Marvel's Hogwarts Wizard

Chapter 370 The First Magic Borrower (6000+ words)

"Ding-dong!"

"Come in!"

Upon hearing the doorbell ring, Jerry, who was studying Taoist weapon crafting techniques, checked the time and knew that Li Xiaolang and Xiaoying had come to learn magic.

"Hey, there's one more person!"

Waving to open the door, Jerry discovered that in addition to Sakura, Tomoyo, and a somewhat dejected Li Xiaolang, there was also a little girl with double buns and a face that resembled Li Xiaolang's.

"Sir, this is my cousin. She just arrived from Hong Kong yesterday!"

Li Xiaolang weakly introduced the girl next to him to Jerry.

He was caught off guard when his younger sister came here without telling him and transferred to the same class as him.

It's not that I don't like this younger sister, it's just that she's really quite clingy.

Upon hearing this, Jerry's heart skipped a beat. He immediately remembered that Li Xiaolang in the show did indeed have a childhood sweetheart girl who had always liked him. However, he had never noticed that the girl was actually Li Xiaolang's cousin.

"Hello sir, I am Li Meiling, and I am also Li Xiaolang's fiancée!"

The girl released Li Xiaolang's arm, bowed to Jerry, then deliberately emphasized the words "fiancée," and gave Xiaoying a provocative look, as if asserting some kind of dominance.

"fiancée?"

Sakura and Tomoyo exclaimed in surprise upon hearing this.

We're all still in elementary school, still in the stage of innocent crushes. Why are you two so outstanding that you've already reached the point of engagement?

Jerry also raised an eyebrow.

He felt something was off. If Li Xiaolang and Li Meiling were cousins, then it was absolutely impossible for them to be engaged. It would make sense if they were first cousins.

After all, there seems to be a tradition of cousins ​​marrying in ancient times, and it's not impossible for a family like the Li family, with older people holding more traditional views, to do so.

But cousins? It's unheard of for them to marry in ancient times. Does the Li family have some strange concept of pure blood or impure blood?

"The strawberry grove? We made that when we played house as kids, how do you still remember it!"

Upon hearing what Meilin said, Li Xiaolang couldn't help but rub his forehead.

He and his cousin grew up together, so they naturally played house together. His fiancée was just a child at the time, and the engagement was just a verbal agreement between them, not a real engagement.

Li Meiling hugged Li Xiaolang's arm and raised her chin:

"I don't care, I love Little Wolf the most, I'm your fiancée, and no one can take you away!"

"Alright, that's enough. These personal matters of love and romance can wait until you get back to resolve them. Here, we'll only discuss magic!"

Jerry had no interest in the emotional entanglements between the elementary school students. He raised his hand to signal everyone to be quiet, and then took out the magic card representing "time" and returned it to Sakura.

Sakura then pulled out a new magic card and handed it to Jerry:

"Brother Jerry, this is the 'Fight' card we just acquired yesterday!"

Although Sakura's dedication to learning magic is far less than Li Syaoran's, she possesses the powerful magical energy inherited from Clow Reed. Therefore, even without using the Clow Cards, Sakura's magical abilities are quite impressive.

With the addition of the exceptionally talented Tomoyo and the increasingly powerful Li Xiaolang, who combines Eastern and Western strength, the Clow Cards can be defeated by the three of them in no time.

"Thank you. You can go back to your books now. Feel free to ask me if you have any questions."

Jerry picked up the "Fight" card and nodded with a smile.

Now that they all have a basic understanding of magic, they learn magic according to their own interests. When they encounter something they don't understand, they discuss it with each other to find a solution. Only when they really can't figure it out will they ask Jerry for help.

So even when Sakura and the others came over, Jerry spent most of his time doing his own thing.

After dismissing the four people and sealing the beast, he temporarily put aside his research on weapon crafting and began to study the "Fight" card.

Taoist weapon crafting techniques, like wizarding alchemy, are a very complex system of knowledge, involving many aspects that cannot be mastered in a short period of time.

The "Fight" card is a magical card created by Clow Reed by combining all the fighting techniques that exist in this world.

The special feature of this card is that even if you know nothing about fighting, you will become one of the world's top fighting masters after using this card.

He can effortlessly master anything from Muay Thai, karate, judo, Sanda, boxing, various schools of Chinese martial arts, and the eighteen weapons.

This card's magical effect is somewhat useful to Jerry.

Although he is a martial arts enthusiast and his fighting ability in superhuman mode is not weak, he is still somewhat inferior to the real top masters.

In addition, his physical condition has been greatly improved under the effect of Wizard Enhancer No. 1, which complements the magic of the "Fight" card.

Actually, Jerry quite liked this kind of magic that worked on him.

As a magician, you may sometimes face a rather awkward situation.

That means if your opponent has exceptionally high magic resistance, then your magic will be completely immune to it, and you will be able to fight them in close combat.

At this point, if one has a buff spell that enhances oneself, this situation can be easily resolved.

With a "Strength" spell to increase his strength, a "Fight" spell to enhance his combat abilities, and a transformation spell to conjure a weapon, he can instantly transform from a mage into a top-tier melee fighter.

Moreover, he already has a strong foundation, and if he were to transform into a close-combat fighter, he could probably crush the Hulk.

Given Jerry's current level of magic and his previous experience studying the Clow Cards, he had already figured out most of the magical principles contained within the "Fight" card not long after he got his hands on it.

It's estimated that in a few days, he will be able to use his special methods to transform it into magic suitable for his own use.

However, just as he was engrossed in his research, a small figure crept up to him.

"Is there something you need, Li Meiling?"

Jerry withdrew his magic and suddenly looked up at Li Meiling, who was standing in front of him with a conflicted expression.

Although he focused 99% of his attention on analyzing the magic circle of the "Fight" card, he still reserved 1% of his attention for the outside world.

So of course he knew that Li Meiling was sneaking over.

"Oh, I just have a question I'd like to ask you!"

When Jerry suddenly looked up, Li Meiling was startled.

"you say."

Jerry put away the "Fight" card and nodded.

Li Meiling is outgoing and not the shy type. Seeing that Jerry agreed, she immediately said:

"I heard from Little Wolf that your magical abilities are very strong, even stronger than the elders in the family, possibly second only to Clow Reed. I'd like to ask, is it still possible for someone like me to learn magic?"

She and Li Xiaolang grew up together. She came here because she missed Li Xiaolang and wanted to help him collect the Clow Cards he had longed for since childhood.

To their surprise, upon arrival, they discovered that Li Xiaolang was not collecting Clow Cards, but instead focused on studying Western magic, determined to become a powerful figure no less than Clow Reed, and even greatly admired a magician named Jerry Carmen.

If Li Xiaolang doesn't collect Clow Cards and focus on studying magic, then she, who has no aptitude but is only proficient in martial arts, becomes completely useless.

Furthermore, seeing Li Xiaolang discussing magic with Sakura and Tomoyo while she could only watch helplessly, she wanted to ask this guy, whom Li Xiaolang said might be the strongest in the magic world right now, if she could also have the opportunity to learn magic.

You know, even an ordinary person named Tomoyo has learned magic, so maybe she has a tiny bit of a chance too.

Jerry carefully examined Li Meiling, then picked up her small wrist, scanned her body with his mental energy, and finally shook his head:

"You lack the aptitude to learn magic, you cannot absorb magical energy, and therefore you cannot use magic!"

Li Meiling's situation is different from Zhiyi's. Although Zhiyi is an ordinary person, she has an extremely high IQ and actually has very good magical aptitude, so she can naturally learn magic.

Li Meiling and her sister Elsa are similar in that they have good physical talents but questionable intelligence and lack the aptitude to learn magic.

Upon hearing this, Li Meiling felt a pang of disappointment and turned to leave.

She was actually diagnosed by the elders at birth as lacking the aptitude to practice Taoist arts and only capable of martial arts. Now she's just trying again.

After all, Jerry Carmen, the magician, was so magical in Li Xiaolang's words, but the result was still the same.

Watching Li Meiling's retreating figure, Jerry suddenly had a thought:

"However, it's not like there's absolutely no way!"

"What method?"

Upon hearing this, Li Meiling immediately turned around with delight and rushed to Jerry's side again. Li Xiaolang, Xiaoying, Zhishi, and the sealing beast Xiao Ke were also attracted by Li Meiling's voice.

"Impossible! Even the great Clow Reed wouldn't allow someone without magical aptitude to learn magic, otherwise there wouldn't be so few magicians in this world!"

Hearing Jerry and Li Meiling's conversation, Xiao Ke stuffed the cake, which he had already eaten halfway, into his mouth and bulged out, explaining to everyone.

Li Xiaolang was somewhat skeptical about this. His ingrained belief since childhood was that it was impossible for someone without the aptitude for Taoist magic to learn it. This was a truth that had been established in Taoism for thousands of years and had not been broken by anyone to this day.

Jerry Carmen's magical abilities were indeed unfathomable, but he still found it hard to believe that he could break such an ironclad rule.

As for Sakura, she looked completely bewildered. She hadn't been exposed to magic for very long and wasn't very clear about it.

Tomoyo, who was next to Sakura, was clearly not very interested in the topic. Seeing Sakura's bewildered look, she found it quite cute and skillfully took out her camera and started taking pictures.

Jerry saw everyone gathering around, stroked his chin, and smiled:

"I can't change someone's magical aptitude, but it's not impossible for someone to absorb magic and learn magic."

Jerry cannot currently grant magical aptitude to someone who lacks it, enabling them to absorb magical energy and learn magic.

The No. 1 bloodline enhancer he researched was only for wizards; it only worked if one had a wizard's bloodline. If an ordinary person was injected with the No. 1 bloodline enhancer without a wizard's bloodline, there would only be one outcome.

That means they would simply explode and die.

Perhaps in the future, when he acquires more advanced biological knowledge, he might be able to concoct a potion that allows ordinary people to be injected with it and give birth to wizard bloodlines, but at least not now.

The solution he actually came up with was derived from the method used by sorcerers in the Marvel universe to borrow magic from dimensional demons and learn and cast spells.

With very few exceptions, all mages in the main world do not possess the aptitude of a mage; they are able to cast spells because they borrow magical power from the corresponding dimensional demons.

Jerry's goal has always been to become a powerful being like the Dimensional Demon God.

However, relying solely on his own cultivation, even if he continuously improves the bloodline enhancer, increases his bloodline concentration, and makes his cultivation techniques more efficient, it's unknown how long it would take.

He had seen the true dimensional demons before when the Ancient One took him on a journey through the multiverse.

The total amount of magic power emanating from Dormammu, who controlled the Dark Dimension at that time, was like the difference between an ocean and a drop of water compared to the total amount of magic power within him now.

Therefore, if you want to increase your magic power more effectively, you need to find another way.

Now, seeing Li Meiling, who has no magical aptitude but wants to learn magic, he thought of the dimensional demon god's usual methods of strengthening himself.

Through a special contract method, ordinary people are allowed to borrow their power to cast spells, and then they are made to cultivate and repay the favor, thereby increasing their total magical power.

Just like bank loans in the ordinary world, the more people take out loans, the larger the loan amount, and the bank can make a fortune without doing anything.

Jerry now wants to study the Dimensional Demons' exploitative practices, just like they do, and create a similar scheme to lend magic power to those who want to use magic.

Previously, he didn't even have enough magic power for himself, so he naturally couldn't do this. Now, through the No. 1 Bloodline Enhancer, his total magic power has greatly increased.

In fact, he could already dedicate a portion of his magic power to lending, and he also cultivates extensively every day. As long as he doesn't lend too heavily at the beginning and proceeds gradually, he can manage.

Once he gets through the initial phase, his magic will increase exponentially in the later stages.

Of course, fully understanding this lending process is not an easy task, and you also need to ensure that you have the financial strength to keep the borrower in check; otherwise, you'll run into trouble with someone like the Ancient One.

Fortunately, he had previously accessed many of the Ancient One's private books in Kamar-Taj and had some understanding of the methods by which different dimensional demons borrowed magic, which he could use as a reference.

Li Meiling was the perfect candidate to be his first borrower, to experiment with before gradually refining the method.

"What should I do? What exactly should I do?"

Seeing Jerry's confident tone, Li Meiling immediately became excited.

Jerry thought for a moment and replied:

"For now, you need to learn some basic knowledge of magic or Taoist arts from Li Xiaolang and Xiaoying. As for how to acquire magic power, you need to take it slowly; it won't happen that quickly."

However, you need to come with Li Xiaolang and the others every day; I need to do some tests.

And so, time passed day by day.

Li Xiaolang, Li Meiling, Xiaoying, Zhishi, and Xiaoke would go to Jerry's magic house almost every day after school to learn magic for a while, or give Jerry the new Clow Cards they had discovered and collected.

Jerry, on the other hand, was once again caught up in a 24/7 busy schedule.

Most of the time, he would use astral projection to allow his body to meditate and enhance his magic, while his soul would study Taoist weapon crafting techniques, analyze new Clow Cards, and attempt to create a lending method of its own.

The most troublesome of these is the Taoist weapon-refining technique, because Li Xiaolang is young and doesn't understand it, so he can't offer any useful advice.

Therefore, Jerry's learning of Taoist weapon crafting techniques was a process of starting from scratch, and he found it difficult to understand many of the professional terms used in Taoist weapon crafting simply by reading books.

The learning progress was naturally slow. Although he could make some simple things, it was not so easy to achieve his expectations.

Therefore, he gradually shortened the time he spent learning weapon crafting, planning to make a special trip to Hong Kong or the mainland to consult with some masters of weapon crafting, which would be more efficient.

The simplest example is the analysis of the new Clow Cards. For instance, the newly introduced "Wheel" card involves the principles of space magic, which can connect two spaces to form a closed loop, used to trap people.

The "Sleep" card is similar to the effect of the Sleeping Spell, but the Sleeping Spell is a single-target magic attack that can only hit one target at a time, while "Sleep" can stun a wide range of targets.

The "Song" card can imitate any sound, and the "Small" card can shrink any object or person, similar to a shrinking spell.

By analyzing the magical principles behind these new Clow Cards, Jerry was able to make new improvements and enhancements to some of his magic.

Besides that, the thing he spends the most time on is figuring out how to effectively and safely rent out his magic.

By studying the lending methods of various dimensional demons, and with Li Meiling's cooperation, he finally came up with a preliminary plan after more than a month.

First of all, this method of renting magic power is actually a type of contract magic. You sign a contract, borrow magic power, and then give back magic power. If you violate the contract, you will be punished.

However, given that his magic power was far inferior to that of the dimensional demons, Jerry deliberately limited the maximum peak value of magic power borrowed when designing this contract magic.

That means it can never exceed one-fifth of the total amount of magic power in his body.

For example, if he currently has 100 units of magic power, then even if someone comes to borrow magic power, they can only borrow a maximum of 20 units.

If he is fighting or using magic, resulting in only fifty magic points remaining in his body, then the person renting the room cannot borrow more than ten magic points.

This ensures that he won't have a large number of renters borrowing his magic while he's fighting enemies, leaving him without any magic to use, which would be extremely awkward.

At the same time, his covenant standard is one-for-one, meaning that if he receives one amount of magic power, he must return two amounts of magic power to meet the covenant requirements; otherwise, he will be punished by the covenant.

Don't assume that the interest is high just because you borrow one and pay it back. In fact, compared to those dimensional demons, this is already considered good.

Many dimensional demons repay two, three, or even ten times what they borrowed.

Even more outrageous is Dormammu, who, once you borrow his power, can pull you entirely into his dark dimension if he so chooses.

Then you will become his slave forever, drawing magic from him to strengthen his dark dimension, essentially borrowing one to repay an infinite one.

However, unless you're a madman or a fool who doesn't know the situation, no one would sign a pact with Dormammu and borrow his power.

Of course, if you can escape the penalty of the contract or escape Domam's pursuit, then borrowing its power will be fine.

"Alright, Meiling, now concentrate on this magic circle, and then repeat the incantation after me."

Inside the magic house, Jerry placed the contract magic circle he had created in front of Li Meiling, and then began to teach her the incantation to activate the contract magic circle.

As Li Meiling finished chanting the incantation, the contract magic circle suddenly emitted a dazzling light. Immediately afterward, a magical symbol of the letter J appeared on Li Meiling's forehead, which then gradually disappeared.

"How's it going? Is it finished?"

Li Xiaolang and the others who were standing around hurriedly asked.

Jerry nodded:

"It's done, went very smoothly. Now we just need to see the results."

After saying that, he handed another bracelet to Li Meiling:

"Strawberry, wear this Carmen's Ring. It will make it easier for you to sense magic, and then you can try casting the spells you just learned!"

Li Meiling nodded excitedly, put on the Carmen Ring without hesitation, and then chanted the incantation:

"Fluorescent lights!"

A glimmer of light actually appeared at Li Meiling's fingertips.

"I can finally cast spells! I can finally cast spells!"

Seeing the light shining from her fingertips, Li Meiling jumped up and down with joy.

Seeing this, Jerry smiled with satisfaction and gave instructions:

"Remember to meditate and restore your magic power after using magic, otherwise you may not be able to use magic again next time."

In fact, the purpose of the Carmen Ring is to allow Li Meiling to more easily sense Jerry's magic and then borrow magic through the magic channel opened by the covenant, which is the same principle as the Sling Ring in Kamar-Taj.

However, even with the covenant signed and the Carmen Ring in hand, Li Meiling cannot borrow as much magic as she wants; it depends on her mental strength and his magical abilities.

Just like the sorcerers of Kamar-Taj, some only know one or two spells and can't use them for long, while others know dozens of spells and can borrow a lot of magic power at once.

Moreover, after using the magic, according to the contract, Li Meiling also had to spend time meditating, using her mental power combined with the power of the contract array to capture the surrounding magic power, and then return it to Jerry's body twice as much through the magic power channel of the contract.

In Li Meiling's eyes, it was simply that she had stored the magic in an unknown place through meditation.

(End of this chapter)