#86 - Spell Development

"I see," Anduin nodded. "So that's why you tested my magic control?"

Bones nodded. "Indeed. Your magic control is excellent, surpassing even students in higher years. What's even rarer is your magical perception. Have you heard of the term 'magical sensitivity'?"

Anduin nodded. "Professor Flitwick explained it to me. My magical sensitivity is the result of extensive training. That's why Professor Flitwick invited me to join his Charms Club."

Bones nodded in realization. It seemed he was right. Magical sensitivity directly affects the ability to control and perceive magic. No wonder this young wizard has such exaggerated perception. Immediately afterwards, a question arose in his mind. Can sensitivity be trained?

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Bones planned to ask Professor Flitwick when he had time, but at this moment, he brought the topic back on track and said, "Since you know, and your abilities in this area are so strong, you can even try silent or wandless casting. These are techniques that can only be mastered with high sensitivity…"

As soon as Anduin heard Professor Bones mention silent and wandless casting, he pointed at the ink bottle in front of them, and the ink bottle slowly floated up.

Bones almost choked on his words, and was also surprised that Anduin could already skillfully perform silent and wandless magic. He couldn't help but feel excited. Wizards with silent casting experience are good seedlings for learning rune studies.

"It seems you've mastered more than I thought. Okay, I basically understand your situation now," Bones said, taking out two books from his drawer. "These two books should be of great help to you."

Anduin took them and saw that one of them was '49 Rune Disassembly and Combination Formulas', a very thick book, it would probably take a long time just to read it all once. The other was 'Aggregated Runelogy', also a book of exaggerated thickness.

"Thank you, Professor," Anduin happily accepted the two books. These two books alone made the trip worthwhile.

"At your current level, many books explaining theoretical content can no longer help you. What you need more are practical guidebooks."

Bones paused, then continued, "Before we officially begin, I want to know, do you have your own research direction in studying runes? Is it towards spells or towards alchemy?

Anduin tilted his head and thought for a moment, then said, "Is there a difference?

Bones smiled slightly and said, "The two research directions are actually similar, but there are still some differences. If you focus on spells, it involves the development, optimization, restoration, disassembly, translation, and casting of runes. This involves many complex academic contents, and requires research on magical phonology. Of course, you have experience in silent and wandless casting, so you can skip this part, but if you want to pass on newly developed or optimized old spells, then the translation of the spell is essential."

"Like me, my previous research direction was disassembly, restoration, and optimization. I don't have much experience in developing new spells, but I do have some experience in optimizing spells or disassembling unfamiliar runes and identifying the magic words inside."

Anduin nodded, remembering that Lily had once said that Mr. Bones seemed to have disassembled and restored an ancient magic word.

Then Bones said, "If you want to try the alchemy direction, I also have some experience, but alchemy doesn't involve rune translation much. What's needed more is rune development, optimization, enchantment, inscription technology, materials science, and so on. You also need to be good with your hands. Among them, steady hands, a sense of space, and patience are the three most important qualities that alchemists value."

"A strong sense of space?" Anduin could understand the others, but what did a sense of space mean?

"Many runes need to be inscribed inside magical materials, and many materials are not completely flat. Any bending or deformation of the material may cause errors in the runes. If it only fails, that's okay, but many alchemists have been blown to death when experimenting with alchemical items due to errors in rune inscriptions," Bones explained.

"I see, so it requires three-dimensional imagination," Anduin nodded knowingly, then said, "I am very interested in alchemy, but I also have a lot of ideas about the development and optimization of spells. Recently, I have been studying a topic in the Charms Club. I plan to develop a sonic spell."

Bones nodded upon hearing this and said, "The combination of runes is ever-changing. Whether it's spells or alchemy, development and optimization are the most important aspects. Let's start here."

Then Bones led Anduin to the rune platform in the office and said, "You have already mastered a lot of theoretical knowledge. Let's start directly with practice. First, show me the sonic runes you are currently researching and tell me your thoughts."

"Yes." Anduin skillfully operated the rune platform, and Bones next to him nodded frequently, it seemed that he usually spent a lot of time on this.

"My idea is to research an echolocation spell. I'm temporarily calling this spell that. The inspiration comes from bats. When bats fly, they emit a scream, which is an ultrasonic signal. Its audio frequency is very high, and humans cannot hear it. If these ultrasonic signals encounter other objects on the flight path, they will immediately reflect back, and then realize the positioning of the object."

Bones was stunned after hearing Anduin's thoughts, because he didn't understand what it meant at all.

Anduin didn't observe Bones' expression and asked his question, "The base magic word I use is the 'Control' magic word, and I found that the bottom magic words of all sound-based runes are the 'Control' magic word. Why is that?"

Bones understood this question and explained to Anduin, "In fact, it's not just sonic magic words. Basically, most ordinary spells use 'Control' as the base magic word, such as the Levitation Charm, the Obstacle Charm, and so on. This magic word has the meaning of mastering, controlling, and guiding.

Other spells that change the actual shape of objects, such as the Shrinking Charm and the Enlargement Charm, as well as Transfiguration spells, all use the 'Change' magic word as the base, which has the meaning of 'deformation', 'alteration', and 'transformation'.