Chapter 109: The Path of the White Demon Lord

It was another new day.

Early in the morning, Allen received three owls bearing letters: two from the Ministry of Magic, one from Dumbledore.

The first was an award notice from the Ministry’s Experimental Spells Committee, confirming that Allen’s improvements to the Lumos spell were effective; they awarded him 300 Jin Jialong and stated that a deposit slip for the same amount was enclosed, redeemable at any time at Gringotts Wizarding Bank.

But Allen flipped the envelope over and over again and found no deposit slip.

His question was quickly answered by the second letter.

The second letter came from the Logistics Division under the Minister’s Office, stating that the Experimental Spells Committee had awarded Allen 300 Jin Jialong, but since Allen still owed the Ministry over 9,000 Jin Jialong, the 300 Jin Jialong deposit slip had been withheld; a receipt for 300 Jin Jialong was enclosed instead.

This kind of left-hand-to-right-hand trick left Allen utterly powerless to protest.

The third letter came from Dumbledore, who sent a copy of the previous day’s Daily Prophet, with two articles circled in red ink.

One was the front-page headline, detailing the Hogwarts admission incident; the article subtly criticized Dumbledore but never mentioned the true cause.

After reading it, Allen felt the article was deliberately steering public hostility toward Dumbledore while quietly suppressing attention on his own issues.

The other was a brief article tucked in a corner, officially summarizing Allen’s improvements to the Lumos spell.

After reading both articles, Allen couldn’t discern Dumbledore’s intent, and ultimately concluded that Dumbledore was reminding him to keep a low profile.

Then Allen resumed his planned work for the day: he wanted to summarize the invention and modification of magical spells in this world.

To that end, he formulated a series of hypotheses.

First, magical spells were not invented by wizards but existed inherently in this world; so-called spell inventors merely discovered methods to activate them by observing ancient magical runes and their magical phenomena.

Because wizards only observed surface manifestations of magic, a single spell could never fully reveal all its phenomena. For example, the inventor of Lumos might have only seen a white light orb, so the original spell could summon only a white light orb.

Another wizard, observing a red light orb elsewhere, discovered that Lumos had a hidden parameter: “color”—this was an improvement to the Lumos spell.

Thus, the generations-long process of wizards improving spells was the process of uncovering hidden parameters within spells.

When all hidden parameters of a spell were discovered, the first wizard to fully unleash that spell would receive a gift from the magical source—the title of “Ultimate Spell Wizard.”

It was like the first player in a game to successfully clear a new area receiving a unique reward.

This method of spell invention and improvement inevitably left many hidden parameters undiscovered, meaning the potential of many current spells remained untapped.

Later, wars destroyed many ancient magical rune sites, causing wizards to lose the ability to directly observe magical phenomena and thus invent or improve spells.

Yet wizards never ceased researching and refining spells, because they could use brute-force enumeration to invent and improve magic—this became the primary method of modern magical research.

It resembled modern scientific research: establish a theoretical direction, then conduct endless trials and errors to arrive at the correct result.

Thus, research methodology became critically important.

For example, Allen discovered that the Clear Water spell had a hidden parameter: “temperature.” Could this parameter be applied to other spells?

Take the “Whirlwind Sweep” spell—if the temperature parameter were added, could it summon a hot wind that dried a person out?

Or a freezing wind that turned a person to ice?

Suppose Lumos had a hidden parameter: “cycle count,” and this parameter only activated when set to a power of two between 64 and 1024—could this approach be applied to improving other spells?

The answer was yes. Since spells existed inherently in this world, their creation must follow certain laws, and spells must share common principles. That’s why wizards placed such high value on research methodology.

Allen’s advantage was his Lei Niao eyes’ observational ability, which easily revealed hidden parameters—each representing a correct direction for improvement.

The significance of correct improvement directions was self-evident: take the Clear Water spell, for instance—many wizards likely considered adding the “temperature” parameter, but after testing values from 1 to 100 degrees and finding no effect, they concluded the direction was wrong.

Allen would not. He knew his direction was correct, so he could afford greater patience in testing—even testing counterintuitive parameters.

Allen had recently reviewed historical records of Ultimate Spell Wizards. Only a dozen or so had ever existed, and their perfected spells were listed—also only a dozen or so—confirming Allen’s hypothesis: the potential of many current spells remained untapped.

Allen realized this was an immensely vast field, and he was far ahead in it; the future along this path was boundless.

If he steadfastly pursued this path, uncovering the hidden parameters of spell after spell,

First, the magical source’s gift would double the power of any perfected spell he cast.

Then he could treat powerful improved spells as his secret weapons to enhance his strength, while releasing mediocre improvements to earn money and reputation.

When his power, wealth, and reputation in this world were all secured, authority would naturally fall into his hands.

At that time, he would become the undisputed White Demon Lord of the magical world.

Because his achievements would be widely known, his reputation universally acclaimed, and his contributions to the magical world undeniable.

At that time, the magical world would be entirely under his control—this peaceful rise was far more reliable than Voldemort’s terrorism.

But only he could walk this path; others lacked the means to even begin.

At this moment, Allen finally found his direction!

He would become the White Demon Lord who controlled the magical world!

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