How could it be stuck?
The principle is simple:
Just like when Annan obtained "Whispered in the Rain," this mechanism that grants spells randomly will definitely give Annan a spell that he can "immediately equip" and use.
Cold Touch, Lazy Eye, Wall of Stagnation, Frost Nova, Thoughts as Rain, Wheel of Frost—Annan currently only has six spells. Moreover, there’s only one slot available, and it’s for an "Instant Spell."
If he directly receives the reward, he can only get an Instant Spell from the Idol School.
But the power of Instant Spells clearly cannot satisfy Annan.
Whether it’s Cold Touch or Lazy Eye, they essentially belong to the category of "normal attacks."
They consume almost nothing but don’t offer much versatility. Their only advantage is being instant and having low consumption.
Moreover, Instant Spells are the easiest to learn.
Annan’s mentality now is like someone who originally planned to buy a phone for about three thousand dollars to make do, but suddenly got a fifty percent off coupon... He suddenly felt that if he didn’t buy something more expensive, he would be losing out.
—If Annan switched to David, the situation would change.
As a thirty-level wizard, David can equip a vast array of spells.
So could Annan obtain a silver-level Guided Spell or Chanting Spell?
Could "Annan mode" use this spell?
Even if Annan himself can’t use it, it wouldn’t be a loss.
After all, David is also a caster character.
He can’t just come on stage and be used as a counterweight every time...
Annan’s action points are quite abundant.
He had no hesitation, doing what he thought of.
—And it really did get stuck, at least halfway...
[Based on your characteristics and current profession level, you have received a Twisted Spell: Repel Life (Guided)]
[Repel Life (Guided): Summon the wild powers of Curse Binding to imbue your body, then unleash a fierce storm of negative energy that indiscriminately repels and damages all creatures as well as causing tremors. Continuing to repel all creatures for a certain time after. Any creature trying to move towards you will be pushed back thirty feet for every ten feet they advance (40 - wizard profession total level), and will suffer an instant death judgement based on their Will attribute.]
[If this spell is interrupted by others, the caster will suffer an instant death judgement based on their Will attribute; and regardless of interruption, upon ending this spell the caster will suffer intense negative energy damage to their Constitution attribute, with the damage being proportional to the duration of guiding this spell. The effective radius of this spell and the negative energy damage it causes are proportional to the caster’s total wizard profession level; it cost 3 points of Twisted Mana to activate this spell, and every 10 seconds of maintaining it costs one additional point.]
[Warning: This spell is a Twisted Spell, and each use will increase erosion by an amount equal to "one-tenth of the wizard profession level (rounded up)," obtaining the "Initial Influence: Echo of Death’s Throat" mark. If not removed in time, it will drop you into a random nightmare with the keyword "dead" in three days (Difficulty: Hard).]
A silver-tiered spell from the Idol School... seems a little too strong.
Or is it because it’s a Twisted Spell?
This is truly the first Twisted Spell Annan has received.
Twisted Spells seem to have a completely different mechanism from Order Spells:
They are far more powerful than Order Spells of the same tier, and they also cost very little. But the use of it directly increases erosion... and if interrupted, you must face the risk of death.
Given this tendency, if it were a Chanting Spell, there might be a backlash before it could be unleashed.
And the use of a Twisted Spell will inflict a mark of "something’s residue" upon oneself. If not removed in time, one might be directly dragged into an unknown nightmare...
Annan suddenly paused.
If every use of a Twisted Spell, will definitely lead to a random nightmare afterward.
Could this perhaps become a method... to select random instances?
Annan was suddenly tempted.
The dreadful punishment had, in Annan’s case, somehow become a means of reward.
Moreover, he remembered that his grandmother’s true name could also be used for "High-Level Influence: Remnants of the Extreme Cold God."
Annan could expend this mysterious knowledge to enter a high-level specified dungeon related to his grandmother?
If it weren’t for the fact that Annan had yet to find a way to erase his own erosion, he might already have lined up for it...
Because Annan had also realized why "David" had received this spell.
According to the description of Curse Binding, "Giralda David Buonarro" was immune to petrification, instant death, mind control, and unconditionally deflected spells from the "Prophet" and "Idol" schools below the gold rank. Additionally, when subjected to "Transformation," "Destruction," "Shaping," and other school spells, the body was judged to be ’marble’ rather than ’flesh’...
Marble, which is obviously immune to negative energy damage.
And David was also immune to the self-inflicted instant death effect when his spellcasting was interrupted.
For him, this Twisted Spell was basically without penalty.
"...Feels pretty good."
Annan exclaimed in appreciation.
Immediately after, he switched back to his own body.
Then, Annan discovered, both surprised and somewhat conflicted, that he had indeed successfully slotted the skill.
His Wizard class had become this:
Wizard (Disabling School) LV13: [Instant Spell LV3 (Cold Touch, Lazy Eye, none)], [Guided Spells LV3 (Wall of Stagnation, Frost Nova, Thoughts as Rain, Repel Life)], [Chanting Spell LV1 (Wheel of Frost)]
Although the Guided Spells were still LV3, theoretically only able to equip three spells, Annan did indeed acquire "Repel Life." And he could use it normally.
Even though he had successfully exploited the spell’s bug...
Annan didn’t dare to use it in his current state.
If he needed to use this skill, wouldn’t it work to instantly switch to David, wait until the skill was cast, and then switch back?
It would only make sense if Annan absolutely had to use this spell, and he couldn’t transform into David.
Annan reassured himself.
At least now he had another card up his sleeve.
If his luck was poor, he might have to find an opportunity to use it during the upcoming confrontation against the creature summoned by the Filth Church.
After releasing the "stone statue state," Annan checked the time.
It was two in the morning.
"...Well, back to sleep then."
Annan mumbled, turning over to go back to bed.
When he woke up again, it was half an hour later.
He felt a severe shaking sensation.
After opening his eyes, Annan spotted Salvatore’s unusually excited expression.
With his hair in disarray, a dazed sleep-awoken face peering from the covers, Annan huddled in the blanket and subconsciously pulled it tighter, shrinking further inside.
Wearing heavy dark circles and his greasy, unkempt hair, Salvatore shouted loudly, "I did it!"
Okay, I get it, you did it.
—But now I can’t sleep!