Beneath the towering High Tower at the very center of Dark Night City.
In the vast underground hall, the enormous, exquisitely detailed magic array finally took shape with the completion of its last stroke.
Its radiance pulsed like a heartbeat. A single glance was enough to draw anyone into the great knowledge and power it held. This was undoubtedly the most reliable sacrificial magic array in the history of the Dark World, the finest array perfected by the Five Great Origins of Dark Night City, each contributing from a different field.
"We finally finished before Hell's gaze fell upon us!"
Sir Awen smiled and clapped his hands, studying the Root-Level magic array he had designed specifically to transfer Lynn.
It represented the combined efforts of all Five Great Origins.
With it, summoning signals transmitted from a Surface World could be received precisely, no matter how far that world was from Hell, perfectly ensuring the success of the summoning ritual. More importantly, it could significantly reduce the energy required to summon a Hell Creature.
In plain language, offerings that would normally only summon a Transcendent-level creature might now summon a higher-level creature for the same price!
Its sole drawback was this.
It did not work on Origins.
"Furthermore, of the 201 Surface Worlds that received our messages, 51 have explicitly confirmed that they can prepare the offerings and perform the summoning within the allotted time."
Sir Awen waved his hand.
With a ripple of psionics.
One glowing image after another appeared in the hall.
They showed the fifty-odd worlds they had contacted during this period: technological civilizations, magical civilizations, insectoid civilizations, ancient worlds resembling the Middle Ages, and uncanny elemental civilizations.
And without exception.
They were all cultists the group had beguiled!
"We've settled on the designation, too. Publicly, we'll uniformly