Kamar-Taj's system of sorcery had been passed down for countless years, and the Ancient One was both its inheritor and its pioneer. She had expanded the original, rudimentary applications of magic into numerous branches.
In the realm of sorcery, the Ancient One was a brilliant and extraordinary trailblazer. Unfortunately, in all these years, Kamar-Taj had produced only one Ancient One.
Compared with the development of the scientific world, far too few people practiced magic, leaving its rate of innovation pitifully low. Modern science had Newton, Einstein, Edison, Tesla... and countless other geniuses.
They were the ones who had steadily paved the way for science to reach its current heights.
Kamar-Taj's magical system, on the other hand, had been created and developed entirely by the Ancient One. The others hadn't even mastered the spells she'd invented, let alone advanced them further.
As a result, Kamar-Taj's magic seemed somewhat rigid and lacking in imagination. It might be powerful, but both learning and using it left Tony and the others, a group of "modern people," feeling uncomfortable in all sorts of ways.
Luo Xia was one of those who struggled to adapt.
To be honest, even in his previous life, he'd rarely had the chance to draw his blade and fight. He'd mostly fought as part of a team, using firearms to kill the enemy.
So, to Luo Xia, the best weapons were still ranged firearms, not swords. The trouble was that even the simplest firearm was difficult to conjure with magic.
Luo Xia knew the structure of certain firearms very well. He could assemble one from scattered parts in under a minute, even blindfolded. But making every single component with magic was simply impossible for him.
Forget firearms—even conjuring the Ancient One's simple fan-shaped weapon was difficult. He had no idea how