#98 - Rune Optimization

"Stance training is beneficial for strengthening the stability of the lower body, enhancing core strength. Consistent stance training is also a great exercise for willpower. Moreover, I've discovered in my spell practice that willpower and emotions are important factors that can influence the power of a spell. So, if you want to strengthen your spell power, cultivating willpower is one of the simplest methods." Anduin adopted a horse stance, while explaining the benefits of stance training to Charles.

"This, okay." Seeing Anduin so highly recommend this exercise, Charles had no choice but to imitate Anduin's posture.

Anduin observed Charles's stance and stood up to correct his posture, saying, "Pay attention, clench your fists and extend your arms forward, keep your arms straight, tuck in your buttocks, lift your anus, relax your perineum, and use your hips for support. If you concentrate all the pressure on your feet, it will cause great damage to your knees."

Anduin explained to Charles while pointing and correcting his posture with a stick.

"Is this okay now? What's next? What do I do?" Charles adjusted his posture under Anduin's guidance, and then, seeing Anduin silently watching him from the side, he couldn't help but ask nervously.

"Next? Just hold it, try to hold it for as long as possible. Let's start with five minutes." Anduin said expressionlessly.

"Hold it? Just this posture? It's so tiring!" Charles couldn't help but complain to Anduin.

"How can you temper your willpower if it's not tiring? Don't worry, it's good for you," Anduin said.

Under Anduin's gaze, Charles began his stance journey. But before two minutes had passed, Charles couldn't take it anymore. It wasn't that his lower body couldn't hold on, but his outstretched hands began to ache. Before long, they were shaking uncontrollably, causing Charles to wail in pain. However, after Charles started stance training, Anduin also adopted a horse stance in front of Charles, personally demonstrating it to him, which made it impossible for him to refuse.

After a while, Charles's entire lower body also ached intensely, not just his hands. He felt like he was about to lose his balance at any moment. But when he saw Anduin standing in the same posture in front of him, motionless, he could only grit his teeth and persevere.

Finally, five minutes passed. Anduin called Charles to stand up, but now Charles was stiff and sore all over, barely able to stand. He had to help Charles walk back to the cabin to rest.

"Do you usually train like this? Are you really human?" Charles said speechlessly.

Can't you people use any other adjectives?

"It's indeed very hard at the beginning, but if you persevere, you'll discover the benefits of this training. This is just the beginning. Starting tomorrow, extend the stance time by one minute each day until you can maintain it for thirty minutes. Afterwards, you'll also have to practice magic power extension while standing, followed by footwork, first aid, combat training, and so on. We'll take it one step at a time," Anduin said.

You know, in his previous life, his instructor once told him, 'Good steel comes from hammering, and elite soldiers come from diligent training.' Now, Anduin is also following this principle.

After hearing Anduin's words, Charles almost fainted. It's already so hard now, he can't imagine how terrifying the training will be in the future.

After letting Charles rest well there, Anduin went next door to prepare dinner. After dinner, Anduin helped the weak Charles back to Gryffindor.

In the following days, Anduin constantly supervised Charles's training progress, while also collecting data on magic power sensitivity. Through long-term data, he found that the extension training method he developed was indeed effective in enhancing magic power sensitivity. He also recorded Charles's changes in magic power control and spell power. It could be seen that these strengthening trainings were still very effective. Charles's spellcasting, whether in power or control, had improved. Spells that he couldn't learn well before were now easier to master.

And Anduin had not interrupted his Charms training with Professor Bones. Recently, Professor Bones guided Anduin to complete his Echo Charm thesis, and also taught many alchemical application charms. These types of charms have one characteristic, which is that they have no incantations, so they cannot be considered spells, but can only be enchanted on alchemical items, such as Swift Charms, Strengthening Charms, Silent Charms, Reflex Charms, etc. Anduin also felt that he had gained a lot recently.

After another week or so, Anduin finally received news from Charles that the upperclassman Granda Chitoch had returned to Hogwarts, and with Charles's request, she had inquired about the incantation of the 'Wave Banishing Charm', on the condition that Anduin had to give this upperclassman a mahjong set. That's right, this graduating upperclassman was also a member of the mahjong club.

He didn't know that the little game he unintentionally pulled his friends into had already gained a group of loyal fans among many students in various colleges.

After obtaining the spell, Anduin began his test. He found a large basin, filled it with water using the Water-Making Spell, threw a stone into it to splash water, and then released the 'Wave Banishing Charm'. The spell incantation was not short, and it could be seen that it was a newly invented spell that had not been optimized much, but the effect was very obvious. After casting, the layers of water waves in the basin instantly calmed down.

Immediately afterwards, Anduin began the sound wave test. He put on his monocle, cast an Echo Charm, and then cast a 'Wave Banishing Charm' towards the void.

"Well, it's about the same as expected. It does have a banishing effect on sound waves, but the intensity is a bit insufficient. It seems that I have to study the runes of this spell first. Modifying and optimizing this ready-made rune should save a lot of time." Anduin came to his conclusion after observing through the monocle.

As soon as he said it, he did it. Anduin then used the magic phonetic method to reverse engineer the spell runes. Generally speaking, the difficulty of reverse engineering runes is higher than translating runes, because generally mature spells can only reverse engineer which magic characters the spell is composed of. The specific rune structure and combination method are difficult to reproduce, but fortunately, this spell is a new spell that has not been optimized at all, so a lot of information can be obtained through reverse engineering.

After spending nearly two days, with the help of Professor Bones, who was already a rune deciphering master, the runes of the Wave Banishing Charm gradually appeared in front of Anduin.

"I see, this rune not only has the 'banish' magic character, but also adds the 'eliminate' and 'stabilize' magic characters. This can indeed stabilize the waves to the greatest extent. If I add a magic character to identify sound waves to this combination, I should be able to accurately eliminate sound waves." Anduin was fascinated by the analysis of the newly deciphered runes, and had a basic optimization plan in mind.