The monsters around the altar had once been three important members of the Moses Ascetic Order. After the ritual began, they had to continuously chant the summoning incantation. It was extremely long and would take three days and three nights to finish.
Once the incantation was complete, the Real World and the starry sky would temporarily connect, allowing the evil god to descend upon Backlund.
At the same time, the three of them had to continuously maintain the phantom within the Fourth Epoch ruins. This trap, which could deceive even a Demi-God and restrain four Demi-Gods, demanded that the three of them pay a tremendous price.
Before they realized it, they had already become monsters with their hair hanging loose.
Layer upon layer of wrinkles had appeared across all their skin, like the folds of flesh squeezed out of an excessively obese person by countless ropes.
Their skin had turned blue and dry. Apart from retaining a humanoid shape, they no longer possessed many human characteristics.
Only their eyes still flashed with the light of wisdom and madness.
They focused on chanting the incantation, as if this were the only thing left in the entire world. No one could disturb them.
Bernadette noticed that the Magic Formation had extremely sturdy defenses, making it difficult to interrupt the ritual from outside.
She pondered briefly. Suddenly, a phantom frog with a chubby head Reproduction behind her.
Croak, croak~
The frog croaked twice. Among the three monsters circling the altar, one suddenly became shorter and fatter, transforming into a frog as well.
Yet the monster that had become a frog continued hopping around the altar, still chanting the incantation.
Bernadette frowned. This was the protection granted by the ritual's Magic Formation. No matter what they transformed into—even if they died around the altar