Chapter 97: Dumbledore and I Discuss Science?

"Extreme Spell Wizards sound like they must be incredibly powerful?" Allen continued to ask.

Dumbledore shook his head and said, "An Extreme Spell Wizard is merely an honorary title; it has nothing to do with the magnitude of one's power."

Allen displayed an expression of great interest at the right moment.

Dumbledore glanced at Allen and continued, "Although the spells we use now have been improved by generations of wizards, there is still great potential to be tapped. An Extreme Spell Wizard is an honorary title given to those who have pushed a spell to its absolute limit."

Allen, lost in thought, asked, "Then are you an Extreme Spell Wizard?"

Professor Dumbledore winked at Allen and said, "I am not. Becoming an Extreme Spell Wizard requires not only a spirit of diligent study but also a bit of luck! My luck has never been very good!"

Allen suddenly thought of a question and hurriedly said, "Then how do we verify that someone has truly pushed a spell to its limit? You must know, I could also claim to the outside world that I have pushed the Lumos spell to its limit!"

Dumbledore did not answer Allen directly; he gently picked up a piece of parchment from the table. Written on that parchment was Allen's thesis on improving the Lumos spell.

He read the text carefully, exclaiming with praise, "Truly a very creative line of thought. I could never have imagined such an approach. How did you come up with it?"

Allen was momentarily breathless from Dumbledore's question, but he quickly returned to normal.

"My luck has always been quite good!" Allen replied cheerfully.

Dumbledore was amused by Allen; he clasped his long fingers together and continued to ask, "Then did anything special happen when you cast your improved Lumos spell?"

Allen looked into Professor Dumbledore's eyes, full of wisdom. He knew Professor Dumbledore would not ask useless questions. He frowned, striving to recall the various events of that day...

"I remember that for an instant, I had the illusion of my soul leaving my body and flying toward the high sky. Then, in the high sky, there was a vast will!" Allen said somewhat uncertainly.

Professor Dumbledore smiled even more kindly. "Then congratulations on becoming an Extreme Spell Wizard!"

"Ah!?" Allen's mouth gaped wide in surprise...

"Many Extreme Spell Wizards have had similar experiences, but the Ministry of Magic would not bestow this honorary title so rashly. To obtain this title, one must still prove oneself."

"The simplest method is to cast a spell. Pushing a spell to its limit will bring a gift from the source of this world's magic. Simply put, if you push a spell to its limit, the effect when you cast that spell will double. This is very difficult to fake." Having finished speaking, Dumbledore gently raised his hand and made a "please" gesture toward Allen.

"Is it really that simple and crude?" Allen understood Professor Dumbledore's meaning; he drew his wand while asking.

Dumbledore winked at Allen again.

Since mastering the Lumos spell, Allen's imagination regarding the size of the light sphere summoned by Lumos had been a fixed size. This time, when casting Lumos, he imagined the light sphere to be three times larger than usual...

Then he summoned a light sphere twice as large as usual.

"Clap! Clap! Clap!" Dumbledore slowly applauded Allen. "It seems I have witnessed the birth of an Extreme Spell Wizard!" His sapphire eyes were filled with satisfaction.

Inside, Allen was in a frenzy of joy; he had discovered another path to increase his own power.

Looking into Professor Dumbledore's wise eyes, he decided to take this rare opportunity to ask some questions that had troubled him for a long time.

"Professor, I cannot understand why so many spells have the potential for improvement." Allen asked after taking a sip of tea.

"That is a good question!" Professor Dumbledore adjusted his sitting posture,

making himself sit more comfortably, and then asked a question that surprised Allen:

"Are you familiar with the science that allowed ordinary humans to rise?"

Allen was stunned by this question. Professor Dumbledore was actually talking science with me? The tone of this scene is a bit strange!

However, he keenly noticed the phrase "ordinary humans" in Professor Dumbledore's question. This was the first time he had seen a wizard refer to Muggles in such a way.

"You know I am of M... uh... ordinary human descent, but weren't we discussing the power of magic? How did we get onto science? However, I am indeed quite familiar with the power of science..." Allen answered somewhat flustered, having forgotten that "Muggle" is a derogatory term.

Professor Dumbledore then fell into recollection: "I once traveled through the world of ordinary humans and deeply studied the science of ordinary humans. I feel that science and magic share common ground..."

Allen was stunned by Dumbledore's viewpoint.

"However, I believe science is never a power; it is a way of thinking."

"The core of science actually has only one thing: summarizing patterns."

"Achieving science requires only five steps: observe phenomena - propose hypotheses - repeatedly verify - summarize patterns - apply them. As long as you are willing to use this process, even if only part of it, then you are using science."

Dumbledore softly voiced his viewpoint.

Allen was now completely stunned. He suddenly began to admire Professor Dumbledore. He never expected to be taught what science is by a native wizard of this isolated magical world! Moreover, Dumbledore spoke so reasonably; it was clearly a conclusion reached after long-term thinking and research.

Allen suddenly understood why Dumbledore was called the greatest wizard of the 20th century. Although he had once mocked Dumbledore's research results in front of Voldemort, today Professor Dumbledore's long-range vision and the height of his thinking were worthy of that title.

"I believe the invention of spells also conforms to the way of scientific thinking. Ancient wizards observed phenomena of magical power, then made repeated attempts, summarized patterns, and finally applied them."

"Just like the inventor of the Lumos spell. When he invented the Lumos spell, he only saw white light spheres, so when the Lumos spell was invented, it could only summon white light spheres. Others who observed light spheres of other colors then improved the Lumos spell, allowing it to summon light spheres of other colors."

"It is precisely because of this method of inventing spells that it is destined for every spell to have great potential to be tapped!" Professor Dumbledore finished saying all this.

And Allen fell into deep thought. He thought of those ancient rune key-value pairs he had observed. He suddenly felt that his understanding of this world's magic had deepened another layer.