Nimrod watched Lumian approach, covered in blood and carrying the "Noodle Man's" head, and placed a hand on his shoulder.
"You did well."
"Come on. Let's head back first, then perform the ritual in the 'safe house' in your Dream Ruins."
The two avoided the monsters along the way and quickly returned to the vicinity of Lumian's "safe house."
Of course, there were so many monsters here that Nimrod also cut down quite a few along the way with his Sun Scythe, which was doubly effective against monsters that had lost control. Lumian, who had approached his limit after "hunting" just two monsters, could only stare.
As Lumian pushed open the door and stepped inside, he asked Nimrod,
"Godfather, what kind of ritual are you going to perform?"
"First, we need to conduct an Occult Studies ritual using the most common binary ritual method." Nimrod took out the materials he had collected during the previous cycle of the Mysteries Timeline.
"The materials corresponding to the great existence that contaminated you are gray amber, tulip, lilac, and musk. We'll use them to make candles and lay out the ritual formation."
"Of course, the essence of this ritual isn't to pray to that great existence, but to the seal on your chest. That means we need an additional medium-mixing your blood into the candle representing the god will serve that purpose."
Candles were an important component of mystical rituals. Before coming to the Circle of Inevitability Timeline, Nimrod had already finished making these candles. Only the one requiring Lumian's blood remained unfinished.
Nimrod deftly set up a Wall of Spirituality around them, without feeling any depletion of his spirituality at all.
At Nimrod's prompting, Lumian cut his palm with a small knife and mixed his blood into the candle-making materials.
Nimrod held