The Shopkeeper of All Worlds in the British Wizarding World

Chapter 340 Practice (Please subscribe, please bookmark, please vote)
After Ryan and Hermione finished their simple lunch, the test began. Ryan packed up his things first and went out with Hermione, then turned the Room of Requirement into a magic fighting arena.

"Okay, let's get started." After moving her hands and feet to make sure she had completely recovered from the numbness, Hermione drew out her wand and prepared to start the test.

At the beginning of the battle, Ryan felt that Hermione's level was better than before. Especially when dodging Ryan's attacks and choosing the timing when attacking Ryan, they were more accurate than before, and this level was slowly improving during practice as Hermione mastered her own abilities.

The test ended after more than ten minutes, and Ryan thought that Hermione was now capable of protecting herself in a normal battle. This was the most important goal of the strengthening process, and it had been perfectly accomplished.

After the actual combat magic test, Ryan decided to enter the extreme test stage. Of course, in this stage, he would not use magic that could cause harm, but would use close combat to test. After all, the main thing to improve this time was reaction ability and sixth sense, which could also be tested without magic. In the case of armor protection, ordinary swords could not hurt the person protected by magic, so absolute safety could be guaranteed.

After both sides prepared their defensive magic, Ryan came out with a one-handed sword, while Hermione held a rapier in one hand. The two rapiers were very similar, the only difference was that the one in the left hand was slightly shorter.

At this time, a coin was magically bounced up from the middle of the house. The moment it landed, the two of them instantly disappeared from the spot, and after a few sliding steps, they quickly met in the center of the venue.

Like two breezes, the two men swung their swords and spun in the field. The silver light from the swords was as beautiful as the wings of a flying butterfly, which made the two men look like two butterflies flying around something from a distance.

However, hidden under this beauty was a terrifying murderous intent. Even after fighting for five or six minutes, the only sound in the room was the sound of weapons swinging and blowing air. Because the two people's fighting style came from the same source, both sides were constantly looking for the other's weak points in defense to attack, and when the other side withdrew their swords to defend, they quickly withdrew them to prepare for the next round of attacks. This was why the two fought for several minutes without a single collision of weapons.

Finally, as time went by, Hermione's physical strength gradually failed to keep up. At the twelfth minute of the battle, a ding sound finally came from the silver light ball formed by the swinging swords in the center of the room. Then the light ball disappeared, and the two stood face to face.

The fight just now was indeed very exhausting. Both of them could see sweat dripping down each other's face, flowing down the cheeks to the chin, and then dripping onto the ground.

"Huh, huh - still, still a little bit short of physical strength." Hermione put the sword into the bracelet and sat down against the wall with her knees hugged. The collision sound just now was because she was a step late in withdrawing the sword due to lack of physical strength, and the tip of the sword hit the spine of the sword that Ryan blocked.

"Very good." Ryan sat next to her and said, "In real battles, most of the time there won't be a situation where you need to go all out in a short period of time. You actually have enough strength to deal with real battles now. However, there are still some areas where you can continue to improve--"

It was only then that Ryan told Hermione which parts of her body had been strengthened this time, and offered some targeted suggestions.

"That means my agility, perception and soul toughness have been improved, right?" Hermione said after listening to Ryan's narration. With the practice just now, she vaguely felt some changes in this aspect. This time, after Ryan clearly put forward the point, she quickly understood the changes in herself based on the practical experience just now.

"This is really, too expensive--" Hermione is no longer the ignorant little girl who just entered the magic world. She naturally knows how expensive this kind of strengthening method with basically no side effects is. Moreover, she just saw that there are three dragon eggs in that part of the materials. Even if these dragon eggs come from other worlds, dragon eggs will not be cheap in any world. At the same time, she can also vaguely feel that in addition to dragon eggs, Ryan just used something more precious than dragon eggs on her. "It is a bit expensive, these things are used on people. Putting them in the warehouse can do nothing except occupy space and gather dust." This sentence is indeed Ryan's true words. He believes from the bottom of his heart that all strengthening resources can only reflect their role when they are used. It is a very stupid way to collect these things like a miser.

Besides, Ryan thought that the most precious thing consumed in this ceremony was the golden silver crystal. He could make it in the foreseeable future. Teacher Luo Zhen taught him the knowledge in this area. As long as he reached the required strength, everything would be fine.

The only regret is that because Ryan has already condensed in his body the thing called the key to unlocking the power of truth, which is of a very high rank in alchemy, any alchemical strengthening method of a lower rank than this thing is ineffective against him.

"But..." Hermione showed a conflicted look on her face. According to her personality, she would never accept such an overly expensive gift. This was why she expressed her opposition before the ceremony just now.

"No buts." Ryan knew that if he didn't explain it clearly at this time, Hermione might be entangled for a long time, so he simply showed his straightforward side. "After all, the war has broken out now, and only by increasing your strength can you survive in this war. If you think this gift is too precious, then please work hard to make this gift play its value in the future, okay?"

"I-I understand." Hermione's eyes slowly changed from confusion to perseverance. "I will catch up with you. Can you spare some time to train me?"

Ryan nodded. "Of course, I will start to give you formal training recently to help you master the current power as soon as possible. Well, we should go to dinner. Even on the weekend, it would be a bit strange not to show up in the cafeteria for two consecutive meals. In order to avoid attracting too much attention, we should go to the auditorium now."

Ryan was still a little too nervous. Few people would be bored and pay attention to others during holidays. It was very normal for couples to forget to eat when they were on a date. No one noticed that Ryan and Hermione had disappeared for a whole day.

The dinner was still very sumptuous. On the table, while no one was paying attention, he cast a simple ingredient preservation magic on a French pigeon and meat floss tart and put it into the space bag.

"Is it for your sister?" Only Hermione, who was sitting next to them, saw this scene.

"Yeah, the ingredients for this dish aren't expensive, but it's too troublesome to make. My little one has never eaten it before, so I wanted to bring some for her to try." Girls' friendships are sometimes established very quickly. After the last time they met, the two of them had several dorm chats, and now they are friends.

Ryan thinks this is a good thing, children just need to make more friends.

(End of this chapter)