A broken Hogwarts

Chapter 26 Spells and Wands

In the bedroom, the faint silver light illuminated Owen's concentrated face in half-darkness. The waves of the black lake outside the window were like low and soothing whispers, lulling people to sleep along with the swaying water plants in it.

Owen smoothly turned the tool knife with his fingertips, then put the somewhat messy tools on the table into a black leather bag, picked up his newly made prop box, checked it over and over, and then raised his hand to pinch it.

Pinch your eyebrows.

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

Owen bent down and picked up the suitcase that was placed beside the table. The suitcase was covered with tough dragon skin, which has strong magic resistance and is not easily damaged. The appearance adheres to the Shafiq family's usual unassuming aesthetic, pure and simple.

The black appearance is restrained and deep, with the black and white coat of arms of the Shafiq family printed only on the edge of the box, in an inconspicuous but never-ignored position.

This suitcase with the Seamless Stretch Charm fixed on it is only as wide as an adult's hand, but the inside is as big as a ten-square-meter small bedroom. The things inside are neatly arranged and not messy at all. From the outside,

Go and see at a glance.

There is a row of bookshelves on one side of the box, filled with textbooks for all grades of Hogwarts. Of course, since the Defense Against the Dark Arts professors and textbooks change almost every year, Owen chose the most reasonable set from previous years.

Textbooks. In addition, there are some reference books he bought at Flourish and Blotts Bookstore, as well as several thick books he brought from his home library.

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

In addition, Owen's homemade magic props occupy most of the space. Various large and small colorful props fill the remaining space, although in this magical world, some of them

Many of them are useless, but magicians always need to prepare in advance.

Pointing his wand at the prop box at hand, Owen recited a levitating spell, waved his wand and guided the prop box into the suitcase, landing lightly in a corner.

The principles of magic, just like the laws of science, were discovered and summarized by wizards from nature over a long period of time. Wizards observed magical phenomena in nature, studied the instinctive magic of magical creatures, and combined many basic

The complex combination and in-depth application of principles create a variety of magic.

"Okay, now these questions can be put aside." He took out his wand and pointed at several dummies on the other side for practicing spells.

"Split into pieces!"

In the arduous practice again and again, master the feel of the spell and the tactility of the thoughts, find the subtle connection between the syllable pauses and 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", can naturally master the spell-free casting of a certain spell.

"Collapse!"

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

"Shattered to pieces!"

Although the wand has such shortcomings, its invention undoubtedly represents a leap forward in the magic world, just like magic itself has been developing and progressing. People today are not necessarily inferior to the ancients, even if the existence of the wand gave birth to some wizards

Inertia, but those who are truly intelligent and talented have never stopped pursuing it. Just like throughout the ages, these people have always been leading the development of the times.

"There are many obstacles!"

Some people like to call these basic principles runes or magic scripts, but they all actually mean the same thing. There are currently thousands of known magic principles.

When Owen was tired from practicing, he sat at his desk and sorted out the principles of the spell.

"The flames are blazing!"

Wizards invented the wand, which is like Muggles holding firearms. The wand sorted out the disordered and uncontrollable magic in wizards' bodies, so that wizards no longer had to rely on lengthy spells and complex casting materials when casting spells.

The feat of casting a spell with just a thought.

But it is also because of modern wizards' reliance on wands that when they lose their wands, most of them become "squibs" with magical powers, unable to cast even the most basic spells.

How to make a wizard cast spells after putting down his wand is similar to asking a Muggle to still shoot bullets after putting down his gun. The two are not completely equivalent. After all, it is impossible for Muggles to do it, but wizards themselves have magic power.

Everything is possible. But this is already a higher level of knowledge, and the complicated spell casting methods of ancient times are outdated in modern times.

There was a crucible on the other side of the space, and a lot of magic potion materials were placed next to it. These herbs, which also had certain magical powers, could be easily copied, and Owen couldn't help but guess the difference.

"..."

As wizards gain a deeper understanding of the principles of magic, they will be able to create and improve their own magic, just like Muggles who have mastered scientific principles can invent machines. In theory, anyone can do it, but it requires hard work and study.

, perseverance in the face of repeated failures, and a certain amount of talent and inspiration.

There are already more things in the space facing the wall. On the rows of bookshelves on one side are books copied from the library. In fact, if it weren't for the fact that most of the magic books in the forbidden book area have a certain magic power and cannot be copied at will.

, otherwise Irving would never mind moving the entire restricted book area in advance.

As for wandless casting, it is completely different from spellless casting and is more difficult.

It was the same boring exercise as in the past, but Owen's expression was extremely serious. Proficient use of magic spells is the basis for creating self-made magic spells and even advanced magic spells. Although mastering the principles of magic spells has made it much easier for Owen to learn them, but

To use them skillfully, you can only rely on practice day after day.

"It seems that I have mastered the Flying Curse well." Owen stuffed the prop box back, picked up the suitcase and weighed it. After glancing at the time, he closed his eyes and sank into the space facing the wall.

With a "swish" sound, the box painted in red and white flew out again obediently, and was caught by Owen.

"Therefore, they can be said to have 'thinking' properties in a certain sense, while herbs obviously do not. This difference may be the root of the problem." Owen is more inclined to this kind of speculation, which is easy to verify.

For example, one day I can try to replicate the corpses of magical animals or something.

The wand is undoubtedly the greatest invention in the history of wizards. It greatly reduced the cost of casting spells and made it simpler and more popular for wizards to perform magic. As a result, wizards grew rapidly, and only then in ancient times did magic wands become more popular.

During this period, it won wars with many magical creatures, turning races such as house elves into vassals of wizards.

"The prop box is coming."

When a wizard has mastered and studied the basic principles of magic spells, he will be able to 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.

"Either it's a question of the amount of magic power. The magic power contained in the herbs is less than that in the books..." Owen's eyes rolled slightly, "Or it's... a problem of thinking. The magic power in magic books comes from wizards, and most of its purposes are

In order to test whether the reader is qualified to read it, it is a test and a protection. It itself contains part of the thoughts and will of the book creator. Even if the creator himself dies, his ideological connotation is imprinted in the book and passed down from generation to generation...

"

For example, the most basic "fluorescence" spell actually only has one principle "luminescence"; while the floating spell is based on the "floating" principle, but many wizards have learned to combine it with the "power" principle so that they can control it.

The movement trajectory and speed of floating objects.

Wizards apply complex combinations of certain principles, and use corresponding spells and gestures to guide magic and enhance the effect. What is finally presented is a magic spell.

This is by no means a simple permutation and combination, but requires a deep knowledge reserve and creativity, and it also requires taking certain risks. Just like Muggles know that the principle of a generator is the phenomenon of electromagnetic induction, but they need to be based on this phenomenon

Try making or even improving a generator? Many people will say that it is not difficult. Indeed, he should be congratulated for tinkering with a generator equivalent to the lighting spell, and then tell him that if he works harder to learn the principles of nuclear fission, you can

Went to build a nuclear power plant...

"Well, the principle of the curse..." Owen closed the notebook in his hand, rubbed the smooth hard-shell cover with his fingers, and said with a faint smile on his lips, "It's a bit interesting."

(End of chapter)