Leon wasn't lying when he said Balak brought good things. These 10 people in front of him, they were all humans at the 6 Ring Magus stage. There was even one person who had 7 blood red rings.

Leon had studied a little about the meaning behind the ring owned by a magus in this world. Even after understanding how the magus system in this world worked, Leon already understood how the Fundamental Form affected the ring's characteristics.

The rings formed by the Magi in this world were mostly influenced by the magical techniques they were trained in and elements that mutated from the normal direction. From the ring, the reflection of a Magus' knowledge could be seen. They said something like the ring was a magus' pride before entering the next stage.

"But this is just an illusion of how lacking in methods this world has. The real reason is the inadequacy of the body's foundation which is unable to accommodate such dense knowledge and would interfere with the magical operations performed by a Magus."

That's why rings are formed by magi in this world. At least that was what Leon understood when he thought about it with the knowledge he had. Maybe there was more to the secret than he could understand, but Leon didn't bother thinking about it.

After all, he doesn't follow this world's system.

"With this, I can get better results." Leon almost wanted to laugh when he saw the people in front of him.

Leon closed his eyes and fully mobilized his mana. His mind moved quickly as thousands of words in a strange language formed around Leon.

All these words form in the air and form a pattern that forms a long sentence. Unknown mystical magic surged and formed a strange array in a certain pattern.

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Another series of words appear sequentially and form 2 other patterns.

'Barrier'

'Veil'

The atmosphere suddenly became very quiet and filled with tense silence. The sounds of insects and the wind coming through the window suddenly disappeared.

The 'Barrier' and 'Veil' serve to prevent any sensing and investigation magic that might be directed at this place. It was a bit of some of the other magic that Leon concocted and learned after he had basic level knowledge of magic and Mana.

"This should be enough. Balak will probably restrain himself from using investigation magic in this place, and I just need to worry about the people out there."

"And that means you can't see me either." Leon looked out his window and tapped the cane he had.

Another series of words appears to form another pattern. A colorless and crystal clear sword appeared in the air and shot out of the Betlam Family Mansion.

The sword shot out and smashed the window of a small inn near the Betlam family mansion, chasing the target that Leon saw.

"...!!!"

There, a hoodlum Leon met earlier was impaled by a colorless sword right through his throat. Without being able to say anything else, the person died on the spot while the sword disappeared as if it had never existed.

Can't we live while minding our own affairs? I don't have any grudges with them but why are they really persistent in pursuing and investigating me?

Leon didn't understand that person's reasoning so he would just save it for another time. He was more interested in his experience in using magic to attack.

The whole process of setting the magic pattern takes about 1.5 seconds and about 3 seconds to kill the target. There is a gap of almost 5 seconds for the enemy to be able to dodge or prepare a defense.

"Pretty slow. I need to get more used to using magic." Leon fiddled with his fingers while thinking about other possibilities in training magic release. After all, this was some magic he formed in his spare time and had not yet reached optimal condition.

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"That can be done another time, for now, I have other matters I need to take care of."

That's right, he had other matters to attend to. With the 10 people given by Balak, the most basic offerings needed for Blood Summoning have been fulfilled.

Leon opened the system in front of him with his mind and entered the Library option of the Magic Tower of Babel. To get the book out of the Magic Tower of Babel, Leon needed to use the system because the book was in Babel's Domain.

[Are you sure you want to take out the physical form of the book 'Basics of Blood Summoning?']

Leon immediately pressed 'Y' and a blood-red book appeared in the air. The book immediately flew into Leon's hands and slowly opened the first line of the book.

"The easiest catalyst that is most commonly found in the entire universe is blood. Flowing within the bodies of most living creatures, serving as the basics of how those living creatures work, Blood is something so basic that it is ignored by many Magi."

"Through blood as a catalyst, use it to achieve enslavement throughout the universe." Leon read the introductory part of the book.

He could not absorb the knowledge contained in this book because his soul was unable to accommodate the immense knowledge contained in this book.

But that doesn't mean he can't read it and practice what's in it. Leon read the book slowly without caring about the time that passed.

This book was different from the knowledge he usually got. Because in this book, there are lots of methods and ways to summon using blood sacrifice.

"The only drawback of this technique is, the races summoned will be greatly restricted. According to the book, one of the races that can be summoned is Blood Shadow."

"System, provide information regarding Blood Shadow," Leon said inside his head.

[Blood Shadow (Race)

One of the races is from a different dimension in the universe. A living creature that lives entirely in blood-stained shadows. They are a race that is neutral towards living creatures outside their dimension. This does not make them living creatures that are safe to encounter.

Not the best among the creatures in their dimension but the most skilled in magic involving shadows and blood. According to the records held by the researchers of the Tower of Babel, the best of this race are classified into a special category named Blood shadow: Eclipse]

"Eclipse…" Leon turned a few pages and found the requirements needed to specifically target Eclipse.

"Through the Magic Language method, prepare the required offerings and the contracts that must be executed. Especially for the Eclipse category, you must receive recognition from the Eclipse because, from the start, they were an evolved race that was devoted to serving the powerful Blood Shadows."

"Eclipse category summoning conditions, the only additional condition required is proof of the rulers."

"That's all???" Leon turned the page to see if there were any other additions but there weren't any.

This blood summoning is quite simple and does not require many conditions. As long as there was a catalyst in the form of blood and a summoning specifically targeted towards the Blood Shadow race, this method was actually quite easy.

Leon forms patterns and series of words according to the instructions in this book. The pattern looked like a hexagon printed with rows of complicated, blood-red words.

Various Unification Language words were printed all over the bodies of the people in this room. They were all sacrifices that Leon prepared to perform the blood summoning.

This is also the reason why Balak will show another vigilance towards Leon. But he had no other choice, he really needed someone who could help him take care of his problems without him having to lend a hand.

At least until he was strong enough.

After finishing the last letter on the forehead of the person with the 7 rings, Leon walked back and took out a knife.

"I hope it will work." Leon raised his hand, cut the blood veins, and walked around, letting it flow to wet the people kneeling there.

Leon walked in a spiral pattern and circled from the outermost to the center. Once finished, Leon placed his hand on the head of the person with the 7 rings and began to cast a spell from the book in his other hand.

"With blood as the link and this man as the offering, those who live in the blood-filled shadow. Servant of the Blood Shadows, I call you, and answer my call."

There was silence for a moment before the thousands of written words suddenly lit up in red.

***

"Someone… Someone tried to perform a Cross Dimension summoning. What crazy person would try to do that openly?"

"This shouldn't happen, right?" A man looked in surprise towards Maple City. Even though the distance between the two was so far, he could feel it even though it was very faint.

"No, this wasn't supposed to happen. In 10 years from now, no one will have contact with other dimensions. It was only done by a reincarnator from another world after he soared at Pendragon Academy in the royal capital."

"I can only feel that the direction is from Maple City. Acacia, has there been any change to the destiny of Maple City?"

"Let me check for a moment." Acacia exhaled smoke from the pipe in his mouth. He looked at the gray smoke with a gloomy gaze. "I can't see anything."

"Then check the karma that exists in Maple City."

Acacia looked at the man who asked with a strange look. "You want me to look into the karma that exists in Maple City? You know that at least 3 million people are living in that place alone, right? Almost all of them are Magi and quite a few of them hide their strength."

"Without the eyes of the Betlam family's youngest child, there's no way I would have done it without being detected."

"So you're saying that you can't do anything?" The man snorted displeasedly.

"It is not like that. My subordinates have started moving in Maple City." Acacia took another breath from the pipe and exhaled. This time, an image was formed from the smoke. The image of the man who attacked Leon that day was displayed in the smoke.

"I've placed the pawn. Now we just have to wait for the results."