Kobold Wizard's Journal

Chapter 470: Unfinished and Expected

Kurt couldn't help but smile when he saw Ruger's stunned expression.

"Your Excellency, please rest assured, this is something I've carefully compiled. It's actually a process of self-reflection and organization afterward. It contains some tips that you should find useful. Some of it is widely circulated, ancient knowledge recognized by the Supreme Council," Kurt said softly, then cast his gaze into the distance. "As for me, from initial confusion to astonishment and panic, until finally compromising... but this is not the end..."

He then turned to look at Ruger.

"Then came the reflection and self-examination. In this process, I underwent another transformation... At the same time, I was also thinking about whether this transformation was influenced by that great man. I looked at all of this with the rationality of a wizard and found that there was no longer any panic or so-called compromise, only glory. As a participant in an event that could promote the development of faith wizards, I had no right to panic or compromise. All of this was a kind of glory..."

He turned his head again and looked into the distance, as if there were a beautiful flower in the infinite darkness.

Ruger took the rather thin notebook and was momentarily at a loss for words.

"I'm not crazy, Lord Ruger. I'm just saying what's on my mind. I could never reach that level in my lifetime. As an unknown wizard, I would eventually disappear silently from this world... Being a participant in an event that could significantly impact the wizarding world is a worthwhile experience. As an ordinary wizard and a practitioner of the path of faith in wizarding, I can sense the difference in that person."

Kurt slowed his pace and said with utmost seriousness.

"The God of Wizards... is completely different from other gods. It has never appeared in history and is not allowed to appear. On my first day as a believer, I was very frustrated. But after calming down and looking at everything from a rational perspective, I began to try various things... such as praying to the gods. If praying to normal gods might bring divine mercy and blessings, then the God of Wizards is a god exclusive to wizards. Praying to him can actually bring knowledge."

Kurt spoke very calmly, as if this was his second attempt at retelling the story.

Ruger suppressed his surprise and remained silent, choosing to be an excellent listener.

"Your Excellency may be surprised, but I deduce that extremely devout believers should be more likely to receive a response. The God of Wizards is special, quite different from other gods, even those powerful gods in history who fought against wizards," Kurt said in a deep voice.

Ruge listened intently as he reiterated the difference between the Wizard God and the Wizard God.

"Gradually, as a sorcerer, I noticed more differences, such as prayer... self-cultivation can also be considered prayer, which surprised me, even to the point of contemplating problems, even to simple meditation. Later, I discovered the difference of the sorcerer's god. He does not need the blind prayer and faith of the ignorant. Prayer is more like a special communication and interaction. I even have a bolder idea. I think... the ascension of adults to godhood is not over..."

Kurt said with absolute certainty.

Ruger was somewhat surprised, his long mouth opened a crack, then slowly closed again.

Looking at Kurt's confident expression, from his perspective, it means that he is not experiencing an event, but a participant, a helper, and is currently involved in it.

“Of course, this is just my deduction as a mere first-ring wizard… You have little exposure to the knowledge spread by that great one, and you have also little exposure to that great one’s ideas. Presumably, you have not become a believer this time, which is a good thing,” Kurt said earnestly. “When everything is still uncertain, being like you is the best choice. I have no choice, but fortunately, this does not seem to be a bad thing. The Wizard God is a completely different kind of god.”

As Ruger listened to his final emphasis, he couldn't help but think that the Wizard God, the Wizard Inome, might still have a chance.

If that moment ever comes, it will be a spectacular scene, the birth of a unique nine-ringed being.

But that is certainly not now. The moment he failed to achieve his goal in one fell swoop, his fate was also rewritten. What follows will be a long process. The Supreme Council will not stop him, but it will also not let him act recklessly again.

The Wizard God.

It is a combination of wizard and god.

He possesses the advantages and characteristics of both. He is a wizard with divine qualities, and also a god with the essence of a wizard.

The two chatted for a while longer before Ruger returned to his residence.

As he walked, he pondered. In his mind, the sorcerer god seemed to have only used some methods when converting believers, and then had no further influence on them, or rather, had never really paid any attention to them again.

The seeds have been sown; now it's time to let them grow freely.

As Kurt always emphasized, the special nature of the Wizard God lies in the soil in which it grows, which possesses a strong driving force for growth.

Kurt even mentioned in a later conversation that, because of the birth of the Wizarding God, he might become a second-circle wizard much sooner than he had originally expected.

However, this honest fellow also said that the reason he said all this was to express his apology while letting Ruger know the special nature of some wizard gods so that he could face it calmly and not rashly become a believer.

Ruger could sense that, although he himself was somewhat in favor of this matter and the changes in the Wizard God, he was still very annoyed that he had no choice but to fall into the Wizard God's trap.

The same path, whether you choose to walk it yourself or are forced to walk it—that's probably the difference.

Ruger lay on his long-unused bed.

I took out the notebook I had just received.

Outside, the bells rang. Since darkness fell, a bell ringer had appeared in the city. Day and night were the echoes in his hands. He carried a very ordinary crystal bell, which was also a gift from the gods, the kind that Lug had used as a lamp in the kobold den.

The thin notebook was quickly flipped through.

Luger fell into deep thought.

Kurt was right; there were indeed things he could use, such as the application of faith power. Some spells could become more powerful with the help of faith power, which was something he had been wanting to ask Kurt about when he returned.

Ruger experimented, while also thinking about how to modify the spells.

He had already named the self-created spell Ash Bullet. After a battle, he had many ideas about the first version of the spell, as well as previously unfinished ideas, and re-examined them one by one.

Having witnessed Valin's correction of her own path, Gillian's choice, and Zorn, who has yet to advance to the fourth ring, one can see the power of this.

The fruits and flowers of tomorrow are the seeds sown today, and this applies to everyone.

Ruger felt that his choice was right. The existence of the strange primal power gave a zero-ring spell the power to terrify a first-ring wizard. Although he could not see his wizarding path clearly yet, if he continued to study it, even if he could not see the whole picture, it would definitely be an important part of his path.

Five small gray balls coalesced at his fingertips.

He flipped his hand and made a grasping motion, and the five small gray balls spun and merged into one, becoming the size of a fist.

(End of this chapter)