Kroya chose the bottom of the lake as the place to make the Prayer Light Holy Water, Prayer Light Wings, and Light Link Scroll.
Testing the mushroom's reaction was one reason. The other was... he really did need to draw on the mushroom's sacred power. Running out of power halfway through the process would be a problem.
Of these three alchemical creations, the Prayer Light Holy Water was relatively the easiest to make.
The Baron had provided ordinary holy water. What Kroya needed to do was use a Light Summoning Magic Array to summon "prayer light fireflies," a special form of life that lived in the elemental plane.
After obtaining the prayer light fireflies' help, he would also need to merge their prayer light fire into the holy water, turning it into a semi-elemental creation.
Only then would the initial stage be considered a success.
Finally, Baron Kermoyer would have to personally merge his consciousness into the Prayer Light Holy Water to fully complete it.
According to the descriptions in Light Miracle, prayer light fire was a flame capable of holding consciousness, allowing it to follow people's instructions and commands.
"Hmm, isn't this basically just controlling fireflies?"
Muttering to himself, he reviewed the light Magic Array in Light Miracle once more, then extended a finger and began drawing on the soil before him. He had gone to great lengths to obtain this soil. It was "pure" soil; legend had it that the god had first delivered an oracle to the Church upon soil.
It counted as a spellcasting material, he supposed.
At the same time, he sang a solemn, majestic hymn aloud.
"Sacred fireflies from the Flawless Realm..."
"I beseech you, descend from the Flawless World into this defiled realm."
"All suffering, all sorrow, all pain shall fade with your