Two Birds with One Stone

Time flowed steadily, like the waters of the Hudson River, returning to their usual rhythm after a brief disturbance. The remaining days of senior year at Midtown High School passed quickly under the pressure of schoolwork and their respective "side jobs."

Lin Hai and Gwen still spent their weekends at Kamar-Taj.

Every Saturday and Sunday, they passed through the Portal at the New York Sanctum Sanctorum on time and headed to Kamar-Taj, immersing themselves in the vast sea of magical knowledge. Ancient tomes in the library, sweat on the training grounds, sparring and discussions with fellow sorcerers—these remained the main theme of their weekends.

However, Lin Hai had run into quite a bottleneck in his magical training.

The Mirror Dimension, an advanced spell capable of drawing battles into a reflection of reality and thus preventing damage to the ordinary world, held an enormous attraction for him.

He tried countless times to construct its complex spatial model and channel magic to distort the dimensions of reality, but he always fell short at the last moment. The "membrane" separating that space seemed within reach, yet remained impossibly distant.

In the end, he gathered his courage and sought out The Ancient One, who was rarely staying at the Sanctum.

After hearing his confusion, The Ancient One merely smiled calmly. A kaleidoscopic fragment of the Mirror Dimension gathered at her fingertips as she explained, "Lin Hai, the Mirror Dimension cannot be constructed through one's own magical power alone. It is closer to a kind of 'authorization,' an 'advanced command' that edits the dimensions of reality. Casting it does not rely on your own strength, but on asking the Vishanti, the source of white magic, to 'lend' you that authorization and the corresponding energy."

Seeing the thoughtful look on Lin Hai's face, she continued, "The