Raven's Claw at Hogwarts

Chapter 458 Teaching the Silent Mantra

After finishing the conversation with Slughorn, Mike returned to the lounge, and after meeting with Franklin, he came to the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom without stopping.

That's right, what they were going to attend this session was Professor Snape's Defense Against the Dark Arts class.

At this time, many students had gathered in the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom, and all of them were Hufflepuffs and Ravenclaws.

Apparently, due to the recent return of Voldemort and Snape's failure to raise the entry standard for the advanced class of Defense Against the Dark Arts, there were so many students applying for this subject that Snape had to do the same as in the lower grades. , using the method of class teaching.

Just as the Potions classroom had changed because of Slughorn's arrival, the originally bright Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom had also changed because of Snape's arrival.

The first is the large floor-to-ceiling windows in the classroom. At this time, they have long been covered by heavy curtains, and the entire classroom is only lit by a few candles, making it extremely dim.

There are also many murals on the walls of the classroom that were not there before. These murals are all depicting human beings who are being tortured by terror. It looks creepy!

These, coupled with the gloomy atmosphere in the classroom, made people unavoidably think of the Potions classroom last semester.

Perhaps in order to resist the tension brought by this weird atmosphere, everyone was chatting and laughing at each other, trying to bring a little vitality to this place in this way.

However, at this moment, with a loud bang, the door of the classroom was slammed shut.

The students who were talking and laughing were taken aback. They all turned their heads and bowed their heads without saying a word.

Mike also turned his head curiously, and saw that Snape was striding towards the podium, his steps were so big that his black cloak was blown by the wind, it looked like It was Snape with a pair of black bat wings growing from behind.

Snape soon came to the podium. He raised his head and looked down at the audience. After a while, he said in an empty and cold voice without any emotion:

"I didn't ask you to take out your books."

As soon as this remark came out, Mike heard a lot of rustling sounds around him. It seemed that many people should have taken out the books in advance.

It wasn't until the voice stopped that Snape continued:
"What I have to say next is very important and I hope that each of you will be able to pay attention!"

While speaking, Snape stepped down from the podium.

"So far, you have changed five Defense Against the Dark Arts professors. These professors all have their own different teaching concepts and teaching methods. I am surprised that so many of you can still pass through this chaotic situation. I passed the owl exam. I guess, those Ministry of Magic officials who graded the paper must have let the water go. What do you think?"

Snape's back pressed heavily on a Hufflepuff's shoulder, the poor child's body shook violently, and the surrounding Hufflepuffs lowered their heads in fear, they knew very well, What Snape said now was completely aimed at them. Unlike Ravenclaw's side where almost all the staff were good or excellent, their results in Defense Against the Dark Arts were all low-flying.

"Come on, I will be more surprised if you can keep up with the progress of the improvement class, because its content is more advanced."

Snape patted that Hufflepuff on the shoulder while talking, and then walked towards Ravenclaw.

This scene made Mike a little surprised, because Snape actually encouraged those Hufflepuffs just now!
Although it was a bit yin and yang, it was obviously Snape's unique way of encouragement!
This is very rare!

Unfortunately, the Hufflepuffs didn't seem to appreciate it.

Seeing Snape leave, they all breathed a sigh of relief. The Hufflepuff boy who was patted on the shoulder even touched his pants, as if he was checking whether he had wet his pants, and he didn't want to make any effort at all. the meaning of.

Seeing this, Mike shook his head helplessly, while Snape said slowly:
"Black magic! There are many kinds, many kinds, and powerful... Fighting them is like fighting against a mighty Hydra! You cut off one head, and two more powerful, more cunning heads grow back !"

Mike wanted to laugh, Snape's words reminded him of some comics he had read in his previous life.

"Therefore," Snape suddenly raised his voice, "your defenses must be as varied and creative as black magic!"

Snape's sudden increase in volume gave the students a jolt, and then he pointed to the mural on the wall.

"These pictures vividly show the situation of the victims. For example, the death curse (he pointed to an oil painting of the protagonist lying on the ground with a pale face). Another example is the flame curse (a large piece of human-shaped coke), the explosion curse (fragmented body)..."

As Snape began to introduce the meaning expressed by these murals, the expressions of the students gradually became frightened. Of course, Mike still maintained that expressionless expression, and he even felt a little bored. Because the things Snape described were too low-level.

Perhaps aware of Mike's thoughts, Snape returned to the podium after introducing the murals, and said to everyone:

"I think you are still very unfamiliar with the silent spell. Can anyone tell me what the silent spell is for?"

There was a dead silence in the classroom, everyone lowered their heads, and no one raised their hands at all.

Snape looked around, and finally his eyes fell on Mike.

"Mike, please answer this question."

"Good professor." Mike got up and said, "The silent spell can make your opponent unable to judge the spell you are about to release through the spell, so that you can gain some advantages. Of course, this is only superficial. , in fact, the silent advantage of silent spells is also very useful in sneak attacks. And its ultimate effect is actually to speed up your casting speed, so that you can cast spells almost instantly. Of course, it also has Disadvantages. First of all, it is very difficult to learn silent spells, and its power is much smaller than that of spoken spells."

"That's a good talk." Snape nodded and said, "At least you can still combine it with reality, which is much better than Miss Know-it-all, she will only follow the script. Alright, sit down."

Mike sat down with a smile, while Franklin beside him was muttering dissatisfiedly.

According to the usual practice, Snape should give Mike extra points, but he obviously didn't do so.

But Mike didn't care about this little thing. Instead, he gave Franklin a silent gesture, because if Snape found out that he was still here beeping, the consequences would be bad.

Fortunately, Snape didn't seem to notice the situation here. He raised his head, shook his greasy hair, and said:

"Our task today is to practice silent spells. Now you are divided into two groups. One tries to cast a spell on the other, but is not allowed to say it out loud. The other one tries to repel the evil spell, and is also not allowed to make a sound. let's start."

After finishing speaking, Professor Snape swung all the desks in the classroom with his wand, and they were thrown to both sides of the classroom by a huge force.

The Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff students looked at each other, and finally raised their wands at the students around them under Snape's threatening gaze.

Although there were many people who wanted to practice with Mike as a team, Mike finally chose Franklin.

There is no way around this. Compared to educating other people, Mike is more willing to train Franklin himself.

To be honest, Mike felt that Snape was still a more competent Defense Against the Dark Arts professor, at least much better than Umbridge before and Quirrell who only followed the script in the first grade.

After all, he is already doing his best to improve the strength of the students to face the next invasion of Voldemort. This can be seen from the advanced spellcasting skills he taught everyone, such as silent spells. Otherwise, if Snape really surrendered to Voldemort If so, he can let the students study freely, just like Quirrell before, so that he can save some effort when Voldemort really invades Hogwarts.

It's just that although Snape has tried his best to teach everyone, it is obvious that the students don't appreciate it very much. Various cheating methods emerge in endlessly during the practice of silent spells, such as the two around Mike, although they chanted spells The voice was very low, and the movement of the lips was almost invisible, but Mike still found that they were chanting the spell secretly, and there were many people who did this.

This is actually a very stupid thing, because even Mike can easily detect their cheating methods, let alone Snape.

That's right, Mike was sure that Snape must have noticed these people's little tricks, but for some reason, Professor Snape, who used to be extremely strict with students in the past, chose to ignore this kind of behavior.

On the contrary, those students who practiced hard but had little effect were reprimanded by Snape. Snape's two thin lips kept opening and closing, spraying poison on them, but at the same time he kept pointing out Mistakes they made during practice.

The students who had been reprimanded were all ashen-faced. Snape is indeed an old hermaphrodite, and he has a knack for hating people.

And those students who cheated couldn't stop laughing when they saw this.

Mike shook his head in disdain. In his opinion, these smart people are the most stupid. They think that no one has discovered their means, and they even laugh at those who work hard, but they don't know that they have been given up.

Mike withdrew his gaze and looked at Franklin again.

In this class, he plans to teach Franklin well, because the role of the silent spell in battle is so important, whether he has mastered the release of the silent spell with more than two digits is even set as one of the graduation review conditions for the Auror training class. One, this also shows that only wizards who have mastered the silent spell can be called true combat wizards.

"Come on, cast a silent spell on me, any spell you want, pick the one you are best at."

Mike said to Franklin, and the latter was embarrassed.

Franklin really didn't have any confidence in the silent spell, he thought it was too difficult.

Fortunately, Franklin didn't pretend to be smart like those people, and after struggling for a while, Franklin agreed.

Immediately afterwards, the two drew out their wands and pointed them at each other.

Franklin gritted his teeth to prevent himself from accidentally chanting the spell, while waving the wand in his hand up and down in the air, and soon drew a strange trajectory in the air.

This is 'Anime Arms'.

Mike easily recognized the spell by the trace of Franklin's wand.

But this is not the right choice. The Disarming Curse is a relatively advanced attacking spell in Defense Against the Dark Arts. As a beginner of silent spells, it is obviously not advisable to choose such an advanced spell for the first time.

As Mike expected, when Franklin's first attempt at the silent spell failed, and because of the lack of channeling of the final spell, the magic in him that was channeled by the correct wand swing was also out of control.

Seeing the twitching muscles on Franklin's face, Mike also gasped.

This reminded him of his experience when he first learned the silent spell. The feeling of losing control of the magic power was uncomfortable, and the pain was like being hit by a weakened version of the Cruciatus Curse.

Mike shook his head, ready to remind Franklin, but before he could say a word, he heard a familiar voice from the side.

"Ha! Another idiot! Do you think you are Merlin? You chose the Disarming Curse in the first place. I should really open your head and have a look, because I guess there should be nothing inside." Snape said The singing voice said quickly, "Or is that what Mr. Townley taught you? Oh! I think I understand that celebrities are always surrounded by a fool who can bring out their genius, like The Weasley next to Mr Potter. And you're the idiot next to Mr Townley, right? Existing only to bring out Mr Townley's genius!"

Franklin gritted his teeth tightly, and even made a creaking sound in his mouth.

Mike believed that if he hadn't been unable to beat Snape, Franklin would have gone up to fight Snape now.

In order to prevent Franklin from making any impulsive actions, Mike stepped forward and patted Franklin on the shoulder, and said loudly:
"Okay, calm down, Franklin. Use 'front teeth to match big sticks', you know? Try again with the simplest spell, and remember that you need to use mental power to mobilize the magic power instead of using words like before. Come on. Come on, let's pull again."

Franklin gave Snape a hard look before raising his wand again.

At this time, Snape also closed his mouth, and looked at Franklin who was about to cast a spell with concentration.

Obviously, he remembered his duties as a professor.

Compared with the disarming spell, the casting steps of the 'Incisor Game Stick' are much simpler. Franklin took a deep breath, slowly slid the wand in the air, and finally pointed at Mike.

At the same time, Mike and Snape on the opposite side also held their breath in unison.

(End of this chapter)