For Legendary Mages who have reached the stage of a High-level Mage, many materials are no longer essential when arranging a ritual. The stronger their grasp of Concepts, the more freedom they have in the process.
Therefore, for certain High-level Mages skilled at manipulating Concepts, Ritual Magic is no longer impractical; it can even see preliminary use in combat.
Of course, High-level Mages rarely use Ritual Magic for combat. While powerful, it's clearly no match for Authority Magic. At least in the current era, Ritual Magic remains impractical for fighting, unless one imbues it with a sufficiently powerful [Mysterious] attribute.
But…
If you had that much powerful [Mysterious] attribute to spare, under the current Path of Wizardry, what kind of Magic wouldn't be strong?
While there is a saying that the Magic of a Legendary Mage grows stronger with age, that was a notion from many years ago. The Path of Wizardry is a path to seek Truth, so it is inherently always advancing.
