22nd December.
The second day of the Christmas holiday.
After a whole day of rest at home, Andy finally came back to life.
Since the start of the third academic year, Andy has been in a constant state of activity.
With twelve courses on his schedule, he still finds time daily to practice magic and learn about it, not to mention the experiments with dark magic transfiguration.
It can be said that in the past six months, Andy has hardly had any time to rest.
Although the Time Turner gives Andy more time, there is still not enough time for all the things he has to do.
When Andy arrived home yesterday, his nerves finally eased, and he was able to relax both body and mind.
He slept until noon the next day and was finally able to regain his strength.
"I really admire people who take all those classes."
Andy thought and resolved to give up.
If it weren't for the Dark Magic Transfiguration, which still requires the Time Turner, Andy would have cancelled some of the unnecessary classes a long time ago.
'I can last for another six months at most...' Andy was still shaken.
***
After dinner, Andy left the house under the pretext of 'going for a walk' and leisurely made his way to the cemetery in Godric's Hollow.
Tonight, Andy would perform his first dark magic transfiguration ritual here.
It was after seven o'clock, and the sky had completely darkened.
'It's about time.' Andy thought to himself.
After walking around the cemetery once to make sure no one was nearby, Andy took out his wand and held it in front of his chest, whispering, "Protego totalum... Salvio hexia... Repello Muggletum... Cave inimicum..."
A bright white magical barrier extended from the tip of the wand and rapidly spread out in all directions.
As Andy walked around the outside of the cemetery once, the magical barrier had completely enveloped the cemetery.
'OK!'
Having finished the preparations, Andy slowly walked to the middle of the cemetery.
This is where the crystal vial was buried.
Andy took his wand and pointed it at his temple while whispering the special incantation for dark magic transfiguration.
The incantation was strange and mysterious, and it sounded evil.
As the incantation was spoken, a ghastly green light appeared at the tip of the wand.
Andy felt as if something had entered his body from the position of his temple.
It was a very subtle feeling.
If Andy wasn't concentrating fully, he probably wouldn't have noticed it at all.
After chanting the incantation three times, Andy paused.
"Phew,"
He let out a breath, raised his wand, and lightly swiped it across his left wrist. Blood immediately flowed down his wrist.
The blood dripped onto the ground.
The soil here seemed to have the ability to absorb blood. As Andy's blood dripped onto the ground, it seeped into the ground at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Not even a trace of red could be seen on the soil.
'It worked!' Andy exhaled with a sense of relief.
The fact that the soil could absorb blood meant that the crystal vial buried underground already possessed a certain amount of magic power.
The purpose of this ritual was to use the magic power of blood to guide the magic power from the Resurrection Stone out and fuse it with Andy's blood.
The incantation Andy had recited earlier caused a subtle transformation in his body—a transformation that would give Andy's body the ability to absorb natural magic power.
The principle is not complicated. To put it plainly, magic transfiguration actually makes use of the 'human body transfiguration' method, during which external magic is absorbed into the body at the moment of body transformation.
This 'human body transfiguration' does not manifest in a change in form but rather a subtle internal change.
After a while, when the ritual was over, Andy took out the Essence of Dittany to stop the bleeding and then bandaged the wound.
After doing all this, the first dark magic transfiguration ritual was completely over.
'There are still six more,' Andy thought to himself.
After looking at the location below his feet, Andy waved his wand to lift the magical barrier around the cemetery.
After walking around the cemetery again, Andy leisurely walked towards home.
***
After washing up, Andy lay on the bed and summed up his experiences.
'So far... everything has gone quite well.'
With his own personal experience, combined with the experimental experience of Reed at that time, Andy undoubtedly had a deeper understanding of dark magic transfiguration.
Soaking the Resurrection Stone in blood is to guide the magic of the Resurrection Stone out and merge it with the blood.
The bleeding after the incantation... is to make subtle changes to the body; second, to put the body in a 'blood loss' state, which will facilitate the absorption of the power of the magic potion later; and third, to accelerate the process of guiding the magic of the Resurrection Stone to fuse with the blood.
It can be considered killing three birds with one stone!
As for the magic potion brewed during the new moon, it is also for better absorption and fusion.
In summary, magic transfiguration can be roughly divided into three steps.
First, make changes to the body.
Second, steal a kind of natural magic.
Third, absorb and integrate.
As for those rituals that seem incredibly strange, as well as the messy transformation process and even the brewing of potions, they are all just to better achieve these three steps.
After understanding the nature of magic transfiguration, Andy has a deeper understanding of Reed's failure.
Poor physical and mental health was indeed the main reason for Reed's failure.
In addition, the fact that he was controlled by the Imperius Curse to complete all this was also a major reason for his failure.
Especially the final potion!
Even though Andy had done his best to avoid it, when it came to the final potion, the potion inevitably became tainted with Andy's magic.
After summarising the reasons for Reed's failure, Andy became a little more confident in his own dark magic transfiguration.
In every respect, Andy was far superior to Reed.
Especially...
Although he died during the experiment, the cause of his death was not because of Dark Transfiguration, but because he couldn't hold on any longer.
In other words, Dark Transfiguration is feasible!
In addition, Andy's goal in experimenting was just to prove that Dark Transfiguration is feasible.
The experiment of Dark Transfiguration may have failed.
But Andy's experiment succeeded.
Because Andy's goal in experimenting was to test whether this method was feasible.
'There are still more than three months...'
'If I can just survive the last 30 minutes of the transformation, I will be able to widen the gap with normal wizards!'
Andy was filled with excitement at the thought!
This transformation was not just about improving his strength.
After stealing the magic power of the Dead Dimension, Andy might be able to gain a glimpse of the secrets of the Dead Dimension—what exactly is the effect of this magic power on souls?
Apart from that... it's the Obscurus!
Andy is now certain that the body transformed by magic can adapt to the power of the Obscurus to a certain extent.
This is a direction to go in the future!
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