A ruined Hogwarts

The pure white wall space is always filled with white mist. In this seemingly eternal silence, only the rustling of Owen turning the pages of the book and the rustling of rabbits eating vegetables quietly echo.

That little ghost-like nightmare with pale red eyes was floating unconsciously in the air. After studying its structure, Owen, who had no use for it at the moment, just let it float like a balloon in space.

At this moment, Owen, who was bowing his head between the pages of the book, looked calm and peaceful, like a touch of deep ink, which seemed to dye this white space into a peaceful night.

He turned the page in the book in his hand, then changed his posture, holding the thick red-covered book in his hands and reading. His pale and slender left hand rested casually on the book cover. Through his fingers, he could vaguely see the title "The Fifth Element: Exploration" on the cover. On the table, a quill pen was automatically writing and drawing on the notebook, taking notes smoothly.

The "fifth element" is the ultimate and most perfect concept in ancient Greek philosophy. It is considered an invisible existence that cannot be felt. It is the driving force and ultimate development of mutual transformation between other elements. It is often called "ether", or "empty" as well.

There is also a similar statement in the magical world. Ancient wizards believed that the mysterious fifth element was the bridge between spirit and matter, and was the origin, power and ultimate of spirit, although this conjecture has never been confirmed. There is no doubt that this book "The Fifth Element: Exploration" tells the tentative exploration of the fifth element and an in-depth interpretation of the wizard's magic.

Owen has been looking for ways to improve his mental strength, and this book is one of the relevant books he has recently found. Although there is no specific method in it and is full of conjectures and hypotheses, he strongly agrees with many of the views in the book.

He believed that the essence of magic was actually the wizard's own thoughts, that is, the combination of spiritual power and willpower. When wizards perform magic, they actually use their thoughts to influence reality, their spirit to influence matter, and their will to create various magical spells. From this perspective, the essence of magic is that wishes come true.

But everyone has the power of thoughts, and Muggles don’t lack spirit and will. Why can only wizards’ thoughts affect reality? What kind of transformation does the wizard's spiritual power undergo in the process of releasing the spell, so that it can affect matter? It stands to reason that the invisible force of spirit cannot directly affect matter.

Throughout the ages, countless wizards have thought about this problem.

Some people believe that wizards' thoughts are special, even if they have never found anything special; some believe that wizards' blood is superior, thus fueling the momentum of pure blood theory; some believe that wizards' special souls are the cause of all this, although No one has ever been able to prove this;

Some people think that the strength of wizards' thoughts is much stronger than that of Muggles, but many outstanding figures are constantly emerging among Muggles. Their spirit and will are indomitable and not inferior to wizards in the slightest, but they have never been able to shine with the light of magic; Starting from the essence of magic, it completely negates the starting point that magic is spirit and will, and gives magic a more special concept and meaning...

Of course, there are also a large number of people who start from the illusory fifth element and believe that there is a bridge between the transformation between spirit and matter. It is precisely because of the influence of this invisible "fifth element" that wizards and hemps There is such a big difference between melons.

In the book "The Fifth Element: Exploration", there is an in-depth explanation of spiritual power. The author believes that it has an extremely close connection with the fifth element. It cannot be extracted, cannot have a shape that can be described, and cannot directly interfere with reality, but it can be felt by others.

When a person has strong enough spiritual power, it will give people an invisible sense of oppression and have stronger convincing or deterrent power. Magical wizards like Dumbledore can give people a terrible oppression when they have no reservations. That's because they have strong enough mental power.

But because spiritual power is also invisible, how to improve it has always been a problem. The growth of wisdom and experience will undoubtedly make people's spiritual strength stronger and stronger, but that is a long process. As for methods to quickly increase mental strength, they are few and often extremely dangerous.

Ravenclaw's mental training method is definitely an extremely precious method, but it is undoubtedly dangerous and needs to be practiced in conjunction with Ravenclaw's blessing magic. This may be one of the reasons why Ravenclaw did not teach it to more students, but hid it in his own secret room.

In addition, there are some extremely advanced black magic transformations that can also enhance spiritual power. Black magic always has an advantage that other magic cannot match in terms of quickly gaining power by any means. However, it is also very dangerous. If you do it rashly without sufficient theoretical knowledge and protection means, you will easily die suddenly. Fortunately, Irving has the wall space to try and make mistakes.

Of course, black magic transformation is not the only way to enhance your mental strength. Owen guessed that Dumbledore's current spiritual power must not only come from his wisdom and experience, but may also be driven by magic. Combined with the unusual relationship between him and Phoenix Fawkes, it is not difficult to guess his general means. You know, although the Dumbledore family has been related to the Phoenix family since ancient times, there are no other members who follow a phoenix.

This may involve some kind of advanced white magic transformation, as well as the help of the Phoenix. Owen is a little envious of this, but he can always find his own way.

Owen controlled the quill pen and quickly wrote down several black magic transformation methods in his notebook. Some of them were to transform and enhance himself as he had done before, and some were to draw power from the magic and even the life force of magical animals through certain means. In essence, it is all to stimulate the wizard to carry out a new round of magic riot, so that the spiritual power will rise in the process.

"Speaking of it this way, my mental strength suddenly increased a little last time. Was it because of a small magic riot?" Owen closed the book in his hand thoughtfully.

He touched the big words on the cover with his fingers and murmured to himself: "The fifth element, ether..."

He held his chin with one hand and thought, as if he suddenly turned into a marble sculpture, but his eyes lit up brilliantly. The strange thoughts in his mind intertwined and collided with the knowledge he had come into contact with in his past and present lives, and chaotic sparks of inspiration burst into brilliant stars in his mind.

Owen grasped the inspiration in his mind with ease. The quill that had stopped jumped up again under his command, and the notebook opened a new page. Some scrawled fonts and simple sketches flowed smoothly under the pen tip. The ground spreads out.

At this moment, he once again had the "wall-facing moment" where inspiration burst out after a long absence.

However, this time the inspiration only lasted for just over twenty minutes. Owen closed his eyes and was silent for a while, then rubbed his brows tiredly, and then looked at his notebook with interest. Apart from some wild ideas written down above, there is only one creative idea for a special magic spell, which is about the study of ether.

Although it is still too early to get involved in this field, Owen has always had a strong curiosity in his heart. Of course, he will not forget the issues that he should consider most at this stage, but now that he has relevant inspiration, he might as well improve it in his spare time. Anyway, there is no loss in trying it.

He didn't think that this problem that had stumped countless wizards in ancient and modern times would be easily solved by himself, but even if the final result failed unexpectedly, it would at least dispel his thoughts and prevent him from having the urge to try. .

Owen put the notebook aside, then waved his wand, causing the book in his hand to float back to the bookshelf, and then turned to look at the side facing the wall space. There is a piece of writing floating slowly there: The connection point collection port will be released soon, please be ready to collect it.

The mantra fax machine that was solved last year brought in 17 connection points. Later, Owen used the mantra fax machine in the wall space to ask two questions and consumed two connection points. In addition, he copied a nightmare in the nightmare forest and consumed it. of one, and there are 14 left.

On the first day of school this year, in order to maintain the stability of the wall-facing space and avoid the so-called "collapse", 10 connection points were automatically deducted to sustain consumption for the next year. Now only 4 are left.

"I don't know what trouble this year will cause..." Owen breathed lazily.

Rabbit Muse finished his greens and started jumping around at Owen's feet. There seems to be no concept of time in this white mist space. This rabbit, which has long since died of old age in the real world, is always alive and healthy in this place, as if it has escaped the limitation of lifespan - of course, is the Muse considered alive now? , this is a question worthy of discussion.

Owen huddled in the soft armchair, closed his eyes and rested for a moment, then took out his wand and started practicing the daily spells. This was something he never relaxed day after day, just like he never relaxed his training in magic techniques in his previous life.

During this time, he has made good progress in spell-free casting. With sufficient theoretical knowledge support and persistent practice, Owen can basically cast simple spells without spells, such as full body binding spells, disarming spells, obstacle spells, etc.

Of course, he is still unable to cast the more difficult Iron Armor Curse, Illusion Body Curse, Oblivion Curse, etc. without spells, but his proficiency has also made visible progress. His Iron Armor Curse can be released faster and more stably, the Disguise Curse can barely be used on others, and the Forgetting Curse can also modify other people's memories.

In addition, he finally learned the very profound solution to the curse "All curses will end". It can not only be used to stop out-of-control fierce fire, but also the effects of many magic spells, and even the damage and curses caused by some black magic. It is a very versatile spell.

In terms of magic spell advancement, Owen successfully completed the advancement of the floating spell and transformed it into a magic that can be used for offense and defense.

Owen waved his wand at a thick stone slab on the side. The stone floated lightly, and flew to Owen very quickly with the wave of the wand, blocking him like a shield. Then, Owen shook his wand quickly, and the stone slab flew forward with a "whoosh" and hit a wooden dummy hard, smashing it into pieces.

"Next, you can try the advancement of other spells." Looking at the effect of the spell, Owen nodded with satisfaction.

Then, he began to practice black magic, and the expression on his face became much happier. He cast each black spell smoothly and freely. In the process, his magic power fluctuations obviously tended to be dark and twisted, but also extremely powerful.

"Revenge of the Resentful Shadow." Owen pointed his wand at the top of his head and muttered quietly.

A dark beam of black light suddenly flew out from the tip of the wand, turning into a huge, hazy, translucent black shadow. It rustled through the air, and finally landed behind Owen, opening its arms as if to embrace him. It also integrated into his body.

Owen closed his eyes slightly and felt it, with a faint smile on his lips: "It seems that the spell has been completed."

Last semester, Dumbledore taught everyone in the study group a kind of white magic to resist curses. Owen didn't know how to do it, but he kept it in mind, because the power of curses is really hard to guard against. During the summer vacation, he found this more advanced black curse in a black magic spell book. It was also a passive spell that resisted curses and also had a counterattack effect.

Revenge of the Resentful Shadow is actually a curse. Under normal conditions, it will make people feel gloomy and depressed all the time. However, Owen can use the Black Demon Guard to bear this effect, so this spell has no side effects on him. But when someone curses him, this vengeful shadow will return to the curser with the curse it has resisted, evolving into a very difficult mixed curse, enough to make the curser drink a bottle.

Of course, like other curses that resist curses, Shadow's Revenge also has a certain upper limit for resisting curses. This upper limit is closely related to Owen's own strength. If it exceeds this limit, he will still be cursed, so Owen learned another black magic - curse transfer, which can transfer the curse from one person to another.

It's just that the transfer of the curse requires blood as a price. The stronger the curse on the body, the greater the price. If it is a curse like a blood curse, the cursed person may not be able to pay the price.

In addition to these two spells, Owen has also learned several curses, as well as some offensive and special black magic. For example, "Freezing of All Things" can freeze the environment and even enemies, "Darkest Realm" can create a lightless area around you, "Body Devouring Punishment" can be used to control and torture, and you can control it like a puppet. Puppet spells that control people's bodies, etc.

At the same time, Owen also further improved the self-created gravity spell "Gathering as One". When the current level of knowledge was not enough to continue to improve it, he brilliantly integrated the use of emotions into this spell, extremely enhancing the intensity of gravity. As a price, the curse turned into a dark magic...

This is also the biggest advantage of black and white magic, and why only by getting involved in this field can you touch the pinnacle of magic. For two wizards with the same level of knowledge and magic power, the one who knows how to use emotions to perform magic must be more powerful, because magic that is difficult to improve with the current level of knowledge can be exerted once extreme emotional power is added as a driving force. Greater power.

Time passes slowly, but there is no trace of time in the space facing the wall. Owen released the last spell with a smile, and then ended the practice.

He exhaled softly and expertly restrained the active and roiling malice in his heart. A thick and ominous black mist suddenly emerged from his body, condensing into the shadow of a black cloak and a top hat.

Owen smiled and reached out to pat the top hat of the Dark Guard, then inserted a small red flower on the brim of the hat. He clapped his hands with satisfaction and let it flutter lightly in the space facing the wall, chasing it playfully. Flying around with that little nightmare.

Owen slowly walked to the other side, picked up the bunny Muse who shrank back in the corner timidly, kneaded it like dough for a while, and then left the space facing the wall.

It was night, and he was huddled in an armchair in front of the fireplace in a comfortable position. Melete was lying on his lap, numbing his legs. There were many young wizards doing homework in the common room. Harry and Draco were not there, and as expected they were in solitary confinement.

During today's Quidditch training, the Slytherin team and the Gryffindor team had a conflict over the training ground. Flint, the captain of the Slytherin team, said something unpleasant, which triggered a huge quarrel, and finally everyone was imprisoned.

Harry originally disapproved of the captain's taunting, but it was Gryffindor's Fred Weasley who made the first move. Although Harry's original intention was to stop the fight, he used his best disarming spell to confiscate the wands of several Gryffindor players, which directly caused the opponent's defeat and became the MVP of the fight. , and also ruined his good reputation in Gryffindor... Well, the solitary confinement was also the most severe.

As a result, in the eyes of many Gryffindor students, Harry changed from "the famous Harry Potter" to "the abominable Potter". But even so, Colin Creevey, Harry's little fan, still insisted on secretly filming him regardless of the weather, which is really touching.

Owen sighed happily, then took out a few pieces of parchment from his bag, waved his wand gracefully, and controlled the quill to "swipe" to finish today's homework. After that, Harry and Draco returned to the lounge.

"I really don't know why I have to help Lockhart reply to his admirers!" Harry shook his hand that was sore from writing, looking dazed.

"Come on, it's better than cleaning the toilet..." Draco said with a livid face, exuding an unspeakable smell.

"Uh... you have to be strong, Draco." Harry patted his shoulder sympathetically.

Draco looked disgusted, rolled his eyes, and ran back to the dormitory without looking back.