Chapter 64: Daydreams About Transfiguration Spells

Allen had played many games on Earth before, and among them, his favorite was always the class that could summon minions; in World of Warcraft, he played Warlock and Hunter, and in Diablo, his favorite class was Necromancer.

There was no other reason; he simply enjoyed having numbers on his side, and seeing minions tank the front line made him feel particularly secure.

However, as he gradually understood the combat methods of this world, he realized he did not like fighting that way at all; it was nothing but a Western cowboy duel, requiring one to expose oneself to the enemy's firepower.

This combat style made him feel particularly insecure, because this was not a game anymore; in a game, death meant resurrection, but here, death was truly death.

"A gentleman does not stand beneath a crumbling wall"; this had always been Allen's creed.

"Open spears are easy to dodge, hidden arrows are hard to guard against!" Allen vaguely remembered that several important characters had died in such chaotic battles.

So he had been searching for a combat method different from that of traditional wizards.

And today's discovery brought him a glimmer of hope; he discovered that he could actually play a summoner build in this world just like in games, and these summoned creatures could be customized.

Although the customization effects of the Transfiguration Spell had various high difficulties, he had infinite possibilities!

Moreover, he felt that using Transfiguration Spells to manifest animals that already existed in the world might help wizards live better, but they were completely unsuitable for combat.

Because animals that already exist in the world have survived through natural selection; the structure of their bodies could not be designed purely for combat, as they also needed to live and reproduce, and these were complete burdens during battle.

And the greatest advantage of the Transfiguration Spell is that it allows customization; if he could customize a creature for combat, he would certainly remove the digestive and reproductive systems of that animal entirely.

Because the transfigured product possesses no intelligence, he could even remove the brain, designing every part solely for combat.

After all, what he needed was a creature used only for about ten minutes of combat, not one that could survive for over ten years; those things were completely meaningless.

In fact, this thing did not even need to be a living creature; as long as it could fight, that was enough.

And the benefit of this is that it reduces the difficulty of customization.

It is just like designing and manufacturing an aircraft engine with a lifespan of 100 hours versus one with a lifespan of 3,000 hours; the difficulty of the two is not on the same level at all.

After all, the combat creatures he transfigures are made from objects, so there is no issue of fear of death; all that is needed is a set of "Heavenly Demon Body Dissolution Technique" to exhaust potential and unleash a burst of power to achieve the goal.

After this daydreaming, Allen finally came to his senses; thinking about his current progress, he could not help but let out a bitter smile: imagination is beautiful, but reality is cruel; to achieve such a goal, he was still very far away.

The information obtained from the Magic Mirror only made him understand that Ancient Runes were likely a programming language.

And his conversation with Professor McGonagall made him understand the logic the World Will used to process Transfiguration Spells, gave him the speculation that the World Will was an artificial intelligence, and further corroborated the hypothesis that Ancient Runes were a programming language.

And connecting all of this together pointed the direction for the application of his Transfiguration Spells.

He took out his notebook, preparing to record the points he currently lacked.

1. The reserve of Ancient Rune knowledge. This is the foundation of everything;

2. The observation method for Transfiguration Spell parameters. The Mirror of Erised was a good observation method, but obviously, it could no longer be relied upon now, so a new observation method must be sought.

3. The syntax of Ancient Runes as a programming language. The first two points are prerequisites for this point; only when Ancient Rune knowledge reaches a certain level,

can one analyze the program-like syntax in the second parameter of the Transfiguration Spell, and the prerequisite for analysis is being able to observe the Transfiguration Spell parameters very conveniently.

4. Find a compiler for programming with Ancient Runes. Because parameters and action logic must undergo many rounds of debugging before taking shape.

5. The method for storing Transfiguration parameters and action logic programs. If one wants to customize a combat creature, then the parameters describing the transfiguration result must number at least tens of thousands, and the action logic will likely also have tens of thousands of lines; such a massive amount of data is definitely beyond human brain processing, so the debugged parameters and logic must be stored and retrieved directly when used.

6. Find the parameter escaping mechanism for sending information to the World Will. How to escape the debugged parameters and logic into Transfiguration Spell parameters to send to the World Will is also a very important issue.

Looking at the long list he had made, Allen felt somewhat tearful; he suddenly felt that he was still very, very far from success.

But he vaguely felt that this direction was the power direction he should pursue; after all, the curriculum at Hogwarts was visible to the end, and he was completely at ease with these courses.

Moreover, the content usable for combat in the courses taught by Hogwarts professors was very limited, and for the wizard war that was about to come, no amount of preparation was too much.

After all, he learned from short videos from his past life that in this war, Albus Dumbledore, the greatest white wizard of the 20th century, had fallen; being so weak as he was, what reason did he have not to strive?

So this path must be walked firmly, just like the path of Dark Magic; he always felt that the potential at the end of this path was infinitely great.

However, for now, he still had to be down-to-earth.

So Allen began to analyze the points he had listed in his notebook again.

The first point, Ancient Rune knowledge, he had been thinking of various ways to learn; the current progress was relatively slow, but there was no rush.

The second point, observation methods; Allen recalled reading about something called Memory Magic in a book, and the spells on the Mirror of Erised were likely Memory Magic, and Dumbledore's large basin for viewing memories also seemed to belong to the category of Memory Magic, so Memory Magic could be a focus for research later.

The third point: if the first two points make no breakthrough, there is no need to think about it.

The fourth point gave Allen some ideas; he always felt that the wand's ability to amplify information was not that simple; he felt that relying solely on the wand's material and core could not achieve this, and since the invention of wands coincided with the flourishing era of Ancient Runes, perhaps some Ancient Rune programs were encapsulated within them, and these programs could run inside the wands, which was very interesting. Thinking of this, Allen suddenly felt full of anticipation for his summer job at Ollivanders.

The fifth and sixth points are the same as the third point; if the previous ones make no breakthrough, there is no need to think about these two points either.

And after doing all this, Allen was surprised to discover he had been sitting on the library steps for nearly an hour; only then did he realize his whole body was cold, and all he wanted now was to return to the warm fireplace in the common room.