Hogwarts: From Selling White Peppers to Becoming a God

Chapter 97 Spell Expansion

It was a simple bar chart, with the horizontal axis representing: creation, protection, mind, change, shaping, and manipulation. The vertical axis was a scale from 0 to 70.

The chart also labels the values ​​for Murphy, Alex, and Celica. Murphy's bar chart is pure black, Alex's is hollow white, and Celica's is a diagonal bar chart.

墨菲看了一眼自己的：「创生27、防护42、心智58、变化35、塑能30、操控26。」

又看了一眼赛丽卡的：「创生37、防护10、心智34、变化29、塑能10、操控21。」

最后是亚力士：「创生10、防护18、心智10、变化10、塑能27、操控10。」

"Is this value based on a ratio?" Murphy asked.

"Yes," Haldan said, "For example, if your mental magic power value is 58, then it means that, under the same conditions, the power of your use of this type of magic is 5.8 times stronger than that of Master Aristotle."

That means his magic power is indeed stronger than both Cyril and Alex, and much stronger in every dimension.

This made Murphy feel much better.

He always felt that his talent in magic was mediocre, so he was always very diligent in school, but in fact he might have some talent.

Oh, not necessarily. It could just be because the siblings are too useless.

Especially Alex... tsk, he's just pitiful and pathetic.

It's a pity that this magic power testing device hadn't been made yet, otherwise we could compare them and know whether our so-called "second awakening" was real or not.

"This thing is extremely useful for magical research," Murphy said. "We need to expedite the production of some finished products, preferably the kind that can be promoted in the wizarding world. We also need to collect data from many wizards so that these values ​​can truly have meaning."

The values ​​currently displayed are actually for Alex and Selica, but these two may not represent the true situation in the wizarding world.

A large amount of data is needed, and the distribution and characteristics of this data must be analyzed before one can understand the level of one's magic.

"Okay, this is just a prototype device. We plan to miniaturize it. If possible, we can also use some spells to replace some of the mechanical functions. We already have some ideas, and we should be able to make a usable finished product in about one or two months."

"very good."

Murphy nodded. This kind of thing probably doesn't have much commercial value. However, he could test it on the employees of his potion shop or security shop, and collect a few dozen data points to use as a simple small sample to estimate the overall level of the wizarding world.

"By the way, my perception of magic seems to have improved a bit..." Murphy briefly recounted what he had encountered in the village, and then mentioned that he had a strange dream. After waking up, he found that his perception of magic seemed to have increased.

"Do you remember what kind of dream it was?" Haldan asked, equally curious.

"I don't remember the specifics very well," Murphy said, not intending to recount his memories of his past life. "But I guess I felt really frustrated, like I couldn't do anything. Later, I tried to use a spell, but I just couldn't. I got really angry and tried my best to use it, and then I succeeded. Oh right, I think I made a house float up, even without a wand."

"That's truly amazing," Haldane said.

"We studied the power of spells. Generally speaking, the power of spells is very limited when wizards do not use wands. And even when using a wand, it is incredible that a house that may weigh hundreds of tons can be floated."

"However, this does resemble what you call an 'awakening.' The library's materials contain numerous cases of children's magical awakening, some of which are quite unique. For instance, while ordinary wizards struggle to fly independently, it's not uncommon for children with magical awakening to levitate or fly. Some children have even unconsciously performed complex transformation spells, such as shapeshifting others."

"And in these cases of awakening, none of the wizard children used wands."

"Do you think that the use of wands actually limits a wizard's potential?" Murphy asked.

"No, according to the data, wands make wizards' spells more standardized and their effects more controllable, which is beneficial to enhancing the power of spells," Haldane said. "But how children exhibit those extraordinary spell abilities is currently unknown to us."

"Regarding the situation you described, it's possible that the pressure you experienced in that dream made you feel the same predicament as in your childhood, and you subconsciously and spontaneously used magic. However, this is also very incredible, as there are no examples of secondary awakening in the library."

Murphy thought for a moment, then thought, "Hmm, could it be because of some kind of setting where 'time travelers have two souls'?"

His childhood awakening of magical powers had nothing to do with him; when he transmigrated, the original owner of this body was already a little wizard.

So, this awakening is my own magical awakening?

Since there was no answer to this question for the time being, Murphy changed the subject.

"I tried to improve the Copying Charm before, which was a preliminary verification of your will-guided hypothesis," Murphy said. "That use of the Copying Charm made me think that perhaps we can also guide other spells to achieve different effects than usual."

The specific effects of some spells in the wizarding world are actually quite arbitrary.

For example, the spell "Lisong Jinxie" can be used to untie chains binding creatures, release vines from entanglements, or free someone from an armbar.

This is actually quite strange. If making a person lose strength and energy is the original function of a spell, then opening chains is only conceptually considered as "losing strength and energy."

This means that many spells could potentially expand their scope of application by changing some pre-set conditions or proposing conceptually related paths.

"I want you to conduct some exploratory research on the possibilities in this area."

"For example, could an amplification spell magnify what the wizard sees, thereby expanding their field of vision?"

"Or perhaps a lock-picking spell? Could we use it to crack the code?"

"There's also the copying spell. I think this spell has great potential for research. It can copy entities, but could it only copy specific information about an entity? After all, the amount of information about an entity is far greater than the amount of specific information it possesses."

"I'm even curious to know if it can... replicate memories?"

Murphy had kept Haldane's description of the spellcasting methods firmly in mind. He had no clue how to increase his magic power yet, but he felt that he might be able to solve the problems of enhancing his perception and increasing his knowledge with these ready-made spells.

If one can use a magnifying spell to turn one's eyes into a microscope, one can naturally see more minute things, which makes it possible to manipulate them.

If memories could be copied, then one could effortlessly absorb the top knowledge of Muggles into one's head.

When the time comes, with all the knowledge in the world dedicated to me, what need is there to worry about not achieving great things?

(End of this chapter)