Wizard: My career panel has no upper limit

Chapter 550 Twin Witch Kings
Ron took a deep breath and took out "The Complete Guide to the Extraordinary" from his storage bag.

The pages of the book emitted a familiar golden glow in the night.

The giant eye on the cover slowly opened, gazing at him with a look of anticipation.

"You need my help again?"

A familiar, teasing voice echoed in the room:
"Let me guess... You've discovered a grand problem, have a wonderful idea, but don't know how to turn it into reality?"

“That’s true,” Ron readily admitted.
"I need a bridge, a bridge connecting theory and practice."

"A bridge?" A slightly disappointed emoticon appeared on the page:

"What a tedious metaphor. I thought you would use more creative words."

For example, a 'catalyst,' a 'resonator,' or even a 'translator.'

Ron couldn't help but laugh out loud:
“Okay, then I need a 'translator' who can translate the language of art into the language of engineering.”

"That's right!" The text came alive again:
"So, as is customary, what are you prepared to offer in exchange for this precious wisdom?"

Ron was prepared.

He closed his eyes, recalling the extraordinary book he had read in his past life:

"In my hometown, there was a writer named Italo Calvino."

"One of the writer's most famous works recounts a conversation between a traveler and a monarch."

"Imagine this ruler who possesses countless countries, and each country has countless unique cities."

But here's the problem—when you rule over too many cities, how do you understand the true nature of each one?

He began to use magic to sketch images in the air, deliberately using local expressions more suited to the wizarding world in some key places:
The traveler told the monarch:
Your Majesty, I once saw a place called Chessboard City.

The most amazing thing about this city is not its building materials.

Those were just ordinary obsidian and moonstone, common adamantite and mithril.

"What truly sets this city apart is the spatial arrangement of every single building material."

A glint of wisdom appeared in Ron's eyes:
"It's like a game of Dragon Chess, the most popular game in the Wizarding World."

A wizard is a wizard because he can manipulate the elements and control mysteries.

If all other pieces are removed, the wizard is nothing more than an ordinary human being.

"The Dragonborn are powerful because they are able to charge into battle and protect their allies."

"But the most interesting are those seemingly humble farmer chess pieces."

They could only move forward slowly, and seemed utterly worthless.

However, when a farmer, after overcoming countless hardships, reaches the enemy camp, he can awaken to any identity he desires—including the legendary Dragon King.

"Therefore, Your Majesty, the meaning of a city, or even the meaning of an entire plane, is not constituted by isolated existence."

What truly defines everything is the endless web of relationships between existences.

“A city may have the most magnificent wizard towers, the strongest elemental barriers, and the widest portal squares.”

But if these elements lack organic connections, it's just a beautiful pile of ruins.

"On the contrary, even cities built from the most ordinary materials."

If the network of relationships within it is skillfully crafted enough, it can also radiate an admirable vitality.

His tone became deeper:

"The best way to change a city is to reweave the web of relationships within it."

By changing the positions of the pieces, the entire game can be given a completely new meaning.

The words on the pages fell silent for a long time, and even the giant eye seemed to be deep in thought.

After a long while, a line of approving text slowly appeared:

“Brilliant! ‘Relationships over entities,’ ‘Networks determine meaning’... These philosophical insights are truly impressive.”

"The wise men of your world clearly understand some of the fundamental rules governing how reality works."

The tone of the text became more excited:
"Moreover, your choice to exchange this story for the wisdom of 'translation' itself demonstrates your profound understanding of the essence of the problem."

"Then, in return, let me tell you a story..."

The tone of "The Complete Guide to Extraordinary Things" suddenly turned sly:

"However, this time, I'm not going to tell you any profound fables."

What I'm going to tell you is an absurd comedy about how two mortal enemies are forced to live together and ultimately save the world.

The pages began to turn, but this time the change was particularly unusual.

The originally flat paper began to arch upwards, as if a miniature stage was being constructed.

The paper curtain slowly opened, revealing a wondrous world made of ink lines before Ron's eyes.

"Long, long ago, before my master was even born, in a particularly unlucky year of the Second Era..."

The voice in "The Complete Explanation of the Extraordinary" became exaggerated, like that of a storyteller:

"I have two roommates with extremely incompatible personalities, and we are forced to live in the same dormitory."

The scene shows a room divided in two by an invisible wall.

The left half was as neat as an exhibition hall, with every item arranged perfectly.
The right half is a mess, like a junkyard, with oddly shaped trinkets scattered everywhere.

"On the left side lives a super germaphobe, whom we call 'Mr. Obsessive-Compulsive'."

A human-shaped silhouette composed of countless straight lines appeared.

Various cleaning tools were surrounding the area: brooms, mops, protractors, rulers...

"Mr. Obsessive-compulsive gets up at 6:00 every morning, brushes his teeth at 6:05, washes his face at 6:10, and makes his bed at 6:15."

Even every corner of the blanket must be a perfect 90-degree right angle!

In the picture, the figure is using a protractor to check the angle of the blanket. After finding a deviation of 0.1 degrees, it immediately readjusts it.

"His greatest passion is to establish rules for all things."
'Only blue socks are allowed on Mondays,' 'Drinks must be stirred seventeen and a half times,' 'Each syllable must be held for a standard duration of 1.3 seconds when speaking'...

Ron noticed this description and chuckled inwardly.

This is clearly a mockery of the legendary "King of Stability," Saint Themis.

The witch king who, during his reign, standardized the laws of the entire Lord's World to an outrageous degree.

"And on the right side lives a complete troublemaker, whom we call 'Mr. Troublemaker'."

Another figure formed by flow curves appeared.

Various strange little devices floated around:

A teapot that dances on its own, a paper airplane that flies backwards, soap bubbles that keep changing color...

"Mr. Mischief's wake-up time is completely random every day:"
Sometimes he gets up at 3 a.m. to set off fireworks, and sometimes he sleeps until 2 p.m. and is still in bed working on inventions.

The screen shows a typical scene in the right half of the room:

The teapot is tap dancing on the ceiling;
The books on the bookshelf were turning their pages by themselves, and occasionally they could be heard giggling.

Even the trash cans are playing hide-and-seek with the brooms...

His greatest passion is breaking all rules:
Why can't we plant sunflowers on rainy days?

Why can't you wear a soup spoon as a hat?

'Why can't gravity take a break sometimes?'...

This is clearly a veiled reference to Saint Chaos, the "King of Opportunity".

The witch king who took "unpredictability" to its extreme.

"The two roommates have been at war ever since the first day they moved in."

The scene begins to depict this "dormitory battle":

"Mr. Obsessive-Compulsive would secretly tidy up the right half of the room meticulously when Mr. Mischief was away. But when Mr. Mischief returned, he would deliberately make everything even messier and stick little notes on the wall:"
'Rules are meant to be broken!'

"Mr. Mischief will deliberately add random events to Mr. Obsessive-Compulsive's schedule:"
'3:17 PM: Discussing the philosophy of life with my cat'

'9:42 PM: Taking a shower upside down'...

"Mr. Obsessive-Compulsive was so angry he was practically steaming!"
He began to formulate stricter 'roommate management rules':
A total of 3847 rules cover everything from 'how to sneeze properly' to 'standard decibel limits for laughter.'

"Mr. Mischief laughed out loud when he saw the regulations."

Then, using these 3847 rules, I folded a paper crane and even cast a spell on it, making it sing a lullaby to Mr. OCD every night on his pillow…

Ron was almost bursting out laughing as he watched the increasingly absurd "roommate war."

The satirical style of "The Amazing World" is incredibly sharp.

It transformed two terrifying witch kings into childish roommates.

"This war lasted for a full three years, four months, and seventeen days."

"The Complete Explanation of the Extraordinary" continues to embellish the description:

"Until one day, an unprecedented disaster struck..."

The screen suddenly shook, the sky turned pitch black, and a fierce wind began to rage across the entire dormitory building.

"This is a 'reality distortion storm'!"
It will turn everything that is fixed into something fluid, and everything that is random into something rigid!
in other words--"

The sound in "The Amazing World" becomes particularly dramatic:
"Mr. OCD's room began to frantically rearrange itself, changing its layout every second!"

His toothbrush started waltzing on the wall, his socks turned into singing birds, and his extremely strict schedule became a hodgepodge…

"And Mr. Mischief's room began to be forcibly tidied up!"

All the trinkets were lined up in neat rows, even the dancing teapots were forced to stand at attention, turning into lifeless exhibits..."

The image shows this absurd "role reversal":
Mr. Neatness is forced to live in chaos, while Mr. Chaos is forced to live in order.

Both of them were on the verge of a breakdown.

"In desperation, the two mortal enemies sat on the dividing line in the middle of the room for the first time."

The tone of "The Complete Guide to Extraordinary Things" suddenly became warmer:

"Mr. Obsessive-Compulsive realized for the first time that maybe a little bit of chaos... can be quite interesting at times."

It's much better than this forced, illogical chaos.

"Mr. Mischief also discovered for the first time that proper order... can actually help creativity be expressed better."

It's far better than this coercive, lifeless order.

"Then, a miracle happened..."

The two roommates embarked on their first collaboration.

"Mr. Obsessive-Compulsive said, 'Perhaps... I can provide a stable foundational framework for your ideas?'"

Mr. Mischief said, "Perhaps... I can make your rules more flexible and fun?"

The screen begins to show the results of this collaboration:

The left half of the room remained tidy, but each item had a touch of personality:
For example, an alarm clock that blinks, curtains that change color...

The right half of the room remains creative, but now has a basic organizational structure:
For example, designated "messy areas" and "slightly tidier areas"...

"What's even more amazing is that when the two started working together, the reality distortion storm actually... calmed down."

The voice in "The Amazing Explained" was filled with the smug satisfaction of a "successful prank":

"It turns out that this storm was not a natural disaster at all, but the dormitory building's 'regulation system'!"
It sensed the long-standing conflict and negative emotions between its two roommates, which led to this forced 'role-swapping experience'!

The entire historical event of the "Twin Witch Kings' Cooperation" was packaged into a comedy about "parents disciplining their unruly children".

This ending is so perfectly in line with the morbid humor of "The Amazing World," or rather, the king of absurdity.

When the fable ended, the pages returned to their flat state, but Ron's heart was in turmoil.

He recalled the countless nights he spent in the Crystal Spire laboratory, practicing drawing basic runes over and over again.
I recalled the painstaking study of ancient texts at the abyss observation station, leaving no theoretical detail unexamined;
I recalled the various analogies I painstakingly devised to help mixed-race apprentices understand abstract concepts when I was teaching them…

All these seemingly scattered fragments are beginning to reveal clear internal connections!
"I see..." he said slowly.
“I have been looking for a fixed ‘formula’, a standard procedure that can mechanically apply the theory of the Soul Symphony to all situations.”

"But such a formula does not exist, nor should it exist."

"Like the two roommates in the story—what I need is not for 'rules' to triumph over 'improvisation,' nor for 'improvisation' to replace 'rules.'"

What I need is a methodology for enabling two people to 'happily cohabitate'!

This epiphany was like lighting the fuse that connected to the underground powder keg.

All the knowledge, experience, confusion, and bottlenecks he had accumulated over the years regarding enchanting and runic arts.

At this moment, the entirely new framework provided by the fable completely ignited the flames!
This is a powerful and exhilarating transformation that comes after years of hard work and dedication!
All of this accumulation, like dry firewood meeting a spark, began to burn fiercely.

"Enchantment..."

He muttered to himself, his hands unconsciously beginning to trace runes in the air:

“I have always treated it as a ‘command’, forcing the target to operate according to my will.”

But truly skillful enchanting should be like chords in music.

Create a stable yet open energy field, inviting your target audience to actively participate and resonate with your efforts!

My long practice in enchanting has finally paid off at this moment.

He suddenly understood the real meaning of all those failed experiments: it wasn't that the technique wasn't sophisticated enough, but that the approach was fundamentally wrong!
[Breakthrough! Enchanting (Proficiency 100/100) → Enchanting (Mastery 1/200)]

[Characteristic "Guidance" → "Chord Resonance"]

[Chord Resonance: The enchantment you apply will guide the target to actively accept and cooperate with the enchantment, and will continuously adapt to changes in the environment.]

“The same goes for rune magic…” A spark of inspiration ignited in his eyes:

"The value of a single rune lies in its 'fixedness' and 'reliability,' but the value of a combination of runes lies in its 'variability' and 'adaptability'!"
What I should create is not a rigid 'rune formula,' but a 'rune matrix' that has a core theme but can spontaneously generate variations as needed!

This insight also comes from long-term accumulation and practice.

From the initial basic rune practice in the main world classroom;

It came down to his performance under pressure in various situations later on;

Then there's the technical solution I just conceived in my mind for dealing with resentment pollution...

Every rune inscription, every failed adjustment, and every successful experience converges into a brand new understanding at this moment.

[Breakthrough! Rune Literature (Proficient 100/100) → Rune Literature (Master 1/200)]

[Characteristic "Inspiration" → "Improvisational Fugue"]

[Improvisational Fugue: You can inscribe the "rune matrix".]

This matrix can spontaneously generate and combine temporary, adaptive "child runes" based on changes in environmental energy and your will.

As the afterglow of those two breakthroughs gradually subsided, Ron felt that he had a clear direction.

He now possesses a complete toolkit for transforming "artistic inspiration" into "engineering precision."

"What did you understand?"

The tone of "The Complete Guide to Extraordinary Things" clearly carries the satisfaction of "a teacher seeing a student's enlightenment."

“I understand the true ‘art of translation’ now.” Ron stood up:
"Just like the two roommates in the story, enchanting and runic literature provide a 'stable foundational framework' to ensure the reliability and security of the scheme."

The theory of "Symphony of the Soul," within this framework, advocates for "flexible improvisation," dynamically adjusting to specific situations to create a personalized resonance with the target audience.

"Brilliant insight!"

The words on the pages seemed to leap with approval:

"It seems my little prank was a success."

You have mastered the true 'art of translation,' enabling different ways of thinking to dance together.

(End of this chapter)