Chapter 75 Combination of Spells

Daphne understood the rationale behind it and seemed eager to give it a try. "You mean, we shouldn't just attack the enemy blindly, but we should find ways to limit the scope of the opponent's actions while attacking and defending, right?"

Seeing Xie Lin nodded, Meredith also asked: "I still have a question. Regarding combination spells, I feel there is still a lot of potential that can be developed. Do you have any other examples to share?"

Xie Lin made up his mind to train two women as his right and left arms, so he would not hide his secrets. "There are many other examples of this. For example, when facing enemies with high magic defense, such as werewolves, trolls, etc., you can use it first." Corrosion spell' or 'hardening spell' to destroy their skin in specific areas, and then add a cutting spell or crushing spell at the same position, so that the second wave of attacks can more effectively break through the magic defense on the opponent's skin. Of course, it is not easy to do this, and it requires strict shooting accuracy.”

"What kind of curse is the Corrosion Curse? Why have I never heard of it?" Daphne raised a new question without any reservation.

"This is a spell I just invented. It is improved from the water-making spell. It can spray highly corrosive acid. I also invented the 'Sticky Curse', which can spray highly viscous paste, which can be used to make The terrain that restricts the opponent's movement is also a very practical spell." Schelling took out the notes he had written about these two spells from his pocket and handed them to Daphne and Meredith. "Here are them. Regarding the records of these two magic spells, you can use them to practice. If you have any questions, please ask me."

Xie Lin then brought the topic back to combination spells, "There are many combination spells for single-target attacks. As long as you think carefully, it is not difficult for you to come up with your own combination. For example, 'front teeth match big stick' can make people grow longer." If you have front teeth that can't close your mouth, you might as well imagine what the effect would be if you add the "Grinning and Hula La" spell?"

Daphne chuckled, "Xie Lin, you are so bad. That person can only keep laughing without shutting up."

Xie Lin shook his head and explained seriously: "I'm not trying to play tricks. If you think about it, whether it's a locking tongue or a throat-sealing curse, or a stick with front teeth, it's just an attack that makes it impossible to recite the spell clearly. method, but students above grade 5 must learn silent casting. Maybe not everyone can learn it eventually, but there will definitely be many people who know how to cast spells silently. When dealing with these people, use the above two magic spells alone. That won’t work.”

"But -" Xie Lin changed the topic, "Think about it, if you cooperate with the Laughter Curse, will the other party not be able to cast silent spells? You know, laughter is also one of the syllables, which is enough to interfere with silent spell casting. "

(Note: After being hit by a single laughter spell, you can still hold back your laughter temporarily, but if you can’t close your mouth, you can’t hold back your laughter)

Daphne and Meredith were both ice-smart people. After being given a little guidance by Xuelin, they were able to understand it clearly. At this moment, they seemed to be quiet on the surface, but in fact, they were thinking about how to combine the spells they knew one by one.

Since that day's training, the two girls seemed to have discovered a new world. Some new combination spell ideas kept popping up in their minds. Some were pretty good, and some made Xie Lin laugh and cry, such as the leg lock spell plus the dance spell 'Tarantai'. La Dance', where people are forced to put their feet together and dance randomly, okay, it's quite funny though.

The two sweet-natured girls never asked Xie Lin why he suddenly became active in training them. All they had to do was cooperate unconditionally. That's because they know that as long as they keep up with their own strength, Xie Lin will naturally tell them what they need to know. If they are not strong enough, it will be useless no matter how much they know.

Xie Lin didn't say anything, but when he saw two girls who were supposed to be rich ladies and were loved by everyone, pushing themselves so hard and severely to practice magic, how could he not understand their thoughts in his heart? He was secretly moved, but also I can only keep this thought secretly in my heart.

At the same time, Schelling's research on Death's invisibility cloak was also going very smoothly. He had successfully cracked the main principles of Death's invisibility cloak. This was because Schelling had received the complete inheritance of Nico Flamel, and this semester's alchemy course It also perfectly complemented his basic knowledge and made a qualitative leap in his alchemy.

Ordinary invisibility cloaks are woven from the fur of invisible beasts, while the Death Invisibility Cloak is engraved with the effect of invisibility by using the ancient Rune magic talisman "Hulinhjalmur" spread from Iceland. It means "invisibility helmet" in the Niger language. It is an artifact in Icelandic legend. It is said that after wearing the helmet, you will gain the ability to become invisible.

The composition of this Guruni Talisman is quite complicated. Its shape consists of a circle in the center, a square rotated 45 degrees and an octagon. There are eight protruding crosses in the outermost octagon. shape pattern.

Even so, there are other secrets hidden in the God of Death's invisibility cloak, and it is by no means simply engraved with a Guruni magic talisman. Schelling used more than 300 detection methods on the Death's invisibility cloak, but only detected most of the materials.

What is currently certain is that the pigment to engrave the Guruni Talisman must be a drop of blood from the index finger of the left hand plus a drop of blood from the index finger of the right hand, and then six drops of blood must be extracted from the heart of a living raven, and then these eight drops need to be added Drops of blood were mashed and mixed with the raven's brain to make paint.

After studying this, Schelling encountered a bottleneck - he had experimented on several pieces of cloth for experiments, and all of them failed without exception. Obviously, in addition to pigments, there must be some specific requirements for the chisel used to engrave runes - Schelling tried pure silver chisels, bronze chisels, and black charcoal chisels, but none of them worked. It seems that it is quite difficult to complete the transformation of the Supreme Wizard Robe before the end of this semester.

This is of course reasonable, otherwise, how could no alchemist invent an equivalent product in nearly a thousand years. The alchemy level of the three Peverell brothers is indeed not in vain. However, Schelling has samples to study, which is an advantage that other alchemists do not have.

In any case, Schelling is quite satisfied with his achievements this semester.

Under the effect of the magic enhancement potion, his magic power has caught up with the senior students, and after he maxed out his mental magic skills, his strength has been greatly enhanced. The success of the Patronus Charm Exchange and the best-selling of "Me and the Basilisk at Hogwarts" have brought his reputation to the top.

Almost no one in Hogwarts didn't know his name - although this attracted the hostility of the pure-blood diehards and the Ghost Society, the tree that stands out in the forest will be destroyed by the wind. From this perspective, the appearance of these enemies also indirectly shows that Schelling's achievements are not. Harry in the original book did not receive such treatment. It is estimated that they did not take the savior seriously at all. In their opinion, Hermione, who is determined to reform, is probably more threatening.

Time came to the week before the Easter holiday.

On this day, after Hagrid's Care of Magical Creatures class was finished outdoors, a group of Slytherin snakes had no class next, so they were playing on the grass on the way back to the castle.

Among the Gryffindor students, Harry and his group stayed and talked to Hagrid - since Black's second invasion, the students' safety measures have been more strictly restricted, and Harry and his group can no longer sneak out of the castle, so they can only take this opportunity to talk to Hagrid more.

Although Buckbeak didn't have to be executed because he was kidnapped by Schelling, Hagrid still felt sad because of his mistake that caused trouble to Dumbledore. After Buckbeak disappeared, Mrs. Zabini was furious and told Hagrid that she had deliberately let Buckbeak go. Dumbledore stood up to vouch for Hagrid, but ended up getting into trouble.

Voices questioning Dumbledore began to appear in the media, mainly the Daily Prophet, and published many articles about Dumbledore deliberately shielding Hagrid and trying to cover up his unknown hiring. Then, even the fact that the young wizards had not learned anything useful in the Defense Against the Dark Arts class in the past two years was exposed...

Even Dumbledore had to worry about it. What he was most worried about at the moment was that if the parents of the students knew that the professor of the Defense Against the Dark Arts class this semester was actually a werewolf, it would definitely be the last straw that broke the camel's back.

Indeed, after Lucius was expelled from the school board, the school board was under the firm control of Dumbledore, but under the huge pressure of public opinion, everything could change.

And Fudge could not give him much support. Fudge himself had also been under a lot of public pressure recently. The fact that Black broke into Hogwarts twice had been exposed. All parents of students knew about it from anonymous letters. Even the Daily Prophet, which was controlled by the Ministry of Magic, had to report it truthfully.

Thinking that the safety of their children might be threatened, the masses became dissatisfied with the incompetence of the Ministry of Magic; at the same time, the merchants and residents of Hogsmeade were even more furious. The existence of Dementors had seriously affected the business and life in the village, but it did not play the role it should have!

The biggest difference between Dumbledore and the Dark Lord is that he would not use force to subdue people, but chose to play within the political rules.

This time, Hagrid did not let Buckbeak go, but he cleverly linked the hiring of Hagrid with the hiring of the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor, creating an image of not being able to judge people, and even his decision to hire Hagrid became nepotism. It seems that behind Mrs. Zabini, there is another master who is good at manipulating public opinion...

To be fair, Schelling actually disapproves of Dumbledore's behavior.

Hagrid is indeed capable of being a good professor of magical creatures, but this does not mean that he is the best candidate for the professor of this course. Schelling does not object to giving Hagrid a chance, but the premise is that this opportunity must be won by Hagrid fairly, that is, standing out from a group of applicants, rather than being operated by Dumbledore in a black box, nepotism, and even skipping the recruitment process and directly promoting internally.

As for the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor, it is even worse. Whether it is hiring Quirrell in the first year or hiring Lockhart in the second year, it is inseparable from his plan to cultivate Harry.

This is actually irresponsible to other students! Hogwarts is the only wizarding school in the UK, not Dumbledore's family business!

What? You said that it was because they couldn't hire anyone for the Defense Against the Dark Arts class? Then what about Lupin and Mad-Eye Moody? What did they do in the early years?

Let's talk about Hagrid. Hagrid and Dumbledore have been under a lot of pressure from public opinion during this period of time. The sensitive Hagrid couldn't help crying while talking. Then he turned around, covered his face with a handkerchief, and walked quickly towards his hut.

Draco preferred death over death, but Draco couldn't change his bad habit of being mean-mouthed. He mocked Hagrid in front of everyone, "Look at his crying look! Have you ever seen such a wretch? He is still ours." Where is the teacher!"

Both Harry and Ron angrily charged at Draco, but Hermione was faster than them all - Snap! She slapped Draco as hard as she could. "How dare you call Hagrid a wretch, you dirty—evil—"

Draco's face was filled with heat. The pain on his face and the shame in his heart instantly reminded him of some unbearable memories.

This was the second time he was humiliated at Hogwarts. The first time, he was beaten severely by Ron because of his size. Fortunately, few people saw his embarrassment at the time; Now, he was actually slapped in the face by a Muggle wizard in public!

Anger suddenly filled Draco's heart, and he shouted angrily: "You mudblood, how dare you hit me!"

He quickly pulled out his wand and hit Hermione with a "fire", but his spell did not hit Hermione because Harry issued a disarming spell faster than him. Draco wanted to Dodged Harry's curse and missed.

(Note: The author follows the People's Society's translation of "fire-roasted" to avoid confusing readers. In fact, the curse Furnunculus is a boils curse. The effect is to make the subject's face covered with boils filled with pus. In addition to disfigurement, it also It’s very painful, and it’s a pretty vicious spell, especially for girls)

Now everything was in chaos. Goyle and Crabbe also pulled out their wands and shot spells at Harry. Ron and Hermione saw that Harry was outnumbered and joined the battle, while the grass was a little further away. The other little snakes, led by Pansy and Blaise, also rushed over...

Extracurricular knowledge: Furuncle, also called fire boil, is a red, swollen and painful abscess on the skin caused by Staphylococcus aureus infection of the hair follicle. The size of the abscess is much larger than that of acne (or acne), and can be up to 2 inches in diameter. Antibiotic treatment in the Muggle world usually takes effect within 48 hours, but if treatment is delayed, it can lead to blood infection. As for how to treat it in the wizarding world? Please refer to Chapter 9 of Volume 1 of this book. I just modified the elixir refining process yesterday according to Pottermore's official formula.