Archaeologists at Hogwarts

Chapter 191 Transition Course and Exam Content
While the results of "The Quibbler" are getting better and better, Hogwarts finally ushered in the first Quidditch game after Christmas.

Harry didn't take away the Nimbus 2001 from the special training, but the Nimbus 2000 alone still made the Ravenclaw players dizzy, and all obstruction tactics were ineffective.

"It's now, Harry!"

Wood yelled after throwing the Quaffle into the opposing team's goal.

Harry had already spotted the movement of the Golden Snitch. Amidst the exclamation, he tilted his body, avoiding the two Bludgers Qi Qi was flying towards him, and dodging the Ravenclaw Chaser and the Blocked by the batter, he flew downwards suddenly, then pulled the broom upwards vigorously, raised one arm high, and the Golden Snitch was holding its wings weakly, being held tightly by him.

The stadium was boiling, and the commentator Jordan grabbed the horn excitedly and shouted: "Did you see it! Did you all see it! 270 to 70, a full 200 points lead! I think we can already book this year's Quidditch trophy in advance Already!"

"Jordan!" Dean McGonagall stopped Jordan from making even more irrational remarks in time, but there was a smile on the corner of her mouth.

Although he had expected the results of the special training, Harry still did not expect the victory to come so easily. He was squeezed in the middle of the cheering players, grinning at the corner of his mouth, trying to hold his glasses to prevent them from crooked, while looking down. Stand, trying to find Professor Haimo's figure in it, but saw that the other party was surrounded by the deans of the other three colleges.

Dean Sprout is a gentle and kind woman. At this time, she hesitated to speak: "Toby, I really don't want to say this, but—"

Professor Flitwick looked at her eagerly, and after realizing that she was embarrassed to speak first, he simply patted Toby's waist and said sharply: "But are you too partial to Gryffindor students? If you If you want to establish an ancient magic club, we are willing to support you, but Quidditch, after all, this is Quidditch."

Seeing that neither of them could get to the point, Snape seized the right to speak, and sarcastically said mercilessly: "You must stop taking care of Potter now, otherwise—"

When facing the other two, although he couldn't see Toby's face clearly (the external explanation was that he was hurt in the process of studying ancient magic), he could still see that his attitude was good.

But once facing Snape
"Otherwise?" Toby immediately became interested, and Al on his shoulders was also eager to try.

"Otherwise, what about? Tell me quickly!"

Flitwick and Sprout hastened to separate the two, lest they suddenly duel on this occasion.

Lockhart on the side tried his best to reduce his sense of existence, which was completely inconsistent with his previous style, and he almost slipped away early.

Snape snorted angrily, and Flitwick, who was tugging at him, wondered why he couldn't talk to Toby.

Toby raised his hands under the comfort of Professor Sprout, indicating that he had no intention of attacking Snape.

"It was originally just a punishment," he said, keeping to himself the intention of getting Dumbledore into trouble.

"Okay, everyone, I know what to do."

Toby led Al around Snape, who had unfriendly eyes, and they came to the commentary booth, nodded friendlyly with the smiling Dean McGonagall, then asked Jordan to get out of the way, grabbed the loudspeaker and said: "I Dear students."

Only a simple opening sentence can quickly cool down the boiling atmosphere. It seems that few people except Professor Haimo can do it.

The Gryffindor players stopped cheering, and Harry looked anxiously at the commentary booth, fearing that something would happen to Professor Highmore.

But the Professor of Ancient Magic never disappoints.

"Due to the fierce resistance from your Potions professor, I announce that the special training for Mr. Potter, Mr. Weasley, and Miss Granger comes to an end."

Ron opened his mouth wide in surprise, and Hermione's eyes widened slightly.

But it's not over yet.

"And in the archeology class—oh no, in the ancient magic class, your performance is also shocking. Until now, no one has been able to say exactly what the archaeological principles are. Now I can tell you the answer, then That is, there is no answer."

"Archaeology is a thing that has no right answer. I originally set up this course to serve as a good transition - from the magic circle to the ritual magic. You have all learned the magic circle. If you say If there is even a sliver of logic in the magic circle, then ritual magic is like an archaeological class, with no answers and no logic at all."

"All in all, starting from the next class, the first-year students will resume the teaching content of the magic circle, and start the final exam, which is to make a magic circle item."

"Students in higher grades will also officially begin the ancient magic class exam, and the specific content will be announced in the first class after the competition—don't make a fuss, children. Ancient magic class will be like this Everyone is different. If there is anything to warn you about, this is just the beginning."

After saying this, Toby and Al ignored the stunned students, walked up to Lockhart, and stared at him intently.

Lockhart stood up with a forced smile: "Ah, yes, Toby needs me, and he can't do it without me-well, cooperation, it's just cooperation."

Under Al's squinting eyes, Lockhart swallowed the words exaggerating his role, and left the Quidditch pitch after Toby miserable.

The good folks at The Quibbler are off to prepare the next story, and the trio are completely confused.

"So this is the real punishment?"

Harry, who had returned to the common room, asked in a daze: "After you tasted the sweetness, you immediately broke it?"

"Think about it, buddy." Ron had already become overjoyed. "I don't have to be beaten anymore, and I can afford a new wand with only one Galleon left, which is really great."

The direction of Hermione's thinking is a little different from that of these two people, all because of the special wand science taught by Highmore - that seems illogical, otherwise how could there be such weird materials as animal bones.

In any case, Professor Haimer's speech aroused extensive discussions among the students, especially on the point of logic - they had noticed that the magic circle was more logical than the magic they usually learn.Compared with wand gestures and incantations, the requirements for learning magic circles will be higher. You must figure out the magic core, outer formation diagram, magic inducement, and more knowledge points before you can start to engrave the magic circle. Bad results such as explosions may be caused at any time.

But now Professor Haimer suddenly mentioned illogical ritual magic, and the archeology class they are taking is just a transitional stage, which makes the students feel uneasy.

But no matter what they think and how they view Professor Haimer, time will not stop.

A new round of ancient magic classes has officially arrived.

The location of the class has not changed, it is still that special classroom.

There were no seats prepared, so the students had to stand and listen to the class.

Toby's tone returned to the seriousness of teaching. He stood in front of the students and said, "Ancient magic is a big category. According to my research over the years, it can be divided into magic circles and ritual magic. .”

"I guess that these two types of magic are mainly used by wizards before the appearance of wands. Among them, the magic circle is relatively more rigorous and full of logic, while the ritual magic is more full of unknowns."

"You have already learned the magic circle. Under my intentional control, you can at most make some small troubles like explosions, without causing more terrible changes."

"But ritual magic is different, very different."

"If you want to compare the wand magic we have used today, or the wandless magic, the magic circle and ritual magic are like two completely different extremes. One is more rigorous than the existing magic, and the other requires More confusion."

"But what they have in common is that they are full of power, and the damage they cause is much greater. To be on the safe side, what I taught you at the beginning was only relatively safe magic circles, not ritual magic."

"In my original consideration, I will spend another whole year to make adjustments, so as to avoid greater impact or harm from ritual magic."

"This is also the reason why I will explain [immortality] in the first second year class. This was originally a very suitable transition, and there are more examples in ritual magic. But later, due to various reasons, I taught archaeology Lesson. Because I found that to be clearly more appropriate—the experience of archaeology is more applicable to the chaos revealed by ritual magic, which is completely illogical and unreasonable."

"Now, come with me."

He walked into the tunnel, and the students followed him quietly.

Today's tunnel obviously has more arrangements, such as torches are placed on the walls on both sides. Professor Haimer finally gave up his plan to create a terrifying atmosphere with a dark environment.

But the students with sharp minds felt that this was not good—what would make Professor Haimer give up this little trick?
Soon, they saw it with their own eyes.

They couldn't open their eyes as the flames flashed one after another, as if a transparent wall appeared in front of them.The students stood on one side of the wall, while on the other side were dozens of flaming Bludgers darting back and forth in the air, occasionally condensing together, and then suddenly scattered, leaving behind long trails Flame marks.

The students were speechless in shock, and the worst idea they could think of was to find a way to get through this pile of flame balls, just like the fork in the road they encountered in the archeology class.

But Professor Haimo never disappoints the students, and the actual course content is much more shocking than that.

"It's imitating silence."

He said calmly: "It is also the example that best demonstrates the characteristics of ritual magic-extreme chaos."

"First allow me to introduce Obscurity - this is the expression of young wizards and wizards who over-repress their magical powers, and these wizards are also called Obscurities. Obscurity is a "dark" force with "parasitic" Cannibalization" occurs when children deliberately repress their magical abilities, or when they are subjected to physical or psychological abuse and are compelled to do so. This energy deliberately appears as a separate entity capable of sudden, destructive bursts force."

"You should be thankful that you didn't become silent, because usually silent people don't live to be ten years old."

"And according to Hogwarts' practice, only students who have reached the age of eleven will be formally enrolled."

"This is a very interesting boundary, and I can't help but suspect that perhaps the original founders also considered the silent factor and were unwilling to take in students with hidden dangers—of course, it was just suspicion, not There is so much evidence for this that I never published an article about it."

"But if my guess is true, it may also prove that even the founders can't help it in silence, so they set such an obvious boundary."

"Okay, the topic is a bit far away."

He smiled at the stunned students and said, "The key lies in the content of the exam this semester. That's right, from now on, like last year, this is a long exam process, and it's just the first pass."

"There will be a second level and a third level. However, most students should not be able to complete the content of those two levels, and you don't need to complete them. As long as you can pass the first level, you can pass the exam, and you can Get an excellent grade."

"Yes, you heard it right, it's not qualified, but excellent. The specific results will be determined by your performance, and the criteria for getting excellent are also very simple-find a way to restore this bunch of Bludgers to normal, Stop them from becoming chaotic."

"No matter what method you use, the magic circle, or the magic you have learned in other classes, it will work."

"Well, it's very simple, right?"

Ignoring the stunned faces of the students, the voice under the hood smiled and said, "At least, it's much easier than comforting a silent one."

The next step is free time. Students can stay and try, or go back to prepare. There is no strict requirement on the time to pass the exam, which is easier than last semester.

Toby left the armor at the entrance of the tunnel, and it would record the specific status of the students taking the exam, which is equivalent to the examiner.When the students come, you only need to notify it once.

While the rest of the students decided whether to stay or not, the trio exchanged a shocked look with each other.

The first level is this pile of flying flaming Bludgers, which is so similar to Harry's special training content.

Plus the description of the three levels
It turns out that Professor Haimer's original intention was not to punish them, but to be used as guinea pigs for experiments?
The most important thing is, what will be the content of the next two levels?
Ron couldn't help but become painful at the thought of that ancient dueling method.

Hermione, on the other hand, couldn't imagine what kind of test Professor Highmore would use "Magic Wand Science" to set up.

Compared with the hesitant students, Toby was much more decisive.

He rushed straight into the flame ball. Under the exclamation of the students, they didn't see what Professor Haimer did, and the Bludgers automatically gave way to let Toby pass.

He came deeper into the tunnel, saw Lockhart writing at his desk, and nodded in satisfaction.

Lockhart also heard Toby's lecture from afar. After struggling for a while, he still couldn't help asking: "Is the test you set up related to ritual magic?"

"Oh, have you already learned this part?" Toby glanced at the original book on the table - "Ancient Magic", which contained part of the knowledge of ritual magic.

He ignored Lockhart's awkward smile and said, "Of course it is. This is a test in itself, a test of the students' psyche. This is also the biggest difference between ancient magic and other courses."

"To put it simply, I don't want to teach a lot of silently one day."

Lockhart almost laughed out loud, but Toby didn't react.

This made the expression on Lockhart's face gradually become terrified: "You're joking, aren't you?"

Toby pointed at the manuscript paper on the table and said: "I heard that your study progress is very slow, so what are you worried about? Ritual magic can't harm you, maybe what you should really consider is how to write the A better manuscript, and then use the basilisk to shed its skin to complete the magic circle test."

"Whether what I said is true or not, even if I told you now that the essence of the magic circle is a curse, would you believe it?"

Lockhart's eyes widened: "Should I believe it?"

Toby withdrew his finger, and smiled on his face under the black mist: "Even if it is, it is the best curse in the world."

(End of this chapter)