After sending his son Albus to school, Harry returned home through the space portal. Hogwarts won't start school for a few days, so James and Lisa are still on vacation.
"Is there Quidditch training today?" Harry asked.
"Well, the club has just introduced a new player with good talent," Ginny replied, with expectation in his eyes, "I hope we can finally win the Europe championship this year, and even impact Arcane Cup."
Harry nodded and asked casually, "Is the new team member a wizard?"
"No, but does it matter?"
"It's okay, I'm just curious."
"Instead of being curious about this, why don't you quit your job at Auror and join our team. I still remember how you led Hogwarts to win Global Wizarding Schools Quidditch Tournament, and even International Youth Quidditch Cup."
"Those were the good old days," Harry sighed in a low voice, "But you know, I never really thought about becoming a professional Quidditch player."
Ginny nodded in understanding and stopped insisting. After a brief conversation with his wife, Harry set off for the workplace. He went to the backyard and boarded his private aircraft - the appearance was strikingly similar to S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Quinjet, except that the fuselage was engraved with shimmering runes.
After entering the aircraft, Harry started the autopilot system and entered his destination. A few minutes later, after flying at several times the speed of sound, he arrived in front of a tall building in Germany.
The building is engraved with eye-catching characters: Auror Command - European Division.
There is a berth here specially set up for private aircraft. After Harry parked the aircraft in his own exclusive location, he walked to the office area. He used his watch to scan his identity information and confirm the security level, and then walked to his office.
However, as soon as he stepped into the building, the hustle and bustle hit him. People were chatting excitedly, their voices overlapped each other, and everyone seemed excited.
Harry frowned slightly, approached a Auror colleague, patted her on the shoulder and asked, "What happened? Why are everyone so excited today?"
"Deputy Director, you are here."
"Stop the polite words and tell me the situation."
"That's right, Johnson has just completed his second genetic enhancement, and he is challenging Captain Barrick!"
"Johnson should be more sensible. Captain Barrick is a wizard who broke through the first Limiter and successfully withstood the first Dragon Vein Magic Circuit Transplantation. His chances of winning are slim." Harry analyzed rationally.
"According to him, he has been secretly receiving training from his brother, who is a member of Space Marines."
Harry nodded. "Although many people complain that Space Marines has nothing to do, their training is indeed extremely harsh and can only be completed by elites."
After saying that, he walked towards the duel training area. He saw two people standing opposite each other. One of them was wearing a hooded wizard robe and holding a long staff; the other was wearing an all-black combat uniform, holding a long sword in his hand and a gun at his waist.
As soon as Harry arrived, many people immediately stood up to greet him, and he waved for them to continue watching the match. After taking a seat in the private viewing area, he began to watch the match attentively.
At the beginning of the battle, Johnson rushed towards his opponent with a long sword in hand. His speed was astonishingly fast, enough to make You Thane·Bor look like a child racing against the Olympic Champion.
In less than a second, he had crossed a distance of more than 20 meters and rushed to Barrick, who remained calm throughout. However, at the moment when he was about to be hit by the sword blade, Barrick's staff lit up green, and plant roots instantly appeared on the ground, trying to wrap around Johnson.
The latter tried to cut off these roots, but unfortunately they grew much faster than he could chop. After a few seconds of continuous slashing, Johnson realized that his opponent was slowly consuming his physical strength, so he changed his strategy.
He focused his attention on the sword in his hand. The blue Crystal on the hilt suddenly lit up, and red flames wrapped around the sword. He waved the sword, and a small tornado of flames struck the roots, burning them to death.
However, before Johnson could celebrate this small victory, a ray of light shot out from Barrick's wand, and Speed aimed at him Accio. His instinct made him roll to avoid it immediately.
'Expelliarmus? He wants to disarm my magic technology sword?'
Johnson still had no time to think about it, because the ground began to shake, and then, sharp stone thorns came out of the earth, trying to pierce him.
'Earth magic? No, it should be Transfiguration.'
He jumped several meters into the air, performed a backflip, and landed a few meters away. However, stone thorns continued to emerge from the ground. Suddenly, Johnson's boots lit up, runes appeared, and his speed suddenly increased significantly.
He left a trail of afterimages behind him and easily avoided the stabbing stalagmites. Then, he pulled out the gun from his waist and shot at Barrick, who immediately put up a magic shield to block the attack. Then, the wizard used "Missile Deflection Charm".
Seeing that all the bullets missed, Johnson pressed a button on the gun body, and it instantly Transfiguration transformed into a slightly larger firearm, with inscriptions or runes appearing on the gun body.
Bang!
The bullet shot out at an extremely fast speed, instantly penetrating Barrick's shield. However, before hitting him, a ring on his finger lit up, and another shield appeared, blocking the bullet.
"Johnson, using enchanted bullets is a bit rude." Barrick spoke for the first time since the battle began.
"This is part of my equipment, just like your alchemy items." Johnson replied disapprovingly.
"That's right. I have to say that you have made great progress and have been able to support me for so long. However, if this is all you have, then you will definitely lose."
"Don't worry, I still have some useless stuff at the bottom of the box."
After saying that, Johnson clenched the hilt of the sword with both hands and concentrated on it. His memory flashed back to the scene of training with his brother Terry.
"How much do you know about magical technology and equipment?" Terry, a muscular man with a military hairstyle, asked.
"Magic technology equipment is essentially a magic product, but embedded with magic power Crystal as activation energy. Therefore, ordinary people can also use them."
"What else?"
"That should be... that's all, right?"
"Well, then you are wrong. What you described is only civilian-level magic technology items. As for military-level items, it is much more than that."
"What do you mean?"
"All military-level magic technology Creation is equipped with a specific enchantment, called 'Will Mastery Enchantment'. Its function is to allow ordinary users to control the amount of magic released from the magic Crystal according to the strength of their own will.
"So, the stronger the user's will, the more magic power he can guide from the magic power Crystal, so that the equipment can exert greater power."
Johnson frowned after hearing this. "I don't quite understand what you mean."
"In that case, let me demonstrate it to you."
Terry pulled out a sword, and after activating it, the sword ignited with flames; at first the flames were red, only covering the blade. However, a few seconds later, in the horrified eyes of Johnson, the flames slowly turned blue, and jumped into the air more than two meters high.
"Whether it is Earth Defense Force, Royal Guard or Space Marines, we all receive training to sharpen our will so that we can better control the magic technology Creation."
"Why don't we Auror Command know this method?"
"Those who should know have already known it." Terry replied calmly. Hearing this, Johnson sighed and nodded.
Back to reality,
After concentrating for a few seconds, the flames on Johnson's sword turned blue and rose several inches upward. He swung his sword fiercely, and a huge tornado of blue flames roared towards Barrick - who was shocked.
However, his fighting instinct overcame everything, and he immediately cast "Ice Shield Charm", and thick ice instantly enveloped his whole body to resist this fierce blow.
A violent explosion occurred, and the duel venue shook like an earthquake. Fortunately, the entire venue was enhanced by magic, and no serious damage was caused.
After the smoke and dust from the explosion dissipated, Barrick was intact, but Johnson was breathing heavily and appeared exhausted.
"I lost." He whispered.
"You are proud to be able to push a wizard to this level." Barrick responded.
However, Johnson just lowered his head and left the duel field silently. He knew in his heart that this match was far from evenly matched as Barrick said. For example, his opponent did not use Apparition from beginning to end, and only used one magic item.
Nowadays, most wizards carry a large number of magic items with them to make up for their shortcomings and cope with unexpected situations. Not to mention that magic technology equipment needs to constantly recharge the embedded magic Crystal, and after continuous use for a period of time, Crystal will be damaged and new ones must be purchased.
After the duel, everyone was talking a lot.
"It's really difficult for ordinary people to defeat wizards - even after genetic enhancement."
"Well, this is normal. After all, they can also carry out genetic enhancement. They can even strengthen their own bloodline, which is something we cannot do."
"Oh, I really wish I was a wizard. There is a completely different feeling between using magic through magic technology and controlling magic with your own hands."
"Stop being silly. How do you know what it's like to do magic with your own hands?"
"Let me tell you, my father has high-level security clearance, and he allowed me to use Soul Link to access 'Skynet'. I played the game <Hogwarts: Magic and Adventure> there. With 100% realism, I know what it feels like to be a real wizard and cast magic with my own hands. Unfortunately, my soul strength only allows me to play for 24 minutes a day."
"Why don't you go buy Soul-Soothing Potion?"
"Those things are too expensive."
"Let's not talk about that yet. How does it feel to be a wizard?"
"Hey, that guy over there. Instead of answering his questions, you should be worried about yourself. Doesn't your father know that allowing others to use your security privileges is a felony?"
"Of course I know. So we went through the formal procedures."
"In that case, it'll be fine."
While everyone was still discussing the battle just now, Harry received the summons and went to his boss's office. Soon, he came to a door with a nameplate on the door that read:
Kingsley·Shacklebolt (an old black guy in the original work, from <Harry Potter and Order of the Phoenix>, who participated in Ministry of Magic's rescue of Harry action, and secretly modified Marietta·Aikemo's memory to protect Harry), Auror chief during the exposure incident of the Dumbledore's Army