(Thank you very much to 'Soybeans Love Reading' and 'Erciyuan de Shuangxiezuo' for the tips!)
Fuyuki City...
The number of pedestrians on the streets gradually began to dwindle, and the traffic passing back and forth also sharply decreased during this time of day.
Streetlights flickered on one after another, casting soft light over the streets shrouded in darkness. Lights also appeared in the windows of every home, scattering Fuyuki City's nightscape beneath the sky like stars adorning the earth.
In one of Fuyuki City's more prominent estates, Wu Yan was kneeling on one knee in the hall. Golden magical flames burned on one of his fingers as it moved steadily across the floor, his expression extremely focused.
Beside the kneeling Wu Yan, Hinagiku and Mikoto stood silently at his left and right. Their dazzling eyes were fixed on the floor. Though they were not quite holding their breath, they kept their movements to a minimum so as not to disturb him.
As the finger wreathed in golden magical flame continued to move, golden lines containing faint ripples of magic appeared across the floor in accordance with Wu Yan's movements, forming a precise pattern.
Upon closer inspection, it was an exceptionally complicated Magic Array, one of the most intricate types among all magical formulas!
More accurately, it was a large-scale ritual Magic Array.
However, this so-called ritual Magic Array currently consisted only of the array itself. Not a single item required for the ritual had been prepared.
In other words, regardless of what kind of formula Wu Yan intended to perform with this Magic Array, without the necessary ritual items and arrangement, the formula would ultimately remain incomplete and unable to truly display its power.
Time gradually passed. The hall remained silent as Wu Yan devoted every bit of his attention