69novels Chapter 442 What is Magic?
Chapter 442 What is Magic?
If you think about it, it seems that ordinary ghosts are not completely unable to interfere with reality.
However, compared to the special existence of Myrtle, their abilities are very limited.
It is an indisputable fact that the ghost of Moaning Myrtle can splash water everywhere.
Why is she so special?
It is not difficult to find out that the most special thing about him is the cause of her death.
She was killed by the eye of the basilisk.
Could it be that the basilisk's gaze could condense magic power, allowing Myrtle to carry so much more magic power than others?
This explanation seems reasonable.
This can also be proved from another aspect.
In the original storyline, a Hufflepuff student, Justin Finch-Fletchley, saw the basilisk through the ghost, and by coincidence, he was able to save his life.
When the basilisk was wreaking havoc, several students managed to save their lives by coincidence. Let's not talk about that. Sai's focus is on the ghost's behavior after he looked directly at the basilisk.
In the original storyline, the person who protected Finch-Fletchley by coincidence was the ghost of Gryffindor House, Nearly Headless Nick - Sir Nicholas de Mimsy Porpington.
After he was locked eyes with the basilisk, he was no longer milky white, but "black, shrouded in smoke, lying flat and motionless, suspended six inches above the ground."
Finally, the students were removed, and moving Nick was difficult, so Professor McGonagall "conjured a huge fan... and blew nearly headless Nick up the stairs... like a soundless black hovercraft..."
From these descriptions, we can see that Nick can be moved by the air flow after looking into the basilisk's eyes, but people can't do anything to him, proving that his state at this time is more like gas and people can't move him.
But then Nick reappears intact, he is now a ghost, and ghosts cannot die again.
Putting aside the question of whether the conclusion that the ghost couldn't die again was a bit absolute, at least the basilisk's sight didn't kill Nick again.
This is very logical. Otherwise, Myrtle would not have left behind a ghost body. She should have died more completely.
When Nick reappeared, he was back in his typical ghost form, a pearly white phantom.
Combining the cause of Myrtle and Nick's performance after being petrified and recovered, several conclusions can be inferred.
One, the gaze of a basilisk cannot kill souls.
Second, the basilisk can kill anyone who sees it instantly, and may leave behind a ghost after death.
Third, the ghost created by the basilisk may carry more magic power than ordinary ghosts.
Fourth, the basilisk's gaze can kill people but not their souls. It should be acting on the flesh.
5. The basilisk's gaze can affect ghosts. Ghosts have no physical bodies, and the basilisk's gaze cannot affect souls. Therefore, it can be inferred that its gaze affects other components of the ghost.
6. Although there is no 100% evidence, Mr. Sai believes that ghosts are composed of soul + magic power, so it can be concluded that the basilisk's gaze can act on magic power.
So, when Nearly Headless Nick looked at the basilisk and became "all black and smoky", does it mean that the pitch-black and smoky "thing" was actually the external manifestation of condensed magic power?
This seems to mirror the Dementors.
Dementors are also covered with a black cloak on the outermost layer, and when they are hurt, a lot of black smoke will come out.
Does this imply that magic power will turn into black smoke under certain circumstances?
Will the magic be black?
Sainz thought to himself, "It shouldn't be. Ghosts carry magic, but it's not black. The color of the entity under the Dementor's cloak is the pale floating corpse color, which indirectly proves that the magic itself should not be black."
He tends to think that magic itself is colorless and appears as black smoke, which should be transformed under certain conditions.
For example, after interacting with the basilisk's gaze, or after being controlled by the Dementors as their own "matter"...
Ever since he acquired "superpowers", Sai has never given up on figuring out what his abilities are.
At first he could only forcibly name it the Force in its most essential form and try to master it through meditation or other means.
He first tried to circulate it in his body like using internal energy in martial arts novels, but he failed.
Later, he tried to let it soak his whole body like rain, and it worked. The "Force" was very adaptable to this method, and even its original mode of existence was this method, but it was consciously strengthened by him.
He even gave this method of application a name - Force Bodybuilding.
Of course, he later received a notice from an owl and realized that this was actually magic power. He then changed the name of Force Body Forging to Magic Body Infusion.
Whether it was forging the body with the Force or infusing the body with magic, they were just his vague descriptions. In fact, he didn't know exactly how the body was infused. He just repeatedly compared it to watering the ground in his mind, imagining that the magic was like water soaking into every cell of his body.
The result was good. With his conscious guidance, his body did become much stronger.
The process was correct, the result was correct, but there was one situation he could not avoid, that was, these were all "black box operations."
He had tried more than once to develop a method of "inner vision" so as to sneak into the body to "take a look" at what it was like to have "magic power infused into the body". However, he had not succeeded until now and still knew nothing about magic, his own body, or his own soul.
Even though he now possesses powerful strength, he still cannot avoid being laughed at and called muddleheaded by some of his fellow time travelers!
With ghosts and dementors as examples of magic that can be directly witnessed, Sai felt a little comforted, "Maybe that's what magic is like!"
Magic is probably what you imagine it to be, almost intangible and invisible, but it really exists. It is similar to internal strength, original force, etc. It relies on certain carriers to exist and shows its effect when necessary.
When there are no special requirements, it appears as an invisible and immaterial "force". When there are special requirements, it appears as what is needed, such as earth, fire, water, wind, light, electricity... and even rules...
This is a "force" that is almost omnipotent.
In the face of this kind of power, almost everything can be achieved. If it is not achieved, it is not its problem, but the problem of the person who uses it!
What are the requirements for using it?
It’s very simple, just have magic and soul!
If you have a soul, you can make a wish and let the magic know what you want to do. If you have magic, you can receive the wish, and the magic will help you accomplish what you want to do.
From this perspective, it seems that the combination of soul + magic is closer to the essence and more direct, so why are there no such natural creatures in nature?
Why do magical creatures, including wizards, have physical bodies instead of evolving directly into more essential elemental creatures?
Can Sai really master the method of transforming himself into an elemental creature?