Chapter 113 Maxs Resolve (2)

The enchanting illusion was shattered by Ruth the next day, who appeared as excited as he was at noon.

Max looked at the intricate diagrams drawn on a large stone tablet and listened to a long lecture by the wizard, who was very excited. Having made a pedantic remark about the concept of magic, Ruth started a heated explanation of how magic worked. It was as if she was listening to a foreign language.

How is it? Do you understand?

At the end of the long, long explanation, Max almost sobbed on the spot with frustration and disappointment.

Ruth frowned at Maxs tearful face, unsure of the reason for her demise,

Is there a difficult part in my explanation?

Th-there was no-nothing that was not dif-difficult Max mumbled with low energy. As e-expected it w-was too much for me.

That attitude is already difficult.

Ruth grumbled discontentedly at her passive attitude.

You have to cultivate a habit of continually digging in. When you cant understand, you have to ask until you can understand.

It was too much of a demand for someone who got used to resigning. Max turned her eyes down and nodded blankly.

In a calm and soft voice, Ruth said,

Ill repeat it step by step. If you dont understand, let me know. Ill explain it from the beginning.

I-I see.

Max felt a bit better.

He erased the diagram from the stone plate and began to draw a simple picture again.

There is an invisible power in the natural world. Wizards call it mana.

This time he spoke slowly, but his hands moved quickly.

She immediately wrote it on parchment. Ruth waited until he finished writing and then continued his explanation.

The wizards train themselves to accumulate the mana that exists in the natural world. Then, the mana that is enriched by bringing it into the body is called a spell.

Th-thats isnt it the same?

She asked.

It is a mix, but its technically different. If mana is a stable energy that exists in equilibrium in the natural world, spells are quite unstable energy that artificially accumulates inside humans and monsters. Mana tends to obey the laws of the natural world,