Kobold Wizard's Journal

Chapter 372 Thoughts and Hopes

Kurt's philosophy, or rather his mindset, is to make everyone happy and joyful. It's unclear whether what he said in his notes was entirely true. He explicitly stated that even his choice to become a wizard apprentice stemmed from this, rather than from the desire for power that many other wizard apprentices pursued.

At the same time, Kurt also emphasized that the best kind of thought, or the idea that one's own god involves, is the pure thoughts and desires in one's heart, just like his. His happiness comes from the pure desires that have been planted in his heart since childhood. He chose this and took it as his thought. In this way, he not only ensured the purity of his own heart, but also ensured that he, as a wizard apprentice without background and resources, could go further.

Ruger reached out and scratched his chin.

I feel that this thing is somewhat similar to the path of a fighter. For example, when drinking a fighter potion, it is best to choose a basic fighter potion that corresponds to your true nature, your desire for power, and your strong belief. This will make it easier to successfully condense the fighter mark.

Perhaps in history, the concept of a fighter was invented by some religious shaman, Ruger thought.

Thoughts and beliefs are about shaping the God within us.

As for a reckless man like Luger who came halfway through life, he naturally couldn't carry out the wonderful process of shaping the god in his heart from the moment he became a wizard's apprentice, nor could he use meditation to build a virtual temple in the mental space.

Notes are the safest way; those who arrive halfway need to find an object to entrust their thoughts to.

Ideally, it should be related to one's thoughts and the beliefs of the deity one will later attain, or even strongly related, or even a trinity. For example, if one is a wizard apprentice with a strong bloodlust and who is engaged in a similar business, then one can try to become a god related to killing. If one embarks on the path of a believer wizard halfway through, one can choose a sword or a butcher's knife as an object to entrust one's thoughts, which is the best choice.

Of course, as a true believer on the path to becoming a wizard, Kurt still believed that no matter how perfect the method or choice, it could not catch up with a true orthodox apprentice who had been firmly on this path from the very beginning, unless that apprentice was a fool.

It also mentions that if the apprentice in the example who is trying to become the god of slaughter, or some other god related to slaughter, is a wizard apprentice who is skilled in close combat with weapons, then using his most commonly used weapon as the object of his spiritual attachment is the best choice.

Ruger looked at his notes with a slight smile playing on his lips.

Kurt was quite thoughtful; the claim that he had no background and only knew some well-known things might be true, but it was still an option.

This is hinted at in the notes.

In other words, this knowledge is widely circulated and can be obtained with some effort and magic stones by a witcher. For example, certain theories or runes. In short, it tells Ruger that the knowledge is widely circulated and easy to verify, so you can study it with peace of mind.

Ruger looked at it again and again, and had to admit that the notebook was really thick enough, from simple to complex, with examples, even background stories, understanding of runes, and some in-depth considerations for problems that those who get involved halfway.

Strictly speaking, although Kurt was a seasoned apprentice on the path of faith wizardry, he was not a novice who had taken the path halfway, nor did he have that kind of experience.

Ruger pondered, flipping through his notes in an attempt to find any corners that might have been overlooked.

After quickly reading it once, and then carefully flipping through it three more times at a slightly slower pace to make sure there were no omissions, Ruger held the book with both hands, flipped it over, and snapped the notebook shut.

He subconsciously turned his head and saw that it was already close to dusk outside the window.

He cracked his shoulders.

The day passed by in the blink of an eye, after he had flipped through his notes several times. He remembered that he hadn't eaten breakfast yet.

He held the notebook in his hand, pondering deeply.

Kurt's wish, or rather his ideal, the so-called happiness, seems small, but it is actually very big, at least broader than that of any god of cooking. But that god of cooking, the one jokingly called the god of bread, has changed, or rather, is good at disguising himself, having transformed from teaching simple cooking techniques and menus into the god of knowledge.

Through the examples in the notes, Luger once again witnessed the vastness of that person's territory. In Kurt's words, the largest underground cities and regions he had seen before arriving at the Endless Sea were like a fine hair on a robust beast compared to that person's domain of faith. Just how powerful must the Three Flames Palace, which had consistently held the upper hand in the battle for faith, be?

If such a powerful wizarding force could be maintained for countless years, then what kind of powerful wizard must be standing behind these two forces?

In Luger's eyes, or rather in the eyes of the Supreme Council and many wizards, they were all just wizarding forces. A powerful god, who led many subordinate gods and had many followers, was in fact just a powerful wizard, leading some formal wizard disciples and some wizard apprentices, harvesting and vying for faith power on islands large and small, under the rules of the Supreme Council. Some so-called faith wars were naturally easier to resolve with the intervention of wizards, but they were often still just ordinary people's kingdoms and duchies fighting each other. Firstly, the regulations stipulated that formal wizards could not interfere too much, and secondly, that was the only way to gain more faith power.

Allowing ordinary people to develop normally within certain conditions has always been a requirement of the Supreme Council, and the Endless Sea has already made many exceptions.

After all, in the Endless Sea, ordinary people are an important source of believers. But in the eyes of the Wizard Council, ordinary people have one unchanging meaning: they are the cradle of wizards. Only with a large base of people and through the cruel trials of fate can true geniuses be born.

Kurt mentioned some related matters, probably because he was afraid that if he chose humans as his believers, he might do something excessive, violate certain regulations, and be killed by the Otherworldly Oversight Council or even his own Holy Judgment Wizard.

This guy has considered everything from every angle.

He served as a competent guide, and as he himself said, what Ruger gained here was not just a simple exchange of knowledge.

Ruger looked out the window, deep in thought.

There are eighteen relatively simple runes in total. To master their function and the object they are meant to be used on is not a difficult task for him.

God of joy, God of sorrow.

In that crude play, the story, as Kurt said, was adapted, but it was indeed a shift in his exploration of the path, but the original intention remained unchanged, and the core was still to make people laugh.

The notes also mention that the power of faith can be considered a man-made, primordial power.

Of course, it is only an approximation; it is a man-made power that can rival the power of the origin.

He pondered the meaning of happiness and laughter.

The scenery outside the window gradually changed.

Ruger felt he should also find something similar, not in a metaphysical sense, but in a sense of scale, something that is not very lofty or unattainable, yet possesses a certain breadth, like joy. It may not seem to be comparable to some higher-level things, but it has a certain breadth, not limited to this island, not limited to humans.

Of course, it also has certain limitations; it is not as expansive as death, but it does have a certain broad prospect.

This level of opportunity is worth searching for; it refers to areas with potential but not many competitors.

To achieve this, one should not be too greedy, not only focus on looking at the top, but also have novel perspectives.

Ruger scratched his chin, feeling the soft fur, and suddenly paused.

He recalled how, on an island, he had once made up a bunch of nonsense about an obscure god whose purpose was unknown, and how he used his skillful hair removal technique to terrify the people, leaving them stunned and kneeling in prayer.

And that is the form. As for the interior, this thing he made up seems to be very convenient to stuff with all sorts of ideas.

(End of this chapter)