Today, they too are going to their deaths.

On the third day after arriving in the other world, Cui Xun dealt with the followers of the Serpent Cult as a mentor, asking them to provide assistance in education and follow Doreen's instructions. After that, he took turns teaching the royal agents who came to support him, cramming on supernatural knowledge day and night, and incidentally mastering a few basic applications of the power of oaths.

Now, at midnight, he is quietly contemplating in his study.

Compared to snake worshippers like Doreen, the royal family possessed far more profound knowledge, but the knowledge that royal agents could provide was limited to some application methods, common sense, and history.

Contemplating the nature of supernatural powers is a distant prospect for these agents. Furthermore, because the power of oaths is far less flexible than the mystical arts of the serpent, they have no ability to create their own spells.

Upon hearing Cui Xun mention the idea of ​​creating a new system, even Alice could only offer an awkward yet polite smile, trying to dissuade him from such a fantastical idea and suggesting that it would be better to patiently wait for the original text.

Because spirituality has the effect of transmitting information, some content written in special materials, closely related to a certain lineage, and containing a large amount of spirituality, can allow readers to directly grasp the extraordinary power associated with it.

If one masters the original text of a particular lineage, one can almost completely reproduce that lineage.

Agents have seen plenty of stories of someone accidentally receiving a mysterious inheritance and recreating ancient powers, but for someone to create a new system is pure mythology to them, something so distant it can hardly be considered history.

At least in the history they know, no one has created a new system.

"But if we look at it another way, those myths that clearly correspond to extraordinary and powerful individuals can definitely be used as a reference."

Cui Xun took out several sets of mythology books from the bookshelf and spread them out on the table.

Clearly, in a world where supernatural powers exist and the monarch chooses to control supernatural knowledge, mythology cannot perfectly reflect reality. But he doesn't need perfect answers; he only needs some evidence to confirm his conjectures.

"The Roar: In primitive times, ancient humans used roars to drive away wild animals. This story should be related to the 'Intimidate' spell in the common basic spells. It should be the belief that 'roars can scare away enemies' that constitutes this spell."

"Wolf Totem, in the tribal era, people who believed in wolves imitated wolves, wore wolf skins, and displayed the ferocity of wolves. This story should be related to the magic of the 'wild association,' the key being the simple understanding of 'eating, imitating, wearing skin, and becoming.'"

"The Legend of Saint Hagrid and the Dragon Slayer is an early religious myth that tells the story of the valiant Saint Hagrid who used his longbow to kill the dragon that threatened his lord to hand over his daughter. In the battle, he used his courage to form a shield that blocked the dragon's fire breath. This story is likely related to the now-extinct 'Heroic Arrow Alliance,' and it tells the story of how 'courage can become the strongest defense.'"

"The Hero King Slays the Sea Serpent" is a myth closely related to Albion. Legend has it that the Hero King, who rebuilt the Kingdom of Albion, made a vow with the sea serpent, agreeing to exchange a large amount of treasure for the other not to disturb ships. However, the sea serpent broke its promise and was slain by the Hero King. It is a very typical application of the power of oath, focusing on "those who break their oath will pay the price".

"The Oath of the Sun, a creation myth, is related to the ancient kingdom of Albion. In a time long ago, before the sun had settled in the sky, a king considered as great as the sun swore an oath to it, ultimately calling upon the sun to end the cold era."

In the most ancient times, the only consensus among humans was their instincts, so magic in that era was directly related to instincts.

The consensus to open one's eyes wider and see more clearly led to the development of farsightedness. The consensus to roar and scare away enemies became the starting point for intimidation techniques. The knowledge of washing the body to reduce odor played an indelible role in later concealment spells.

To some extent, in that era, common phenomena, when exaggerated slightly, became magic. Some of the magic in the stories might have been non-supernatural means enhanced by tools.

In the tribal era, people reached some basic consensus, which led to the emergence of various spells that borrowed the power of wild animals and prayed for the protection of totems.

In the early mythological era, the praise of virtuous qualities and stories complemented each other, and these consensuses, in turn, complemented magic, ultimately forming the distinctive magic of that era.

During the Kingdom of Albion, the power of oaths was entirely built upon abstract concepts that were closely related to the functioning of society. The functioning of society itself provided power to magic and helped to solidify it.

Even the oath of the sun can be said to be a way for people to construct the perception that the king = the sun, and thus call upon the sun.

Consensus is the framework of magic!

According to this theory, a spiritual awakening based on a worker's identity should not possess such characteristics.

The contemporary Albionese perception of workers is that it is a dishonorable job, a job for the lower classes to sell their labor, doing repetitive work that requires no mental effort, in exchange for a little money.

This person has no noble status, no special power, and is most obviously stupid, violent, lowly, and brute force.

Menoff's behavior is closer to that of a blacksmith and alchemist, or, in Cui Xun's view, a laborer who transforms the world through wisdom and labor.

This does not align with the public's perception of workers.

"No, I've misunderstood. External perceptions are different from self-perception and identity in a transcendent sense. It should be said the other way around: the founders of certain traditions awakened a specific spiritual tendency and passed it on to their descendants, making it the key to the transmission, which led to people's fixed understanding of the tradition."

"If we were to find a corresponding term from existing concepts, the power of Mennov's awakening might be closer to the furnace than to the worker."

"Then, let's call the legacy I'm about to create the Path of the Forge."

"Next, shall I try to write down my understanding of the foundry, based on my previous ramblings?"

Cui Xun had the urge to copy the novel's content, but he immediately rejected this absurd idea and decided to start with something more practical.

Alice was fortunate enough to have read the original texts related to the power of oaths. She mentioned that before explaining how to use the power of oaths, there was a lot of clear definition of the word "oath" and description of the role of oaths in building order and establishing a nation.

A book about supernatural powers, which, according to Alice's narration, may contain a large portion of content about "The Social Contract".

Cui Xun felt that even if he didn't have enough extraordinary knowledge to construct spells, he could start by writing about the relevant concepts to help others understand what kind of people they should become.

So he put pen to paper.

"Labor is first and foremost a process between man and nature; it is the process by which man, through his own activities, causes, adjusts, and controls any material transformation between nature and the environment."