A broken Hogwarts

Chapter 26 Charms and Wands

In the dormitory, the faint silver light reflected Owen's concentrated face half-bright and half-dark.The waves of the Black Lake outside the window are like low and soothing whispers, accompanied by the swaying water plants in it, which lulls people to sleep.

Owen twirled the tool knife smoothly with his fingertips, then put the messy tools on the table into the black leather bag, picked up his newly made tool box, checked it over and over again, and then raised his hand to pinch it. Pinch between eyebrows.

The afternoon passed quietly, and the night came in a hurry.

Owen bent down and picked up the suitcase that was leaning against the table. The suitcase was covered with tough dragon skin, which was highly resistant to magic and not easy to be damaged.The appearance upholds the usual unassuming aesthetics of the Shafik family. The pure black appearance is introverted and deep, and the black and white coat of arms of the Shafik family is printed only on the edge of the box, which is inconspicuous but definitely not overlooked.

This suitcase fixed with the Untraceable Stretching Charm is only as wide as the palm of an adult, but the inside is as big as a ten-square-meter small bedroom. The things inside are neatly arranged without any mess. Go at a glance.

On one side of the box stood a row of bookshelves filled with textbooks for all grades of Hogwarts. Of course, since the professors and textbooks of Defense Against the Dark Arts were changed almost every year, Owen chose the most reasonable set from previous years. textbook.In addition, there are some reference books he bought at Lihen Bookstore, as well as a few thick books brought from the library at home.

On the other side is Owen's luggage, including several Hogwarts robes of the same style, winter cloaks, dragon leather gloves for class, etc., and some miscellaneous things.

In addition, Owen's self-made magic props occupy most of the space.All kinds of large, small, and colorful props filled the remaining space. Although many of them were useless in this magical world, magicians always needed to prepare early.

Pointing to the item box at hand with his wand, Owen chanted a floating spell, waved his wand to guide the item box into the suitcase, and landed lightly in a corner.

"The item box is coming."

With a sound of "whoosh", the red and white box flew out obediently again, and was picked up by Owen.

"It seems that the Flying Curse is well mastered." Owen stuffed the item box back, picked up the suitcase and weighed it, and after scanning the time, closed his eyes and sank into the space facing the wall.

Now there are more things in the facing wall space, and a few rows of bookshelves on one side are the collection of books copied from the library.In fact, if it weren't for the fact that most of the magic books in the restricted area have certain magical powers and cannot be copied arbitrarily, Owen would never mind moving the entire restricted area in advance.

There is a crucible on the other side of the space, and a lot of potion ingredients are placed beside it.These herbs that also have certain magical powers can be easily replicated, which made Owen can't help guessing the difference.

"Either it is a question of the amount of magic power, the magic power contained in herbs is less than that in books..." Owen rolled his eyes slightly, "or it is... a problem of thinking. The magic power in magic books comes from wizards, and its purpose is mostly In order to test whether the reader is qualified to read it, it is a test and protection. It contains a part of the thoughts and will of the creator of the book. Even if the creator himself dies, his ideological connotation will be imprinted in the book and passed down from generation to generation... "

"Because of this, they can be said to have a certain sense of 'thinking' characteristics, while herbal medicines obviously do not. This difference may be the root of the problem." Owen is more inclined to this kind of speculation, and it is easy to verify. For example, try to replicate the corpses of magical animals someday.

"Well, these questions can be put on later now." He drew his wand, pointing at a couple of dummy practice spells on the other side.

"Passed out!"

"There are many obstacles!"

"Fractured!"

"Smashed to pieces!"

"Burning flames!"

"..."

It was the same boring practice as in the past, but Owen looked extremely serious.Proficiency in using spells is the basis for self-created spells and even advanced spells. Although the mastery of the principles of spells has greatly reduced the difficulty for Owen to learn them, the only way to use them proficiently is to rely on day-to-day practice just work.

In hard practice again and again, master the touch of spellcasting and the touch of mind fluctuations, find the subtle connection between syllable pauses, gesture changes and the spell itself, and finally master the subtle and profound magic changes in the process of casting each spell And Liu, after grasping that "feeling", he can naturally master the spellcasting of a certain spell without a spell.

This is the most simple and natural way for ordinary wizards to master spellcasting without spells: practice makes perfect.

And when a wizard has mastered and studied the basic principles of spells, he can better grasp the changes, and the difficulty of casting spells without spells will be greatly reduced, without having to rely too much on hard training and instinctive memory.

With the deepening of wizards' grasp of the principles of spells, they are qualified to create and improve spells, just like Muggles who have mastered scientific principles can invent machines. In theory, anyone can do it, but it requires hard work. , Perseverance in the face of repeated failures, and a certain amount of talent and inspiration.

As for casting without a wand, it is very different and more difficult than casting without a spell.

Wizards have invented wands, just as Muggles have guns.The magic wand sorts out the chaotic and difficult-to-control magical power in the wizards' bodies, so that the wizards no longer need to rely on lengthy incantations and complicated casting materials when casting spells, and achieve the feat of casting spells with just a word of thought.

The wand is undoubtedly the greatest invention in the history of wizards. It greatly reduces the cost of casting spells and makes it easier and more popular for wizards to perform magic.As a result, wizards grew rapidly and won the war against many magical creatures in ancient times, turning races such as house elves into wizards' vassals.

But it is also because modern wizards rely on wands. When they lose their wands, most people become "squibs" with magical powers, and it is difficult to release even the most basic spells.

And how to make a wizard cast a spell after putting down his wand is like letting a Muggle put down a gun and still shoot bullets.The two cannot be completely equated. After all, it is impossible for Muggles to do it, but wizards themselves have magical powers, so everything is possible.But this is already a higher level of knowledge, and the complex spellcasting methods of ancient times are outdated in modern times.

Despite the drawbacks of the wand, its invention undoubtedly represents a leap forward in the wizarding world, just as magic itself has been developing and improving.People today don’t have to be inferior to the ancients. Even though the existence of magic wands makes some wizards inert, those who are truly intelligent and talented have never stopped pursuing them. Just like ancient times, these people have always been leading the development of the times. .

When Owen got a little tired from practicing, he sat at the desk and sorted out the principles of the spell.

The principle of the spell, like the laws of science, was discovered and summed up from nature by wizards over a long period of time.Wizards observe magical phenomena in nature, study the instinctive magic of magical creatures, and combine and deeply apply many basic principles to create magic in various forms.

Some people like to call these basic principles runes or spells, but they all have the same meaning. There are already thousands of known spell principles.

Like the most basic "fluorescence" spell, it actually only has one principle "glow"; while the levitation spell is the "floating" principle, but many wizards have learned to combine it with the "power" principle, allowing them to control Trajectories and speeds of objects that are floating.

The wizards apply certain principles in a complex combination, and cooperate with corresponding incantations and gestures to guide the magic power and strengthen the effect, and finally the magic spell is presented.

This is by no means a simple permutation and combination, but requires a solid foundation of knowledge and creativity, as well as certain risks.Just like Muggles know that the principle of generators is the phenomenon of electromagnetic induction, but they should try to manufacture or even improve a generator based on this phenomenon?Many people will say that this is not difficult. Indeed, you should congratulate him for tinkering with the generator equivalent to the lighting spell, and then tell him that if you put more effort into learning the principles of nuclear fission, you can build a nuclear power plant...

"Well, the principle of the spell..." Owen closed the notebook in his hand, stroked the smooth hard cover with his fingers, and there was a faint smile on the corner of his mouth, "It's interesting."

(End of this chapter)