Chapter 204: Skill Fusion

After Halloween, the event that all young wizards eagerly anticipated arrived—the Quidditch match. As the most popular sport in the wizarding world, nearly all students and professors were fans of the game and flocked to the Quidditch pitch to watch.

Unlike the others who joined the crowd, Alex chose not to partake in the festivities. Instead, he headed to the Room of Requirement, wishing for a quiet space. Once inside the spacious room, he focused on studying chaos magic and organizing his currently chaotic abilities.

He began by turning his attention to the Gojo Satoru template.

As his first template, Alex was most familiar with it. Over time, he had mastered every ability within the Gojo Satoru template to perfection. Thus, if he wanted to start skill integration, using the abilities of this template would be the easiest approach.

Alex opened his skill panel and reviewed the skills under the Gojo Satoru template:

Energy Absorption (Lv.6)

Six Eyes (Lv.6)

Reversed Cursed Technique (Lv.5)

Cursed Technique Reversal "Red" (Lv.6)

Infinity (Lv.5)

Cursed Technique Lapse "Blue" (Lv.5)

Domain Expansion: Infinite Void (Lv.5)

Alex decided to begin with Cursed Technique Lapse "Blue" and Cursed Technique Reversal "Red", as these were among his earliest skills and shared similarities in their effects.

As he activated the fusion process, chaos magic rapidly consumed his energy. Simultaneously, Alex's true form outside the Harry Potter world collaborated with his avatar, drawing on the world's source of chaos magic and channeling it into Alex's body.

The chaos magic acted like the ultimate magical adhesive, or perhaps a blazing forge, working to fuse "Blue" and "Red" together.

On the skill panel, the descriptions of these two abilities visibly blurred. They began to merge into a single indistinct, mosaic-like skill.

Alex furrowed his brow. He quickly realized that simply combining these two skills wasn't enough. There were two primary issues:

1. The skills' individual strengths were insufficient for successful fusion.

2. Their effects were like two opposing forces—polar opposites that collided, causing significant conflict during the merging process.

For the fusion to succeed, a third force was required—something to act as a catalyst, a node that could balance the two opposing energies.

Suddenly, Alex's eyes landed on the Vector Manipulation skill in his panel, and a brilliant idea struck him.

With its higher tier and extraordinary control over vectors, Vector Manipulation could not only provide the strength needed for the new skill but also act as the stabilizing node to balance the opposing forces.

Without hesitation, Alex introduced the power of Vector Manipulation into the fusion process. The moment it was added, the blurred mosaic began to stabilize, becoming visibly clearer.

After several hours of intense focus and effort, the fusion was complete. The mosaic fully resolved into a new skill, which appeared on Alex's skill panel:

Absolute Manipulation (Lv.6) (233/50000): A skill formed by the fusion and transcendence of Vector Manipulation, Cursed Technique Lapse "Blue", and Cursed Technique Reversal "Red" under the influence of chaos magic. It grants the power to exert absolute control over all dimensions, vectors, and scalars.

A torrent of powerful information flooded Alex's mind. Once he fully absorbed it, a look of delight spread across his face.

The fusion of the three skills had given rise to Absolute Manipulation. With this transformation, the impurities in his body had been significantly reduced, making his power far more refined. Though the quantity of his strength hadn't increased much, its quality had ascended by several levels.

If his previous power could be compared to wood, the current version had been refined into steel. With the same quantity, steel could achieve results far beyond what wood ever could.

After successfully merging these three skills, Alex intended to further utilize the chaos magic of the Harry Potter world to fuse additional abilities and enhance himself further. However, he quickly discovered that his current level of authority over the world no longer allowed him to access the necessary chaos magic for additional fusions.

Realizing this limitation, Alex ended his secluded training and left the Room of Requirement.

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Outside, the Quidditch match was nearing its conclusion. Unlike the original timeline, however, Alex had quietly used his invented Charm to enhance Ravenclaw's broomsticks while in seclusion.

Thanks to the enchanted broomsticks, Ravenclaw's Quidditch team didn't even need much effort to score. The broomsticks, imbued with a low level of sentience, practically played the game for them.

The most astonishing advantage lay with their Seeker. With the charmed broomstick's assistance, they could catch the Golden Snitch in mere minutes, leaving the other teams utterly hopeless.

Naturally, other students attempted to replicate Alex's feat by using the Charm on their own broomsticks. However, their understanding of the charm was far too shallow. Even when they managed to bestow some basic intelligence on their brooms, the results were counterproductive. The partially sentient broomsticks often made their own decisions, much to the frustration of their riders.

In the end, Ravenclaw easily won the Quidditch Cup, thanks to Alex's Charm. Once again, Alex had altered the course of the story, thereby increasing his authority over the Harry Potter world.

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As Alex stepped out of the Room of Requirement and made his way to the Quidditch pitch, he found Ravenclaw's Quidditch team celebrating their victory and receiving the championship trophy.

Spotting Alex, an excited Hermione dashed toward him, chattering nonstop: "Alex, we did it! We won the Quidditch Cup!"

Before Alex could respond, a group of students from other houses surrounded him, including Ron, who looked particularly disgruntled.

"Alex, this isn't fair at all," Ron complained. "Ravenclaw's team had those broomsticks you enchanted. They didn't even have to steer them to win the match!"

Hermione, always quick to defend Alex, raised her chin defiantly. "Well, you could've used the Charm too! It's not against the rules of Quidditch!"

Quidditch regulations prohibited the use of spells to interfere with the match, but the Sentient Charm functioned more like an enchantment. Since broomsticks were an integral part of Quidditch, enchantments applied to them weren't explicitly forbidden.

At that moment, Percy Weasley approached and overheard their conversation. Adjusting his prefect badge, he said, "I've heard some news from the Ministry of Magic. The Department of Magical Games and Sports is investigating the Charm Alex invented. They're planning to ban broomsticks enchanted with it from future Quidditch matches."

Hermione's enthusiasm dampened at this. "What? Why? The Charm is just a type of enchantment! It doesn't break any Quidditch rules!"

Percy Weasley explained, "It seems that brooms enchanted by powerful wizards with the Sentient Charm are simply too powerful, much stronger than the brooms that wizards control themselves.

If brooms enchanted with the Empowerment Charm were allowed to participate in the Quidditch matches, then the game would no longer be a battle between the players, but a battle between the wizards casting the Charm.

If that were the case, the sport would lose its meaning, which is why the Charm is prohibited."

Hermione sighed, "I see... that makes sense."

At this moment, Alex reached out and gently ruffled Hermione's fluffy hair, as if petting a squirrel. He smiled and said, "Don't worry, since the Charm isn't allowed, I can create other spells to enchant the brooms."

Hearing Alex's words, Hermione's eyes brightened, and she nodded eagerly, "That's right! For others, creating spells is difficult, but for Alex, it's as easy as anything. After this, our Ravenclaw Quidditch team will still be able to use other spells to enhance our brooms!"

Unlike Hermione's happiness, Ron and his brothers exchanged glances, realizing that even if the Charm was prohibited, the Quidditch championships in the coming years would still be dominated by Ravenclaw.

What was even more frustrating was that the biggest factor in the game's outcome wasn't the players themselves, but the brooms they used, which had been enchanted by a non-player wizard! This phenomenon hadn't occurred in the hundreds of years since Quidditch was invented!

After all, no wizard had ever made spell creation seem as easy as Alex did!

Percy Weasley rubbed his forehead, feeling a bit helpless. "Sigh, how is there a wizard like Alex? In the coming years, the Quidditch competition won't even have begun before it's already decided…"

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After the Quidditch competition ended, Christmas quickly arrived. That day, Alex was sitting in the Great Hall reading a book when he sensed a young witch sitting behind him, hesitant to speak.

Alex closed the book, turned around, and looked at Hermione with a gentle smile.

"Lovely Hermione, is there something you need?"

Seeing that Alex had responded to her, Hermione's face lit up, then she blushed and stammered, "Alex, I heard you grew up in an orphanage... No, no, that's not what I meant. I wanted to ask if you have any plans for Christmas. If possible, I'd like to invite you to my house…"

Alex had originally planned to spend Christmas at Hogwarts. After hearing Hermione's invitation, he thought that there were no major events ahead, so he simply said, "Of course, it would be my honor."

Suddenly, Alex thought of something and asked, "How do you plan to leave?"

Hermione looked a little puzzled but answered, "Of course, I'll take the Hogwarts Express. Is there any other way?"

Alex smiled mysteriously. "Of course. You can look forward to a wonderful journey on the way back!"

Alex first returned to his dormitory to organize his luggage. There wasn't much to sort through, mostly various items he had created using Transfiguration.

For example, there were grenades, heavy machine guns, even several different fighter jets stored in a suitcase that had been enchanted with the Undetectable Extension Charm, a Mark series armor, and several nuclear bombs, along with his Sanctuary No. 2 located in a dimensional universe!

Currently, Alex's strength was far inferior to his main body's, but he still retained all the knowledge and theories of his main self. His brain was now even more intelligent than Tony's, enabling him to easily use Transfiguration to replicate a spaceship one-to-one. Sanctuary No. 2 had been gradually assembled over time!

At this point, Alex's strength was on par with Dumbledore's, and if he added these technological creations, he could easily conquer Earth in the 20th century! However, Alex had no intention of doing so, as he neither wanted to nor did the world's rules permit it.

He placed everything into the suitcase and then went to the station to meet Hermione.

When Alex arrived, Hermione was standing at the station, holding her suitcase, staring blankly at the Hogwarts Express as it departed. Her gaze seemed lost.

As Alex approached, her eyes immediately focused, and she said to him, "Alex, you must find another way to get to London, or I won't be able to go back for Christmas!"

Alex smiled mysteriously. "Of course, you'll enjoy this adventure!"

He took out his wand, summoned the chaotic magic swirling inside him, and activated the specially crafted Transfiguration spell!

The ground beneath their feet began to shake and rise quickly. Seeing this, Hermione suddenly understood and excitedly exclaimed, "Oh, this is so cool! So that's how it is! Alex, you're amazing!"

Alex didn't answer, instead continuing to pour out magic with a smile on his face. The skeletal structure of a magical dragon was the first to transform, followed by its tendons, magical furnace, and the outermost layer, which became as tough as steel.

Finally, a much larger dragon appeared than the one from earlier!

Alex used Transfiguration again to create seats on the dragon's back and cast wind protection spells. Then, he flew the dragon towards London!

As the hundred-meter-long dragon soared to several hundred meters in the sky, Harry, Ron, and the other students who stayed behind at Hogwarts walked outside and onto the lawn.

Miss Harry crisply said, "Oh, this is so cool! I wish I could ride a dragon back to London!"

At this moment, Ron, hearing Harry's words, couldn't help but feel a bit upset.

During this time spent with Miss Harry, he realized that he had developed feelings for the sweet and kind Harry that he shouldn't have. At first, he was a bit frightened by these feelings, but as time passed, he gradually became accustomed to them.

He kept comforting himself in his heart, telling himself that Harry had taken a potion to change her appearance, and he didn't know how long this state would last—perhaps for her whole life. Then, Harry would always be a beautiful lady! And if he pursued Harry, even if the potion's effects wore off, she could always take the potion again!

Thinking of this, Ron's feelings for Harry grew even stronger.

Therefore, when he heard Harry express her desire to return to London on a magical dragon, Ron knew that he could never rely on the specially crafted Transfiguration spell to change into a magical dragon, so he could only sourly say:

"Harry, we shouldn't do this. It's too dangerous.

Also, riding such a huge magical dragon to a Muggle city will definitely be seen by many people. So don't look at Alex and Hermione acting so cool now. When they get close to the Muggle city, they'll cancel the spell and walk back to London obediently!"

Just then, a little wizard suddenly said, "Oh my God, it's the Disillusionment Charm! Alex used the Disillusionment Charm to hide their tracks with the magical dragon! How strong is Alex to be able to use the Disillusionment Charm on such a huge creature? The magical dragon has magical resistance far beyond that of ordinary dragons!"

Hearing this, Ron stopped listing the drawbacks of this method and instead muttered under his breath:

"Alex is really a freak!"