Have You Seen a Meteor?

Biological inheritance was diverse; many highly intelligent mages were not necessarily able to pass their intelligence on to their descendants.

They were arrogant by nature and could not accept their children being so foolish. Yet the cost of raising such children was far too great—no amount of resources would be enough.

There were plenty of ways to raise intelligence, such as Aun Stones, tomes of intelligence, and "Wish." Every one of them was extremely expensive.

Therefore, as long as nobles and mages could still reproduce, they would usually choose to have several more children and select the best among them to cultivate.

Talents could be cultivated, but geniuses could not. They could only be selected.

"This spell has a lot of potential." Anse was immediately intrigued.

But he had no time right now, so he could only temporarily hand the task over to Sacos. In any case, Sacos had sufficient computing power to conduct the research as an independent project.

If it truly succeeded, he could add the spell to the Spirit Network's "spell services."

The "Arcane Abeyance" he had previously given Sacos belonged to the domain of time and was extraordinarily difficult to study, so it could be set aside for now. This fifth-circle "Awaken" was relatively simpler.

"Perhaps the gods do not want their followers to be too clever." He chuckled, completely unconcerned.

Only creatures with high intelligence, charisma, and perception could become Spirit Network members, so he wished every creature possessed intelligence above 12.

If he truly managed to develop this spell, then even if it could only raise intelligence by one or two points, the number of Spirit Network members would skyrocket by an order of magnitude.

"The future looks promising."

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