As Andy's thoughts moved, a blue glow lit up on the fat cat patronus, and then it slammed headfirst into the human-shaped target not far away.
In no time, the human-shaped target shattered into pieces.
Andy raised his eyebrows, "The power of the Bombardment Spell seems to have increased quite a bit!"
In terms of magic spells alone, [Mind] can enhance the power of magic spells, [Will] can firm up the power of the [Mind], and [Thinking] can enhance the activity of the [Mind].
The Patronus Charm was a fusion of mind and magic power, for the Patronus Charm, [Will] could enhance its degree of cohesion, thus increasing its power.
As for Andy, the enhancement of [Mind] would allow Andy to mobilise the power of the mind, or emotions, to amplify the magic spell more quickly.
While the [Will] enhancement would allow Andy to firm up that emotion.
On top of that, the [Will] boost could also offset the side effects of some spells, especially the side effects on the mind.
In other words, Andy was now able to initially study dark magic.
Andy was satisfied.
Improving dark magic could similarly lead to obtaining [Potential Points].
And it was a field that had never been developed before. Studying dark magic would allow Andy to obtain [Potential Points] more quickly and efficiently.
At the moment when Magic transfiguration was temporarily put on hold, researching dark magic was undoubtedly a new way out.
"Hmm ..."
Andy pondered for a moment.
The study of Combination Magic required a sufficient amount of accumulated knowledge, as well as a high level of wisdom.
In other words, it means adding points to [Thinking].
'So next, the direction for adding points will be [Thinking], [Will], and [Dark Magic]!' Andy concluded in his mind.
Especially dark magic ...
You can tell by the wording, we usually say 'learning magic' instead of 'studying or researching magic', but when it comes to dark magic, our wording changes to 'studying dark magic'.
That's because most dark magic is the study of humans themselves, and the process of learning dark magic is the process of exploring humans themselves.
Killing curse that deprives life.
The Imperius Curse that controls the soul.
And the Cruciatus Curse that produces pain in the core of the mind.
The three Unforgivable Curses are the value-added products of the ancient dark wizards through the study of life, the soul, and the mind.
This is the unique charm of dark magic.
But it was also because dark magic was a study of humans themselves that it had such a great impact on humans.
After adding dark magic to his study list, Andy continued to study combination magic.
After all, Andy's [Dark Magic] talent only amounted to a pitiful two points, so even if he were to study it, it would have to wait until after he added more points to it.
Otherwise, it could only lead to half the result for twice the effort.
***
An hour's time quickly passed.
As Andy used magic again and again and meditated on the changes when magic power became spells, Andy's understanding of magic also became more and more profound.
Magic is just a kind of energy, the amount of magic power can only represent the amount of this kind of energy, that's all.
Spells, on the other hand, were an interference of the mind in the material world through magic as an energy.
So the argument that 'the mind controls magic' isn't really wrong.
It's just that when the magic power is stabilised, and we want to use it again, we need to use a little means to invoke it.
This means of invoking magic power is called a magic spell.
But essentially, what mobilises magic power is still mind power.
"First, the mind power is utilised to mobilise the magic power, and later, the mind power is channelled out through the magic power to complete the interference in the material world and form spells."
It was because of this extra step that spells became a fixed program rather than a wish of one's mind.
"Reparo!"
Andy recited the incantation, and the broken target was restored to its original state by the magic.
During this process, Andy had been silently feeling the change in magic power.
When Andy used the 'Reparo' incantation to mobilise the magic power, the magic power was already imbued with this state. So the magic power in this state would only be able to use 'Reparo'.
In contrast, Magic Riot eliminates the process of mobilising magic power as a step, and in a state of unstable magic power, a powerful mind can directly interfere with the outside world through magic power.
The most important thing is ... the wand!
Andy now relied on the wand to channel the magic power in his body.
"I see!" Andy had an epiphany.
Andy had improved the Patronus Charm to make the mind more attuned to the magic power, so he could do silent spell casting.
But to do wandless spell casting, one needed to let the magic power interfere with the outside world on its own. Or, like Dumbledore, to force wandless spell casting with a high level of magic attainment.
"It seems that if I want to master combination magic, I either have to use two spells in one thought, or combine them forcibly ... There's no third way."
Andy chose the second one.
First, give up the power of the spells, use the minimum power to cast one spell, and then use the strong power of the mind to impose the second spell on it.
Thus completing the combination of magic.
A five-point [Mind] attribute was naturally not considered much, but Andy had an advantage - thanks to the improved Patronus Charm, Andy's mind was extremely attuned to magic power.
This gave Andy the preconditions to complete the combination magic.
"Hoo-"
Exhaling deeply, Andy prepared to make his first attempt.
First, he silently cast a Bird-Conjuring Charm, then ...
"Engorgio!" Andy chanted the incantation out loud.
As Andy waved his wand, six flying birds the size of swallows appeared around Andy.
"It does get a little bigger." Andy's face showed joy.
Although this was still a far cry from the ideal combination magic, it was a good start.
When Andy became proficient in this combination, he would be able to cast spells at a faster speed, and even apply this combination magic in actual combat.
However, this combination magic was only applicable to Andy for the time being.
The modified version of the Patronus Charm allowed Andy's mind to be extremely attuned to the magic power, so Andy was able to use his own mind power to forcefully add a second spell to the first one.
If magic power was compared to water, and casting the Bird-Conjuring Charm was using water to brew coffee, then casting the Engorgement Charm was using water to brew tea.
And combining magic was brewing coffee and tea together.
Although this was just an analogy, the reasoning was similar.
Andy was able to complete the iteration of the two magic spells before casting them, the first was because Andy's mind was extremely attuned to the magic power, and the second was because the first magic power was extremely small.
That was why Andy was able to forcefully combine the two types of spells together with the power of his mind.
Of course, sharp [thinking], and tenacious [will], also play a considerable degree of role in this.
Mind, Thinking, Will ...
But no matter what, Andy had now considered it a preliminary success.
'Then the next step is to become skilled in this process.' Andy thought mentally.
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