Hogwarts: Don't call me Wandmaker

Chapter 284 Charging
Siren felt that he might know why Garrick had sent him to Egypt, and the reason was most likely the magic of gestures.

Although it was the first time he had seen such a magical spellcasting technique, Xilun had a very familiar feeling about it.

That gesture was clearly inscribing magical runes, runes that he often inscribed on his staff to help the core of the staff condense magical power more quickly.

Of course, the wizard on the competition stage below did not draw the complete symbol, since it was composed of seven magical runes. If he had drawn it all, he would have been defeated by his opponent countless times.

He only drew a few key parts, seemingly breaking down a complete symbol into three parts, with each part containing a key symbol.

In this way, he only needs to wave his hand three times, which greatly speeds up the casting process.

It was because Xilun was so familiar with the runes and symbols engraved on the staff that he recognized them immediately, even though he only saw a part of them.

"What did you just say?" Bill asked curiously, "Gesture magic, is it inscribing magical runes in the air?"

Instead of answering Bill's question immediately, Celen looked around at the crowded people.

As one of Egypt's most famous buildings, the Merpta Arena is never short of spectators; just as they were talking, another seven or eight people walked over.

There used to be a few empty seats next to it, but now they are all full.

"Should we go back now?" Lu Ping stood up.

"Why do you want to go back?" Xilun asked suspiciously. "Do you have something urgent to do? But it shouldn't be the night of the full moon, should it?"

"A full moon night?" Bill, who was in front, seemed to have thought of something and turned around to look at the two of them thoughtfully.

However, he didn't ask anything, and neither did Siron or Lupin.

“I’m not in a hurry,” Lupin shook his head. “But didn’t you just have an inspiration?”

“Inspiration? You mean gesture magic?” Xilun suddenly realized, then smiled and said, “You could call it inspiration, but that’s not important. Besides, the tickets here are so expensive, we can’t just waste them. It’s the same if we watch it and then leave.”

When Xilun mentioned the tickets, Lupin's face flashed with a pained expression.

To be honest, one Galleon is really not cheap. Before he came to Hogwarts to become a professor, his total weekly expenses amounted to only one Galleon.

If we were to be even more frugal and only buy dry bread, it would last even longer.

But you can only buy one ticket here.

However, Lupin doesn't need to pay for this. As agreed before Garrick set off, all expenses along the way will be paid by Xilun, including entrance fees.

Even so, Lupin still felt a pang of heartache.

"Greedy fairy..." he muttered to himself, then didn't mention leaving again, and sat down to continue watching the game.

Xiren thought the one-gallon ticket was expensive, but since he was already there, he figured he had to see it, and he felt it was worth it.

Regardless of how exciting the duel was, just witnessing the legendary hand gesture magic was worth the price of admission... Although this skill is not uncommon in Egypt, seeing it is not so easy, since no one would randomly cast a spell using hand gesture magic on the street.

Even in Britain, no wizard would suddenly pull out a wand and cast a spell while walking down the street.

He couldn't possibly just grab any wizard on the street and ask them to demonstrate their hand gesture magic skills, could he?

Only dueling matches are suitable, and here he can also see complete hand gestures for casting different spells.

Xilun watched intently as the two wizards fought in the arena, observing their every move, while simultaneously opening the [Soul Weapon Codex].

The Horcruxes' method of storing magic is through runes. By comparing the symbols and lines on them, Xiren recognized two different hand gesture spells: the Stunning Charm and the Disarming Charm.

The principle is the same as before: the symbol is cut into three parts, and then the remaining parts are quickly filled in with magic to form the corresponding spell.

Compared to using a wand, this method eliminates the need to chant a spell, making it slightly faster... not by much, but definitely faster.

This can be seen from the two people below.

The wizard using hand gestures was dominating the wizard using a wand the whole time; it probably won't be long before the winner is decided.

No wonder wands aren't selling here. After learning hand gesture magic, I doubt anyone would spend an extra dozen Galleons to buy an expensive and useless wand.

Another ten minutes passed, and the outcome became even clearer.

But Xilun noticed something very interesting.

That hand gesture magic... seems to require "charging" before it can be used.

It was that gesture at the beginning, the one used to help the core of the wand quickly gather magic power... That person would repeat this gesture about every five spells, even when the advantage was significant.

On one occasion, he was just one knockback spell away from knocking his opponent out of the ring, but he still made this gesture to give his opponent a chance to catch his breath.

Otherwise, this duel would have ended five minutes ago.

So is this something that hand gesture magic has to do?
Xiren gently stroked the snake-eye-like ring on her finger.

If his guess is correct, then the practicality of this technique will be greatly reduced.

Xilun remained silent and continued to sit there watching.

A few minutes later, the game ended.

Without any twists or suspense, the wizard who used gesture magic still defeated his opponent and won the duel.

The difference in strength is too great. Even if the gesture magic has limitations, it only slightly delays the progress of the match. The final result will still not change.

There will be a second match after this one ends, but it will start in half an hour. While waiting, people can also go and watch the Fantastic Beasts match next door, or the Curse Contest.

But Siren did not do that. As soon as the match ended, he stood up and prepared to leave the Melpta Arena.

Seeing this, Lupin and Bill quickly followed.

“It’s okay, you can continue watching the game,” Xiren said.

"Forget it, I've never been interested in duels anyway." Lupin shook his head and said, "If there weren't so many people here, I wouldn't have let you buy my ticket."

Silen then looked at Bill.

"you……"

“I’ve seen it so many times,” Bill said. “I bring my friends here almost every time they come over. I’m getting a little tired of it.”
"In comparison, I'm more interested in your discovery. You must have discovered something, right?"

……

(End of this chapter)