Dumbledore had barely finished speaking when he noticed Vaughn looking at him strangely.
Only then did Dumbledore realize that he probably did not need to put things in simple terms. With his wealth of Muggle knowledge, Vaughn could dissect and understand even the most complicated problems.
"All right..." Dumbledore gathered his thoughts again before continuing. "Being a Legend is not a level of attainment. It does not even have anything to do with how powerful someone is. Rather, it is a form of existence that has broken free of fate's manipulation."
"Of course, that freedom is very limited. At the very least, it does not allow us to step outside fate as you can."
Vaughn was indeed exceptionally good at understanding and analyzing things, and he immediately grasped what Dumbledore meant.
But the problem was-
He was the variable Li Nanyu had spoken of, and Dumbledore had just said that he could step outside fate.
If breaking free of fate's manipulation to a limited extent was enough to become a Legend, then he should have become one long ago!
Seemingly noticing his confusion, Dumbledore explained patiently, "Every living being in this world is caught in fate's net. They have no power to resist it and can only submit to its whims."
"Only free will can transcend fate to a limited extent. Yet free will is not a power. It is merely an intangible spirit born from within, representing a certain possibility." "You possess that possibility, and you can step outside fate, but that alone is not enough to support your ascension to Legend."
Vaughn digested Dumbledore's explanation. In simple terms, all living beings were bound by fate, and only a free will could break away to a limited extent.
In reality, however, plenty of people possessed free will. If it