Chapter 46

First were the two books placed on the top layer of the wooden box, which were taken out at the very beginning.

Their names were already marked on the covers of the books.

They were exactly the Apprentice Guidance Method and the Apprentice Meditation Technique.

Gao De picked up the two books and flipped through them, confirming there were no discrepancies with the cultivation methods in his memory, then put them down.

It seemed Master Seda was not sinister enough to secretly hide something when teaching the apprentices cultivation methods.

Of course, it was more likely that Master Seda had never looked at these urchins in his eyes at all.

And he would never have thought that one of them would possess the ability to threaten him.

After seeing the title of the thinner book, Gao De's heart could not help but burn with heat.

"Magic Apprentice Manual: Introduction to Spells."

This was an introductory book for magic apprentices.

It seemed insignificant, but it was exactly what Gao De needed most at the moment.

Master Seda had never treated the apprentices as his true apprentices, so he had never taught them magic knowledge properly.

Don't look at the fact that Gao De had already mastered five spells; in reality, his understanding of the world of magic was no different from a commoner's—a typical case of knowing nothing.

This was equivalent to learning English through pinyin annotations; it looked like the real thing, but in fact, no knowledge system had been built at all. The further one learned, the more strenuous it would be, and sooner or later, one would fall behind.

Thinking this way, Gao De had already opened the book with great interest.

A striking line of text on the title page caught his eyes.

"The Three Principles of Magic Users."

Gao De was not unfamiliar with this term.

Amy had told him one of the three principles.

"Never let others know your spells."

Originally, Gao De only half-understood; he knew the principle of "know yourself and know your enemy, and you will never be defeated."

But he did not understand why spells were valued so highly, even being listed as one of the three principles of magic users.

However, after the duel with Master Seda, Gao De finally had a deep realization of this sentence.

If he hadn't known that Master Seda mastered the Fire Arrow spell, how would he have thought of the dust explosion kill move? If he hadn't known in advance that Master Seda mastered the Flash spell, he would have died on the spot from Master Seda's spell combo.

Spells are the lifeline of a magic user!

Because of this, Gao De was full of curiosity about the complete three principles.

He moved his gaze downward: 1. Knowledge is power.

2. Never let others know your spells.

3. Although spells are omnipotent, spells are not omnipotent.

"Hmm?"

The complete three principles made Gao De feel somewhat confused.

He could still understand the first principle, "Knowledge is power," to some extent.

Although from his current perspective, it should be called "Knowledge is money."

Gao De already had a profound understanding of the second principle, "Never let others know your spells."

However, he believed that more accurately, it should be called "Never let others know all your spells."

Because since magic users possess supernatural power, it is impossible not to cast spells.

As long as one casts spells, it is inevitable that others will know.

Therefore, it is impossible to hide all one's spells, but it is true that one must absolutely not expose all one's spells.

To achieve this, one must start from two aspects: either be cautious enough, or have a sufficiently rich spell reserve in one's own spell library.

It was just that the third principle, "Although spells are omnipotent, spells are not omnipotent," was somewhat difficult for Gao De to understand. It seemed to have similarities to the classic saying from his previous life, "Money is not omnipotent."

But after pondering it carefully, he felt the meaning seemed completely different.

After pondering for a while without understanding, Gao De firmly remembered these three principles in his heart, then stopped thinking about it and opened the next page of the book.

"What is a spell?"

The title was striking.

"A spell is an independent magical effect."

"It is a process of reshaping the magical power permeating the world and manifesting it in a specific area in a specific way."

"Spells can serve as a convenient tool, a survival necessity, a weapon, or a protective barrier."

"They can create or heal damage, they can also produce or eliminate specific states, they can draw or bestow life force; they can create or destroy everything."

"Spells are omnipotent!"

This should be considered the general outline of this book. Gao De's heart and mind fluctuated, moved by this rigorous academic yet boundlessly arrogant introduction.

Can spells truly be omnipotent? Who knows?

Anyway, magic apprentices certainly cannot.

Gao De had great self-awareness and continued to read downward.

"Spell Circle Rank."

"Every spell belongs to one of the ranks from 0 Circle to 9th Circle, although 9th Circle spells have not yet appeared to this day."

"The circle rank of a spell roughly indicates its strength and complexity, but low-rank spells are still incredibly magical, such as the 1st Circle spell 【Magic Missile】."

"Even among the 0 Circle spells that are often not recognized by high-rank magic users, there are classic spells like 【Mage Hand】—interestingly, these high-rank magic users who do not recognize 0 Circle spells as spells can hardly live without this spell in their daily lives..."

"..."

The division of spell circle ranks was common knowledge that Gao De already knew, but there were also details he did not know.

9th Circle spells have not yet appeared... according to the correspondence between magic user levels and spell circle ranks, does that mean there are no 9th Circle magic users in this world, and the most powerful ones are 8th Circle magic users? Gao De's thoughts drifted, and he couldn't help but think.

Thinking is thinking, but one cannot think too deeply; existence at the peak of the world like 8th Circle or 9th Circle magic users should not be something for a first-rank magic apprentice to waste time thinking about.

"Spell Rules."

"When anyone casts a spell, they should follow the same set of rules, namely casting time, casting range, and spell duration."

"Casting time is the time required for a magic user to trigger the spell model."

"Usually, the higher the circle rank of the spell, the more complex and massive the spell model, the more time it takes to trigger, and the longer the casting time."

"However, this is not absolute; some spells, although not high in circle rank, may require several minutes or even hours to cast."

"Some magic users, possessing certain special talents, can cast spells in an extremely short time or even instantaneously..."

"Casting range: the target of the spell must be within the spell's casting range. For spells like 【Magic Missile】, the target is a creature, while for spells like 【Fireball】, the target is a point in space."

"There are also some spells that only affect the caster themselves; the casting range of these spells is 'self'."

"However, once a spell is cast, the range of the spell's effect is no longer limited by the casting range, except for certain specific spells..."

"..."

"Spell duration is the length of time the spell remains effective."

"The duration of different spells varies greatly and can be measured in seconds, minutes, hours, days, months, or even years."

"There are even some spells whose duration lasts until the spell is broken!"

"Many spells are fleeting; these spells will instantly damage, heal, create, or change a creature or object in some way. Since the duration is only an instant, the consequences produced cannot be undone after the fact..."

"..."

(End of chapter)