Chapter Seventy-One: Casting a Spell Without a Wand

Not far away, Carlisle and the others looked at everything around them in amazement.

Carl's previous actions had surprised them enough, but for now......

Huge sequoia trees that should have grown on the ground floated around them, their thick trunks as thick as a normal person's hug, their dark roots connecting to the trunks, covered with dirt and snow.

As far as the eye can see, there are hundreds of such giant trees floating in the air, or even more than that.

The giant sequoia trees within a radius of several hundred meters were all pulled out by Grindelwald, and they were so dense that they could not see their heads at a glance.

"Thankfully, he's on our side. ”

Beside Carlisle, Eser looked at her husband.

Carlisle looked at his wife affectionately.

After a while, he shook his head.

"No, dear. ”

"He's not on our side, he's just on Karl's side. ”

......

The next morning, Carl was woken up by Grindelwald while still asleep.

The two of them walked out of the villa one after the other and came to the open space outside.

"Keep up. ”

With that, Grindelwald was apparitioned.

When he reappeared, he was already deep in the woods, and Karl was at the end of his eyes, and beckoned to him.

Karl hurriedly apparition shifter followed.

The two of them apparitioned through the woods several times, and finally crossed the entire forest and came to a towering cliff.

Below the cliffs, the waves crash against the cliffs with a rumbling sound.

"Not bad. ”

Standing on the edge of the cliff, Grindelwald looked at him with satisfaction.

Carl also felt that he was a little different, although he could apparilate in the past, he didn't dare to move as high as he does today, and he had to concentrate every time.

And today, he's unexpectedly handy.

He didn't even need to do the pre-turn action of Phantom Shift, as long as he had a thought, he could directly transform the shape.

As he spoke, Grindelwald took the wand from his bosom and tossed it to him.

"The wand will return to you. ”

Karl caught his wand and looked at the old man in surprise.

He really didn't expect Grindelwald to return his wand to him so easily.

"It took so long, but you at least did what I asked you to do, and I kept my promise. ”

"And why did you call me out today?" asked Karl tentatively.

To be honest, Carl is quite looking forward to what Grindelwald is going to teach him today.

The old man's actions last night made him completely and intuitively aware of the gap between his strength and the top wizards in the world.

But he was not discouraged, but had a high fighting spirit.

Because he knew that he still had a lot of room for improvement, which gave him a great motivation in his heart, which already had a sense of bottleneck.

Grindelwald glanced at him, and instead of answering his question, he said, "Boy, explain wandless magic." ”

Karl was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously replied in the same way that he answered the professor's question during a class at Hogwarts: "Wandless magic refers to magic that is performed without the use of a wand. This magic is often difficult to perform, and can easily cause unintended consequences if not done accurately, so only skilled wizards can master it. ”

After saying that, he found that Grindelwald was looking at him intently.

"How?"

Carl touched his face, and it felt the same as before, delicate and smooth.

Thinking about it, he is still the same as before, as handsome and handsome as ever.

Grindelwald said angrily: "This explanation of yours is completely copied from the optional chapter of "Standard Spell Level 7", I don't need you to memorize it, I want your own understanding!"

"Uh...... Let me think. Karl groaned.

In fact, since the beginning of this semester, he has been learning about wandless magic.

However, compared to the Silent Spell, wandless magic is so difficult that it is beyond the scope of the N.E.W.TS Ultimate Wizard Rank Exam.

Therefore, in "Standard Spells: Level 7", wandless magic is placed at the end of the book, listed as an optional chapter, and the introduction is not detailed, and he has memorized the full text before.

However, according to some of the relevant knowledge he learned from the forbidden book area, combined with his own understanding.

Wandless magic can actually be divided into two main categories.

One is true wandless magic, which refers to magic that can be used without a wand, and its limitations are very broad, strictly speaking, all classes related to magic that do not require a wand can be counted as wandless magic, and even things like Potions and prophecy can be included in wandless magic.

Among them, there are two of the most typical wandless magic, Apparition Shifter and Animagus.

Both of these spells can be performed without a wand, of course, if you are very proficient, otherwise you still need a wand to assist.

In contrast, the former, although difficult and dangerous, is likely to be learned directly from school as long as you are at least seventeen years old.

The Animagus, on the other hand, is much more advanced and dangerous.

If the phantom shifter fails, it will be split at most, and as long as someone is next to it, it will not be fatal.

But unlike the Animagus, this magic is almost at the very top of the pyramid of Transfiguration, and learning it requires not only very complex rituals, but also perseverance.

Many wizards study for years without even touching the edges.

Carl never tried this magic because it was too dangerous and the consequences of failure were fatal -

It doesn't kill you directly, but it makes you lose yourself, you become an animal completely, and it's irreversible.

Because, the transformation of Animagus can only be completed by the wizard himself, and cannot rely on any help from the outside world.

If a wizard loses himself after becoming an animal, then he will live forever as an animal and become them completely.

It's the same as dying.

However, if wandless magic like Animagus and Transfiguration is only difficult, the specific learning methods already exist.

The other major category of wandless magic, the wandless spell has no reference at all.

Even the forbidden section of the Hogwarts library only had two or three books mentioned in a rough way, unlike Shapeshifter and Animagus, which were inherently suitable for magic without a wand.

True wandless spellcasting does not have any specific limitations, and it is true that magic is cast without a wand.

Theoretically, people who can actually cast spells without a wand, such as the Stun Charm, Disarming Charm, or even the Killing Curse, can do so with the help of their fingers.

As far as he knew, it seemed that a magic school in Africa specialized in training young wizards to cast spells without a wand, and he didn't know if it was true.

If so, wouldn't the wizards of that school be a far superior to the wizards of other countries?

Wait a minute!

Carl sensed the key.

He looked at Grindelwald.

"That's what you asked me to pull out the tree for yesterday?

Grindelwald finally laughed and nodded.

"Very well, boy, you're not stupid. ”

"What I taught you yesterday is an introduction to wandless spellcasting. ”