Chapter 116: Limitations of the Spellbook
An hour passed quickly, and I didn’t pay extra to continue the time, as it would simply be a waste of money. It’s better to tip Dongli Yiren instead.
As I was leaving, I specifically gave Dongli Yiren a five-star review and left with a photo of her in her private maid outfit with her autograph, feeling quite satisfied.
I looked back at the maids who were still bidding me farewell; indeed, this money wasn’t wasted, and I would consider it a wonderful experience.
It was also an unexpected gain, after all, you never know how extravagant your roommates can be when you’re not around.
So, what is Guan Qiuling doing right now?
She said she was going to find a senior, probably to engage in some difficult activities. I hope this kind of thing doesn’t run into me.
Earlier in the café, I not only dealt with the class group chat issues but also asked Dongli Yiren about her class. She was assigned to Class 105, which has quite a significant difference in numbers, and it’s possible they might not even be in the same teaching building. However, classes don’t have fixed classrooms, so it’s uncertain.
At this stage, she hadn’t received an invitation from the class leader to join the group, and she didn’t even know what the counselor looked like, let alone who the class leader was.
It seems that this is a special case; the position of class leader probably isn’t that easy to choose, so the establishment of the class group shouldn’t be rushed either.
After all, not everyone in the class has gathered yet.
I spent the remaining time in the café continuing to read “Analysis of Spellbook Construction.”
Although it’s a popular science book, the content within presents essential knowledge that I need to understand.
For instance, the existence of spellbooks; the threshold for creating a spellbook is the level of an Extraordinary Witch, so I’ll set aside the matter of independently researching and creating spellbooks for now.
If one disassembles the spellbook, they’ll find that this non-physical existence, which operates on a one-click idiot-proof principle, is a comprehensive entity of magic and ceremony.
It explains what magic is, and what rituals are.
Magic is a means of causing supernatural phenomena through a series of operations, requiring corresponding Extraordinary Knowledge and mystical knowledge to grasp this method more “effectively” and “scientifically.”
Rituals are actions that enhance the effects of magic; any operation that cannot be explained with existing Extraordinary Knowledge and mystical principles, which constitutes part of the magic, is referred to as a “ritual.”
This is a relatively “scientific” summary, or perhaps a one-sided explanation of “rituals.”
After all, this is a popular science book; if the explanations above can’t be understood, then it would be a serious problem.
Of course, the spellbook encompasses much more than just these; it also has additional functionalities. For example, the cleaning spell the store manager gave me comes with a “user manual” for that spell, which is another type of information that can be added in.
What surprised me even more is that the existence of the spellbook can be transferred. At this stage, I can’t achieve that, but it certainly indicates a lot about various things.
Moreover, the human body is just a good carrier for the existence of the spellbook, not the only one.
This leads to situations where spellbooks are non-human carriers.
This situation is classified as a spell item, which serves a similar function to solidifying magic. However, if the carrier is of good quality, it can be an excellent medium for storing a spellbook.
Most spellbooks are collected in this form, for example, Shali has many such spellbooks in her small treasury.
Because of the varying carrying capacities of spellbooks across different carriers, different individuals using the same magic may show differences in effects. It’s like the saying that one cannot generalize about the physical constitution of people; that probably applies here.
The effects of magic are not only related to the individual’s constitution but also greatly influenced by the mental power employed. For instance, my mental power was tested as having an affinity with the benign attribute.
Basically, it belongs to the category of being a jack-of-all-trades, without any boosting effects; fortunately, it hasn’t been weakened, which is already good.
If someone has mental power biased toward elemental fire affinity, then her use of the Fireball Spell from the spellbook may be more powerful.
This roughly describes the relationship between the spellbook and the user.
The spellbook itself also has many usage regulations and limitations, which is the main content explained in this popular science book.
In simple terms, the spellbook can be classified as a “tool” that helps humans use magic.
Thus, many parameters arise, such as casting time, locking ability, error rate, explosiveness, stability, durability, cooldown period, and so on.
Even in the case of the same spellbook, there may be minor differences.
After roughly skimming through this, I have only one thought: can a person independently cast spells without the spellbook?
If an individual is strong enough, then they wouldn’t be limited by these parameters of the spellbook; cooldown times, casting speeds, all would be irrelevant.
Can a person reach such a level… maybe not, but how about an Extraordinary Witch at the transcendental level?
That should be feasible, right?
Even now, my mental power is enough to disturb the energy in the air, yet I can’t use magic.
It’s like being in water, where my mental power represents my hand, and the water represents the extraordinary elements in the air.
My hand can easily stir the water, but I can’t manipulate the water freely to achieve what I want.
At this moment, the spellbook resembles a water g*n; holding it allows me to utilize the water in a fixed manner.
If one day, I become a master of water, creating a wall of water with a wave of my hand, casually splashing water around, that would indeed be very appealing, even more free than using a water g*n.
But that isn’t something that happens overnight.
If I want to master power now, then I should grasp more “water guns”; if I want to break free from the limitations of the water guns, then I should take apart the water g*n and see what principles it uses to manipulate “water.”
As for how to disassemble the spellbook… isn’t Spirit Vision the best method for me?
Spirit Vision offers another perspective for observing the extraordinary world; it will present everything in detail before me, yet I can’t understand or comprehend it. What I really need now is to figure out how to make good use of Spirit Vision.
It seems it’s time to go to the library and find a book on Spirit Vision.
Previously, before I encountered the Extraordinary Academy, those ordinary people’s explanations and speculations about Spirit Vision were merely novelty, performing self-consistent points of logic for likes. If taken seriously, it would be laughable.
Of course, I don’t deny that their “pseudo-popular science” did help spark my yearning for the extraordinary for a period of time.
Sometimes, people just want an answer, right or wrong, believing or not believing is all that matters.
As long as the process of deduction is polished enough to be convincing, then it holds significance.
It’s like how people view the world, in a blend of emotional and rational, material and ideal forms; I too should find a way I can accept to understand this extraordinary world.
