The sacrifice ritual...?
Alice recalled the ascension ritual of the Black Emperor.
The final sentence of the entire ritual left a deep impression on Alice because when she and Klein discussed the possibility of performing the Black Emperor, the hardest part was precisely this step--ingesting the Sequence 0 potion amidst the corresponding sacrifice rituals involving the vast majority of the populace, spread across different cities.
A sacrifice ritual...
Alice opened her mouth as if to speak, but after a moment of thought, she changed it to raising her hand instead. After glancing at her, Lady Arianna asked:
"Is there anything you wish to ask?"
Alice paused for a moment and replied, "I just have a guess about that thing..."
Lady Arianna nodded and looked back at Klein. After a half-beat pause, Klein opened his mouth and asked:
"What is the potion formula for the high sequences of the Spectator pathway?"
Alice looked at him with a startled gaze.
The expression on Hvin Rambis's soul looked much more relaxed as he answered at a slow pace:
"Sequence 4 Manipulator, Sequence 3 Dream Weaver, Sequence 2 Discerner, Sequence 1 Writer."
"What is the potion formula for the Manipulator?" Klein asked next, as though he hadn't seen Alice's condemnatory look.
Hvin Rambis didn't hesitate, saying in a dazed tone:
"The main ingredients are... The supplementary ingredients are... The ritual is: in a specific occasion with at least ten thousand people, ingest the potion amid their massive emotional resonance."
"Pfft." Alice laughed out loud.
Lady Arianna and Klein looked at her simultaneously with puzzled expressions. Alice waved her hand and then shook her head. Lady Arianna withdrew her gaze, and Klein didn't press on, merely continuing to ask:
"What is the potion formula for the Dream Weaver?"
"I don't know," Hvin Rambis said, shaking