Raven's Claw at Hogwarts

Chapter 235 The Half-Blood Prince's Textbook

When he was in Snape's office before, Mike didn't check the Half-Blood Prince's textbook carefully due to time constraints, so when Mike came to the Response Room, he realized that this "Advanced Potion Making" is really outrageous .

It seems that Snape didn't keep the book properly, or maybe what Snape bought was a second-hand book.

In short, the condition of this book is very bad, not to mention the aged and curled pages of the cover, and even the spine part of the stapled inside is damaged in many places, which makes this precious textbook on the verge of falling apart.

Mike turned the pages carefully, fearing that he would break the book if he used too much force.

After opening it, the first thing that caught Mike's eyes were all kinds of complicated potion theories and formulas. Apart from the printed words with clear and correct handwriting, there were obviously handwritten notes all over the blank space of the book.

Although Snape's handwriting is not too ugly, it can even be called beautiful, but it is obvious that the ink used by Snape when he was a student is not very good, which leads to a large number of notes becoming obsolete after time. Indistinct.

However, this didn't really affect Mike much, because Mike couldn't understand even the printed words.

"This is really scary!"

Mike couldn't help but speak out his inner thoughts.

The NEWT level of potion knowledge is too profound for Mike, not to mention the weird potion knowledge, even Mike can't recognize most of the medicinal materials above.

In desperation, Mike could only temporarily give up configuring these advanced potions, and turned his attention to the few spells recorded in the textbook.

There are a total of six spells recorded in Snape's "Advanced Potion Making", which are:

Lock the tongue and seal the throat, hang the fuchsia upside down, the golden bell falls to the ground (the counter-curse of the fuchsia), close your ears and listen, the magic sharpness is invisible, the toenail growth curse.

Except for Shenfeng Wuying, the rest of the spells here are mischief spells, but this does not mean that these spells have no effect, just like a lock tongue sealing the throat.

This spell can make people dumb and unable to speak. On the surface, the direct lethality is extremely low, but it is extremely useful when facing wizards.

After all, wizards need to recite spells to cast spells, and there are very few wizards in this world who have mastered the silent casting technique.

In addition, the Fuchsia Curse recorded in the textbook also impressed Mike deeply. This curse can make people hang upside down. When Mike first entered the wizarding world, the unlucky Bork family in the tavern once used this spell on Mike.

This curse is very special, it needs a counter-curse to break it just like the Shenfeng Shadowless Curse.

This type of enchantment is very insidious, because it is almost impossible to restore the cursed person except by using a counterspell.

For this reason, the need for counter-curse was once an important reason for the Ministry of Magic to judge whether a spell was black art.

This spell was entirely invented by Snape, and he carried it forward.

In fact, Hogwarts doesn’t teach too many prank spells like this. After all, you will most likely use it to make pranks after teaching it to you. The main way to learn them is to rely on word of mouth among classmates.

Given how easy these spells are to cast, they spread fairly quickly.

Like Harry and Ron, they had already learned a lot of mischievous spells from the Weasley brothers in their first and second years, such as 'front tooth match stick'.

Charms are also popular, such as the popular prank spells of Mike's era are the 'Dancing Curse', the 'Incisor Curse' and the 'Slug Curse'.

In Snape's time, the prank spells he invented were loved by all the students at Hogwarts, especially Fuchsia, which was a must-learn spell for everyone in his time.

Mike could understand why Snape wanted to spread the spell he invented, probably because he hoped to prove his talent to someone.

But he must have never imagined that his deadly enemy, James Potter, also learned the spell he invented.And also used the spell he invented against him to embarrass her.

Still in front of his favorite woman!

Mike believed that when Snape was hung upside down in front of his loved ones, he must have been in despair.

After a few seconds of silence for Professor Snape's lost love, Mike returned his gaze to the Shadowless Curse.

To Mike's surprise, the difficulty of releasing the Shadowless Magic Curse was unexpectedly low. This extremely lethal spell does not require any complicated wand-waving movements at all, and does not require the cooperation of specific emotions. The instruction in the textbook will move the wand, and at the same time, it is enough to say the spell clearly.

Mike was very puzzled. The study of the Patronus Charm during this period made him unable to believe that the release of Shenfeng Wuying was so simple.

Out of trust in the original work, Mike raised his wand dubiously, pointed it at an alchemy puppet not far away, and cast a spell on it.

"Shen Feng has no shadow!"

As the spell was uttered, Mike felt the magic power in his body drop a little, and without any warning, a scar appeared on the alchemy doll's head, as if cut by a sword.

Mike stepped forward and took a closer look. The scar was roughly 20 centimeters long, starting from the doll's forehead and extending to the doll's chin.

This wound is very deep, even if the materials used to make the alchemy doll are all magical creature leather with certain anti-magic properties, it can't stop the sharp edge of Shenfeng Wuying.

Mike now understands why this spell is called Shen Feng Wu Ying, this kind of lethality, this level of secrecy, is even more suitable for sneak attacks than ground stabbing.

And due to the characteristic of Shenfeng Wuying that it needs to reverse the curse to be released, even if the person who is hit by the spell does not die on the spot, there is a high probability that he will die of excessive bleeding afterwards.

The only pity is that there is no record of Shenfeng Wuying's counter-curse in the Half-Blood Prince's textbook.

In addition, Mike also found a very interesting place.

After Shenfeng Wuying was released, he did not summon a magic blade similar to a wind blade to slash the enemy, as Mike originally understood, but directly split the skin of the enemy.

This is especially evident in the field of vision of magic perception.

Mike didn't observe any magic power shooting out of his wand at all, and the shadowless blade of Shenfeng seemed to be formed directly on the enemy's body surface after being guided by spiritual power.

Mike, who discovered this, felt like a treasure. He had long been envious of Tom Riddle's spell-casting technique that could make the spell lose its ballistic trajectory, but Professor Flitwick didn't know what the name of this technique was.

Since Shenfeng Wuying is too simple, Mike couldn't help but have the idea of ​​teaching it to Penello and Franklin, two of his most trusted people.

In Mike's opinion, the strength of these two people is still a bit weak. If he wants to establish an organization in the future, he can't just rely on himself, but also let the core members of his organization have the overwhelming power to crush other members.

And the curse of Shenfeng Wuying is just right.

As for whether Snape would get the news and come to trouble him after he spread the Shadowless Curse, Mike wasn't worried at all.

The "Half-Blood Prince's Textbook" in his hand is not only a second-hand book that is priceless, but also Snape's second-year book, a dark history that he never wants to recall.

Mike believed that anyone who suddenly learned that Snape was also a schizophrenia patient when he was a teenager and also called himself a half-blood prince would burst into laughter.

This was a devastating blow to Snape's image, ridiculed by countless people, and it was simply a nightmare for Snape who had been bullied on campus.

Based on the above reasons, Mike believed that even if Snape knew that he stole his textbook, he would pretend to be dumb, at most secretly targeting himself more.

After making a decision, Mike immediately set off for Ravenclaw's lounge.

The timing of Mike's arrival in the lounge was very coincidental. Penello had just finished class, and Franklin had just finished Quidditch training.

When he heard that Mike had something to look for them, Penello followed Mike without asking why, while Franklin kept asking non-stop, and claimed that if he was not in a hurry, he wanted to take a shower first. One day Quidditch is sweating all over his body now.

In this regard, Mike threw one at him directly, cleaned it up, turned around and walked out of the lounge.

"I really convinced you, Mike." Seeing this, Franklin hurriedly followed, "What is it that is so urgent?"

"Good thing, great thing! Don't ask for details, just follow me."

Hearing that Franklin had to shut his mouth, Penello, who was on the side, saw that the conversation between the two was quite interesting, and couldn't help laughing.

However, Franklin, an exuberant kid, refused to stop for a moment, and the three of them started talking to Mike again not long after they left.

"Mike, have you read today's newspaper?" Franklin said seriously, "I heard that a Muggle saw Sirius Black near Hogwarts!"

Mike, who was walking in the front, stopped after a swipe, turned his head and stared straight at Franklin, until he felt a little uncomfortable looking at Franklin, and then asked, "How do you know?"

"The Daily Prophet, it also said that the Ministry of Magic tried too hard to erase the memory of that Muggle, and that Muggle is likely to be very forgetful in the future."

Mike didn't listen to the second half of Franklin's words at all, and his brain was running fast at the moment.

Sirius was moving very slowly since he didn't have a wand and couldn't be called any kind of wizarding public transport, they'd all been so long since school had started and he had only just arrived near Hogwarts.

And now that Black has arrived at Hogwarts, his next step may be to sneak directly into Hogwarts...

'Plans must be expedited. '

Mike said this to himself in his heart, and the next moment he quickened his pace and walked towards the Room of Response.

When the group of three came to the Response Room, before Penello and Franklin, who were out of breath, could recover, Mike directly expressed to them the purpose of calling them here this time.

"I'm going to teach you a new spell!"

Penello and Franklin had mixed reactions to the news.

A smile immediately appeared on Franklin's face. It must be good for him to learn new spells. His current spell pool is much shallower than Mike's.

On the other hand, Penello had a look of embarrassment on his face, and said tentatively to Mike: "Mike, I'm in the fifth grade now, and there are quite a lot of courses, so..."

Penello didn't continue talking, because Mike was looking at her with a strange look.

"I can assure you that the spells I will teach you next will be the most amazing spells you have ever seen!" Mike persuaded, "And you don't have to work so hard, I can be considered a magic spell now! Rich man, according to the consumption level you showed on our last date, I should still be able to support you."

Faced with Mike's joke in the second half of the sentence, Penello just smiled reluctantly, but he didn't say anything about rejection anymore.

When Mike saw this, he stopped persuading him, pulled out his wand and threw a magic front and shadowless spell at the training dummy beside him.

Franklin and Penello looked towards the dummy, and after seeing the shocking wound on the dummy, both of them opened their mouths together.

This is not over yet, Mike changed the direction and raised his wand again, and after a short deliberation, he recited the incantation of the Patronus Charm.

"Call God Guard!"

As Mike uttered the spell, a silver-white raven suddenly appeared, flew around Penello and then disappeared into the air.

"The Patronus Charm!"

Penelope is obviously a smart person, and immediately reacted after the silver-white raven disappeared, exclaiming.

"Bingguo! That's right, it's the Patronus Charm. The two spells I demonstrated just now are what I'm going to teach you next." Mike snapped his fingers and said, "The Patronus Charm is difficult, so I don't It requires you to be able to learn it in a short time. But the Shenfeng Wuying just now is very simple, I hope you can learn it within two days."

Franklin and Penello were taken aback for a moment, and then agreed with great embarrassment.

Franklin was worried that she was too stupid to learn, and Penello was worried that Mike's sudden assignment would affect her already very busy studies.

And Mike didn't say much when he saw the appearance of the two of them. He asked the two to sit down first and said with a serious expression:
"Everything I'm going to say next, I hope you can keep it strictly confidential!"

Penello and Franklin looked at each other and nodded again.

"Sirius Black will launch an attack on Hogwarts next, and his behavior is bound to anger the dementors on duty outside Hogwarts."

"I believe you have already seen how rebellious the dementors are. I have reason to believe that these beasts will use the pretext of searching for Black to enter Hogwarts to search!"

Before Mike finished speaking, Penello's body began to tremble. The dementors gave her a deep psychological shadow when she first started school.

"But we don't need to worry too much, as you saw just now, I have been able to summon a physical version of the Patronus, protecting the three of us is not a big problem." Mike continued, "But the safety of the rest of the students is still a problem. So I ask you to help me, help me protect those in need!"

(End of this chapter)