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"It's simple, really. First, we'll seal the cave. Masters, I guess I'll be the one conducting the ritual?
I thought so... Dan Rol, I challenge you! We'll need Golden Skystones, let's have a rematch!
- <span class="mu-r">You're on! But if you lose, you'll call me Esteemed Big Brother!</span>"
The haul is way thinner than last time : the jewel prize of the Hunt is your 2nd stage stone.
Both of you gathered in addition four first stage stones. Truth is, you lucked a bit, despite your nose-provided advantage.
Then, you chalk up the ground of an empty room for fusion.
"Mistress, won't the lack of Snake Pet deter the ritual?
- <span class="mu-g"><span class="mu-s">It will make it harder for them. Straining their souls more. But we don't plan to gift them more than one spirit?
Your amazing link with three beasts let you bound with as much. It is not frequent. Four is rarely seen. Five... Maybe I saw once or twice.
Of course, there are legends of more bounded beasts. But I've seen Five at most.</span></span>
- What about the lack of our meditation technique?
- <span class="mu-g"><span class="mu-s">Their own clan's technique should be close enough for our purpose.</span></span>
- And the daughter? She can't bind as a mortal...
- <span class="mu-g"><span class="mu-s">As I'll stay, I'll supervise her daily cultivation. Her breakthrough shouldn't be far away.</span></span>"
Remains two kids to bind. By deference, you start with the Elder son. You require him to wear a piece of cloth over his eyes, which he's reluctant to.
A slap at the back of his head from his father, doubled with a lecture on how this is the Beast Tamer's secret that is being gifted to his ungrateful self gets him back to best behavior.
Blindfold on, you guide him to the ritual room, where waits a beaded snake, a Golden Skystone and some scales, gift of Snake Mistress.
"Circulate your Meditation Technique now."
Teeth clenched, visibly loathing being ordered, he still complies. The snake spirit, hissing and thrashing, is pulled toward the Wasteland cultivator.
It's quite interesting to layer your energy sight with your innate skill of element-smelling, leading to you pinpointing the exact instant the assimilation occurs.
The boy seems dizzy and heavily disoriented. Expected. You bring him to a bedroll (outside the ritual room), take his blindfold and let him rest.
You reproduce the exact same thing for Dan Rol, soon laying in a ball, clutching his shin near his brother.
Welp. Time for you own experiment.
You have a bit of apprehension - after all, you miss some components, mainly the "spear" aspect. But this is a too good opportunity to pass.
