This Trainer Doesn't Play by the Rules
Chapter 57

Magicians Love Fusion / Phil's Progress

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Compared to that, failing to guess the coin's negative effect was hardly worth mentioning.

A card with immense power but no chance to be used naturally belonged in the category of "meaningless."

The Three Great Sages were not interested in what kind of Spell Card You Zhi had summoned. They cared more about the summoning ritual itself. After obtaining You Zhi's consent, each of them copied the procedure once, yet gained nothing.

"That is truly strange. Where exactly did it go wrong? The ritual remained unchanged, and the spiritual power output was exactly equal. Could the tone used to recite the summoning chant have been wrong?"

"If there had been an error, there should have been signs of summoning failure. Yet we did not sense anything at all. The summoning ritual never activated in the first place, so there is no question of success or failure."

"It does not seem to be a matter of constitution either. All spiritual fluctuations were limited to the summoning circle. I detected no changes within Lord You Zhi other than spiritual power output."

"Could it be that this summoning ritual requires communication with some 'great existence'? The materials and spiritual power might actually be offerings, and that being bestows the corresponding Spell Card?"

"No. I do not worship any gods. In Phile's world and mine, Trainers follow all kinds of beliefs, with no single unified faith. There is no religion specifically for Trainers, either."

After You Zhi rejected that possibility, the three sages resumed their heated discussion.

After spending half a day rejecting one hypothesis after another, the three finally arrived at an answer.

"Only living beings born in your world possess the right to summon Spell Cards. This is recognition from the will of the world."

You Zhi said regretfully, "It seems this

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