#148 - Blood Magic

"What's going on? Wasn't I the one who was knocked down?" Velen asked, still a little dazed, looking at Charles, who was lying on the ground not far away.

"Charles fell before you, and you also woke up first, so you won," Anduin said calmly.

"What? But, but I still couldn't block his chain tracking curse in the end," Velen said to Anduin as he hurried towards Charles.

At this moment, Charles, who had been fed a few mouthfuls of tonic by Vivian, finally woke up. After struggling to get up, he smiled wryly and said, "It seems I lost. Velen, your progress is really fast."

Charles dared to accept Velen's challenge because he had received training a year earlier than Velen and had defeated him once before, so he had a lot of psychological advantages. He didn't expect Velen to grow to this point in less than a year. Velen's flexible movements, handling of Transfiguration, and the final handling of the hidden curse were all very calm, which made him admire him.

Velen shook his head in shame after hearing Charles' words. "No, I should be the one who lost. I'm two years older than you. You probably haven't even fully mastered the Iron Armor Curse yet. I haven't seen you use it before. I still fought to exhaustion in this advantageous situation, so it's not much of a victory."

"A win is a win, stop dawdling. According to you, if you encounter someone younger than you on the battlefield, you have to commit suicide immediately?" Anduin looked at the two of them still being humble and was speechless. He made a final decision.

Velen had no choice but to awkwardly scratch his head after hearing Anduin's words, but thinking about it, that was the case. He didn't think about this when he challenged Charles earlier.

"Senior Charles, the five-chain curse you used at the end was really amazing. Can you teach me?" Bill ran out to interrupt at this time, asking about the question he was most concerned about.

Hearing Bill mention his ultimate move, Charles immediately showed a Versailles-like face, "Haha, that was all taught to me by Anduin, but I'm still not very skilled at controlling it. It's still very difficult to make a turn."

Only after a long period of endurance and control can the skill of guiding spells be mastered. It can be seen that Charles has worked very hard in this area.

However, hearing Charles still being proud of himself, Anduin kicked him in the butt with a serious face, "You know you can't use it well, but you still use it recklessly. Isn't this just showing off? You don't know how to combine it with the actual situation, you use spells incorrectly, your thinking is rigid, is this what I taught you?"

After saying that, Anduin grabbed a few of them and entered the room, reviewing their duel on the blackboard and correcting their mistakes one by one.

The crowd, who had just felt that this battle was hearty and enjoyable, was bombarded by Anduin, making them all dejected. Even Bill and Ibu lowered their heads nervously.

Seeing this, Anduin knew that he was asking too much of them. He sighed softly and said, "Alright, that's it for today. I see your efforts, but there are still many areas that need to be improved. Next, I will gradually increase the intensity of training, including Bill and Ibu. You should be mentally prepared."

After hearing Anduin's words, everyone couldn't help but feel bitter. So this was waiting for them. However, looking at Anduin's serious face, they could only bite the bullet and accept it.

After explaining the training matters, Anduin drove the others out. He took out a recording board, which clearly showed the names of Velen and others, and behind the names were recorded many incomprehensible numbers.

"The experimental data for routine basic training has been collected almost completely. Next, I have to look at the test data under extreme conditions. It's a pity that magic storage cannot be quantified, otherwise the data accuracy can be further improved. Now I can only judge based on estimated values."

He had never given up on the research on 'magic sensitivity' in the magic club, but he was even more greedy. After two years of training, he had mastered how to improve magic sensitivity, but he had no clue about the quantification of magic storage and magic sensitivity. He was also preparing to write a book after studying everything thoroughly.

"I'll discuss it with Professor Flitwick. Maybe the professor can give me some advice." Anduin nodded, packed up, and walked out of the cottage.

"Quantification of magic storage?" Professor Flitwick, who was busy preparing for class, put down the pen and paper in his hand and looked up at Anduin in front of his desk.

"That's right." Anduin knew that Professor Flitwick was usually very busy, so he rarely came to disturb him, but his recent research had reached a bottleneck.

Then Anduin explained his ideas to the professor.

"Your idea is very unique. You want to study the impact of training on magic storage?" Professor Flitwick leaned back in his chair and pondered for a moment before looking at Anduin, "No one in the wizarding world is interested in quantifying magic. After all, most wizards have enough magic for their daily lives, so I don't have any research in this area."

After a pause, Professor Flitwick felt that it was not good to dampen Anduin's research enthusiasm, so he added, "But I can give you some advice on ideas. Measuring a wizard's magic limit always requires the use of 'monitoring' runes. Have you tried it?"

"I've tried it, but the expression of magic in a wizard's body is very subtle, and the measurement accuracy is not accurate," Anduin said.

"Then you may have to use some bloodline magic," Flitwick suggested after a little thought.

"Bloodline magic?"

"That's right." Flitwick nodded. "Bloodline magic is a relatively unique category. It specializes in studying the physique of magical creatures. Many wizarding families have research in this area. More often, it is used in curses. The research difficulty is very high and requires a lot of live experiments."

Professor Flitwick hesitated a little when he said this, and then looked at Anduin, cautiously saying, "If you want to measure the magic reserves in a wizard's body, using bloodline magic for research is the best way, but many of these magics are very evil and dangerous, as dangerous as dark magic. I don't recommend you delve too deeply into this area."

After hearing the professor's words, Anduin had a plan in mind. He had some records of bloodline magic in the books he had collected from those pure-blood wizards. Why hadn't he thought of this before?

At the same time, he also heard Professor Flitwick's hesitation, so he calmly said, "Professor, don't worry, I won't act rashly. If I encounter any difficulties in researching bloodline magic, I will report to you as soon as possible. I promise not to mess around."