great-warnovel Chapter 236 The Threshold to Becoming a Strong Person
Chapter 236 The Threshold to Becoming a Strong Person
Chapter 236 The Threshold to Becoming a Strong Person
He also reached out and drew the same shape in the air, but like Hermione, it was just a formality.
"No, I can't materialize the power you see. It seems to be a part of me, like a person can't vomit their own stomach." Dumbledore shook his head.
"It's alright, Professor, this is just my further conjecture about the path of wizarding." However, this also confirms that the Great Rune she saw is not a known path in this world, but an integrated manifestation of wizards reaching the pinnacle in their own ways.
"I'm just curious why there's such a huge difference between wizards like you and ordinary people. Numbers are meaningless in front of you."
He dared to storm into Voldemort's lair alone. Even with an overwhelming numerical advantage and elites like Snape and Bellatrix, he had to flee the moment he saw Dumbledore. Only Voldemort of equal caliber could stand against him.
"There is an invisible threshold in between, a qualitative change." Just like Hermione herself, she has now almost reached the pinnacle of ordinary wizards. Even old wizards like McGonagall and Professor Flitwick, who have been immersed in their respective fields for decades, would definitely not be able to beat her.
But she estimated that it would be difficult for her to reach Dumbledore's level on her own before the moon's shape transformed.
Although as long as Oborozuki is trained step by step, she can steadily enter the ranks of the strong, Hermione still wants to understand what the difference is.
Dumbledore also fell into thought: "Indeed, Gellert, Tom, and I all went to magic schools, whether it was Hogwarts or Durmstrang, and received the same education, but our future achievements quickly diverged from those of others."
"No wizard has ever seriously considered this question. It seems that talent determines everything. Excellent people will remain excellent as always, and it is only natural that they will become as powerful as they are in the future."
"But Bill and Professor Lockhart are also very good, but they are still far behind you, and I'm afraid even fifty more years wouldn't be enough," Hermione said bluntly.
They might become the next Professors like McGonagall and Flitwick, dealing with ordinary wizards like cutting vegetables, but they can't completely ignore the advantage of numbers. A squad of fully armed Aurors, undergoing targeted training...
That would make it easy to capture him alive.
"Besides you, the strongest member of the Order of the Phoenix is probably Moody, right? But could he last five minutes against Grindelwald?"
Dumbledore shook his head: "Actually, besides Tom, I think Snape is the one I favor the most. He's a genius who invented a lot of spells during his student days. Spells like Shadowstep and Bells of the Gods came from him."
Moreover, he was quite proficient in potions, but unfortunately—"
"If I had to pinpoint a particular characteristic that sets me, Gellert, and Tom apart from the rest—"
He pondered, "I think besides innate talent, one also needs the heart of a strong person."
"Heart?" Hermione asked, puzzled.
Dumbledore organized his thoughts, considering how to describe his idea: "A desire to change the world, or the rules of the world; an ambition powerful enough to twist the world upside down!"
Grindelwald's declaration that "wizards are might," Dumbledore's vision of a harmonious and loving society, and Voldemort's obsession with transcending death—these are all enormous "delusions" that ordinary wizards do not possess. They represent an ambition to reshape the world and make it more in line with their own will.
"And in addition to this ambition, one must also have the ability to put it into action," Dumbledore continued.
"Talent plays a huge role here, faster learning speed, stronger magic, and even more sophisticated exploration ability when there is no way forward. These talents allow wizards with 'ambition' to gradually turn their will into reality."
"There's one more thing," Hermione said.
"Specialization in a particular field".
"I know your Transfiguration and alchemy are both excellent. Grindelwald was apparently expelled from school by Durmstrang for studying Dark Arts, and Voldemort, he also seems to have worked exceptionally hard in the field of Dark Arts, right?"
"Hmm, what you said makes a lot of sense; it fits the characteristics of runes."
Dumbledore nodded: "Each rune represents a certain image and quality, and what you see as the Great Rune should also be a tangible representation of the power and quality that we wizards represent."
"It may represent what we pursue and achieve in our lives, and it is also the source of our strength."
As expected of a top-tier magic master, he quickly analyzed the significance of the so-called Great Rune from his conversation with Hermione.
"So, if I want to reach that level and defeat Voldemort in a head-on confrontation, I must also possess these characteristics?" Hermione asked herself silently.
She has exceptional talent, but she seems unable to answer the other two questions.
If one had to name an ambition to change the world, then his answer to Maria that day could be considered one.
"Where my moonlight shines, there shall be no tragedy."
But she is a rather passive person; only tragedies that she witnesses will elicit her intervention. She has no say in places where the moonlight doesn't reach.
The Finger Witch has always existed to assist others. The ambition to signify an era and interfere with the entire world is something only the Faded Ones possess. Previously, she was just someone who silently contributed behind the scenes and supported the dreams of others.
Unlike Dumbledore, he wanted to save everyone in the world equally.
Grindelwald was the same; he treated every wizard equally and cherished the life of every wizard, even those who were his enemies and wanted to kill him.
Voldemort, on the other hand, was fighting against death itself, defying one of the fundamental rules of the world.
However, having arrived in this world and gained a new life, she has let go of her former mission as the Finger Witch and begun to pursue her own life. Although she still has some old habits, it is indeed time for her to make a change.
"In that case, perhaps rebuilding the Law and reshaping the order of civilization is a more suitable path for me—" This "ambition" was more to her liking and coincided with Dumbledore's ideals.
"As for the last point, specialization in a particular field—"
This seems to have a similar effect to the borderlands, where the demigods who wield the Great Runes also have distinct paths of their own.
Marlenia's corrupting flower, Rataen's gravity martial arts, Monger's blood-giving ritual, Rakad's blasphemous spells... even the most useless Grik has a whimsical idea: the path of limb extension.
"So, should I also specialize in a particular school of magic? Like Nie?" Hermione was momentarily confused about her future direction.
The reliable fader provided her with a large amount of information and fed her all the techniques she could gather, but this also made her less focused.
The lunar magic of the Kalia royal family, the cold magic of the Snow Witch, the spirit fire of the Necromancer, and the gravity magic from the White King—these are the magics she uses most often, but they haven't formed a systematic approach.
"Furthermore, if one must possess immense ambition and expertise to enter that field, why does the Moon Form give me the feeling that simply completing the transformation will lead to universal ascension?"
"I can understand the progress in the realm of the moon, but who is it that has given me such a powerful 'heart'?" She suddenly became alert.