Generally speaking, for a mage to use a type of magic, there were two steps they had to go through.
First: adjust their mental state, focus their mind and attention, transform the nature and form of their mana according to the type of magic they were about to use, thereby intervening in the relevant principles.
This step required learning the Meditation skill. The higher the skill level, the faster, more proficiently, and more efficiently one could complete this step.
Second: after intervening in the relevant principles, chant the specific magic incantation to cause a second transformation in the mana, triggering changes in the principles, creating supernatural phenomena, and bringing about miracles.
This step required learning the Chanting skill. The higher the skill level, the faster, more proficiently, and more efficiently it could likewise be completed. If the skill level was high enough, one could even shorten the chant or discard it altogether, directly completing the transformation and forming the magic.
These two necessary steps meant that every mage had to learn both Meditation and Chanting. Otherwise, even if they had learned magic skills, they would be unable to use magic.
Hadn't Vivian mentioned before that, besides Magic: Fire and Magic: Ice, Merika had also raised Meditation and Chanting, the skills every mage needed to train?
Therefore, every mage had to learn both Meditation and Chanting, and the higher their skill levels, the better. Otherwise, no matter how high their magic skill levels were, their casting speed would be absurdly slow, and there was even the possibility of failure.
Could that young lady's Unique Skill replace the functions of those two skills?
Shien recalled Laisha's situation.
That young lady had no need to chant when using magic. She did not even need to speak the spell's name. With the slightest gesture,