Chapter 217: 'Locking And Targeting”

Chapter 217: “Locking And Targeting”

Sean silently recited the information extracted from the book, which would be the key to creating a new spell. When a wizard tries a new spell, one must understand the concept, which is the nature of its magical ability, and cast it.

Sean believes that the explanation in “Magical Theory” written by Adalbert Waffling is very good regarding this concept.

A wizard’s ability comes from talent, which is passed down through blood. Every wizard is born with magical powers, and this ability is like having an extra arm, which is embodied by the extension of your magic power.

It can communicate with your own magic power source and the magic world so that a similar resonance effect can be formed and the magic spell can exert its effect.

This way of communication follows specific gestures, chants, thoughts, and emotions. The spell is like a key that opens a ‘rule’ in this magical world. Whether this kind of rule exists naturally or is developed by later generations requires more time to verify.

Sean had a doubt before, since the casting speed of a spell and the reaction speed of the wizards itself are extremely important, why didn’t Hogwarts offer a special course for practicing reaction and spell chanting speed?

But after getting in touch with spells and gaining a certain understanding, Sean discovered that magic is more like singing if he uses an inappropriate example to compare.

You can practice pronunciation, resonance, and singing, but everyone is born with different conditions. Many people can barely sing perfectly when they hear a song, while others are born with a good voice and can sing most of it the first time.

The same is true for magic, whether that be Charms, Transfiguration, or Potions. Of course, Sean is not pursuing this now. He just wants to try to improve a spell.

“According to the information, we must see clearly the flow direction of the effects of each vowel in the pronunciation. They all relate to the rules of magic. This is the key point when improving or creating a spell.” Sean read the explanation.

It can barely be compared to programming. The spell pronunciation and gestures are symbols, and the overall effect of the spell is the code.

Sean thought about the magic rules pointed to by the Levitation Charm, and in the negative example of Bufford, the bison was summoned, and at the same time, it made contact with him directly.

He has to solidify the effect of summoning the bison and, at the same time, avoid being stepped on the floor by the bison.

“Wingardium Leviosa.” Sean uttered the spell, and a cushion in front of him floated in mid-air.

He closed his eyes and quietly felt the flow of magic power in his body. He felt the trajectory when that magic power intersected with the cushion in front of him.

“Floating is indeed the main effect. I need to change the flow of magic power here.” Sean muttered something, and Hermione and Daisy looked over curiously.

The two did not make a sound to disturb Sean. They knew that Sean was currently in a state of deep thinking. Finally, Sean released the spell, and the cushion lost all its magical power and fell to the ground in a flash.

He opened his eyes and had an idea, “The difficulty lies in controlling the direction of the bison after being summoned. Simply combining the spell’s characteristics makes the bison float in mid-air and directly hit the target’s ground. I guess that’s how you are supposed to do it?”

“Change the pronunciation, change the gesture too, add the safe trigger gesture for the spell...”

“At the same time, according to the law of the spell, I need to concentrate on drawing the scene of the bison falling from the sky in my mind. To be on the safe side, I decided not to imagine myself when depicting the scene in my mind.”

Sean’s inspiration suddenly emerged, and in the previous lottery draws, he obtained and used an item called Ravenclaw’s Golden Suit. This will make it easier for him to avoid unknown dangers when doing something like this.

He let out a slight breath and then stood in another open space that would not affect Hermione and Daisy.

“Wingardium—” Sean changed the way of pronouncing the vowels, and the wand gesture also changed.

Of course, his concentration was tense to prevent the bison’s hooves from piercing into his chest. Unexpectedly, nothing happened, let alone the bison. Not even a single hair of the bison was seen.

Sean frowned and thought.

Just now, there was no magic light on the tip of his wand, which is in line with the characteristics of the summoning spell. Sean also intends to improve the spell, changing the Levitation Charm into a summoning spell.

Hermione turned her head, took a deep breath, and looked back quickly. Her face was less red.

“It’s okay, but never do that again next time, even if you are my best friend.” Hermione raised her head and warned Sean, but she didn’t seem to care much.

“Okay, I’m sorry.” Sean nodded.

The room suddenly fell into silence. His actions were just too much now. The current atmosphere is a bit strange. Daisy’s voice broke the embarrassment between the two.

“You can pinch my face next time.” Daisy pinched both sides of her cheeks with both hands.

Seeing her funny appearance, Sean and Hermione both burst out laughing.

Hermione rolled her eyes to Daisy, “Why do you want that?”

Now Daisy began to pretend to be confused again. She still pinched her bulging cheeks, “I don’t understand what you’re talking about.”

Sean immediately said, “Are you interested in doing me a favor? It’s about the new spell.”

The attention of the two was pulled over at once, and Hermione’s expression became agitated again.

However, she looked at Sean’s fingers, and after a while, she slowed down her tone, “How did you do it, Sean?”

After explaining his thoughts, Hermione nodded thoughtfully, “It’s mixed with the characteristics of the summoning spell.”

“Well, this spell seems to have integrated some features, and I have a guess that I need your help.” Sean said.

“What’s that?”

After giving instructions, Hermione stood beside Sean, and she raised her wand at the dummy.

“Wingardium Leviosa.” The dummy floated steadily in mid-air.

“Get ready...” Sean urged, waving his wand at the same time, “Wingardium—”

His spell worked again, and finally, he saw the light emanating from the tip of his wand. Sean increased his magic power output this time, and a much bigger bison appeared in mid-air.

It pawed the air with its hooves, then slammed straight at the dummy. Hermione flicked her wand, and the dummy moved sideways.

The summoned bison suddenly changed the trajectory of its fall. It turned a corner in the air and then stepped heavily on the dummy to the ground.

Sean clenched his fists in surprise.

This improved summoning spell needs to hit the target, and it is not the kind of spell that causes instant damage. However, the bison obviously has the function of locking and tracking the target.

The light of the spell is different from other spells. Maybe it is a combination of the summoning spell and the Levitation Charm. The light of the new spell is transparent, which will have unexpected effects in actual combat.

In addition, Sean discovered another problem. Although the spell consumes a lot of magic power, the characteristics are very similar to a certain type of summoning spell. There is no limit to the input of magic power. If you have enough magic power, you can summon hundreds of bison to trample your enemies.

Of course, the disadvantage of this type of spell is that if the caster cannot precisely control his magic power, it is easy for their magic power to be drained instantly.

However, today was enough to surprise Sean. He smiled and looked at the two, “Are both of you interested in naming this new spell?”