A Solution (Seeking Monthly and Recommended Votes)

Anduin hurried to the instrument to examine the experimental recording, eager to find an answer.

After replaying it over and over, Anduin finally confirmed that something had gone wrong when the magic had progressed about 40% of the way through the Rune Array.

"So the problem lies in the Rune Pattern." Anduin nodded to himself. "It looks like I'll need to revise the diagram further."

Then Anduin turned to Shalltear. "How did it feel overall when you were controlling that wizard just now?"

"It went very smoothly at first," Shalltear said, recalling it carefully. "I'd say even more smoothly than I expected. It was easier than casting spells normally, almost as if there wasn't the slightest resistance."

"Easy, you say? It sounds about the same as when I cast the spell on that wizard." Anduin nodded in understanding, then continued, "What did it feel like when things went wrong?"

"Hmm... It's hard to describe." Shalltear pondered for a moment. "If we pretend magic is a person, then my magic was originally running along a perfectly clear road. Then the resistance that appeared in front of it was like suddenly crashing into water."

But then Shalltear shook her head. "No... I should say that the resistance, the way magic moves through water, is what it usually feels like when magic is flowing. When it followed the Rune Path you drew, it flowed much more freely. Losing control felt like suddenly returning to normal."

"I see. It returned from a high-energy state to normal, and the resulting conflict in the flow of magic made it go out of control?" Combining this with the experimental data he had gathered earlier, Anduin gradually understood why the experiment had failed.

First, he could confirm that there was nothing wrong with how the Three Sacred Artifacts