Book 2: Chapter 80 (1/2)

“You do it just like this,” Vur said and pointed at dwarf. A second later, the dwarf yelped as he convulsed and transformed into a turtle.

Lulu’s gaze shifted onto Vur, who was standing on her head. “Can you, uh, teach me in a way that actually makes sense?” she asked and wrinkled her snout.

Vur tilted his head. “But it makes sense?” He pointed at the turtle. “Like this.” The turtle shuddered as it sprouted a pair of feathery wings. “See?”

“Demonstrating it in the same exact way as before doesn’t help,” Lulu said and sighed. “How about explaining the concept behind it? What calculations are you doing for the spell?”

Vur hummed and scratched his head. “My mana goes vrmm, then swoosh! And then it goes bzz.” He pointed at the winged tortoise, causing it to sprout a pair of pointy horns. “Just like that. You try it.”

“There’s no way I can try it just like that,” Lulu said, her eye twitching. She snorted and knocked over a few trees with her tail, causing some nearby elves to shout. “What happens to the other person’s mana? How does your buzzing and swishing create physical changes to the other person’s structure without damaging them?”

Vur frowned. “Why are you asking so many questions when you haven’t tried it yet?” he asked and patted Lulu’s head once. “Just try it. Make your mana go vrmm, then swoosh! And then bzz.”

Lulu sighed. “I don’t want to be a murderer today,” she said and frowned. She pointed at a tree. “Vrmm, then swish, and then bzz?”

The tree exploded.

“No. It’s vrmm, then swoosh! And then bzz,” Vur said, shaking his head.

Lulu’s tail smacked against the ground, causing the army of dwarves marching behind her to fall over. “But that’s what I did?”

“You did swish, not swoosh,” Vur said, crossing his arms over his chest.

Lulu rolled her eyes and pointed at another tree. “Vrmm, then swoosh, and then bzz,” she said.

The tree exploded.

“Swoosh! Not swoosh. Swoosh!” Vur said. He sighed. “Some people just don’t get it.”

“It’s not a failure on my part!” Lulu said, gritting her teeth. “You can’t teach! Can trees even be polymorphed?”

Vur snorted and pointed at a tree. “Polymorph.” The tree shuddered and transformed into a dog, which promptly fell over onto its side, a glazed look in its eyes. “How is that so hard to do?”

Lulu blinked at the husk of a dog. “So trees can be polymorphed,” she said. “Interesting. But a vegetable’s a vegetable. And it’s hard because you’re not telling me what to do! Shouldn’t it be a different swoosh and swish depending on what you want your target to turn into?”

“You just change the bzz into a bzzity or the vrmm into a vrmmrm,” Vur said. “The swoosh never changes.”