Ever-Changing! Third Deduction: Magical Animagus Transformation!

With Charle's command, twenty thousand Deduction Points were deducted.

What followed was his Basic Transfiguration, honed to the point of near instinct, taking a fierce step toward specialization in Animagus Transformation.

In the Wizarding World, few wizards managed to master Animagus Transformation.

Only a handful of legal Accios had been registered with the Ministry of Magic. Even including illegal Accios, fewer than ten wizards who had mastered this transformation appeared in the original story.

The reason was that the Wizarding World's traditional method of Animagus Transformation was simply far too cumbersome. It required brewing Potions under all manner of harsh conditions.

The difficulty itself was not particularly high, but a single mistake meant starting all over again.

Unless they had an absolute reason to become an Accio—for instance, James Potter and Sirius Black, who did so to help Lupin after he became a werewolf, or the reporter Liji, who needed to uncover all kinds of secrets—few wizards would go to such lengths to practice it.

All that effort just to turn into an animal.

It could not make them rich, nor could it increase their strength. And if they happened to turn into some kind of insect, they might even get eaten by a bird if they were not careful.

Who would want that?

There were less cumbersome methods as well. The earliest wizards to practice Animagus Transformation did not yet have such a mature, foolproof guide that could let even a few Hogwarts students master it.

Without Potion assistance, they relied purely on their mastery of Transfiguration to force the change.

That was not cumbersome, but the process alone left more than ninety percent of wizards with various aftereffects. Nearly half of them even became animals forever!

Those who succeeded continuously accumulated experience and summarized their lessons, eventually developing the cumbersome but basically safe Animagus Transformation procedure now commonly used throughout the Wizarding World.

Every step within it was essentially impossible to simplify further. It had been refined through countless trials.

If someone could further improve Animagus Transformation, even if they merely reduced some of its cumbersome requirements, it would be enough to shake the Transfiguration field of the Wizarding World. Receiving a Merlin Second Class Order would be a certainty!

Unfortunately, not even Transfiguration giants like Professor McGonagall and Dumbledore had managed to accomplish it.

But now, as the Deep Blue System burned through Deduction Points, combined with the material obtained from the Metamorphmagus, this feat that would have taken generations was achieved in Charle's mind in an instant!

"Transfiguration—Animagus direction, Second Deduction complete."

"Host has obtained Complete Animagus Transformation!"

Deep Blue's notification sounded in Charle's mind.

Along with it came an enormous amount of information regarding the so-called Complete Animagus Transformation.

"Ever since Animagus Transformation was created, the ambitions of Transfiguration masters were never limited to becoming just one kind of animal."

"A Transfiguration master can turn a matchstick into anything in the world. When transforming themselves, how could they possibly be satisfied with becoming only one kind of animal? Especially when the process is random and uncontrollable, tied to each person's personality?"

"Ever-changing, freely shifting among countless animals—that was the original ambition behind the creation of Animagus Transformation."

"It was simply too difficult a goal. Even today's Wizarding World remains nowhere close to achieving it."

"But now... I have succeeded!"

"Complete Animagus Transformation allows one to transform into any ordinary animal at will. Birds, beasts, or insects—all can be assumed!"

Charle took a deep breath, excitement appearing on his face.

The next moment, he activated Complete Animagus Transformation.

In an instant, Charle's human form vanished, replaced by a magnificent striped tiger in the room.

Charle raised his palm—though it should be called a paw now—and set it on the floor.

The thick pads absorbed nearly every sound, making his movements as ghostly as a phantom's.

His eyesight, sense of smell, explosive physical power, and everything else were no different from those of a real tiger!

Then Charle leaped forward in a savage pounce.

Midway through the leap, he transformed again.

Wings sprouted from the tiger's back, and in the blink of an eye, it became a golden eagle.

With a casual flap of his wings, gusts of air howled through the room. Charle could burst through the window and soar into the clouds at any moment!

Then, as he activated Complete Animagus Transformation once more, the golden eagle landed on the floor and became an ant, scurrying through the incomparably vast room.

Only after a while did Charle's figure reappear in the room.

Even Charle could not help marveling at these wondrous experiences.

"This feels just like Sun Wukong's seventy-two transformations."

"Complete Animagus Transformation—if I published papers on this, I could probably keep publishing until the day I died if I paced myself. I could earn baskets full of Orders of Merlin!"

"This Transfiguration is far more useful in combat than before. It lets me fly without relying on anything, and I can use animals' senses for reconnaissance..."

Yet even after deducing Animagus Transformation to this extent, Charle was still not satisfied.

Transforming freely into ordinary animals was indeed miraculous.

But this was the Wizarding World. So many Magical Creatures existed here, and the best among them completely surpassed ordinary beasts and even wizards.

For example, there was a Magical Creature called a Nundu. Even its breath was highly poisonous, and it was said that at least a hundred adult wizards had to work together to capture one.

Then there were Magical Creatures like the Basilisk. Its gaze carried an instant-death effect. Even beings like ghosts would be petrified if they looked directly into its eyes. Was that not much stronger than the Killing Curse?

If he could transform into Magical Creatures, Charle felt that Animagus Transformation would truly possess powerful practical combat value.

And that was precisely the direction of his envisioned third Transfiguration deduction, one that Transfiguration masters across the Wizarding World had declared impossible—Magical Animagus Transformation!

Over the past several centuries, many Transfiguration masters had pursued this direction.

But without exception, they either died from a Mana Outburst during the transformation process or became Magical Creatures completely, with no way to change back.

Because of this, the Transfiguration field had come to regard it as an impossible path.

But Charle's eyes now burned brightly.

What the Wizarding World considered impossible was not impossible for him, who possessed Deep Blue.

"Deep Blue, how many points are required for a third Transfiguration deduction in the Magical Animagus direction?"

Deep Blue gave its answer.

"Because precious Metamorphmagus material has been obtained, providing major reference value for Magical Animagus Transformation, the points required for this deduction have been greatly reduced. Two hundred thousand points are required."

Charle clenched his fist, joy surging within him.

The number was roughly what he had expected.

He had already gathered two hundred thousand points, with nearly eighty thousand still left over!

Without the slightest hesitation, Charle roared in his mind.

"Deep Blue, perform the third Transfiguration deduction—the Magical Animagus direction!"