The Queen of Scrolls never admits defeat

Chapter 113 The Function of Spells

The little witches mostly understood.

Spellcasting commands do not necessarily have to be based on or imitate physical objects; they can also be based on language, memory, and imagination.

They don't understand memory and imagination yet, but they do understand language!
Several little witches immediately plunged their wands into the ground: "Fertile!"

The magical power was mobilized, but also depleted.

However, nothing happened.

The soil in front of us has not changed at all.

Without a doubt, the spell failed.

“Magic doesn’t understand witch’s language.” Amisha shook her head and said, “Language is to help us form clear instructions, not to be given to magic! When you first learn, your language instructions must be accompanied by a certain amount of mental interpretation so that your magic can understand. The shorter the spell, the more detailed the mental interpretation is required.”

The little witches were confused. What did they mean by "not for magical power to hear"? Aren't the commands meant for magical power to hear?

Moran, however, seemed to be deep in thought.

She squatted down and poked the tip of her cane into the soil: "Make it fertile! Make it more suitable for crops to grow!"

As she recited those words, she couldn't help but think of the black soil of her past life, the vegetable garden of Cui Xi Yuan's family, and the thriving crops in the fields managed by the fairies.

Finally, all thoughts turned into one wish: "I hope that the land here will become as fertile and suitable for crop growth as the black soil of my past life, the vegetable garden carefully tended by Shana's mother in Cuixi Plain, and the farmland managed by the fairies."

As soon as he finished speaking, green light surged from the tip of the staff, seeping into the soil and making the soil soft and fertile.

"It's a success!" Vasita exclaimed.

Could it be because her spell wasn't long enough?

She tried again: "Make it fertile! Make it more suitable for crops to grow!"

Unleash magic.

However, nothing happened.

The little witch, who also tried to imitate Moran's spell, failed.

"why?"

Moran stopped casting the spell and looked at the dean, his tone questioning, "Dean, the incantation itself isn't really that important, is it? What's important is what kind of spellcasting result we want to achieve, right?"

Amisha nodded in agreement, signaling her to continue.

Moran recalled the feeling when she had just cast the spell before continuing:

"When we are not clear about the outcome of a spell, or when our thoughts or intentions are not well-defined, a clear incantation can help us focus our attention, guide our thoughts and intentions, and form accurate instructions, so that the magic understands our needs and produces the corresponding spell effect."

Simply put, the real instructions are what we unconsciously think of when we chant incantations, which is what the dean meant by the interpretation of the incantation.

Our power can only comprehend our thoughts and intentions, not the meaning of our incantations.

But our thoughts and intentions are capable of understanding the meaning of our incantations.

A spell is like a trigger to guide the changes in our thoughts and intentions. If our thoughts wander when we chant a spell, the guidance fails, and naturally, the spell cannot be cast successfully.

If one's thoughts and intentions are accurate, one can successfully cast a spell even without reciting incantations, or even by reciting the wrong incantations.

As Moran spoke, she cast the Fertile Soil spell again. This time, she only imagined fertile land in her mind, and the magic still succeeded.

Even as she chanted the spell for "barrenness," she was thinking of fertile land and channeling her magic, and the soil still became fertile.

She murmured softly, "A spell that is completely opposite to the purpose still has a certain impact on thought commands, causing a lot of extra magic power loss. It seems that I need to practice more so that language does not affect thought. In battle, shouting out the opposite spell may have a miraculous effect."

The little witches understood what they heard and saw this time, but that didn't stop them from finding it outrageous.

Before they even figured out how to use spells to guide thoughts and form commands, Moran was already researching how to shout the opposite spells to mislead the enemy.

The little witches were also witnessing for the first time how Moran learned a spell from scratch.

It happened in the blink of an eye.

Vasita often felt that Moran's mind was also part of her witch talent.

She had a firm grasp on her own thoughts and ideas, and was extremely knowledgeable—not in a magical sense, but in terms of knowledge and understanding of things.

Just like fertile land, other little witches might say fertile and understand what fertile means, but they don't really understand what truly fertile land is.

They understood why the spell had failed.

The incantation was recited correctly, but their minds weren't working correctly, so they didn't form a clear instruction.

The instructions were unclear, and the magic was like a headless fly, bumping into each other and wasting away without producing any corresponding effect.

Now that we know why, how do they control their thoughts when there are no accurate reference points?
Moran had also thought of this: "Dean, if a witch has never seen fertile land, can she learn the Fertile Soil spell?"

“If you’ve never seen fertile land, you can imagine it, but if you can’t even imagine it, then you definitely won’t be able to learn it,” Amisha said.

“How can you imagine fertile land if you’ve never seen it? Imagination is based on reality!” Moran said. “Even the most imaginative ideas have a conceptual reference point!”

“That’s right! Imagination must have a basis, a reference.” Amisha said, “It doesn’t matter if you’ve never seen fertile land. If you’ve seen written descriptions or pictures of fertile land, or if you’ve seen plants growing vigorously, these can all become materials for us to form spell commands through imagination.”

For example, with the fire magic Fire Dragon spell, even if one has never seen a fire dragon formed from fire elements, but has seen flames, fire elements, and dragon-shaped patterns, and understands the spell's effects, one can accurately issue commands and cast Fire Dragon after some practice.

But if you have no material at all and can't imagine anything, then naturally you can't succeed.

Rather than imagination, memory is more important.

Things in our memories, when visualized and concretized with a little imagination, can become clear instructions, conveying magical power or enchantment to us.

Moran suddenly realized that the reason she learned magic so quickly was probably not because she was a genius, but because she had the planetary memories bestowed upon her by Earth.

That's the entire memory of life on an entire planet since the birth of consciousness!

Even in this lifetime, after her memory was enhanced, she could accurately and clearly remember anything she had seen attentively.

It exists in her mind like a video, readily available for her to access.