[Comprehensive] The painting style of time travel is wrong

Whether a wizard is powerful or not often depends on three aspects:

The strength of magic power (Note 1), the number of spells known, and the speed at which magic is used.

The amount of mana determines the power of the incantation - although the raging fire can never be upgraded to a plasma ray, it is no problem as long as the mana is enough to make steel.

The amount of incantations determines whether the wizard can respond more flexibly in the battle. A wizard who can only faint to the ground can easily be restrained to death no matter how powerful the magic power is.

Needless to say, the speed of magic use has already been commented on by countless Western films.

Although thousands of years later, the battle between two wizards facing each other can greatly reduce the accidents in the battle. Generally, there are almost no uncertain factors in the battle for a few minutes, which simply and directly reflects the strength of each other. In comparison, the battles between wizards in this era seem to be more... How should I put it?

More flexible and more personal style of the wizard.

Almost immediately, Godric swung his wand again, and a huge fire tornado separated the two from the others.

Whether as a dueling expert at the master level or as a friend who knows each other's details, he can clearly feel that he and Salazar may be slightly inferior in magical attainments—but for duels, magic is It's just one aspect that determines the outcome.

"Salazar, stop, you have never defeated me in a duel (note 2)."

After casting the fire tornado, Godric pulled out the sword at his waist with his backhand, crossed his wand in one hand and the sword in the other hand, crossed his chest and said loudly to Salazar.

"We can negotiate with that girl slowly without this kind of word play, and then think of other ways. If you are really sure about the secret method, please believe me, Rowena and Helga will not be harsh on you. Take out the secrets of your own family to help you exchange!

If it still doesn't work, then we can also go to the mainland across the strait and spend a few years searching for, convincing or capturing a vampire. I believe it will be a very interesting and adventurous journey.

We really don't have to do this, you're putting all wizards in the face right now! "

"You actually think that I shot because of that so-called secret technique?

That kind of thing, as the Muggle girl said, has no meaning for us wizards without decades or hundreds of years of development, and the weakness is also very obvious! "

Salazar shook his head at Godric's suggestion. He waved his wand slightly, and then his figure became blurred, becoming like a distorted image seen through murky water or boiling soup. Same.

Then, as the wand was waved again, a mist completely covered the blurred image, leaving only a faint voice.

"Do you remember when you asked me what I saw in the village?"

"Yes, you told me you saw a lot of things I didn't like."

While answering Godric, he kept changing his posture carefully, paying attention to all the clues around him.

"Then what did you see?"

"Threat—I see a great threat."

Salazar's voice seemed to come from all directions around Godric:

"Not to me or anyone else, but to all of us wizards!"

"What? Did I hear you right? Salazar, this isn't like you."

Hearing this reason, Godric teased rather dumbfoundingly.

"I remember you told me very confidently before, 'Noble wizards are not afraid of any challenge'."

"Yes, I'm not afraid of any challenge, but I don't like it either.

I'm not one of those silly villains in legends, there's no reason to give a threat a chance to grow up. "

Salazar's voice seemed icy at the moment.

"Godric, haven't you seen what happened to those Mudbloods on our previous trips? Don't you know what caused all that?"

"..."

Godric didn't answer this time, just gripped his wand and sword firmly.

Yes, they have seen too many mortals who have accidentally awakened the ability of wizards during their travels, but there are only two types of them:

Those who are feared and excluded by everyone around them hate the talent of wizards and choose to self-exile, and those who enjoy the fear of others and rely on this talent to cause disaster.

Without any exception, even an ignorant child, as long as he didn't die for various reasons or was taken in by some wizard family, he would definitely become one of these two types of people after a few years.

In the final analysis, the exclusion and fear of them by Muggles is the root of all this.

"The Muggles are afraid of us, and they even try to destroy us in every possible way - destroying things they can't understand and touch, but they can't do anything to us - even Mudbloods who have never really learned magic. !"

There was a tinge of fanaticism in Salazar's voice:

"This is why we are born noble!

We're just inherently stronger than Muggles, and much, much stronger!

Similarly, we are much more noble than Muggles. When our great ancestors created our own civilization, those Muggles were still wrapped in thatch or animal skins and lived in caves! (Note 3)"

"That's just a legend!"

Godric retorted, frowning.

"Wizards are also the legends of most Muggles! But we do exist, and you and I are part of that legend!"

Salazar didn't care about Godric's rebuttal, and he went on to say:

"And as a member of the wizard, we need to fulfill our duty - don't you feel shocked when you see the secret method?

Imagine what the Muggles will do when the scientific secrets are developed a hundred years later and the weapons of those scientific secrets are full of fear to us.

Even if our excellent bloodlines are never afraid of challenges, what about our children?What about our children's children?

Compared with the victories gained through great sacrifices, the tears after despicable sneak attacks, and the paltry honors poured out with blood, now we only need to wave a magic wand to end it all, isn't it good! ? (Note 4)"

"Salazar, according to this statement, you should kill all the dragons first, then other dangerous and unknown magical animals, then other wizards, and finally the Muggles."

Godric waved his wand and brought up a gust of wind, dispelling the thick fog around him that was reddened by the surrounding fire.

"You are treating the whole world as an enemy!"

"You can stay away from dragons. As long as you master their habits, magical animals are not in much danger. We can understand each other through communication with other wizards."

Evidently, this also does not refute Salazar:

"But Muggles are different! They envy us! They envy us! They hate us!"

"Salazar, don't be blinded by vain fear!"

Godric made a last-ditch effort to stop what he saw as a pointless duel.

"The Salazar I know is willing to share the most secret magic and knowledge with us, willing to build an academy for all wizards with us, hoping to lead wizards on the right path, and willing to bring light to the wizarding world Great wizard!"

"Godric, because you can say these words, you have always been an outlier. Do you remember the ultimate goal of all our pure-blood wizards?"

Salazar seemed to be describing his greatest dream:

"Restore the glory of our ancestors—this is our ultimate goal!

Nothing ever brings light!

Establishing an academy is only a very small first step towards this goal.

Create a road for them that allows our descendants with noble blood to inherit our will and continue to walk!

Sooner or later, our descendants will be able to regain the glory of wizards in the past..."

"It seems that I can only wake you up."

Shaking his head, Godric gave up the idea of ​​continuing to talk to Salazar.

Facing a friend who has fallen into a state of fanaticism with the face of "I am protecting the future of wizards", fists are the most convincing thing.

"Try to see who will wake who up."

"Shrink quickly!"

With Godric waving his wand and shouting, the flame tornado began to shrink inward.

There is a gap in magic, but it is not so big that the winner can be decided in an instant in the confrontation. It is different in close combat. Godric, who holds a sword and insists on training, has an overwhelming advantage over Salazar!

Salazar knew this, so he chose to hide himself so that Godric could not get close.

Godric, the person involved, also knew this, so he created this beast-like battlefield from the very beginning. While limiting the range of activities of the two, it also offset the terrifying innate ability of his friend!

Even the tornado of flames was not to block Salazar, but to force him to take some action, so that he could show his figure and reveal his flaws at that moment.

Obviously, Salazar also knew the purpose of his friend.

In the next instant, seven or eight leaves shot toward Godric like darts.

No, it's not like, judging from the metal light reflected on the leaves, the leaves were transformed into darts by Salazar's transfiguration spell.

"Ding! Ding! Ding..."

With a slight shake of his wrist, Godric's sword easily stopped all the leaf darts, and then he didn't stop, and the swords intersected, bringing out a bright white electric light, swirling towards the back, and then the dancing arc of the sword accurately It stopped on the neck of Salazar who was about to cast a spell behind him.

——As friends for many years, they are all too familiar with each other. ——

"Salazar, you've lost—I remember telling you before that this distraction was a fool's errand."

Looking at his friend who was facing the blade but remained expressionless, Godric shook his head slightly.

"Then next, I suggest..."

"It's really stupid, so I'm useless this time."

But before Godric could finish speaking, Salazar's voice came from behind him again unexpectedly.

Yes, in this kind of "non-stand" wizard duel, the level of magic is not everything, because the victory or defeat of this kind of duel often comes only from a small mistake.

"Phantom Curse!? Impossible! This is..."

At the last moment when the unstoppable dizziness hit, Godric saw the "Salazar" under his sword turn into countless dead branches and leaves scattered.

Yes, this is indeed not the Phantom Curse, the magic that several people have been looking for all these years.

But if you just want to achieve the same effect, the Transfiguration Spell can do the same, isn't it?

"It's all over before you wake up."

After finishing speaking to his fallen friend, Salazar walked out of the flaming tornado that was about to touch his robe but collapsed because of the loss of magic support.

"Okay, Muggle..."

Salazar had a grim smile on his face:

"Come and meet your destiny."