551 Interesting Analysis (2/2)

As a result, these core nodes had never been noticed.

Even if people did see them, they would only consider such nodes useless.

Roland didn't think that many people could've found out the secrets of these special nodes as he did.

If he could understand the functions of the core nodes, would he be able to create a new divination spell by adding or compiling other nodes like a programmer?

Just the idea of that excited him.

Roland had thought that Lesser Benediction would be hard to learn. After all, Language Proficiency had left too deep an impression on him.

Besides, Blossom Acceleration was very difficult too.

However, at this moment, he found that Lesser Benediction wasn't too hard, at least not for him.

He had to thank himself for deciphering the spell model of Language Proficiency without asking for anyone's help. He had also learned how to craft magic swords, which also had to do with divination. Many magic swords were designed on the basis of divination spells.

Also, Roland had obtained a lot of data by learning magic and creating the magic swords.

Importing the data into the database, inferring and comparing the data, and then applying it to the model of Lesser Benediction, Roland was soon able to understand the functions of most of the nodes in Lesser Benediction, except for the cores.

Now that he had understood those nodes, Roland could already perform Lesser Benediction.

Then, he did a famous experiment in the circle of Mages.

He slightly closed his hands and activated Lesser Benediction. White light gleamed from his hands.

”I want drinkable water.”

After saying that, Roland instantly unfolded his magic shield.

Then, he waited patiently.

About twenty minutes later, the catgirl suddenly appeared by the window. She squatted and said to Roland excitedly, ”Master, look, I've got you a cup of fruit tea. It's very delicious. When I drank it, I thought you should have a taste of this too. I'm really nice to you, Master, aren't I?”

Roland looked at Marilyn as well as the pot in her hand, greatly relieved.

Both Grand Benediction and Lesser Benediction had a minor shortcoming, which was that when one's wish wasn't clear or detailed enough, it would be fulfilled in the most reasonable way.

For example, when Roland said ”I want drinkable water,” a lot of things might have happened, and the catgirl returning with fruit tea was only one of the possibilities.

If Roland had made such a wish in the wild, it was possible that a bison would pass by, pee on him, and then go away.

The urine of the bison was exactly the result of Benediction.

Bovine urine could count as drinkable water too.

After all, the people of a certain country were particularly into that.

They would be lethargic for three days if a day went by without them having any bovine urine, so Benediction did grant the wish.

One had to blame themselves for making too vague a wish.

It was exactly why Roland opened the magic shield just now.

He feared that something critical would happen to him.

The correct way of making wishes was to describe the wish in the most unambiguous and straightforward way before Benediction's effect was over.

For example, ”I want a glass of innocuous clean water.”

That would be much better. Although the way the water was delivered would still be uncertain, as least the water would be drinkable and clean.

Another shortcoming of Benediction was that one could not describe how the result should be delivered in the wish, i. e., it was not possible to describe the ”cause” but only the ”result.”

For example, one couldn't make a wish like ”I want Angel Nia to bring me a glass of clean water for me to drink.”

That was not going to happen. They could only say, ”I want someone to give me a glass of clean water for me to drink.”

Even Grand Benediction could not allow anyone to describe ”causes.”

Lastly, Benediction usually wouldn't take effect in real time, because it would take time for magic power to construct and look for suitable ”causes.”

For example, if someone was dying of thirst in the desert and wished for clean water, and no water sources were around, Benediction would expand the range and prompt someone or some creature from a long distance away to walk to him with clean water mysteriously.

However, the problem remained whether or not the guy could survive until the deliverer of clean water arrived.

Therefore, it was a taboo to make a wish that didn't suit the environment or was against common sense through either Grand Benediction or Lesser Benediction, because there would be no telling when those wishes would come true.

Also, there was a time limit to Benediction. If the target couldn't be achieved in three months, the spell would automatically disappear due to the dispersion of magic power.

Roland had a cup of the fruit tea that the catgirl brought to him.

He considered how he should conduct his next test.

Soon, he had an idea. He activated Lesser Benediction again and said, ”I want to pick up ten gold coins.”

The catgirl looked at Roland, amused but not daring to laugh. Eventually, she said in a weird tone as she tried to hold back her laughter, ”Master, have you turned into a fool?”