Chapter 22: Basic Training (1) (Edited)

After opening the door, Shanna found a very spacious area behind it. There was no equipment, except for a lounge area near the door with sofas, tables, and some boxes for storage. On the walls, there were many constantly moving circles.

Two house-elves stood in the lounge area, staring intently toward the center of the training field.

She could see Bell standing there, surrounded by dozens of Bludgers. The Bludgers were constantly attacking Bell, who began by practicing dodging exercises, skillfully avoiding the impacts of the Bludgers.

After 5 minutes, the evasion training ended, and Bell started practicing blocking. Instead of dodging, Bell used his arms, legs, shoulders, and other parts of his body to strike and deflect the Bludgers.

After another 5 minutes, Bell was not only blocking the Bludgers but also trying to direct them toward the circles moving on the walls. This proved to be quite challenging, and only about half of the Bludgers managed to reach the circles.

After another 5 minutes, Bell began the final component of the "Bludger training." He stood still, channeling his magic from his body outward and continuously forming small shields about 10 centimeters in diameter to block the Bludgers.

After completing the "Bludger training," the house-elves controlled the Bludgers to return to their boxes. Bell, with bruises and bruises, headed toward the lounge area, where Shanna had been waiting for him for a long time.

"Brother, here you go, a healing potion."

As she handed him the potion, Shanna wiped the sweat off Bell and helped him sit on the sofa.

"Brother, why are you so seriously injured today?" Shanna asked with concern, seeing the bloodstains on her brother's clothes.

"I feel like my ability to strengthen my body with magic has improved a bit, so today I added 10 Bludgers," said Bell as he felt the potion being absorbed by his body, and his wounds began to heal gradually. He lay lazily on the sofa as he spoke.

...

As he delved into the study of magic, Bell could feel the vastness of magic. Therefore, he did not embark on a complete study of magic but chose several areas to focus on. These areas included "strengthening the body with magic," "spells," "transfiguration," and "alchemy."

The last three areas could be systematically studied, but the first, in the current world of wizards, had no one researching it.

Bell, as a reincarnator, had been deeply influenced by figures like "Gandalf" and "Dayana the Warrior," so he firmly believed that a wizard who couldn't fight hand-to-hand was not a competent wizard. Therefore, his most important research project focused on how to permanently strengthen the human body with magic.

Although there was no similar ongoing research in the wizarding world, there was no doubt that magic could strengthen the body. Without going into details about permanent transformations of the human body, the most notable was strengthening magic in the nervous system, allowing wizards to dodge, deflect, or even reflect spells with their magic wands.

The flight speed of the spells was truly astonishing. According to Bell's estimates, it far exceeded the speed of sound, and capturing such a fast spell was not something an ordinary person could achieve. This suggested that, even if wizards didn't actively strive for it, magic would passively strengthen them according to real needs.

Building on this idea, Bell conducted research and experiments, not only buying all kinds of small animals but also instructing the family guards, who were beginning to yield results, to go to Muggle prisons and London alleys in the early morning, asking for a bunch of willing volunteers. Of course, Bell made sure the guards thoroughly verified the volunteers using Legilimancy to ensure each one was genuine, and there was no kind of reluctance.

In the initial stage, Bell found that strengthening the body with magic was simpler than he had imagined. Magic was truly a surprising force; it responded to the user's desires and acted spontaneously to achieve them, even when the user didn't know how to do it.

It is important to emphasize again that the direction Bell chose for strengthening focused on increasing the body's capacity and adaptability to magic. Although this also resulted in a slight increase in strength and agility, this was only a side effect, so Bell wouldn't go bald!

...

"Don't be afraid of getting hurt, Shanna," said Bell as he caressed Shanna's head. "Moderate injuries can stimulate our potential and accelerate the improvement and fusion of magic in our bodies, so it's a good thing. Besides, we're not lacking magical potions."

In recent years, bruises and contusions had become common, something they experienced daily. Although fractures and serious injuries were less frequent, they were certainly not rare, and Bell had already become accustomed to seeing them.

Of course, even though he said these things, every time he saw Shanna with her body full of bruises after training, he felt a pain in his heart, perhaps this was what is called hypocrisy.

"It's okay, go train, I'll rest for a while."

Bell looked at his sister's figure in the training field's center and tried not to look away.

In reality, he had considered the possibility of Shanna waiting a few years before starting her basic training, but in the end, he convinced himself that it was better to sweat during times of peace than bleed during times of war.

Watching his sister striving in training, Bell felt proud and sorry at the same time.

Twenty minutes later, Shanna finished her training and returned to the resting area.

"Brother, how did I do?" Shanna nervously looked at her brother. She asked the same question every day and always received the same answer. However, whenever she was in front of her brother, she couldn't help but feel nervous.

"You did great!" Bell gently stroked Shanna's head and praised her with a smile.

"Hehehe."

At that moment, the house-elves brought out another box. When they opened it, they revealed a group of Golden Snitches.

"Today, we'll release thirty of them," said Bell as he walked to the center of the field. He ordered the thirty Golden Snitches to fly out of the box, and in an instant, countless golden flashes crisscrossed the spacious training field.

Bell took out his wand and cast obstacle spells to attack the Golden Snitches, trying to bring them all down.

This type of training was called by Bell "Golden Snitch Training" and focused on improving spell accuracy.

Even though wizards could lock onto their targets as their magic grew, targets could also defend themselves using magic to avoid being locked on. They could also evade spells by running, as Bell had primarily invented flying shoes for spell evasion. Therefore, for wizards, accuracy was a very important property.