Chapter 90: Mad Dark Magic Enthusiast
To Gerald, the statement that wizards were gods was indeed somewhat arrogant.
However, Lupin's next words shook that conviction.
"Wizards are truly capable of things only gods can do. Wandless flight, foreseeing the future, spatial teleportation, time reversal, and even creating matter from nothing-isn't Transfiguration just creation?"
"Conjuring fire and water out of thin air, turning a lifeless object like a teacup into a living squirrel, what is that if not the divine authority?"
Hearing this, Gerald paused slightly.
Lupin was not a man fond of long speeches, and today's words were clearly the accumulation of his years of contemplation.
Indeed, Gerald had never thought about these things in detail.
All along, he had been practicing charms, drawing talisman crafting, and cultivating primordial qi, but he had never pondered the origin and essence of these very spells.
According to the original story and his own speculation, the magic in this world primarily relied on bloodline inheritance, with magical talent being innate. The strength of magical power varied from person to person, and pure-blood wizards were generally considered to possess inherently stronger magical power.
Yet the power of magic also seemed capable of being strengthened through continuous acquired practice. Whether one could cast a spell and how powerful it was depended not only on innate magical power, but the most crucial determining factor turned out to be emotion and willpower.
The stronger the emotion and the more focused the willpower, the more potent the magical effect.
When Harry used a disarming charm to repel Voldemort's killing curse, he never relied on his magical power being stronger than Voldemort's, but rather on that desperate courage of his-that was the core sustaining all his miracles.
And emotion and willpower truly originated from the wizard himself.
They came