Contents: 1. A Discussion of Gods and Heroes; 2. The Eternal Supporting Role of Mortals; 3. The Forerunners of Wizards; 4. Mental Overclocking; 5. Runes, Spell Models, and Rune Arrays; 6. Wizard's Path.
Daina was already engrossed, settling down to read Introduction to Wizards. She had long understood and accepted the helplessness of mortals in this world. She quickly skimmed to the third chapter, "The Forerunners of Wizards."
"Why do we call ourselves wizards? Because we originated from such a group of forerunners. They showed no reverence for the gods and worshipped nature. From the impossible, they explored a method of mental overclocking, allowing the mind to intervene with matter. This was the first time mortals grasped extraordinary power. They were the shamans!"
"Yes, the shamans of the barbarians were precisely the forerunners of us wizards. They believed that the bodily organs of Demonic Beasts possessed miraculous effects, so they captured Demonic Beasts and used their materials to create the most primitive magic potions. After countless deaths, they carved out a primitive path to the extraordinary."
"The shamans imitated the mysterious patterns of Demonic Beasts and created witchcraft. This was humanity's first imitation of extraordinary power through wisdom."
"Our word 'wizard' is formed from the prefix of witchcraft and the suffix of scholar. This represents a new era! The shamans explored the extraordinary through conjecture and prior assumptions; they were destined to take a crooked road and could never reach the end."
"But we are destined to reach the end! Because we use logic and mathematics as our tools, guided by an objective and neutral spirit of research. What we wizards value is experimentation. In exploring the path to the extraordinary, wizards adhere to empiricism. Bold hypotheses, cautious verification—this is our principle."
Daina looked at these ideas in shock. She