Hogwarts Wasteland: The Witch from the Borderlands

Chapter 557 Praying to the Moon

"Hey guys, what are you talking about?"

Hilmi appeared from the sky in high spirits. He transformed into a giant moon and played in near-Earth orbit for a long time. Now he really wanted to share this joy with others.

However, Ron poured cold water on him with a blank expression and recounted the story of Mrs. Lockhart being taken away.

"Oh, that's not good news." Hilmi shrugged, not really bothered.

"They had better pray that Lockhart and his mother are alright, otherwise Hermione wouldn't mind sending a celestial-sized comet, Yazler, towards Greenland."

Maria also mentioned her plan to send a group of werewolves to infiltrate the refugee caravan heading to Greenland.

Hilmi nodded thoughtfully: "You can decide those. By the way, we've become much stronger now, so we have a few more prayer factions now."

He smiled at Maria, Hermione's shadow beast, who was arguably the second closest person to her.

He handed the parchment to Maria, which contained the new complete runes he had deciphered while studying the essence of the Golden Moon, thus translating the newly created prayers.

Having set an example for Hermione, he can now "innovate" at an extremely fast pace.

For example, a brand new prayer belonging to the Golden Moon was derived from the Fantasy Great Rune.

Lunar Halo: Throws out an energy ring imbued with the light of a full moon. After reaching its maximum distance, it returns. Depending on the mood, it can be imbued with different characteristics such as golden moon, blood moon, or white moon.

Twin Moon Aura: Can simultaneously throw two auras with different moon attributes to attack alternately.

Hilmi's Ring of Rejection: An aura of prayer that repels surrounding enemies and deals damage.

Illusionary Moon Shield: Creates something from nothing, transforming into a physical shield made of light.

Transforming Moon Blade: A blade of light extending from the palm, capable of changing its length and shape according to one's will, and imbued with the attributes of different moons.

Aura Healing: Embracing a compassionate heart, one releases gentle moonlight, possessing the healing effects of Xi Jinping's New Life Prayer.

Fantasy Storm: A real storm born from the heart, capable of stirring up thundercloud storms comparable to weather spells, venting the moon's rage.

Then there's the Great Rune of Wisdom, which isn't good at fighting, but Hilmi still combined it with the Golden Law and modified it to create some "Moon Laws".

The principle of moon dust: Everything is made up of extremely tiny particles that can both aggregate and separate. When moonlight is emitted from the palm of your hand, objects that are illuminated by the moonlight will be disintegrated into molecules.

The principle of lunar phases: Celestial bodies wax and wane cyclically; the moon rises and sets, its fullness and fragmentation transforming into one another. Everything is but a game of time. By performing this prayer, one can manipulate the time of objects to a limited extent, restoring them to their perfect state. Similarly, one can add...

Rapid decay and disintegration due to the short time frame.

Frostheart Principle: The moonlight, cold as water, penetrates the heart, allowing the mad to regain their senses. This is equivalent to an enhanced version of the blessing given to werewolves, which can make the caster's mind as cold as iron, rational and indifferent, and accelerate their thinking, thereby improving their wisdom and judgment for a period of time.

The principle of tides: By invoking the moon's gravity, the opponent's blood is stirred to create vibrations. Even inanimate objects will ignite and self-destruct due to internal friction generating heat.

The Magic Moon Principle: The moon is the source of all spirituality and magic, and the embodiment of supreme magical wisdom: it expands into a vast moonlit realm, rendering all technological equipment within the realm ineffective, and altering electromagnetic and chemical reactions.

The Prayer of the Great Wisdom Rune is powerful in every way, but it is also extremely difficult to perform, and can almost be considered a skill that only high-ranking priests can master.

Maria only glanced at the prayers on the parchment before carefully putting it away and hiding it away.

She had already begun to think about which believers would be eligible to receive new prayers.

Hilmi had always regretted that Hermione, who was once the Finger Witch, could no longer use the powerful and practical prayers of the Borderlands. Now, with the increasing number of Greater Runes they had collected, it was the perfect opportunity to create and adapt them to fill the gap in the realm of prayers.

Ron, who was standing to the side, was fine. He was already learning so much magic that he didn't feel anything when he saw this.

But Filch and Figg, the two Squibs, were filled with envy, as communication between wizards and Muggles increased in New Hogsmeade.

As magic becomes increasingly integrated into people's lives, its influence grows.

Their desire to use magic grew stronger and stronger.

"Cough—" Filch coughed and glanced at the old lady beside him, who gave him an encouraging look.

The old gentleman took a deep breath, finally puffed out his chest, and asked Hilmi, "We'd like to know, is the construction of the pyroxene nuclear power plant that you mentioned before still in the plans?"

That was almost two years ago. Hilmi invented the sapphire crystal amulet, which could absorb nuclear radiation from the air and release pre-stored magic when crushed.

He had mentioned to Hermione that such a crystal amulet could be further modified to serve as a basic version of the Radiant Stone core, and with the addition of a control system, Muggles could also experience the thrill of spellcasting.

However, because the priority was dealing with Voldemort, and Hermione was worried about moving too fast, she did not immediately agree.

Two years have passed since then.

Now that Voldemort has been defeated and the extinctionists have been eradicated, the world has almost returned to the pre-war era. Nuclear radiation in the air is also rapidly decreasing, which makes the energy storage of the pyroxene crystal amulet increasingly inadequate and its applicability much narrower.

In fact, all users of Radiant Stone magic around the world face this problem.

Previously, they could simply draw energy from the air to unleash magic such as sapphire crystals, but now they must purchase sapphire crystals from Hogsmeade to make accessories or embed them directly into their wands.

By relying on the pull of the crystal, one can transform their own magic to cast spells.

This actually returns to the spellcasting mode of the borderlands, which is a safer and more stable method and does not rely too much on external objects.

However, this is not good news for Squirrels and Muggles who want to experience being spellcasters by relying on pyroxene crystals. To continue this project, the pyroxene nuclear power plant must be made a reality.

Now, news of Hermione's awakening has begun to circulate among the higher-ups on a small scale, and Filch and the other old tits are finally considering bringing it up again to see if there is any hope of it coming to fruition.

The blueprints for the nuclear power plant are already available. The division and weakening of the Soviet Union have also made the acquisition of key resources no longer a problem. As long as the reactor blueprints can be improved to adapt to the form of pyroxene magic, high-energy crystals can be mass-produced, giving every Muggle a limited spellcasting ability.

Upon hearing this question, Hilmi was taken aback; he had forgotten about this offhand idea.

However, seeing the nervous yet expectant expressions on Filch and Feig's faces, he knew he couldn't make promises lightly.

After a moment's thought, he looked up and said, "The feasibility of the pyroxene nuclear power plant is indeed not in question, but the nuclear raw materials, site selection, construction costs, subsequent maintenance and development model, and safety all need to be carefully considered."

"Perhaps you can wait for me, let me go up to heaven and discuss this with Hermione—"