days at Hogwarts

Chapter 178 Iron Armor Curse

Nearly half of the students in the school attended Professor Flitwick's lecture. After the lecture, they left the classroom at the same time, causing congestion visible to the naked eye. Now the corridor outside the classroom is full of people.

The crowd was crowded, and Loren and Hermione simply refused to leave after seeing the crowd who couldn't leave for a while.The two leaned against the wall, watching the crowd slowly flow, talking about the harvest just now.

Hermione put both hands on her chest, and said with some annoyance: "This is why I learn spells very quickly, but the effect of casting spells is mediocre."

She quickly got rid of her annoyance, and her eyes became eager and excited: "Professor Flitwick's words made me figure it out. I should explore the method of casting spells that suits me instead of sticking to the contents of the book."

"It takes a lot of time to practice thousands of times to find a method that suits you. It's impossible to do it for every spell." Loren advised, "Choose a few spells that suit you."

"I will." Hermione raised her chin, with an eager expression on her small face.

The other young wizards who had listened to the lecture also had similar thoughts, they chose one or several spells that were most suitable for them, and repeated them persistently, thousands of times, to find out the most suitable spellcasting method for them.

Then, show it off in front of other little wizards!

Gryffindor common room.

Some of the older students who weren't at the lecture sat around Dean and listened to what he had heard.

Percy listened to the content of the lecture relayed by Dean with great interest, and said with a little emotion: "If I heard this in the second grade, I would definitely spend all my spare time practicing spells."

Dean wondered, "Can't we start practicing now?"

Percy smiled slightly, and put away the History of Magic paper "The Significant Influence of the Goblin Rebellion on the Basic Monetary System" that was completed in the afternoon on the table, ten inches of parchment and five inches of additional pages.This is just part of his many assignments.

From Percy's point of view, if he wanted to enter the Ministry of Magic, be reused by his superiors, and have a bright future, he needed to obtain as many NEWTs as possible.

"When you reach the senior grades, you'll understand that it's not just spells that need to be busy." Percy had a smile on his face that he thought was rich.

George teased with a smile: "And study "How the Prefects Gain Power."

Fred continued: "And dating girls!"

Percy's face was covered with black lines, and then quickly turned into annoyance, and he reached out to teach the two rude brothers a lesson.The twin brothers ran away after yelling.

Loren and Hermione crawled in through the entrance to the lounge, discussing which spells to focus on.When I entered the door, I saw little wizards sitting together in groups of three or four, discussing the choice of spells as well.

"Illumination spell! I also want the light troupe to perform a musical. Professor Flitwick's performance today is so beautiful!" A first-year little witch spoke.

"Me too!" The little witch next to her agreed.

Ron and Neville were counting their spells on their fingers, as if to pick one.In such an environment, Harry and Seamus, who were sitting leisurely and playing wizard chess, were very conspicuous.

"Go forward." Seamus pointed to the chess pieces in front of him, and the finger-sized white queen chess piece stepped down from the throne, picked up the seat and smashed the black knight's horse.

Hermione was taken aback, her dazed expression was a little cute.

Loren sat down beside the two of them: "Have you chosen the magic spell for focused practice?"

"Do I still have to choose?" Seamus asked back confidently, seeing the clear expressions of several people, he nodded with satisfaction, "I have already planned, and next time I will directly ask Professor Flitwick for advice on thunderbolt explosion. There is nothing better than this A better spell for me."

Hearing this, both Loren and Hermione couldn't help laughing.

"Harry, what about you?" Hermione asked.

"I chose the Disarming Charm," Harry said with some embarrassment, "I don't have any reason, I just think it's very suitable, and I use it very easily."

The twins, who had run back and forth several times, finally got rid of Percy's pursuit. When they heard the conversation with a few people passing by, they sat down laughing and panting.

"That's right, Seamus, you're just right for this."

With that said, George and Fred sat down and gave Seamus some pointers, which made the situation where the advantage was originally flattened become anxious.

Loren asked the twin brothers curiously: "How about you? Is there any spell that you want to focus on practicing?"

Each of them answered in one sentence:
"Though Percy is pretending to be mature."

"But he's right, there are many things that are more important than the spell."

They commanded a few more steps, and the result was that now Harry was inexplicably the dominant side.

Seamus was tortured to the point of pain, and he slapped away the troublesome hands of the two angrily, and took over the command again...

In the next few days, the group of young wizards were discussing the advantages and disadvantages of various spells in full swing, imagining the situation after they fully mastered the spells.Professor Flitwick brought up an upsurge in practicing spells. In the corner of the common room, in the abandoned classrooms, and by the edge of the Black Lake, the brilliance of magic was shining everywhere.

Under the suggestion of a senior person, Hermione chose the Iron Armor Curse as the key practice spell, without beautiful and magnificent light and shadow, and without cool and powerful power.Some are full of security.

Loren also focused on practicing the Iron Armor Curse, but what he pursued was not to find the most suitable casting method for him. Three Wu Golden Fingers had already helped him complete it.He hoped that during the long practice process, the Iron Armor Curse could achieve some kind of sublimation, similar to the sublimation of [Opening the Door] to [Thunderbolt Piercing].

The fighting practice room of the fantasy book.

Flamel's duel partner this time is a pure-blood wizard with a stern face and elegant posture. His every move retains the noble upbringing, and he has a polite but warm smile on his face.

The corners of his mouth were raised slightly, and Flamel held his wand and pointed to the front right: "[Bones to pieces]"

The curse light that exudes a dangerous atmosphere bursts away.

"[Armor Protection]" Loren skillfully deflected the spell and moved to the left.

The two kept fighting, and the light of the spell bounced around during the collision, hitting the walls of the classroom.

"[faintly]"

"【Armor Protection】"

Cast a spell, bounce back.

"【Bones in pieces】"

"【Armor Protection】"

Cast a spell, bounce back.

This scenario is repeated over and over again.

The dark wizard played by Flamel still performs his duties and maintains his aristocratic demeanor.But his brows were slightly wrinkled, a little dissatisfied.

During the duel practice during the summer vacation, Flamel made it clear that Loren's obsession with rebounding is a bad habit.This habit has been alleviated a lot in subsequent fights, and now it seems that the old problem has recurred.

In order to correct Loren's habit, Flamel no longer strictly played the noble dark wizard, and adjusted his respectful and polite tactics.Back to the previous rhythm of attacking and suppressing, pressing up, and forcing Loren to make mistakes.

As long as Loren is obsessed with rebounding, he will be overwhelmed by the endless waves of attacks and eventually make mistakes.And now the result of the mistake is no longer the previous repelling spell or binding spell, but the crushing spell!
"[Bones in pieces] [Bones in pieces] [Bones in pieces]" Flamel attacked three times in a row, attacking the opposite side in a zigzag shape.

"[Armor Protection]" Loren dodged two of the curses sideways, and bounced one with the armor curse.

Seeing that these two ways were about to fail, he flashed a [Apparition] on the path of the magic spell, and then condensed an iron armor curse to block one.Then repeat the above operation again, and block all the three shattering curses with the Iron Armor Curse.

It's outrageous!Flamel was so angry that he couldn't maintain his disguised figure, a burst of light flowed from his body, revealing his true colors.

He pointed at Loren and cursed: "Do you have any strange hobbies? You must use the Iron Armor Curse to catch the attack that you can dodge in one [Apparition]!"

"Do you think you are amazing?"

"How many times do you think you have a chance to catch the opponent's spell in a real battle? Huh?"

"If the Shattering Curse is replaced by the Killing Curse..."

Loren lowered his head and silently accepted all the scolding. He deserved the scolding for such a waste of actual combat training.

After Flamel vented his anger for a while, Loren explained the reason for practicing the Iron Armor Curse in detail: he wanted to push the Iron Armor Curse to a higher level in actual combat.

Flamel's eyebrows twitched slightly when he heard this... He actually wanted to rely on his talent to forcibly deduce the spell, who do you think you are, Merlin?
But when I think about this person's successful experience, and the outstanding talent that is rare in hundreds of years...

Flamel's headache was even worse, he sighed: "Did I tell you that the invention of the spell should be deduced in the direction you expected after you are familiar with the principle of the spell."

Loren lowered his head, staring at his shoes, silent.

I get it, I won't give up until I hit the south wall and break my blood.Flamel felt that there was nothing wrong with letting him try: "Even if you want to rely on talent to push, but you don't have a clear direction yourself, how should the curse evolve?"

"Do you still remember the experience that you inadvertently created [Thunderbolt Piercing]? The background color of the door-opening spell plus your long-term expectation of the explosion will eventually lead to long-term accumulation when you intend to break through the giant monster's defense, creating this combination A spell with explosive and piercing properties.”

Flamel asked: "If you want the Iron Armor Curse to sublimate, you must have expectations of its effect in your heart. Loren, do you have any expectations for the Iron Armor Curse like an explosion?"

These words seemed to illuminate the spiritual light in Loren's heart, and completely solved his doubts.

Not just the Door Opening Curse and the Iron Armor Curse, Loren has practiced many spells, especially the Patronus Charm that Hermione practiced thousands of times during the summer vacation.But none of the spells has sublimated like [Open the Door], this is because Loren has no expectations for these spells, enough to trigger strong expectations for changes.

Loren faintly grasped a glimmer of aura, but to turn the aura into reality, he needed to let it go temporarily.He is now preparing for another, more important matter.

Hogwarts started school on September 9st, and it is already the third week, and an ordinary and extraordinary day is in the third week.

It is a wonderful thing to prepare a birthday gift for someone. If you are an ordinary friend, you can choose a book, a pen, and a little more perfunctory. You can buy a birthday gift box specially launched by Honeydukes Candy Store.

But if you're close to a friend whose birthday is coming up, gift giving can be tricky.Too simple gifts seem perfunctory, and books and quills are too ordinary.Gifts that are extraordinary and express your heart always take thought.

Friday night.

When Loren found the twins in the corner of the common room, they were staring at a box of faintly magical taffy.

"I'm absolutely sure that what we accidentally made by mixing several swelling potions and toffee is a wonderful thing." George said in a low voice.

Fred continued distressedly: "But except for the first coincidence product, none of the products we formulated afterwards had this effect."

"Can we just try blindly?"

"The cost would be astronomical."

The two looked at each other and sighed in unison: "Oh~"

Loren walked lightly behind the two, squatted down and looked at Toffee, which was shining with faint magic light, and asked doubtfully, "Fat Tongue Toffee?"

The twins' eyes lit up: "Good name! It's like tailor-made!"

"But!" Fred said loudly.

They turned and stretched their arms around Loren's shoulders.

"We haven't tricked anyone with this product yet, how do you know it works?" George asked.

Loren spread out his small hands and explained: "Potions, different potions have different characteristics. I saw several kinds of tongue-expanding potions on this piece of toffee, and I probably guessed the effect."

George's first reaction was not that there was a solution to the formula, but he said regretfully: "The knowledge of potions has cursed you, and you will not be able to appreciate the wonderful candies we made in the future."

Fred nodded approvingly, but unfortunately, they will not be able to trick Loren into eating candy in the future.

"Ron reminded everyone in the first grade not to eat anything you give." Loren said that the reputation of the two has long been negative.

George and Fred refrained from talking more about how the world misunderstood them, and brought the topic back on track.

Fred asked hopefully: "Loren, can you help us analyze the contents of several potions in the toffee?"

George looked serious: "This is extremely important to us."

"No finished medicine is used, only the fungus of Amanita muscaria and the flesh of ox horn plant picked in July..." Loren read out the simplified formula.

Even without his help, in order to save the cost of the experiment, the twins would choose several main materials of the expansion agent to try, and they could make it after a few more trials.

The twins wrote down the formula in their notebooks with excited expressions, as if they had found a treasure.

"When we mass-produce fat tongue taffy, we can make as much as you want!" George said gratefully.

Thank you for your kindness...

"No, I want to borrow your Marauder's Map." Loren said the purpose of finding them.

Fred readily took out an old piece of parchment from his pocket, which was badly worn.Stacked neatly, it can be seen that the two cherish it very much.

"Although I don't know how you know the Marauder's Map, you are the same kind of people as us, but George and Fred are willing to trust you."

"Now read to us—"

"I solemnly swear that I will do no good."

(End of this chapter)