Chapter 224: Chapter 224: Major Upgrade of the School of Extraordinary Abilities (Part 2)
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In the Marvel world, at the School of Extraordinary Abilities:
"Finally finished the Plasma Electromagnetic Cannon."
After five straight days of barely an hour's sleep, and testing the effectiveness of the Plasma Electromagnetic Cannon with his Panda avatar, George let out a long sigh of relief.
"Next, it's time to give the school a major upgrade."
For some time now, he had been considering improving the school—both in terms of technology and magic.
In the realm of magic, his magical abilities had grown rapidly, and he had learned many new spells. Combined with the new wand he had crafted from the World Tree, his magic casting had seen a significant boost.
As for technology, with Banner and Betty on board, the school's outdated equipment could finally be updated.
It wasn't that the equipment left behind by the Beast was inadequate—many of the school's technological devices were ahead of their time, even by today's standards.
Take, for example, the X-Jet, or the combat simulation room so advanced that even Tony Stark was in awe when he saw it.
However, technology continues to evolve, and there were things that could be replaced with better alternatives to achieve even better results.
For instance, Howard Stark had already discovered a new element, but at the time, the overall technology was not advanced enough to create it. By the time Tony came around, making it was a simple task.
It's like having the technology to make computers—if you were placed in an ancient civilization that used only bronze, you wouldn't be able to build a computer.
While Banner and Betty's research capabilities might not match those of the Beast, upgrading the school's equipment was definitely within their ability.
Leaving his room, George made his way outside. It was morning, and the students were all attending their regular classes.
During this time, Professor X had discovered several children with special abilities, and with George's consent, they had been enrolled in the school. The student population was slowly but steadily increasing.
When George reached the entrance of the school, he waved his hand, dispelling the Muggle-repelling spell and magical barriers.
Having studied magic under Dumbledore, he now had better options.
"Unwavering Loyalty!"
With a flick of his wand, George cast the Unwavering Loyalty spell over the entire school building.
The Unwavering Loyalty spell was far more powerful than the Muggle-repelling charm.
While the Muggle-repelling charm only affected ordinary people, subtly suggesting to them to ignore the building affected by the spell, the Unwavering Loyalty spell was much stronger.
In S.H.I.E.L.D.'s terms, it created a strange magnetic field that interfered with the brain.
For individuals with magic or strong mental abilities, the Muggle-repelling charm had little effect, and using technological means to bypass it wasn't particularly difficult.
However, the Unwavering Loyalty spell was different. In George's view, it was a rule-defining spell.
This rule stipulated that, aside from those who were meant to know, no one—whether using magic detection or advanced technology—could find the protected building.
The world is governed by countless rules, and the Unwavering Loyalty spell subtly manipulated one of them.
"Undrawable!"
After casting the Unwavering Loyalty spell, George began to cast his second spell, the Undrawable spell.
This was also a highly advanced and rule-based spell. Its purpose was to make the target disappear from all maps in the world.
Magical institutions like Hogwarts used such spells to ensure that Muggles could never locate them, thus protecting the students.
After casting the two advanced spells, George spread his wings and soared into the sky, beginning to reconfigure the magical barriers.
This time, the magical barriers he was setting up were purely for defense. While the first two spells ensured that enemies couldn't locate the school, large-scale indiscriminate attacks in the surrounding area would still cover the school if targeted.
Once the barriers were in place, he flew down to the open space in front of the school's castle. There, rows of giant metal statues, all custom-made by Tony from the best alloys, stood proudly. Over a hundred of them were lined up.
Among the giant statues, there were a variety of mythological creatures from both Eastern and Western legends: dragons, three-headed hellhounds, hydras, nine-tailed foxes, Bai Ze, Kui, phoenixes, qilins, and taowu, to name a few.
"Metamorphosis!"
With his wand in hand, George approached each of the metal statues, casting the Metamorphosis spell to bring them to life one by one.
Normally, with his current mastery of Metamorphosis, it would be impossible to apply it to such large metal statues and imbue them with magical power.
However, with the newly crafted wand amplifying his magic by more than twenty times, he was able to do it effortlessly.
Unfortunately, even though the wand's amplifying effect was powerful, there were still limits. It couldn't amplify his magic infinitely—twenty times was the maximum.
Otherwise, based on the materials used—like the World Tree and the Frost Giant King's heart—it should have been far stronger than any wand from the Fairy Tail world. But in reality, the difference wasn't as significant.
The main reason for this limitation was that the magic system in the Harry Potter world had its own inherent limits. Even the best materials couldn't overcome the technological gap in wand-making.
For example, a fan made from the finest materials still can't cool a room as efficiently as an air conditioner.
Moreover, as George's magical abilities grew stronger, the amplification effect of the wand would naturally decrease.
It was unreasonable to expect a wand to provide a twenty-fold magic boost when he could already destroy planets with a single spell—such a power would far exceed the wand's limitations.
So, in the future, unless there was new technology to enhance wands, they would eventually become obsolete. The upside, however, was that George would no longer be limited by the wand.
Even if his newly created avatars didn't possess wands, they would still be able to exert their full strength.
The abilities of all his avatars across worlds would be the same.
Currently, because of the wand, his Marvel avatar was the strongest, followed by the Fairy Tail world avatar. The Harry Potter and Mage Apprentice worlds were about the same in power, with the Misaka avatar being the weakest due to the lack of a wand.
"George, your magic is quite impressive. It's even more interesting than the magic in our divine realm."
Just as George had finished casting the Metamorphosis spell and was about to scatter the animated metal statues around the school to hide them, a familiar voice came from behind him.
It was Thor, the God of Thunder, holding a book titled The Song of War.
Thor had been staying at the school for a while now. Most of his time was spent attending political philosophy lectures by Professor X, listening to Steve's stories, or reading world classics and watching war-themed movies, as per everyone's recommendations.
"Thor, how have you been lately? Have you tried picking up your hammer again?" George smiled and asked while waving his hand to disperse the metal statues.
Thor immediately nodded.
"I've made great progress. I can now understand why Father didn't want to wage war anymore."
This morning, I tried again, and the hammer began to stir. If all goes well, I should be able to lift Mjolnir in the next few days and regain all my powers."
(End of Chapter)