On the Aifala Continent, "resurrection" is both a simple and difficult matter.
It’s deemed simple because the earliest spell involving the concept of "resurrection" in the spellcasters’ magic table is the 3rd Ring’s "Resurrection Technique".
This means that a Priest, Paladin, and other related professions and their sub-classes, who have just reached Professional Level 5, can acquire the ability to resurrect the dead.
It seems incredibly powerful, almost a little overpowered.
But in the real world, when considering the various stringent conditions it requires, this low-level spell becomes particularly cumbersome.
Not to mention the spell’s own requirements for casting materials, which are exceedingly expensive for general professionals.
The limitation that it can only resurrect creatures that have died within one minute already removes it from the beautiful essence of "resurrection", relegating it to an unpopular category.
One must know, under usual circumstances, who would have the ability and conditions to use such a spell.
Other than the upper nobles who died by accident, only adventurers encountering danger during missions.
Regarding the former, if you truly have the financial ability to hire professionals who master the relevant spell abilities alongside you long-term, consistently preparing casting materials, and are willing to bear the risk of resurrection failure...
Then perhaps the "Resurrection Technique" would be of some use to you.
But for adventurers, when a team member is killed or wounded, it mostly happens during combat, and it’s under very high pressure.
How can you then ensure that the battle can be settled within a minute?
Even if the deceased member is extremely important to the entire team, and you decide to cast the resurrection spell mid-battle, forcing the frontline warrior to endure intense pressure for a minute, consuming the team’s sole spellcaster’s precious time and spiritual power to cast the spell.
The other limitations of the "Resurrection Technique" will also put your entire team in an extremely perilous situation.
Apart from the "death must occur within a minute" condition, it also requires that the deceased’s body must be intact, without any part missing.
Even if resurrected, it merely returns to a gravely injured, near-death state, indistinguishable from the dead on the battlefield.
Throughout this process, all team members must close ranks, protecting the spellcaster from interference.
If the enemy has even a little intelligence at this time, realizing what you’re doing, then afterward, whether it’s damaging the corpse or disrupting the spellcaster’s concentration.
The magical turbulence and spiritual shock from spell failure will leave the in-team mages in a paralyzing state of being unable to cast spells.
Then comes the domino effect, dragging the entire team into the abyss of death.
Of course, the number of spells on the Aifala Continent is as vast as the ocean, with countless variants, improved, and refined versions.
Apart from the "Resurrection Technique", there are quite a few spells with a "resurrection" effect.
Yet most of them are high-level spells of the Sixth Circle and above.
And because "resurrection" itself requires pulling the soul that has already reached the Outer Plane, been summoned into the Divine Country, or made into soul coins by greedy devils, back to the Material Realm.
This places extremely high demands on the spellcaster’s professional ability, spiritual strength, and Professional Level.
Isidor is the main Priest of the Neum Moon God Church, with a Professional Level of "9", yet has not completed his class change, still a few steps away from "Transcendent".
The constraint of Professional Level restricts him to mastering spells up to the 5th Ring Level at most.
Aspiring to resurrect someone who has been dead for several days is quite challenging.
However... it’s not entirely impossible.
The first point, and also the most important.
He is a main Priest believing in the "Moon Maiden" Serenne, presiding over a large church.
Under the watch of the Divine, he possesses spell-casting abilities in certain domains far surpassing those of professionals at the same level.
Tonight is the yearly "Moon Feast", the time when Divine Moonlight is most active.
Lastly, on the altar, at this moment neatly placed beside the elven corpse, as if accompaniments for the grave:
Two top-grade blue diamonds of the highest purity sourced from Tiegu Mine;
A half-drop of golden tree juice from the life ancestral tree of the Emerald Forest;
A small synthesized Resonating Crystal from the Huancai City gravity laboratory;
And some other auxiliary expensive materials.
As for its specific value...
Setting aside the favor consumed in getting Isidor’s help.
It’s merely to say that the half-drop of golden tree juice alone is priced near five figures at the Huancai City Mage Shop.
Cornell had it planned before coming.
If this guy dares to welsh on his account after resurrection, he would directly uproot their family’s ancestral tree in Light Whisper Forest and sell it for money, using the surplus as interest.
Reluctantly stuffing the sheep-deer statue in his arms, under the Priest’s urging, Cornell dragged his indigo linen robe and came to the altar for one last check.
His gaze swept over the dead-white, bloodless delicate face of the golden-haired Elf, feeling a sense of relief.
Fortunately, the black robe goblin in the goblin nest didn’t know any necromancy spells.
Otherwise, if the elven corpse had absorbed some undead energy, or even transformed into an undead creature.
Then to resurrect it would require the 9th Ring’s "Complete Resurrection Technique" — perhaps only a few people on the entire continent would know it, and he certainly could not afford the reward needed for hiring such a high-level spellcaster.