The Arcane Linguist
Chapter 142

Terms she could not refuse

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Beyond all that information, Roland finally learned exactly how Trina's ability worked.

"That secret art supposedly capable of 'reversing adversity' was actually equivalent to a legendary Wish. Its name was Dreams Come True!"

To Roland, this extraordinary power, capable of directly interfering with reality, had virtually limitless potential.

With an intense desire as its catalyst, the mental power projected through the divine spark fragment could rewrite reality. This was a classic power of objective idealism, a might unique to deities. Why should it require something as inconvenient as "adversity," as it had when Trina used it?

For now, though, he had no clear idea how to develop or use it.

By comparison, hiding the fact that he had acquired this treasure was far more urgent.

Powers such as Wish, prophecy, and divine revelations could potentially bypass all manner of clues and go straight to the truth.

Examples included the divination spell Otherworldly Inquiry, which allowed questions to be put to gods from other worlds; Object Location Spell, which could locate an item, provided the caster had touched the target; and Sense Location, which could search for creatures or objects.

"Spells with such vague targets won't necessarily be able to pinpoint me.

"I could obtain the relevant information through Limited Wish because the divine spark fragment was already in my hands, and I had access to the library and could consult numerous high-level mages.

"In other words, I already had the means to obtain that information. Using Limited Wish merely shortened the process.

"Once those underlying conditions change, a wish might fail.

"But there are still things I have to guard against. I'll need to put in some more work..."

Roland patiently waited until four in the morning, after the Magic Network had refreshed, and specifically prepared another Limited Wish.

"I

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