Chapter 2 Magic Can Be Considered as a Program
Stephen quickly grabbed the fallen magic wand and jumped to his feet. The wand traced a graceful arc in the air and aimed at one of the big men's head. He shouted, "Lightning!"
Basic attack spell [Lightning].
The owner of Stephen's body was like a hammerhead. Originally, he was only a second-level beginner magician and could only use simple level-one spells. Because the hammerhead was gentle and kind, he was more fond of simple and everyday spells like [Breeze], [Dust Removal], and [Fire Making]. Spell spells were very unfamiliar to him.
That's why, when Stephen shouted "Lightning" and waved the wand, although he thought he could use this called [Lightning] spell by relying on the memory he inherited from the hammerhead, the result was... Except for a few small sparks bursting from one end of the wand, nothing else happened.
"Oh my god?" Stephen was stunned.
Everyone in the room looked at him in amazement.
Debbie's face flashed a hint of joy. Apparently, she was happy that Stephen had woken up. Then she forcefully waved her hand: "Hammerhead, you should hide first. Don't show off your strength when you can't even fight. Leave this to me!"
"That kid shouldn't be let go either, Quinn. Go and catch that kid!" Busca shouted immediately. "We are following the contract to ask them to leave. They were rude and opposed us. Even if they are killed, they won't be subject to legal sanctions!"
The swordsman called Quinn among the two big men immediately walked towards Stephen with a sneer.
Debbie saw this and was alarmed. She immediately swung her great sword to attack Quinn, but was intercepted by another big man. She was shocked and hurriedly shouted to Stephen, "Hammerhead, hurry up and hide, hurry up!"
Stephen didn't move. He stared blankly at the magic wand in his hand. Just now, he discovered something very interesting -
Magic, in a nutshell, is when a person uses their mental power and magic power to construct a magic template in their memory, condense a magic matrix through the magic template, and apply the magic matrix to the magic wand and other casting tools. These magic matrices will have different effects depending on their composition, and then absorb the magic elements from nature and reveal various magical effects.
For example, the spell spell [Lightning], for a magician to cast this spell, they need to construct the [Lightning] magic template in their brain in advance. When releasing, they activate the magic template with magic power in an instant, condense the [Lightning] magic matrix, and send this matrix to the magic wand. The wand will absorb the "electricity element" in the air and form a lightning attack.
Is it like programming a program and implementing it in an application software?
The reason why Stephen couldn't release the [Lightning] spell was because the hammerhead was very unfamiliar with this spell. Although he had constructed the magic template of this spell in his mind, this template had some problems. Out of ten releases, at least nine times, he couldn't absorb the electricity element...
And what made Stephen feel even more amazing was that this magic template was the foundation of the spell casting, its essence was composed of thirty-two magic symbols. The magician needed to integrate these thirty-two magic symbols and then construct the magic template to cast the spell. The previous hammerhead, as a second-level magician, had already comprehended the first five of these thirty-two magic symbols. Using these five magic characters, he could combine into various simple spell templates. Stephen inherited the hammerhead's memory and also inherited the understanding of these five magic symbols.
From Stephen's perspective -
"Magic can be regarded as a program software programmed with these thirty-two magic symbols!" The magic template is a program, and casting magic is activating this program! The most important thing is that with these magic symbols, you can achieve much more than with a programming language...
Programming languages can implement various functions, but all these functions are based on computers and networks, while the functions of magic are based on the entire earth and act on all things in the world... Magic is much more fun than programming!
At this moment, Stephen's mood suddenly became excited. He had dealt with programs all his life in the previous life and eventually stood at the peak of the hacker field, and the magic in this world can be used as a program!
"This world is just made for me. Here, I will be able to do anything. I..."
While Stephen was feeling excited in his heart, he suddenly noticed that his body was flying in the air - Quinn had grabbed his collar with one hand, and his powerful arm strength easily lifted Stephen's feet more than a foot off the ground. A cruel smile of cruelty was showing on Quinn's rough and savage face: "Hey, Mr. Magician, your magic seems not very proficient."
"Damn it!"
Stephen felt a bone-chilling chill from Quinn. On the other side, Debbie shouted and screamed, wanting to come and rescue Stephen, but was firmly entangled by another swordsman. Stephen could only rely on himself. He was waving the magic wand feebly, trying to continue to activate the "Lightning" spell, but for three consecutive times, only a few sparks were emitted from one end of the wand, and no lightning bolts could be seen...
And Quinn clearly had no patience anymore. The long sword in his other hand had already been raised.
"Where exactly is the problem... Magic template! There must be something wrong with the magic template!"
Death was approaching, and Stephen could only completely rely on magic.
The attack magic couldn't be used smoothly, which could only mean that the magic template was wrong.
The magic template is a collection of magic symbols engraved by the magician in their memory. Engraving the magic template and having it imprinted in their memory requires mental power. Only with mental power can one engrave the magic symbols into their memory, so mental power is the most basic criterion for testing a magician.
And Stephen can search his own magic template.
The template of the basic offensive spell "Lightning" is very simple, only using five basic magic symbols, and the template is only a few dozen lines. Stephen quickly browsed through the template he had engraved... Because he inherited the memory of the hammerhead, he had long comprehended these five basic magic symbols, and he could fully understand the meaning of each line in this template!
As a peak hacker, finding errors in the code of a program is a piece of cake.
Although magic is not the same as the programming language he learned, with Hammerhead's understanding of those five basic magic symbols and his rich programming experience... He can still form a kind of natural intuition for the rows and columns of the magic template.
"Here! This magic symbol is wrong! It will cause the absorbed lightning elements to form accumulated redundancy, break the release node of the lightning, so this spell cannot be released smoothly. Just modify this magic symbol, and this spell can be completely corrected!"
If a magician is compared to a programmer, a basic spell is like the simple program practiced by a programmer when they are learning to program, and from Stephen's perspective as a peak hacker, this basic spell can quickly understand the error in the program.
"Hammerhead!" Debbie's heart-wrenching scream woke Stephen up.
The long sword in Quinn's hand was aimed at his chest. The cruel smile on his face indicated what he was about to do... At this critical moment of the crisis, Stephen's face showed a faint smile. Once again, he struggled to point the wand at Quinn's chest.
"Lightning."
Squelch -
A white lightning bolt shot out from one end of the wand and directly struck Quinn's chest.
Quinn let out a scream of pain. His huge body immediately recoiled backward, and with a crash, it toppled over and crushed a whole row of shelves...
The young man in the black wizard's robe landed gracefully on the ground. He gently flicked the wand beside him, and at that moment, all he felt was one thing.
"Oh my god, he's so handsome~~~"