Chapter 178: 3 ways to increase mana

"The elders of the tribe have said that heaven has given us a warning that the breaking of that thing was bound to happen, and that no one could stop it. In fact, it is also a test, both for the centaurs and for the one chosen by destiny. And through the test, both will get satisfactory remuneration," Firenze did not continue, and Ivan did not ask.

Ivan did not know what the satisfactory remuneration of the test meant, and he did not know what the omen of heaven was that Firenze repeatedly mentioned, nor did he know who the one chosen by destiny was.

At that moment, Ivan was still immersed in the shocking news.

Although he seemed calm, deep down he was nervous. The key to the Secret Treasure of Gryffindor was divided. He didn't know if it could really be fully integrated again after being split into several parts.

If he couldn't get it, what would he do with the Secret Treasures left behind by the Four Founders? I had a bad feeling. It became clear that obtaining the Secret Treasure of the Four Founders was not as simple as he had thought. If the other three keys were lost or split like the one Gryffindor left behind, what should he do?

What the Four Founders left behind had always been around the school from the beginning.

The main purpose for which they left these treasures was to protect the school from Dark Wizards; and the four gave them keys to protect the school, and to test whether their teaching philosophies and ideas had been carried out correctly.

The four keys correspond to four tests. Only students who pass the test can obtain the corresponding keys. Entrusting the keys to the intelligent creatures living around the school at the time was done to prevent people who were not Hogwarts students from obtaining the treasures.

They didn't need to divide the keys into pieces and have students go all over the world to collect them. But over the course of a thousand years, anything can happen. There have been numerous changes in the intelligent creatures they had commissioned to keep the Treasure Keys.

No one could guarantee that these intelligent creatures would always live around Hogwarts.

Even if they were still there, the keys left behind by the Four Founders would no longer necessarily be there, or they could be split into several parts, or lost, or....

At the thought that he might run around the world in search of the Secret Treasure Keys left by the school's Four Founders, Ivan had a headache.

It had been a long time; the traces left by those years must be very vague.

It might be easier to defeat Voldemort directly than to complete the collection of four Treasure Keys.

Ivan shook his head vigorously. Now was not the time to think about such things.

In any case, a fragment of the Gryffindor Treasure Key remained in the Centaur tribe, and he had to get it. He heard Professor Lupin, Sirius Black, and Peter Pettigrew say that the thing had some pretty powerful magic.

Even if he didn't get the whole key in the end, this piece alone would be very useful, based on the information he had gathered so far.

Ivan knew that he had acquired a lot of knowledge of magical theory from the library area and Flourish and Blotts so far, but due to his limited mana, he couldn't use most of it.

Otherwise, he would not have been defeated so easily in his duel with Snape.

There are very few ways to increase mana. Besides the natural increase that comes with age, there are three main methods:

The first is a variety of potions and medicines, such as magic potions. These potions are relatively simple to obtain, but the power obtained by this method is very unstable and their duration is very short.

The second is to rely on the help of legendary magic items, such as the elder wand in Dumbledore's hands, the key fragments of Gryffindor kept in the Centaur tribe, etc., ... As long as you are equipped with these items, you can get a corresponding enhancement. These types of magical enhancements are more durable and stable, but these legendary magic items are very rare and very difficult to obtain. Many mages have never even seen one in their whole life.

As for the last one, Ivan was still in the research phase and wasn't too sure about it.

He once looked at the source of Voldemort's immense magical power, along with his inner evil. He could freely use the deepest dark magic, and in addition to using Horcrux to ensure his immortality, his power could also be the result of his dark magic experiments and research on the transformation of his own body. Last year, when Ivan met Tom Riddle, he found a very handsome young man, nothing like the terrifying Dark Lord he later became.

What had happened to him to gain so much power? He must have modified his body, like accepting the baptism of the purest dark power or the blood of a powerful magical creature.

These evil black magic transformations must have eventually led to the changes in his appearance.

The magic power obtained by this method is more stable than the second, and the speed of mana increase is very fast. In addition, it is easy to obtain a lot of mana in this way, but it is very dangerous, and accidents may occur in the process of transformation of one's own body.

Voldemort is one of the most obvious examples. Ivan was not even sure that he is a pure human being.

The latter method is naturally out of the question. The only practical and quick way to improve magic is the second.

Ivan sighed. Even though he was eager to improve his magic, even though Firenze told him these things about the key to the treasure left by Gryffindor and the dark history of the Centaurs that he did not want to explain, Ivan had not yet been approved by the Centaurs, nor had he obtained the thing preserved among his tribe.

It was still too early to think about such things.

He was going to look into this after catching Peter Pettigrew and helping Sirius Black clear his name.

"Firenze, do you know about the Time-Turner?" Ivan suddenly wanted to tell his, otherwise he would see two of him in a while, and it wasn't good to have any more accidents.

"Time-Turner?!" Firenze blinked, and his normally calm face showed some confusion. He was obviously hearing about it for the first time.

"It's a magical object that helps users travel through time." Ivan explained, "I've returned to the present from the future with its help, so I know that Peter Pettigrew will pass this way because I was here too. In fact, I was the one who set fire to the Acromantulas' lair."