The name gradually became clear in his mind.
Second-ring spell, Boundless Cage.
It seemed not to exist, yet also seemed to grow within the heart. As malice arose, one built a cage for oneself. It might be invisible and intangible, seemingly without boundaries, or it might bind its victim in an instant, making even a single step impossible.
Yet as the spell's creator, Ruger was already finding it difficult to move forward.
After countless days and nights of effort, he had finally settled on the spell's preliminary form. Its framework slowly took shape amid a wonderful sense of delight. Just as he had originally thought, modifying the Book of Resentment spell as a foundation had indeed been a clever way to save effort. Little by little, through constant changes, the Book of Resentment's spell model had become unrecognizable, transforming into an entirely different spell. This meant the final result was nearly ready to emerge, but then problems began surfacing on every front.
Ruger overcame them one by one. Although he had yet to construct the whole model, he had tried constructing separate portions several times. He, too, wanted to finish the entire design, construct it, and then make adjustments. But once the spell no longer bore any resemblance to Book of Resentment, the spell model's stability became an issue-and that was not even the most important problem.
Even after repeated reductions and the most exhaustive streamlining, Boundless Cage's spell model still contained a staggering three hundred and sixty-five nodes. The usual limit for a second-ring spell model was three hundred and fifty, so this was already far beyond it. Fendim's Flaming Centipede had three hundred and thirty-nine nodes in its spell model, which had seemed like an enormous number at the time. Yet it still could not compare with his