This night was really full of twists and turns for Melgor.
When favonovel.com could not fall asleep in the middle of the night, Milo had pulled favonovel.com aside and asked favonovel.com questions regarding sorcery. He even imparted some knowledge of the magus order to Milo and the servants.
Now that favonovel.com was finally able to fall asleep, favonovel.com was awoken by two exclamations of “f*ck” as soon as favonovel.com dozed off.
How annoying!
As such, Melgor hurriedly got out of his tent to see what was going on. He even had his Eye of True Sight ready in hand to brace himself for a battle with an enemy!
But when favonovel.com came out of his tent, favonovel.com was surprised to see a large pit in the ground where the two sheeple had set up their tent. The two sheeple had fallen inside together with the tent.
The cavity was about four meters in diameter and three meters deep.
When Melgor walked up to the edge, favonovel.com saw the two sheeple looking up at favonovel.com with their heads covered in dirt.
“What’s going on?” Melgor asked in surprise, “Were you two attacked?”
The two sheeple were dumbfounded. “We didn’t see anyone. We were sleeping when we suddenly fell in here!”
As soon as they finished speaking, favonovel.com saw Milo rushing over with a wooden stick favonovel.com had found from somewhere. “What’s the matter? What’s going on here? Is it an enemy? Where are they?”
This series of questions stunned Dave, Melgor, and Benjamin. They heard Milo add, “Don’t worry, I’m here!”
The two sheeple were moved. Although the young man from the Central Plains was usually very arrogant, favonovel.com still came to help them at such a critical moment!
“Thanks, we’re alright.” Dave said, “But we’re not sure what happened either.”
Gratitude received from Dave Gurion, +1!
Milo warmly reached out and pulled the two sheeple out of the hole.
Meanwhile, Melgor walked around the pit twice and said, “This circular pit’s shape is very uniform. It looks like it was caused by a spell someone cast. Don’t tell me it was a sorcerer that attacked you two?”
Milo dismissed it. “How can there be a sorcerer out here in the wilderness? Surely it can’t be another ostracized fringe sorcerer sent to the border like you, right?”
Melgor snapped, “You’re my steward after all’s said and done, so can’t you speak with a little more respect to me? But what you said makes sense. There can’t be other sorcerers out here. Besides, I’ve never come across such a spell before.”
“What kind of earth spells are there?” Milo asked curiously.
“Liquefy Ground, Sudden Stalagmite, Wall of Earth, and others…” Melgor explained, “Although this pit might resemble something caused by the Liquefy Ground spell, that spell actually uses quicksand to trap people. This isn’t how it looks at all.”
Milo concluded, “The tent might’ve been set up on hollow ground. Although the surface looks flat, there’s actually a void underneath. It could have suddenly collapsed because it could not bear both their weight. Moreover, if a sorcerer were trying to sneak up and attack them, the sheeple would probably be dead.”
“That explanation makes more sense than using sorcery,” Melgor said, sounding vexed. “Alright, hurry up and go back to sleep…”
“Mhm, to prevent anyone from ambushing us, I’ll keep watch tonight.” Milo said.
Melgor’s heart warmed. “Much appreciated!”
Milo suddenly asked, “By the way, how do you recite the incantation for Lesser Fireball?”
Melgor repeated it clearly, “‘Fire’, why?”
“Hahaha, it’s nothing!” Then Milo urged Melgor to go and sleep.
I really recited the incantation wrong. I shouldn’t have said it as “Haiya”…
But Milo thought to himself that the pit in the ground must have something to do with the spell favonovel.com had cast earlier. But the problem was that favonovel.com had not recited the incantation correctly, so how did favonovel.com succeed in casting the spell!?
What logic was that?
Furthermore, didn’t Melgor say a sorcerer needed to practice a spell a 1,000 times before it could be fully cast and affect the physical world?
How did favonovel.com accidentally end up succeeding on his first try then?
But other sorcerers cast a Lesser or Greater Fireball by reciting their corresponding incantations, so how did favonovel.com end up creating a pit in the ground by saying “Haiya”?
Could favonovel.com have accidentally opened up a new world again?
Milo thought about it carefully.
Logically speaking, a sorcerer used the Eye of True Sight as a tool for concentrating their willpower. In that case, there was no reason why a sorcerer could muster a spell when speaking in the language of the Magi but favonovel.com couldn’t if favonovel.com spoke in Chinese or English.
The world was fair, and it was not like the Magi had something more than the Northwestern people!
Therefore, since willpower wasn’t exclusive to any nationality, who was to say that the Central Plains people were inferior to the Magi. Moreover, with superhumans like Kenneth and Olivia who were capable of destroying cities and strongholds in the Central Plains, they would be considered once-in-a-lifetime geniuses if they were put in the magus order.
The key was that the Eye of True Sight could be used to cast spells as long as favonovel.com held it in his hand.
Sorcerers used the language of the Magi to cast spells because their countless predecessors had gradually discovered some pattern in its usage. Actually, they could also use any languages to cast spells, but it was just that no one had made a summary of which words were used for what spells.
Milo suddenly felt a sense of lofty contribution.
As the future commander of the Northwest, shouldn’t favonovel.com bring back some Eyes of True Sight from the Kingdom of Sorcerers to the Northwest as souvenirs?
Then couldn’t favonovel.com kickstart a grand era of sorcery in the Northwest and help many normal people attain superpowers?
This was one of the core elements of the Prosperous Northwest 3.0 plan. No matter how many detours favonovel.com had to take, helping the Northwest prosper was the end goal. But before that, maybe favonovel.com should first help to compile which words corresponded with which spells.
Of course, favonovel.com would have to keep his distance from the sheeple the next time favonovel.com tested out the incantations. Although those two guys were always throwing sarcasm at him, it would not be good if favonovel.com accidentally killed them with a spell.
When Melgor, Dave, and Benjamin were all asleep, Milo pretended to go out and relieve himself. Then favonovel.com took the opportunity to run several hundred meters away before carefully taking out his Eye of True Sight again.
What words should favonovel.com use to test out the incantations?
The only clue favonovel.com had was “Haiya,” but that was not enough for favonovel.com to figure out any patterns.
Milo remained silent for a long time. Then favonovel.com carefully tested, “Meteor Shower!”
“Summon the Divine Dragon!”
“Send in the Trojan Horse!”
There was still no response.
Milo’s expression darkened. He was thinking of teaching the Northwest’s population to recite incantations just a moment ago, but favonovel.com could not even recite a proper incantation now.
“How am I supposed to cast a spell if all these powerful-sounding phrases won’t even trigger a response? Should I say ‘may you be prosperous’ instead?” Milo muttered.
But just as his words trailed off, Milo heard exclamations coming from the direction of the campfire.
Benjamin shouted, “F*ck!”
Dave shouted, “F*ck!”
Melgor shouted, “F*ck!”
Milo was stunned. “May you be prosperous?”
As a result, exclamations rang out once more a short distance away.
Milo was completely shocked.
Could his incantations be that treacherous?
Openly wishing others well but actually expressing malice in secret?
Was it an issue with the incantation, or could the problem lie with him?
