Chapter 747: Chapter 349 Exploring Summoning_2
Leon shook his head helplessly.
The success of the Wolf Family Young Master wasn’t just because his bravery spread fame during the north-south war in Mamor County, but perhaps more because the resentment of the wandering souls was too heavy. Otherwise, being caught by the ritual would be equally difficult.
Moreover, regardless of the magnitude or actual impact, a personal hero’s name is ultimately more easily remembered than a collective’s.
The world can remember a few distinct names, but it’s impossible to remember the names of every person in a collective sacrifice.
It’s hard to remember the names of more than five or six people, not to mention that the sacrifice was on the scale of an entire army.
At most, we can remember what they represent…
Suddenly, a hoarse voice, Leon’s fingers touched his chin.
…represent the collective?
A flash of inspiration.
The expansive imagination instantly gave Leon a new idea.
The individual soul of a Holy War Knight, someone whose fame was not apparent before the war, indeed doesn’t leave a deep mark on the world.
But as a group that ended the Undead War, the Holy War Knights are very renowned.
Especially every “Holy War Knight” who survived after the war can continue to spread this glory-filled title and reputation.
Could the Netti Card directly summon and accommodate multiple heroic souls?
It seems that in Lady Aphrodite’s manuscripts, it wasn’t mentioned that it couldn’t be done, right?
After two failed summoning attempts, Leon destroyed the casting traces and led the troops back to Avalon Castle.
After having the knights return the coffin of the sacrificed Guard to the hero’s cemetery, he visited Lady Adelina to return Count Eriv’s old belongings.
Temporarily speaking in a gentle manner to comfort her, he mentioned that he found traces suggesting Eriv might still be alive. Leon didn’t rush to tell her that he might have been transformed into a non-human existence.
Not until he truly found and confirmed the whereabouts and situation of Thorny Flower Earl, did Leon want to see this lady crying every day, whether or not she had already faintly guessed something.
After leaving Adelina’s residence, Leon pondered how to try his previous idea.
Aiming at the renowned group of “Holy War Knights,” using the Netti Card to summon multiple wandering souls that embody this name in one go.
Regardless of whether each of them individually is famous enough, at least as the hero’s army that ended the Undead Magic Disaster, this group undoubtedly left a profound mark on the world.
The current problem is, what base should be used to point to the Holy War Knights?
Should he collect all the knights’ relics and place them into the summoning ritual together?
Discussing this idea with Kovis, Leon hurried to the Mage Tower, where he found the compiled, thick design drawings, and experimental manuscripts left by Lady Aphrodite, resembling a heavy tome, about the Netti Cards.
The two of them dived into the library with the heavy manuscripts, began searching for relevant magic guidebooks, and studied with great difficulty the feasibility of multiple summons.
During this investigation, Leon and Acro spent a whole day and night without leaving the tower, and it was only Azeryan and Lokhak who took turns bringing them food.
Another day passed, and Leon, who was sleeping soundly on the sofa in front of Lady Aphrodite’s bedroom on the living layer of the Mage Tower, was suddenly shaken awake, making him startle.
Perhaps he was brain-exhausted from studying the magic guidebooks, or maybe the environment in the Mage Tower was too safe; he was in such deep sleep that he didn’t even sense someone approaching.
However, upon smelling the fragrance of rich fish and meat, Leon opened his eyes, saw Olivia carrying a basket of food, and relaxed.
“Just back from Selva?”
He smiled, stretched lazily, and immediately got up to kiss his wife, only to have Olivia press a finger on his lips.
“Brush your teeth first, or you don’t get a kiss,” Olivia said softly with a pretended disgust on her small face.
Leon could only obediently comply.
Although the extraordinary ancient mage Lady Aphrodite didn’t leave any regular’s toiletries, fortunately, it wasn’t Leon’s first time staying at the Mage Tower, so he had left some personal care items there.
Although, since becoming a Mage, no bacteria could survive the high-temperature oral cleaning he performed with Hot Element, and deposits could also be cleaned with spells, he retained the habit of brushing his teeth. After all, living with Olivia every day, casually using spells to clean his mouth in front of her could lead to comedic situations if disturbed by the Disturbing Magic Field, resulting in burning his mouth or knocking out a few teeth.
After washing up, Leon called Kovis, who had already dived into the library early, back to the second floor for dinner.
“I heard from Azeryan that you guys bunkered down in the tower for two days without coming out right after coming back. What were you working on?” Olivia asked curiously, leaning against Leon.
Leon decided to tell the young lady.
“…That Magic Card can revive all the Holy War Knights at once?” Olivia listened with her eyes sparkling.
Although she knew how powerful those Crystal Cards in Leon’s hands were, the idea of bringing back so many brave warriors who once fought together still made Olivia a bit excited.
Leon, however, shook his head regretfully and took out the black Netti Card from his pocket.
“As much as I’d like to save the lives of all the Holy War Knights, after these days of calculations and deductions with Kovis, it’s theoretically impossible for a Netti Card of this material grade to accommodate thousands of wandering souls. After all, a Netti Card isn’t just a simple tool to contain wandering souls; it also has to reconstruct their spiritual bodies and existences.”
The card crafting spiritual body for numbers above a thousand, perhaps the Silver Netti Card with Yisuya Soul Stone could do it? But now, even Galron’s card can’t be fixed, so I can only daydream.
Whether this idea of summoning established heroic souls can succeed is still uncertain.
As Leon ate, he continued to share their research results with Olivia over the past two days: “For this attempt, too many messy ritual bases are useless; even an individual’s relic can’t summon a single wandering soul, so piling them won’t help.
Just like a directional offering needed to summon a single wandering soul, it needs a relic that directly points to the collective concept of ‘Holy War Knights’.”
“A collective concept…?” Olivia thought for a moment: “For example… your banner?”
“My banner symbolizes the Pendragon army more, so if it’s just summoning the knights who fell under my command, we could try, but there’s another more suitable and clear sign. It symbolizes the ‘Holy War Knights’ concept more profoundly and directly, and it should have a higher success rate if used. However, that item is currently with Baron Yevan.”
With that, Leon put down his fork: “Coincidentally, the Knight Order has been resting for quite a while. We should also check the situation in the Sobonitz Domain. David mentioned that the undead in southern Kantadar are now fighting among themselves, so I plan to bring an elite unit to check out the situation in the south, and before you returned, I failed to summon Count Eriv, indicating he might still be alive. We’ll also investigate where the vampire army that attacked Kilmerton initially ran off to.”