Kayson had been seriously reading the instruction manual for a while, and soon he found his next goal.
Or rather, 'goal' isn't quite accurate; it should be an inevitable progression.
After all, his current research level in Newborn Magic Art is... a bit awkward... for him, it's like something that's tasteless to eat but a shame to discard.
For example, among the first-level Runes, there's one called 'Dispel Rune' that can remove all external effects on the human body, but he can achieve almost the same effect with milk.
There are also effects like 'Ignite,' 'Synthesize,' 'Place,' 'Interact,' which are a bit redundant for him.
It's not that they're useless, but he can always find simpler and equally cool alternatives, and there aren't that many useful ones. The useful Rune effects are quite good, but their intensity is concerning.
For the current Kayson, researching enhanced Runes is as indispensable as lasagna is to Garfield.
Soon, he found a versatile Rune in the instruction manual: the 'Enhancement Rune.'
Following the basic principle that the simpler the name, the more likely it is a conceptual powerhouse, he spotted this name almost immediately.
He flipped through the manual; it required magic clay, diamond, and a Rune press.
Diamonds were the easiest to talk about; he could scoop up a handful casually. magic clay wasn't impossible to research either; although he likely wouldn't find it in nature, he had an infusion altar.
Injecting magic into ordinary clay, why wouldn't that count as magic clay?
Without further ado, he took out a clay ball and threw it onto the infusion altar. Soon, the grayish-white clay ball transformed into a purple clay ball shimmering with red light—this was magic clay.
After preparing both raw materials, he glanced at the manual again: Rune press, requiring one iron block, one piston, two random stones...
"What is Arcane Stone?"
He tapped Arcane Stone with his hand. Eight stones plus one magic gem could make eight Arcane Stones...
So... what is a magic gem?
Kayson shamefully fell silent.
However, he was lucky; if the module he had unlocked last time had been Newborn Magic Art, he would most likely have been stuck at the magic clay stage.
But Kayson, having been immersed in the Mystic Era for a whole year, was no longer the same.
Although Kayson had told him before to avoid researching the Mystic Era unless necessary, well... isn't this necessary now? Using it a few times won't cause trouble.
Kayson took out an emerald and threw it onto the infusion altar. With the successful infusion, a purple magic gem was freshly produced.
Afternoon....
"Today I'm going to teach you a new magic rune. This magic rune is not what is called Runes, so Ravenclaw students, please put away your Runes textbooks."
Kayson wrote large swaths of text on the board in his sixth-year advanced class. Although the enhanced magic pattern required no more than three strokes for him, it was very complex for the Little Wizards.
After creating the enhanced rune that morning, he first briefly tested its strength, which then gave him the idea of making it an advanced class lesson.
After all, that thing was really awesome.
"I now need a Little Wizards with sufficient ability to be my assistant and demonstrate the effect of this Rune for you. It's you, Cedric, don't hide, come out."
Kayson pulled Cedric, who had buried his head in a book, out.
"Downstairs isn't Potion Class anymore, what are you afraid of?" Kayson pointed to a training dummy in the distance, waved his hand in the air, and an enhanced magic pattern was drawn in mid-air.
"Use any spell you like, and have the spell pass through this magic pattern to attack that dummy," Kayson said, patting Cedric's shoulder.
"Anything at all?" Cedric asked.
"I hope it's not Avada Kedavra. If you really choose that magic, I can only say you've made two mistakes... In a sense, it should be one mistake," Kayson mercilessly quipped.
"What do you mean, Professor?"
"You shouldn't expose it. As for you learning such lethal magic, to protect yourselves, I actually don't object. But there are many lethal magics. You can learn some less extreme, more flexible ones. In short, I personally do not approve of you using magic like Avada."
"The reason Avada Kedavra is unforgivable is because the Wizards who can use this magic are unforgivably evil, not because the magic itself is unforgivable. You must grasp this cause-and-effect relationship well," Kayson explained.
"I understand. You mean a person who isn't evil enough can't cast Killing Curse?" Cedric nodded and asked.
"Not entirely. Killing intent also comes in many forms: there's killing intent to free someone from pain, killing intent for revenge, and killing intent arising from others' pleas. But if you encounter someone who can casually generate enough killing intent to cast Avada Kedavra on innocent people, stay far away."
Kayson said, patting Cedric's shoulder: "We've gone off-topic again. Let's begin."
Cedric nodded, stood behind the Rune, pulled out his wand, and used a simple Dark Arts spell.
"Diffindo."
A spell passed through the enhanced Rune, its color instantly deepening until it struck the dummy.
The magic that would originally have made the dummy cosplay Shang Yang on the spot now did nothing.
"Professor, what's going on?" Cedric asked, somewhat bewildered.
"Kelly, blow on the dummy."
A female student named Kelly walked over; she was the closest to the dummy at that moment.
She simply walked over and blew a casual breath.
The next moment, the dummy disintegrated into a pile of dust, as if withered.
"Oh my Merlin, that's so freaking cool!" Cedric exclaimed in surprise.
"I remember you used to be quite... polite," Kayson said, looking at Cedric with a strange expression.
"Heh heh, well, I've gotten familiar with you," Cedric said with a grin, scratching the back of his head.
"Alright then." Kayson was... barely, somewhat satisfied with that reason.
With that, he waved his hand, signaling the Little Wizards to return to their seats: "Alright, now take out your notebooks. I'm going to give you a heavy premonition. For a one-hour class, you'll conservatively be taking notes for forty minutes. Now, quickly, quickly! Get moving!"
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