A Wizard's Survival Guide to the 20th Century

"What is essence and what is trait? Do you understand this?" Field looked over and sighed when he saw Levi's confused expression.

"Yes, after all, BOI pursues information blockade against wild wizards."

"There are ten original substances in total. They symbolize the ten different kinds of starlight emitted by the [Yi]. These starlights will come to the earth under certain circumstances." Field opened his hands and stretched out ten slender fingers.

"At a specific time?" Levi thought of something.

"That's right, it's the first Sunday of every month." Field said, then he raised his fingers one by one.

“We give to them different names according to their different qualities: Crown, Wisdom, Understanding, Mercy, Severity, Beauty, Victory, Glory, Foundation and Kingdom.”

"According to the data, these names can be traced back to the third to sixth centuries AD. Of course, before and after that, people also had various explanations for the origin of the wizard's power, which are the religions and myths spread across various places."

"In any case, the essence represents the ten original powers. And the traits represent ourselves." Field continued, "Everyone, including you, should have something that you are good at or long for, right? For example Painting, music, horseback riding, or adventure, travel, or even a realistic dream like becoming a millionaire and marrying hundreds of beautiful women.”

"Although some people don't realize it, these things are like factory settings, imprinted on our brains as 'specialties' or 'dreams,' and one of the most prominent ones is 'trait.'"

"Logically speaking, traits can at most make us masters in a certain field, and it is unlikely that we can transcend the category of human beings, but -"

Field pointed upward with his right hand: “The ‘primordial substance’ sent down by God is sometimes attracted to our ‘characteristics’.”

"When the essence representing primitive power is intertwined with the characteristics representing human desires, various abilities will be mutated, thus creating creatures like you and me that are beyond human beings." Field pointed at Li Wei, pointed at himself again.

"Superpowers, mutants, magicians... Of course, the name that everyone calls the most is the name that has been circulated since ancient times and spread completely in the Middle Ages - wizard."

After Li Wei listened carefully, he thought randomly: "In other words... the essence represents strength, and the trait represents type, right?"

"Almost, but it's not rigorous to say so." Field nodded.

"As I said just now, there are ten types of original essence. The combination of each original essence and characteristics will lead to the final result, which is what we often call different 'characteristics'."

"After research, we found that if the waveform similarity of the chart chart reaches a certain limit, when combined with the same characteristics, the final performance results will be basically the same. The concept of 'system' is divided because of this, but there are also some people - —Mainly researchers, like to be called 'pillars'."

Field said: "The beast system includes: wisdom, compassion, beauty, and victory, while the professional system includes: understanding, severity, glory, and foundation."

"The delusions are the least, only the crown and the kingdom."

"Wait a minute, why is wisdom of the beast type?" Levi couldn't understand.

"I don't know, this is going to involve a lot of philosophy..." Field spread his hands, "Okay, these are just the most basic knowledge. How about it? Do you remember it clearly?"

Levi slowed down, feeling that he was just listening to the lecture, and then nodded: "It's okay. It's not difficult to understand if you don't go into details."

"Okay, then let's talk about how monsters are created." Field nodded. "Animals are different from us humans. They lack the diversity of traits."

"It's not difficult to understand. Animals have no intelligence, and they are even less likely to have dreams or desires. Their goals in life are only those engraved in their genes. Due to the high similarity of genes, they often belong to the same 'family'. Even animals of the same 'order' share a 'trait'."

"That is to say, when they accidentally receive the starlight of [Yi], they will show fewer traits. If they are the same species and have the same essence, they will become the same kind of thing, which is what we call Said 'a kind of monster'."

Levi silently remembered that Teacher Westin was already good at giving lectures, but the density of this knowledge was really high.

Fortunately, Field didn't continue. She smiled, put down her hand and said, "I see you are a little confused. Let's call it a day."

Levi was relieved and breathed a sigh of relief and said, "I feel like I'm listening to a biology class."

"Haha, of course. Didn't you listen to what the team leader just said? We must 'study' first." Field said with a smile, "I will take you to relax and hunt some 'water ghosts' in a while."

"Water ghost...I almost forgot what I was going to do in the first place." Levi's mind turned around.

"Where did these water ghosts come from?"

"Just think about it and you'll know. They were the experimental subjects of Metalia's witchcraft. They escaped at some point."

Field stood up and walked over and handed Levi a piece of information.

Levi pulled away and took a look:

【Epsilon-104】

[Type: Danger Clearance—Plan No. 001]

[Region: California-Oakland]

【Execution Group: 004】

[Object: Water Ghost, the number is up to six, the rating does not exceed E]

[Explanation: Group 004 member Rhys Thain found a dormant water ghost, the body of a water ghost, and a research report in the Metalia family's estate on No. 24 Street in Oakland. 】

[According to the report, it can be determined that the water ghost was a test object used by Buster Metalia to experiment with witchcraft. After undergoing witchcraft, the water ghost successfully laid seven eggs, six of which hatched successfully. . Six water ghosts were kept in a closed area with a pool and open space in the manor. One of the water ghosts was bitten to death during a dispute with other water ghosts. This is consistent with the body found by investigators in the pool. 】

[But when Reese found the area where the water ghosts were kept, there was a gap in the wall of the area, and the water ghosts lost their trace. Preliminary judgment is that the water ghost left the area during the Beta-019-02 incident and may have lurked in Lake Merritt. 】

[Reese’s application to eliminate the water ghost group was approved. 】

[Note: This event is an appendix to the Beta-019 event]