Regulus of Hogwarts: Lord of the Stars

Orion wasn't angry, though. He knew his son knew his limits and wouldn't really do anything to him.

Besides, that's nothing. Regulus had also cast the Cruciatus Curse on him, but it missed and he ended up getting hit instead.

This was just a minor squabble between father and son, mostly in jest.

He wasn't shocked; having lived for so many years, he had seen his fair share of strange magic.

It was a subtle emotion somewhere between "this thing is a bit sinister" and "it's truly worthy of being my son."

"This spell..." Orion's voice was a little muffled, and he cleared his throat before returning to normal: "It's very unique."

He was able to detect the casting of the spell because he was a highly skilled wizard.

But if it were an ordinary person, or a clumsy wizard with insufficient combat experience, Regulus's attack might leave them without even the strength to pull out their wand.

Before even seeing the enemy or hearing the incantation, my body started to feel unwell, my head started to spin, and I began to lose my balance.

By the time they realize they need to defend themselves, it's already too late.

Orion looked at Regulus, his expression returning to normal, and nodded.

"Not bad," he said, trying to keep his tone as calm as possible, "powerful magic."

Regulus looked at him, and the corners of his mouth curved up a little more.

"Father, this is only the lowest power; I controlled it well."

Orion raised an eyebrow: "Lowest?"

He recalled the feeling from just now.

The first time the power was increased, the combination of nausea and dizziness was already the highest effect he knew the mandrake's cry could have on a skilled wizard.

A single mature mandrake plant, when thrown, can take down three to five adult wizards.

But that's only if the other party is completely unprepared. If they are, a single "bubble head curse" will do the trick, and nothing will happen.

That last gear just now almost made his head spin; it was something even a mandrake couldn't do.

But, the lowest?

"What would the highest be?" Orion asked.

Regulus's smile widened: "At its worst, if Father hadn't taken precautions or prepared in advance, it would probably have been fatal."

Orion paused for a moment, then gestured for him to continue.

Regulus began to speak.

The full power of the Disintegration Curse, its special attack effect on living beings, and what happens when it hits.

Skin is no longer skin, flesh is no longer flesh, bone is no longer bone; in the end, only a small amount of the most basic substances remain.

There are two other forms.

The previous demonstration was the second type: low-frequency sound wave propagation, wide-range attack, with no visual warning signs.

The first type is the conventional form of the spell, which is a single-target, precise, and lethal attack. The Ironclad Spell can defend against it, but its effectiveness depends on the individual. If the spell's power increases or the user's magic becomes stronger, it's hard to say.

The second type is harder to defend against. The Ironclad Curse can only weaken it, not completely block it. Only by soaking the whole body and head can it be completely isolated.

Moreover, the sound was adjusted to be below the range of human hearing, so it couldn't be heard.

Orion listened, his expression gradually becoming serious.

Given his extensive knowledge, this incantation was indeed quite ingenious.

Its power goes without saying; the only difference between it and the Killing Curse is its undefendable nature.

But the green light of the Killing Curse could be seen from half a mile away.

The second form of the Disintegration Curse is cast without light or sound, and the target may not even know what they have been hit with until they die.

In terms of scope of application, it even exceeds that.

The Killing Curse is only effective against a single living creature. In the days when the Unforgivable Curse was still rampant, some people even hung rats all over their bodies in order to ward off the Killing Curse that might fly from who-knows-where.

Regulus's spell, however, is an area-of-effect attack; anything that is alive, regardless of its number, will die if it is hit.

Orion quickly went through all the dark magic he knew and had ever seen in his mind.

There aren't many things that can be compared to this.

He looked up at Regulus.

The son had already sat down, his expression calm and his eyes clear.

There was none of the excitement or wariness one would expect from someone who has just developed a powerful dark magic spell; it was as if he had only been shown a newly learned cleansing spell.

Orion remained silent and did not speak.

Regulus spoke: "Father."

Orion looked up at him.

"I need your help."

Orion's eyebrows rose again.

Regulus asked for help for the first time, and he was curious to hear what it was.

"explain."

"I'd like you to try learning it," Regulus said. "Help me test the difficulty of learning this spell."

Orion paused for a moment, then he realized what Regulus was talking about.

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Test the difficulty of learning.

Regulus developed this spell himself, and now he wants Regulus to learn it too.

But he didn't use the words "teach" or "instruct"; he said it was to help with testing.

Orion looked at his son, and something softened in his eyes.

This magic, if desired, could easily be kept as a secret treasure of the Black family.

Just like the inherited magic he showed Regulus, only the head of the family and the heir are qualified to access it.

It is a heritage, a family legacy, something passed down through generations.

Regulus did the same. As soon as it was developed, he would turn around and demonstrate it to him in his study, explaining the spell's syllables, key gestures, and casting logic.

He didn't say anything at the time, but he was touched.

This kind of magic would not be so easily passed on to anyone else by the heir of any other pure-blood family.

Even if it's his biological father, even if it's family.

But Regulus did just that, and now there's another one.

Orion paused for a moment, then nodded.

Regulus straightened his posture: "First, state the conditions."

"This spell is different from the Space Warp spell. Space Warp can be mastered as long as you understand the principle, recite the spell correctly, and wave the wand correctly with practice. But the Disintegration Spell has an insurmountable hurdle."

He continued, "You have to build a model of magic in your mind."

Orion nodded, signaling him to continue.

He understood how to construct a magic model; some ancient magic did indeed have this requirement—to pre-construct complex incantations in one's mind and then directly invoke them when casting the spell.

"This model..." Regulus raised his hand, his fingertips pointing in the air, and the magical model of the mandrake quickly appeared, its gray-green color bright but not dazzling.

"I spent nine days completely replicating the magic structure of the mandrake core."

He then enlarged the model, expanding it from eight inches to a foot, so that Orion could see it clearly, and then pointed to the key nodes and explained the key parameters again.

Orion listened intently, his gaze fixed on the magical model in mid-air, his expression growing increasingly serious.

Building a magic model is not difficult; what is difficult is building a completely unfamiliar model with such high precision requirements.

This requires an extremely high level of control over magic, but he can do it.

Then Regulus said, "But that's not the hardest part."

He looked at his father: "The hardest part is understanding and breaking it down."

"Decompose?" Orion asked, puzzled.

"The decomposition of mandrake..." Regulus thought for a moment, then decided to rephrase it, pointing to the mahogany desk between the two of them: "Before the spell was cast, this desk was a desk."

After the spell was cast, it was still the same wood, the same nails, the same paint, but they no longer formed the table as a whole; the definition of a table was abolished.

Finally, he added: "Let the complete no longer be complete."

Orion frowned slightly: "This sounds like..."

“Like philosophy,” Regulus continued, “but this is something you have to understand when casting a spell. The deeper you understand it, the smoother the model works, and the more powerful the spell becomes.”

I don't understand. No matter how accurately the model is built, it only produces ordinary magic.

He raised his hand, palm up, and did nothing but lay it there.

"When I was casting the spell just now, I had no murderous intent, no malice, and no emotions that needed to be stirred up in my mind."

There was only one thought: to loosen the structure of existence, to let order return to chaos.

Orion remained silent for a long time.

He wasn't unaware of what Regulus was saying; he understood the literal meaning of his words.

But he couldn't imagine it.

There's too much missing in the process of transforming that abstract concept into operable magical logic.

Orion looked at Regulus and slowly shook his head.

"I roughly know what you're talking about, but you want me to turn it into something that can be used to cast spells..."

Regulus understood as he looked at his father's expression.

This abstract concept is indeed a bit difficult for traditional wizards.

Orion, representing the pure-blood wizarding community, received standard magical education from a young age.

The spell equals the effect; if you pronounce the correct syllables and wave the right wand, the spell will naturally take effect.

If you need the magic of emotions, then use those emotions; if not, just follow the standard procedure.

There's never any need to understand what makes something whole no longer whole.

Regulus thought of his Muggle-born classmates.

Lily.

If she were to do it, would it be easier for her to understand?

But he didn't say it aloud; there was no need to say it.

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