Chapter 2 "Magic Perception"
The early spring in St Andrews is still quite cold. The bitter sea breeze from the North Sea blows through this small town on the east coast of Scotland. The air is cold and humid, and the chill seems to pour in from every pore until it penetrates into the bone marrow.
In this case, the fireplace is standard in any home in the town.
Most of the time, Maven, who is 4 years old and 6 months old, should be called "Hamas Graham" in this life, and he is not willing to step out of the house at all. He prefers to be wrapped in a soft blanket and stay in front of the warm fireplace.
"Bang!"
The firewood was burned and burst, making a slight sound, and the flames in the fireplace swayed, and the flames cast on Hames' face, dyeing his right face a hint of redness.
"According to the description of "Magic Theory", the principle of casting magic is to use mental power or will, correct spells, and appropriate wand gestures to guide the magic power in the body, and ultimately achieve the purpose of successful casting..."
While whispering, Hames raised his right hand and made a gesture of preparing to cast the spell.
"Lumos flickering" he shouted in a low voice.
Of course, no light was generated because he had no magic wand in his hand.
To be honest, a 4-year-old child who practices magic over and over again looks a bit weird.
But as he traveled through time, the newspaper that Hames opened his eyes and saw was greatly frightened by his "young" heart, and the word "magic gun wizard" also left a deep shadow on him.
mmmp, even Mr. Savior was killed, this magical world is too dangerous!
So, driven by a sense of crisis, he changed his salted fish posture in his previous life. Since he was 3 years old, when [Eye of Demon Soul] automatically untie the first seal, he began to study magic hard.
In addition, the "Demon Spear Sect", "Demon Spear Wizard", and the dead "former savior" remind Hames at all times that a new major change is about to come to the entire magic world. If you want to protect yourself and your family in the change, you must have strong strength.
"Fluorescent flash!" he shouted for the third time.
The golden retriever "William", lying lazily in front of the fireplace, shook his tail, raised the dog's head and took a look, and lay back again.
"Fluorescent flashes!"
The frequent "fluorescence flickering" also attracted the attention of one person and one bird.
The former is a woman who just over 30 years old. Her long golden hair is slightly curly, her forehead is round, her nose is high and straight, she looks very outstanding, and her whole body exudes a bookish atmosphere, which is impressive.
She is Hames' mother, Grace Graham, a former college employee and now a full-time housewife.
Grace couldn't help but show a funny expression when she looked at her eldest son's childish movements, but in her opinion, Hames was just simply imitating, so she didn't say much.
Beside her, a younger child was sleeping soundly on the sofa. The little guy's sleeping position was extremely quiet, and soon brought back Grace's attention.
The latter is a gray owl called "Moti", whose owner is Hames' father, an ordinary wizard who works for the Ministry of Magic of the Corrupt Kingdom.
"Gugu!"
The owl screamed a few times, suddenly flapped its wings, flew half a circle in the air, landed on the sofa beside Hames, staring at Hames with its little head tilted.
As a bird messenger transformed by magic, its sensitivity to magic is far greater than that of Grace, who is just a Muggle.
"Aowoo!"
The golden retriever's big dog, "William", hurriedly got up from the carpet, walked around the sofa, and hid in another corner of the fireplace.
It can be seen that the dog is a little afraid of the owl messenger.
"Fluorescent flash!" Hames shouted again.
Every time he chanted the mantra, in the vision of [Eye of Demon Soul], he could see a faint blue halo, which was born out of thin air from his body, and then quickly flowed through his right arm and reached the fingertips of his index finger.
This is the first and only new function that appears after [Eye of Demon Soul] untie the first seal - "Magic Perception".
The blue halo is the legendary "magic" and the source of magic.
Hames vaguely felt something that could not be described in words was about to gush out of his fingertips. There seemed to be an inexplicable force in the surrounding environment, actively responding to his movements, and the "fluorescent flashes" he shouted.
"When I chanted the mantra these times, I made slight adjustments to several syllables in the mantra, and my magic reaction was stronger. It seems that this is the most suitable method for me to read the mantra..."
Hames muttered in slightest, his expression became a little excited.
Unfortunately, at the last moment of chanting the mantra, there will always be an extremely strong invisible barrier that lies between your fingertips and the environment, ultimately preventing the "Lighting Mantra" from taking effect.
An enlightenment arises in his mind:
"I need a magic wand!"
The reason why the spell cannot take effect is precisely because it lacks a key link - the magic wand.
Of course, in the magic world, "Staffless Spellcasting" is not a legend. The late wizarding master, Albus Dumbledore, can do Staffless Spellcasting.
In addition, it is said that before the 17th century, native wizards in North America had been using rodless spell casting.
It was not until the wizard of the corrupt country, Isosel, established a magic school called "Ifamoni", that they began to learn from European wizards and took their wands. (This is the background information of Rowling's "History of North American Magic", that is, "Where Are Fantastic Beasts")
However, there are many disadvantages of wandless magic, and the control is extremely difficult. It is impossible to guarantee the accuracy of magic at all. The efficiency is not as good as that of wand casting, which is even more difficult for him.
"well!"
Hamas sighed silently, and at the same time made up his mind to find a way to beg his father to buy a magic wand for him.
The only trouble is that I am too young and it is quite difficult to convince an adult wizard.
He silently said "Close" in his heart, and the horizon of "magic perception" was automatically closed, and the blue halo that filled the air disappeared instantly.
Although "magic perception" consumes quite little mental power, it is also a considerable burden for children who are only 4 and a half years old a year, and it is better to save as much as possible.
When he first traveled through time, after experiencing the feeling of having his mental power completely drained and his head hurt so hard that he fell into a coma, Hames always carefully controlled his mental power consumption and tried his best to avoid reducing his mental power to the critical point of 20%.
"The magic in this world is really weird. When the same spell and wand gesture are cast by different wizards, the effect is very different... I used to imitate my father to cast the "Lighting Spell", but the magic reaction was far less than the way I figured out myself.
"It seems that in order to achieve the best casting effect, you must constantly adjust the spells and wand gestures to find out the best casting method for you. This is a bit like a 'private customization'..."
Hames stared at the fireplace, and his mind gradually fell into a divergent state.
"From this perspective, "magic perception" can definitely greatly improve the efficiency of practicing magic. It allows me to directly observe the flow of magic, thereby adjusting the casting method in a targeted manner.
"Maybe an ordinary wizard needs to practice 1,000 times, or more to find the best way to cast, but with the help of "Magic Perception", I need up to 200 times, and the magic is even more powerful.
"Compared with the first cast of the "Lighting Spell" half a month ago, the current magic power flows smoother, and the magic power intensity has increased by almost 7 or 8 times, which is a huge improvement.
"Well, although it has not been successfully implemented..."
Thinking of this, Hamas couldn't help but smirk:
"Hehe, [Eye of Demon Soul] is really a magical tool for learning magic!"
However, this scene made her feel quite uneasy in Grace's eyes.
Although she knew that her son could speak fluently when he was 1 year old and could read newspapers at the age of 2, she was simply a genius among geniuses, but at this moment, she couldn't help but feel worried when she saw Hames laughing inexplicably:
"When Hamas was 2 months old, he fell into a coma for no reason and had a large pool of nosebleeds. It wouldn't hurt his brain, right? God, I pray that you bless my little baby..."
Hamas did not notice his mother's worries at all. He silently recited in his heart and exhaled his "property panel".
Only he himself can see lines of text that appear out of thin air in the void:
◇Mental power: 1.8/2.2
◇Magic power: 2.2/2.7
◇Physical constitution: 1.8
This is another function of [Eye of Demon Soul] - digitization.
This magical item has certain intelligence and quite good data analysis capabilities, so Hames specially established a property panel to understand the changes in his body at any time.
The initial evaluation template for attributes comes from his father, and all three attributes were determined to be 10 points.
2.2 is the upper limit of Hames' mental power, 1.8 is the remaining mental power, the maximum upper limit of magic power is 2.7, and the remaining magic power is 2.2.
Although the casting is not successful, the process will also consume a small amount of mental power and magic.
"The increase of mental power and magic power is significantly faster than physical fitness. Is this the impact of [Eye of Demon Soul]? Or is my innate talent? Perhaps both.
"In addition, the value of magic is slightly higher than that of mental power, which is definitely inseparable from [Eye of Demon Soul]. After all, this thing is so sensitive to magic.
"I have a feeling that after reading magic books for the first time two years ago, I have been trying to practice magic intentionally or unintentionally. This seems to have a certain promoting effect on the growth of mental power and magic..."
Hamas stared blankly into the air, and another thought came to his mind.
"It's a pity that St Andrews is just a small town in Scotland, not a big city like London where a large number of wizards gather. I didn't have the chance to get in touch with the little wizards, and I don't know how good I am among my peers..."
At this time, the orange flame in the fireplace suddenly turned green.
The owl Morty flapped her wings and jumped onto the backrest of the sofa, and started to "coosh".
Chapter completed!