires a sacrifice of the summoner's blood.
"Teacher, I want to ask if anyone has accidentally cut their own artery?"
An Ling raised her hand and asked.
It is said that teachers like students who ask questions the most.
But the teacher didn't answer anything, and the look in her eyes was a bit scary. Hearing her sudden words, Luo Xin couldn't help but pause and turned to look at An Ling.
Before An Ling finished her words, her two sharp claws pushed out from the ground. This mighty movement did not tear the ground apart. For a moment, the huge body over five meters tall just stood in front of the apprentices.
What followed was a shrill howl, and the poisonous snake wrapped around the giant dog's body rushed out as if it had seen a delicious meal, and kept spitting out its tongue as if it would bite them in the next second.
The three heads of the giant dog opened their huge mouths at the same time, and a bloody storm rushed towards them.
Facing a giant dog that was several times larger than herself, Luo Xin was not moved at all. She stared at the giant dog and said coldly, "Sit down!"
The next second, the restless body actually crawled directly on the ground. The three dog heads dropped to the ground at the same time, and the snake head that jumped up also shrank back at the same time.
"Yes, you have great potential."
The witch's previous praise turned into surprise. Luo Xin's performance was no longer "excellent". She could not have imagined that such a talent would appear in a foreign country.
"Next."
"I come!"
Before An Ling was forced to do the job, a brave volunteer stepped forward in front of her. It might be that Luo Xin's success gave everyone confidence, making them feel that the three-headed dog was only ferocious in appearance, but was actually as loyal to its owner as the Husky.
The only one who saw through the truth was a girl who looked like...
cough.
An Ling did not act rashly because she smelled the scent of Flag .
She suddenly remembered what the witch had said before - although a total of six people were recruited, only two at most would be able to pass the apprenticeship assessment.
An Ling was not targeting anyone, it was just that Luo Xin had just succeeded, and according to probability theory, most of those behind her would be in trouble.
And the next second, the warm and sticky liquid splashed all over her face.
She wiped her face dully, without even having time to step back.
His face, hands, clothes and sleeves were all covered in red. Everyone standing nearby was not spared. An Ling didn't see clearly what had just happened, but she only vaguely caught a glimpse of a black shadow emerging from the ground.
Her relaxed mood was gone. This suddenness caught her off guard so much that she didn't even have time to prepare herself mentally.
The lady just now was still drawing a magic circle on the pile of dirt, and there were still several steps to complete.
An Ling stared blankly ahead, hearing a belated scream in her ears. In this confused emotion, she inexplicably thought of the scene yesterday evening when her elder sister peeled a plate of fruit and shared it with everyone.
The ending was completely different from what she had imagined.
She originally thought that apprentices who failed to complete the ceremony would receive a rejection notice similar to "failed the exam" and then be politely persuaded to leave the association.
If you fail the exam, you won’t die!
The witch who led the way stood in the distance the whole time, watching everything that happened indifferently, while the three-headed dog following her was lying on the ground and dozing off, and it seemed that it had no intention of coming forward to help.
An Ling would think again of what happened yesterday when Marianne Cesia took her apprentice's hand and lied to her, "We will be sisters from now on."
It was not until this moment that she realized that this was how the witches treated their "sisters".
"It seems that the ritual arrangement has failed, but it also serves as a reminder to you." The guiding witch showed no regrets at all, but instead showed an expression of watching a good show, "The ritual and the spell require absolute precision. If there is a problem in any link, it may lead to the consequences of the location... Then, who will be next?"
No one responded.
An Ling looked back at the apprentices who were shrinking back, then looked at the bloodstains on the ground that had not yet dried, and suddenly became furious.
"I come!"
She gritted her teeth, took a step forward, and stood in front of the other apprentices.
