Chapter 418: Magic
In general, the effects of magic are not intuitive.
For example, if you want to kill a person, the intuitive way is to wipe his neck with a sharp object, or directly stab him in the heart, and watch the dead body fall to the ground, and life disappears suddenly, which is called intuitive. Killing a person with a curse will start with a restless sleep and gradually experience suspicion, anxiety, hysteria, madness, and finally madness. At this point, he may lose his life for unjustified actions, or be sentenced to death for violating laws that are sufficient to cause death.
In short, the way magic achieves its purpose is procedural, and it is not intuitive that the death cannot be directly linked to the caster without the knowledge of the existence of magic. However, this difference is not intentional on the part of the caster.
In this sense, magic is a subtle means, and its subtlety lies in the fact that it lies between the natural and the man-made. The vicissitudes of the sea are the great power of nature, and if you can witness its process, you will not feel abrupt.
On the contrary, it is unnatural for humans to build cities, hollow out mountains to build castles, and change rivers to intercept water. Of course, there is also the relationship between humans and other intelligent beings as builders and so-called nature, but it is not in the main discussion, so we will make a rough division between the two. In this way, the line between man-made and natural becomes clear.
So how exactly does magic achieve its purpose? In short, it is a way of taking a human end as a result, and through the spell caster of the spell, the process of producing the result is naturalized.
Going back to the example of murder, whether with a knife or a curse, the purpose is the same, that is, to kill a person. But when magic achieves this goal, it tries to naturalize this process, and it causes the subject to go through a process from normal to insane, destroying himself with his own power.
This is just an example, in fact, there are many different schools of magic, and the effects of magic are also different. But in general, magic is like the craft of splicing. It's just that it is not a tangible thing, but a splicing of two unrelated natural things, from both ends of it, both are reasonable, but the process of reaching another from one reasonable is beyond life experience and logical cognition.
However, there are some differences in the magic that Wei Ya casts, and what she calls plastic energy magic is different from what she mentioned before. This is clear to everyone else in the team. While it appears that her spell has taken control of the beach through the medium of grains of sand, from the magical vision, she does not guide, but directly imposes on it with her own will.
Is there a difference? Carefully using magic to guide the formation and operation of a spell, and directly manifesting magic with one's own will, the latter may be more intuitive and secure.
But if this is the case, what is the difference between the so-called spellcasters and those evil gods who wield incredible power from outside the world? They are all imposing their own will on this world, only the difference in quality and quantity, and in a deeper place, they are the same.
Isn't it a great thing to use human body and strength to achieve something that only an extraterrestrial existence can do?
"They should be quiet for a long time, and thanks to the terrain here, the effect of the cave technique is much better than on the land. Wei Ya wiped the sweat from her forehead and said to her companions in a relaxed tone.
She had shown a hard time when she had just cast the spell, but now that she had finished casting, the female mage did not look damaged like the other casters, in stark contrast to Lolo, who was almost unstable.
At the beginning of this mission, the mysterious gray robe made everyone curious and in awe, and by now, the mage from the City of Ten Thousand Laws has substantially demonstrated the ability of the gray robe.
"Why do you look so normal? You should be very tired from casting such a wide range of spells. The old man with the pointed hat asked with a confused look on his face. It's everyone's problem too.
"By constructing a magic circuit in the brain in advance, you can store magic on the premise of occupying a lot of mental power. The disadvantage is that this is equivalent to a person constantly reciting texts in their heads while going about their daily lives, which will inevitably cause distraction, and at the same time, it will greatly limit the number of spells they can cast before the next preparation. The advantage is that you can use much stronger magic than you can build on the spot for a short period of time, which is an act that reduces the frequency of casting but increases the efficiency of casting. For spellcasters who act in a team, preparing spells separately will allow them to deal with most emergencies without any problems. The problem is that when you encounter an unexpected enemy, you will be caught off guard. ”
Of course, the person who said this series of analyses was not Wei Ya, and no spellcaster would take the initiative to report to his family. Cheese's eyes opened somewhere, maybe when Lolo was dancing, maybe when the female mage was using what she called a falling technique.
In short, the gray robe seemed to be in a peak state of mind, shaking the sand particles on his body as he stood up.
"You can see so much through just one spell cast?" Wei Ya's voice was a little hoarse, it was not the sequelae of spell casting, it was completely because of what Cheese said, it was the strategy of the mages in the City of Ten Thousand Laws in casting spells. In other words, that's what characterizes their genre. Even if the gray robe didn't give a more comprehensive account of the advantages and disadvantages of this method of spellcasting, it was enough to make the casters of the genre feel afraid.
"This idea, and the spell you just used, have been used as an example by my trainers. I just didn't expect anyone in this world to do this, and it developed into a whole system. Cheese's words didn't sound good or bad, he didn't say it, and Clark was illustrating it entirely as a counter-example when he gave this method of spelling, which was not necessary.
As for the reason why it would become a counterexample, it is not something that needs to be discussed now. It was only through this attack that the gray robe had a rough idea of what kind of place the so-called City of Ten Thousand Laws was, and he had to admit that he was looking forward to going there.
Expectation is anticipation, the current matter has to be resolved, and saying in a few words that Wei Ya's spell casting restriction means that her role on this beach can only be played here. The burial of the curse bones only blocked a wave of attacks, and they were now being put in their pockets, and they had to deal with whatever the other party threw in.
And expecting these spellcasters to destroy this pocket? The magic of the evil gods is the natural enemy of most spellcasters, and the terrible thing about them is that they are irrational, and it is extremely difficult to fight against unreasonable magic with reasonable magic, which is as funny as trying to convince a hungry tiger not to eat people.
But don't forget, Cheese is not your average spellcaster, he is half of the same kind as the evil gods, and such a magic unleashed by the cultist can be broken with a little bit of the power in his body if he wants to. The problem is, it's nothing more than announcing to others that he's more than just a spellcaster.
There is no need to do this. The suppression effect of magic is significant, but it does not mean that there is absolutely no way, as long as there is enough understanding, nothing is impossible.