"Floating into the sky."
Outside the backyard, Ron suspended the stone he had been "lifting" in the air again, and then he looked at Hermione not far away and said:
"Okay...what else should I do next?"
"You don't have to do anything, just let it float in the air, but you have to step back further." Hermione held a card in her left hand and her wand in her right hand, and said to Ron in front of her, "Yes. ,that's all… "
After watching Ron take a few steps back and leave directly under the rock, Hermione raised her wand and waved it forward. Suddenly, the card in her left hand flew out, spinning and landing where Ron was standing.
Then the next moment, Hermione's eyes suddenly froze, and Ron immediately felt the stone controlled by the levitating spell sink suddenly.
"oops-"
"boom!"
At the same time as Ron exclaimed, the man-sized rock crashed to the ground, falling so fast that it completely exceeded the acceleration of its free fall. When the gravel and soil splashed, a shallow pit was created on the ground.
"this… "
Although Ron was not hit, he was so frightened that he couldn't even feel the pain when the stones hit him. He just stared blankly at the rock that was half submerged into the ground, and said in astonishment:
"Hermione, is this what Maka calls 'rule magic'? Have you learned it?"
Even the silent spell technique actually needs to be recited silently in the mind, and since the incantation is to be recited, preparation time is inevitably required.
But just now, Hermione just had a slight thought after throwing out the card. He felt that his floating spell could no longer support the rock that seemed to have sunk several times - such a magic with both speed and power is really suitable for use. In actual combat.
However, when Hermione saw him asking this, she quickly shook her head.
"How can I call this 'learning'?" she said seriously, "Based on my current understanding of this rule, the power I can exert is only superficial."
"Is this 'fur'?" Ron looked at the rock in front of him and blinked his eyes in disbelief, "I said Hermione... look at your momentum, are you planning to overtake Maka?"
"Don't be ridiculous," Hermione couldn't help but pursed her lips after hearing this, "Now that I have started to learn these rule runes, I truly understand how powerful Maka is - he is already far beyond our strength."
Ron listened and couldn't help scratching his head and said:
"Then you can at least see Maka's 'back' now, right? Compared to me, you must be much stronger."
Seeing him say this, Hermione immediately glared at him, then pointed to the notebook in his pocket and said:
"That's why I asked you to learn ancient magical literature! If you can understand all the contents in my notebook, you can also start trying to learn the rules and runes. Don't say I didn't give you a chance!"
"well… "
Seeing Hermione say this, Ron couldn't help but sigh.
"You also know that I am not as smart as you. As you have seen in the past two days, I can hardly tell the difference between those magic words, let alone understand their meaning. And even if I rely on rote memorization It’s impossible to learn those rules and runes that require more wisdom even if you memorize a lot of patterns and symbols!”
"Okay," Hermione said with some dissatisfaction, "Stop complaining there - come back to the courtyard with the stone and continue reading the notes I gave you."
…
Just when Hermione tried the "gravity" rule rune for the first time and saw initial results, on the other side, Maka was called to the living room on the first floor of the wizard tower by Luna.
Looking at the back of Luna who was dragging him over by his sleeve, Maka couldn't help but wonder:
"Luna, what's wrong? So mysterious?"
As soon as she finished speaking, Luna, who had dragged Maka into the house, suddenly stopped and turned around slightly.
"Maka, I thought of a way that might help Harry pass the test."
"oh?"
When Maka heard this, she immediately became curious and said:
"what way?"
He didn't expect that Luna seemed to have found a solution to Harry's problem that he also found very difficult. And this obviously surprised Maka.
And then, he saw Luna take out a card from her pocket and show it in front of him.
"The rules of empathy?"
Maka looked at the runes on the card in her hand, and suddenly her heart moved.
"You chose this rune? Well... it seems to suit you quite well."
This is also one of the first-level rule runes recorded in the Scroll of Truth, and unlike those rules related to "matter", this is a half-material, half-spiritual rule rune.
To be honest, it is actually difficult to figure out the reason for this rule. From Maka's point of view, it is not something that ordinary people can understand.
As far as Maka knows, its effect should be to create a conscious connection between living things. If we have to explain it more specifically, it may be similar to the "telepathy" phenomenon unique to some twins. Bar!
Of course, Maka only had a rough understanding of this rune. Perhaps only people with strong intuition like Luna could truly understand its meaning.
After thinking for a moment, Maka continued:
"So, how are you going to use it to help Harry?"
Since he was not familiar with this rule, Maka could only rely on Luna to explain it to him. But to be honest, Maka has been looking forward to this kind of equal exchange of magic knowledge with everyone for a long time, so now he actually enjoys this feeling.
When Luna saw him asking, she immediately said happily:
"When I really master it, I can use it to connect the wills of several people with Harry. And then, everyone will be able to unite together and help Harry get through that difficulty... What do you think? OK?"
"'Everyone together'...?"
After Luna's explanation, Maka finally understood her specific thoughts. However, this approach obviously cannot fundamentally improve Harry's willpower.
If it is just such a "one-time" cooperation, it may succeed, but once Harry loses everyone's support, how will he control the Sword of Gryffindor and the "Rage" rules
You know, if he does not have enough willpower in the process of using the Sword of Gryffindor, even if he passes the test at the beginning, his will will eventually be swallowed up by "rage".
"Wait," Maka thought about it, and then said after a moment, "Let me think about it... maybe, this is indeed a solution to the problem!"