A certain Hogwarts rune professor

Chapter 126 The Magic Text Carving Knife (First Order!)
In the afternoon, Harry followed the team to the Quidditch pitch for training.

During the short Christmas holiday, Wood thought of three more targeted tactics to deal with the new characteristics and tactics shown by other colleges this year.

Others returned to the castle to do their homework.

In the evening, the ancient rune office.

Felix was checking on Hermione's progress - she'd been working on improvements and upgrades to the beaded pouch lately.

"You have learned all the runes needed to upgrade the beaded pouch. The next step is to learn how to build a rune circuit."

"Professor, what's the difference?" Hermione asked.

"The description of a single rune is relatively simple, but if you want to connect them into a circuit, you need to consider the stability and balance of the rune as a whole-this is a test of your ability to control magic power."

Felix's fingers kept moving, dragging out a string of letters from the air. These letters were divided into three rows, and the brightness and size of each row were slightly different.

"If this is the rune you completed at different times, the brightness represents how much magic power you have injected."

Hermione looked at the letters, and then, under the control of Professor Haip, they were arranged in a row in random order.

The rearranged letters appeared haphazardly, bright and dim, large and small mixed together, looking disorderly and awkward.

She suddenly understood what Professor Haipu meant by 'stability and balance' - every rune in the circuit, the magic power used should be as consistent as possible.

"Even a slight difference in magic power will make the circuit useless," Felix said.

"Professor, what should I do?"

"There are two methods. The first is to complete the writing of the magic text in one go. Your magic power will be more consistent. Of course, it still requires a lot of practice."

"But in this way, you need to actively adjust the structure of the rune and make some slight deformations... This is not something you can do now."

"But won't doing so invalidate the rune itself?" Hermione asked in amazement. All the information she came into contact with was to write the rune in an orderly manner, and no change was allowed.

"This is what makes it fascinating." Felix gave an example: "This process is a bit like the process from letters to words. When we learn letters, we will ask for standards and norms as much as possible, but when we need When combining letters into words, the letters are slightly adjusted to be more in line with the flow and beauty of writing."

"This method tests your understanding of rune." Felix said implicitly.

To put it bluntly, if you don't have a deep understanding of the rune, it's better not to play any tricks.

Hermione nodded half understanding.

"There are also some skills in this, we will talk about it later. The second way is to draw out the magic lines after completing a single rune, and open them one by one to form a closed and stable loop."

Hermione had seen this method a few times, and she was no stranger to it.

"Let's try—"

Felix and Hermione went to the workbench and took out some chestnut chips.

He opened an exquisite tool box, and there were seven carving knives of different sizes and materials—metal, wood, and those without visible materials.

"Is this a professional rune tool? Where can I buy it?" The little witch couldn't help asking.

In her heart, these carving knives have been equated with magic wands, and they have become a necessary tool for her to learn ancient runes.

As a result, Professor Haipu said with a funny expression: "I made these myself, um... except for the metal one."

He was not in a hurry to continue the topic just now, instead he put the carving knife in front of her one by one.

"First of all, I want to remind you that there is no specific tool requirement for carving runes. A carving knife, magic wand, or fingers are all fine. What matters is the magic power and your understanding of runes. But—"

"If there is a more convenient tool, why refuse it?"

Hermione nodded, understanding.Just like some wizards who are proficient in casting spells without wands, they never refuse to use wands.Because tools can help them complete more refined operations.

A total of seven carving knives were placed in front of her.

The first one is a metal carving knife. The silver-white knife body is streamlined, and there is an obvious arc at the handshake. The tip of the knife seems to be made of other metals.

Felix said: "I bought this one from a miniature carving merchant. It is the metal material that I have compared repeatedly and is the least repulsive to magic power."

Hermione took the carving knife, it looked a little heavy, but it was unexpectedly light.

"I told you that there is no unique way to write runes. You can leave runes on the surface of objects by writing, or you can use engraving to leave marks on the material."

He picked up a piece of chestnut wood and injected magic power into the metal carving knife. The tip of the metal carving knife burst into a small but scorching red light, leaving a rune on the chestnut wood piece.

"You see, its surface is not flat."

Hermione touched the surface of the rune with her fingertips, and could clearly feel the marks of the chestnut wood sunken downwards—this was the knife mark left by the metal carving knife.

"This method is especially suitable for inert magic materials, such as Muggle items, ordinary stones, or the scales of some magical creatures."

Hermione understood a little bit. For inert magic materials, the magic power is not easy to maintain. You can use the form of engraving marks to strengthen the runes.

"Actually——" Felix added: "This process is separate—carving and infusing magic power. I am just very proficient in this process, so I combined these two steps. When you practice, you still to be done separately."

One of his backhands: 'Felix's Wisdom Teeth', did just that.

Hermione nodded.

Felix took out five wooden carving knives in a row, which looked like a different type of wand. Hermione had only seen the twins' fake wands during the day, and was very impressed.

"These carving knives are made of the same material as the wand, and their own characteristics are similar to those when they were made into wands." Felix pointed to them one by one—

"The hornbeam wood carving knife is very difficult for beginners to use. It is very sensitive to magic power. In fact, it is too sensitive. But once you master it, it will quickly adapt to the master's magic power and become extremely personal. not available;"

"The ebony wood carving knife is outstanding in depicting offensive runes. Of course, it is not easy to control it. It will cooperate with those masters who have the courage to be themselves and not follow the crowd;"

"The red oak carving knife, I personally think that it has a certain degree of memory. When you are proficient, it will actively guide you to complete the rune;"

"Chestnut wood carving knife, the favorite of beginners, there is no preference, and of course, there is no bonus;"

"Laurel wood carving knife, uh, I don't like this kind of carving knife very much, you have to use it often, otherwise when you think about it after a long time, it may launch a lightning attack on you when you inject magic power..."

After Felix explained, Hermione curiously picked up these carving knives and looked at them repeatedly. The more she looked at them, the more she liked them. She said cheerfully: "Professor, when can I have such a carving knife? I mean... I'm willing to pay for..."

"You don't need to think about this for now, the chestnut wood carving knife is for your practice." Felix said: "After a few years, you need to consider the issue of exclusive carving knife."

"By the way, what material is your wand made of?" Felix asked.

"It's vine wood," said Hermione, "and the core is dragon heartstrings, twelve and four-fifths of an inch."

(End of this chapter)