As he gained a deeper understanding of the ritual, he discovered that the basic principles of the ritual left by the Witch Empress were very similar to those of the small-scale sealing ritual that Sister Delphine had taught him, only scaled down and avoiding the steps that required witch power.
This also meant that the Spiritual Practice Order to which Sister Delphine belonged had inherited some knowledge from the Fifth Era.
In any case, it took a full hour for the three of them to barely manage to set up the ritual site. Shard felt cold in his hands and feet, and the two witches also looked like they could hardly hold on any longer.
The small bell hanging by the wall chimed with the black wind, pulling at the silver wires tangled in the witches' hair, forming a pentagram pattern centered around the well.
Most of the runes on the walls had been refilled, and the ground had been reburied with ritual materials.
