Ryan was considering whether to create a spell when a crisp incantation brought him back to reality.
"Diffindo!" Kate shouted, waving her wand.
Forget it. Taking off clothes doesn't need a spell. As long as I want to, I can take them off or change into something else. Who would I even teach a spell like that to? Ryan thought.
Ryan casually slipped the White Knight and the Aspen Wood wand into his pocket, then took out the Black Knight, which had not made an appearance in a long time.
The Black Knight was Ryan's father George Smith's unfinished work, ultimately completed by Ryan.
It was also a replica of the Elder Wand and contained Smith's unique magic. As a replica of the Elder Wand, it could do more than accelerate and amplify spells.
Like the Sword of Gryffindor, which was likewise a replica of the Elder Wand, it possessed the same property of never being corroded or worn away by time. It could even absorb other powerful magical substances to grow stronger.
Firearms could be loaded with bullets, so what characteristics did the Black Knight, which resembled a firearm, possess?
Besides sharing the Elder Wand's resistance to decay and erosion through its similar craftsmanship, the Black Knight could also store magic like a firearm.
Its bullets were spells. It remembered spells that had been cast, and as long as magic was supplied, it could fire a bolt of light condensed from the last spell cast.
Its memory also made casting magic faster. Combined with its inherent ability to accelerate and amplify spells, it was truly Ryan's essential weapon for home defense, travel, murder, and robbery.
Because it had been forged from Ryan's refined magic, it had not reached the power George Smith had envisioned, but it had gained formidable