Starting with the sentries on the frontier

"You know, spirituality is the key to whether a modo can learn magic, so it is essentially the medium through which a modo comes into contact with the elements and magic."

"The spiritually powerful Mordo, even without having studied magic and mysticism, can see ghosts and many magical creatures. In some places with intense magical fluctuations and abundant elements, he can even learn or create spells from nature, which is one of the earliest sources of magic."

"Besides that, some early spells, I mean before the Pale Era, were bestowed by the demon gods, such as healing spells and summoning spells. But it is certain that destruction spells and transformation spells were all researched and developed by those early, spiritually powerful Mordors themselves."

Snowball explained things in great detail, and surprisingly, he didn't use any taunt skills. But this knowledge was something Zag had never heard of before, especially the part about "demons," which sounded like it was made up!

"A demon god? Is it a demon?"

"Clever Modo! That's right, demon gods... After the Dragon Age, the demon gods acquired a new guise, and many demon gods who are close to humans are now called... Holy Spirits." Snowball explained, "That's right, just as you thought. Of the nine Holy Spirits, seven are demon gods of demonic origin."

"Including Lady Silvermoon?"

Snowball nodded frankly: "Of course, fairies don't deceive themselves like you humans do. The Mother Goddess is definitely one of the powerful demon races from ancient times! Demons are just one race, like other races! Only Modo would bury his head in the sand and use the Dawn Agreement to divide demons into some kind of demon race and holy spirit race, how absurd!"

"So, almost all the gods are actually demons!?"

This statement made Zag's brain boil over.

"That's right!"

Snowball seemed to think this wasn't a problem worth worrying about, so he didn't dwell on it too much and continued, "Let's go back to 'spirituality.' Everyone knows that 'spirituality' determines whether Modo can learn magic, but no one tells them that 'spirituality' can change. This is a record left by the ancient elves."

"Of course, the specific methods have long been lost, but what is certain is that the long-eared creatures of Lunaran can all learn magic, which is a legacy of the ancient elves' disappearance."

"So, based on this, let's talk about why we need to chant incantations when casting spells."

"In fact, apart from casting spells, all actions related to magic and mysticism, including rituals, prayers, alchemy, and enchanting, require the recitation of incantations, which are the 'keys to all spirituality'."

"The key to all spirituality..."

This description gave Zag a vague idea, but before he could think about it, Snowball's little mouth interrupted his thoughts.

"Yes, keys. As we all know, a lock can have many keys, so the same spell can have many incantations—of course, these incantations are all based on the same path to guide the spirit, and that is the secret of how all keys can open locks."

"That's why the same spell can be cast in Ancient Elven language and also in Kingdom language. In fact, if the howling of the Black Hounds has any fixed meaning, it might even work in 'Black Hounds language'."

"Yes, only those long-eared people of Lunaran would be foolish enough to think that Ancient Elvish is the most powerful language, because in their words, 'Ancient Elvish is the most orthodox language for describing magic'—"

"What a joke! If we're really talking about it, the breath of any dragon from the Age of Dragons is more powerful than all that babbling nonsense they're using!"

"This is clearly only related to spirituality, what does it have to do with language at all!"

Amidst the familiar, incessant rants, Zag suddenly realized the truth.

"I think I understand!"

He truly understood.

Simply put, if the released spell is the result, then there can be many kinds of instructions that lead to this result. As long as you know the result you want to achieve, the instructions can be changed within a certain range.

Thinking of this, Zag pondered for a moment, then raised his hand and slowly uttered a few words he hadn't used since graduating from university:

"Fire, Burn, Disappear——"

It did have an effect; a faint flame appeared in his palm, but before it could gather into a ball like before, it disappeared with a "poof".

Is it a problem with the wording not being precise enough?

Zag speculated.

But it had been so many years since he took the CET-4 and CET-6 exams that it was difficult for him to recall more precise vocabulary, and things reached a stalemate.

"Fireball, burning, ashes—"

Zag still used Chinese, but he changed a few adjectives, and unexpectedly, the [Fireball] spell still worked.

The burning ball hovered in his palm. Although it was much smaller than the fireballs he had conjured when he subconsciously used those words earlier, it was indeed a success.

Therefore, it's not a matter of word accuracy, or rather, it's not just a matter of word accuracy.

"The key to spirituality..."

Zag pondered the sentence, feeling as if he should grasp something that flashed through his mind, but he couldn't quite hold onto it.

"Using the same path to guide spirituality..."

"etc……"

Zag muttered to himself, a bizarre and audacious idea suddenly popping into his mind.

He recalled the surge of magic he felt each time he cast Fireball, then took a deep breath and, with his loudest voice, almost soul-stirring, uttered three syllables: "Yol, Toor, Shul—"

In an instant, as he uttered the first syllable, a violent gust of wind suddenly swept through the room.

After the second syllable appeared, all the surrounding magic gathered into Zag's mouth. The gale forced Snowball to meow and tumble off the table, crashing against the wall with a thud. It then struggled to flap its wings to barely resist the inexplicable gale that had appeared in the room.

At the same time, as the third syllable ended, a burst of blazing flames shot out of Zag's mouth!

The flames instantly ignited the table in front of him, and the air was distorted by the high temperature. In the blink of an eye, the flames shot up to the ceiling.

This sudden turn of events not only left Zag stunned, but even Snowball stared in disbelief, unable to react at all.

Zag stood there stunned for several seconds, until he saw the flames destroy the commission files that had just been filed on the table and hadn't yet been put away in the basement safe. Only then did he snap out of his daze and yell at the equally stunned Snowball, "Quick! Put out the fire!"

He shouted and rushed toward the water bucket at home, but after taking only two steps, his knees buckled. He felt the leaden sensation he had experienced that morning when he encountered the tree spirit in the redcurrant forest returned, and he felt as if his neck could not support his head, and he could not even lift his feet.

Then, as expected, a feeling of dizziness appeared. Before Zag completely lost consciousness, he only saw the black Hakimi with a terrified expression flying towards him from the flames.

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【Dawn Magic Encyclopedia】: Fairies are winged magical creatures that resemble cats. They were active in the early Eternal Era and before, and were servants of Lady Silvermoon, one of the Nine Holy Spirits.

In the early Eternal Era, fairies, with their endearing appearances and diverse colors and species, were kept in captivity by the royal family and many nobles through "contracts." However, because they lacked strong offensive capabilities, they were often illegally captured and researched by various mages, including the legendary archmage Varnak, the royal magic advisor at the time. This not only harmed the fairies but also angered the Lady of the Silver Moon, directly leading to the downfall of the ancient Eternal Kingdom (also known as the First Eternal Empire).

Later, after the current Eternal Supreme Kingdom was re-established, the fairies disappeared from this world. It is said that the Silver Moon Lady's actions angered the other eight Holy Spirits, leading to a divine war and triggering the "Great Calamity" event. The disappearance of the fairies was said to be a curse from the other Holy Spirits.

But what did the kittens do wrong?