Halloween Eve and the Buffalo Spell

As everyone knew, even in an age when everyone could use computers, only professional programmers understood programming languages.

Ancient Runes were much the same. In the wizarding world, only a small number of wizards could grasp the principles of Ancient Runes. Other wizards simply could not learn such complex Ancient Runes, much less cast spells with them.

However, even for genius wizards who had mastered Ancient Runes, casting spells with them was an extremely cumbersome task. No matter how skilled a programmer was, they could not send an email in a short time using a computer with no applications installed—they had to spend time writing the necessary program first.

Thus, wizards who understood Ancient Runes further combined and packaged them, simplifying them into spells—much like programmers writing and compiling programs. Ordinary people only needed to click a mouse to use a program, while ordinary wizards only needed to recite an incantation as required to use magic.

Ordinary spells were like compiled programs; they could not be further edited or combined. But as long as one mastered Ancient Runes, one could become a "programmer" among wizards, understand the principles behind spells, and create magical items or invent new magic.

Through his research, Ye Ting had, to a certain extent, discovered the essence of magic.

If the universe's original physical laws were materialistic and logical, then the laws of magic were idealistic and illogical.

The difference between them was this: magic had "purpose," while physical laws did not.

Whether something had "purpose" was the distinction between "subjective" and "objective."

Take a spell such as "Lumos." Under physical laws, it was merely a combination of sound waves or ink molecules. Its only difference from "Apparition" or "Sectumsempra" lay in the arrangement. But in a discipline with "purpose," such as literature, the differences between these words were not merely matters of spelling; they carried different subjective meanings, meanings bestowed upon them by people.

The same was true in magic. The meanings of these spells were subjective, bestowed by the laws of magic. If the "laws" themselves were subjective and purposeful, then it could be proven that either these laws had been created by "people" rather than naturally formed, or that the system in which these laws existed—the world itself—was not materialistic, but idealistic.

The controlled variables of physical laws did not work in every circumstance within magic.

After saying all that, it mainly expressed Ye Ting's understanding of magic in Harry Potter, as well as his plans for the future.

That was to study magic, master its principles, and ultimately grasp the true laws.

This was Ye Ting's plan for his path to becoming strong.

He possessed the talent to improve and grow stronger without limit, talents related to time and space, and formidable learning ability.

Originally, he could have focused solely on cultivating martial arts.

Because he could improve without limit, as long as he concentrated on it, he could become a warrior and martial arts powerhouse like Saitama, or the protagonists of Dragon Ball.

He could also continue exploring his talents in time and space, specialize in those two areas, follow the path of supernatural abilities, and ultimately become a great figure capable of mastering the laws of time and space.

But out of interest and curiosity, Ye Ting still embarked on the path of a mage—the most difficult path.

Mages could not fight like warriors, with little need for thought, fists striking flesh, and passionate, exhilarating battles. Every battle a mage fought was full of calculations, and all of a mage's power came from knowledge.

Nor could mages, like those with supernatural abilities, manipulate elements, alter matter, and control minds through talent, wielding their own powers as easily as their limbs. If those with supernatural abilities manipulated reality through mice, controllers, and touchscreens, then mages used code and keyboards to reshape the world in the most complex way possible.

Yet mages were also the most powerful, because they were researchers—only mages could understand the truth of the world and examine the texture of its laws.

Mages were also creators—although mages, warriors, and those with supernatural abilities could all bring destruction, only mages could truly create. They studied the laws and used them to reshape the world.

In his previous life, whether he was reading novels, comics, or playing games, Ye Ting had always liked mages most and disdained warriors, priests, and the like. The former were brainless barbarians who could only cause destruction and create no value; the latter were lapdogs of the gods, thoughtless blind believers who could only lord over others through gifts bestowed by someone else.

And in this life, he had finally gained the chance to become a true mage, and he already possessed the talent to become the strongest among mages.

What always hindered a mage's progress was not magical power, but intelligence.

Human learning and memory had limits, and those limits were the greatest shackles restricting a mage's advancement.

The more knowledge a person mastered, the more time they needed to spend reviewing it, and the slower their learning and progress became.

Because of this, mages had no choice but to specialize. It was like university, where ordinary people could only choose one major—those who chose minors or double degrees were all top students.

Even in the magic-prosperous world of Dungeons & Dragons, those top-tier mages who wished to advance further either pledged themselves to the god of magic and became the god's chosen, found ways to ignite their own divine fire and raise their divine thrones, or altered their bloodlines to become liches, mind flayers, brain moles, and other creatures with greater intelligence.

Was not Ioulaum, the greatest human arcanist of Toril in the Dungeons & Dragons planes and the founder of the Netheril Magic Empire, ultimately transformed into an elder brain lich—a mind flayer boss combined with a lich?

But Ye Ting was different. His learning ability and his talent for endless improvement allowed him to study broadly without being constrained by learning and memory.

In the end, he believed that through research into all kinds of magic, he would be able to completely master the rules of the world.

By then, intelligence alone would allow him to surpass everything.

P.S.: The picture shows a mind flayer.