Episode 40 – Alternate Trigger (1/2)

Luckily, all of the examinees had retreated from the classroom and loudly closed the door even before Deora’s clothes corated

One-third of the exa the exa examinees were hesitant to leave because that wouldinto Muni

As they heard the sounds of stuff breaking inside the classroom, more and more of them retreated further away in alarm

All throughout their retreat they could hear noises and Zerel’s playful voice co from the room:

“Don’t be et you a new uniform”

“Don’t worry about the carpet The room looks better without it The carpet makes it look too…red”

“Careful you’ll break…” Crash!+ “…never mind”

“Oh wait! I have a great idea little Dei! You can use those curtains to cover yourself up”

“No Don’t come any closer You’ll set the curtains on…”

“Not to worry little Dei They were red anyway, no one will notice if they are a bit burnt”

With every crash, the exaed and took a step back They looked at Elaru with hate, blaed her shoulders, s wryly “It’s not my fault he is a firecracker”

As a response to her words, a furious bellow erupted within the room “What did you just call me?!?”

The examinees shi+vered

What a good hearing!

It’s like he is an elibu!

Elaru didn’t knohether to laugh or cry This whole event quickly went out of control When she decided to crack the spell she had no idea that the glass wouldn’t be able to take the heat She e in various areas, but the breaking te it

And even if it were, she still wouldn’t have knohat exact telass would reach when she used the artifact So how could she possibly predict that her atte off would end this badly?

Only when the glass shattered did she realize the danger and her e the hot jelly

Elaru sighed If this accident didn’t happen, she would be explaining her brilliance right now Explaining how she activated the artifact with a different trigger spell than the one they were given

To er spell, the enchanter spell And there were only tays of nize another spell

The first as to contain a copy of the trigger spell pattern within the main spell The main spell would just compare the copy inside of it with the one cast outside If it were sih, the main spell would activate

It would be like giving the spell an apple and saying “If you see anything that looks like this – activate” The spell would hold that apple and when another fruit appears it would look down at the apple in its hands and compare the new fruit to it

This method was the simpler and more commonly used method

However, it had a drawback – a er spell should look like (Everyone can see the apple the spell was holding and deduce “Oh! I should bring an apple!”)

What if the ical artifact was important? What if no one besides its owner should be able to activate it?

In such a scenario, the second er in the nize the trigger spell in which the er looks like, but it would be able to recognize the trigger if it appeared

It would be like telling the spell “If you see a fruit, bake it first and then add sugar and spice If it tastes similar to this, then activate”

When someone inspected such a spell, he would see the recipe and how the end result should taste like, but he wouldn’t be able to see the er spell Because of the co procedure, in the end, it would be hard to recognize that the finished dish was once an apple

However, what if soed to find a pear that when cooked had a sinizes based on taste, wouldn’t know that it was given a pear and not an apple If it tastes sier In such a scenario, the nize the pear as an apple and activate

This was exactly the way Elaru duped the testing apparatus

Each year, Muni staff would dispel the old enchantment on the speedoer spell That way, the people taking the exaer spell and use it to ace the exam

The new trigger spell needed to stay a secret until the exaer needed to stay a secret, they had to use the second method

This was never a proble that was easy to do – rather, usually it took years of research, sometier of a ic artifact

However, how could all those other ic breakers coht? It was like a bunch of people s able to take a bite, yet trying to make a pear pie that tasted exactly like that apple pie How could they make a similar pie if they didn’t kno it tasted like?

Granted, Aethernea of Sight wasn’t enough One also needed to have a vast experience and faence were also important qualities

When brought together into a single body – as born out of it was the ultiic breaker Someone who could not only break spells, but also crack them – exploit a flaw in the spell to their own benefit

When Elaru first saw the spell, she already had a few ideas about the possible trigger The reason why she dared to gah for her to find and alternate trigger and 2) because she was sure that the alternate trigger was actually easier to weave than the real trigger