A certain Hogwarts rune professor

Chapter 313 Dangerous Ancient Magic

In the Mowen club, the little wizards sat relaxedly on sofas of all sizes, chatting enthusiastically and discussing what to do during their vacation.

"I'm definitely going to the World Cup... I will visit relatives with my family. My uncle raised a monster with a high raised back and a pair of long horns..."

On the corner of the sofa, Hermione whispered, "I guess he's talking about horned camels. They are usually distributed in mountainous areas, they are purple all over, and they have a very aggressive personality—"

"Oh, Hermione, we've all finished our exams," said Ron.

"That's not what the exam is about—"

"I know, you were just so excited because Mr. Newt Scamander wrote you back, so you found all his materials and memorized them." Ron said.

Harry couldn't help laughing, and Hermione gave them a look of shame.

Harry was playing with a heptagonal Muggle coin, and Professor Hype told him that he could only Apparate outside the Room of Requirement when the entire coin had turned a dazzling gold, but it was still missing a corner, Harry had been hoping to fill it before the holidays.

Ron glanced at the coin enviously. When he practiced with Harry, he also tried a few times, but he never succeeded. He always had a wish to learn this magic before the twins, and then laughed at them. .

"Harry, when is Professor Lupine's farewell party, are you sure?" Ron asked.

"The day after tomorrow," said Harry, "is a small dinner with some professors... and us."

"That's weird," said Ron, "I thought Snape would turn him into—ouch!" Harry stomped on his foot in panic, and he came to his senses, "I mean, in the way Snape was to Lou Professor Ping's attitude definitely doesn't mind revealing his secrets..."

Hermione said: "Professor Snape already knew, from the very beginning, that he couldn't do it."

"I mean--"

Harry said thoughtfully, "Maybe he was embarrassed, and Professor Lupine helped him, right? He doesn't know the Patronus Charm." Having said that, he still couldn't be sure that he had been taken from Snape that day. Could the silver light seen on the wand be his own illusion?

Or, is that just magic that has nothing to do with the Patronus Charm?
At this time, Professor Haipu came over, holding a shallow stone basin in his hand, and the little wizards watched curiously.

"This is... a Pensieve?" A sixth grader exclaimed, excitedly, "Professor, is this a Pensieve?"

"It's just an imitation." Felix said with a smile, and he placed the stone basin on the small table so that everyone could see it clearly. "We'll use it later."

In the gray stone basin, there is some silver substance, which looks like a liquefied cloud, or melted silver, slowly rotating.

Harry remembered that in his first Ancient Runes class, the professor had introduced this ancient magical creation, which could store and observe memories.He thought of his unnamed book, and couldn't help guessing, maybe it had a similar effect?

Felix sat down and looked at everyone with a smile, "Many people know that I will teach you an ancient magic in the last part of the school year. I am very happy to see that you have all mastered the runes you will use. .”

"Illumination - I named it myself. Originally, I only thought it could be used for lighting, but I discovered a while ago that it also has a strong restraint effect on dark creatures, and it can also dispel the dark fog caused by magic... In short, It’s good magic, and it can be classified as defensive magic.”

As he said that, Felix pronounced the weird syllables and grabbed his fingers forward. He deliberately slowed down the process to make everything traceable. The little wizards scratched their necks to look around, for fear of missing a detail.

One after another, ancient magic texts appeared out of thin air, as if they had always been there, but they were invisible before.They are smaller than the tip of a little finger. These ancient runes overlap each other to form a complicated pattern. In the next second, milky white light ripples and blooms from the professor's fingertips.

"I just demonstrated the process of casting a spell, not its power. In fact, it is difficult for you to assess the upper limit of this magic." Felix said with a smile: "But I don't think anyone will be bored enough to run out of magic— —”

He suddenly stopped, because more than one little wizard was eager to try, he helped his forehead, well, he wanted to go wrong, for him, this is a boring thing, but for the little wizard, it is quite boring. fun entertainment.

So he warned again: "Although this magic is safe enough, the biggest danger is the discomfort after draining the magic power, but that feeling is very uncomfortable. I can only say that if you pass out, you will feel lucky for yourself. "

The professor's serious attitude made the students restrained a little, and Felix continued: "It is powerful and difficult to control. This is the characteristic of ancient magic, but why is it like this? Has anyone thought about it?"

The members of the club chattered and discussed. After more than half a year, they are no longer novices in ancient runes. When it comes to practical runes, they are the strongest group of people in the magic world.

Although in Felix's view, it's still very weak.

"Because it takes a lot of mana?"

"Obviously not. I guess it's when the rune is gathered into a pattern, and if it makes a mistake, it will explode."

Draco Malfoy said suddenly: "My father said that ancient magic is very evil. Once formed, it has its own thoughts. It will extract the magic power and even life of the caster..."

The discussion sounded weaker, and everyone looked at him with shrinking eyes.

Felix clapped his hands, "Well, Malfoy, to a certain extent, I can't say you are wrong, this involves a question, how can we master an ancient magic..."

"First, the first step is to master all the ancient runes corresponding to magic, preferably at the level of proficiency, that is, to master the magic symbols of the runes themselves;"

Magic texts appeared in the air in front of him. These magic texts took various forms, and then disappeared without a sound.

"Take the lighting technique as an example. There is only one core, which means light. There are six sub-core runes, representing its different characteristics. Outside, there are seventeen less important runes."

Felix displayed all these runes, and everyone present had mastered them, at least the seven core runes had reached the level of proficiency.

"The second step is to combine the runes in a specific order. In ancient times, this was the biggest secret of a wizard, and unless it was a close relative, it would not be revealed easily..."

"The reason is very simple. The amount of magic mastered by the wizards at that time was not much, and they were often similar. Once leaked, it was easy to be targeted by the enemy."

"To complete this step, although it is not easy, it is not difficult. The best way is to practice a lot. Except for some remote ancient magic, this step is not very dangerous, especially the lighting technique we are going to talk about today. "

Hermione kept nodding at the side, and her practice process was relatively smooth. Even if the rune sequence collapsed, it would just be transformed into pure magic power——every time she finished her practice, she would write down her specific experience and keep looking at it on weekdays.

"Finally, we have come to the key point, where the characteristics of ancient magic are also fully reflected-shaping."

Felix glanced around, satisfied to see all the students listening intently, he continued: "The form of ancient magic is not fixed, the same magic, some people use it as a fire phoenix, while others use it as a fire bird or a salamander , fire crab..."

He gave an exaggerated example, and the little wizards laughed lowly.

"The first half of Malfoy's sentence is right. Once ancient magic is formed, it seems to have its own thoughts. It will instinctively draw the magic power of the caster and strengthen itself, just like a greedy monster. At this time, you must have enough The ability to control one's own magic power to counteract this suction;"

"Besides, ancient magic doesn't have a fixed form, so you have to let it obey your orders and operate according to your will... How much magic power do you want to invest? How long will it last? What form will it become? Which traits will be strengthened? How to make it end?"

Felix asked a series of questions and waited quietly for a few seconds. He spread his hands and said, "Unfortunately, there are no fixed answers to all of these. It's all up to you to judge."

"So once you learn powerful attack magic, you can imagine what it will do if it gets out of control."

Following the professor's train of thought, Harry imagined it. If it was an ancient flame-like magic, it would be better to say that it didn't take shape. Once it was lucky enough to cast it successfully, the result would be uncontrollable. If the magic power was drained, he would probably only be able to watch the magic devour him... …

"But fortunately——" Felix raised the volume, waking up a group of young wizards who had fallen into terrible hallucinations, "The lighting technique you are going to learn is not dangerous, at least you don't have to worry about being burned to ashes by the flames, or corroded by the poisonous fog. Pus, split into mummy by lightning..."

The little wizards all stared wide-eyed. They really didn't get much comfort from the professor.

"Does anyone know what this tells us?"

One of the twins muttered, "Don't let it take shape."

"That's right," Felix gave him an approving look, and Fred opened his mouth wide, and he spoke nonsense.

"Don't let your ancient magic take shape easily, repeat the second step until you feel very proficient, and then proceed to the next step."

"Every one of you will be tested before leaving school. I will also write a letter to your parents to explain the situation. Private practice is strictly prohibited. Even draining the magic power is a stupid act, understand?"

The little wizards were silent, the professor had never been so strict, and they kept nodding their heads.

"Very good, you have about a week to initially master the lighting technique," Felix pointed to the stone basin, "use it."

Felix stood up and looked around: "Who wants to be the first to go in? Although it is an imitation, I retain some features of the Pensieve. The way of entering is a bit like diving. I personally think it is very interesting."

(End of this chapter)