Basic Training (1)

Basic Training (1)

After pushing open the doors, they found an extremely spacious area beyond them. There were no facilities of any kind, only sofas, low tables, and several storage boxes near the entrance for resting. Many circles moved continuously across the walls.

The two House-elves stood in the Rest Area, staring intently at the center of the Training Ground.

Bell stood there, surrounded by dozens of Bludgers. The Bludgers constantly attacked him, and Bell began with evasion training, continuously dodging their impacts.

Five minutes later, the evasion training ended, and Bell began block training. He no longer dodged, instead using his arms, legs, shoulders, and other parts of his body to knock away the incoming Bludgers.

Another five minutes passed. Bell no longer merely blocked the Bludgers; he began trying to strike them into the moving circles on the walls. This was undoubtedly difficult. Only about half of the Bludgers were successfully knocked into the circles. At the same time, because he had to divide his attention between the Bludgers' landing points, Bell began getting hit more frequently.

After another five minutes, Bell began the final stage of Bludger Training. He stood still, drawing upon the magic power within him and releasing it outside his body, continuously forming small round shields roughly ten centimeters in diameter to block the Bludgers.

After Bludger Training ended, the House-elves controlled the Bludgers and sent them all flying back into their box. Bruised and battered, Bell walked to the Rest Area, where Shanna, who had been waiting for him, hurried over.

"Gege, here. A Healing Potion."

After handing him the potion, Shanna wiped Bell's sweat with concern while helping him sit down on the sofa.

"Gege, why were you hurt so badly today?" Shanna asked painfully as she looked at the blood seeping through her brother's clothes.

"I felt that magic power's enhancement of my Physical Body had improved again, so I added ten more Bludgers today," Bell said lazily as he felt the potion being absorbed by his body and his injuries gradually healing.

The deeper Bell delved into magical knowledge, the more he felt the vastness of magic. Therefore, he did not study every field of magic comprehensively. Instead, he selected several areas for focused research: Magic Power Enhanced Body, Curses, Transfiguration, and Alchemy.

The latter three could all be studied systematically, while no one in the current wizarding world had touched upon the first.

As a transmigrator, Bell had been deeply influenced in his previous life by senior wizards such as Gandalf and the Beyonder Battle God. He firmly believed that a wizard who could not fight in close combat was not a qualified wizard. So, how to use magic power to permanently enhance the Physical Body was Bell's most important research project.

Although there was currently no related research in the wizarding world, magic power could undoubtedly enhance the Physical Body. Setting aside certain permanent Human Transformations, the most obvious example was magic power's enhancement of reaction nerves.

As everyone knew, wizards could use their Wands to deflect or even rebound an opponent's Curses.

And how fast did Curses fly? By Bell's estimate, while they did not reach the speed of light, they still far exceeded the speed of sound. Even though casting Curses took some time, catching something that fast was definitely not something an ordinary person could do. In other words, even if wizards did not actively pursue it, magic power would passively strengthen them according to practical needs.

Based on this idea, Bell conducted research and experiments. To that end, he not only bought all sorts of small animals, but also ordered the family guards, who had begun to show results, to invite many kind volunteers from Muggle prisons and London's late-night alleyways. Of course, Bell had the guards use Legilimency to verify everything carefully, ensuring that every volunteer was entirely willing and absolutely not coerced.

For the time being, at the beginner stage, magic power's enhancement of the Physical Body was even simpler than Bell had imagined. Magic power truly was a miraculous force. It responded to its user's wishes and then spontaneously worked to fulfill them, even if its user did not know how to do so.

Thanks to this characteristic of magic power, Bell's research was progressing smoothly at this stage, and his own enhancement was steadily growing stronger.

To emphasize once again, the direction Bell had chosen was to improve his body's tolerance and adaptability toward magic power. Although it would also slightly improve attributes such as strength and agility, that was merely incidental, so Bell would not go bald!

"Don't be afraid of getting hurt, Shanna."

Bell patted Shanna's head.

"Moderate injuries can stimulate our potential and accelerate the enhancement and fusion of magic power with the Physical Body, so this is a good thing. Besides, our family isn't short on a few bottles of Potions."

Over the past few years, being bruised and battered had become routine, something they went through every day. Broken bones and bleeding were less common, but they were by no means rare. Bell had long since become accustomed to them.

Of course, despite saying that, every time Bell saw Shanna covered in bruises after training, his heart felt as though it were being cut by a knife. Perhaps this was the legendary double standard?

"All right, go train. I'll rest for a while first."

As he watched the figure standing in the center of the Training Ground, Bell forced himself not to look away.

He had actually considered letting Shanna wait a few more years before beginning basic training, but in the end, he gritted his teeth and convinced himself. Sweat more in peacetime, bleed less in battle.

Watching his sister train so diligently, Bell felt both heartache and pride.

Twenty minutes later, Shanna finished training and returned to the Rest Area.

"Gege, how did I do?"

Shanna looked at her brother anxiously. She asked the same question every day and received the same answer every time. Yet whenever she stood before her brother, she could not help feeling nervous.

"Excellent!" Bell reached out and gently ruffled Shanna's little head, praising her with a smile.

"Hehe~"

At that moment, the House-elves brought out another box. When they opened it, it was filled with Golden Snitches.

"Release thirty today." Bell walked to the center of the field and gave the order.

Thirty Golden Snitches flew out of the box. In an instant, countless streaks of golden light crisscrossed through the open space of the Training Ground.

Bell drew his Wand and cast the Obstruction Jinx at the Golden Snitches, intending to knock them all down.

Bell named this training method Golden Snitch Training. Its main purpose was to train spell accuracy.

Although, as their magic power increased, wizards could use magic power to lock onto targets, their opponents were not fools. They would likewise use magic power to counter-lock, and they might also evade Curses by running. For example, the main purpose of the Flying Shoes Bell had invented was to evade Curses. Therefore, accuracy was an extremely important attribute for wizards.