Marvel's Hogwarts Wizard

Chapter 122 The Ring of Merlin (Third Update)

Above an abandoned subway tunnel in Manhattan, New York.

A giant iron bird flapped its wings and slowly descended from the high school, landing steadily on the ground.

Immediately afterwards, a middle-aged man, a young man, and a teenager jumped off the back of the giant iron bird in turn.

It was Balthazar, Dave, and Jerry.

"Here, follow me!"

Led by Dave, Jerry and Balthazar walked through the subway tunnel and, behind a large iron gate at a corner, saw a huge basement filled with all kinds of machinery and equipment.

"I've been conducting physics experiments related to plasma, and since the process can be somewhat dangerous, it's safer to do it here!"

After entering the basement, Dave moved the experimental equipment aside and explained.

In his sophomore year, he was already able to collaborate with professors on plasma experiments. Regardless of Dave's magical talent, his physical talent is definitely quite impressive.

"Oh right, this is something I planned to give you ten years ago, but I kept putting it off until now!"

After surveying the entire basement, Balthazar nodded in satisfaction, then pulled a thumb-sized notebook from his pocket and handed it to Dave.

"This is your magician's study manual!"

Dave looked at the thumb-sized handbook in Balthazar's hand and replied somewhat speechlessly:

"Isn't this learning manual a bit too big!"

Upon hearing this, Balthazar flipped through the mage's study manual, and the manual immediately doubled in size. He flipped it again, and it doubled in size again. After several flips, it became much larger than a regular briefcase.

Finally, he pulled it up again, and the paper-thin magician's study manual immediately inflated as if it were being inflated.

Balthazar smiled as he placed the enormous mage's manual in Dave's hands:

"That was just for easy carrying. This book of Merlin school magicians records all the magic created by Merlin school magicians, as well as related history and art. It's an essential textbook for every apprentice, so you should take the time to study it!"

As he spoke, he looked at Jerry beside him:

"By the way, you can also take a look at all the magic inside. If you find it useful, you can learn it!"

"Thanks!"

Jerry stared at the thick magic book, his eyes seeming to hold two little suns.

Only a few hours have passed since he entered this world. He still has more than 160 hours, enough time for him to memorize all the magic in the book.

"Alright, now step back a bit, I'm going to inscribe Merlin's Ring!"

Balthazar walked to the open space in the center of the basement, waved to Jerry and Dave, and signaled them to leave one after the other.

"What is Merlin's Ring?!"

After Dave retreated to the edge of the lab, he asked a question out of curiosity.

Balthazar stood in the center, preparing to cast a spell, and upon hearing Dave's question, paused to explain:

"This is a unique learning aid magic of our Merlin school. Within the Merlin Ring, it can help us learn and comprehend magic more quickly, and it can also increase the speed of a mage's meditation."

However, for you, you only need its auxiliary function for learning magic. As for meditation, you have already inherited all of Merlin's magic, so for now you only need to know how to do it and don't need to spend too much time on it.

"But Jerry the Mage might come in handy later."

As he spoke, he turned to look at Jerry:

"By the way, Jerry the Mage, what level are you now?"

"What level am I? I don't know what level I am. I haven't taken the test since my teacher passed away!"

Jerry had no idea what level he was.

In the world of Harry Potter, there is no concept of wizard ranks. The amount of magic power a wizard possesses is basically determined at birth.

When you are young, you can only control a limited amount of magic. As you get older, the amount of magic you can control will increase. By the time you turn eighteen and become an adult, you can basically control all the magic in your body.

To improve further, the key lies in mastering magic and understanding and researching it.

For example, with the same amount of magic, a first-year wizard can only unleash a small flame, while Dumbledore can unleash a fire god to clear a path.

So sometimes, even among adult wizards, some seem to have much more magical power than others, but that's not always the case. It's more about them utilizing their magical power more efficiently.

But this world is different. This world has meditation methods. You can increase your magic power and raise your magic level through continuous meditation, with no upper limit.

Just like Balthazar, whose current level is 777.

However, magic power level only indicates the amount of magic power you have, and does not prove your strength. Your actual strength depends on your control over magic and the power of your magic.

Therefore, in this world, a level 100 mage is not necessarily stronger than a level 50 mage.

Balthazar nodded:

"It's alright, I'll finish carving the Merlin's Ring in a bit and then test your magic level!"

After saying that, he closed his eyes, opened his hands and began to carve Merlin's Ring.

With a sudden movement, Balthazar raised his hand, unleashing a surge of powerful magic. Under the influence of the magic, a ring instantly formed around his body.

Immediately afterwards, a blue magical flame as tall as a person shot out from the ring.

Then, Balthazar waved his hands repeatedly, and the blue flames, following his will and in accordance with a specific magical trajectory, began to draw circles, within which strange letters took shape.

There were six letters in total. Jerry could barely understand the meaning of three of them: thought, learning, and acceleration. He didn't recognize the remaining three.

These letters are actually ancient runes, or what can also be called runic script. Ancient runes are a subject of study in Hogwarts' third-year elective courses.

Jerry is only in first grade, and he knows me because he has read a lot of books and is knowledgeable enough to know some things in advance.

The entire Merlin Ring is a large ring containing a smaller ring, and around the smaller ring are six larger smaller rings. As long as the mage stands in the middle of the smaller ring, he can enjoy the effect of accelerated meditation and magic learning.

"David, come here and stand in the middle!"

Balthazar beckoned to the stunned David, gesturing for him to walk to the center of the Merlin Ring, where he began the Merlin School's apprenticeship ceremony.

After the ceremony, David officially became Balthazar's magic apprentice.

When the two left Merlin's Ring, Jerry walked to the center to experience its effects. It did seem to have the function of speeding up thinking, but it was far from his "refreshing" effect.

It doesn't even achieve one-tenth of the desired effect.

However, learning this Merlin's Ring isn't without its advantages; at least when you don't have the Little Red Star, or are in a period of heightened mental fatigue, you can use it temporarily.

Moreover, it can increase the speed of meditation, a function that "enhancing mental alertness" does not seem to have.

I've been trying to update four times a week until the end of the month, but my back is starting to give out. Once I've recovered, I'll update three times a week for a few days, and then try to continue updating four times a week!

(End of this chapter)