Not praying for ten strings

During the demon-summoning ceremony, Aiwass finally recalled his past life's memories.
This should be an online game that his family's company had released and operated for six years. Now, his foster father was the leader of the latest version's antagonist organization.
He would expose his identity six years later, hesitate and then defect from the protagonist's side. Ultimately, because he decided to take a fatal strike meant for the player character, he was killed by his upright older brother in a transitional CG without even a chance to enter the main content.
——But the problem was not too significant. Aiwass also knew many secret advancement routes exclusive to the player character, as well as the Nurturing Secret Sequel regulations of the various Paths. He believed he could reverse his unfortunate fate……
So now there was only one issue left.
"According to the original plot, shouldn't I have been rescued by the protagonist before this lousy ceremony even began?"
Tied to the ceremonial altar as a sacrifice, Aiwass fell into contemplation.
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Keywords: Victorian Fantasy, Amber Flow


When the plot-skips players into the game world

After obtaining the fragment of the Red-Handled Sword, Aiwass began preparing the ritual to summon Merlin.


In fact, there wasn't a ritual like this. But when Aiwass had previously met Merlin, Merlin had given him an invocation to summon himself, which was akin to exchanging phone numbers.


Although Aiwass was not a Great Sorcerer, his skill in rituals was far from ordinary.


With this invocation serving as the core of the ritual, Aiwass could directly construct a ceremony to summon Merlin:


The key intelligence was that Merlin was a "Knight," a "Half-Demon," and also a "Mage."


Because of this, the key numbers for summoning Merlin were Wisdom as four, Strength/Authority as seven, and Transcendence as eight. Combined with the information that Merlin liked mysterious, beautiful things and traveling, he enjoyed gourmet food, beautiful women, and fine wine, and that "Merlin" meant "Prime Minister" in some places, the materials for constructing the ritual were thus determined.


Chapter 496: Merlin's Summoning Ritual