Chapter 61 - A Fork in the Road
At this point, Sunders explained about some of the experiments on the fitness of channeling methods.
“The quantization for the fitness of a spirit model was proposed by the ‘Wizard of All’ Runeborg. It’s too controversial, so the idea was only known between wizards, rarely by apprentices.
“Runeborg defined the fitness between a spirit model and its user as 0-100. Someone with the fitness of over 20 is considered impressive and is very likely to become a wizard.
“As I mentioned, common channeling methods like the Triangle Channeling can both make someone a wizard or cause them to waste their lives. Such methods have absolutely no guarantee over their fitness level. Someone lucky enough might do well with the Triangle Channeling and break through the barrier preventing him to become a wizard, thus finding immortality. Other people who have zero fitness may never make it into Elementary Apprentices.
“Of course, apart from the common channeling methods, almost all wizard organizations possess their own, valuable methods. They are valuable assets because they have their baselines for fitness levels.
“For example, we have more than ten special channeling methods in Brute Cavern. One of the most basic ones is called Six-Sided Rhombohedral Meditation. Any talent who studies this method will at least have a fitness of three.”
Angor was unsure about Sunders’ words from a while ago. Now, he began to understand and he asked, “At least three, which means if the talent finds the channeling method suitable, his or her fitness will easily go beyond this baseline?”
Until he found Angor.
Angor stuffed his head under the blanket. Sunders’ last warning was still ringing inside his mind.
“You have a special talent. It’s very likely for you to acquire the channeling method. My spells are much related to the Nightmare Realm, but I still have to tell you, that the Nightmare Realm is full of great danger. Nine out of ten wizards will not make it back out alive. Think carefully.”